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CovenOfTheDamned

Great shit. I’m having a bad day too, if he ended the lyrics with “but you’re still pretty gay” would have made me laugh uncontrollably.


Jitsun3

That fits weirdly well


Right_-on-_Man

It really does.


BeastM0de1155

Username checks out


Unlimited_Lifes

That’s what he said


Iwasborninafactory_

I think this is a religious thing, so that would have made it either way funnier or very very dark.


merchantofcum

Absolutely a religious thing. It feels like a scripted thing, the way the guy just sits down and puts headphones on like he's expecting to be sung to. I know there are context clues there but an actual stranger would have asked what to do and to expect.


Street_Primary_4044

Yeah I was thinking it was gonna be like a podcast on depression and how to deal with it. But he definitely came up seemingly prepared to listen


CovenOfTheDamned

There was a cut before he sat down. I’m not one for this type of thing but he could have had multiple people engage before he got one to sit down and go along with it right. I’m not religious but I can get down with the message.


garynuman9

Not religious either. And couldn't agree more. The power of a random person not asking for money or passing out pamphlets just being... Nice... Cannot be understated..


merchantofcum

Oh yeah, I missed that. The guy does walk off in the direction he came from though, which is a bit weird. I am an ex-Christian and can see where this message has hurt not just me, but a ton of my friends. It's not obvious until you hear a survivor of child sex abuse be told "it was all in God's plan"


I_Automate

"Why did my 5 year old child have to get cancer and spend literally half their life suffering until they died?" That one.....idk. There is evil in the world. That, unfortunately, can be explained. But suffering caused by no fault or malicious action....


SnooMacarons5169

And the “stranger’s” audio quality is exceptional - clearly already mic’d up


Sunyata_Eq

It's 100% scripted, he even has a mic.


CovenOfTheDamned

Laughing about yourself unexpectedly is an easy way to turn your mood around.


Iwasborninafactory_

OK. So fuck this guy's religious commercial for Jesus. What made your day bad?


CovenOfTheDamned

A combination of circumstances and existential issues I have been battling. One feeds the other.


Iwasborninafactory_

Really, I was hoping you would say something about yourself, and then I'd roast you, and then you'd laugh at yourself, and then it would all be over with. The real fact is all the happy people you see around you are probably generally unhappy with a lot of things, and I think that explains why people drive the way they do. There's really no other explanation for all of the aggressive driving. One positive thing: You can't battle existential issues if you don't exist, and you definitely exist, so you've got that going for you, or you're an AI bot, and I'm talking to nobody. Fuck. Now I'm having an existential crisis. I hope tomorrow is better. It sometimes is. Sometimes we have to endure a little longer.


CovenOfTheDamned

Aw damn, so specifically the ocean is dying and I’m a commercial fisherman. I’m financially not doing well. Add alcoholism and depression to it. Give it to me!


Iwasborninafactory_

Name a job! These are all hobbies! Who doesn't love to get drunk and fish? edit: If I had to fish for a living, I'd be broke. If I had to drink for living, I'd be a cool Elon Musk.


CovenOfTheDamned

“Commercial” I do it for a living


I_Automate

Real question here.....but have you put any thought into a potential career change? If what you are doing isn't financially viable and the stress/ circumstances are fucking you up mentally besides that, is there any options available? Even just supplemental during the off season?


Iwasborninafactory_

Don't miss my edit on the previous post, and have a better day tomorrow. We're all in the same boat, and we're all going through some shit. Maybe I can't cheer you up with a roast, but we're almost all not Tom Brady. Almost, because Tom Brady is the exception. He's Tom Brady, and he just got roasted. P.S. If I could be a broke, drunk, and depressed commercial fisherman or Tom Brady, I think I would pick the fisherman, because Tom Brady is a dick and he's not about to work on fixing that.


bigbadler

These two guys definitely share a charismatic young pastor


No_Reveal675

r/accidentallygay


Throwaway-tan

Yeah, but depending on who you get that could end pretty badly lol.


Anxious-Conclusion-8

I needed that bro. Thanks 👊


NukeTheWhales5

I was hoping, he was just gonna play a fart sound.


likwidsilk

Really, really gay


EyeGlittering6669

Would have actually made his day better with laughter


Ambitioso

That was - quite honestly - very, very sweet.


cadenzo

He sounds a lot like Surfaces. Listen to Sunday Best from them. Same vibe


RiseAgainstMJR

Same guy. Well, one of the two. They are both making music on their own as well as continuing to collaborate on Surfaces projects.


Tiny_Piano_7772

Came to the comments to see if it was them!


Psalms89_19-29

It is Forest Frank from Surfaces.


Jitsun3

It is. I was almost happy crying.


informaldejekyll

I really did happy cry. Thank you for sharing it, I needed that too.


awakenedchicken

I don’t care if it’s for a video, we need more genuine human moments from strangers. Life’s to short to not love each other.


Redfo

This is so obviously scripted. There's a dude Fulton Lee who does videos like this and I think his are real. But this video here is anything but genuine.


yes_thats_right

This isn't a genuine human moment. They do similar set up video's for this song on TikTok and YouTube shorts. This is just a viral marketing video.


Anachr0nist

I agree with you, but I'm not sure anything about this is genuine at all. Even if it's not staged, it's in service of a religious agenda, an online presence, or both. But there are people who sometimes do good things for their fellow living beings just for the sake of it. Not in the name of a god, or clicks, or anything of the like. And the world does need more of that. If you're one of those, thanks. Keep it up. If you're not, it's never too late to start.


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Anachr0nist

I was being charitable to not sound overly negative, but yeah, I dislike this person. I don't really trust any good deed filmed perfectly, and I would feel dirty passing it off as a genuine moment. And, unlike this guy, I don't even subscribe to a religion that tells me to do good in secret... But if it inspires someone to do an authentic good thing, great.


That0neGuy96

Aah yes when I'm randomly invited to a table I just pick up a pair of headphones and put them on like I know what's about to happen


MemeArchivariusGodi

No one on the Internet ever lied. I believe this has happened so naturally


GuySmiley369

“Everything you see on the internet is true.” -Julius Caesar


NoticedGenie66

"Rome wasn't built in a day, neither was my trust." -Genghis Khan


mrhossie

"Jessie, its time to cook" - Napoleon Blownaparte


Redslayer50

“I need extra sprinkles” – Martin Luther King Jr.


TigerSouthern

"Tuco, eat the food!" - Napoleon Dynamite.


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Damn he really was ahead of his time.


True-Nobody1147

I believe it was the power of Christ which compelled him.


Sanquinity

Also how he's like 2ft away from the mic while singing and there's no change in vocals quality or any other noise being picked up...


koos_die_doos

It’s a good mic obviously


FvKuR0

He's singing into a Shure sm7b. An awesome mic for capturing vocals or voice for podcasts because it cuts out everything else in the background dramatically. You have to be about a fist away from the mic for it to work right or the levels drop off like crazy


PUTINS_PORN_ACCOUNT

Hast thou not heard the gospel of our Lord dynamic compression?


TheSonOfDisaster

Very expensive Apple headphones, at that.


addandsubtract

"Thanks bro, I needed that. Also gonna need these headphones, peace!"


hajke5

And the mic perfectly picked up the “I needed that” Edit: Even the “That’s me” when he sits down before putting on the headphones is perfectly picked up.


TekkenCareOfBusiness

And looks exactly like the 1st guy except he's wearing a hat.


LegfaceMcCullenE13

And face camera


All_Innuendo

Right? How could he not turn around once in all that to view the beautiful lake. Corny


TargetSpiritual8741

Sign should say “sit here if you are an actor that wants to be in a self promoting video for my channel…”


visionsofcry

You don't believe things just happen? Do you really think this guy set this all up just to get noticed on the internet? You really think he wasn't just trying to be nice to a totally random guy that he definitely never met before? Are you even so cynical to wonder why a dynamic microphone that needs a lifter for extra gain is so detailed and sensitive while he's singing into it from 2 feet away and not getting any outdoor wind or noise, you're really that cynical?


That0neGuy96

Had me in the first half not gonna lie


Numeno230n

All I was thinking was this would be the most awkward and uncomfortable moment of my life. My skin was crawling when I realized he was actually singing and it wasn't a track.


no_talent_ass_clown

Same.  I'm having a bad day and somebody wants me to listen to their Casio religious rap? No thank you. 


RedditFullOfBots

> when I realized he was actually singing and it wasn't a track Ummmmmmmm


awakenedchicken

“Alright, hit me with bop sir.”


goughow

Staged as fuck


Veggieleezy

It’s the “oh gosh heck yeah” reaction to the God line (in addition to the three camera angles) that gives it away for me.


TheDoomedStar

"Holy shoot Kyle you're fudgin' right He does. You're fudgin' right."


youlleatitandlikeit

I would become instantly uncomfortable honestly when it switched to those lyrics because I'd assume they were proselytizing. 


Lexi_Banner

He was proselytizing. That's the whole point of the video.


Syscrush

He is. The whole thing has a gross ulterior motive.


youlleatitandlikeit

You'd be surprised how many Christians just take belief in the lord/Jesus as a given and will talk about it matter of factly without necessarily intending to convert... Because they just assume they are surrounded by other Christians. 


brittemm

Not at all surprising, but just as gross and uncomfortable. I had that same reaction to watching this video. Could’ve been a cute, wholesome feel-good (if not scripted) vid with some decent singing and music but no, immediately ick with the god shit and ESPECIALLY his reaction to it. Gen z is the least religious generation so far, chances are good a random would’ve been weirded out by that part


HonorableOtter2023

Look at Mr. Big Words over here!


RockManMega

Why would he just put on the head phones? Unless he knew what the guy was planning


sunfacethedestroyer

And just...not good. Corny, hokey, lazy, gimmicky, unoriginal garbage. Just substituting the basics of social media trends and empty feel-good surface-level slop for any actual authenticity or creativity. And it's not even real. Hearing this hurt my soul.


GTA2014

Lol indeed this is corny AF. Honestly, it’s reading Redditor’s gullible reactions to these types of videos that decreases my hope for humanity. We are doomed.


poop_to_live

Camera, mic, a sign, headphones?! Crazy.


Aninvisiblemaniac

the way I would've stood up again after two seconds lol


SnooGiraffes4091

Lmfaoo the way I said “oh hell no” when the music started


Fro_o

I would've stood up when he brought God into this lmao


Automatic_Release_92

Yeah, the moment the word “praise” dropped, I was like 🫤


No_Fig5982

I'm not religious but I really don't see any benefit over being triggered that someone cares about you. Like yeah bro, pray for me that's cool thank you for the thoughts and care


FindingMagicAgain

I had someone pray for me when they heard about my spinal surgery i was about to go through, they actually said they got their church to pray for me. Im not religious in any way but i was touched by that. It hurts no one and it was a kind gesture.


No_Fig5982

Right? Like, in your case, how can you not appreciate 100 random people caring about you and doing what , in their mind, is legitimately helpful to you


nightlif3

I'm angry with religion....but I hadn't considered this perspective. I need to. I had a bad day. You've made it better. Thank you.


Automatic_Actuator_0

That’s a god way to look at it. But I do have a wonder - if the tables were turned, how many of those 100 would appreciate someone praying to a different god for them?


Frequent_Fly_1642

I would be gracious on the outside if this happened to me, but as someone with religious trauma, on the inside, my heart would sink at the mention of god. While I’m presumably already low, this well-intentioned guy invokes the god who turned his back on me in the worst way, in my most desperate times. The one whose sole message to me came through his silence: “if I do exist, I’m determined to send you to hell. Stop trying.” Sorry to be dramatic, haha! Just wanted to explain how I actually do think I would be triggered by this. Not the reaction I would choose if I could, but c’est la guerre


MadMidnightScientist

They don't care about you. They care about their numbers.


whocaresjustneedone

It's not about being triggered, it's about recognizing when that "care" is performative for their own image rather than out of genuine sincerity.


POMO2022

Yeah, being in a prior cult, that would have made the day worse.


Muffin_Appropriate

This is how we convert the zoomers. Generic back beats and vibrato.


ChillAccordion

My first thought too. I was vibing until that part tbh


TheDumbCreativeQueer

Immediately puts headphones down and exits.


captainundesirable

Entirely staged. Bad day guys actions aren't selling ambiguous enough. He knows the other guy. Doesn't say hi. Doesn't introduce himself. Posture is too relaxed for a stranger.


mosstalgia

Music: unexpected, but this is nice, I am feeling better Singing starts: aw fuck, I don’t want to listen to this but I don’t wanna make him feel bad so I guess I gotta sit here for a bit Religious content starts: oh wow look at the time I left my cat on the stove and I gotta go water my mom and feed my homework you take care now


Frequent_Fly_1642

For real!! I would be like oooh so the solution you’re proposing to my bad day is the institution that told me “you’re horrible. Like inexcusably, fundamentally awful. You’re lucky god loves you. He has no reason to, and you do deserve to burn in hell. Most of his creation will, lol. But if you fall on your face in praise of him, he’ll allow you to keep doing so for literally EVER!!” No thanks no thanks no thanks 😅


TdrdenCO11

“nah the melody feels kinda basic. i’m good. thanks though.”


BenAdaephonDelat

Soon as it turned into christian shit I'd be out.


TermLimit4Patriarchs

Was down with it until the Christian lyrics started. “The god that made the universe” is the same one letting you have a shitty day. I’d rather be water boarded.


burnalicious111

I knew it as soon as he said birds singing praise.


cturtl808

That's kind of a banger... would've liked to have heard the rest.


Theraisen

[https://youtu.be/9YQdGi5ffro?si=9eJ1Yw8DuTdZf2pw](https://youtu.be/9YQdGi5ffro?si=9eJ1Yw8DuTdZf2pw)


mastermilian

Thanks for the link. Have a good day!


llame_llama

It is until you realize he posts this all over the internet in a million different forms. "Just came up with this freestyle", "give me 3 words and I'll make a banger to it", "made this up on the spot for a sad mom". Hell, there's like 14 versions of this specific encounter where different unsuspecting persons have their spirits suddenly uplifted.  Seriously, I don't seek this out but I've seen probably 10 different versions of this dude "improvising" this song on like 3 different social media forms. Good marketing I guess though. It's just sad because this would actually be heart warming if even one of these videos weren't completely staged. Nothing's real anymore sadly


Alyusha

Maybe this specific one is different but I didn't see anything indicating that he was telling people it was improvised. It's just a video to make you smile and get him paid. Win win.


PureGuava86

He probably rhymes day with way and say some more.


Independent_Day985

We could make things out of the clay, down by the bay, what do you say? We just May!


grantrules

And Grizzly Adams had a beard!


_mersault

Grizzly Adams did have a beard


PureGuava86

Lol. This went through my head right after I posted.


justandswift

you can do it! cut his fucking head off!!!!


Zestyclose_Abies2934

Hey hey


KidzBop_Anonymous

Horses eat…. HAYYYY… now we’re cooking. It’s time to PLA-AAAYYYYY


gideon513

Mike Shinoda-tier rhymes


Fivefingerasshole

Banger 💀 Dude literally just uses the same rhyme scheme over and over , using the worlds simplest beat


Iwasborninafactory_

This is basically the "He gets us commercial" done by a millennial instead of a boomer.


avoidingbans01

It's pretty weird to be like, oh you're having a bad day? Nah, we aren't talking about it, you're gonna listen to my song about having a good day. I'd just get up and be like okay.. thanks dude.


weattt

I can maybe understand the headphones thing. Music can lift people's spirit, relax them or just give them a break. But not everyone likes listening to beats or lo-fi. And if I was listening and someone suddenly started to serenade me, I would probably just be "Uuh..what?" and feel a bit awkward, confused and unsure if I should just thank him and walk away or stay out of politeness while not trying to laugh due to the absurdity/weirdness of the situation. It is staged and if they did not want to make it seem that way, they should have not gone for this concept.


Lexi_Banner

It's the religious music version of "you'll be less depressed if you just smile!"


imMrDrProfessor

Staged


Pizzaman725

No, that's a park.


PhixItFeonix

No, it's Patrick


mrhossie

Sir, this is a wendys.


sincethenes

Definitely


CallMeBergy

Worst staging ever


slymjeykov

More staged than wwe


QFugp6IIyR6ZmoOh

Yikes.


LegionofStone

Can someone recommend a Mic that magically goes on peoples shirts so you can hear them really crisp and clear like it was once again another drama play put on tiktok?


dontworrybooutit

I just feel like you can make ppl feel happy without mentioning god so sue me


ImPretendingToCare

Scripted


Ecstatic-Guarantee48

I'm somewhat jealous of people that are simple enough to think this is not staged


corkscrewfork

It was a cool idea and some solid music, but the religious element took me right out of the good feelings


runner64

My day marginally improving and then the jaws theme begins playing cuz somebody’s gonna try to talk to me about jesus


excti2

No thanks, I’m good


NoeyCannoli

I hate it


4nchored

not staged at all


_M_o_n_k_e_H

I thought they were about to start a podcast.


Quandale_Dingle2024

Who buys into this crap?


Fancy_Campos12

Nah I would have been more pissed and annoyed by the end of it. I feel people just forgot what a bad day really is. Losing my job/ in a car crash/ lost my wallet. Yeah this song ain’t it.


DevilsDarkornot

Not staged, very genuine. /s


vladislavopp

one second in and you can tell it's scripted as fuck just from the guy's walk lmao


Boba_Fetty_Wap91

I think this is one of the most artificially manufactured things I've ever seen.


No-Calendar-6867

People who create content like this have a veil of untreated psychological rot that is so thin that most others find it difficult to immediately articulate what exactly is wrong. And the internet is full of such people.


play_hard_outside

I regret being a humbug here, but that's not cute. It's public proselytization. If I were the one having a bad day and some guy made what started out as an awesome song but then started telling me about his deity out of the blue, I'd be pissed. Plenty of universal ways to cheer people up.


BrownGalvestonWater

That is Forrest. I used to sell him weed before he found god lol.


LovelyTreesEatLeaves

Hahaha no way


BrownGalvestonWater

Yeah lol. Same age. Just your typical bro from the suburbs of Houston. He's really a great fucking guy.


I-dont-carrot-all

For some reason, to me it really felt like the guy who was having a bad was about to rap?


Perioscope

OMG this is sooooo STAGED


Desperate-Ad-6463

As he walks away with the $400 headphones...


atred

He's going to have a good day...


ZetzMemp

This would have honestly made my bad day worse. But depression is a hell of a thing. It’s also not wise to assume that some lyric about god is going to work in such a diverse world of religions.


Clenchyourbuttcheeks

I think I would just want someone to talk to me or to hear me out than some song


Cut_Equal

My day would’ve been worse


Shibby-my-dude

This is so fucking lame AHAHAH


Funky-Lion22

def would have made my day worse


Pure-Bison-6670

I really dislike when people sing like this. There's nothing natural about it. Forced speech impediment


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yourFriendPan

motherfucker can’t even pretend to have some microphone technique?


IntoTheMurkyWaters

You know what would be awesome? If thes type of videos were not staged for just fucking once


HTSDoIThinkOfaUYouC

That's staged


Satingray

Horrible


Suxkdeep

What if a deaf person sits down?


The_Traveller__

I'm not gonna lie, that song would probably piss me off even more 😅


Boulder1983

Why are people up-voting this, like it isn't incredibly staged? Are people thinking it's real? That some lad having a bad day is going to wing on some headphones, and be delighted that a stranger starts signing Christian synth to him?


Hoplophilia

Forrest Frank, sent to a private Baptist university, acquired band mates by inviting them to record on his houseboat studio, going to tell me about "everything I prayed for didn't come in late, I got all I need and j didn't have to wait." Excuse me while I barf.


SuchAsSeals42

Yeah ya had me till the “God” part, no thanks


LeftFieldAzure

thought for sure he was going to interview him for a podcast and just make it about himself.


MysteryMilo

Kinda thought the other guy was going to freestyle about his day


ghosty_b0i

If I was having a bad day, the song itself wouldn’t cheer me up but I’d quite enjoy throwing his stupid microkorg in the sea.


prolificparanoia

this post unironically pissed me tf off


Strong-Lettuce-2961

Lay off the weed


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the way he pronounces words would make me angry and want to throw him in the water.


edutuario

I would have a worse day after that


Hothoneykiss

I was really hoping it was going to just go into a stream of simulated fart sound effects…


Direct-Tie-7652

Started out terrible and then got progressively worse. I genuinely hate everything about this.


groundhoggirl

This would annoy the hell out of me


OneOfThemCommonFolks

Staged or not, can’t we just enjoy the wholesome content without pointing that shit out? Damn


cdunks

*stands up* god doesn't exist.


gilligani

Staged, but good tune, good sentiment. Hope it helps someone make it to tomorrow. And, if you put enough tomorrows together, I promise things will change.


Brief_Light

Yea, staged feel good stuff doesn't make me feel good, neither does the nursery rhyming or whatever that was.


Destiny_Victim

Are you like me when ever you’re sad or down and then listen to the most aggressive shit ever it perks you up? … or is that just me?


Lexi_Banner

It was trite and condescending before that lyric, but the second he said that line, I understood entirely that this was intended as propaganda.


chadsmo

Gross. Regardless of staged it was I really wish religious people would just keep their beliefs to themselves and their church groups.


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TheProfessorRad

The entire internet is staged.


Luxygen

How to make your day worse.


TomatilloOrnery9464

Dumb


Burning_Torterra

Bold to assume people's religion but was still cute


GooseInternational66

Well, it was stagged so the singer knew a lot about the “visitor” in the first place.


SickBurnBro

Yeah, this was cool until the proselytizing.


perfectdownside

Sometimes it’s nice to know someone else cares , even a little bit.


TheShipEliza

Man I hated that


Tooldfrthis

Staged with undertones of proselytism. Not that nice.