Tim: Oh no. No, please don’t…
Tom: Sometimes we cover tracks because they’re good. Sometimes because they’re remarkable. And sometimes…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVHEPwS8lYc
Tom: …they’re absolutely bloody awful.
Tim: Yep. I pretty much never delete songs from my iTunes library. Here, I made an exception.
Tom: I mean, it’s like gawping at a trainwreck. The product placement.
Tim: Actually, there I’ll interrupt you – product placement based on kids toys is definitely not always a bad thing. Though admittedly it is most of the time, so do continue.
Tom: Well, that was hardly product placement: Mattel sued and lost over that. But yes: there’s more awful yet. The dubstep breakdown. The lyrics. The melody, or the lack of it. The video. Oh, the video.
Tim: Regarding the video, I think it’s the first video I’ve ever seen by a major artist to have more thumbs down than up. It doesn’t remotely surprise me. It’s utterly horrific.
Tom: Bieber managed it, but that was riding on a wave of dislike for him rather than his music. This… it’s terrible.
Tim: Just terrible.