Top 7 WORST Cliches in Lyrics (Stop These Trends)

[@angi3r0se]

one of my biggest songwriting pet peeves is when lyricists rhyme a word with the SAME EXACT word. like, come on...

[@LuisGarzaHo]

That's the worst, seriously

[@joeyisrandom9254]

I don’t mind this if it’s intentional and it’s what the artist is going for

[@VarsityAthlete04]

Some Rapper rhymed the same word 3 times and even said he just did in the song

[@tysonevarard968]

That's Fred Durst with the word "fuck"

[@thatdramaguy6755]

It can be ok if the word takes a different meaning

[@semicolon6294]

Your love is my drug. Your infatuation is my cocaine. Your sex is my heroin.
My pulsating heart and feelings for another human can be metaphorically equalled to Methamphetamine.

[@sanfransiscon]

Marry - juana

[@supafactor1574]

Just made a hit song:
I won’t make a diss track on u
Don’t wanna walk on eggshells around u
Tonight
I’ll abuse you like ecstasy (ecstasy!)
Cause you’re the only one I see (woo!)
Yeah we’re gonna do it tonight
No matter what the haters say (losers!)
Yeah we’re gonna do it tonight
OOOHHH YEEEEAAAAHHH (macho man!)

[@andream.9419]

Supa Factor I see it in the charts already

[@CynicalScorpio]

Supa Factor
Bro when you droppin a mixtape?

[@beyondartv]

+Supa Factor 😂😂😂

[@Janintong]

Masterpiece

[@michaelvessel4604]

Supa Factor You forgot to include a mention to Instagram or Uber, making it instantly dated

[@hannaiversen6927]

"His body is radiating like the white cocaine i snorted last night"
what lana del rey song is this

[@manilovebagels]

idek

[@Miley-vk1sw]

OMG HAHAHAH

[@burp1361]

@Mauricio Felipe bro⁉️

[@jimbabbbson7653]

Stupid lyrics I feel like mentioning
Hooks that repeat the same word over and over
Ex 1: Gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang
Ex 2: Versace Versace Versace
Ex 3: Work Work Work Work Work Work
Please stop.

[@ataco1770]

Stingy from another dimension Yeah, they're so lazy

[@alexvaldivia1855]

Vsauce vsauce vsauce vsauce vsauce

[@blingo854]

oH mY gOD YES

[@mumblerapkilla5406]

Stop stop stop stop stop stop

[@kyleerozakishmm3338]

"liKe ThE wHiTe coCAIne I SNIffed lasT NIGht"

[@julioarambul4020]

I think My Chemical Romance's "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" is a perfect example of how to properly utilize Na Na Na's in songs. Otherwise then that it tends to be quite mundane.

[@ohcompassion]

Julio Arambul Probably because of the energy and not very self-serious tone.

[@jamilhneini1002]

Also TØP has stuff like that, and it works very good

[@weirdalfan124]

K.K. Slider i love hey jude and it's a great song but in all honesty the na na na's were really unnecessary still a nice song though

[@SigfriedBigcheeseVanMemelordII]

Also the best part of 'The Decline' by NOFX

[@mavsjax1248]

All the small things by blink is a good example

[@underscoreophelia]

Also, I fucking hate when modern artists repeat THE SAME LYRICS on repeat in choruses

[@unknownpleasurestshirt6552]

SAME

[@underscoreophelia]

kobra kid your username & profile photo are both goals!

[@3nu570]

You mean like Maroon 5 for example?
"I go the moves like Jagger, I got the moves like Jagger, I got the moves likes Jagger"
"Like animals, like animals, like animals?"

[@boyishmistakes]

I don't mind it a few times but with modern music, especially pop/rap, hearing the SAME WORD, single word too, repeated 10 times as an attempted "chorus" is lazy as HELL

[@MikeTheNBAGuy]

so, all newer taylor swift songs

[@BG12sofia]

1:25 I like how Lorde deconstructed the cliché of comparing love to drugs and even party songs in general on Melodrama. This album makes a lot of references to drugs when it comes to relationships - "Ain't a pill that can touch our rush", "Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough, "I'll be your violent overnight rush", "Have another drink, get lost in us" - but also shows us the fallout, the less glamourous side "they'll talk about us and discover how we kissed and killed each other". I find it really refreshing. I hate most party music but love Melodrama.

[@beyondartv]

+Sofia I agree

[@joeyisrandom9254]

I also agree!

[@GabrielMichaelDels]

Whoa, serious? I've been missing out.

[@trrblv3]

I hate when in songs using drugs and alcohol are made into some kind of fantastical life style, because they definitely are not. Drugs and alcohol tear apart individuals, families, and communities; it's nothing to be romanticized.

[@taw2377]

Frédéric Chopin the thing is, the people who are writing and performing these songs are usually living that lifestyle and are surrounded by others who are, therefore they think it's okay. People who use drugs and have good experiences on them truly do think they're that awesome... until something bad happens. These artists are only writing and expressing their truth and the way they feel. The error in it is when people listen to the music and start excusing the behaviors in their own lives and romanticizing them themselves. Like idk, FIDLAR makes a lot of songs about drugs but when accused of romanticization they're just kinda like, lol we are just telling stories from our actual lives. Can we really blame an artist for storytelling? I don't think so. And I don't think artists inherently need to like "feel responsibility" for what they're putting out if it's self expression. People who do drugs are always gonna agree and listen to those songs. Weak minded people easily influenced are gonna let those songs justify future actions. I agree drugs are nothing to be romanticized but man, sometimes music is just music and sometimes a story is just a story.

[@esparks50]

Jessica A. It’s not romanticized all the time. The parallel between drugs and love is there. When you don’t have the person you love it can feel a lot like withdrawals

[@VarsityAthlete04]

Can get really fast, really old. In general money,hoes and cloths, but drugs can be used for smart lines.
I'm 'm hitting the trees harder than Sonny Bono"

[@macion9481]

I love how angry you got in some parts of the video 😂😂

[@thema1998]

Monica LW He has clearly felt this way for years. 😂

[@Burnt-bb4qh]

Monica LW ain’t that the truth

[@Ash-op2ql]

"Cuts like a knife," is massively overused. What else is it gonna cut like? A balloon? The harder rock genres are especially guilty of this

[@nadinehurley]

The bridges are burning, the tables are turning
If I hear it one more time I’m gonna scream

[@gregoryhenry8464]

Ray N lmao like pvris

[@cliff6229]

Bridge burning lyrics are fine

[@cynzix]

Again, Linkin Park did it first (Burning in the Sky)

[@artsygirl246]

oof yup also Tonight Alive Lonely Girl

[@lisalegato0109]

I like how pvris did it on their song fire. Tonight alive also did it in lonely girl. Sometimes cliches work.

[@8nicopink868]

Other lyrical clichés I can mention:
-Needing to reference how great you are because MONEY
-Comparing love to fire....I like the simile and all but I hear it ALL the time.
-Honestly fire is referenced a lot in songs, whether they're love songs or not
-In hip hop, all the guys have to steal YOUR GIRL

[@roswell_that_ended_poorly]

tonight is probably one of the most said words in songs

[@Stephh99]

Ben Moore thanks...for...that ???

[@spamsingles5948]

Especially at the end of a chorus

[@ahumanbeing8495]

"Let's kill tonight"

[@connturk6734]

There is nothing worse than lyrics about how tonight is the night, or we gonna party like it's the last night we're alive. They make me sick.
Edit: I also hate when artists talk about "fucking bitches" and popping pills. Like, ew dude.

[@sanfransiscon]

Modern artist:
1. Write song about sex in the club
2. Write song about wondering why you can't find a good relationship

[@orlock20]

Brag rap:
"I'm better than you."
"See my rented house?"
"See my fake money?"
"See my rented car?"
"See this bottle full of water and food coloring?"
"See my sister and cousins in bikinis playing my groupies?"

[@mywaterparksromance1822]

ConnTurk 67 I think the only thing I've liked that has tonight is the song tonight by magic man where they sing how they're all believers and how it's gonna be all right

[@connturk6734]

I'm not saying all these types of songs are necessarily awful. But 9/10 are. I mean I love the 1975 and they literally have a song called sex, but the lyrics, and music is actually good and well out together. Whereas pop versions are god awful.

[@sethkrizan1449]

Hey i wrote a modern day rap “song”
Fuckin on your bitch(ey)
Then i see your bitch(ey)
In the club with your bitch(ey)
Im a bitch(ey)
Then i drive your bitch(ey)
Drugs on your bitch(ey)
In the club with your bitch(ey)
Lasagna bitch(ey)

[@balidier]

I just hate that every fucking pop song made today is about love. It could be interesting and about anything but then the sentence ends with "....With YouuUUuUUuuuUU".

[@pauldahlke9307]

Yes! It's so boring!

[@hayleyxu9896]

you made me laugh ty so true!

[@sanfransiscon]

"I hate to do this but you've left me no choice
This love was too good to be true
And so it hurts me to just turn and let go
But I know
It would be far more painful
FOR YOUUUUUUUU"

[@ataco1770]

Kenley van der Hart Exactly! It's so overdone, I don't even believe what they're saying anymore, most of those songs are just purely made to grab some money with some cheap lyrics. I miss the deep lyrics so much! Every song is getting so predictable and nothing interests me anymore. Seriously, I thought they said music was an art form. Stop using cliche lyrics! A 5-year old could write better stuff!
Sorry, just had to let that out

[@bloodstaindew1888]

Unfortunately nobody would be bothered to hear a pop song about politics or racism or.. waveboarding at a volcano.

[@CynicalScorpio]

I hate lyrics that think they're being clever by using movie references as metaphors. Nothing wrong with movie references outright, but some songs think they're oh-so-clever for doing it. I've noticed Peter Pan references are the most common that I've noticed.

[@beyondartv]

+njnya I went on a rant about that to a friend awhile back. Like why are so many people now referencing neverland and Peter Pan

[@CynicalScorpio]

Beyond ARTV
Oh I didn't know. Where can I find this rant?

[@darbyriley9116]

I seriously hate the Peter Pan/ Neverland comparisons in songs. That book and the following movies are about dead kids. They just think they sound edgy.

[@mariokarter13]

Try making a Shakespeare reference, and not the obvious ones. Imagine a gay rapper saying something like
"Lost in Hollywood like Bottom, ass fucked by a fairy then forgot em"

[@ladydontekno]

njnya Todd In The Shadows talks about it in his "worst of 2016" video.

[@blueline13]

I find it weird that in song lyrics everything happens ''tonight''. Let's dance tonight, I want to kiss you tonight, tonight tonight tonight.

[@beyondartv]

+Blueline like, what about tomorrow tho?

[@alexanderchilton911]

Blueline
It works well in a live setting.

[@thekredyard7577]

The only exception is tonight tonight smashing pumpkins

[@crazygirllulu1234]

It all started with West Side Story

[@betsy3869]

I was about to say exactly this. I absolutely hate it when a line in a song ends with "tonight" because the songwriter couldn't think of a better way to resolve the phrase. Such lazy songwriting.

[@paulnorton6322]

"lose control"
"let me love you"
"take me/you higher"

[@chrisl218569]

personally hate 2 type of lyrics.
1. "woooaahhh" "oooh oooh ohhh". like get over yourself anyone can make stupid noises to a beat
2. Celebrity references
"Got her locked up like Lindsey Lohan "
"Ill be diddy youll be Naomi "
These songs don't last. No.one will know who these people were i didn't even know who "diddy" was.

[@underscoreophelia]

So many great points were stated in this video. I hope that modern pop artists can focus more on lyrical content than the catchiness of the song.

[@quintinstanczak1941]

I get what you mean, but in music the melody trumps all. If you write a great melody with 6 notes and you come up with a 7 syllable line that means a lot to you, you're not going to be able to use it.

[@ANTICENA571]

Hey, maybe it could be both. There’s nothing to stop them doing that apart from crushing laziness.

[@orlock20]

If a lot of people wanted quality lyrics, Beth Hart would be more famous.

[@teaaddictedlosr74]

Ophelia C. guccigang guccigang guccigang guccigang guccigang guccigang guccigang (guccigang)

[@jxomxo]

Ophelia C. Like Bo Burnham says, "They need to know the lyrics after just one listen so REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF, REPEAT STUFF..."

[@malikad41]

Lyrical cliches: Maroon 5

[@isetmfriendsofire]

One of my biggest lyric cliches? "Hands in the air"

[@emmahazley7819]

By biggest issue : Pitbull shouting "Mr. Worldwide" in all his songs....and rhyming Kodak with Kodak

[@mpfm6386]

how dare you talk about mr worldwide like that smh 😤😤😤

[@ulayla1605]

Emma Hazley he’s a joke

[@greenonionbabey]

I'm so tired of listening to rappers brag about their "ice"/500 Lambos/all their hoes. Like we get it, you're rich. No one fucking cares except you. I know that's modern rap culture but still, rappers need to get more creative.

[@beyondartv]

+Kat Falk preach

[@bioteammediaempire8235]

Kat Falk Gucci Gang

[@robbiebrewer9515]

Kat Falk what about Mackelmore

[@KatGlos]

That love/drugs thing is such bullshit. No one who knows what drug addiction is like would EVER compare it to love.

[@beyondartv]

+Kat seriously I know

[@KatGlos]

+paulo victor victor Eh, on a chemical level maybe. But let me tell you, in reality the feeling couldn't be more different.

[@Music_Lover0612]

Kat I was thinking like if they hurt you and are killing you, you should break up with them lol

[@taw2377]

Don't think it's so much the addiction aspect, more the feeling that recreational use gives users. I think everyone knows addiction is, obviously, awful, but a lot of people romanticize the recreational use more than they should.

[@vihaze6725]

T only band who can get away with 'Nanana' type lyrics are My Chemical Romance in Na Na Na, because the rest of the song is lyrically well thought out and it's only one song. It's not just a bunch of generic na na na'ing in the place of a concept and lyrics.

[@Neverseenstars]

I get mad when they repeat the chorus too much like in "Same old love" or pretty much any modern song like "shape of you" etc... it pisses off, I actually get angry when I hear it. and repeating words too...not just twice but like 10 times..and I just want to shoot myself.

[@thaddeusang2795]

Koala Mochi IKR fucking shape of you!!!

[@JonathanLopez-xn7lm]

Rocks songs do the same! Stfu

[@sethkrizan1449]

Dude thats every pop/edm song ever made, or itll have some stupid drum beat that progressively gets faster letting you know that the repetitive chorus is coming up. And then some weird saying or scream and then the “super catchy” chorus. Utter rubbish

[@Neverseenstars]

Jnthn Lpez i never said i liked rock either but whatever

[@michaeledwards6683]

+Jnthn Lpez You act like there's a clear distinction between rock and pop

[@heymistercarter.]

Rhyming "Fire" with "Desire" is a big one for me. I do like some songs that do that, but it's pretty ridiculous when that happens. There are other words that rhyme with those things. Examples include "Wire", "Tryer", "Higher", "Vampire", "Pyre", "Cryer", "Defier", "Aspire", and so on.

[@allenvanluvender4354]

I'm going to write a 20 minute prog rock song in the vein of Rush's 2112 that incorporates every single one of these cliches.

[@frostbitemansion9610]

The cliche I tend to see a lot is the “I am so alone” or “stand alone” or “walking alone”

[@nadinehurley]

How about pop punk with the awful town and the great friends and pizza

[@midnightmonarus]

Hey, any song about pizza is a good song.

[@sRowTL985]

I HATE THIS TOWN IT'S SO WASHED UP

[@Janintong]

Eating Pizza WITH MY FRIEEEEEENNNNNNDDDZZZZ

[@ataco1770]

Ray N You mean those generic high school songs or the songs where they sing about their perfect lives

[@BrodyEllis111]

Ray N Nothing more pop punk than pizza with some friends

[@imcheatingthesystem1363]

If you had a dollar for every time someone compared love to a drug you could buy some drugs

[@seaq84]

I dont necessarily focus too much on the lyrics when I listen to a song, but I do agree that lyricists should try to avoid the use of "whoas" in hooks. It's cheap and overused to death.

[@sharphandjoe5531]

I don't see the problems with the lyrics:
Gucci gang
Gucci gang
Gucci gang
Gucci gang
Gucci gang
Gucci gang
Gucci gang

[@bioteammediaempire8235]

Sharp Hand Joe "My bih loh do cocaine"

[@dennislai2908]

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[@robbiebrewer9515]

Sharp Hand Joe Fall Out Boy is way better than that stupid Lil Pump

[@panicatthekilljoy5944]

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[@Speeff]

I'd like to see a video on the opposite side of this, where you talk about some of your favorite lyrics, and how that changes the listening experience

[@DistantFox_]

I hate repetition, like when all of the verses are exactly the same

[@Quirktart]

I wanna hear a pop song that instead of it focusing on "now" it'll be about "maybe later"
Like instead of it saying tonight all the time it says maybe tomorrow

[@purpleheadedhedgehog3821]

Jon great video I hate all those cliche lycris I agree with you one hundred percent but all the lyrics in song all sound the fucking same its bullshit they all copy each other it needs to stop

[@sportsmusic114]

Honestly shocked no one's mentioned how whenever the word "stuttering" is said in a song they have to sing it with a stutter like "stu-stu-stuttering". It's like we get it you're stuttering jesus it's in every goddamn song

[@gabbymay8282]

Somebody to you - The Vamps has that

[@thewalruscaesar]

I hate it when One Syllable Words are stretched out into like 5. It sounds awful and gimmicky.
Edit: Sound Effects like in Migos songs immediately make them unlistenable for me.

[@nathanalbright]

Under my umberella-ella-ella-eh-eh.....

[@matthewvillegas3622]

DTHKing Can you name an example of that? I’m trying to think of one but I can’t.

[@thewalruscaesar]

Matt V, Like Shy B mentioned All Time Low, plus Say You Won't Let Go is another example. Not as common, but annoying when it shows up

[@KachellZ]

Stick and stones stones won't break my bones.

[@matthewvillegas3622]

Sir Yabas III but chains and whips excite me.

[@cynzix]

Titanium?

[@sylvies5078]

And words cause everlasting psychological trauma
_oh wait_

[@mayamakked4447]

THIS THIS

[@RainbowSprinkles1001]

Not that I hate it, but I find it amusing that a common word sang in pop music (or all genres of music, I have no idea) is "tonight". 😂

[@RainbowSprinkles1001]

Edit: glad it was spoken in the video. Also glad it has been said numerous times in the comment section. Damn I gotta learn how to be patient 😂

[@sleeplessbeauty86]

My issue is that everyone wants to sing about sex but thinks they're so clever being tame and literally only using innuendos.

[@mr.worldwide4758]

Meanwhile you have WAP, not at all tame but still using innuendos

[@The482075]

Well Beyond ARTV has a point. You've gonna have to face it, pop is addicted to love. Kudos if you get the reference.

[@kylehegedus5498]

Bobby Ranger Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love!!!

[@weirdalfan124]

Bobby Ranger pop music has always had a lot of love songs even the beatles early pop songs from the early 60's were the "i love you i want you" type of thing

[@The482075]

True. Pop music has generally been always about one subject. Super original, I know.

[@mirkecWii]

Rhyming words and senteces that dont have nothing in common...from green day Younblood:
"Cherry cola, supernova"
K...

[@linkinparksoldier5669]

When I heard Mike yes!

[@radtrashmcradical8202]

Thank Nirvana for that one

[@liamc3995]

Yeah, Green Day is my favorite band, but I hate that lyric, and really the song in general.

[@ineedsomespace3038]

I personally don't really mind the "nanana" trend, but I get why you find them annoying if they use it too much.

[@katicasey4610]

Lalala Nanana What about an entire song titled "Na Na Na" and most of the chorus just being a series of Na's?

[@182Stanny]

That song was well done so it works

[@karinaube1750]

in the case of "Na Na Na" they literally titled it that because it is a parody and they are self aware, and the nananas are in the background forming more of a melody or rythm, and the song is packed with lyrical content so it's not an empty filler. it is one of the few cases where it actually works and has a function in my opinion, even though it took a while for me to like

[@courtney8437]

My BIGGEST pet peeve in lyrics is when a song is basically two choruses and a bridge. Fifth Harmony is so guilty of this. Like half of their newest album is songs written like that and it pisses me off. It's lazy. If you don't know what I mean listen to their song All In My Head (Flex). It's a verse, the chorus, the same verse sung by a different group member, the chorus, a rapper, then the chorus again. I HATE that! Just because someone else is singing doesn't make it different. Why are their songwriters so lazy that they can't even write two different verses? If you couldn't tell by that, I'm also not a fan of insanely repetitive songs.
Oh and also, speaking of Fifth Harmony, when you mentioned lyrics that date themselves all I could think of was their song Reflection because they literally mention one specific vine. They say "cause ooo you be killin 'em just like lil terio". That is definitely in my top 10 worst lyrics of all time.

[@jc1424]

I hate it when artists use that "I won't give up, I won't give in." cliche... it doesn't even rhyme and I hear it as a chorus lyrics in a ton of songs. Lol wtf

[@samanthageso6887]

#1: Got old with Kesha and it's overdone
#2: I've heard Post Malone do this too
#3: Got old with Eagle-Eye Cherry's 'Save Tonight' in the 90s
#4: Also got stale after Annie Lennox in the 90s
#5: Haters comments always annoyed me
#6: This does apply to flip phones and MySpace in the 2000s
#7: A few good bands do this, such as The Offspring

[@broc8095]

Pretty much talking about how you can “feel it in your body” or “feel it deep inside”

[@SigfriedBigcheeseVanMemelordII]

Greatest rap sound effects ever - THE TING GO SKRAAA PAP PAP PAP PAP PAP

[@artvjon]

MAN NOT HOT

[@Miley-vk1sw]

I UNIRONICALLY LIKE THAT SONG

[@liliablabla]

Agree with all the points you've mentioned. Also BONNIE AND CLYDE line used as a metaphor to 'oh we're very savage and reckless and criminal indeed' is soooo overused. I keep hearing it over and over. Recently - in Taylor Swift's "Getaway Car". I really like this song and lyrics, but this one line makes me cringe so much! :0

[@sheanorman5753]

This might be my favourite video of yours. You fucking nailed it with all of these cliches. The "now, tonight" cliche drives me crazy and I'm so glad you have it on this list. Good job, dude!

[@idkohfiddlesticks]

There's also, "you make me feel so Lala Lala La" or "your love is like whoa." What does it mean to be" like whoa", what does it mean to be "like Lala Lala?" How is that a feeling or a state of being. Also, grammar is a problem lyrically. Let's not forget Ariana Grande's song "Break Free" where she says, "now that I've become who I really are" or the Kanye West & Rihanna song where they say, "I'm about four five seconds from wildin'" instead of 4 to 5 seconds or 45 seconds which is irritating because there is room in the music to add 4 to 5 or 45 but no it's four five. FINALLY, songs about songs irritate me. "We danced all night to the best song ever" or "this is my fight song." Write the best song ever, say what song or artist inspires you, create a song that makes you want to take action. Anyways, thanks for the video. You get me!

[@andyro19]

I think one that annoys me the most is when the word "soul" is overused. When people say that someone broke their heart is understandable but their souls or their spirit? The other one that bugs me it's whole "tonight" situation, makes me roll my eyes everytime. Great video, Jon :)

[@cindy8966]

I only like the drug=love thing in Nicotine because it uses unique lines about the effects of drugs.

[@thomasdoyle6812]

"Down on my knees, begging darlin please". I hate that line.

[@luriv37]

Do a 7 Covers Arts Of Albums You Love

[@SigfriedBigcheeseVanMemelordII]

I reckon Page Avenue and Vheissu would be my top picks. Page Avenue because it's so simplistic but awesome, and Vheissu because it's so complicated and has a lot to dechipher.

[@jaym2090]

These techniques may be overused cliches now but they've been around for a while.
Love-drug references: First song I remember this from is "Hard habit to break" by Chicago, released in 1984.
Sound effect lyrics: First song I really noticed this in was "Say it right" by Nelly Furtado, with Timbaland yelling "Eh!" at the end of each line. The music video even seems to make fun of this a bit.
Annie Lennox had an entire song dedicated to the metaphor of "Walking on Broken Glass," released in 1992. The oldest song I can think of to refer to hearts shattering like glass is Blondie's "Heart of Glass," released in 1978.
Sounding off on haters: Dre & Eminem "Forget about Dre"
Dated songs: And some songs outdate themselves before they're even released. Thinking specifically of Maroon 5 "Payphone" released way back in 2012... when there were no cell phones and you had to walk a mile uphill both ways to get to the nearest payphone.
Non-lyrics: Depends... do you consider yodelling a lyric or non-lyric?

[@NebulousNova]

Timbaland: Uh huh and Say What? adlibs. Aaliyah ft. Timbaland - Are You That Somebody: ruclips.net/video/Z5338B36j0M/видео.html

[@ant-fl1wz]

7 bands that are great live?

[@goldilox7653]

Toto #1

[@r33s3s_]

Green Day is definitely one

[@2k13Ghost]

Jon's gonna say Muse

[@TFOCyborg]

Steel panther, Linkin Park, The Beatles, RATM, Soad,old metallica and Slipknot

[@godnotavailable2094]

Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin are absolute musts.

[@SimonAgterhuis]

I hate it when artists mispronounce words to make them rhyme, like Fergie in MILF Money rhymes milkshake with factory

[@SimoLInk1698]

Here's a thing that I still don't know if I like it or not: the "I'm not coming home" thing in pop-punk. It kinda has some generational core meaning to it of disappointment towards hometowns, but it's often just there to fill the verses or the choruses.

[@selenagomezprojectmiddleea3022]

MAKE MUSIC GREAT AGAIN

[@DrumWild]

Artists who reference "the haters" are insecure people who use this as a dismissal of criticism. They do this to protect their very fragile egos. It also takes advantage of our current hyper-tribal climate, where people love to exist in the delusion that they are in the superior tribe. It's childish nonsense.

[@sunder9363]

I think some of the strongest writing I've ever seen is from the new Owl City song, All My Friends! So much allusion and metaphorical references. It's almost impossible to understand unless you have have a Master's in Philosophy and Literature.

[@sandykempen4498]

Patterns - I fucking snorted

[@RevengeOfMoctezuma]

To be honest, you have to have a high iq to understand All My Friends by owl City...

[@kieakewii]

Imma see

[@kipdrordry42]

The nana from blink that I think works really well off the top of my head is online songs. But ya it’s really annoying most of the time and it was SO forced on California.

[@182Stanny]

Fuck yes Online Songs is a fucking jam. Online songs and ATST are the it works and a little in No Future but thats it IMO

[@IAm-No1]

I got a few "oh & ah" songs I really like, but when it’s literally the entire chorus it becomes so unbearable and annoying.

[@justinajeffers3541]

I have two big cliches I hate that are related:
1. When a artist/band puts out a song talking about how being famous isn't everything and we should all feel lucky not to be in the spotlight all the time and we won't really understand their point unless we become famous. Okay if that's how you feel then what's the point of this song besides pandering so I'll feel bad for you?
2. When artist/bands make songs about how their label is restricting them and making them work so hard to maintain their popularity and how they need a break from it all but can't take one. Okay, your record label let you put this song out therefore they hear your complaints and still don't care so what's the point. I'm supposed to feel bad your trying to pursue a career where you have to fight to stay on the top like the music industry.

[@abbylong5549]

there must be millions of songs out there with the lyric, "save me from myself."

[@alt94rock44]

Hate lyrics that goes like: "Die Young.....", "Forever Young......" fucking sick of it YOUNG YOUNG YOUNG

[@SomeSong2]

"Save me"
"Burning it down"
"So high"

[@robertocosta7638]

The cliche I hate the most is when they sing about how it feels alone in a crowded room or anything like that, I just can't with this again

[@WickedKnightAlbel]

Anyone remember all those edgy rock bands saying "under my skin"?

[@hooncobie]

ooooh was that a little Halsey diss around 5:11 ??.....sneaky 😏😏😏😏

[@beyondartv]

+Heaven Plunkett 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@pennypay1]

I'm guilty of that drug-addiction cliche; I did it once in a poem in a creative-writing class many years ago. Luckily the rest of the poem had more interesting metaphors, and the professor didn't dwell on that line. Years later I learned about REAL opiate addiction, so it's a cliche I particularly despise and I'm glad you included it here. That aside, I also roll my eyes at lines like: 'I'll keep you warm; I'll give you shelter from the storm'.

[@matthewroberts3125]

I have a suggestion for a 7 on Sunday episode. I was thinking maybe you could do a Top 7 favorite musicals? I remember in a past video you mentioned that you liked Music Man. It would be cool to know if you liked other musicals like The Sound of Music, Marry Poppins, West Side Story, or others.
Also, I hate all those lyrical cliches as well!

[@heyitstat4227]

the lyrical cliche i absolutely hate is the forced rhyming

[@vwestlife]

You forgot the trend of repeating words or even repeating syllables. It was bad enough when songs would repeat a line over and over again, now they're gotten lazy and repeat a single word over and over again: "hate hate hate hate...", "work work work work...", etc.!

[@oranges6165]

I HATE when artists use a metaphor comparing scars to emotional pain. SO CLICHÉ!!!

[@murlough23]

The first time the whole "Love is a drug" thing really bothered me was in the Skillet song "Better Than Drugs". It's really cringe-worthy when God is your drug. I actually think this trope CAN be done well if the songwriter is careful, since what's going on chemically in your brain when you're in love is pretty much a high, so there's basis for it in fact, but you need some creativity to approach that in a clever way.
The first thing that came to mind when you talked about songwriters addressing their haters was Scott Stapp from Creed. He's got a truckload of bad lyrics that are basically just angsty rebuttals to the people who (often rightly) criticized his music. I liked a few of those songs back in the day, and now I just have to cringe at myself for it.
A couple cliched tropes not on your list that usually bug me when I notice them:
- Long song titles that are basically the punchline of a witty chorus. Come on, if you want the joke to have an impact, don't give away the surprise before you even have the chance to set it up! Especially common in country music.
- Unnecessary swearing. There are times when a well-placed curse word really gives a song the emotional punch it needs, and some artists just swear up a storm because that's how they naturally talk (and I know not to play their music in polite company). But when an artist not otherwise known for it suddenly earns themselves the Parental Advisory sticker and they waste it on something superfluous that adds nothing to the song, it sounds like when a kid just learned a naughty word and just wants an excuse to show it off. Great, now I have to skip that song when my kid's in the car.
- The obligatory acoustic ballad at the end of a rock album. I've heard this done well, but usually when a band known for being loud, heavy, and/or mostly electric switches to acoustic, it's just the same boring campfire song chords. It's fine if the guitarist has some real proficiency on both electric and acoustic, or if something else unusual is going on in the instrumentation. But too often this just seems like a copout to show everyone the band has a sensitive side, or they need a mellower single for crossover appeal.

[@kavlara]

my heart shattered like EGGSHELLS

[@maggyishh8443]

using any popular catch phrase for the time seems incredibly tacky. I remember when you couldn't go 15 minutes listening to top 40 radio without a song referencing "swag". any artistic creds left of the song are gone when you're too busy cringing 6 months later.

[@iwenttobunnings7868]

Mentioning the word "swag" gives me nightmares. That was the worst music trend ever to exist.

[@tybentson8771]

My biggest problem is when the same couple words are repeated over and over, or when artists say words in a very slurred way/not their actual voice or accent. It’s weird that a lot of singers purposely try to make their voices sound like they’re intoxicated

[@plebeian5699]

By 2019-2020 you're gonna be huge mayn, just keep at it

[@beyondartv]

Thank you!

[@operationalbattlestation5477]

When artists pronounce words in a way they're not supposed to be pronounced in order for it to flow with the song the way they want it to, i.e. Unconditional by Katy Perry and Animals by Maroon 5

[@matthewvillegas3622]

Larry the Pagan I don’t get your examples. “Unconditionally” is more just stretching the word out, which is a different thing, not mispronouncing it. And with “Animals” he’s only repeating the word, also I think it’s just his voice.

[@iliketrains3495]

Liam Gallagher in a nutshell

[@CyborgCollective]

I never understood why the word 'baby' was so common in song lyrics. It's been a lyrical crutch for what seems like forever.

[@DrumWild]

I was a teen in the late 70s and early 80s. We did have shitty lyrics back then, too. The thing about lyrics back then, is that they were typically written by ONE PERSON. Sometimes there would be ONE collaborator. But today, it can take AT LEAST SEVEN people to write even shittier lyrics. I guess it's because they have the budget, since there is no band, and they don't need to pay musicians. Rihanna's song "Birthday Cake" took SEVEN writers. Cake cake cake. This song sucks sucks sucks.

[@samlasley798]

I do remember in an Arctic Monkeys B-side: '2013' there is a lyric 'as for Instagram and Twitter, she got caught in both lassos/and neither one would cut her loose' so I think something like that in a self aware song should be excused, it's kinda funny when it's done decently I guess

[@FabulousKilljoy]

#7 "The Drug In Me Is You" by Falling in Reverse comes to mind

[@walkingeagle3436]

There's one cliche that had kind of been bothering me. That's saying the lights are out. I notice this is a trend in Mostly alterntive rock.

[@nothingreally6680]

Your "tonight" bit was a remarkable Seinfeld impression

[@coffee593]

One of my least favorite things is when I line ends with “tonight” when it’s something that makes sense without the word tonight thrown into it. Instead of throwing the word tonight onto the end of something to make it rhyme or to make it a little different from the last line why not just rewrite the part in a more interesting way?

[@theabacross1581]

I hate it when the Singer sings the same word over and over again:
Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamarr) Verse: "Don't Wanna Know Know Know Know Know Know."

[@NoCokeOnlyIce]

Why did you make me listen to Gucci Gang

[@beyondartv]

+Nabil Bsat because I’m your best friend and we needed to go through this together

[@nbumbury]

"Oh girl, yeah. I saw you in the club, and you're euphoric like a needle in my arm ---- Wow that got really dark really fast." #Dead #Lol

[@hyperglobal01]

"Calling your name" really grinds my gears along with the use of "Dear"/ "My Dear."

[@vihaze6725]

I even hate the term "haters" now. When did that come about? What happened to critics, naysayers, adversaries, opposition - or just 'the people who don't like me'?

[@Scsigs]

I would've put "rhyming words with themselves," but you have other good ones.