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Unbelievable

Let's get right to the point, I don't like the song, nor the video. Actually, no, that's an understatement. This is the first song they've made for the whole song-a-month thing, that I have activity despised. To the point where if it came on, I wouldn't hesitate to skip it.

I can see the appeal in average songs like Cold in LA and Don't Change and in songs that simply aren't my style like IDBITC. And can even see why so many of their fans like this month's song, but there are plenty of people gushing over it and I'm not new to the unpopular opinion. So, without further ado, I'm going to tell you every reason I can't stand this song or it's video.

1. Originality
Let's get one thing straight: I don't want a completely original anything. That's impossible, pretty much every single idea you can think of has been done by somebody at some point in time. Good or bad, someone had the same idea and created a product to express said idea. But there is still such a thing as a cliche, an archetype, an idea that's been done to death. And this is that idea.

The theme of," oh my God. I got the girl! I can't believe I got the girl!" Is in a thousand and one movies and more songs than I can count. The idea itself isn't the problem or even the fact that it is a cliche. The problem is how lazily it was executed.

Since there are so many other people who have tried the same idea you do have to work harder to make your's stand out. For example, Truly, Madly, Deeply by One Direction explores this same idea.

The reason that worked and this didn't is because that stands out. It's more of a ballad, instead of the bouncy, bass-y (I don't know) sound of this song. Which a lot of other titles that discuss this topic have already done and done better. But, I don't like to come to a conclusion by comparing. So, even if I don't think of how done to death this idea is, the song is still lazy.

2. Vocals
The vocals are honestly the second best thing about the song, after its beat, but I do have two complaints. One, I can't stand the random pauses when they're singing. They drag on for far too long and happen way too often. And two, I hated when Jonah dragged out confidence. It was completely unnecessary and poorly executed, like most of this song.

3. Repetition
My God, the repetition. No, I'm not talking about how many times they say the word unbelievable, that's a low blow. I'm talking about the fact the during the first verse they repeat 5 different phrases that aren't worth repeating. I have nothing against things being sang twice, but there needs to be a reason behind why you should hear it again. I mean honestly, why do we need to know that Daniel is doing something with his hands three different times? I'm talking about this lyric," with my hands," it's said three times, just in case you were confused.

' Unbelievable, yeah
Unbelievable, yeah
Unbelievable, yeah
Unbelievable, you are (Unbelievable)
Unbelievable, it's
Unbelievable (Unbelievable)
That you were in my heart, you were in my head
Now you're waking up here in my bed '
This is sang six times, which would be fine if it had six different verses to accompany each one. Or if it was a good chorus, but no. Instead, it's sang twice per each chorus. The chorus is only 32 words and 8 of them are unbelievable.

4. The High Note
Zach's high note, when I read the comments for the tweet about this song and the comments on the video, a lot of them were about this note. I was super excited, Zach definitely deserves more high notes, but it was awful. Why?

Because it didn't sound like he was singing, it was more like he just started to scream. It didn't fade away either, it just stopped. Let's compare it to Jack's in Big Plans, which was far from perfect and could have been done better. His note did start suddenly and did sound a lot like screaming, but his faded away. It didn't just end.

Go back, listen to the song, and hear how abruptly his note ends. An example of a good high note is Corvyx's cover of Alive by Sia. His notes didn't spend long fading out, but you can still hear his voice come back down. His notes don't just stop.

5. Undeserving
Like previously mentioned, I do really like the beat, pre-chorus, and vocals (for the most part). I just hate that they were wasted on this song. The lyrics are so lazy, but they are sung rather beautifully. I enjoy that their voices go so high, so many times and I wish they did it more often. But it's hard to enjoy the beat and vocals when they're accompanied by bad lyrics and a boring message.

The Video

1. Connection to The Song
Let me clarify one more thing. It doesn't matter how fun a video is to watch. It doesn't matter what story it's trying to tell. It doesn't matter who directed it or who starred in it. If it has not put the meaning of the song into something you can physically watch and look at. It. Has. Failed. That's a video's sole purpose, not to accompany its song, but to relate to its song. To be its song.

This video has half-way decent effects and 5 quite famous boys, but what do deserts have to do with this song? What do flowers and plants growing in said desert have to do with cost of tea in China?

This song isn't about actual phenomena, it's about getting the girl. It's about sex, neither of which are actually that surprising. Why is it taking itself so seriously? Why is it comparing floating masses of of black gelatin to the under-dog winning?

Conclusion
I've said my piece, I've made my claim. If you still like the song that's perfectly fine and feel free to tell me why. I'm always open to new ideas. This isn't here to change your opinion of anything. If this did make you dislike the song (which I highly doubt) then okay. If it didn't, okay.

If you read the first sentence and didn't immediately hate me, then you are a better person than most of this world's population. If you can now see why there are people on this planet who dislike it and will be less judgemental and harsh toward them because of it. Then congratulations on not being an awful person. You understand that people are gonna think differently from you and it's not about what they feel, it's why they feel it. And if they aren't hurting anyone with that belief, then it doesn't really matter.

But if you're not one of those people, that's fine. Feel free to call whatever you what in the comments. Just make sure to proof read and use proper punctuation. It's hard to take you seriously when there isn't a single comma or period in the short story you wrote to explain to me why I'm just some stupid hater.

Speaking of haters. I'm gonna explain what a hater actually is, since quite a lot don't know. You disliking something is not what makes you a hater. You disliking something for a stupid reason, makes you a hater. If I said the song was bad because Jonah's outfit looks stupid or Daniel's blonde hair is ugly, that would make me a hater. Having thought out and genuine reasons to dislike something doesn't make someone a hater. Critics who give very good, well thought, and valid reasons as to why a certain movie is bad are not haters.

Anyways, that's all. See you guys next chapter! Which will be a Jorbyn smut and probably tomorrow.

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