rant · moment 20 of 26
Billie Eilish, Lizzo, and the Death of Aspirational Art
from #188 - Best of Patreon Vol. 1 | The Tim Dillon Show · #188
4 min
Tim and Kampf mock modern pop music's dark, joyless lyrics compared to Whitney Houston, argue there's no aspirational art left, and riff on poutine and Toronto food while performing live.
- Billie Eilish compared to Whitney Houston, greatest singer of our time, still ends up dying in a tub.
- There's no aspirational art anymore—people want something relatable, like decent art from a dying cancer patient's notebook.
- Lizzo is good but not great, and no one wants to spend ten years doing vocal lessons anymore.
- Tim questions what modern music and celebrity is actually for, suggesting the government wants to keep people as cattle.
- The government made him drink diet coke every day and ruined his teeth, and Lizzo will eventually have a song about rotten teeth.
- Poutine from Montreal—french fries with cheese curds and gravy—is something you can't get decent in America.
- Canada has lots of steakhouses and middle eastern food, though well-done steak here gets you jailed for saying the wrong thing.
- A guest was so excited about potentially going to jail in Canada that he asked Tim to arrange it for him.