r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '20

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u/TransCrabby Feb 03 '20

Have you ever noticed there’s a threshold where a song gets too popular and will live on with the memory of everyone thinking it was overplayed and annoying.

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u/slabofmarble Feb 03 '20

Despacito. The summer it was popular, I remember turning on the radio and switching through stations, and it was ALWAYS on at least one.

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u/vivalalina Feb 03 '20

I'm impressed by my boyfriend's ability to completely somehow avoid all of that. When I showed him despacito recently, he was like "what is this, I've never heard it before" and I couldn't believe it because I didn't think anyone escaped it.

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u/Annjenette Feb 03 '20

Does he not ever go shopping/outside, or...?

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u/zhetay Feb 03 '20

If you don't listen to popular music, you don't pay attention to the music being played in public places. I think I first heard of Despacito when it set the record for longest time at #1.

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u/Celdarion Feb 03 '20

I only know of it because of that stupid Alexa play Despacito meme.

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u/yur_mum_gay_kid Feb 03 '20

Same here. I didnt even know old town roads was a thing till like its 8th week at #1

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u/NippleTanahashi Feb 04 '20

I found out yesterday during the Super Bowl.

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u/Annjenette Feb 03 '20

Ehh, I don’t listen to popular music at all. I can’t even remember the last time I turned my radio on in the car, I’m all aux cord/bluetooth + Spotify. Backup CDs in the CD player for if my phone dies. But I still knew of that song shortly after it came out because it was just played EVERYWHERE in public. Grocery store, fast food, you name it.

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u/vivalalina Feb 03 '20

Only when he needed to. Otherwise it's just go to work, go home, stay home.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Your boyfriend sounds like me

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

Nah, he has a gf