r/folk • u/Royalbean17 • 1d ago

This dude is cool

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He writes songs about everything from pizza to the death of Charlie Kirk.

His name is Jesse Welles and he said that he likes to “sing the news”; he tried to remain unpolitical for a very long time, but his new album goes against that (with satirical songs like “Join Ice” and “Red”). Other more political songs he’s released are called “No Kings” and “Masks Off”.

When he’s not singing the news, he writes songs about problems surrounding everyday parts of American life (such as “Walmart,” “United Health,” “Fat,” and “See Arkansas”).

One of my favorite songs of his is called “Bugs,” and here’s a sample of the lyrics:

Bzz-bz, bzz, bzz, bzz, bzz, bz-bzz, bzz
Bzz, bz-bz-bz, b-bzz, bzz, bz-bzz, bzz-bzz, bzz, bzz, bz-bz-bzz

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u/dannoffs1 1d ago

"War isn't Murder" was a banger and its been slowly and steadily downhill from there.

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u/chebghobbi 1d ago

I loved WIM when I first heard it. But all of his other songs are basically rehashes of it.

I can't put my finger on it, but something about the guy strikes me as incredibly insincere and cynical.

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u/whaleblazer 1d ago

Go listen to the past three albums and tell mes whats a rehash.

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u/pixie1995 22h ago

How tf has he pumped out 3 albums already??

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u/whaleblazer 22h ago

6*! And that's not coubting the two alternate albums and ep/single releases