re: Stacy's First-Time Reaction (*crying within seconds*) to John Denver's 'Country Roads'

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The only thing that will make me scroll faster than a dumb AI stop video is a dumb "first time listening" reaction video. Almost more baffling than the people pretending to hear these songs for the first time is that people actually believe these people are hearing these songs for the first time.

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The people that do these are geniuses because the fans of whatever artist they are “hearing” for the “first time” get served the video in their feed (if you listen to a lot of Tom Petty, you get served people listening to Petty the first time) and the viewer gets that same feeling as you would get introducing a friend to new music that you really like and then enjoying it.

They always have over the top positive reactions that makes the viewer go “yes, this is exactly why I like this artist too!” … especially when it’s a young person listening to a classic act or a hot chick listening to heavy metal.

But when you dig in on just one of these “reaction” people, and you watch them react to Korn, Nickleback, The Carpenters, John Denver, Shinedown, and DMX all the same way you realize how fake it all is.