She does such a great job and honestly so much stuff happened in 2020 i forgot about a lot of it, im glad we have this to look back too. Sucks that she hasnt done more.
@@Sawyernilsson Both she and Tessa Nettings who consistently posted a recap every year stopped at 2020 and it makes me so sad. So much good and bad happened since then. Last year was wild af.
Me too!!! Of course, I'm very happy with how great she is now, but these videos were the best way to finish the year, I remember I was completely alone in 2020-2021 new year and my life would also change A LOT, this video was my company, it felt great to hear her singing "bring it on 2021" as the fireworks started and 2021 started
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I love how they used to be like “let’s hope next year is better” and this year it’s just like “OMG 2020 IS FINALLY OVER! BRING IT ON 2021!” Edit: unrelated, but I love how pessimistic Malinda was genuinely sad during the COVID part instead of just annoyed and sarcastic.
Earth to humans: You forfeit all rights to my bed, you sleep in your office instead with only the memories of your exploitation... Watch as I BURNNNNNNNNN
hopeful and wishful thinking? it's like being told there's a little more room on the last life boat on the Titanic... you just Really hope it's there by the time you make it to that side of the -boat- ~i meant ship... Dammit Luke! my mother's gonna come out of the grave n smack me now! blast your British view of the Navy!~ before it's either gone or the damned ship sinks; taking you with it. ~kept edtting because i had to find the code for the strikethrough for in comments. only been on here for Years... not Quite a _boomer_ but apparently one in training. ¬"¬; ~
What was great about 2020 - an elephant was rescued safe and sound after falling down a deep well in India. Oh and Joe Biden won the election of course! : ) Happy 2021!
Past year’s songs: *not too bad, there’s always a balance of good and bad* 2020: *Pessimist Malinda crawling out of her basement:* _”iT’s fREe rEaL eSTaTE”_
the only real bad news of the past years was global warming (and some politics stuff) otherwise there was way more good than we give them credit for. 2020 though is every apocalypse happening at once.
@@wordart_guian Freedom House and The Economist both agree that every quantifiable metric for democracy has been in recession worldwide for the last several years. On top of that, Pax Americana is ending, UNASUR was torn apart, at least two full-on genocides happened (and are still happening), and nuclear proliferation is finally getting out of control.
Nah. What will be will be. The best we can do is to make connections with other humans, with nature, with animals, & with the grand story of history where we can see all the horrible things we've survived, and then to be kind & calm & grateful for what we have & not just think about our own wants & imagined "needs", because if we do these things, we can still bring beauty into the world.
Or- even better- At 11:59 PM on December 31st, 2020, Huge red letters appear in the sky and it says "Round 2" And in the Smash Bros voice, it says in a terrifying tone: *Ready for the next battle?*
yes! I love the background vocals in all her songs but this arrangement was especially smart. Like idk if you noticed at 3:35 she also a lot of great vocals like fake crying when she said they kicked trump out, saying "hell yeah" when she said biden won and being the "trumpets of celebration" at the end of the sentence! Her backing vocals are honestly bomb.
For all of you wondering where her 2021 Honest Christmas song is, she said on Twitter that she's taking a break this year because she is on a December vacation.
I have a feeling 2021 will see the end of the world. Meteor, sun blows up, nuclear war, whatever it is, if it’s horrible I bet it’ll either be in the next few weeks or 2021
Only if 2021 doesn't end up being the "Year of the Masked Zombies", with everyone shuffling around just too tired and resigned to give a shit. Optimism is grand, but this mess is far from over regardless how far the planet's been around the sun or where it is in its orbit..
I know it's been almost a year since this came out so this probably won't be seen by many people but I just wanted to say that ever since this first released I've absolutely loved it. The line "there's good in-between the headlines and fears." Really sticks to me. Sometimes I feel like the world is complete garbage and there's no point in trying anymore, but then I remember this little line and I feel good again. Because there is good, no matter how small or how fleeting, it's there, and if I can make just one person happy, even just for a minute, then I'll have gone to sleep knowing that It was worth getting out of bed that day. Thank you so much for this beautiful and hilarious song, it's the most hopeful thing I've ever heard.
Ugh. It's also been found that we can give it to our cats and dogs and then get it right back from them. Covid is a nightmare virus. It wouldn't surprise me if it's in wild species all over the world now too.
"And worse I may be yet. The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.' " ~Edgar, in the Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare, (Act IV, Scene 1)
I always tear up at the 'there's life in between the headlines and fear, the little victories made this year'. It's so true and so much more important than people typically think.
Honestly, that's the only good part of 2020. It makes me cry every time too. But my hopes for a good outcome ended when Bernie just gave up in the primary. I put in all that work to help him win Iowa (my state) and for what? For him to just give up? And in favor of Joe Patriot Act Biden?! No, I'm not expecting others to agree with my politics. I'm just saying that was when I kinda just gave up on US politics. I just don't have the energy for this nonsense anymore. And then with Covid and everything else on top of all that? And now in 2022 with ppl pretending the pandemic is over because they're tired of taking precautions? It's enough to make me want to crawl in bed and sleep for a decade.
@@bethany.k.1111 so far so suspiciously good, though the Azerbaijan/Armenia ceasefire seems to have failed and UK still seems committed to collective suicide
Past years: This year was the worst! Let's try to have the best New Year ever! 2020: Please, God, can we please have a better year. Like, the bar is low. Very low. Can we at least try not to be depressed. Please.
I’ve been looking forward to this all year and holy shit, I was NOT disappointed. And, man, I loved how when the pessimist started singing about Covid, she didn’t seem all negative and annoyed, she honestly just seemed sad. It broke my heart. This is the only acceptable way to end, 2020, thank you, Malinda.
"Bring it on, 2021" No, please, the first week of 2021 was already bad enough. Please, 2021, please just calm down, we can all be civilized here. We didn't mean to challenge you. Please, let's just be friends
Oh boy, I just don't know what to expect for 2021. My pessimist side says: " THIS. YEAR. IS. GONNA. BE. WORSE. THAN. 2020!" but my optimist side says: "There is NO way! 2021 is gonna be worse than 2020. 2020 was and is rock bottom. 2021 HAS to be better!!!!". I'm not sure who to listen to.
Sometimes i feel like Malinda just has millions of replicas of herself sitting in some warehouse just waiting to be featured in one of her creative masterpieces.
Okay, but hear me out: an actual Malinda Christmas album. I know it's probably too late, but I would love to hear Malinda sing proper versions of holiday songs.
hey, its nearing the end of 2021 here, and i am SO EXCITED for this years Christmas Carol. I've been watching them since the beginning and I am ready for the insanity!
I've just discovered Malinda in the last 4-6 mos, so I'm playing catch-up. The Honest Christmas 2021 will be the first I see "in real time." Can't wait! Though watching these retroactively is an experience of time travel all on its own.
I literally cried when I saw “I came out” on the list of little victories. Quarantine really helped me figure out my identity, and it always makes me happy to see a creator I really enjoy being supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, even if it’s just with little things like that.
figure out your identity?...ever hear of a birth certificate, drivers license, passport. if you were refered to as one of those letters, would you be offended? + community
Some victories I had this year: * Got a girlfriend (we're both the big gay and couldn't be happier together despite COVID) * Began healing from past trauma * Met some new online friends * Got back into art thanks to said friends So yeah, the year has been a bit crummy [(cough) my comment on last years video (cough)], but I'm holding onto my hope that 2021 will be less worse. For me personally, and the world at large. Stay safe y'all.
This year i started in January by being the most depressed and suicidal i have ever been, thanks to a mismanaged change in my anti-depressant. Then i moved back in with my parents at 45y/o. Then covid hit, so no friends, no love, no hope.
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle hey well at least you’re still here! You’re still standing in the face of the world throwing everything it has at you. That’s a victory in my book.
Malinda: I'm considering moving to New Zealand. They passed the 2020 test. Their prime minister is a boss. Me: Yassss! Go kiwis, oh yeah! Also, Jacinda is the best and I love her.
all the thumbnail can make me think of is the 'this is fine' meme and honestly, that's what 2020 is at this point edit: all the small victories were such a nice touch, so i'll add my own too: i came out as pan!!
Ok but why did I cry at the end
SAME
hi dodie!!!!!
Cause this is beautiful and valid and the rollercoaster of feelings make us feel a little less numb?
Dodie! ❤️
0:35 the song of 2020 hell begins
These became the official RUclips Rewinds.
This is just a fact.
Soo can we see Malinda in Mr Beast's Rewind??
Confusingly this rewind made me happy and sad at the same time🙈
It really did
Yes, I accept as such
Yup ... the sliding off the chair did me in ... 🤣
Here's hoping 2021 doesn't require a repost of this song!
2024 will be good
@@TheLizardKing140 yeah but definitely not 2021
@@jarrodedson5441 could be, we never know...
Ever since Malinda started this series the world's gotten worse every year... we're doomed.
i heard they have vaccines in progress so 2021 might be ok but i better not jinx it.
I really miss these.
2017: Denial
2018: Anger
2019: Bargaining
2020: Depression
2021: Acceptance?
or we start back at the beginning?
This one was the transition between depression and acceptance.
Accept that if we want something to change for the better than we have to fight for it with tooth and nail
@MATHEA CONRAD
b i g m o o d
... or suicide?
Why isn't anyone talking about the personal victories??? That part is so cute, it made me cry! I'm so proud of everyone!!! 🥺😭
Yeah! I just came out yesterday!
@@morgankovac3632 well done 😀 I hope whoever you told was supportive
@@morgankovac3632 Congrats!
It was so wholesome
[You obtained 'Wholesomeness' Level 1000!]
Honestly, that “The world turned upside down” from Hamilton could never be more accurate then now.
Haha
Yes never better😂
y e s
I second that
I third that (honestly is that even a thing)
Gosh I wish she continued with these.
She does such a great job and honestly so much stuff happened in 2020 i forgot about a lot of it, im glad we have this to look back too. Sucks that she hasnt done more.
@@Sawyernilsson Both she and Tessa Nettings who consistently posted a recap every year stopped at 2020 and it makes me so sad. So much good and bad happened since then. Last year was wild af.
Me too!!! Of course, I'm very happy with how great she is now, but these videos were the best way to finish the year, I remember I was completely alone in 2020-2021 new year and my life would also change A LOT, this video was my company, it felt great to hear her singing "bring it on 2021" as the fireworks started and 2021 started
If you watch all the honest christmas songs in order you can see her go through the five stages of grief.
Hmmm, good observation!
So that means next year we will be out of it right... please...
@@blurefr I mean the last stage is acceptance.
Soooo...take that what you will.
OMG😳
Acceptance next year?
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Hi :D
Jon Cozart co wrote this??!! That makes this even more wonderful 🔥🔥
Why were people cancelling your parents???? they are the sweetest and most talented duo and to raise such a fine artist they must be very good people
Cancel your parents?? Is there something like that in the video? It still hasn't started premiering yet xD
Hi I L O V E your videos!!!!
A pessimist sees half of everything to be a cake.
An optimist sees cake.
And I eat it
@@teraphobia7818 That makes you a realist.
@@edwardrhoads7283XDDDDDDD
The optimist is cake.
The pessimist goes to eat the cake.
The pessimist is also cake.
👌
I'd love a 2022 recap by Malinda. She did say "this year needs a remake" well here's 2020Two.
She's socially distancing with herself, very responsible
Like people always say, you are your own worst enemy
How clever for you to notice that! I didn't!
ruclips.net/video/39dl_LBGCtUy/видео.htmly
yes, responsible
being with yourself during isolation is basically asking to go insane
I appreciate that all the Malindas are socially distanced to each other, the background Malindas even kept behind the windows 😂
oh my gosh, i didn't even realise that
That was brilliant!
Where are their masks tho?
@@mr.worldwide47583:57
Ok that is just great. Didnt even notice that but that makes it even better now.
I love how they used to be like “let’s hope next year is better” and this year it’s just like “OMG 2020 IS FINALLY OVER! BRING IT ON 2021!”
Edit: unrelated, but I love how pessimistic Malinda was genuinely sad during the COVID part instead of just annoyed and sarcastic.
2021: challenge accepted!
@@jur4x ohhh fuck
@EVANGELYN TAY YU THONG Moe lol it’s already ruined by other ppl by now.
@EVANGELYN TAY YU THONG Moe I was number 400. Idk why I feel proud. Me is weirdo.
Exactly! As if pessimistic Malinda put up a front of "cynical realism", when really she never wanted to be right!
We desperately need a 2024 version
YES!!!!!!
Ohhh boy we sure do… can’t wait to see what Malinda would have to say about that
It went from “let’s not be bad next year!” to daring 2021 to be worse than 2020
Given the past videos proved that we can dig deeper after hitting rock bottom, maybe this'll encourage 2021 to actually be better
31 December 2020: okay, youve seen the trailer now
Oh, it will be worse.
Things will just go downhill from now on.
It's better to do that because of what heppend in 2019 everyone hated it and was excited do 2020 but it all turned into hell
We literally aren’t even hoping for a better year, we’re just hoping to get out of this one alive
Malinda's catching on, instead of saying "let's hope next year isn't as bad," she said, "Bring it on!"
In 2017: wEvE hIt RoCk BoTtOm
2020: Awwwwww, how cute. bUrN
Earth to humans: You forfeit all rights to my bed, you sleep in your office instead with only the memories of your exploitation... Watch as I BURNNNNNNNNN
Literally burn tho. The forest is (was??) bUrNiNg EVERYWHERE 😰
@@nikkidash4826 California
@@Trinthegay at the start of the year Australia was on fire all over too... to think I thought that was as bad as this year was gonna get
Tbh I learned how good we have it from this year.
"There's life in between the headlines and fear"
Why did this phrase make me so happy and make me tear up?
hopeful and wishful thinking? it's like being told there's a little more room on the last life boat on the Titanic... you just Really hope it's there by the time you make it to that side of the -boat- ~i meant ship... Dammit Luke! my mother's gonna come out of the grave n smack me now! blast your British view of the Navy!~ before it's either gone or the damned ship sinks; taking you with it.
~kept edtting because i had to find the code for the strikethrough for in comments. only been on here for Years... not Quite a _boomer_ but apparently one in training. ¬"¬; ~
Malinda: 2020 is finally done
Everyone: rejoices in tears of happiness
2021:You fools!
@@emilstoqanov3270 2022: *laughing in the corner*
@@diogocasstro 2023 & 2024: *Equally scared of the years*
What was great about 2020 - an elephant was rescued safe and sound after falling down a deep well in India.
Oh and Joe Biden won the election of course! : ) Happy 2021!
Cue John Oliver blowing up 2020 in a giant explosion
If 2021 is worse it should just be Malinda humming Silent Night with the room on fire.
*sips coffee*
This is fine.
I burst out laughing at this comment, when I imagined her doing that!
@@DonnaBrooks lol, likewise!
Is nobody going to talk about the ending where she said "2020 is finally done" how the Melody is just so perfect??
Yeah
That chord is so good.
All the melodies are amazing but yeah, that was great.
I've been looping 5:21 to 5:52 pretty much all day!
Missing these
THE ARRANGEMENT. THE HARMONIES. THAT WAS A LOT I AM OVERWHELMED
We all were this year...
2021 is going to be the same shit. Bring it on bitch. Will it be ww6 or fascism ? Or bees finally dying ?
@@unchartedraider7547 where did ww4 and ww5 go?
@curious little raindrop bees are good. The bad thing would be bees going extinct
I love how she just stares at nothing in horror at the start
I would love to go back in time and show this to someone in 2019
Gosh, that would be the best. It would seriously look like some sort of sci-fi fantasy.... Because it is.....
take me with you!
@@uploxy5341 you would still come back to hear and have to deal with this year again
Same lemme come take meeeeeee
I want to escape 2020
Malinda: "Bring it on, 2021"
2021: "And I took that personally"
Past year’s songs: *not too bad, there’s always a balance of good and bad*
2020: *Pessimist Malinda crawling out of her basement:* _”iT’s fREe rEaL eSTaTE”_
the only real bad news of the past years was global warming (and some politics stuff) otherwise there was way more good than we give them credit for.
2020 though is every apocalypse happening at once.
Lol
And a whole verse is just swearing this year lolll
@@wordart_guian sorry to say but if the most recent nostradamus based prediction is right 2020 was just the preview
@@wordart_guian Freedom House and The Economist both agree that every quantifiable metric for democracy has been in recession worldwide for the last several years. On top of that, Pax Americana is ending, UNASUR was torn apart, at least two full-on genocides happened (and are still happening), and nuclear proliferation is finally getting out of control.
When good Malinda went, “ you good?” To pessimist Malinda I died.
Oh no you didn't watch her "I died laughing" tutorial
Who knew they had youtude i mean thats how i died a long time in my past life (i think) but not from her vids
@@nezuko_kamado5400 What?
@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 idk (lol)
@@nezuko_kamado5400 Okay
That last verse is just tempting Fate.
Nah. What will be will be. The best we can do is to make connections with other humans, with nature, with animals, & with the grand story of history where we can see all the horrible things we've survived, and then to be kind & calm & grateful for what we have & not just think about our own wants & imagined "needs", because if we do these things, we can still bring beauty into the world.
If we have a covid-21 we know why
Why must people always tempt Fate? I mean, seriously, it's been made quite clear that things can get a heck of a lot worse
Sooooo... this aged well. XD
@@SamThe42nd Well, it is still technically CoVid 19, just the turbo edition...
I miss a new one every year. These were simply the best.
Okay, so why is no one talking about her SINGING?!?!?!
like OMG YOUR CHORDS ARE BEAUTIFULLLL
the high note at the end omg
I'm not really educated in the music field, but those reactions, and the subtle use of a person outside the window are all fantastic!
I think you have just summed up 2020.
i was going to comment that
@@edwardrhoads7283 yes she did
I just had a thought, this could be what kids in the future use for their history projects
‘Yes I’ve read the threads and headlines, I’ll cancel both my parents, and play among us till I’m numb’
Ya our descendants would be so *proud* of us
@Lily Terrio lol
OMG WAIT THIS COMMENT-
IMAGINE THEY FIND THIS AND ITS THE CHEAT FOR PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE
Isn’t anyone gonna talk about the social distancing in this video? Malinda you nailed it, as always.
I think the fact we haven't gotten one of these in 3 years says enough in itself...
“2020 is finally done!”
Fast forward to New Years where the world is on fire and everyone is having a break down because the time is 11:60pm
Or- even better-
At 11:59 PM on December 31st, 2020, Huge red letters appear in the sky and it says "Round 2"
And in the Smash Bros voice, it says in a terrifying tone:
*Ready for the next battle?*
@@npc-333 Oh god no please, we’re already going through enough.
@@npc-333 wait- that's better?! 😂🤣😅
@@cynthiagould881 _far better_
@@petra_gr It's too much for you guys, but I'm a triangular demon's host! I'm pretty safe!
2020 has felt like 5 years and 3 months at the same time
Frrr
Back in June 2020, Ben Folds asked, "How many years can we cram into one?"
So true
@@matthewcox7985 June 2020?
What year was that?
Time is meaningless
Im not gonna lie. I FULLY expected the 2020 video to just be Malinda drinking in the bathtub and crying.
thats 2021
Hahahaha1
That's what I did in 2020
Just 8 minutes of the expression at 0:25
@@reptoidrenaissance 😂😂
back here in 2024.
we need this series... seirously
1:38 the way she threw in “The World Turned Upside Down” so well is genius 👏👏
yes! I love the background vocals in all her songs but this arrangement was especially smart. Like idk if you noticed at 3:35 she also a lot of great vocals like fake crying when she said they kicked trump out, saying "hell yeah" when she said biden won and being the "trumpets of celebration" at the end of the sentence! Her backing vocals are honestly bomb.
I LOVE THAT PART
Tbh I wasnt for any of these candidates but yes I hear the vocals and I love it!
"Theres a few weeks left.. Bring it on!"
2020: *laughs meniachlly then begins to sing the villan song to end all villan songs*
At least the villain songs are always good....
The final boss
I hear boss music
And then Jonathan will probably cover it lmao
*maniacally
Nobody:
Pessimist Malinda: *CHRISTMAS IS CANCELLED F**** *IT ALL*
I died XD
That beep made it 20x funnier
@@TheWorhik yep
*yeets herself out the window*
When?
Optimistic Malinda: "... you good?"
Pessimistic Malinda, curled up in her chair, clutching her knee: _"DO I LOOK LIKE-"_
This did not disappoint.
"2020 is done!"
Everyone: HALLELUJAH
even
atheists
@@piniatafullofblood
Me an atheist:YES.
HALAFUCKINGLUJA!
Me: it's not over yet...😶
@@piniatafullofblood I can confirm.
2021 walking in „we’ll see...“
I honestly thought this would just be Malinda screaming in terror for 3-5 minutes
Me to
Honestly that would some up the year
But then she'd be out of ideas for 2022...
@@SonsOfLorgar are they going to make one this year?
This really helped me see that 2020 isn't completely cursed.
Tik Tok is being banned at this very moment. God blessed.
My bucket of good things that happened every day is my personal evidence that 2020 isn't completely cursed
For all of you wondering where her 2021 Honest Christmas song is, she said on Twitter that she's taking a break this year because she is on a December vacation.
Sad
@@chuckmuniz1617 This google translated to now and I almost didn't notice.
"Bring it on" oh god Malinda, don't challenge 2020
I have a feeling 2021 will see the end of the world. Meteor, sun blows up, nuclear war, whatever it is, if it’s horrible I bet it’ll either be in the next few weeks or 2021
I would like to challenge 2021 to fucking come at us bro. We're used to every year getting worse now, you can't surprise us anymore.
Just Remember that Trump still has access to the nuclear codes
@@christopherbacon1077 I don't believe that if he didn't use them before that he would now. He's too much of a gutless coward to destroy the world.
Right, we still have a month left
Let’s just be real here...
She could have done one of these way earlier in the year and STILL had a packed song. 2020 was something else
I don't know why but the line "2020 is finally done" gives me kinda comfort...
It's not quite done yet. We have mutated virus, 3rd lock down, harsher rules and Christmas is cancelled. 😢😰 Really, really want 2020 to be done
Only if 2021 doesn't end up being the "Year of the Masked Zombies", with everyone shuffling around just too tired and resigned to give a shit.
Optimism is grand, but this mess is far from over regardless how far the planet's been around the sun or where it is in its orbit..
I’m leaving this year immune to Covid:)
What if Covid-19 never leaves...
@@ibrahim.m5563 - Then humans will do what every other living thing on this planet has always done: Adapt or die off.
I need 2022 version so badly. 😮💨😅
What I find most impressive is how she didn't mention the pandemic until almost 4 minutes in.
i mean they're is so much to talk about lol
The two worst things to say right now
“Bring it on” and “it couldn’t get worse”
Good job malinda, you just cursed us
Followed closely by calling a year with 28 more days "done".
Don't worry, it will only get worse from now on.
@@NixillShadowFox Sooooo... 28 days later? 😬
finally, a 2020 anthem that is n o t a tiktok song.
Don’t worry I’ll make a TikTok vid for you
Check out julie nolke's video "I put on pants today (2020 anthem)" idk if that's the title word for word but its pretty close
Just you wait. The Chinese government is on that.
@@cinnamontea1 TikTok sucks.
Now that 2021 is over, nearly.........I'd like to hear the 2021 version! You are talented and that was very moving..
Alternate title: _Malinda's Despair Event Horizon_ .
DID I HEAR DESPAIR
RUclips: Cancels Rewind
Malinda: Fine I'll do it myself
I don't understand what rewind is tho.
@@jocelyn248 It’s when RUclips goes over what happened in the year before the next year. It’s a rewind of what happened in RUclips.
@@TemFromTheTemShop Ok, but why do youtubers hate being in RUclips rewind?
@@jocelyn248Probably because it sucks and is basically a remake of the previous rewind. I dunno though.
@@jocelyn248 It's pretty cringy just makes you go ooooooof
Malinda just told fate to “bring it on” and now I’m more scared.
Same I hope 2021 is better let’s hope she didn’t jinx it
I hope 2021 is like: I don’t think I can top this I guess I’ll have do save earth ;(
I hope
I know it's been almost a year since this came out so this probably won't be seen by many people but I just wanted to say that ever since this first released I've absolutely loved it. The line "there's good in-between the headlines and fears." Really sticks to me. Sometimes I feel like the world is complete garbage and there's no point in trying anymore, but then I remember this little line and I feel good again. Because there is good, no matter how small or how fleeting, it's there, and if I can make just one person happy, even just for a minute, then I'll have gone to sleep knowing that It was worth getting out of bed that day. Thank you so much for this beautiful and hilarious song, it's the most hopeful thing I've ever heard.
dear 2021
please don't fail us
love from, everyone in the world
2021 : Yeah I am basically the same but kinda worse.
@@the-pan-potato3139 Already own a spear and two daggers
@@the-pan-potato3139 how much do you think they'll be on amazon?
“Holy shit, it’s in minks?!” Best part ever
YES OMG I REWATCHED THAT PART AT LEAST TEN TIMES
That reminds me.....someone I used to know called me, "Mink, mink..."
Is the mink thing only in Denmark where i live?
ikr
Ugh. It's also been found that we can give it to our cats and dogs and then get it right back from them. Covid is a nightmare virus. It wouldn't surprise me if it's in wild species all over the world now too.
"The world turned upside down" Hamilton or 2020? Because that song really fits this year.
Too. Right.
Very true. And Hamilton was the only redeeming thing about this year!
True
And It’s Queit Uptown. Because it’s literally quiet Uptown.
@@shedotshearts it is tho...!
2021 did in fact bring it on!
GUYS!!!
DO NOT say “this is the worst it can get.” THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE IT WORSE.
Hahhaha. 2021 is ready for our add
@e WAIT-
@e THATS HIGHLY CONCERNING I WOULD ADVISE YOU TO STOP NOW PLEASE
"And worse I may be yet. The worst is not
So long as we can say 'This is the worst.' "
~Edgar, in the Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare, (Act IV, Scene 1)
Thiiiiiiiiisss iiiiissss theeee woooorst iiiiiit caaaaaan geeeeet!!!
“let’s hope we’ll learn in 2020”
2020: *society becomes progressively dumber*
I always tear up at the 'there's life in between the headlines and fear, the little victories made this year'. It's so true and so much more important than people typically think.
Ya 2020 was crap
"Is that all we have?" "Yes, and we always should" gets me every time.
Same. As many times as I've watched this, that's the part where I get weepy.
Honestly, that's the only good part of 2020. It makes me cry every time too.
But my hopes for a good outcome ended when Bernie just gave up in the primary. I put in all that work to help him win Iowa (my state) and for what? For him to just give up? And in favor of Joe Patriot Act Biden?!
No, I'm not expecting others to agree with my politics. I'm just saying that was when I kinda just gave up on US politics. I just don't have the energy for this nonsense anymore. And then with Covid and everything else on top of all that? And now in 2022 with ppl pretending the pandemic is over because they're tired of taking precautions? It's enough to make me want to crawl in bed and sleep for a decade.
It would be cool to see another one done even with all the hard work you are doing for your music
New yearly tradition: Go back and watch every single Honest Christmas in chronological order.
They managed more than half the video without even mentioning covid and 2020 still sounded horrible 🤣
Actually COVID-19 is in the headline already shown in 2:26, and could even argue already at 1:24, since everyone in that picture have facemasks on
NOBODY TOUCH THE LIKES
@@taylorwithnoswift3504 she forgot Zombie fires and Crystalmeth Gators... I wish I was making those up.
@Lily Terrio Lol they opened a mummy December 2019 thats how we got into this in the first place they don't learn do they😂
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." -December 2020, probably
oh my god please no
It hasn’t been horrible quite yet. We might be good this month! But bring it on, 2020 still wants vengeance.
please no
@@bethany.k.1111 so far so suspiciously good, though the Azerbaijan/Armenia ceasefire seems to have failed and UK still seems committed to collective suicide
Hey, the aliens sound friendly.
WE NEED ANOTHER ONE OF THESE!!!!! It’s been too long
Pre release: this should be good
Post release: sensational
Past years: This year was the worst! Let's try to have the best New Year ever!
2020: Please, God, can we please have a better year. Like, the bar is low. Very low. Can we at least try not to be depressed. Please.
"The bar is on the floor." -John Mulaney
At this point the bar is literally at the center of earth. Right in the center of the core.
@Michael Fritz lol ye we r.
"I hope everyone has a safe, SAFE, holiday."
Merry Christmas everyone! Even tho we still have what? 20 days?
Yes 17 days left, then I will set my expectations as low as possible:
Nuclear war on New Year’s Eve.
@@CatchBurning I'm not gonna ask are you alright, cuz non of us is
Start a countdown:
16 days
@@ninjanature7827 Just replying so i can help you count down tommorow
I want to join too, and actually there are 15 days left here, but there are some people who are still in yesterday so i'll wait
im honestly thrilled to hear the 2021 version, its a kind of a tradition at this point
Sadly she said on Twitter she won't be making one this year :(
@@charlottealoraa oh no!
@@charlottealoraa Nooooooo!
I’ve been looking forward to this all year and holy shit, I was NOT disappointed. And, man, I loved how when the pessimist started singing about Covid, she didn’t seem all negative and annoyed, she honestly just seemed sad. It broke my heart. This is the only acceptable way to end, 2020, thank you, Malinda.
These comments are jinxing us-
The "Greensleves" part sends chills, both good and bad, down my shine.
same!
Which part is the greensleeves?
@@brendanhart517 starts at around 3:48
Just wait, the Honest 2021 Christmas song will be filmed in a bunker as the zombie apocalypse rages around us all
The mentioned dead minks in Denmark are the first step 😂😂😂
...please don’t jinx us
Or we’ll all be hidden in the TARDIS after earth gets invaded by aliens
Haha, best case scenarios, huh?
DONT JINX US
"Bring it on, 2021"
No, please, the first week of 2021 was already bad enough. Please, 2021, please just calm down, we can all be civilized here. We didn't mean to challenge you. Please, let's just be friends
2021: never going to happen folks
@@WildestCarton …soooooo it never got better, and this aged like milk-
2021: the year we hit peak shitfuckery!
@@becsterbrisbane6275 2022 and 2023 might have something to say about that im afraid
I wasn't even thinking this was gonna be released... STILL, GET THE POPCORN MOM!
I think saying “bring it on 2021” may have been a mistake
Oh boy, I just don't know what to expect for 2021. My pessimist side says: " THIS. YEAR. IS. GONNA. BE. WORSE. THAN. 2020!" but my optimist side says: "There is NO way! 2021 is gonna be worse than 2020. 2020 was and is rock bottom. 2021 HAS to be better!!!!". I'm not sure who to listen to.
@@jocelyn248 Idk either
Until i heard this line i was optimistic. Now i'm just terrified.
My pessimism is taking over, bring it on 2021 was a bad idea
Trump is already requesting military assistance in Iraq and it's been less than a week
Sometimes i feel like Malinda just has millions of replicas of herself sitting in some warehouse just waiting to be featured in one of her creative masterpieces.
Have really been missing these the last years.
2017: I think that we may have hit rock bottom
2020: Aw how innocent we were.
Yeah basically
It can only get better, right? _nervous laughing_
@@kage3069 this just in Ducktales is officially cancelled.
@@kage3069 ywah sure better....if better meant worse
@@Thomas_H._Smith who cares
It is disturbing how many times I've watched this in the past 19 days.
Saaaaaame
Same
Okay, but hear me out: an actual Malinda Christmas album. I know it's probably too late, but I would love to hear Malinda sing proper versions of holiday songs.
I think she's singing some live with Thomas Sanders.
Not gonna lie miss these
2020 is like a tragic musical, except it's real
exactly
If it was a musical I would like it better bc it would be socially acceptable to burst in to sing at any moment
and there's no music....
@@lizbroski3869 god ikr
tiktok, get on it, make a 2020 musical :D
2020 taught us to be bold and to accept whatever shits life throws at us, so c'mon 2021, just come! another year never bothered us any way!!
Is that a frozen reference?
@@roosterbooster338 yes, I love Frozen, so... 😅
2021 is evily plotting our doom right now, it cant wait to prove you wrong.
@@sunnytube7160 agreed but don't give them ideas
the years deadass gradually get worse JUST to prove happy honest christmas song malinda wrong
I would call this is a conspiracy theory but it’s clearly true
It's not a theory as...Well we have proof it happened
the past honest christmas problems look so MILD now.
also IMO 2019 was pretty good. best year I had lived through in a while.
@@shuu-wasseo ah yes, excuse me. the years deadass gradually watermelon JUST to prove happy honest christmas song malinda wrong
hey, its nearing the end of 2021 here, and i am SO EXCITED for this years Christmas Carol. I've been watching them since the beginning and I am ready for the insanity!
I've just discovered Malinda in the last 4-6 mos, so I'm playing catch-up. The Honest Christmas 2021 will be the first I see "in real time." Can't wait! Though watching these retroactively is an experience of time travel all on its own.
@@ginarblank This one in real time was an Experience. I got tears in my eyes listening to the end bit for the first time.
I literally cried when I saw “I came out” on the list of little victories. Quarantine really helped me figure out my identity, and it always makes me happy to see a creator I really enjoy being supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, even if it’s just with little things like that.
She's increadible, every year, she always mentions the lgbtq comunity
figure out your identity?...ever hear of a birth certificate, drivers license, passport. if you were refered to as one of those letters, would you be offended? + community
@@aesopdemoor7595 you do not get it.
@@aesopdemoor7595 ever heard of the LGBTQ+ community?
I came out recently and I felt really proud looking at that.
Some victories I had this year:
* Got a girlfriend (we're both the big gay and couldn't be happier together despite COVID)
* Began healing from past trauma
* Met some new online friends
* Got back into art thanks to said friends
So yeah, the year has been a bit crummy [(cough) my comment on last years video (cough)], but I'm holding onto my hope that 2021 will be less worse.
For me personally, and the world at large. Stay safe y'all.
Tbh I've been doing good in quarantine and started to do insta aesthetic posts to channel my artistic side so not bad lok
This was the best year for me. 2020 was never bad for me ;P
This year i started in January by being the most depressed and suicidal i have ever been, thanks to a mismanaged change in my anti-depressant.
Then i moved back in with my parents at 45y/o.
Then covid hit, so no friends, no love, no hope.
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle hey well at least you’re still here! You’re still standing in the face of the world throwing everything it has at you. That’s a victory in my book.
@@ireallyreallyhategoogle i hope things get better for you tho
the thumbnail is an accurate description of 2020s christmas thank you for your accuracy
is that Phil I see?
@@jaijoshi5596 why yes it is
@@daphne9193 I am currently watching the promised neverland
@@jaijoshi5596 oh good luck-
The fact she managed to not mention the pandemic until the second half of the song is shocking
2020 sucks, and I know someone in 2021 will comment on this and say “Haha , you thought that was bad!”
oh god no please don't jinx it wejhdjhkwhja
*no you're jinxing it*
@@jasperinooo oh God
People in 2021: was this made before or after the alien attack?
Apocalyptic Blox haha yeah
Malinda: I'm considering moving to New Zealand. They passed the 2020 test. Their prime minister is a boss.
Me: Yassss! Go kiwis, oh yeah!
Also, Jacinda is the best and I love her.
Pls take me to New Zealand
Plus New Zealand is literally Middle Earth soooooo I se no downside.
Yayy!
@@mr.worldwide4758 I would if I could, man.
@@kaylimcginnis Just the earthquakes :(
all the thumbnail can make me think of is the 'this is fine' meme and honestly, that's what 2020 is at this point
edit: all the small victories were such a nice touch, so i'll add my own too:
i came out as pan!!
Honestly, you’re not wrong!
Yes! That is 2020 in meme form!
True
good job! i know how hard that can be. i came out as ace this year!
@@frogbysachs7559 well done, i'm so proud of you!!
Please please please let us have a 2022 Christmas!!! Perhaps in celebration of 1 million🎉? You always sum up the year perfectly🎄🎶🎊
I really hope we get one!