Anxiety Keep on Tryin' Me

 

(Something something Gotye sue her. Credit: SoundCloud)

It's really hard for me to take the widespread online hatred of Doechii's "Anxiety" (a song that prominently samples Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know") seriously for two reasons:

1. "Somebody That I Used to Know" is also largely composed of samples.
2. I just know that half of the Instagram reels types decrying how Doechii is "disrespecting a masterpiece" or something are the same people who were calling Gotye "Gotgay" in 2011.

I get a lot of the criticism of the song. I think it's overplayed and perhaps not transformative enough from a creative standpoint. But I'd at least love if the critics could apply three seconds of thought before attacking.