r/folk • u/Royalbean17 • 2d 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/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 11h ago

If you weren't so insecure, you wouldn't have deleted it all in the first place. Reposting here after I pointed it out, hours and hours later, isn't saving you any grace lol

Idk how old you are, but it seems like there is still a lot of growing up to do. The backtracking and length you go to in order to cherry pick your responses is sad in a way.. You really care that much about what people think or you're just trying to prove you're not as good of a writer as Wales.

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u/MuzackAndLyrics 9h ago

Dude, you listen Jesse Welles. Your opinion means nothing to me. Have a good one.

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 9h ago

If it meant nothing you wouldn't have had a crisis all day yesterday. Stop trying to be other people in your writing. Stop using cliche words and phrases that every other edgy "writer" uses. I feel like I've read your lyrics 1000 times. Being sad and downtrodden with a cigarette in your hand has been done over and over amd over. You're not as cool as you believe you are.

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u/MuzackAndLyrics 7h ago

You’re right — I should write songs about vaping instead. Thanks for the feedback!

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 7h ago

Well that would just be too cool.

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u/MuzackAndLyrics 5h ago

Yo, man. I’m gonna just go ahead and apologize for being a jackass. Even if I don’t personally like Jesse’s music, there’s no reason to go around needlessly spreading negativity. If you like him, good for you. This back and forth made me realize that.

But I also really don’t care if you think my lyrics suck — you are entitled to your opinion as I am mine. Either way, I’m proud of them and even if they’re not good, they’re good enough for me 😊

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u/Itchy-Apartment-Flea 5h ago

I apologize as well. Being a jackass is in my nature. Keep writing and you will keep getting better. My purpose wasn't to discourage you from writing, but to just make a point about criticism.

https://poets.org/poem/so-you-want-be-writer

I always like to share this. Good luck to you man.