- ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪ ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪
- What? - As stupid as this whole thing was,
is there a brilliance to it? Yeah.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
(cow mooing) - ♪ (harmonizing off-key) ♪
- Oh my god. - What in God's name is this?
- (laughs) Yes! - Yes! Yes!
Oh my god. Doja Cat.
- I don't know what I'm watching. This is so weird.
- ♪ (harmonizing off-key) ♪
- Oh my god. The anime [bleep] are freaking me out.
- ♪ Yah ♪ ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪
♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪ - What?
- ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪ ♪ Bitch, I'm a...
- What in the [bleep]?
- (raps along) ♪ I don't say meow ♪ And it's funny, 'cause she's Doja Cat.
- ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪ - (sings along) ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪
- ♪ Go moo ♪ ♪ Moo ♪
- Why am I wearing this shirt today? - I'm totally matching.
- (raps along) ♪ Moo ♪ Oh, it's a mood.
- I kind of like it, but I also really hate it.
- ♪ I'm not in the mood ♪ - In the mood for being a human?
- This is gonna be in my head all day.
- She actually sings really good. This song is actually really good.
- ♪ Got milk, bitch? ♪ - It's a metaphor.
- ♪ Got steak, ho? ♪ - (laughs)
- ♪ Get me A1 sauce... ♪ - Oh my gosh. This is genius.
- Okay, the more I watch it, the more I kind of like it.
- Oh my god. I just noticed that her hair makes it look
like she has the little horns. - Dude, she's on Rap Genius, too.
This [bleep]'s deep. It's a political message.
- ♪ Ice cream ♪ - This can't be a thing.
This is not real.
- (laughs) This is so stupid, but I love how much she's owning it.
- ♪ ...farmer, McDonald's ♪ - It's very chill.
That's what I like about it.
I can listen to this if I'm doing homework.
- ♪ Chili cheese fries as a starter ♪
- She has bars. I actually checked out her other music, too.
- ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪ ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪
- This is weird good [bleep]. I wasn't expecting this
to just be weird [bleep]. This is weird good [bleep].
- ♪ Bitch, I'm a cow ♪ - This is the stupidest thing
I think I've ever seen. - She has an album coming out, too.
And if this song's on there, hell yeah, I'm copping that.
- ♪ Old McDonald had a farm ♪ - (laughs) No, she did NOT
with the nursery rhyme. - ♪ I been tryna turn up
in the country ♪ ♪ I ain't in the city... ♪
- I don't understand if this is a vegan statement
or if it's just a random intentionally trying to go viral
kind of thing. - ♪ Get out my hay ♪
♪ Get out my hay, bitch ♪
♪ Get out my hay ♪ ♪ I ain't a moose, bitch ♪
- Moose, bitch, get out my-- (laughs) yeah.
This is pretty good.
- ♪ Milkshake brings all the boys to the farm ♪
♪ And they're like it's better than yours ♪
- Wait, she's just taking pieces from other songs.
- ♪ ...treat you ♪ - (raps along) ♪ But I have
to charge ♪ Oh my god. See?
Number one fan.
- How long is this video?!
- (Doja Cat) I want a cheeseburger. - (snickering)
It's just so good, dude. It's just such meme music.
- It's dumb. And sometimes, dumb things are funny.
- It's not bad. It's really good
from beginning to end, everything. The lyrics, the outfit,
the visuals in the background. That was the best weird [bleep]
I've seen recently. - (FBE) So, that was the viral hit,
"Mooo!" - (bursts out laughing)
Thank god this wasn't a Try Not to Laugh.
- (FBE) Before we jump into questions, we have a video
of the creator of the song, Doja Cat. - Doja Cat?
I thought she said she wasn't a cat.
- (FBE) In this video, she'll be breaking down her lyrics.
- Yeah, yeah. She did it on Genius.
The second that dropped, I had to watch.
- (Doja Cat) This top was a huge distraction for me.
I would go to hit the keys on the keyboard,
and I'd have [bleep] in my way. I literally can't function
with this, and I'm just hitting the keys, and I'm like,
"You know what?" - She's so cute.
- (Doja Cat) "I'm just gonna make a song about cows."
- (laughs) - (Doja Cat) I've had intention
of making meme music... - Yeah.
- (Doja Cat) ...that would maybe reach a wider audience,
that would make people go, "What the hell is this?
I should share this." - Hell yeah.
That's exactly what I thought. - (Doja Cat) ...that I've made
would go viral, but that wasn't really the idea behind this.
I was just [bleep] around. I made the song and the video
in one day. - I love it.
- (Doja Cat) I think that it's kind of a break for everybody.
I feel like artists have been taking themselves really seriously.
- I agree with this, too.
Everything's very sensitive and political.
- (Doja Cat) And the climate right now is kind of-- it's kind of uptight.
Everyone's pretty... - Yeah.
- (Doja Cat) ...sensitive right now. I think people do need humor.
- That's true. - (Doja Cat) If I'm making a song
about cows, my name is Doja Cat, I gotta acknowledge that.
Before making the song... - I mean, boom.
- (Doja Cat) But there is no way in hell that I'll ever be Doja Cow.
- (chuckles) - (Doja Cat) ♪ Got milk, bitch? ♪
- Can she do some ASMR videos, please? Her voice is so soothing.
- (Doja Cat) I think if anyone makes a cow song,
they have to say, "Got milk?" - Right.
- Ooh. Oh. I love that she has an In-N-Out burger in her hand.
- (Doja Cat) ♪ A1 sauce please ♪ ♪ These heifers got nothing on me ♪
♪ Steaks high, need a side of collard greens ♪
♪ Cash rules everything around me ♪ - I like this better
when she's doing it this way that's, like, a capella.
- (Doja Cat) When we came up with that one, I was like,
"Bitch, C.R.E.A.M?" It's dairy!
Gotta add it. - (chuckles)
- (Doja Cat) ♪ I got a cheeseburger, [bleep] vegans ♪
- (laughs) - (Doja Cat) I don't hate vegans.
I just don't give a [bleep] that you're vegan.
- Oh my god.
- (Doja Cat) Stop shoving it down my [bleep] throat.
- We all feel that way. - (Doja Cat) I like animals,
but I also eat them. Um, so... - (laughs)
- (Doja Cat) ...I'm kind of conflicted.
- I'm with her on that. I do eat cows.
- I agree with her. I feel like everyone
is a little too serious right now about music, and it's just like,
we need to be able to laugh a little bit.
- As stupid as this whole thing was, is there a brilliance to it? Yeah.
Because do you have any idea how much money she made
from this stupid thing? And she's like this "Hahahaha.
I'm off to the bank." - (FBE) So, as we're filming
this episode, some controversy has stirred up
that we will get to shortly. - Oh, yikes.
- (FBE) Before we get into that, after watching the music video
and getting a little more background on the meaning of the lyrics,
what are your initial thoughts on the song and the video
when you first watched? - Honestly? Love it, love it, love it.
- This [bleep] is weird in the best way.
People say that millennial humor is so [bleep] weird.
Absolutely, because this [bleep] is hysterical.
- It's fun and stupid, and when people own up
to their stupid humor, and it's just goofy,
and it's still very innocent.
- It's not necessarily my cup of tea, but she's very charming. It was funny.
- (FBE) The video earned more than three million views
in just under a week. - Well deserved.
- (FBE) And many are attributing that to how bizarre and different it is
in creating an almost meme-like atmosphere around the video.
- Yeah, our generation cycles and lives through memes.
- In the end, it's just all entertainment,
and it's just fun. And I don't care whether
it was organic or inorganic of creating this meme.
If the [bleep]'s funny, the [bleep]'s funny.
- Our culture right now is very much, "What can I do to be famous?"
When you measure yourself that way, you're setting yourself up
for a lot of disappointment. - (FBE) So, as we mentioned,
as we are filming this episode, a story is developing
about controversy around the artist. So, by the time this episode
comes out, there will likely be more information,
which we will include in the fact graphics below.
But we still want your thoughts on what you know so far.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.
- (FBE) The controversy's around the resurfacing of old tweets
from Doja Cat that some view as homophobic in nature
with words used to traditionally attack gay people.
- Uh-oh. - (FBE) She has posted
multiple apologies, but one also used the word
in trying to explain herself, which got even more backlash,
so she has since deleted them. But she then did post
a more heartfelt apology, saying she wants to do better.
This is happening more often of late, where old posts are found
and people are called out for them, especially people with fame.
What are your thoughts overall around this being something
that is continually happening in the social media age?
- It just frustrates me. I don't care if it was in the past
and that we should get over it, you're still in control
of what you say on social media. There's no changing that.
Like, "Oh, it was the past. I'm a bigger and better person."
Yes, I guess you can be, but still, what you said still hurts.
- We can hold people accountable for sure, but I mean,
if she's genuinely changing and apologizing and she doesn't feel
that way anymore, that's fine.
- For a society who maybe wants
to act or is super compassionate
and wants to act like we're very forgiving
or open-minded, we do a lot of close-minded things
when it comes to forgiveness.
- We need to be realistic and understand
that people make mistakes and that we all are going
through a channel of growth. Yet, I do sort of like
that we're doing this, because we're raising the standards
of what's respectful and what's not and what's acceptable and what's not.
And so, we're letting the future generation know
we will not tolerate this kind of behavior.
- (FBE) So, we don't have the full information yet
to fully know all the specifics in this situation as we film,
but overall, do you think this may become too immediate
on the internet to start forming opinions
before everything is out there
and people have a full chance to respond?
- I don't, 'cause that's the game. That is just the game of the internet,
and you can't go crying boo-hoo about it.
- Once those happened, some people can truly be sorry,
and those people will never be seen as sorry.
That's the downside to this that's not fair.
- People get caught up very quickly, and Twitter is so instantaneous
that sometimes we're like writing as we think
or writing before we think. And I mean, that's what starts
the problems in the first place, right?
People tweeting things without really thinking about them.
- We, as people, jump to conclusions so fast.
And sometimes, you don't get the full story like you said.
It's another form of bullying. - This is the "You're canceled" era.
There's a lot of elitism on social media
and in our culture right now, where it's, like,
there's only one way of being right.
And of course, I'm not condoning any hate speech or whatever.
That's horrible. For me, it's about letting a person prosper
and improve themselves. - (FBE) Finally, Doja Cat
recently revealed that she will be releasing a remix of "Mooo!"
on Spotify and iTunes, saying, "The version I'm putting out
for sale is different from the original,
but I love it, and I was scared as [bleep]
to hear the remake, but trust me on this one."
So, with all this mind, do you think you'll wanna
check it out and follow her career?
Are you not interested? Or do you think you wanna wait
and see where this controversy goes to make that decision?
- I don't know. I feel like maybe I'll-- if I stumble upon it,
then I'll click on it, but I don't think it's something
that I would necessarily seek out. - I'm pretty sure I'll listen to it.
It's just a song. - I'm ready to hear this.
I'm ready to make some "mooves."
- I'll probably be checking it out. - I will.
But that's because I wanna follow it and see what's up.
- Even before I heard about the controversy,
I was never gonna go on the internet and look her up and go,
"Let me see her."
- No. I'm not gonna go look at her stuff.
- I want to see her apology first, and I want to get my view on it
and see how I see her apology, and then we'll go from there.
- She could have had zero controversy, and I'm not gonna be like,
"I can't wait for that remix of the 'I'm a cow. I'm a cow.'"
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