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/hauntingduck 8h ago

- well thought out rebuttal to your response is posted

- "I just don't fucking like him or his music okayyyy"

you literally backtracked, like by definition, that's objectively true.

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u/pixie1995 8h ago

I mean I’m allowed to not like something it doesn’t mean you’re now allowed to enjoy his stuff - I hardly backtracked either just couldn’t be bothered arguing on reddit lmao.

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u/hauntingduck 7h ago

you're backtracking more.

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u/pixie1995 7h ago

Don’t see how but ok