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Original poster

Olly Murs’ new song gives me the ick! Lighthearted.

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greengreyblue · 24/08/2025 11:45

How old is Olly? Singing about sick on his jeans. Makes me feel ill every time I hear it. AIBU?
What lyrics make you cringe?

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ShesTheAlbatross · 24/08/2025 13:30

Gowlett · 24/08/2025 13:22

Never heard an Olly Murs song in my life…
Assumed he did Buble style covers, until now.

But I did read an interview recently where he said he can’t sing about meeting girls on dance floors anymore, now he’s a dad.

You probably have.

Please Don’t Let Me Go, Heart Skips a Beat, and Dance With Me Tonight are the kind of bland cut out pop songs that you hear out and about in shops etc. The kind that just blends into the background and sounds like everything else. Nothing particularly good or particularly awful. The magnolia of music.

The lyrics of this one are crap though.

Gowlett · 24/08/2025 13:22

Never heard an Olly Murs song in my life…
Assumed he did Buble style covers, until now.

But I did read an interview recently where he said he can’t sing about meeting girls on dance floors anymore, now he’s a dad.

OverlyFragrant · 24/08/2025 13:17

Olly Murs is whole ick

AnHourToAnywhere · 24/08/2025 13:14

Everything about him gives me the ick.

Usually when I’m not into someone’s music, I can at least see what others like, I can see that they’re talented and just not my thing, but Olly Murs is one of those people that I just don’t get at all. I never understood the fuss at first and I’m even more baffled that he’s still somewhat successful so many years later.

Didimum · 24/08/2025 13:04

Olly Murs gives me every kind of ick going.

LlynTegid · 24/08/2025 12:45

Olly who?

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 24/08/2025 12:42

Can’t stand Olly Murs anyway. Hate Ed Sheeran’s new one too.

Lottapianos · 24/08/2025 12:21

Loads of his songs are misogynist dreck - not surprised the latest one is utter crap too

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greengreyblue · 24/08/2025 12:13

I do find radio 2 weird in that that play stuff like that and then bleep out other words that would otherwise be inaudible and so draw attention to it Olly is in his 40s and singing about kebab on his shirt and sick on his jeans! He’s not a Fresher! 😂

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ShesTheAlbatross · 24/08/2025 12:07

Helicoptopus · 24/08/2025 11:59

It’s an unbelievably bad song. He’s in his 40s! Olly Murs is the type of man child Sabrina Carpenter sings about.

Not to mention he briefly released a song criticising a woman for drinking too much. I hate you when you’re drunk. A real put down. I thought it was odd at the time and even odder now with this new single.

Edited

The lyrics of I hate you when you’re drunk compared to this new one are so funny.

Women, don’t get drunk, urgh this is so embarrassing and I’ll have no sympathy for you in the morning

Babe! I’m drunk, I’ve thrown up down myself, save me!!!!

What a loser.

TheAutumnalCrow · 24/08/2025 12:03

It’s one of those manbaby lyrics along the lines of, ‘hey baby, I did a tonne of bad things and you’ve got to save me now, so if you’d just like to get on with it …’

Helicoptopus · 24/08/2025 11:59

It’s an unbelievably bad song. He’s in his 40s! Olly Murs is the type of man child Sabrina Carpenter sings about.

Not to mention he briefly released a song criticising a woman for drinking too much. I hate you when you’re drunk. A real put down. I thought it was odd at the time and even odder now with this new single.