Web Video / Mic The Snare

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Listeners deserve good music, music deserves good listeners.

—The man himself, at the end of his review of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Run Away With Me"

Nick Canovas, more commonly known as ''Mic The Snare'', is a web-based video essayist; his channel was created in early 2018.

He specializes in music analysis, in one of three series:

• Deep Discog Dive, where he analyzes an artist's entire discography.
• Examining, where he examines a specific piece of music, technology, or idea,
• He also previously did a series called Mic's Monthly Mix, where he reviews new albums, interspersing 2-3 minute album reviews (for blockbuster albums) with short, 8-12 second clips (for other albums). ^note  This series is a reworking of an older series called the Quick Review Basheroo, a format which focused entirely on short, 8-12 second reviews. This series has been put on an indefinite hiatus due to Mic's growing fatigue with reviewing albums and lack of interest from the YouTube algorithm.

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Mic The Snare provides examples of:

• Accentuate the Negative: Generally inverted. He is willing to give a song or a piece of media the benefit of a doubt if they did something well. He has choice words for Glee, especially Seasons 4 and 5, expressing particular hate towards the episode "Shooting Star". At the same time, he is willing to see what Glee has done and deserves credit for.
• Actually Pretty Funny: In the Deep Discog Dive video on Weezer, while roasting "Can't Stop Partying", he does admit that one of the lines from Lil Wayne's guest verse ("Okay bitch it's Weezer and it's Weezy!") is genuinely funny.
• Added Alliterative Appeal: Deep Discog Dive.
• And the Rest: In the Oasis Deep Discog Dive episode, he describes their lineup as "two brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher, plus three other mates".
• Angrish: His Deep Discog Dive on Prince, one of the most prolific musicians who ever lived, is already an exhausting task for him, and then we get to Emancipation and Crystal Ball halfway through the 90s — both triple albums. That's already a ridiculous amount of music... and then it's revealed that Crystal Ball had two additional albums packaged into it.^note Specifically, The Truth — an album stripped down to acoustic guitar with studio effects added to it, and Kamasutra, a bizarre classical/jazz/easy listening album credited to the NPG Orchestra, that was designed to be played at Prince's wedding. At this point, Mic just descends into garbled frustration.
• Answer Cut: When Mic tells the audience to rebel against society in the Nirvana Deep Discog Dive, he says "There's no way any of this could backfire." The camera then cuts to Mic in jail, who then says he's actually in jail for saying that a Nirvana song sounds like "All For You" by Sister Hazel.
• April Fools' Day: The "becoming a reaction channel" video.
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking:
  • When talking about Lady Gaga in the Music That Defined the 2000s episode, he talks about how Gaga became "a symbol for art, sex, glamour, queerness, and meat dresses".
  • In the Outkast Deep Discog Dive, while talking about the lyrical themes of Atliens, he mentions "...rise to fame, romantic frustrations, personal anxieties, aliens; nothing on this list stands out".
  • A visual example occurs in the updated Taylor Swift Deep Discog Dive, where Mic shows a chart full of "Incredible Debuts Covered by DDD". The list includes several albums (mentioning The Strokes, Weezer, MF Doom, Oasis, and Björk), as well as the single "Kazoo" by electronic act Pomp and a Fullosun LED gorilla night light. Mic lampshades this by saying "I don't even think some of these are actually albums".
  • Inverted in his review of Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar. Mic briefly displays a list of musical predictions, most of which are absurd and silly (i.e. "Daft Punk country album that released two years ago" and "LMFAO ASMR album produced by Steve Albini") except for the last entry: "Frank Ocean drops another album".
• Bait-and-Switch:
  • During the Halloween Music essay, Mic lists off several examples of Halloween-themed novelty music from the 1950s and 60s. He appears to then mention the most famous of these songs, Bobby Pickett's "The Monster Mash", but instead mentions "The Monster Swim"... which is "The Monster Mash" rewritten as a surf song.
  • In the April 2020 QRB, while reviewing Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa, Mic says "Man, I'd have to go way back in my memory to find something comparable". The camera starts panning towards a copy of E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen... only for Mic to hold up a copy of Europop by Eiffel 65 in front of it.
  • At the end of the same video, Mic discusses Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple, saying "The last time I heard an album that was this lush and full of detail..."; the camera starts to pan to A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs... only for Mic to hold up Eiffel 65's Europop again.
• Big "SHUT UP!": Mic gives one to Rachel Berry in the Glee retrospective:
  Rachel: It's really hard being a star.
  Mic: SHUT THE HELL UP, RACHEL!
• Brick Joke: The original review of Death Grips' Year Of The Snitch saw him give the album a 0/10 for not syncing up with Shrek. In the Death Grips Deep Discog Dive, he gives a more positive analysis of the album, only to give the album a 0/10 again.
• Call-Back:
  • Mic makes one to the Glee episode in the AJR Deep Discog Dive by making a reference to the Chord Overstreet Running Gag.
  • The "Top Ten Albums of the 2010s" essay reuses the introduction from the "Run Away With Me" essay when Mic discusses E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen.
  • In the Hyperpop essay, Mic brings up My Teenage Dream Ended by Farrah Abraham (previously featured in "So Bad It's Good Music") as an early prototype for what eventually became the genre, even saying "I can't believe I'm mentioning this album again".
  • The "Music that Defined the 2000s" essay makes a couple call-backs to the essay on the 2010s, due to its use of the same format:
    • In the 2010s video, Mic mentions that Beyoncé dropped an album on iTunes as a surprise release, asking awkwardly, "Can she just do that?". Mic asks the same question again in the 2000s video when Radiohead releases their seventh album on their website as a pay-what-you-want download.
    • The 2010s video begins with Mic describing what music was like at the beginning of 2010. At the end of the 2000s episode, he recycles this speech, word-for-word, when talking about music after 2009.
  • In the Weezer Deep Discog Dive, when covering Pinkerton, Mic discusses the use of emotionally honest lyrics:
    Mic: If it works, you connect with listeners to a degree that may not have been possible otherwise. If it doesn't, you get Robin Thicke's Paula.
  • In the October 2021 Mic's Monthly Mix, while reviewing Juno by Remi Wolf, Mic mentions the "Music That Defined the 2000s" essay and how he suggested that there might be a 2000's music revival in the 2020s. Mic then goes on to cite Juno as an example, comparing its sonic palette to Ludacris, JoJo, and Michelle Branch.
  • In The Beatles' Deep Discog Dive, Mic references a throwaway joke from the Spoon essay where he says "Let me know when they make their Magical Mystery Tour. Ha! They never will." Mic then goes on to say that he had not listened to the full album when he made that joke and admitted that he actually liked Magical Mystery Tour after giving it a listen.
  • In the Queen Deep Discog Dive, Mic makes a callback to the Glee essay when he plays a clip he previously used of Vocal Adrenaline performing "Bohemian Rhapsody" as character Quinn Fabray is simultaneously giving birth.
    • In the same video, when discussing how Bob Geldof got bands to play at Live Aid by putting their names on the bill before contacting them, Mic says "Maybe Chumbawamba was right", a nod to the Chumbawamba DDD and their first album, Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records (which was a condemnation of Live Aid).
  • At the beginning of the Deep Discog Dive for The Strokes, Mic mentions that he wishes he could go back and revisit his first apartment, but he can't since he burned it down in the Weezer DDD (see Trash the Set below).
  • In the Maroon 5 Deep Discog Dive, Mic makes a callback to the gag in the Music That Defined the 1990s episode where he plays a clip of Garth Brooks introducing himself:
  Garth: Hi, I'm Garth Brooks.
  Mic: Hi, Garth!
  • In "Can we please stop doing this?", his essay on why he believes people should not assign ratings to album reviews, he mentions that the only time he ever gave an album a numerical score was when he gave Year of the Snitch a zero for not syncing with Shrek (see Brick Joke above).
    • Mic also refers to a random YouTuber in the comments named SussyChungus6000, whom he'd previously mentioned in his essay on industry plants.
• The Cameo: At the end of An Eiffel 65 Christmas, several other prominent YouTube music channel figures appear on screen to share one of their favorite albums of 2021, including Todd in the Shadows, Luke Spencer of Rocked, Crash Thompson, HIVEMIND, Mark Grondin of Spectrum Pulse, The Rap Critic, Alfo Media, Myke C-Town, Polyphonic, 8-Bit Music Theory, and several others.
• Cathartic Scream: During the Glee retrospective, while discussing Season 5, he gets to the show's performance of "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" and screams into a pillow.
• Caustic Critic: Zig-Zagged. While he does review bad music, his style focuses on critical analysis, breaking down the wheels and cogs on whatever he’s reviewing. He makes a point of pointing out good things only if they are done well. He also brings up music he enjoys, such as Carly Rae Jepsen, Spoon and Crazy Frog.
• Celebrity Paradox: Discussed twice in the Glee essay.
  • The first time, Mic spots the credits of Glee being watched by the characters on a TV within the show itself, leading him to ask: "Does Glee exist in Glee?!"
  • The second time is when Rachel Berry sings "Let It Go" from Frozen. Since Idina Menzel, who played Elsa and sang the original version of "Let It Go", has already appeared in the series as Rachel's biological mother, Mic the Snare notes that the appearance of the song raises a lot of questions.
• Christmas Episode: An Eiffel 65 Christmas, a loose parody of A Charlie Brown Christmas that follows Mic, who has been embittered by the sheer number of new album releases in 2021, visiting a party hosted by a friend where he meets two men and talks about Eiffel 65's album Europop in detail, not realizing that he is actually alienating the other members of the party.
• Cluster F-Bomb: During the "Top Ten Albums of the 2010s" video, while talking about "Strangest Thing" by The War on Drugs, Mic swears three times out of excitement, though all three of these swears are censored via bleeps.
• Content Warnings: Occasionally seen at the beginning of a handful of his videos, such as the Glee essay (which includes references to suicide, LGBTQ discrimination, eating disorders, and school shootings), the David Bowie Deep Discog Dive (which includes discussion of Bowie's drug abuse and addiction), and So Bad, It's Good Music Pt. 2 (which briefly touches upon Wesley Willis' experiences with chronic schizophrenia).
  • The Nirvana Deep Discog Dive was hit with a content warning from YouTube itself along with Mic's content warning at the beginning of the essay, due to Mic's brief discussion of Kurt Cobain's suicide (though no graphic imagery is shown in the video).
• Curse Cut Short: In the Prince Deep Discog Dive, when Mic sees Prince's full 39 album discography: invoked
  Mic: WHAT THE FU-
• Damned by Faint Praise:
  • In his Glee video, he stated that Season Six wasn't as bad as the fifth season...due to the fact that it's shorter.
  • When reviewing KiCKi by ARCA, Mic says, "Definitely the closest I've come to fully enjoying an ARCA album...".
• Deadpan Snarker: At times, particularly in the Examining episode for Robin Thicke's Paula.
• Deliberate VHS Quality: The segments in The Music That Defined The 1990s video that show Mic on camera are made to appear as if they were filmed on VHS.
• Department of Major Vexation: From "Why Do We Love Sped Up Songs?"
  Mic: People do a thing cause they like the thing. By that logic, everyone in the US loves going to the DMV. It's the highlight of my year.
• Disproportionate Retribution: Awarded Destroyer's Have We Met an F— because the microphone on the cover wasn't plugged in.
  • In the Nirvana Deep Discog Dive, Mic gets thrown in jail for comparing "Lounge Act" to "All for You" by Sister Hazel (despite "Lounge Act" being released first).
• Double Don't Know: His reaction to the Glee mashup of “Turkey Lurkey Time/Let’s Have a Kiki”.
• Early-Installment Weirdness:
  • Earlier Deep Discog Dive episodes were less than ten minutes long, with short, concise statements about each album. The videos subsequently became longer and more elaborate retrospectives of an artist/band's life and career, frequently passing the 15, 30, or 40 minute mark. Mic himself has charted the evolution of the DDD in three phases: Phase 1 consists of the episodes from 2019 (from The Strokes episode to the My Chemical Romance episode), Phase 2 (which begins with the Steely Dan episode and ends with the Kendrick Lamar episode), and Phase 3 (which includes all episodes made in the present day and begins with the Radiohead episode). invoked
  • Quick Reviews were originally released separately as short, 8-12 second videos, before Mic combined them all into the Quick Review Basheroo.
• Fake-Out Fade-Out:
  • In "How Does a Song Become a Meme?", when Mic asks the titular question, he responds with "I don't know. They just do." A card with "Thanks for Watching" appears, before Mic steps in and says "Just kidding. But not really".
  • For the first two minutes of the K.K. Slider essay, Mic treats K.K. Slider as if he is a real person, explaining his music like he would any other creator, ending with the "Thanks For Watching!" title card; K.K. himself then interrupts and explains that "there's a bunch of other cool cats that make what I do possible", after which, Mic drops the charade and talks about Animal Crossing, explaining the history of the franchise and the composers of the game's soundtrack.
• Flat "What": In the Glee video, his reaction to Billie Eilish’s brother and producer, Finneas O'Connell, appearing in the show and the potential of Glee being a Show Within a Show.
• Friday Night Death Slot: Referenced In-Universe during the Glee essay:
  Mic:[Season 6] premiered on January 9th, 2015, and aired on Friday nights. Here's a visual metaphor for shows that are moved to Friday Night time slots-
  Scene abruptly cuts to an image of a tombstone
• Foreshadowing: At the beginning of the essay for Artpop by Lady Gaga, Mic mentions that he's been taking time to decompress by playing Animal Crossing; three episodes later, he does an entire episode on the game's music (and on character KK Slider).
• Formula-Breaking Episode: His Deep Discog Dive videos on AJR and Maroon 5 are a break from the series' usual focus on iconic and acclaimed musicians, instead focusing on critically reviled groups with the aim of finding out why that's the case.invoked
  • Similarly, the Coldplay episode is structured around Mic defending a critically reviled band that he doesn't believe deserves all of the vitriol they receive.
  • His video on D'Angelo also breaks the series' usual focus on artists with lengthy discographies, with Mic instead focusing on an artist that only has three albums (also a deliberate contrast to the previous episode, the Prince DDD, which has the longest discography he's covered by far).
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: In The Beatles' Deep Discog Dive, Mic tells the audience to close their eyes and think of "the one album" that has received consistent critical acclaim. Mic then briefly flashes Crazy Frog's first album on screen... before revealing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
• George Lucas Altered Version:
  • Due to technical problems and a copyright strike, the video on Spoon's Transference was rewritten and re-edited.
  • Mic re-recorded the Taylor Swift Deep Discog Dive episode, stating that the original format of the DDD was "dismissive and not very emblematic of the spirit" of the Deep Discog Dive, as well as a nod to Taylor Swift re-recording her back catalogue.
  • Similarly, Mic released an updated version of the Daft Punk Deep Discog Dive, partially due to demand from fans and partially as a tribute following the duo's breakup.
• Gosh Dang It to Heck!: When Mic swears, it's generally like that. When he drops actual swears (which is rare), it's bleeped.
• HA HA HA—No: His reaction to an infamous Glee scene where Schuester declared the entire club are all minorities. Though his laugh there was a mix of Laughing Mad and sardonic.
• Halloween Episode: Mic's "What Even IS Halloween Music?" essay, which was released 5 days ahead of Halloween in 2019.
• How We Got Here: Once per Episode of the Deep Discog Dive. Also, the beginning of the updated Spoon video.
• It Makes Just As Much Sense In Context: Since Mic says "D'you know what I mean?" too many times in the Oasis Deep Discog Dive, the Earth transforms into Liam Gallagher's head.
• Karma Houdini: In the Glee video, he discussed the lack of both short and long term consequences of characters’ horrible actions. He was especially critical of Rachel Berry; he pointed out despite the sixth season’s Karma Houdini Warranty, she still rebuilt her career and won a Tony when what she did in the fifth season was not only out of character and too unrealistic, but basically career suicide in a realistic world that doesn’t revolve around her. In fact, if she were to return by her own power instead of having her friends pulling the strings, she would have been celebrating getting off the blacklist instead of winning the Tony. He also discussed how the writing would just forget or ignore what would have been real topics that would made an impact on their personal lives after bringing it up once or twice (particularly after "Shooting Star").
• Lampshade Hanging: Lampshades his Crazy Frog obsession at the beginning of the Glee video.
• Mary Sue: In-Universe, he all but called Rachel Berry this in the Glee retrospective. He stated she has no character development, learned nothing despite being called out for those mistakes and wrongdoings, took constructive criticism as personal attacks, flawless as a performer no matter what, a Karma Houdini, and that the entire show revolved around her world so much that people who truly deserve their time in the spotlight the way she did never stood a chance. By the time of season 5, he gave a Big "SHUT UP!" to a clip of her saying "It's really hard being a star".
• Memetic Mutation: invoked Discussed in "How Does a Song Become a Meme?", where Mic discusses the various traits that can cause a song to mutate memetically.
• Mondegreen Gag: In the Maroon 5 Deep Discog Dive, Mic mishears the line "Been wishin' for you" in as "Imma shit for you"; to emphasize this, Mic adds a bleep where the word "shit" would be.
• "Not Making This Up" Disclaimer:
  • In the Green Day Deep Discog Dive, Mic mentions that the unicorn on the cover of Father of All Motherfuckers is named "Horny the Unicorn", adding that "Horny the Unicorn" is the actual name the band came up with for the album's mascot.
    Mic: These guys are almost 50.
  • In the Ringtone Essay, Mic shows a clip of a Crazy Frog ad that features, among other things, an African-American man and a Ku Klux Klan member doing a Meadow Run and hugging in a field. Mic includes a caption stating "Yes, this was a real ad in the 2000s".
  • In the Outkast Deep Discog Dive, Mic plays a clip of a campaign ad for Wes Clark featuring Clark talking about the group to showcase the duo's cultural ubiquity. A caption reading "Real Campaign Ad" appears on screen.
• Once Original, Now Common: Discussed at the end of The Beatles' Deep Discog Dive. When discussing the common opinion among younger listeners that "The Beatles are overrated", Mic compares The Beatles to Citizen Kane, noting that while both pioneered what future bands and filmmakers, respectively, would continue to do in the years following, the end result is that "it might not seem that special" since many of their innovations have now become commonplace. invoked
• Paper-Thin Disguise: During the Green Day Deep Discog Dive, Mic shows photos of the members of The Network and Foxboro Hot Tubs. That is to say, a photo of Billie, Mike and Tre with handlebar moustaches and top hats. And they supposedly got bigger moustaches by the time of The Network's second album.
• Poke the Poodle: In the Nirvana Deep Discog Dive, Mic's ideas for rebelling against society include jaywalking, telling a random guy on the street "You're not my real Dad", and walking past a deflated basketball refusing to inflate it.
• Rage Quit: He stated he would have quit watching Glee after "Shooting Star" had it not been for the retrospective (and the Sunk Cost Fallacy).
• Rhymes on a Dime: From the Queen Deep Discog Dive, when talking about "Seven Seas of Rhye":
  Mic: That tease of "Seas" appeased me with ease.
• Rimshot: Happens in the Updated Taylor Swift Deep Discog Dive when Mic makes a pun on the word "single".
  Mic: Speaking of singles, 1989 might just have the single [rimshot plays] best run of them in Taylor Swift's discography so far.
• Running Gag:
  • Mic's inexplicable love of Crazy Frog. It came to a head where he can actually discuss Crazy Frog in the context of a video, but he admitted he wouldn't be able to go into major detail of its history beyond its impact on the ringtone industry.
  • In the Glee video, he refused to call Sam Evans by his name, referring to his actor, Chord Overstreet, by various names, all of which use the "[type of chord] [preposition][type of path]" formula (i.e. "Neapolitan 6th Adjacent to Roundabout").
    Mic: You don't have a name like "Chord Overstreet" and expect me not to use it, come on.
  • Mic repeatedly using the Gallagher brothers' catchphrase, "D'you know what I mean?" in the Oasis Deep Discog Dive (and having a counter to go along with it).
  • In the Paramore Deep Discog Dive, after describing the lineup for each album, Mic says each time, "Let's hope this is the last major change to the band's lineup", a reference to the group's Revolving Door Band status.
• Sanity Slippage: Downplayed in the Glee video the more seasons he goes through. He was more tired than anything else, though in the intro he stated he couldn't stop watching. He had been hit by Glee's well-known fast-paced plotlines coupled with the fact the show doesn't do them well, with questionable and ridiculous writing. He stated that he binged it instead of watching week by week so... though regardless of watching pace, the plots will still feel like cars speeding.
  • Happens again in the Prince Deep Discog Dive where Mic, owing to both the quantity and quality of Prince's later output, is audibly exasperated and struggles to find much to say about them.
• Sell-Out: Discussed in the Maroon 5 essay, where Mic explains that he dislikes the term "selling out" and doesn't have anything against an artist who has "something good on their hands and wants to get that out to as many people as possible".
• Shout-Out:
  • Gave one to Todd in the Shadows in his Black Eyed Peas' E.N.D video.
  • In the Ringtone Essay, Mic The Snare gives three shout-outs to famous artists while facetiously talking about Crazy Frog's career:
    Mic: There is so much we could cover when it comes to Crazy Frog. His Berlin Era, his time in Hawaii, his Live Aid performance...
  • Mic gives a shout-out to Horatio Caine's infamous one-liners from CSI: Miami during his review of Who by The Who:
    Mic: Looks like they've got it after all these years.
    *puts on sunglasses*
    Who would have thought.
    YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
  • In Top Ten Albums of the 2010s, Mic combines this with Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs when talking about My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West:
    Mic: ...His musicianship, his boldness, his brashness, his "bold and brash"-ness...
  • The Pink Floyd Deep Discog Dive contains a reference to two bands whom he'd previously discussed:
    Mic: The Division Bell was released in March 1994, a year when the big bands were singing about "needing to be themselves" and "all the people".
  • In the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Deep Discog Dive, while discussing the album Infest the Rat's Nest, Mic plays a clip from "Mars For The Rich", and Mic responds with a line from Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody":
    Clip: I'm just a poor boy.
    Mic: Nobody loves me...?
• Sleeper Hit: Discussed In-Universe about fun.'s "We Are Young" and Gotye's "Somebody I Used To Know" in his Glee retrospective. He all but pointed out Glee basically shot the indie songs up the pop charts, ironically answering Todd in the Shadows' question about the indie trend that died off just as quickly.
• So Bad, It's Good: invoked Discussed. Two of Mic's videos are about music that fits this definition, which includes The Shaggs, Corey Feldman, Wesley Willis, and William Shatner (among others).
• Take a Third Option: What annoys Mic most about Greta Van Fleet isn't the band or their music.
  Mic: It's the discourse. It's the narrative that some subscribe to that this kind of blatant rehashing of what has been is somehow more authentically music than all this crap that’s popular. The kind of narrative that has been perpetuated ever since air first wiggled. Is that Greta Van Fleet’s fault? No, not at all. Does that make [The Battle At Garden’s Gate] bad? No, actually, it’s pretty alright! But you take one look at RockLover666’s user review on Metacritic saying this album is “real music”, unlike Cardi B who all music journalists worship, and a part of you just… dies a bit.
• Tempting Fate:
  • At the beginning of the Weezer Deep Discog Dive, after moving to a new location after setting his house on fire, Mic says:
  Mic: I need to cool down, simmer down, talk about a band that doesn't inspire such heated debate.
  (Beat)
  How about the guys who wrote "Beverly Hills"? invoked
  • In the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard DDD, Mic mentions that their second album came out six months after their first, laughing it off and saying "I bet that's the last time we'll see such a quick turnaround time from them", a reference to the group's prodigious output, releasing 18 studio albums in 10 years. invoked
  • Taken to the point of Running Gag in the Fleetwood Mac DDD, in which he repeatedly tempts fate regarding the band's legendary instability.
  Mic: There you have it, the full lineup of Fleetwood Mac, which will not change at any point in their history.
• That Came Out Wrong: When talking about the chorus of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Run Away With Me", Mic says "Somebody call my doctor, cause I got a case of the worms!". He then awkwardly tries to clarify that he was referring to the term Ear Worm - before quietly admitting, "That didn't come out like I thought it would".
• Trash the Set: In-Universe, Mic does this unintentionally at the beginning of the Weezer Deep Discog Dive by setting his house on fire after stating "We're gonna be talking about arson!".
  Mic: [Inside a new house] So, I moved...
• The Trope Formerly Known as X: In The Maroon 5 Deep Discog Dive, when discussing "Out of Goodbyes" (a duet with Lady A), Mic refers to Lady A as "Lady formerly known as Antebellum", an allusion to their old name.
  • In the Stem Player episode, Mic refers to Kanye West as "The Artist Formerly Known as Kanye West", a reference to him changing his legal name to Ye.
  • Mic also does this, appropriately, in the Prince Deep Discog Dive, calling it "the series formerly known as the Deep Discog Dive" and changing the name to an unpronounceable symbol.
• Waxing Lyrical:
  • In the Deep Discog Dive for The Strokes, Mic paraphrases "Star Treatment" by Arctic Monkeys while mentioning The Strokes' influence on Alex Turner:
  Mic: He just wanted to be one of The Strokes, now look at the mess you made him make.
  • In his Music That Defined the '90's video, when talking about Oasis:
  Mic: Except, I don't know about this, this might just be a personal thing, but what about those times when you feel heavy metal?

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