Oh man, I totally agree with the comic, except that the song they use as an example ("Sexy and I know it") is one that I liked instantly upon hearing, and think of as clearly better than most pop radio music.

...Hear me out.

"Sexy and I know it" is obviously not a pinnacle of skilled musicianship in any sense, but then again, what is when it comes to stuff that gets played on the pop stations? The sort of electronic music that's popular now is the two guitars, bass and drum setup of our our age. You can do very interesting things with it of course, but the point is that you don't have to, you can just making middling pop music without a huge amount of skill. For middling pop music, apart from "catchiness" it comes down to lyrics.

Yes, I am actually claiming that "Sexy and I know it" has better lyrics than most pop songs.

The reason is that it is almost impossible to not have better lyrics than most pop songs. Modern pop has fixated on a few subjects that they see as "safe": how attracted the singer is to someone, how much the singer likes to party, how rich/famous the singer is, etc. The problem is, if you're not totally braindead, these subjects are boring now. But worse than boring, they're shallow. The lyrics of modern pop betray an incredibly dull and unhealthy view of the world, where these few topics are the only things that matter. It's almost excruciating to hear songs and think that people actually think like that.

So if you write a song about anything else you're off to a good start. What else does "Sexy and I know it" got going for it?

• It's about male sexuality, but it's not essentially predatory.
• It clearly has a sense of humor about itself.

I've seen a few reactions to the song. Some people don't seem to know that it's a joke. If this is you, you might be an idiot. If you understand the joke but don't think it's funny, that's perfectly okay. But in almost every case I'll take a song that's stupid and joking over a song that's stupid and serious.