Listening to LOVEJOY SONGS is making me feel depressed but it doesn't matter cos they're bops 

hope y’all are having an amazing day 💙

Ok so the Concrete music video was actually all un-scripted. That’s why all the faces are blurred out because they’re all strangers, and they did actually get kicked out of the bar

Me when the love is joy:

Fun fact: model buses is actually about Boris Johnson. The buses and reference to an interview when Boris was asked about his hobbies and he said he makes model buses. The bikes are reference to the Boris Bikes around london which people can hire. Its told from the perspective of meeting him in a pub and just having a chat with him. Another fun fact is that the line "Mother says you're up your own arse like stage hand at puppet show but hell what does she know" is a reference to Wilbur's mother who was a puppeteer

"Call Me What You Like" blew my mind the first time I heard it, I absolutely love it

My favourite lyric from Call Me What You Like is "I've found that the road to happiness is paved with rows and rows of very tempting parking spaces". Its just such a good metaphor that I've not encountered before, but perfectly describes a feeling that I'm sure many of us share.

Can confirm they didn’t greenscreen the backgrounds behind the physical greenscreen! They posted some behind the scenes stuff and they did just roll a huge greenscreen into a gift shop lmao

I think that it helps to have the context that Wilbur wrote It's All Futile, It's All Pointless back in 2019 (which is also when the album Your City Gave Me Asthma came out, it was a song he felt didn't fit on the album so he released it as part of the Maybe I Was Boring Ep which featured songs that he still liked but didn't have the vibe he was going for). He has stated that it was a time when he was struggling and that his music was a way to cope with things. He gave the community Your City Gave Me Asthma as he doesn't feel that he owns the feelings in that album anymore and that they don't apply anymore (with the exception of perhaps Saline Solution which was written about his hypochondria). Additionally, he's explained that the album Pebblebrain (which IAFIAP is part of) is a breakup album with the country of England. There is a clip from one of Wilbur's streams uploaded by Clem Everett titled "Wilbur Soot explains the meaning of his songs (Your City Gave Me Asthma, Lovejoy)" where you can hear him reiterate what I've paraphrased above as well as hear the additional meanings that he gave for the lyrics of several songs that I didn't include in this comment.

if lovejoy ever does a live show in australia you should defo try to go and record it and then ‘react’ to that because all the songs slap so much more live

DON'T WORRY! I saw them live and they acknowledged the trumpet player :) they seemed super friendly

STAY CALM ITS HAPPENING

He didn't show us his reaction to Quackity holding up both middle fingers, we've been robbed /j Seriously, I love these videos. It's so relaxing to watch :)

my favourite part is the destructive story of CMWYL, At first, he's apathetic to the panic going through the plane. At moments, he has outbursts of anger but for the most part he doesn't react. As the song goes on further, he gets more and more angry, more and more destructive. He finds himself becoming so destructive that his friends distance themselves from him, replacing their kindness with fake dummys of what use to be. Then at the very end, he's going out of his way to pull himself closer and closer to the end, becoming angrier, pulling away from his friends who are desperately trying to help him and pull him away from the edge. He's holding his friends back from living their lives because they're devoting their time to trying to save him, but they cant do it forever. His friends give up, letting him walk to the end of the plane and face the consequences (haha) of his destructive downfall. Only once he's walked over the edge does he snap back to reality and realise what he's done. The fallout of his actions. He desperately tries to run back to his friends, away from the fallout (the crash), but at that point.. everyone's left, its too late.

This was an absolute delight to watch! I think Call Me What You Like is something about a failing relationship, where the girl is sleeping with as many men as possible to make her feel better, but at the end of the day she "can't stay awake forever," and has to face the consequences of her actions and/or deal with the real reason why she's unhappy. And Wilbur is the one letting her do whatever she wants with him, because he genuinely cares for her, and just wants some type of affection, but also has some severe trust issues and insecurities ( not him actually, but the song lyric story character he plays). And everyone else knows their relationship is going to crash and burn, and tries to help him get out alive, but he doesn't and then it's too late.

I love how the lyrics are either silly or sad

The way Lovejoy design their album covers and edit their videos is so unique and immaculate, I love it. :)

To film a few of the videos they grabbed a green screen and ran around Brighton , my cousin in Brighton said she saw them running around it was hilarious apparently.

There's actually 1 more song in their discography that you haven't heard yet, it's a cover of Privately Owned Spiral Galaxy by Crywank. Honestly it's one of my favorite songs of theirs, despite being a cover. Also, I'd love to see a reaction to the band Red Vox! They're one of my favorite bands, and I think you'd enjoy them!

Can I recommend listening to Epic The Musical songs, they are so good! Some of them as equally disturbing as they are beautiful, but if you do listen to them, you have to do it in order so you can sorta understand the story

I am happy to see ur reaction! I was really wondering what ur reaction would be to these songs!

Omg, please, please, please react to Los Campesinos! someday. I'd love to see your reaction to their songs! They have a very cool sound and great lyrics, they're like the only band with such a big discography that I listen to and can sing to every song of. Great reaction as always!

I need you to listen to the new loveJoy EP wake up & it’s over. They’ve taken everything to a whole other level. It’s insane

This just in.... I am having an existential crisis. But it bops!!

Hope you review their new ep out, im gonna call it your gonna like portrait just because of the bass line :)

What makes “It’s All Futile, It’s All Pointless” a really good song is the fact that Wilbur wrote it a year or two ago and the song originally was part of a 13-minute song that was released in 2020 I think. The original was only him and a guitar.

wilbur got model buses from boris johnson when he said he makes models of buses to relax

You NEED to finish the heathers songs, watch the movie, and musical please I beg you

Pretty sure CMWYL is about a toxic relationship that you stay in despite knowing it is bad and only try to leave once it's too late. The plane crashing is the end of the relationship and Wilbur dying is pretty much just a super messy breakup. He tries to get out in the end but cannot truly escape since he stayed in too long

I REMEBER WHEN LOVEJOY FIRST STARTED WITH THINGS I AM SO PROUD SEEING WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT IS TO COME IN THE FUTURE I LOVE THESE SONGS SO MUCH

Knee Deep at ATP is actually a cover but Lovejoy did such a good job at it and made it fit their vibe so well

Sometimes I forget how much i love their songs

model busses is kind of making fun of Boris Johnson and the way he always portrays himself as 'just a silly lil guy' who likes model busses and riding his bike. but he's 'scared of the future' bc he's from the Conservative party

I've never heard Lovejoy before, but now that I have, the style reminds me a whole lot of an indie band called Death Cab For Cutie, and I am LIVING FOR IT!!

im pretty sure call me what you like is about a crashing relationship, and the music video is basically representing that pretty well. ignoring all the things going on around you, until you start breaking down while people are trying to pull you out but you refuse, and when you realize, its too late

YES! Love your videos Matt, good to see you reacting you Lovejoy again!

fun fact, for lovejoy's spotify description it used to say "the only band with a double kick drum", so you're not wrong :)

dude you definitely need to react to their latest EP! love your bids btw 🫶🏻

i was looking for Lovejoy reactions yesterday and then today you post this? amazing. thank you so much. and you even reacted to knee deep at ATP!!!! that's one of my favorites of theirs (even if it's a cover)

I was so excited for this video! CMWYL is one of my favorite Lovejoy songs already so it was so cool to see you react to that and the music videos of the other songs! :D

2:20 man said london like london has a beach 😭😭 bro this is brighton! also they did lit just set up a greenscreen all over random streets in brighton, you can see behind the scenes in @ashkabosu (the bassist)‘s vlogs

Its always a good day when Mathew reacts to Lovejoy :D

Listening to this song right when it dropped in my timezone, I was so excited both before listening, while listening, and after listening!! I was genuinely so happy listening to CMWYL the first time, literally shaking. It’s such a good song and I love how far they’ve all come :D

you should react to James Marriott! he's one of Wilbur's friends and his music is really good!

Lovejoy is so good. If you ever want to I recommend you react to the musical Ride the Cyclone- the songs are all over the place in genre and I think you'd enjoy it. All the songs are all wonderful and I would love to see you react to it

I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU REACT TO CALL ME WHAT YOU LIKE, IT'S SUCH A BANGER

You should do a video on Los Campesinos! They are one of Lovejoy's and Wilbur's main influences and are really good

Finally another video. I love ur content Mathew

Absolutely love lovejoy and their music. I do have a person who you could react to, James Marriott, Wilbur and James are good friends (: his music is also amazing

WHEN ARE YOU DOING INSIDE OUTTAKES PLEASE : (also great vid i’m so glad you’re listening to more lovejoy lots o’ love)

In sextant whene it was a lovejoy conceret WILBUR CHANGED THE LIRYCS AND ADDED "and you guys make me feel less numb" LIKE IM SO HAPPY THATS SO SWEET

lovejoy is one of my favorite bands im glad your listening to their songs again. hope everyone is having a great day as well

I was waiting to see your reaction to the new song!

YEAHHH I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

IVE WAITED FOR THIS FOR SO LONG

*For anyone curious and wanting to check LoveJoy out;* Start with the "Are you Alright?" EP ( its just 4 songs) and then the Peeble Brain Ep (as much as i love the AYA? EP, I think they really hit a stride with Peeble Brain, specially when you hit The Fall), then LJ's solo songs, Knee deep cover and THEN Call me What you like Then maybe go onto Wilbur's solo stuff if you want a treat (Your City Gave Me Asthma Album, its arguably his best solo album, then Maybe I was boring EP, tho im not as big fan as it but its still not bad) Also Wilbur has a solo parody music series the "E-Girl" Trilogy. Its more memey with him portraying a "Nice Guy" during the songs but that doesn't mean they arnt amazingly made, Your New Boyfriend is a bop!

Putting it out there again that Pizza Tower has some awesome music and I'd love to see your reaction to it. As for what to start with, I'd go with these songs first: -Pizza Deluxe! -Unearthly Blues -Cold Spaghetti -Hot Spaghetti -Oregano Mirage -It's Pizza Time! (PS, don't let the fact that I listed "It's Pizza Time!" last make you think it's unimportant, it is ESSENTIAL that if you react that Pizza Tower music, you need to hear this tune. I just thought it'd be more appropriate if it's the last one you listen to for the video.)

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS AND IM SO HAPPY

they have a new album out please part 2 !!

We love Mathew McKenna listening and watching everything your hyperfocussing on

whoohoo another Mathew music review yeaayyy

YOO i've watched your julie and the phantoms hamilton reactions how did i not realise you did lovejoy and wilbur too?? you really have reacted to all my favourite stuff

Yes finally I've been waiting for this!!!

the one doing the trumpets is isaac beer! he does trumpets at their live gigs too and hes a pretty talented dude 👍

Woah I just found you today and have been binge watching your mlp related videos and didn’t expect to see my favorite band here as well Also WU&IO exists and are some of my favorite songs currently

oh god, listening to cmwyl after the lovecord cmwyl anniversary event is painful... (for anyone who doesn't know they played a cmwyl one hour loop during the event, played the simlish version, played a mashup and more of cmwyl-)

I've been waiting for this

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO

lovejoy is goated

you need to do the new ep!!

My guy, you gotta react to their album Wake Up & It’s Over already it’s been out since mid-May😭😭

Yesssss a new Lovejoy reaction!!!!

For the Model Buses music video- yes, yes they did carry a green screen around and filmed as they stood in front of it. They have some behind the scenes stuff showing the green screen without the edits, and its this small green screen they took into gift shops and by the water to air guitar in front of for this ^-^

Love the video! Hope you have a lovely day!

10:44 Los Campesinos are my favourite band Fun Fact: Hold On Now Youngster (the album with Kneed deep at ATP) just turned 15 years old and Los Campesinos are selling posters for the anniversary and I ended up buying a poster and $150 of merch on impulse (whoops lol)

It is relatively unknown for some reason but Lovejoy has also done a cover of Privately owned spiral galaxy by Crywank

It’s all Futile, It’s all Pointless is a remaster of a song from an unreleased album! I was going to be a song in Your City Gave Me Asthma which is why the lyrics are oddly sad compared to the others from Penble Brain :]

Mathew letsgooo, watching your reaction rn :D

Model Busses is my second favorite Lovejoy song and Oh Yeah You Gonna Cry? is my favorite.

09:27 Well, it's just _a modest proposal_

Fun fact! It’s All Futile It’s All Pointless might sound more depressing or jarring in the lyrics because it was on an EP called Maybe I Was Boring that was released around the time that he released Your City Gave Me Asthma, which from what I remember the Maybe I Was Boring EP is a collection of scrapped songs from Your City Gave Me Asthma which from what you remember when he wrote Your City Gave Me Asthma he wasn’t in the best state of mind, I along with many others was ecstatic to see It’s All Futile It’s All Pointless released on a more production quality with loads of not only his talent but the entire insanely talented band decide to tackle and release

A recommendation from me for artists to take a look at would be "the royston club" I love them as a band and they make similar style music to wilbur and Lovejoy

I highly highly HIGHLY recommend you listen to Chonny Jash’s album Chonny’s Charming Chaos Compendium! It’s an album that both covers, partially rewrites, and adds onto Tally Hall songs to create a whole new album long narrative(tho each song has its own self contained narrative that can be enjoyed in isolation). I personally recommend the three part cover of The Mind Electric(The Heart Acoustic, The Mind Electric, and The Soul Eclectic), The Bidding, and Hidden in the Sand!

Knee Deep at ATP is originally about the main singer from Los Campesinos! meeting a girl at a festival (ATP festival specifically) and forming a strong connection, but then finding out she hadn't told him she had a boyfriend. Also please listen to Los Campesinos!

Knee deep is a cover of a song by a band call los campesinos

You should listen to the full new album, it has a music video too, love the video

PLEASE LISTEN TO THIER NEW ONE IM BEGGING

Sometimes you just gotta Live, Laugh, Lovejoy you know? (I know that this comment is pretty random, but my brain thought of that sentence weeks ago and it’s been stuck in my head ever since. Hopefully getting it out will allow me to think about other stuff)

You should definitely hear his new solo album mammalian sighing reflex and react to it it's so sad

i love these songs sm and its so funny to see people be like are these bros good with their lyrics that are.. questionable : )

YOO Lets go Lovejoy!!!

I truly wonder if you'll listen to the new ep! It's one of my favourite albums yet

Model Buses is actually written about the (then) English PM Boris Johnson, so the "He's got a bus, he's got a bike" lyric is about Boris Buses and Boris Bikes (pretty sure Wilbur might've spoken about it on a twitch stream)

I quite literally was listening to Lovejoy before I saw this video come out.

Bro yes this is all I neeeeeed

i’ve listened to all of Wilbur/Lovejoy’s songs, and i’m gonna be honest, Call me what you like, losing face, it’s all futile it’s all pointless, a song for guilty sadist, i’m a familiar creak in your floor boards, since I saw Vienna, and The Fall are definitely my favourites

It feels so surreal to think about the fact that me and a lot of other people are considered “OG fans” now

2:20 there were some behind the scenes pics of them standing in shops and the streets with a green screen 😂 6:50 the music vid for its all futile its all pointless was fanmade I'm pretty sure :D !

you should react to Los Campesinos!, the ones who made Knee Deep At ATP. their old stuff is very different to their new stuff but it’s all really good

*me skips to end* "You may have skipped just to get to this one" I feel guilty now

Please react to Twenty One Pilots? Their songs have a lot of meaning behind them and I think you would really enjoy them. They have saved so many lives, including me. ❤