- ♪ I'm in to him, he's in to me ♪
- ♪ I'm up on him, he's up on me ♪ ♪ Don't pay him any attention ♪
Woo, I'm in this thing, what's... I'm sorry. (laughs)
♪ (upbeat intro) ♪
- (FBE) Today, we'll be playing Guess That: Kidz Bop or original song?
- Oh my goodness, okay. - Wait, what does that mean?
- Kidz Bop, like when the kids covered a really popular song.
- Oh my God, that thing jacksfilms makes fun of?
- (FBE) Kidz Bop is a popular brand of compilation albums for kids
made up of popular songs. It first released in 2001,
and there are now 39 albums as of January 2019.
- 39, Jesus. - That's one of those things
where it's like how long can we milk this?
And 39 albums later, they're still doing it.
So it's like clearly they can milk this for a while.
- (FBE) And they're notorious for changing the lyrics
to be kid appropriate.
This has led to some questionable, very questionable changes.
- I can imagine. - Okay.
- (FBE) We're going to give you a lyric from a song with the artist,
and you'll have to guess if it's the Kidz Bop or the original version.
- That's fun.
- Oh! - I thought it was listening!
- That's what I thought too. - I think I can do that, yeah.
Oh, that makes it harder! - Yeah.
- (FBE) This first song is by Ed Sheeran.
"I told her my name and said it's nice to meet ya,
and then she handed me a bottle of water,
said nice to meet ya."
- That's Kidz Bop. - This is Kidz Bop for sure.
Definitely know it's not bottle of water.
- Yeah. - Kidz Bop.
- This is definitely a Kidz Bop version.
- It's definitely Kidz Bop. - Definitely Kidz Bop.
- I'm pretty certain the original line is a bottle of tequila.
- This is Kidz Bop. - I'm gonna go with Ed!
This is Ed's version. I don't know why.
- (FBE) Well you're both right, it is the Kidz Bop lyric.
- Good. (laughs)
- (FBE) It is Sing by Ed Sheeran. - Sing oh!
- Oh okay. - Sing, okay, okay.
- It's alright, it's the first one, we still have a lot to go.
- ♪ I told her my name ♪ ♪ And said it's nice to meet ya ♪
♪ Then she handed me a bottle ♪ ♪ Of water filled with tequila ♪
♪ I already know she's a keeper ♪ - Ah.
- So it's tequila. - Bottle of water.
- With tequila. - With tequila.
- (FBE) Tequila, yeah. So they changed it because of alcohol.
- Right. - (FBE) Which, you know, makes sense.
But also, this music video has strippers in it, so...
- Ah! - Nice!
- ♪ I don't really know ♪ ♪ What I'm supposed to say ♪
♪ But I can just figure it out ♪ ♪ And hope and pray ♪
♪ I told them my name ♪ ♪ And said it's nice to meet ya ♪
♪ Then she handed me a bottle ♪ ♪ Of water, said nice to meet ya ♪
- (laughs) They just repeated the-- - Ran the words together.
- That just made me sad. - Well, kids, they're like...
- That ruined my mood. - Yeah kids just like ruin everything.
- Aw! - Oh my God!
That's pretty good though! - It's cute.
- For really little kids. - Yeah!
- It pains me to admit this, but I always wanted to be
one of these Kidz Bop kids. - (FBE) This next one
is gonna be Lady Gaga, it's "a different viewpoint is not a sin."
- Nah, it's definitely Gaga. - I feel this is, yeah,
because I don't feel that they would even write the word sin.
- It's the original. - I think this is an original,
simply because it says the word sin in it.
- I don't know this song. I'm a fake fan.
I feel like it's her version.
- I'm gonna assume that it's the Lady Gaga version.
- Original.
- I feel like this might be the Kidz Bop version of Born This Way.
- (FBE) It's the Kidz Bop lyric. (buzzer rings)
- I don't know why I'm surprised.
- What!? - I'm... (laughs)
- (FBE) It is Born This Way, and this is the Kidz Bop lyric.
The original lyric is "a different lover is not a sin."
- Oh, okay. This sounded like something
that could be in Born This Way, but definitely like, I don't feel like
Lady Gaga would say "a different viewpoint."
- I'm impressed that like, they said sin.
- I know! - I feel like
that wouldn't be in Kidz Bop. But yeah, that makes sense.
- I thought it was the original, because the word sin.
So I just assumed that that would be a little too...
- That's what I was thinking. - ...A little too edgy
you know, for a Kidz Bop song. - Apparently not.
- It's just so different. The meaning between Kidz Bop
and the original version. Just kills all aspects of a good song.
- Well, I don't think they care that much
about the lyrics, they kinda just care about the beat.
- ♪ A different lover ♪ - She says lover, oh okay okay.
- ♪ Believe capital H-I-M ♪ - (sings long) ♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
- ♪ I love my life ♪ ♪ I love this record ♪
- Oh wow! - ♪ Mi amore vol fe ♪
- Oh. - This is a bop right here.
No Kidz Bop, just this.
- I'm mad at myself for not knowing it was Born This Way.
It shows how much I pay attention to lyrics.
- Now before we play this comparison, I'm not even gonna lie,
this version, the Kidz Bop version of this,
I remember actually liking this one. - Oh no!
- So I can't be that mad.
- I'm terrified to hear the Kidz Bop version.
- (laughs) It's so good!
- ♪ A different viewpoint ♪ Is not a sin ♪
- Ooh, that one sounds rough.
♪ H-I-M, hey hey hey ♪
- Come on, and start dancing!
- I just can't. ♪ Mi amore vole fe, yah ♪
- The hey got me.
- That swap out was really rough. It didn't flow as well.
- Stop, stop ruing pop culture. Just leave it alone.
- That is the least offensive one out of all of them
I feel like this far. - Exactly!
I told you! I mean, it wasn't that bad.
- (FBE) Alright, this is Beyonce.
"I'm into him, he's into me, don't pay him any attention."
- Oh, I know what this is! - That's the Kidz Bop version!
- It's Kidz Bop! - Yeah.
- I have no clue but I feel like this is a very Beyonce thing to say,
so I'm gonna go with it's an original.
- I think it's Beyonce's lyric. - It's Single Ladies by Beyonce.
- I'm just gonna go with what she said.
- I think this is an original. - This is Single Ladies.
This is Kidz Bop, and I know, I'm up on him, he's up on me
don't pay him any attention! Woo, bitch I'm in this thing!
What's, I'm sorry. (laughs)
- (FBE) So this is the Kidz Bop... - Damn.
- (FBE) ...version of Single Ladies. (buzzer rings)
- Single Ladies, whoa, wait, what?
- (FBE) The original lyrics are "I'm up on him, he up on me."
"Don't pay him any attention," so. - Oh God, that's so right!
That is the lyric! - I see, okay.
- Ooh! - Yes!
- I love this!
- Listen, I know that song forwards, backwards and in Spanish.
So quite frankly, I would have known the difference.
- ♪ I'm up on him, he up on me ♪
♪ I'm up on him, he up on me ♪ - Ah!
- (sings along) ♪ Don't pay him any attention ♪
- ♪ Don't pay him any attention ♪ - You gotta do the dance!
You gotta do the dance!
- Kids Bop just ruins my mood. - You can listen to the song
and not do the dance! - That is not family friendly.
- In Beyonce's version, she's grinding on him.
It is dirty! (Brandon laughs)
- Being up on somebody is not child appropriate.
If you're not at least two feet apart dancing,
you can't do it.
- ♪ I'm into him, he's into me ♪ ♪ Don't pay him any attention ♪
(Ashly laughs)
- The original songs have censored versions.
We could just listen to that!
- The vocals are very interesting. It's so weird to listen to these songs
with like children's voices.
- I feel like we're used to hearing Beyonce sing that.
- Kidz Bop is what happens when Glee does covers of songs,
but they do it bad.
- Kids sometimes listen to songs, and you don't know what it means.
- Some songs, I feel like you just don't have to censor,
because some kids just won't know. - They just won't know what it means.
- And a lot of kids aren't gonna look up the lyrics.
They're not gonna Google Single Ladies.
- Well, kids this generation, they will, oh they will.
It's kids these days, man.
- (FBE) This last song is Green Day.
- I was a big fan in middle school. - Same, same.
- (FBE) "Like the time has come to pass."
- I think this is the original.
- I really don't know what this is, but I'm gonna say original.
- I'm gonna be so upset if it's the Kidz Bop version.
- I think it's Green Day's version.
- I'm gonna go with original, also.
- This is definitely an original.
- Okay, yeah, it's 21 Guns with Green Day.
- Original. - Original.
- Wait, we have When September Ends. - Yeah.
- (both) ♪ Like the time ♪ ♪ Has come to pass ♪
♪ The innocent can never last ♪
- (FBE) It is the Kidz Bop lyric.
(buzzer rings) - God damn it!
- (FBE) To Wake Me Up When September Ends.
- Oh! - That's the other song I know!
- Oh!
- Oh, Wake Me Up... - ♪ Wake me up ♪
- ♪ When September Ends ♪ - ♪ When September ♪
- Wait, what? - Like my father, yeah. [bleep]
- (FBE) This song is about Billie Joe Armstrong's father dying.
- Yeah. - He died, yeah.
I just remembered that. ♪ Like my father's come to pass ♪
- Aw! - Oh [bleeps].
I knew that! - It sounded right!
- Yeah, it did though.
- ♪ Like my father's come to pass ♪ - Mmhmm.
- ♪ Seven years has gone so fast ♪ (humming along)
- It does really change the whole meaning.
That's why I had no idea what the hell was happening
with this song. - All my friends are gonna watch this
and they're gonna kill me, 'cause they're gonna be like
"You didn't know Green Day?"
- ♪ Like the time has come to pass ♪ (Brittany screams)
♪ Seven years has gone so fast ♪ - That's an adult singing.
That's not a kid. - Yeah.
- This is not Adultz Bop. This is Kidz Bop!
- I feel so gross for listening to this.
It's like they ruined any meaning of the original song,
just so kids can listen to it, rather than allowing adults
to explain what the song's about to their children
so they can understand it.
- Where did we as a society fail our children by allowing them to do this?
- (FBE) So how do you feel about your scores?
- I mean I feel good. It was very difficult.
It was more difficult than what I thought.
I was trying to remember the lyrics, but I guess sometimes
we sing something and we're really not thinking about it.
- Yeah, it's pretty weird to see how significant one or two words
might be in a song. Especially it's something that you--
- And how much they can change.
- I think it ended up being easier than I expected.
I always underestimate my knowledge when it comes to music.
- You know, I'll take a close second. (laughs)
- They change the lyrics in really kinda like subtle ways,
to where if you didn't absolutely know the lyrics
by heart, word for word, you'd be like yeah, that's the lyric.
- Yeah. - It's not that different.
- 39 albums, over a span of years, and this is what...
- That's at least what, like twice a year?
(Dionte laughs) they release one?
- I'm so sad. - And people are still buying them?
I mean, they're at 39 now. When's it gonna end?
- It's not. As soon as music dies,
that's when it will die.
- Thanks for watching Guess That: Kidz Bop vs. Original.
- On the REACT channel.
- If you enjoyed this video-- - Hit that like button.
- What's your favorite Kidz Bop song? - Drop it in the comments.
- (both) Bye everyone!
- REACT producer Blythe here.
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