Trying my hand at this whole video reviewing thing. First timer, be gentle.
In this episode, I take on the unholy entity known as Lady Gaga only to run away screaming.
Your favorite shadowy reviewer finds out with dismay that Miley Cyrus does not seem to be fading away.
Sampling in music has hit a new low.
This is apparently what "Gimme More" meant.
Oh boy! A new song! This is going to be great! Just awesome! I can't wait! Yay!
What in God's name...?
Obnoxiou$.
I thought you were made of sterner stuff, Megatron.
Counting down the lowest of the low that was also the biggest of the big.
Let it not be said that I am unwilling to flush my credibility down the toilet. Behold, my overly defensive list of my favorite pop songs of last year!
It's like my radio's stuck on replay.
Taylor Swift is already too old to be making songs like this.
"Can I forget?" is the bigger question. And the answer is, 'Yes, I can, easily."
We are the world-class hacks.
More like Yabba-Dabba-DON'T, hardy har har har! ...The jokes in the actual song are much worse.
ToddInTheShadows makes his TGWTG debut! Will he live to regret it?
A pop song review.
A pop song review by ToddInTheShadows
Telephone!
Ep 06: Eenie Meenie
Drugs are bad…
ToddInTheShadows checks out Alejandro.
OMG…
I want to get off this train..
Are you cooler than me?
Todd In The Shadows Pop Song Reviews
So what’s a G6?
Time to Deuce out of here..
I refuse to whip my hair..
Some of the worst songs..
2010 was alright..
Tonight is tonight.
Someone else land on this Grenade..
Some of the worst from 1976.
Which is better?
Todd takes on Rihannas S&M.
Todd in the Shadows takes a look at one of his favorite bands most embarrassing moments.
Katy Perry is an alien sex fiend.
These guys want to party all the time, party all the time, party all the ti-ime
Give Pitbull everything. Tonight.
Hot Chelle Rae are bringing rock music back to the charts! Or not.
You are soooo adequate to me.
Todd cant get no satisfaction from Maroon 5.
Eminem and Bruno Mars want me to raise my lighter. REQUEST DENIED.
Im nauseous and I know it.
Its too early for this, T-Pain.
Pucker up.
Wanna know what Todd hated this year more than anything else? Check it out here!
Lets see how Todd humiliates himself this year.
Yeezy taught me how not to make a music video.
Lady Antebellum sing of a love so hot they don’t dare go past first base.
Did you miss the first fifty times that Kelly Clarkson sang about being a strong, independent woman? Because she’d be happy to tell you about it again.
fun. featuring Janelle Monae. Gotye featuring Kimbra. Todd featuring Complete bafflement at how these songs got popular.
The MIB protected the Earth from the scum of the universe, but they couldnt protect us from THIS.
Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but this song is overplayed, and Call Me Maybe parodies aren’t funny.
Maroon 5 are calling you from a payphone when they could have saved a lot of money by dialing 1-800-CALL-ATT.
David Guetta is abducting our hipster indie chicks! THIS MAN MUST BE STOPPED.
Ehhhhh sexy lady Wait, what the hell??
The year was 2004: Kanye was big, we were at war with Afghanistan, an incumbent president won re-election despite intense hatred from the opposing party, there was a lot of lousy music man, things sure have changed!
Like, ever.
Get out the Hefty bags, everybody, it’s time to take out the garbage.
It’s Todds ritual humiliation time!
T-O-Double-Dizzle and the Rap Crizzle take on a Snoop Dogg motion pizzle that’s unwatchabizzle.
This girl is on fiiiiiiiire! Fire fire fire fire fiiiiiiire!
One Direction love all the little things about you. Like the horrified look on your face when they sing you this song.
Will.I.Am and Britney Spears make Todd want to scream and shout, and break things.
Justin Timberlake and Macklemore face off on the most compelling issue of our day: Who has better clothes?
It’s time to talk about the controversial country song that’s caused the big Internet kerfuffle recently.
hey everyone let’s look at another Pitbull singlakjdgfahjfdh blugh.
It’s getting country in herre.
I know you want it.
Battle of the former Disney princesses!
Okay, One Direction are just baiting me now.
Does Todd have any applause for Lady Gaga?
Jay-Zs quest: To seek the Holy Grail. Is it as amazing as he hoped it would be?
Bruno Mars shocks the monkey.
Miley Cyrus swings naked on construction equipment. That's really all you need to know about this song.
Battle of the Vaguely Indie-Ish Mainstream Middle of the Road Bands!
Time to put the nail in the coffin of one of the worst years ever for pop music.
Even in the worst years for pop music, the gems stand out.
Are you ready for ready for, a worthless song worthless song?
Jasooooooon Deruuuuuuuulo returns with a song that makes Whatcha Say sound classy.
You know, that song that sounds like it has autotuned monks in the background?
Todd engages in some dueling pianos with John Legend.
GIRLS ARE DUMB LOL
TURN DOWN FOR WHAT??!!!!
She’s so phony, you already know
MAGIC! teach you a lesson in manners, reggae-style!
Taylor Swift shakes off her artistic credibility.
Bass, how low can you go?
Oh my god, look at her butt. *Look at her butt.* YOU WILL LOOK AT IT.
Bang bang, on the door, baby
It’s a love story, baby just say ye–OH GOD PUT DOWN THE KNIFE
It’s finally time for Todd to recount the worst songs of the year!
It’s finally time for Todd to recount the worst songs of the year!
Surely there had to be some good songs in 2014, right?
AKA: the good half of the best list!
I'm jealous of Nick Jonas's biceps, which is weird.
Yo, it’s about that time, to bring forth the rhythm and the rhyme.
Todd is losing his religion.
Ed Sheeran has Todd thinking too hard.
Todd isn't a fan of the newest #1 single, and he'll tell you all about it when he sees you again.
Todd’s gonna try to dance, and he’d prefer if you didn’t watch him, honestly.
Run to the hills! Run for your life!
Just barely in time for Halloween!
There can be only one annoying Canadian pretty boy!
Todd looks at Hello and Hotline Bling.
Now we've got bad songs.
Now we've got more bad songs.
The year that was.
More of the year that was.
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
...Yeah, I'm as shocked as you.
There is something rotten in the state of Denmark.
A drastically late review of One Direction's first solo single!
I don't need dollar bills to have lightning strike every she moves!
The new song by Shawn M'endes...
Hey, who took my mattress?
Sgt. Sremmurd's Lonely Hearts Club Band??
Was it really the worst year ever? ...Yes. Yes, it was.
Was this year really that bad? ...Yes. Yes it was. But there were some good songs though!
I'm ugly on the inside!
I really, really did not want to imagine Ed Sheeran's O-face. Thanks for that, Ed.
Raindrop... drop top... I don't really get this song a whole lot lot
I know this is not a newsflash, but country music has gotten very, very stupid.
Girl, I can't be your Superman.
What's the key to getting songs in any genre to the top of the charts? Aw shit, throw some Bieber on it!
Another one! We the best music! Look, I'm just like DJ Khaled!
Taylor Swift completes her long, slow descent into the vapid, obnoxious pop star we knew she was always going to be
Is it just me or has indie rock lost its indie mojo in the Commercials Era of music?
Todd's favorite songs of 2017, featuring several unavoidable appearances by Quavo.
Haters are going to say it's fake. Or that it's impossibly lame. Poor Justin.
Todd's plan is to try and figure out why "God's Plan" is so popular.
Todd reviews Lil Dicky's comedy smash! Is awkwardness and douche-chills the same thing as amusement? Let's find out!
Pop music is collapsing in relevance, and there's only one avenue left to stay popular. Yes, that's right, it's time to lean on country music for support. Huh?
Todd releases his long-awaited thoughts on Donald Glover's magnum opus. Surprise: He's way out of his depth!
Get ready for the mopey, depressing new genre called "emo rap"!
Ladies and gentlemen, your Super Bowl LIII halftime show performers! You wanted the best, you got the best, the hottest band in the world.... wait, seriously, these guys?
Come on get happier? Can Marshmello and Bastille shake pop music out of its doldrums?
What a wretched year! Good riddance to a dismal twelve months in pop history.
What a wretched year this was! Good riddance to this dismal twelve months in pop history.
Halsey: The new pop star for the apocalyptic wasteland!
Ariana Grande spends her way into controversy and forces me to talk about a lot of difficult topics I hate talking about
Is it country? Rap? Wack with a cape? A victim of Billboard's racial biases? Todd untangles his complicated feelings about the latest craze.
What's the bigger disaster, climate change or the charity single Lil Dicky released to (sorta, kinda, not really) raise awareness?
Taylor Swift learns to love herself... yay? We learn that you can't spell AWESOME without ME but you can't spell LAME without it either, and what the hell happened to Panic! at the Disco anyway?
Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber want you to know that they don't care, and boy do they sound like it.
Taylor finally takes a stand... maybe? It's a rainbow-colored mess but as with all things Taylor you can't look away.
Charlie, how your angels get down like that? And how did they make no one excited for this new movie?
NOT GOOD
The dance sensation for the quarantine generation sweeping the stressed-out nation.
The saga of Tekashi 6ix9ine and his long, confusing non-cancellation.
Don't stay away for too long... The weirdly persistent sad-rap song that we couldn't seem to avoid during the pandemic. (Alternate title: Death Bed: The Song That Eats.)
Macaroni in a pot?
Gabby Barrett is proving country music's anti-female gatekeepers wrong with a massive crossover smash, but exactly how fresh is her anti-cheater revenge song?
The bad music of the year could never be as bad as the year itself, but that doesn't excuse the terribleness of these songs! Let's get rid of 2020 once and for all.
Join Todd now as we count down the songs that got us through the worst year ever.
How did a minor Disney Channel star score the first mega-selling hit of 2021? Decoding how Olivia Rodrigo broke the hearts of TikTok teens across the country.
Lil Nas X has annoyed the right people with his second hit, but what kind of artist is he really?
Masked Wolf is just the latest rapper to get big off TikTok but how well does this Aussie rapper flow when you actually listen to him?
The guy from Staind has a really unlikely hit with his country song about how you're disrespecting the flag. And believe it or not, it's much worse than you imagine.
That Applebee's commercial jingle is an actual hit song. Seriously.
2021: a giant disappointment! Let us shut the door on the year by counting down the lamest hits of the year.
Todd picks his best songs of the year!
Megan thee Stallion goes for that pop star money on a Dua Lipa track that is probably not the single of the summer.
Beyonce and Drake both release simultaneous house tracks. How could one have succeeded where the other failed?
Sam Smith and Kim Petras are ready to shock and scandalize you, but how unholy is their tale of tawdry affairs anyway?
This is so stupid.
In 2022 pop at last slowly emerged from its post-pandemic doldrums, but that didn't mean everything about it was happy.
Time for Todd to once again embarrass himself by admitting the songs he actually likes!
So, did Morgan Wallen survive that scandal? Oh, buddy, did he ever.
It's the hot new pop song everyone's talking about: "Fast Car." Yes, that "Fast Car."
It's the viral sensation that's tearing apart the nation.
A partial debunking of every false claim in fraudulent YouTuber James Somerton's videos.
Let's leave this wretched year behind.
Wait, was this year good actually?
Beyonce... country star? Also, does anyone know a second Dolly Parton song?
This has been the craziest weekend in hip-hop history, but why does it leave such a sour taste?
The end of Drake, and the end of pop?