Imagine someone coming up to you, with a camera, and asking what song you’re listening to?
It’s a hypothetical situation that runs through my head more than I’d like to admit.
During the OG days of TikTok, I’d see these types of videos pop up just about every day. Not sure what happened, licensing maybe? But these videos seem all but extinct.
God I miss those videos. One of my favorite watches. Sometimes the book matches the cover: “Yeah, I knew he’d be listening to some bullshit.” Sometimes I’d get frozen with a knee-buckling curve: “Fugazi? Woah. Didn’t see that coming.”
I’ve had visions of being featured in a video like this for years now. I rarely walk around with headphones on/in, so that does me no good. Fuck. Ok. I gotta be listening to something first. Maybe we’re at the gym? Yeah, gym setting would work. I’m always jamming to something at the gym.
But wait, my big moment to tell the world what song I’m listening to and I got my “Push Playlist” going? Can’t have that. Not sure there’s a song on there I’d want to be cemented next to for eternity?
I need to be listening to a song that will stop people in their tracks. “2nd dude knows ball!” “Blue shirt understood the assignment.” “2nd guy got motion!”
Shot of me walking away. Deltron 3030 - Mastermind playing.
“2nd guy the goat!”
Now I’m clipped, stitched, the talk of social media.
New TikTok account: “BlueShirtMotion.”
They want a playlist? Give it to them. “Blue Shirt Playlist.”
100 followers, 791 followers.
I’m so cool.
“The thing I like about Blue Shirt is he just shares what he likes. He doesn’t insult, bash, nah… bro vibes. He understands the assignment.”
But why am I stuck at 782 followers? And why did my last video on MF DOOM only get 82 views?
Figured I’d get recognized more too. I even wear the exact blue shirt I wore in the video a couple times a week… Well, not the exact shirt. I bought more of em’. All the greats have their look: Zuckerberg, Banana Ball Guy, Me!
I need to be ready for my moment. I’m a sucker for pop: Charli XCX, Addison Rae, Sombr. These three artists CANNOT be playing when I’m approached. I need deep cuts. Playlist? Good call.
“Songs That Would Make Me Look Chill as Shit If Someone Came Up and Asked Me What Song I’m Listening To.”
MF DOOM. Added. Death Grips. Added. Modest Mouse. Added. Billy Woods. YHWH Nailgun. George Clanton. Parquet Courts.
Ready for my moment.
- Bobby D