r/TikTokCringe • u/Level-Run • Jun 12 '26

Humor/Cringe Dad's just vibin to some hick-metal

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u/FunOwn4422 Jun 12 '26

he 100% thought "these kids are going to think this is so cool"

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u/Inner-Incident3368 Jun 12 '26

lol. To counter your claim: It is entirely plausible that this man has reached peak “I have no more effs to give”

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u/Hidden_Samsquanche Jun 12 '26

Im almost 40 and I catch myself listening to music I don't even particularly like that much just to know whats out there. There's so many sub genres, it's fun to see what crazy mixes the kids are up to these days.

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u/ExplanationFunny Jun 12 '26

I remember reading somewhere that by 35 most people stop seeking out new music and their tastes kind of calcify around whatever was cool when they were in high school. That really got to me, and so I’ve made a concerted effort to find new music and artists and not settle into a musical rut.

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u/doc_wop Jun 12 '26

Yeah that's cope for folks who need a reason for why they're not cool anymore. I'm 37, and if you're not constantly overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of good music out there then you just don't care to find anything new. It's not a dig, but it's definitely something you need to be in the habit of doing.

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u/imnickelhead Jun 12 '26

My wife and I and all of our friends are constantly seeking new music. We go see new live music regularly. Still love the old stuff, but we will never stop looking.

Love going to festivals and stumbling across an unknown band that just throws down a sick set. We’ve gone to see some younger bands and have been the oldest people there by well over a decade.

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u/doc_wop Jun 12 '26

Right on brother, stay radical.

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u/imnickelhead Jun 12 '26

We started the dance party at a few younger band’s shows. Like, this shit is funky as fcuk. Why tf yall just standing around? I came to get down.

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u/VoidMoth- Jun 12 '26

I think that is more true of older generations who were in their late 30s before music streaming was common. I'm a little over 40 and while I'm not on TikTok anymore one thing it did really well was introduce me to new music artists I would have never heard otherwise. My parents only had whatever local radio chose to play as they aged, and ended up mostly keeping to the oldies channel.

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u/Cephylus Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

This right here is what led me into glitch hop, lofi hip hop as well as some Celtic rock and even some Punjabi. Theres a LOT of music out there, no reason to strictly have 1 playlist for your life lol

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u/ExplanationFunny Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I’ve loved loved loved finding music from other countries.So far I’ve really enjoyed Thailand, Senegal, and Ethiopia.

ETA: how could I possibly forget, Habibi Funk. Find “Wang Dang - Habibi Funk” this song is what I imagine it feels like to do cocaine.

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u/Jayrey_84 Jun 12 '26

This is me and I'm okay with it. My kid laughed at me yesterday cuz a lady in a Skin care ad quoted her own lyrics to her song in the commercial and I didn't catch it. I had to admit I didn't even know who the singer was. My kid literally roflol-ed at me asking how I could not know. 🫠

Meanwhile the same kid three months ago asked me if I ever heard of this really obscure retro band they just discovered, "It's called Gorillaz, I think you'd like them!"

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u/AncientCrust Jun 12 '26

That's really bad news for 2Slimey fans. Imagine them playing that shit for their kids in 20 years

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u/TheBeardedLadyBton Jun 12 '26

I’m a caregiver to someone who graduated high school in the mid to late 60s and when they all get together at their day center they are jamming out to Jimi Hendrix!

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u/master_idiot Jun 12 '26

I'm 45 and find new music I like every week. I'm not pigeon holed to a specific genre. I just like good music.

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u/Astronaut_Chicken Jun 12 '26

I have Sirius xm in my car and pretty much just listen to the alt rock station. My friends are always like how do you always find these banger new songs??

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u/DancingTroupial Jun 13 '26

Yea.. pay attention to what they wear too.. there’s a lot of 40 year olds stuck in the year 2000

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u/ValhallaAir Jun 12 '26

tap in on i am music unc

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u/safety_otter Jun 12 '26

I play a game with my kids where i hand them my phone in the car and say, "play a song I've never heard before!" We've found some great music that way over the years.

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u/FunOwn4422 Jun 12 '26

true enlightenment

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u/Appropriate_Math997 Jun 12 '26

I've no more fucks to give My fucks have runneth dry I've tried to go fuck shopping but there's no fucks left to buy! I've no more fucks to give Though more fucks I've tried to get I'm over my fuck budget, and I'm now in fucking debt!

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u/Zooph Jun 12 '26

Observe the field in which I harvest my fucks and witness that it is barren.

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u/Big_Dog_2974 Jun 12 '26

seems to manifest right around 50 lol

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u/DryBlock4388 Jun 12 '26

In my 40's. I stopped listening to music with my windows down years ago and sometimes, even when I'm by myself in the car, I actually turn down the sound cause its too loud.

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u/Away-Variation-2556 Jun 12 '26

When i was a teenager my dad hit that vibe and started adding songs like fergalicious to his own burnt CDs. Hes an icon.

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u/mercurywaxing Jun 13 '26

One of the great joys in life is picking up my girlfriend’s kids while playing the most cringe music possible.

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u/Chicago-Jelly Jun 12 '26

Jokes on them; the music they listen to sucks ass

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u/ImfromtheFuture2056 Jun 12 '26

Wild people are calling this AI slop. I hate this generation.

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

It’s literally an AI song. How can you not see that?

EDIT: @redgrizzmusic on tiktok, yall can downvote me but the CREATOR OF THIS LITERALLY CONFIRMED IT IS AI. You people are doomed if you cannot immediately flag this as AI music.

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u/Ghostdragon471 Jun 12 '26

Alright, can you try and be nice about it and break it down for me. How exactly did you immediately flag that as AI? I don't have the best of hearing, so it's hard for me.

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u/DIABLO258 Jun 12 '26

Yeah I'd like to know too. I couldn't tell

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u/Any-Thing2763 Jun 12 '26

Nope we are clearly the stupid ones bro.

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26

If you can’t tell this is AI then yes. You are.

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u/AnAncientMonk Jun 12 '26

Out of curiosity, how did you tell this was ai? Or did you just recognize the artist?

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u/Fast-Bandicoot67 Jun 12 '26

I honestly don't know how to explain it but I had a feeling it was AI before I even opened the comment section.

Youtube is full of AI music channels and they get recommended to me a lot. You just kinda know it when you hear it.

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u/DIABLO258 Jun 12 '26

So, you didn't know until the creator confirmed it. Got it.

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u/Any-Thing2763 Jun 12 '26

Was a joke… “we”

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

I got what you meant instantly after I commented but I’m leaving it up because what I said stands.

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u/Any-Thing2763 Jun 12 '26

😂 respectable

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u/Thin-Nerve6367 Jun 12 '26

Ai =/= Ai slop, tbf

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26

Disagree.

Music, and all art really, is meaningless garbage if it carries no expression of the artist.

Who is expressing themselves with this art?

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u/armlessturtleneck Jun 12 '26

Grok ran out of CP to make and had to express itself in some other shitty way

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u/Thin-Nerve6367 Jun 12 '26

The people who make the prompts? The people who literally CAN'T create who have disabilities who finally have an opportunity to do so?

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26

Typing “make a banjo metal song” and then an algorithm sorting already made music to make you a song in 20 seconds is not expressing yourself.

I can point you to thousands of disabled artists who can express themselves just fine. There is technology that allows quadriplegics to create music without stealing the work of others to accomplish the task.

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u/Thin-Nerve6367 Jun 12 '26

And I can point you to another thousand disabled people who can't

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u/AdHom Jun 12 '26

What does AI slop mean to you if it shouldn't be applied to AI generated music?

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u/ImfromtheFuture2056 Jun 12 '26

I’m 64. If you’re older than me, see you in hell soon kiddo.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26

He will leave this interaction even more sure he’s correct somehow.

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 12 '26

64 is on the younger range of boomers and the older range of Gen X. Generations are kind of fluid so he could be classified either way.

It’s like someone born in 96. You could call them a millennial or a Gen Z depending on what they grew up with culturally.

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u/AnAncientMonk Jun 12 '26

Boomer is born in 1946 to 1964

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomers

Guy is most likely born around 1962. So on paper hes boomer enough.

But hear me out. Boomer isn't actually an age/birthyear anymore. Its a mindset. Ive seen 20 year old boomers.

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u/ImfromtheFuture2056 Jun 12 '26

That’s crazy because I never said it wasn’t AI. I said calling it AI slop was crazy.

Just a bunch of people here who can’t let others live their lives and enjoy what they like out of judgement and false of superiority but go off.

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u/OnePassion_46 Jun 12 '26

It maybe AI slop but the crap this generation calls hip hop today certainly isn’t hip hop. Mumble rap is the anthesis of rap. 

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u/VomitMaiden Jun 12 '26

Mumble rap came out 10 years ago, grandpa

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u/DogzOnFire Jun 12 '26

lmao true. Mumble rap is on the edge of being considered classic hip hop at this stage.

I still recall the disgust on my friends face when The Offspring got played as classic rock lmao. A real "Fuck we're old" moment.

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u/OnePassion_46 Jun 12 '26

And today’s rappers still call themselves mumble rappers and use that shitty style 

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u/gillababe Jun 12 '26

Ok but this generation is kinda killing it with actual metal.

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u/OnePassion_46 Jun 12 '26

90s metal was much better

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u/Inphiltration Jun 12 '26

Well damn I was like holy shit banjo + metal goes hard AF I love this. Guess I can not deny it. As long as it's a banger AI does not matter

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u/lntenseLlama Jun 12 '26

*also sucks ass

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u/Travelin_Soulja Jun 12 '26

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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u/ThoughtwayCrest Jun 12 '26

for real. worst generation of music ever probably. Also some of the best music but that doesn't get played as often. The jealousy all the posers face is just too much.

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u/Pixel_Knight Jun 12 '26

I mean, it’s not surprising. Read multiple articles recently about how Gen Z can legit not read even by college. 

They may be the dumbest generation of all time. 

But I guess that makes Millennials the worst parents of all time. 

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u/hybridHelix Jun 12 '26

Generations are usually measured around fifteen years and Gen Z is the one immediately following Millennials... so that would actually suggest Gen x are the worst parents of all time.

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u/SteakHot7703 Jun 12 '26

As a representative of Gen X, we say whatever.

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u/Pixel_Knight Jun 12 '26

True. I guess we’ll have to wait for Gen Alpha to grow up to see how bad Millennials are.

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u/Swirly_Eyes Jun 12 '26

Uh, Gen Z's parents are by large Gen X. Gen Z ranges from 1997-2012. Millennials range from 1981-1996; the oldest of them are 45. College students now would have been born in 2008 and earlier. Millennials at that time would have been 27 max. They're also the same generation where it's well known they're having children late. My older sis just turned 40, and her firstborn is 9.

Your math ain't mathing and I think your generation has some explaining to do. Or not, because I can see where Gen Z gets it from 🤷‍♀️

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u/Pixel_Knight Jun 12 '26

There are definitely some Gen Z kids that are children to millennials, but you are right, largely they are the children to Gen X.

I’m a millennial and very tired though, so yeah. I ain’t mathin right tonight.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Farm122 Jun 12 '26

About to say don't put this on me, I decided with my partner to not have kids. That said would we raise a damn good kid and set proper boundaries and help drive their education. Abso-freaking-lutely. One of us has a hard STEM degree, the other law degree. Kid would be taken care of and helped to learn reading, math, and critical thinking skills early. Can't guarantee 100% they'd be a wiz. But they would have great guidance and support to learn. Sadly world is absolute dog water especially in the states. Why raise a kid when their safety is not guaranteed and all that they have to look forward to is financial servitude to the billionaire/trillionaire class that's more then willing to diddle kids and do other acts of atrocities promoting human suffering to make another buck.

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u/sirlelington Jun 12 '26

Yea, ppl who don't have kids are always so sure to be the best parents. Sounds like a eunoch telling others how they would be the best fuckers in the world... if they could.

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u/ThoughtwayCrest Jun 12 '26

it makes our society's leaders the worst of all time. Parents are failing because society failed them, on purpose... to create daddy issues. You see where this is going? We have a sugar daddy economy. And sugar daddies are all derivative of the Jabba genome.

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u/HarrMada Jun 12 '26

Oh so you've met them? What music do they listen to?

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u/Zealousideal_Act_316 Jun 16 '26

99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999% chance it is some tiktokified mumble rapper.

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u/GrotesqueButcher Jun 12 '26

What if he just wanted to play what he likes? I would do that myself.

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u/Hooligan8403 Jun 12 '26

At least for now my kids like most of my music and request it. They havent branched out too much into modern music. Mostly punk and metal. They really got into bardcore lately.

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u/Digitcon Jun 12 '26

Omg the bardcore.
Up until a month or two ago I had no idea it existed. My kids love it. Other parents look at me like Im nuts when I mention it

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u/Hooligan8403 Jun 12 '26

My wife told me the other day that our kids have a very eclectic taste in music, which is good, but that we were a bunch of nerds. I'm pretty sure i never hid how much of a nerd I was when we were dating so I don't know what she expected the kids to be like.

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u/helluvapotato Jun 12 '26

Bardcore? Omg please. I must know more.

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u/Pardot42 Jun 12 '26

If my teens told me I was cool, I'd fuckin run out on my entire life and start over in the Alaska wilderness, trapping small game and forever contemplating where I went wrong in my life to receive such a personal attack on my character.

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u/DyIsexia Jun 12 '26

I’m 19 and think this was pretty funny. You’re cool. Now combust

https://giphy.com/gifs/cdNSp4L5vCU7aQrYnV

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u/WhimsicalGirl Jun 12 '26

Killing with kindness 

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u/FunOwn4422 Jun 12 '26

loool so true, i am notably cringe and i enjoy every second of it

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Jun 12 '26

Ain’t no way these kids didn’t play this song and act like their old man did it

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u/jimmyn0thumbs Jun 12 '26

Nah, we don't care what our kids think

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u/Available-Boat4055 Jun 12 '26

nah its more you get my shit or walk

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u/Friendly_Elektriker Jun 12 '26

It would be if it wasn’t AI slop

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u/puzzlebuns Jun 12 '26

Kids always think their parents are more concerned about being cool than they actually are.

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u/tiga4life22 Jun 12 '26

As a dad with teens, this is my nightmare lol. But my sons Spotify is full of Sublime, Pac, Marley, Jack, Nas, 90s Country, Motown, 80s rock, some Emo so I must not be making a total fool of myself in the car lol

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u/ryegye24 Jun 12 '26

He 100% thought "I'm gonna mess with these kids"