BONUS: The 2021 song

Noam wrote an end-of-year song with Today, Explained host Sean
Rameswaram, so we thought to drop it here as a little end-of-year
surprise. Lyrics: 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and
then you’re done Then the second the year’d begun We had an
insurrection 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then
you’re done Then the second the year’d begun We had an insurrection
Yeah it wasn’t just what we hoped to see We might have started too
optimistically So if we keep our expectations low Maybe the world
won’t seem so terrible Yeah it wasn’t just what we hoped to see We
might have started too optimistically So if we keep our
expectations low Maybe the world won’t seem so terrible Dial back
to when the year had begun We were looking forward to the end of
hibernation  But it didn’t even last a week No it didn’t even
last a week, mm-hmm On the sixth day of 2021 Vanilla Isis tried to
flip the election But looking back we can’t agree  On the
facts, no, we can’t agree, mm-mm Pretty soon we were signing up for
shots (shots!) Talking about shots (shots!) Shots shots shots
(shots!) Everyone was a pharma fan With the Pfizer fam, the Moderna
clan (J&J) But we should have known Delta would happen 
Most of humanity not getting vaxxed and Fourth wave — fifth wave,
in rhythm That’s one more wave than feminism! 2021, it was gonna be
fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done But according to Joe
Ro-gun You should take Ivermectin Yeah it wasn’t just what we hoped
to see We might have started too optimistically But if we keep our
expectations low Maybe the world won’t seem so terrible A booster,
I’m not sure I need it.  Dune on the IMAX, I seen it. Back to
the good life, I dreamed it. (Arrakis) Wake up, reality, don’t fit.
Hope you don’t need a house or a condo (a condo) Hope you don’t
need a trip to Toronto (Toronto) Hope you don’t need some gas for
your Durango (Durango)  Hope you don’t need a can of dried
mangos (dried mangos) Everyone is feeling frustration Quitting jobs
— the Great Resignation Blaming Biden for rising inflation While
billionaires shoot off to space, racing Did we fix the grid in
Texas? (yes) Figure out how wide the Suez is? (yes) Don’t ask me
All I see on TV  It's just fights on Critical Race Theory
2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots and then you’re done
Moving onto issue number one: Whether to allow abortions! Yeah it
wasn’t just what we hoped to see We might have started too
optimistically But if we keep our expectations low Maybe the world
won’t seem so terrible I just want to be free Of thinking about
Covid-19 I just want to see Something done about global warming And
I still don’t get NFT’s Can’t understand crypto currency and And we
can’t agree on anything But at least we got together to free
Britney (Oh baby baby) 2021, it was gonna be fun Get a couple shots
and then you’re done Then the second as the year’d begun We had an
insurrection And people lied about the last election And made it
harder to vote in elections At least we don’t have another election
Wait, I think there’s another election... 2021, it was gonna be fun
Get a couple shots and then you’re done Then the second we thought
we’d won We’re learning how to say "Omicron" Guess you never know
what’s gonna come through Making plans for things you’ll never
do  But take it from a brown guy (and a Jew) There’s always
2022. This song was written and performed by Sean Rameswaram and
Noam Hassenfeld, produced by Noam, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and
features additional vocals from Christina Animashaun. For more, go
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