Yup, that's what he meant. Please fix your viewpoint and comments, to represent the truth. everyones just trying to make it. We can turn the lights off/ I like 3oh3, am I aware of how horribly sexist their lyrics are? 'Voices' By Hed (PE) [Chorus: Sean Foreman & Nathaniel Motte] She won't ever get enough once she gets a little touch. Primarily, their lyrical messages tend to be overly sarcastic and somewhat mocking of the scene that they are apart of - in effect they are a bit self-deprecating to illustrate the absurdity of the pop lifestyle by reveling in its ostentatious nihilism. The first time they performed "Robot" live was May 26, 2011, in Norwich, UK. no. And having a general apathetic attitude. "'Don't Trust Me' by 3OH!3. i didn't. Apparently, this single and its creators are sweeping the nation this summer, delivering a message of doucherty and douchetice for all. The band performed in Panama City Beach, Florida for MTVU's Spring Break in March 2009 and at The Mile High Music Festival at Dick's Sporting Goods Park along with other artists such as The Fray, Pepper, and Matisyahu. Monty replied on Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:33pm, otakufeminist99 replied on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 1:13pm. I think douchebag is a relatively mild term for guys who perpetuate the very double standards and slurs that men have used for centuries to justify the way they demean, abuse and discriminate against women. While I find that to be supremely accurate, should you choose to ignore the vernacular and opt instead for a more classical definition, here you go. Their two breakout singles, "Don't Trust Me" and the Katy Perry-featuring "Starstrukk," were party anthems for scene kids. We have freedom of speech for a good reason. Jamie O Neal: Trying To Find Atlantis, Matt F replied on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 4:10pm. Lukianoff and Haidt are useful here, in noting the three guiding . It's no longer a joke, it's just downright wrong. Carrie Underwood: Before He Cheats [28] On October 4, 2018, it was announced that the band would embark on a tour with Emo Nite and Lil Aaron commemorating the 10th anniversary of WANT throughout the end of 2018. With lyrics that turn women into sex objects, dudes into d-bags, and appeal to young people, plus a horrible frat-guy aesthetic and obnoxious music, 3oh!3 is getting a big, fat, (Dis)Honorable Douchebag Decree from this feminist. And regarding that Asher Roth song the "who's in your mouth" lyric is in reference to a Dane Cook joke. This Colorado duo's hilariously catchy dance tunes are the ultimate in nerdy cool. Inspired by these artists as well as by his older brother, Spencer, of Boulder's Grace Gale Foreman began doing a lot of MC battles and formed his first hip-hop group with producer/MC Devin Scheffel. Wow. Does that not seem like reason enough to be angry with our male-dominated society and the men contained therein? Tbh, I tend to excuse him for his earlier stuff because he was being an edgy teenager. Once I recovered from the severe case of douchelash these lyrics brought upon me, I was able to do a bit of investigative research. Sometimes that means drawing inspiration from their earliest collaborations. 3OH!3 (pronounced "three oh three") is an American electropop duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. You are defending POP MUSIC!!!! No wonder so many people are pirating music.its not worth the money to purchase. 3OH!3 Featuring Katy Perry 09.05.09 66 12 Wks 10.31.09 12 Double Vision 3OH!3 07.03.10 87 12 Wks 11.06.10 4 Follow Me Down 3OH!3 Featuring Neon Hitch 03.06.10 89 12 Wks 03.06.10 2 Hey . Anonymous replied on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 1:27pm, Krystle18 replied on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 2:42pm. i like him, but its so funny the way he gained all these teenage girl stans from flower boy who are all 'uwu my sweet baby tyler' when not that long ago he was rapping about murder and rape, being pretty misogynistic and also using homophobic slurs all the time because they 'have no meaning'. However, they do like to have fun and see their fans have fun. Really you guys thats not an excuse. Which is something that the feminist movement has had a hard time doing throughout the years. Anonymous replied on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 3:14am. I do have to go to the library for research, and I work hard at everything I do. I was first introduced to this horrifying song via Current TV's Infomania. It's just sad. 3OH!3, 100 gecs. Tati replied on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 12:55am, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALxOpl9jIYs. Motte's irresistible hard-edged beats and the pair's sucker-punch vocal delivery, however, provide musical proof that they're no joke. What is the average percentage of women in the boardrooms of the largest corporations? Kelsey Wallace is an editor in Portland, Oregon. Parents can only do so much until it is up to you as an individual to decide whether or not you're going to actually play out elements of the media. On February 11, Nathaniel and Sean posted on their Facebook page: "March and June important months for 3OH!3 this year!" Yes, many points you bring up are correct, and they are good points. I played lacrosse with Motte from 30h3 in high school, he's a smart and funny guy. Free speech does exist, and sometimes it lets out degrading lines hidden by swanky beats, it's a sad fact of life, but it's a reality. WHY, AMERICA? 2021-12-09T03:42:38Z Comment by . I think it's actually good maybe it will arouse curiosity in the younger generations about Hellen Keller and who she is. Photo Finish. Meanwhile, down in the Flaten Art Barn, current and former students were performing in and attending the RAINN (Rape Abuse Incest National Network) Charity Concert for Abuse Victims, also known as the alternative spring concert. 1. Every other thing he says to me is "OMG, FML" (FML means "fuck my life", I had to look it up), I tell him he can say "fuck my life" to me when he's a month past due on his rent and he hasn't eaten anything besides mac & cheese and ramen for a year and he's sold everything he owns just to pay for that; then we'll talk about "fuck my life". About 3OH!3 Straight off the streets of Ballerado, 3OH!3 comes outta the gate with high-class rhymes, low-brow beats and more party than the Bolshevik revolution. In summer 2009 they appeared at the Reading/Leeds festivals in the UK. Misunderstood? Baby, this is it. Youngblood bestr av Christer Sjlie af Geijerstam, Henric Flodin, Marcus Sjstrand, Oskar Kongshj och Simon Johansson. In 2017, the band played Warped Rewind at Sea, a 4-day cruise that included Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, and many others. Props to these comments. I wasn't really trying to hide it, or I would've left it "anonymous." There is no "sloth" that rules our digital age, and laziness does not drive us. Third-wave anti-racism is a call to enshrine defeatism, hypersensitivity, oversimplification, and even a degree of performance. But in my opinion, it was taken out of context. Your rage that they are popular and making good money off decidedly over-the-top cheesy pop music makes their success all the sweeter. Well, I guess the world is going to be a much different place, except us MTV generation-ers will be hopefully giving these kids a swift kick in the behind! I guess that depends on what generation you fall into. I won't. This heinous excuse for a song appears to be about an underage girl out alone (who the singer thinks is a hoe In fact, he . We all have an obligation to stand up against racism and bigotry in all its forms. "My First Kiss" is a song recorded by American electronic duo 3OH!3. Anonymous replied on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 11:55am, S A T I R E 8 3OH!3 - "Don't Trust Me" (2008) You know what my generation is? For the new release, the duo Sean Foreman and Nat Motte are teaming back up with Photo Finish Records, who the band released three albums with: 2008's WANT, 2010's Streets of Gold, and 2013's Omens. "Mostly, it's just important that we have fun when we do it.". vulgar, offensive, racist, threatening or harassing meanings Do not post anything that you do not have the right to post Please note: We moderate every meaning; Follow . 11. And also brush up on the whole "sexting" craze middle and high school kids sending nude or semi-nude photos of themselves through their cell phones. Maybe one of their keys to success was that they didn't aim to be successful . As for his father, an insurance salesman, he . No. The song "I Know How to Say" was used in a trailer for the 2011 animated Disney film "Mars Needs Moms" as well as being featured in commercials for the sci-fi comedy movie Paul, which was also released in 2011. Immediately following the announcement of 3OH!3, MEC received backlash because of the bands song lyrics about rape culture, sexual assault, exploitation of women and ableism. Katie Anderson 20. We must strive to be greater individuals than the whole generation, and we do. Listen free to 3OH!3 - Want (Chokechain, Colorado Sunrise and more). Prior to the release of Streets of Gold, 3OH!3 was featured on the track "Hey" by Lil Jon on his album, Crunk Rock in 2010. The statement also assured students that the concert would be safe and that Sexual Assault Resource Network (SARN) Advocates would be present at the concert. replied on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 2:30pm. Maybe if she "shuts her lips" he can fantasize that she's Clay Aiken. August 27, 2021 11 Songs, 30 minutes 2021 Photo Finish Records. RPGnet stands in solidarity with that community. You hear it on the radio, you hear it at clubs, you hear it EVERYWHERE. We love when lots of people comment on our blog posts, but we can't allow comments to veer too far away from the original post (or become personal attacks). And to counter your own intrinsically flawed logic, the pop music industry employs a lot of people, and for that matter so does the firearms industry, not to mention the vast amount of people making a living off of nuclear weapons. I concur with you absolutely that 3oh3 are douchebags. If only. On February 5, 2010, it was announced that Cobra Starship and 3OH!3 would be embarking on a co-headlining tour called The Too Fast for Love Tour featuring labelmates I Fight Dragons. 3oh!3 isn't the only new band that's made up of misogynist douchebags. Download "Touchin On My" : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/streets-of-gold/id377813997NEW MUSIC FROM 3OH!3 OUT NOW! This event is open to students and the public. They are indeed being ironic and do not typically base their lyrics on any sort of entrenched belief system so much as they write their lyrics to depend on a clever turn of a phrase. FYI, it's called a glitch. I don't drink, smoke, or do drugs. Leave The Edge out of this. devoid of meaning or artistic value, I believe that becoming angry and/or frustrated over music that so clearly perpetuates the degradation of women is perfectly justified. I honestly would not have this song censored, because, yes, there comes a time where raising your child steps in and a time where the media cannot constantly baby the people. If people are so musically close-minded that they can't get their eight brain cells around the challenge of integrating and reinterpreting different music, then have fun being left behind in an ever-changing world. Not a single individual who publicly disagreed with the choice of 3OH!3 attended the forum. However, there are boundaries. As they were getting started they performed at local venues around Colorado such as the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado and the Aggie Theater in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Yes, they think they're being "ironic" (whether they succeed is a different issue). im female too! they're a band. Or being on shrooms. I work directly with Deaf-Blind people, and they certainly communicate with real language (English, ASL), not abstract hip gyrations or the like. Im sorry, what? AND IT'S FULL OF MERCH! Sean also announced the title to his Twitter followers shortly after. 3OH!3 - My First Kiss (feat. Follow heron Twitterif you like TV and pictures of dogs. And, as a final complaint, to whomever referred to Michael Jackson as a "child molester": stop following sensationalized media headlines and do a little research. These guys are attempting to do the spaghetti-misogyny of Mindless Self Indulgence, but they've undershot the mark. If you can't teach your kids the difference between this make believe shit and reality, then it is you as a parent who has failed. However, it isn't your place to tell someone what they should be angry about and comment on. Also i am a girl and i know this stuff is hurtful towards women but i checked them out and they arent really that way this stuff is just whats popular if you ppl havent noticed.". The duo's second studio album, Want, went gold in 2008. "Our first band was called Two Lame Choads," Foreman offers. [20] The only prior hint of its release was a tweet from Nat on December 1, 2015, which was deleted almost immediately after it had been posted. Topics of discussion included the acceptance of past spring concert performers with similar lyrics regarding rape culture including Sage the Gemini how to prevent this backlash in the future and the idea that MEC cant please everyone.. Page previously filed a similar lawsuit against rapper Jay-Z in 2005, which resulted in Page dropping the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money. During a live stream on Google+, Nat revealed a release date for the upcoming album, which was then October 30, 2012. Haha. 2627. These asshats used to do [just as offensive] "crunk" rap until they sold their souls and let someone else write this awful garbage. I'd suggest you wake up, look around, and take notice of not only the stigmatization and stereotyping that goes along with this kind of attitude, but also take notice of how far we have to go to attain equality. I've never seen the original music video nor have i heard any of their other music so i always thought of the song on this videos terms as them saying don't trust the jerk guys who sleep around and do anything for a woman's attention. Remember when Lil Wayne rapped that he was going to beat that pussy up like Emmet Till? I've even heard of kids suing their parents for disciplining them. The latest and greatest in pop music, all in one subreddit. Genres: Electropop, Pop Rap, Dance-Pop. Obviously that was more hope than the situation warranted. HyperCrush is awesome. Since the official music video is no good, what do you all this of this unofficial one? "I know this post makes me sound like a cranky old lady who can't get down with kids' music these days" He also announced that 3OH!3 were back in the studio making new songs. Jake Paul - It's Everyday Bro. And when I was a freshman in college, Facebook was just being created, and same with Myspace. Join the Westword community and help support 3OH!3 (pronounced "three oh three") is an American electronic music duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte.They are best known for their single "DONTTRUSTME" from their album Want, which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100.Their second single, a remix of "Starstrukk" featuring Katy Perry from Want, was a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, Ireland . Also i am a girl and i know this stuff is hurtful towards women but i checked them out and they arent really that way this stuff is just whats popular if you ppl havent noticed. This next verse gives more insight to who the girl is, and how she met her rapist, and her demise. The song was released as the lead single from Streets of Gold on May 4, 2010. And this, to me, is a bit of a stretch: Ultimately, based on attendance of the spring concert and word of mouth post-concert, the controversy surrounding the band did not affect the atmosphere of the show. Is this not the case? 46.235.42.127 Bakom gruppen str ltskrivarna och producenterna Fredrik Kempe och David Kreuger samt koreografen Thomas Benstem och managern Robert Skowronski. I didn't know that song. Its practically science!!! I'm plenty pissed about the economy and education, and the government, and as for those people working for the cigarette and alcohol companies? Shut your lips!/ Do the Helen Keller, and talk with your hips! It sounded horrible. So who might you be, now that we are divulging identities? They're made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte from Boulder, CO. As we've seen many times throughout history, it's easy to unite people around intolerance. Moreover, Sean (who graduated top of his class from CU in the English department) and Nat (who graduated top of his class in Biology) would both probably acknowledge that their lyrics are far from the high level of discourse that most feminist would like for pop artists to strive for. Think about that.". Apparently, if you are the type of chick who thinks its ok to let over privledged white suburban jerks degrade certain types of girls, if you think these women deserve their treatment because of the way they dress or drink in public, you can feel really affirmed and superior when you hear a song like "Don't Trust a Ho." I worked at Hot Topic for quite a while, and I was also absolutely appalled at how many young women like these bands. I've spoken to these kids; never heard an intelligent word out of them. In 2013, they were interviewed for Contrast Magazine,[18] which was released on March 14, 2016. I take it 90% of you are above the age of 30 and hate Eminem and everything like it also. Posting the same thing 5 times clearly gives you the moral highground. Do I like it? Coming through the speakers in my friends Kia were these words (poorly sung, I might add): Shush, girl! Kids really aren't kids anymore and are growing up too fast. After having some hit shows in Boulder, they moved to Denver for the larger venue and fan base. Beyonce: Next Ex One of my sisters, only two years younger than I, echoed my brother's sentiments; I can also state with fair certainty that she has little interest in feminist ideals and the like. The statement, when taken in the lighthearted mood of the song, is not misogynist. So in one video, they're grossed out by being touched by a woman, and in the other they look very uncomfortable in a big pile of women. While both grew up in Boulder and attended rival high schools, Motte was a year ahead of Foreman, and the two met when they shared a physics class at CU. LFO hasn't had a song in, like, 10 years, so I wouldn't count them as relevant anymore. Just an FYI, I would consider these guys (especially Sean) as some of my best friends. [14], On March 17, they appeared with Kesha on American Idol performing "Blah, Blah, Blah". 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