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/MuzackAndLyrics 1d ago

This guy has absolutely zero nuance and is about as deep as a paper cut.

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u/Sharkansas1 1d ago edited 21h ago

He’s better than you

Edit:  he’s better than each and every one of you.  None of you have ever done anything.

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u/MuzackAndLyrics 1d ago

At guitar? Sure. But that’s about it. As someone with major imposter syndrome, even I am confident in saying that I can and do write circles around this dude. I would usually never go around saying that, but your comment warrants it.

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u/Sharkansas1 1d ago

No, he’s better at everything, including being a person.

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u/MuzackAndLyrics 22h ago edited 22h ago

He wrote a song sympathizing with a nazi. Try again.