10 Hilariously Bad Musicians That Are Crazy Successful
6. AJR
As far as the new generation of rock is concerned, the 2010's were insanely kind to the indie boom. Even though not a lot of it populated the charts, the transitional period that we're still in gave way to more off the wall acts like Twenty One Pilots to become stadium ready superstars, while the retro style bands fell by the wayside. Although this might be the new reinvention of rock, AJR is where we start to pick up some very bad habits.
That almost seems cruel to say, considering that every member of the band seems like a perfectly nice dude with some fairly legitimate musical chops. That being said, the lyrics to these songs are enough to churn anyone's stomach, which leads to laughing in the wrong way. With lyrical gems like Netflix Trip and Don't Throw Out My Legos, these guys just can't seem to articulate their maturity into their prose, instead sounding like a kid who's trying to sound deep even though he only has a first-grade's command of poetry.
Aside from some of the lyrical faults, the Auto-tuned nanana sections of their songs make them feel more suited to a car commercial than an actual rock playlist. At this point, AJR can really do whatever they want going forward, but at some point we have to ask ourselves when the hell are they going to actually grow up.