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The Diss Track
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Picture this: you hate someone. Or maybe you hate a certain aspect of their personality, feel like they need a telling-off, or you're just mean. Simple insults won't work, and even a "The Reason You Suck" Speech isn't gonna cut it. So what do you do? Insult them in song! This can be shown to highlight how mean someone is, and can be a Kick the Dog moment for villains— not only are they being mean, they're singing their insults, which implies that they're enjoying it and/or taking the time to write and sing a song. On the other hand, if the one being sung to was mean/stupid/whatever themselves, this is likely meant to be seen as the character getting their just desserts, which the audience will likely agree with, provided it doesn't go too far. Can overlap with Take That, Audience! if it's directed at the audience, Ode to Apathy if it's about how the disser doesn't care about the diss-ee, Misogyny Song if a man is insulting a woman for sexist reasons, Copycat Mockery if the singer imitates the one they're trashing, Break-Up Song if the singer goes full-blown insulting on their ex, Revenge Ballad if the song is the revenge, "I Am Great!" Song if it's a sort of "I rule, you drool" kind of song, "I Hate" Song if the disser outright hates the diss-ee, and Answer Song if it's in response to someone else's insulting song. Super-trope to "The Villain Sucks" Song and Hail to the Thief. See also Mocking Sing-Song. Battle Rapping is a sister trope specific to hip-hop music, which often involves two or more rappers fire off Diss Tracks at each other. Nothing to do with a town in Suffolk. Examples |
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