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What Is Joy?, 2026
Written by Jake Minton?
This is a children's song, very informed by Weird Al Yankovic, especially in the elastic vocal delivery, but with a thunderous rock track behind it. As the title says, this song encourages kids (and adults) to stop wallowing and poisoning everyone else's mood. It's corny but sweet, especially when the silly voices and children's chorus come in, and anyway, it's well-intentioned and the songwriting is top-notch. Check out these genuinely clever lines: "I got power to make it better / But I’m never gonna do it while I’m whining ’bout the weather / If I rain on your parade / It's only gonna make me wetter." That's the sort of solid, memorable wordplay that makes good children's music.
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