(wabe) ♪ Oh da da, oh da da, ooh ♪ - I'm Yah Yah.

I've been in Atlanta for a little over 10 years.

I think that considers me a peach.

I don't know.

I don't know who to ask.

- We're a band called World's Greatest Dad.

♪ It's not healthy ♪ I met a lot of really great musicians in Atlanta.

Nobody was pushing anybody to sound a certain way.

And I think that was really cool.

(overlapping genres of music) (traffic rushes) - [Singer] Two, three, four.

(soft music) ♪ Yeah, yeah, hey ♪ ♪ Hey, hey ♪ ♪ Misdirecting my aggressions ♪ ♪ Neglecting my acceptance ♪ ♪ Still ain't learn no lessons ♪ ♪ Ask me why I don't know ♪ ♪ My defense my only weapon ♪ ♪ Damn I'm tired of asking questions ♪ ♪ Using no discretion got me missing blessings ♪ ♪ Let me down ♪ ♪ I still come around ♪ ♪ Do it to myself ♪ ♪ How the that sound ♪ ♪ You won't play a role you ain't ready for ♪ ♪ I already know that ♪ ♪ Know you wanna go ♪ ♪ You ain't gotta hold back, no ♪ ♪ I ain't mad at least you know just who you is ♪ ♪ You ain't mine and I can tell by how you live ♪ ♪ I want better for you even without me ♪ ♪ See, I won't be mad at you ♪ ♪ I gotta show gratitude ♪ ♪ You ain't bad I think you just too bad for me ♪ ♪ So from here on out I ain't gon lose no sleep ♪ ♪ No, I admit I ain't quite what you need ♪ ♪ So I won't be mad at you ♪ ♪ I gotta show gratitude, yeah ♪ ♪ I'm so grateful, grateful, grateful ♪ ♪ Grateful 'cause you was real ♪ ♪ Kept it 100 like blues ♪ ♪ I know you gon always be true ♪ ♪ Even if we don't make love no more ♪ ♪ Know we gon always be cool ♪ ♪ 'Cause you always show you care for ya boo ♪ ♪ Can't do wrong, don't care what you do ♪ ♪ See I use to feel indebted to you indebted to you ♪ ♪ That ended ♪ ♪ But you let me down ♪ ♪ I still come around ♪ ♪ Do it to myself ♪ ♪ How the that sound ♪ ♪ You won't play a role you ain't ready for ♪ ♪ I already know that ♪ ♪ Know you wanna go ♪ ♪ You ain't gotta hold back, no ♪ ♪ I ain't mad at least you know just who you is ♪ ♪ You ain't mine and I can tell by how you live ♪ ♪ I want better for you even without me ♪ ♪ I won't be mad at you ♪ ♪ I gotta show gratitude ♪ ♪ You ain't bad I think you just too bad for me ♪ ♪ So from here on out I ain't gon lose no sleep ♪ ♪ Yeah, I admit I ain't quite what you need ♪ ♪ So I won't be mad at you ♪ ♪ I gotta show gratitude, yeah ♪ ♪ I'm so grateful, grateful, grateful ♪ ♪ Grateful ♪ ♪ 'Cause you was a real, real, real, real one ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ You was a real one from the start ♪ ♪ Showed responsibilities ♪ ♪ Account, accountability ♪ ♪ You showed love in that way ♪ ♪ So I made no mistake ♪ That song is "Gratitude."

I wrote that song about two years ago now.

You can find it on all streaming platforms.

And the song is basically about not having regrets from a past relationship.

You know, many times somebody's from our past, it could have been a bad breakup, a good breakup, but for some reason we always leave it in a negative light when we talk about it.

And I feel like everybody is brought into our life for a season and for a reason.

I know that's cliche, but it's very true.

And in this particular past relationship, I feel like it taught me a lot of things.

And in those teachings it allowed me to move on to new relationships and not make the same mistakes.

And for that I was grateful.

So that was a letter to my ex, in a sense.

Just basically saying thank you.

Thank you for showing me who you really were and allowing me to grow from that.

And we're gonna go right into this next song that is called "All Bad."

I wrote this during Covid and it pretty much just talks about how we were experiencing so much during that time, you know?

A lot of people were losing jobs, a lot of people were losing their lives and we just didn't know what was next, you know?

But in those moments, I just felt like things weren't all bad.

We were able to just sit with ourselves for a while and really just reflect and learn new hobbies.

So that's what this song is all about.

"All bad."

♪ Ooh girl, ooh girl, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh da da ooh, da da ooh ♪ ♪ Yeah, so many people stuck in indecision ♪ ♪ They can't find a light ♪ ♪ They don't see a vision ♪ ♪ But you know what they say ♪ ♪ Age it comes with wisdom ♪ ♪ I'm learning every day not to pay attention ♪ ♪ 'Cause I got bills on bills ♪ ♪ So much money to be made ♪ ♪ I got generational curses that I can't break ♪ ♪ Too much pressure on me ♪ ♪ Too much I don't wanna change ♪ ♪ Everybody's trying to make a way ♪ ♪ But I try to tell myself it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ Try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ I try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ I try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ No, no can't be bad ♪ ♪ Say no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Say no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Can't be that bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Listen, I been busy for no reason ♪ ♪ Take a break when I feel I have no meaning ♪ ♪ Momma on my line, praying for better days ♪ ♪ Keep telling me go on and put it all away ♪ ♪ 'Cause I got ♪ ♪ Bills on bills ♪ ♪ And I got ♪ ♪ Money to be made ♪ ♪ I got generational curses that I can't break ♪ ♪ Too much pressure on me ♪ ♪ Too much I don't wanna change ♪ ♪ Everybody's trying to make a way ♪ ♪ But I try to tell myself ♪ ♪ Try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ Try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ I try to tell myself that it ain't that damn bad ♪ ♪ No, no can't be bad ♪ ♪ Say no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Say no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Can't be that bad ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Listen, we reflect on the past times ♪ ♪ Suddenly everything becomes a memory ♪ ♪ Yeah, it's all bad but it could be worse ♪ ♪ Count ya blessings, go to church ♪ ♪ What's a saint to a sinner when we all hurt ♪ ♪ Aah ooh whoa ♪ ♪ Listen, I gotta catch up on the bills ♪ ♪ Can't afford the thrills ♪ ♪ Dream house in the hills ♪ ♪ Landlord need to chill ♪ ♪ Whoo whoa ♪ ♪ All bad ♪ ♪ Try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ I try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ I try to tell myself that it ain't that damn bad ♪ ♪ No, no can't be bad ♪ ♪ Say no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Say no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ Can't be bad ♪ ♪ Bad, bad, bad ♪ ♪ All bad, try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ Try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ Try to tell myself that it ain't all bad ♪ ♪ No, no, can't be bad ♪ ♪ No, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Say no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ Can't be that bad ♪ And that's "All Bad."

It is not all bad.

And whatever you're dealing with today, this is a reminder that it is not all bad.

Okay, so my passion for writing, I wrote my very first song in high school and I remember, honestly, at that time I was just writing.

Like, I didn't know the structure of writing or anything.

I just knew it felt good.

I heard the beat, I had a melody and I just started writing words.

And I remember this first song was called, "Love in Disguise."

And the song went so crazy in my hometown.

Like everybody loved it, I hated it.

But it was like, okay, everybody else likes this, you know?

And I love the reaction that I received from it and it kind of inspired me to just keep writing, on top of the fact that I was singing a lot, I was starting to get into the studio and just being able to sit there and just think of experiences during that time.

I was in high school so it wasn't that deep, but I still had experiences of my own.

And to be able to put those experiences on paper, then go into the studio and sing them, it was just a feeling that I can't really explain.

All right?

So this next song "Denial" that I'm gonna do, it's out now.

It's my most recent release featuring Kalipop from Montreal, Canada.

And the song wasn't even initially for me.

I wrote it for another artist, but that artist didn't take the song.

So I loved the record so much.

I felt it was pretty relatable to experiences that I've had in my past.

So I said I'm gonna drop the record.

So this is "Denial."

I'm gonna do an acoustic version and I hope you guys enjoy.

(soft music) ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I bet you went to sleep at peace like a new baby ♪ ♪ It never crossed your mind how badly we left things ♪ ♪ You told me you wasn't ready for me to leave ♪ ♪ But you're contradicting yourself ♪ ♪ When you're disrespecting me repeatedly ♪ ♪ Do you gotta be to be so blind ♪ ♪ Do you gotta be to not see right ♪ ♪ You acting stupid, you acting dumb ♪ ♪ It's the denial for me ♪ ♪ Playing with twos when you had the one ♪ ♪ It's the denial for me ♪ ♪ You know what you doing ♪ ♪ You know what you done ♪ ♪ It's the denial for me, oh ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Drowning while you're in denial ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Now we can't even work it out, no ♪ ♪ Drowning while you're in denial ♪ Verse two.

♪ I said new boo, home running ♪ ♪ You had me crying at the homecoming ♪ ♪ New bag, new ride on 'em ♪ ♪ Had to switch it up ♪ ♪ Had to smile on 'em ♪ ♪ Ready for me ♪ ♪ When you disrespecting me repeatedly ♪ ♪ Said do you gotta be to be so blind ♪ ♪ Do you gotta be to not see why ♪ ♪ You acting stupid ♪ ♪ You acting dumb ♪ ♪ It's the denial for me ♪ ♪ Playing with twos when you had the one ♪ ♪ It's the denial for me ♪ ♪ You know what you doing ♪ ♪ You know what you done ♪ ♪ It's the denial for me, oh ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ So drowning while you're in denial ♪ ♪ Now we can't even work it out, no, no ♪ ♪ Drowning while you're in denial ♪ ♪ Now we can't even work it out ♪ ♪ Drowning while you're in denial ♪ I'm Yah Yah.

This is "Sounds Like ATL."

And thank you for tuning in.

(guitar tuning) ♪ I messed it all up in my head ♪ ♪ Should've cleaned myself up ♪ ♪ But I think I might be better off dead ♪ ♪ Sitting alone at a stoplight ♪ ♪ Put out my cigarette in an overflowing ashtray while ♪ ♪ Trash is piling up in my passenger seat ♪ ♪ I don't think I want anybody sitting next to me ♪ ♪ And how am I supposed to make you proud ♪ ♪ When I don't care about anything ♪ ♪ Oh, how am I supposed to make you proud ♪ ♪ I've been messing up everything ♪ ♪ I messed it all up in my head ♪ ♪ Should've cleaned myself up ♪ ♪ But I think I might be better off dead ♪ ♪ Rather than messing you up in the head ♪ ♪ I know I'm no good, but I'm trying really hard to pretend ♪ ♪ Trying hard to sink in ♪ ♪ Trying hard to fit ♪ ♪ Trying hard to make sense ♪ ♪ Of how I feel ♪ ♪ What it means ♪ ♪ What I could do to make anyone want to stay with me ♪ ♪ 'Cause it gets hard ♪ ♪ When I've been trying to please ♪ ♪ Just myself for the past ten years ♪ ♪ I didn't care what they thought of me ♪ ♪ And how does one make themselves proud ♪ ♪ When they don't care about anything ♪ ♪ Oh, how do I make myself proud ♪ ♪ When I've been messing up everything ♪ ♪ I messed it all up in my head ♪ ♪ Should've cleaned myself up ♪ ♪ But I think i might be better off dead ♪ ♪ I might be better off ♪ (all laugh) Hey everybody, we're band called World's Greatest Dad.

My name's Maddie, his name is Keegan.

He doesn't have a microphone so he can't tell you.

- My name's Matt.

- And that's Matt.

God love him.

I think that I just thought about the band name driving in my car one day and I was like, "Yeah, that's good."

And then at the time I didn't know anything about emo music.

Like I didn't know that it was like popular for you to put like a parental figure or like, there's like Mom Jeans and like Great Grandpa and like there's like a whole host of bands that have like family names and I had no idea that I was doing that.

And if I could change it, I would.

(Maddie laughs) We're gonna play a new one now.

It's called "K.O."

and it is on our new second LP called Better Luck Next Time.

Please go listen to it.

♪ I'm still up and it's two o'clock ♪ ♪ Been binge watching Flip or Flop ♪ ♪ I think I wanna start fixing houses ♪ ♪ Think I wanna put your body where my mouth is ♪ ♪ But I only wake up when you're passed out ♪ ♪ I've been unemployed and on the quick route ♪ ♪ Burning out with all of my friends ♪ ♪ Or I guess you could say all two of them ♪ ♪ And I'm thinking where'd my life go ♪ ♪ As if I had attainable goals ♪ ♪ At least I can feed my dog ♪ ♪ Least I have a comfortable home ♪ ♪ To sink in and die ♪ ♪ And music just makes me sad now ♪ ♪ And none of my friends ever wanna hangout ♪ ♪ Yeah, I know it could be worse ♪ ♪ I know it's not that bad, but it still hurts ♪ ♪ And I've got a steady diet of feeling like dying ♪ ♪ Sitting at home alone ♪ ♪ Everybody's been up to something ♪ ♪ I'm working on nothing ♪ ♪ Decaying at my phone ♪ ♪ 'Cause nothing feels fun anymore ♪ ♪ It takes all I have to get up, open the door ♪ ♪ Of my fridge, grab a snack pack ♪ ♪ Sit on my ass ♪ ♪ Wait for a text back ♪ ♪ And music just makes me mad now ♪ ♪ And none of my friends ever wanna hangout ♪ ♪ Yeah, I know it could be worse ♪ ♪ I know it's not that bad, but it still hurts ♪ ♪ And all my rowdy friends are either settling in ♪ ♪ Or six feet under ground ♪ ♪ Feeling like I wanna get in a fight ♪ ♪ But I'm KO'd already, turn out the lights ♪ (soft alternative music) ♪ I'm still up, it's two o'clock ♪ ♪ The TV's on and my brain won't shut up ♪ ♪ But I look over at you ♪ ♪ You always fall asleep before I do ♪ ♪ And music just makes me mad now ♪ ♪ And none of my friends ever wanna hangout ♪ ♪ Yeah, I know it could be worse ♪ ♪ I know it's not that bad, but it still hurts ♪ ♪ And all my rowdy friends are either settling in ♪ ♪ Or six feet under ground ♪ ♪ Feeling like I wanna get in a fight ♪ ♪ But I'm KO'd already ♪ ♪ Turn out the lights ♪ Growing up my parents mostly listened to country and grunge and so that's what I listened to by default.

I still love '90s country music.

I think that the songwriting and just lyrically like late '80s, '90s country is some of the most honest, like sweet music.

It's very wholesome.

I started playing guitar when I was six, but I didn't really start playing music until I was about 17 and just did like really bad acoustic covers of Postal Service songs in coffee shops.

And I didn't know that you could like be in a band and go on tour.

I wish somebody had told me that you could just do that.

No one did.

So I spent like a lot of time not doing that until I figured it out.

And now that's what we do.

This one's called "A Song for Mogis" and it's about my dog, Mogis.

(soft music) ♪ If I didn't have a dog I'd probably blow out my brains ♪ ♪ The lady on the radio is driving me insane ♪ ♪ But I can't help but think of how scared I would be ♪ ♪ If I didn't have somebody constantly comforting me ♪ ♪ And I know it's not healthy never being alone ♪ ♪ No, it's not healthy that I'm staring at my phone ♪ ♪ While you're talking to me ♪ ♪ Been thinking maybe I should leave ♪ ♪ Nobody this depressed could ever make you feel happy ♪ ♪ And goddamn, I'm almost 25 ♪ ♪ I thought I'd feel a little better ♪ ♪ A quarter through my life ♪ ♪ Spent the last ten minutes washing puke down the drain ♪ ♪ I get so nervous that my stomach starts to shake ♪ ♪ And I know my diet doesn't help ♪ ♪ I know I do this to myself ♪ ♪ Catching the left half up to the right side of my brain ♪ ♪ Practicing balancing acts that my body just can't take ♪ ♪ They say positive thinking just might help ♪ ♪ I'll let you know if I can think my way out of hell ♪ ♪ And goddamn, I'll be 35 ♪ ♪ Sleeping in somebody's basement ♪ ♪ The rest of my life ♪ (soft alternative music) ♪ Just get over it ♪ ♪ I should just get over it ♪ ♪ If I didn't have a dog I'd probably blow out my brains ♪ ♪ Yeah, the lady on the radio is driving me insane ♪ ♪ And it's not healthy never being alone ♪ ♪ No, it's not healthy that I'm staring at my phone ♪ ♪ Spent the last ten minutes washing puke down the drain ♪ ♪ I get so nervous that my stomach starts to shake ♪ ♪ I get so nervous that my stomach starts to shake ♪ ♪ I get so nervous that my stomach starts to shake ♪ Thanks for watching.

We're world's Greatest Dad and this is Sounds Like ATL.