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To think LadBaby song is awful?

148 replies

Cocopogo · 20/12/2022 21:16

I’ll start by saying I quite like LadBaby and often laugh at their couples challenges.
Didn’t mind their sausage roll songs, wouldn’t bother listening to it but Xmas number ones are all about being silly so not a problem.
But this food aid song I find really awful. I know there’s a cost of living crisis and there’s a number of people really struggling in the U.K. but there’s also a lot of people who just moan about the prices whilst sitting in a warm pub with their five quid or whatever drink, or in a warm office or in a nice house with two cars on the drive etc and to compare that with people actually starving in Africa is just awful.

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HaggisWurst · 20/12/2022 21:35

I haven't bothered listening to it. I used to like them a lot but I read the other day (I seemed to have missed this as it happened in September) that he was caught touching up a woman in a club (it was filmed by someone). Certainly looks like him and they didn't deny it. He's really gone down in my book now and I have no desire to watch them anymore.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 20/12/2022 21:43

It isn't supposed to be award winning composing, it is supposed to raise money for food banks.

Food banks should not be necessary in a first world country. I hate that this is necessary but the government are bastards and we aren't due a general election so ........

TheProblemIsMe · 20/12/2022 21:46

He's a creep.

loveliesbleeding1 · 20/12/2022 21:47

Only the profits go to charity,they have made millions out of their so-called charity singles.

ChessieDarling · 20/12/2022 21:50

They’re an awful pair, so it’s unsurprising their ‘charity’ song is somewhat crap.

girlfriend44 · 20/12/2022 21:51

It's awful to sing about food banks. Donate directly to a fb if you want. Don't buy the single they make money from it. They are making money from this.

Georgeskitchen · 20/12/2022 22:12

Is this yet another reworking of the Band aid song?
The only decent one was the original. All the others have been atrocious and instantly forgettable 🤬

WGACA · 20/12/2022 22:35

My friend was collecting tins for our foodbank in a supermarket at the weekend. Ladbaby was in there and refused to even meet her eye.

Florenz · 20/12/2022 22:38

He's a waste of space and has ruined music. The fact that he keeps getting to #1 just shows how poor music is nowadays.

Mochudubh · 20/12/2022 22:48

I haven't seen the latest, but weren't the previous ones about stopping the ubiquitous X_factor winners reaching Christmas No1? That ship has sailed over the horizon now. Time for some genuine talent to have a go.

bestbefore · 20/12/2022 23:01

I can't believe how bad the song sounds. Feed the UK....bloody hell...! It's so tacky

00100001 · 20/12/2022 23:05

None of them were good... Why are we surprised this isn't?

Thoughtful2355 · 20/12/2022 23:19

never knew why they got so popular in the first place, all the videos were fake and staged.

Someo · 20/12/2022 23:22

Cannot stand these pair. We haven't had a proper Christmas number 1 for years anyway.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 20/12/2022 23:28

Can't stand them. Public are thick as mince to have propelled him into being a z list celeb.

EIfie · 20/12/2022 23:28

Can't stand them. Tory grifters. Not listened to the 'song'. I'm on a FB group called ANYONE but Ladbaby for Christmas No.1.
We definitely deserve a proper Xmas No.1.

I'd quite like to see Last Christmas get to the top spot, or something by Terry Hall (RIP). Or F the Tories by The Kunts. The Kunts have an anti-LadBaby version.

RoyFuckingKent · 20/12/2022 23:31

I’m curious why he has about five companies set up with HMRC with very slightly different names. Anyone know if that’s for tax reasons?

Also Trussell confirmed the four previous singles have only raised £305k combined, so where did the rest go?
When will Ladbaby clarify what the ‘profit’ is?

Good to see people finally seeing them for what they are though. Chuck a few quid in your local food bank and stream Whams last Christmas, it’s currently the best bet to keep them off number one.

To think LadBaby song is awful?
MattDillonsEyebrows · 20/12/2022 23:36

Georgeskitchen · 20/12/2022 22:12

Is this yet another reworking of the Band aid song?
The only decent one was the original. All the others have been atrocious and instantly forgettable 🤬

Errrr, hang on a Minute!! Whilst I totally agree with the majority of the dire rewrites, I will not hear a word against Band Aid 2 from 1989!! Matt Goss and Jason Donovan absolutely nail Bono’s line!! Swoon! 😍

However finding a copy of it is really hard. It’s on You tube, but literally nowhere else!

Spenn · 20/12/2022 23:38

They're complete grifters who have made millions from selling merchandise related to their sausage roll shite songs. Only the profits from the songs go to the food bank charity which seems to be a minuscule amount compared to what they actually get given.

Oh and they vote Tory who are the reason for the food banks. They boil my piss.

Mehmeh22 · 20/12/2022 23:42

Always thought they were a bunch of shitehead chancers but this thread has confirmed it!

Their first video was funny but after that it was clear it's staged and he's trying to keep himself relevant

bowchicawowwow · 21/12/2022 08:46

@EIfie I went to a Kunts gig earlier this month and we have been streaming their Christmas single since Grin

LikeTearsInRain · 21/12/2022 08:48

Every single one of them has been awful. I’d much rather a decent song made it to number one.

And the cynic in me tells me that anyone with an influencer type career such as them does it primarily to up their status, views and earning ability in the subsequent year as opposed to raising money. On the other hand I have to remind myself that the proceeds do indeed do some good.

Funkyslippers · 21/12/2022 08:55

MattDillonsEyebrows bloody hell. That Stock Aitken & Waterman version took any heart & soul out of the song and stuck an annoying drum beat behind it. There's a reason it's never played or difficult to find

porpy · 21/12/2022 08:58

Do they really vote Tory??

I still can’t decide if that footage is him or not

FredaFox · 21/12/2022 09:01

porpy · 21/12/2022 08:58

Do they really vote Tory??

I still can’t decide if that footage is him or not

Yes and I think it is him