Mike Posner “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2025

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  • @tiredtyler726
    @tiredtyler726 5 лет назад +6014

    He has a pure heart . Hope he has real people surround him and loving him

    • @bradonak420
      @bradonak420 5 лет назад +46

      Tired Tyler I feel you, I got a real Mac Miller vibe watching this.

    • @calebrown8870
      @calebrown8870 4 года назад +2

      jana mowafy wait he’s dead?

    • @localko5226
      @localko5226 4 года назад +1

      @@calebrown8870 nope

    • @rocknroll2645
      @rocknroll2645 4 года назад +2

      Chill out 🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅

    • @rupeshkamble8176
      @rupeshkamble8176 4 года назад +1

      Why you saying like these

  • @jackmcmillan4779
    @jackmcmillan4779 8 лет назад +5343

    they guy seems so chill and honest

  • @Thelifeofzeus471
    @Thelifeofzeus471 5 лет назад +20212

    He sounds like he’s crying so hard inside this whole interview

  • @miriamarroyo7373
    @miriamarroyo7373 6 лет назад +5126

    i just wanna give him a hug 😭

  • @sticky4444
    @sticky4444 4 года назад +2546

    Y’all are ignoring the message. He made it to the top and he still feels incomplete. Showing that while everyone wants to be rich and famous and think that’s the top, there’s another purpose in life for us that we all have to search for to truly feel fulfilled.

    • @yungstar7472
      @yungstar7472 4 года назад +15

      facts💯

    • @plugformixtapes
      @plugformixtapes 4 года назад +5

      Preach brother

    • @Sly-bko
      @Sly-bko 4 года назад +2

      I agree

    • @nxthvn914
      @nxthvn914 4 года назад +9

      I just wanna be rich so I never have to hear A no or maybe another day when I want a pizza some earrings some chain some shoe some ticket to a movie to a concert cause all I known is No for am answer so I wanna be rich so I can have a choice to have it or not

    • @deadman4222
      @deadman4222 4 года назад +1

      @@nxthvn914 and once you have this choice, will you then be happy?

  • @moez9480
    @moez9480 5 лет назад +9164

    When i hear "To show Avicii i was cool" my heart is broke

    • @nightzzkillerzzz8323
      @nightzzkillerzzz8323 5 лет назад +14

      dvku ϟ why?

    • @moez9480
      @moez9480 5 лет назад +481

      @@nightzzkillerzzz8323 Cuz its like he wanted to be cool to Avicii. But Avicii is now dead

    • @David-hd4et
      @David-hd4et 5 лет назад +111

      I'm convinced people only say this to get likes. you're like the 50th person I've seen say this

    • @moez9480
      @moez9480 5 лет назад +98

      @@David-hd4et I say what i feel i dont care about likes. What i see that i do that for likes but you do that for attention

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 5 лет назад +17

      Like your English...

  • @chaseg59
    @chaseg59 8 лет назад +3612

    I like how he actually sung it.

    • @kickbam213
      @kickbam213 7 лет назад +37

      chaseg59 he sang it lile his original version fool

    • @andrewbianchi1294
      @andrewbianchi1294 7 лет назад +7

      True Music Reviews Hey there, Mark.

    • @Brian-cz3mx
      @Brian-cz3mx 7 лет назад +9

      Tru he's not using auto tune

    • @erroldtumaque3430
      @erroldtumaque3430 7 лет назад +23

      Kick Bam he's not a fool. he's saying other artists just read the lyrics out for these Genius videos

    • @lewham1302
      @lewham1302 6 лет назад +1

      Thats what all the artists do on here.

  • @soehokgie
    @soehokgie 4 года назад +625

    He said he was jelous looking Avicii who was performing on the stage. While Avicii was willing to give up anything, just to stay off the stage. Life is so ironic.

  • @perspective9908
    @perspective9908 5 лет назад +12816

    *Mike Posner sings*
    Autotune: “Am I a joke to you?”

  • @SuperKataliina
    @SuperKataliina 7 лет назад +4625

    this song is mad depressing, i never really paid attention to the lyrics i'm really surprised right now

    • @itzajordan
      @itzajordan 5 лет назад +7

      Fr though

    • @panicpiltschemicalajrgreen3471
      @panicpiltschemicalajrgreen3471 5 лет назад

      m.ruclips.net/video/A2CwZ1UTSSA/видео.html

    • @Skelyboss
      @Skelyboss 3 года назад +1

      The original song sounds a lot more depressing I guess, since it's slower and is a more western song

    • @Laidbackn3rd
      @Laidbackn3rd 2 года назад +1

      @@Skelyboss western?💀😂 it’s southern dude

  • @jesusmaldonado4769
    @jesusmaldonado4769 7 лет назад +15971

    He looks like he about to cry

  • @kouzzz3996
    @kouzzz3996 5 лет назад +9809

    *2016* RUclips: No
    *2017* RUclips: No
    *2018* RUclips: No
    *2019* RUclips: No
    *2020* RUclips: Let’s recommend it now!

  • @matthewgarnett8090
    @matthewgarnett8090 8 лет назад +326

    Wow didn't expect this guy to be so open and honest, one of the best verified videos

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 7 лет назад +3273

    4:46 damn! Am I the only one feeling he's feeling that line so much?

    • @smileyy777
      @smileyy777 6 лет назад +165

      CheesecakeLasagna it just adds to the sadness in the lyrics, like he's slowing ripping off the band-aid

    • @ankitaaarya
      @ankitaaarya 6 лет назад +40

      Holy shit dude exactly what I thought

    • @miguelbastidas3364
      @miguelbastidas3364 5 лет назад +4

      Where did you get your profile picture? It does and it doesn't look like a screenshot at the same time.

    • @jalfrezi3602
      @jalfrezi3602 5 лет назад

      Nope

  • @raf4097
    @raf4097 3 года назад +278

    His voice sounds almost identical to the song. This guy is mad talented .

    • @TheOrdinaryRandomGuy
      @TheOrdinaryRandomGuy Год назад

      You don’t say?

    • @raf4097
      @raf4097 Год назад +4

      ​@@TheOrdinaryRandomGuy Old comment but I think I caught this as a surprise because a lot of artists tend to go on genius and sound absolutely nothing like they do in their songs. Not difficult to find a heavily autotuned artist these days.

  • @soupinthecat
    @soupinthecat 6 лет назад +1049

    The part where he stopped singing and just said “people still think I’m a star” gave me goosebumps.

    • @IndigoMist44
      @IndigoMist44 3 года назад +3

      Same.

    • @qAdxm
      @qAdxm 3 года назад +4

      Your likes are just scary

    • @soupinthecat
      @soupinthecat 3 года назад +3

      @@qAdxm I want it to stay this way

    • @qAdxm
      @qAdxm 3 года назад +1

      @@soupinthecat cool. lol

    • @happytoker
      @happytoker 3 года назад +2

      @@qAdxm lmao stop being salty because you didnt drop a relatable comment. Ig you missed the point of the song.

  • @daemonrightnow.8427
    @daemonrightnow.8427 8 лет назад +3671

    Brilliant song with a lot of honesty and emotion

  • @thimstr7682
    @thimstr7682 5 лет назад +706

    this is what genius actually should do and not interviewing memes n shit.

    • @l0sts0ul89
      @l0sts0ul89 4 года назад +12

      Facts, the Backpack kid was funny. He looked super cunfused why he was there.

    • @Bakkyardchapo
      @Bakkyardchapo 4 года назад +1

      @@l0sts0ul89 hahaha fr

    • @l0sts0ul89
      @l0sts0ul89 4 года назад +3

      @@Bakkyardchapo
      It's like
      "Why the hell am I here? Has the quality dropped this low?"

    • @dualtahunter4043
      @dualtahunter4043 3 года назад +3

      "I be flossiiiiiiiin"

  • @christopherocamposantos
    @christopherocamposantos 7 лет назад +4123

    He can actually sing unlike most people that relied on autotune.

    • @christopherocamposantos
      @christopherocamposantos 5 лет назад +12

      1600Nico - You dont need to be good at singing to sing they use a lot of auto tune. They keep tuning it until it’s perfect so they can sing high notes

    • @Lynhx
      @Lynhx 5 лет назад +4

      He Sounds hella auto tuned

    • @christopherocamposantos
      @christopherocamposantos 5 лет назад +4

      FRS Trost Ik but he can sing still most people that use auto tune can’t sing. But he can but he uses auto tune

    • @profanity3733
      @profanity3733 5 лет назад +12

      @@Lynhx What song does he sound "hella" autotuned? Don't answer the remixed I took a pill in Ibiza.

    • @immenseflame
      @immenseflame 5 лет назад +1

      @@profanity3733 maybe he was talking about the singing during the interview that it sounds like he had autotune

  • @garrettwittkamp2680
    @garrettwittkamp2680 7 лет назад +1183

    this guy actually has a really cool life story. after going to duke, he released several songs that became hits such as cooler than me, bow chika wow wow, etc and then he didn't know how to handle the fame that came with it. slipped into a state of depression and after a while decided that he wanted to see if he could be happy with just music and bare necessities. he packed anything that would fit in his suitcase and gave everything else away and brought a guitar with him. After this trip he got some inspiration and found his identity in music and now hes making music he likes, not music that will be hits. Hes approving remixes too so he'll have more popular songs im sure.

    • @tommyblade8093
      @tommyblade8093 6 лет назад +5

      wait is the bow chika wow wow from phinease and ferb?

    • @averyavery6951
      @averyavery6951 5 лет назад +1

      @@X11CHASE what a fucking rude

  • @anavazquezhume2924
    @anavazquezhume2924 5 лет назад +290

    The way he tells the story is so interesting like he is so in the moment

  • @poppetanya
    @poppetanya 8 лет назад +197

    i used to blast his song with my brother. and now looking at him he looks depressed this song is depressing but its a hit. i hope he gets out of this depression funk.

    • @vzm4663
      @vzm4663 8 лет назад +12

      I think he's out of his depression phase already. When he performs live, he looks really happy and enthusiastic now 😃

    • @darthzeppid
      @darthzeppid 8 лет назад +37

      +VZ Matthews looks can be deceiving and u don't really "get over" depression but i hope he has better ways of coping

  • @letterzx
    @letterzx 6 лет назад +15405

    he was a one-hit wonder, twice.

    • @sgb143phd5
      @sgb143phd5 6 лет назад +1199

      So many other songs. Hits or not an amazing artist

    • @logankohn6769
      @logankohn6769 6 лет назад +549

      Nah he had please don’t go, bow chika wow wow, and less popular songs that I still like like be as you are

    • @doublek7967
      @doublek7967 6 лет назад +248

      logankohn Those aren’t hits at all, the only reason he isn’t a one hit wonder is because of I took a pill in Ibiza and cooler than me, everything else isn’t popular

    • @logankohn6769
      @logankohn6769 6 лет назад +56

      Double K What you mean both those songs I said were on the radio that’s not true

    • @iidevilsspawnii6506
      @iidevilsspawnii6506 6 лет назад +28

      "Song about you" is real killer. Its not picking up enough traction atm for its worth though imo

  • @glosp4163
    @glosp4163 5 лет назад +4562

    I took a pill with Mona Lisa
    To show Da Vinci I was cool

  • @DanielStrangeFitness
    @DanielStrangeFitness 8 лет назад +3051

    shoutout to mike for actually singing the song, the other vids, the other artist just read their lyrics, smh

    • @srebo
      @srebo 8 лет назад +67

      Daniel Strange Fitness because most of them are rap songs and some of the people don't quite understand, as if they simplay can't match the lyrics with the song audio. That's why artists read lyrics to make it more clearer. Mike's song is pretty slow and it's quite understandable even when sang

    • @alondragomez3447
      @alondragomez3447 7 лет назад +2

      Daniel Strange Fitness Khalid sings his as well, he's amazing

    • @terminallumbago6465
      @terminallumbago6465 7 лет назад +9

      Daniel Strange Fitness Lukas Graham sings his too.

    • @DanielStrangeFitness
      @DanielStrangeFitness 7 лет назад

      yeah i noticed that!!

    • @kayyykenzooo7265
      @kayyykenzooo7265 7 лет назад +2

      A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie sang it😐

  • @elchidovega
    @elchidovega 8 лет назад +3186

    Let me take a moment to tell you Genius, I love these and I appreciate you. Thank you, God bless.

    • @sadew1232
      @sadew1232 8 лет назад +9

      Rest in Piece Ramon

    • @sanjeetsinghk
      @sanjeetsinghk 8 лет назад +1

      although this one wasn't required, cuz it's self explanatory,but yeah i appreciate that too.

    • @soledadguerrero443
      @soledadguerrero443 8 лет назад +4

      the memories of el Chavo del 8

    • @dylanmoreno7234
      @dylanmoreno7234 7 лет назад +16

      Don Ramon 😥😥😥😥😥😥 R.I.P. Don Ramon El chavo at least he can uhhh hang with chavo in heaven 😓😓😓😪😪😪

    • @memesantiago352
      @memesantiago352 7 лет назад +5

      Don Ramon rip 😂😂 😂 but at the same time 😭😭😭

  • @kykise1395
    @kykise1395 5 лет назад +1280

    I’m not familiar with this guy tbh. But he looks so broken in this interview.

    • @princess1peach
      @princess1peach 4 года назад +27

      Cause hes bf died

    • @LuvJaiswal1
      @LuvJaiswal1 4 года назад +24

      Yes! But now check him out he is so happy and so much better! Its amazing.

    • @yeameow
      @yeameow 4 года назад +1

      Chris Jarma how?

    • @princess1peach
      @princess1peach 4 года назад +5

      @@yeameow an overdose

    • @The111avatar
      @The111avatar 4 года назад +28

      Chris Jarma avicii is still alive at the time of this interview

  • @Ijig99
    @Ijig99 8 лет назад +1861

    shits mad depressing. so many celebrities become a slave of Hollywood and wonder if the fame is really all it's cracked up to be. After stars make money and become successful it seems like they are still lonely. They don't have that solid love and happiness that many average people have. It's a game of wondering who to trust and chasing after things that will only bring temporary happiness, not life long happiness.

    • @Ijig99
      @Ijig99 8 лет назад +63

      don't look up to celebrities cause chances are they'd rather spend a day living your life, so count your blessings.

    • @didthatreallyjust
      @didthatreallyjust 8 лет назад +16

      Sarah Hood tbh, that how life feels in America. I think that feeling is largely shared and it shouldn't be that way

    • @oni_thefirst
      @oni_thefirst 7 лет назад +5

      Sarah Hood Love and Family is the price you should pay to be a celebrity, an A list. There isnt a big celebrity with a life time marriage. There isnt an Hollywood actor that's been married only once. Maybe its becouse they're selfish and after every fight thay think " I got so many fans, i dont need you couse I can find someone else in seconds"

    • @_siai
      @_siai 7 лет назад +3

      real shit

    • @greencupofdeath
      @greencupofdeath 7 лет назад +22

      im pretty sure mike doesnt want to trade his life for my paycheck to paycheck 12$ an hour shitty ass life. trust me

  • @traijonsmith9931
    @traijonsmith9931 7 лет назад +1139

    He doesn't need to alter his voice

  • @camelcaat
    @camelcaat 4 года назад +170

    Randomly recommended but memory unlocked and nostalgia is rushing

  • @vinnyvidivici
    @vinnyvidivici 7 лет назад +708

    I always come back to this video just to hear it a capella.

  • @OMGItsGrimm
    @OMGItsGrimm 8 лет назад +1529

    damn man, you can tell mikes depressed and you can hear that he's just weak in his voice

    • @CoryHatfield
      @CoryHatfield 8 лет назад +137

      His dad has cancer.

    • @CoryHatfield
      @CoryHatfield 8 лет назад +92

      He actually changed the lyrics of this song in his performance of it to say so on Conan. It's hard to find the video though. Conan's channel removed it.

    • @mikekors2003
      @mikekors2003 6 лет назад

      Alt Tizzy yeah I can't imagine how he feels about the death of avicii. All the drugs he's taken has altered his brain

  • @sjhvlogsquad4801
    @sjhvlogsquad4801 5 лет назад +727

    Auto tune: u need me
    Mike: *hold my beer*

    • @banananana5470
      @banananana5470 5 лет назад +3

      He actually need it if u know how auto tune work

    • @jakex1091
      @jakex1091 5 лет назад +13

      @@banananana5470 no he doesnt ur probably thinking of the remix

    • @conlixity2424
      @conlixity2424 5 лет назад +2

      Every artist needs auto tune, this is a dumb comment.

    • @EternalNico1
      @EternalNico1 5 лет назад +1

      he uses auto tune in the original too, clearly you don’t know how auto tune works

    • @dilldozar296
      @dilldozar296 3 года назад

      @Christian Ramirez pitch correction goes all the way back into the 70s! Nobody uses auto tune in the studio it’s all pitch correction. Auto tune is for live shows and trap music yet still most trap is just pitch correction.

  • @DaMeloman32
    @DaMeloman32 8 лет назад +89

    "it never goes as low as it does at home."
    that's deep

    • @inhumanpapi565
      @inhumanpapi565 6 лет назад +5

      El_Oso_Gigante08 you got the whole thing wrong.. he's saying "It never goes as low *at home* as it does *in other places* " you basically spoiled the whole meaning of the quote itself

  • @dumptuckk
    @dumptuckk 8 лет назад +308

    He has a beautiful singing voice

  • @sarthak2121
    @sarthak2121 3 года назад +67

    This guy walked across America and climbed Mt. Everest
    Such a role model

  • @1KrasserDude
    @1KrasserDude 8 лет назад +773

    man i feel sorry for mike that he wasnt a star after cooler than me i thought were did he go and them i heard i took a pill and was like wait i know that voice :D

    • @asterism6584
      @asterism6584 8 лет назад +4

      Me too! :)

    • @clariecec9101
      @clariecec9101 7 лет назад +24

      He's a fucking genius but the industry keeps forcing him to make electronic dance songs. Cooler than Me was originally more acoustic. Pill in Ibitza too.

    • @proctorsledge
      @proctorsledge 7 лет назад +2

      dude the music he's done with blackbear as Mansionz is brilliant

    • @tigana
      @tigana 7 лет назад +2

      Clariece C Mansionz is amazing

    • @moose_squirrel_colombo5786
      @moose_squirrel_colombo5786 6 лет назад

      SAME 😍

  • @realgangworld7861
    @realgangworld7861 8 лет назад +3891

    GET THAT FUCKEN WEEKND AND MAKE HIM EXPLAIN STARBOY

    • @lolhaiqal1131
      @lolhaiqal1131 8 лет назад +3

      realgangworld yeah

    • @sz4965
      @sz4965 8 лет назад +3

      realgangworld it's about his transfromion

    • @Nimpeo
      @Nimpeo 8 лет назад +15

      that song is pretty much a straight forward braggadocious song inspired by hip hop...

    • @00THR3E
      @00THR3E 8 лет назад +5

      realgangworld exactly the song lit but wtf does it mean

    • @realgangworld7861
      @realgangworld7861 8 лет назад

      peter heter idk Peter

  • @bleh2959
    @bleh2959 5 лет назад +50

    He’s so amazing vocally and this song goes so much deeper then people realize

  • @kyla738
    @kyla738 8 лет назад +2267

    Wow this is depressing

    • @BallySG17
      @BallySG17 8 лет назад +3

      Kyla James how

    • @kyla738
      @kyla738 8 лет назад +32

      BSG17 Because of his life... It seemed to be going downhill until the success of this song

    • @thesantiago26
      @thesantiago26 8 лет назад +42

      Kyla James yeah that's how life works. It's a lot of ups and downs but I wouldn't feel bad for him. He's still working and living and he's doing alrifht

    • @SaintLat
      @SaintLat 8 лет назад

      Kyla James lol

    • @kyla738
      @kyla738 8 лет назад +38

      thesantiago26 True but this song is a big party song and I never knew it had such a deeper and heartfelt meaning behind it

  • @weenjaaaa
    @weenjaaaa 8 лет назад +2799

    He looks like a very depressed person tbh:(((

    • @freddybobjnr5926
      @freddybobjnr5926 8 лет назад +143

      Millie Mae he has been suffering from depression for a while

    • @iinightblade4074
      @iinightblade4074 8 лет назад +2

      FreddyBobJnr 😞😞😞

    • @user-ok6dv1bw7i
      @user-ok6dv1bw7i 8 лет назад +1

      Millie Mae 😢

    • @annoythefish
      @annoythefish 8 лет назад +16

      Yeah his CNS is depressed by that oxy he just snorted

    • @carolinefortin6742
      @carolinefortin6742 8 лет назад +3

      Millie Mae Life is not a bed of roses (without thorns :-p)
      I think he's been through a lot and is doing just fine knowing that a lot of people hate him or send him hateful energy.
      This song was dark dumb thruth but got him popularity back.

  • @tanmayjoshi1128
    @tanmayjoshi1128 5 лет назад +48

    This dude is now walking across America!
    Overcoming everything.
    I want to have that "I took a pill in Ibiza" to "move on" kind of transformation 💯
    More power and love to him!

  • @ronniepalmer9813
    @ronniepalmer9813 8 лет назад +677

    I'm jealous of him. he's way cooler than me

  • @leecason9468
    @leecason9468 8 лет назад +2518

    He's actually not a bad vocalist lol

    • @josepheubank8405
      @josepheubank8405 8 лет назад +124

      He's actually a very good vocalist, he as a unique voice and style.

    • @FRANCO-cm7ol
      @FRANCO-cm7ol 8 лет назад +29

      +MEssED89 his style is very distinct actually

    • @bryanzermeno8466
      @bryanzermeno8466 8 лет назад +26

      Lee Cason he's a really good vocalist

    • @miche.5146
      @miche.5146 7 лет назад +51

      its like a mix of country and pop

    • @mideawosika3652
      @mideawosika3652 7 лет назад +7

      +MEssED89 bitch everyone is just jumping on you you better delete that comment
      🤣😂🤣😅😂🤣

  • @adammehager5611
    @adammehager5611 5 лет назад +4025

    When he sings buttons:
    1:04
    1:58
    2:27
    3:09
    3:41
    4:25
    Your welcome

    • @SerMichael_
      @SerMichael_ 5 лет назад +76

      Adam Mehager you’re a man of honor

    • @mohammedtybe
      @mohammedtybe 5 лет назад +67

      I'm here because he said "to show avicii I was cool"

    • @Cultofderek
      @Cultofderek 5 лет назад +40

      But what he’s saying is too real to skip

    • @adammehager5611
      @adammehager5611 5 лет назад +15

      @@Cultofderek then don't skip

    • @hardgwore9071
      @hardgwore9071 5 лет назад +2

      What about my welcome

  • @CedXify
    @CedXify 8 лет назад +1507

    He sounds like hes rollin bruh

  • @JoShiestyy
    @JoShiestyy 8 лет назад +50

    The remix of this song really brought him back to the mainstream.

  • @olliemakesvideos125
    @olliemakesvideos125 5 лет назад +1635

    lol? It's censored to "I Took A Plane To Ibiza" here in Australia lmao

    • @charlesfaggart8546
      @charlesfaggart8546 5 лет назад +12

      OllieMakesVideos 😂😂😂😂

    • @fruitlessace
      @fruitlessace 5 лет назад +14

      No it isn't

    • @ink7538
      @ink7538 5 лет назад

      LMFAO

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 5 лет назад +34

      Well he needed the money aperently :P so they made a "clean" as possible version. So the audience could be as broad as possible.

    • @fruitlessace
      @fruitlessace 5 лет назад +15

      No trust me I'm an Aussie and I heard this on the radio when it was popular and it wasn't like this

  • @samsmusichub
    @samsmusichub 5 лет назад +165

    "Why don't you just tell the truth?"
    Damn, savage.

  • @っっ-y8i
    @っっ-y8i 3 года назад +97

    We should save him ... He looks and sounds so depressed here. I just hope his surrounding people are understanding and kind enough to give him the support he deserves!

    • @l0sts0ul89
      @l0sts0ul89 3 года назад +7

      4 years a bit too late , last time I checked he was doing well.

    • @fade7978
      @fade7978 3 года назад +4

      @@l0sts0ul89 he’s doing amazing for that matter

    • @trent2kg813
      @trent2kg813 3 года назад +3

      This video is 4 years old

  • @thatpersonwholikestospeak
    @thatpersonwholikestospeak 5 лет назад +34

    He seems like such a chill guy I wanna hang with him.
    I never realized how deep the lyrics were to this song. I love it even more now that I know the deep meaning.

  • @Krafty
    @Krafty 5 лет назад +477

    "Why don't you just tell the truth?"
    Even though that question sparked such a good song, and arguably changed Mike's perspective on songwriting for the better, I do think there's also a destructive element to it. Not all songs have to be about truth and real life stories. If that was true, your artists would run out of things to write about. There has to be an element of fiction or borrowing from other peoples experiences, in my opinion.

    • @User-f1x3p
      @User-f1x3p 4 года назад +17

      Krafty You can still tell the truth through fictional stories. Real life story or not, “i took a pill in ibiza” is truthful about fame, vanity and existential dread. i think thats the biggest takeaway from “why dont you just tell the truth?”

    • @redneck_jesus7863
      @redneck_jesus7863 4 года назад +1

      Tbh I had the completely different reaction felt chills when he looked at the camera and said it.

    • @cherrycherrylady1700
      @cherrycherrylady1700 4 года назад

      Exactly! Ppl should learn from J.k Rowling

  • @hennyblack5119
    @hennyblack5119 5 лет назад +17

    I love the lyrics to this song. They're so deep & meaningful. He kept it extra real in every line.

  • @faridamohammad9868
    @faridamohammad9868 5 лет назад +1182

    Song: *2 years old*
    RUclips Recommendations:PeRfEcT tImE to ShOw ThE vId

    • @mrthanos8140
      @mrthanos8140 5 лет назад +6

      Farida Mohammad RUclips will recommend the first video ever if it sense one thought about it

    • @ip5799
      @ip5799 5 лет назад +3

      shut up dickheads like you are fucking up comment sections

    • @sharksandrecreation8891
      @sharksandrecreation8891 4 года назад +2

      Bruh shut your dumbass up. Your comment ain't funny bruh

  • @charliechristian1097
    @charliechristian1097 4 года назад +16

    What an honest interview, very well spoken man. What a good story here!

    • @charliechristian1097
      @charliechristian1097 4 года назад

      Believe it this song is pointing to Christ no doubt. He realizes the world has nothing final for our life.

  • @Kappatalism
    @Kappatalism 8 лет назад +225

    He sounds like a cool ass guy

    • @mcgfn
      @mcgfn 6 лет назад +1

      Everyone! Cooler than me

  • @rishikandel8877
    @rishikandel8877 5 лет назад +82

    In the last part he said "I live with my parents" although he could have said "my parents live with me" that's how you know a true man. Huge respect🙏👌

  • @ankurparajuli386
    @ankurparajuli386 5 лет назад +1307

    He's high af...and you don't wanna be high like him

    • @trelly7371
      @trelly7371 5 лет назад +56

      Ankur Parajuli never really know why like him

    • @chappie3642
      @chappie3642 4 года назад +52

      You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing

    • @lililiyabbay1095
      @lililiyabbay1095 4 года назад +28

      @@chappie3642 all alone

    • @rawaaalkaabi4065
      @rawaaalkaabi4065 4 года назад +23

      @@lililiyabbay1095 are sad song sad songs darling, all that i know are sad songs sad songs

    • @lililiyabbay1095
      @lililiyabbay1095 4 года назад +14

      @@rawaaalkaabi4065 he is just a singer

  • @teresaanya
    @teresaanya 3 года назад +5

    I come back to this video so often. It’s probably my favorite interview Genius has posted like ever

  • @iqlimagauryzahwa8655
    @iqlimagauryzahwa8655 5 лет назад +29

    he: "I live with my parents...and it felt really good"
    love it!

  • @elizabethwilson8323
    @elizabethwilson8323 8 лет назад +42

    his voice is so special

  • @haydenfaulk5009
    @haydenfaulk5009 8 лет назад +1859

    Get migos to come and explain bad and boujee

    • @limrongriffith
      @limrongriffith 8 лет назад +2

      Hayden Faulk good idea

    • @Americansikkunt
      @Americansikkunt 8 лет назад +8

      Boujee wasn't a good thing where I'm from

    • @bluecat014
      @bluecat014 8 лет назад +10

      Americansikkunt right and now everyone wants to be boujee when they used to down me for it..

    • @Americansikkunt
      @Americansikkunt 8 лет назад +1

      As time goes on words change. In 2012 no one was saying lit except those of use who were getting super fcked up off shit. bluecat014

    • @shonthebonbon
      @shonthebonbon 8 лет назад

      Nothing to explain, listen to the lyrics, just a song about how gangsta and tough he is .. smh

  • @junipest9291
    @junipest9291 5 лет назад +94

    He seems sad all the time and it breaks my heart :(((((

  • @jgp7414
    @jgp7414 8 лет назад +2351

    more like "i took a pill at the genius studio"

    • @edwin5828
      @edwin5828 8 лет назад +2

      jonny peth on the come down 😂😂

    • @Spiffy_YT
      @Spiffy_YT 8 лет назад +5

      jonny peth i was thinking the same loll

    • @MyLittleBrotherOwen
      @MyLittleBrotherOwen 8 лет назад +85

      Fr fr, this nigga faded as fuck.

    • @RyanConnur
      @RyanConnur 8 лет назад

      LMAO

    • @quartzy412
      @quartzy412 8 лет назад +10

      jonny peth He looks depressed

  • @22064L
    @22064L 8 лет назад +213

    I drope my phone in the shower
    Showed my 'lil kodak' to the world

  • @bagtea
    @bagtea 2 года назад +5

    Bro has written so many hit songs and so many hit songs himself. Still underrated af

  • @sudoaj
    @sudoaj 6 лет назад +8168

    But now aviccii is dead😣😣

  • @triplet2381
    @triplet2381 6 лет назад +572

    I can’t believe this is the guy that sang bow chika wow wow

  • @handsoffmycactus2958
    @handsoffmycactus2958 5 лет назад +7

    He’s such a lovely, mellow guy. He’s brought this song to life. It has so much meaning

  • @olaybrian
    @olaybrian 8 лет назад +3044

    He took a pill before this interview?

    • @elijah8922
      @elijah8922 8 лет назад +7

      haha

    • @mikewisoskir9570
      @mikewisoskir9570 8 лет назад +147

      Brian Ribeiro He suffers from depression, he takes medication for it though

    • @artisticallykaylee7440
      @artisticallykaylee7440 7 лет назад +1

      Brian Ribeiro I had to take stomach meds, does that count?

    • @nageen123naz
      @nageen123naz 7 лет назад +11

      oh geez depression medication and xtc is deadly

    • @powerranger1016
      @powerranger1016 7 лет назад

      Brian Ribeiro i was thinkin the same thing

  • @ABHI853
    @ABHI853 5 лет назад +26

    I'm proud of you 😘 Thanks for giving me this song ❤️

  • @wy4553
    @wy4553 Год назад +2

    Wow, what a genuine interview and fantastic singing voice! I remember hearing the original version years after the remix and was blown away. That was the first time I actually paid attention to the lyrics and realized how vulnerable and honest it was. What a beautiful and sad song, that's also a cautionary tale about fame and drug use. Ironically, the mega-popular remix was the very thing that was being blasted at clubs and parties as people got high.

  • @Cocoincs
    @Cocoincs 8 лет назад +1775

    What drugs is this dude on he looks so chill
    3 years later: I don’t even remember posting this omg💀 plz don’t attack me I was 13 😭

    • @yousef9017
      @yousef9017 8 лет назад +17

      Journ.xo zannis

    • @yaboyosama6639
      @yaboyosama6639 8 лет назад +31

      Journ.xo xans for sure

    • @thatgamerguy3057
      @thatgamerguy3057 8 лет назад +21

      Journ.xo idk but I feel pretty chilled out with a mix of orange kush and purple haze weeds. They work pretty good.

    • @Andy-yv7bu
      @Andy-yv7bu 8 лет назад +101

      Journ.xo he has depression and he takes medication for it

    • @nikko.lottsahcocc6917
      @nikko.lottsahcocc6917 7 лет назад +14

      Good weed, (indica/sativa.hybrid recommend) some xanax and a "pill" which was probably molly or possibly oxycodone that he was referring to ....is a great cure fore depression (temporarily) lol pro tip: go extra easy on the molly or oxy.... you don't want to become an addict to either of those substances TRUST.... weed and xanz are just dandy tho.

  • @ricardorubio7743
    @ricardorubio7743 8 лет назад +1242

    The Weeknd should make a video 😊

  • @_macm
    @_macm 4 года назад +4

    What a beautiful voice! He definitely looks like he feels each verse of the song, which is why he's such a good singer/artist.

  • @kys.deprime7849
    @kys.deprime7849 8 лет назад +49

    I'm gonna see his concert so excited !!!

    • @Ivan-tl9qo
      @Ivan-tl9qo 8 лет назад

      _. Déprimé and?

    • @kys.deprime7849
      @kys.deprime7849 8 лет назад +3

      Ivan Hristov :c I was just exited so I wrote that.......

    • @kys.deprime7849
      @kys.deprime7849 8 лет назад +6

      Ivan Hristov if you didn't care why bother reply tho ?

    • @drewdown2359
      @drewdown2359 7 лет назад

      _. Déprimé how was it?

  • @kevinkirk6276
    @kevinkirk6276 5 лет назад +3

    Man I first found out about this dude, can’t remember how but back in about 2012 or so and I grew older and moved on from that and in 2019 I found him again and learned he moved the same way I did in that time. True artist. Relating to you through a decade bro

  • @chriskross2859
    @chriskross2859 5 лет назад +150

    2016: not yet.
    2017: nope.
    2018:hmmm one more year.
    2019:yup, let’s recommend it.

  • @chosuke02
    @chosuke02 8 лет назад +170

    So Cooler than me was the pop song people forgot

  • @Aldeavo
    @Aldeavo 5 лет назад +157

    Cooler than me use to be my favorite song

  • @yiotamorfoniou9923
    @yiotamorfoniou9923 3 года назад +6

    "You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone.." I love when he sings that line a lot!!!
    So country vibe lyric with that accent.. He would have been a very good country singer.. Never is too late..

  • @ashleyharley8398
    @ashleyharley8398 7 лет назад +73

    Surprisingly he is very down to earth

  • @nemma3465
    @nemma3465 6 лет назад +423

    Mike Posner - one of the only few ACTUAL ARTIST to be on Genius... What happen to this channel nowadays?? - with less deserving RUclipsrs pretending to be musical artists -.-

    • @aidddann5424
      @aidddann5424 5 лет назад

      N Emma comethazin future jaydayoungin there you tubers how

    • @user-rh2sc7hy4q
      @user-rh2sc7hy4q 4 года назад +1

      Exactlyyy finally someone said it

  • @PhoenikzAvtanizxVanazIvy
    @PhoenikzAvtanizxVanazIvy 5 лет назад +143

    It was today when I found out, it’s not „to show a fiji“ I was cool

    • @jemmajemma5225
      @jemmajemma5225 5 лет назад +8

      I thought it said.
      "I took a pill ate a pizza
      To show Luigi I was cool"
      😂

    • @GhostShip94
      @GhostShip94 5 лет назад +1

      Typically if lyrics dont make sense you probably misheard it.

  • @terangi
    @terangi 7 лет назад +77

    "Sad songs. Sad songs" legit been singing that part like "ohh, I know. I'm glad it's over, I'm glad it's over."

  • @tunahn22
    @tunahn22 6 лет назад +210

    U can't show avicii u are cool
    RIP AVICII

    • @brijanae3238
      @brijanae3238 6 лет назад

      Maybe he shouldn’t have showed him..

    • @HeLow005
      @HeLow005 6 лет назад

      yay hes dead

  • @laynevanvoorst1307
    @laynevanvoorst1307 4 года назад +16

    This is for some reason the only genuis interveiw that im not cringing over

  • @SuperMoses2
    @SuperMoses2 8 лет назад +145

    He looks like a slimmer los pollos 2k streamer

    • @sikgyu6607
      @sikgyu6607 8 лет назад +1

      Semi Cute Ass Niqqa why do i see your comments everytime i watch anyvideo 😂😂😂😂

    • @SuperMoses2
      @SuperMoses2 8 лет назад +1

      Fronetix 😂😂

    • @evenslimjesusisbetterthang5703
      @evenslimjesusisbetterthang5703 8 лет назад +1

      Semi Cute Ass Niqqa fax

    • @FictualKyle
      @FictualKyle 8 лет назад +4

      Semi Cute Ass Niqqa I just puked, reported your profile picture

    • @SuperMoses2
      @SuperMoses2 8 лет назад +1

      Artemis Ares lol

  • @misterjohnlove
    @misterjohnlove 7 лет назад +16

    This dude and this song are real as hell.

  • @dilan-cs3ft
    @dilan-cs3ft 5 лет назад +15

    cooler than me was a childhood song i only knew him for until this song. he explained that without even knowing it

  • @3Horus
    @3Horus 8 лет назад +60

    Personally not a fan of the seeb remix. it's cool n whatever but the honesty and subtlety of the original is what really makes this song special for me.

    • @masonshafer7095
      @masonshafer7095 7 лет назад

      Horus wat that remix is amazing

    • @masonshafer7095
      @masonshafer7095 7 лет назад

      Horus lol see wat i did there

    • @germanvisitor2
      @germanvisitor2 7 лет назад +1

      "If you call a song 'I took a pill in Ibiza' it should sound like a song you can take a pill to."
      - Todd In The Shadows

  • @aayushbadal7100
    @aayushbadal7100 5 лет назад +6

    When he starts to sing he smiles, music does wonders doesn't it

  • @CaeserOct
    @CaeserOct 4 года назад +6

    The travel vlogger Drew Binsky and the nudge critic Todd in the Shadows both have videos on this guy - really highlights Posner’s genuine humanity, quite refreshing given how most artists are.

  • @jonathanmartinez7050
    @jonathanmartinez7050 7 лет назад +123

    He looks like he hasn't seen light in 10 years

  • @bicooo1
    @bicooo1 7 лет назад +4

    I love how real he is about everything, don't see that a lot in people

  • @turbochicken8420
    @turbochicken8420 5 лет назад +5

    He shows so much emotion in this interview

  • @azteca8837
    @azteca8837 8 лет назад +17

    This dude needs to make a come back 👌 voice is da best 💯

    • @Deadlyaztec27
      @Deadlyaztec27 8 лет назад +1

      Ismaeel Buhari
      You would never know from his regular speaking voice that he has a fatalistic singing voice.

    • @azteca8837
      @azteca8837 8 лет назад

      Deadlyaztec27
      Ya he seems very calming and quite

  • @asandacele6045
    @asandacele6045 6 лет назад +175

    I felt this video. Caused I really fvcked with the song cooler than me.

  • @annaparodycovers5583
    @annaparodycovers5583 5 лет назад +7

    More songs should be deep like this and express the songwriters feelings and experiences. It should be a work of art.

  • @praisegod3768
    @praisegod3768 6 лет назад +4

    What a likeable, humble, and talented soul. May God bless you, Mike.