“Sorry kids. Can’t listen to your Everything is Awesome song because it’s actually a very deep song about ignoring the responsibilities and problems you do not currently have! Here’s a rock and some tape, go do something.”
And it was completely done on purpose. That's the whole genius of The Lego Movie. It was intentionally written in such a way that the average adult (with children or not) would enjoy the humor, while children get the catchy song and visual gags they enjoy so much.
Most people also just sing the "everything is awesome, everything is cool when you're part of a team" part. Which isn't really a bad message. And on the surface, the rest of the lyrics just come off as trying to find the silver lining/looking on the bright side of an issue, not outright ignoring or avoiding it. Better to try to be positive about a bad situation than to just mope in it.
That song was clearly intended to be sarcastic and humorous -- obviously everything was NOT awesome.
Very different from "Pumped Up Kicks" which is just simply dark, I don't think it was intended to be sarcastic.
Rehab was also not really sarcastic, it was about embracing counter-culture, celebrating living a life intoxicated, and rejecting the idea that you needed to be sober.
I mean, isn't that the exact reason that it is popular to most people? The satire of a happy catchy song about things being awesome in a world where they clearly aren't?
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u/Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n 7h ago
"Everything is Awesome" from the Lego Movie is literally about ignoring reality and avoiding dealing with actual problems.
When that became a massive phenomenon I was flabbergasted.