Instructions: Pull up a Karaoke verison of Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo, like this one, or an official version like this one, and have fun singing along!
[Intro]
I’m so sick of being stressed
All of this is such a mess
Every day there’s more big news
(Is) this the one where I get scooped
Latest problem dump just dropped
(I’m) Digging through the preprint slop
(And) all the balance in my life’s a
Weekly existential crisis
Will I ever get a job
Should I give up move on
(My) friend’s advisor just left math
how do you come back from that
Models dropping left and right
(A)nother different thing to try
Model welfare orchestration
I’ll never get a vacation
All I did was try my best
This the kind of thanks I get?
Unrelentlessly upset (ah, ah, ah)
They say these are the golden years
But I wish I could disappear
Ego crush is so severe
Gah, it's brutal out here
[Electric Guitar]
I wonder what I’ll become
(Will) button pushing make me dumb
Ask the chat is all we got
(And) total faith is in the bot (that’s)
Hacking in to cheat the test
Bioweapons will be next
(We’re) fighting ‘bout extinction risk
(While) tech bros in the bay get rich
All I did was try my best
This the kind of thanks I get?
Unrelentlessly upset (ah, ah, ah)
They say these are the golden years
But I wish I could disappear
Ego crush is so severe
Gah, it's brutal out here
[Electric Guitar]
Got a broken ego, broken heart
And God, I don't even know where to start
Disclaimer: Since this is a fan fiction (even though it's not fiction technically), it is illegal to distribute this for profit. Please only use the official/Karaoke versions.
P.S. If you're wondering, no, I did not use AI to generate the parts of the lyrics which are different from the original. That would have been way less cathartic.