as an actual victim this song captures the twisted reality of situations like this, thank you for this april ❤

Y’all the juxtaposition works PERFECTLY I will not be hearing otherwise

Feeling out of place in terms of gender can leave some very young people very vulnerable! Protect our siblings from people like Johnny. Stay safe y'all

The line "Johnnys gonna be the one that finally makes me real" instantly broke me into tears

Protect Trans Youth ✊

the way my gut sank when I realized what this song was about 🥲 Absolutely wonderful work though, that hit me like a truck

Damn bro why'd it have to be my name.

this song is so fucking catchy that i always subconsciously start dancing to it and then i remember the subject matter and stop dancing immediately and feel bad

my parents constantly threw out all of my clothes growing up, basically they handed me to a johnny on a silver platter because at least he saw me how i wanted to be seen

The way the drums pick up after each chorus, ahhhhh

i love when media is brutal and blatant about trauma because it makes them so much more relatable and me feel so much less alone

def good that this song was so upbeat, it fits the message. internet pedos prey on children who aren't being shown enough love in their lives and pretend

ALL OF MY HOMIES HATE JOHNNY!!!

It's time for a book in the KZread comments section!!!

I'm not trans but I'm autistic and this song hit so hard. I was 11 too. Predators target those who are insecure or don't fit in because they see an opportunity to give you attention you've never had before.

I dont know if anyone else has brought this up yet, but the fact that the "Johnny Johnny Johnny" part of the song is a childhood game I played in school just adds this extra layer to the song

the storytelling on this album is insane

something brutally similar to what this song discusses happened to me, early into my transition... it's crazy how well this song encapsulates so much of what i felt while it was going on. almost all trans people grow up in an environment where you're socialised into believing that being trans makes you unwanted, disgusting, and unworthy of love. for many of us, like myself, it can lead us into these fucked up "relationships" with all sorts of creeps, that WILL cause lasting heavy emotional baggage and trauma.

I both love and hate how this feels like a major/happy sounding song on such a dark topic

johnny what the hell man