Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Malkmus & Stephen Malkmus
[Verse 1]
High churn rate, enemy of risk
I call dibs on the sax in abandoned jazz land
I'm praying for a multiverse
It's a cherry idea, just refuse to argue
[Chorus]
Shadowbanned
Shadowbanned
Shadowbanned
Shadowbanned
[Verse 2]
Sky high on Reddit karma fly
Over Amazon wheat fields and rivers of Red Bull
Drip gush drip data-driven skip
To the part where the left bros parody TED Talks
Peak interaction, top of the bill
In Blackpool, come and see us shred
One for the heroes drawin' dead
Pick the lock, don't lose the combination
[Instrumental Chorus]
[Verse 3]
A prison baby shall be born
And smuggled out of Leavenworth swathed in denim
All hail the once and future queen
May the word be spread via cracked emoji
Peak interaction never a dull moment
Go put the kids to bed
One for the heroes drawin' dead
Pick the lock, don't lose the combination
[Instrumental Chorus]
Shadowbanned was written by Stephen Malkmus.
Shadowbanned was produced by Chris Funk.
Stephen Malkmus released Shadowbanned on Thu Feb 27 2020.
I wanted to make this apocalyptic-bullshit-logarithmic-image-crash. I was trying to write a murder mystery, or a psychedelic whodunit, mixed with Reddit-y internet jargon. As you might imagine, a lot of the song is pulled from the notepad on my phone, things I saved or wrote down: ‘high churn rate,’...