![]() If the songs that become viral on TikTok are really a result of the internet's global id, then the music industry will never be able to monetize it.We got a number one Victory Royale Yeah, Fortnite, we ′bout to get down (get down) Ten kills on the board right now Just wiped out Tomato Town My friend just got downed I revived him, now we're heading south-bound Now we′re in the Pleasant Park streets Look at the map, go to the marked sheet Take me to your Xbox to play Fortnite today You can take me to Moisty Mire, but not Loot Lake I really love to Chug Jug with you We can be pro Fortnite gamers He said "Hey broski, you got some heals and a shield pot?" "I need healing and I am only at one HP" Hey dude, sorry, I found nothing on this safari I checked the upstairs of that house but not the underneath yet There's a chest that's just down there The storm is coming fast and you need heals to prepare I′ve got V-Bucks that I′ll spend More than you can content I'm a cool pro Fortnite gamer (cool pro Fortnite-) Take me to your Xbox to play Fortnite today You can take me to Moisty Mire, but not Loot Lake I really love to Chug Jug with you We can be pro Fortnite gamers La-la-la-la-la-e-ya La-la-la-la-la-e-ya La-la-la-la-la-e-ya Will you be my pro Fortnite gamer? (Pro Fortnite gamer) Can we get a win this weekend? Take me to Loot Lake Let′s change the game mode and we can Disco Dominate Let's hop in an ATK Take me to the zone I′m running kind of low on meds, I need to break some stone Dressed in all his fancy clothes He's got Renegade Raider and he′s probably a pro He just shot my back I turn back and I attack I just got a Victory Royale A Victory Royale Take me to your Xbox to play Fortnite today You can take me to Moisty Mire, but not Loot Lake I really love to Chug Jug with you We can be pro Fortnite gamers That's an optimistic outlook, and one I hope is true. YourLocalLibrary says that the way that these two ironic modes are canceling each other out shows that the internet at large is beginning to move away from a culture of calling things cringey or making fun of sincerity. But there's a second layer of irony in not putting your enjoyment of something behind a wall of ironic detachment and just liking something even if it is a little bit embarrassing, using the song as a way to make fun of that kind of ironic detachment where you can't like anything unless you're doing a bit. There's a kneejerk reaction to like the song as a way of saying that it sucks-essentially, to like it ironically. One TikToker who goes by YourLocalLibrary said that in their estimation, people are enjoying the song on two levels of irony. ![]() It's about being so endeared by this person's creativity that you love it despite of, or because of, it's flaws. What's remarkable about the response to "Chug Jug With You" on TikTok is that it's not about making fun of the person behind the song, who most users believe to be an actual child. Changing the lyrics to be about Fortnite does not diminish that. I listened to that song every day of my life in the year in 2008 when it was released, and it's still a bop now. ![]() Part of it has to do with the fact that "American Boy" by Estelle is a stone cold banger.
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