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A joyful and surprising journey into the fascinating world of toddler pop, exploring why kids' music is so catchy, can b | dG1fZlp1dkV2TmV1RkE
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00:00I've been on stages in front of 50,000 people, but to be in an auditorium with some five-year-olds, I get intimidated by his little kids.
00:10Kids are the greatest drunk people ever.
00:14If this was a Fugazi show, that kid would be given $5 until the lead.
00:19I can never be, I don't wanna be, all the things that they want me to be.
00:25I find a lot of kids' songs repetitive and annoying.
00:28Dumbed down.
00:28It makes me wanna blow my brains out.
00:30Children's music is the thing with which you pacify a child that has not developed the taste.
00:36To, like, get into the real shit yet.
00:39Excuse me.
00:41At the start, people were really suspicious of four men singing children's songs, but now on Spotify, we've had four billion streams.
00:51The peak of my creativity was my original Baby Shark.
00:56Baby Shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, baby shark.
00:59All of a sudden, Pinkfong was the Baby Shark standard.
01:04And I was like, you know what?
01:06I quit.
01:07I quit.
01:08Making music for families is this opportunity to create a bonding experience.
01:14Doing something that's true to who I am and what I want to create for kids, it's kind of a huge job.
01:21We were all little kids, and this music is touching that little person inside of you who still believes in a little bit of magic.
01:31And we all need it.
01:32If you're happy and you know it, grab your hands.
01:36If you're happy and you know it, grab your hands.
01:39If you're happy and you know it, smile.
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