February 27, 2025 • 10 mins
Talkin’ ‘Tok - For the second in our bonus series about viral songs on social media, we get into the newfound popularity of “Lockjaw,” an album cut from Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 Mack Daddy album.
The song has become a favorite in social media’s ‘makeover’/‘glowup’ genre of videos, so naturally, the conversation turns to mewing, mogging, maxing out, and other Internet sad boy terms that Andrew has never heard.
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The song has become a favorite in social media’s ‘makeover’/‘glowup’ genre of videos, so naturally, the conversation turns to mewing, mogging, maxing out, and other Internet sad boy terms that Andrew has never heard.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
We're back on that first listen. I'm Andrew, I'm Dominique,
and this is the music podcast for people who don't
always get the hype but want to. And today we're
talking talk viral songs for short form video platforms.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeps off the Town.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So a song that has returned thanks to these platforms
is from nineteen ninety two. Yeah, that's sir mix a
lot Lockjaw from his mac Daddy record, which is, yes,
the same album that had a Baby got back on it,
and I'm assuming other hits, but I cannot confirm that. Yeah, anyway,
(01:00):
it's his biggest album. It's a kind of a deep track.
It's like track nine from the album, and it's reappeared, resurfaced.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I'd love to be able to discover how it landed
on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
What forensics of these viral songs.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, because like if you go under Lockjaw, you'll see
a bunch of like if you look up the audio Lockjaw,
you'll see a bunch of videos. But then there's also
videos that aren't saved under that, so there's a zillion
different videos and it's this it's a great song. Obviously
(01:39):
somebody was listening to sir, mix a lot, and some
creative genius thought to make it, not to make it
before and after video saying I wasn't hot in twenty twelve,
look at me in twenty twelve. Look at me now.
I have makeup on.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And there's a lot of folks on the jaw line.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
It seems to be a lot of the jaw people.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Trying to like make it seem like their jaw line changed,
which I don't think happens unless there's a surgical intervention
or a horble accident.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I think, you know, over time, from like puberty to adulthood,
there's a bit of a jaw.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I think it's more like your cheeks than out.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
That's true, you know, if we're gonna get scientific about it,
you're right. But with mewing, anything as possible. Do you
know about mewing?
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Vaguely? I know that's like a mouth thing.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah, you like suck in your you're like skin under
your under your neck and then you become hand.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Just suck in your neck skin and you'll become more handsome. Yeah,
it's we just took photos. Why didn't you tell me
about this? I didn't know. I didn't suck in my skin.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
No, and that's why the photos look terrible. I didn't
do it either, you can tell, okay, but it's yeah,
that's how you mog get into this another day.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It's like started as in cell terms, but now it's like.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
A meme and mog was an in cell term.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Well yeah, mogging.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well okay, So mewing is a way of looks maxing,
which is something that like it's basically men trying to
better themselves, but they have to make it like really weird.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Right, they have to make it so that it's you're
becoming more alpha.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, exactly, That's exactly what it is.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Is how you crush the beta man, how you assert dominance.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You just don't ever be a beta.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
No, you cannot be a beta.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
And so they so they make sure.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
One of those proud betas that's like, yeah, I'm a
I'm my friends, but I'm a breast fader.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
They're lying though, and they actually aren't betas. They're just
like pretending or something. It's hard to really decipher all
the really you know, in depth knowledge, but I am
I am an incel anthropologist. Yeah, so that's how you
you know if you're if you looks maxing and mewing
(04:11):
is a way is a part of looks maxing and
then you see another and then you mog on like
a less like you're like, look really handsome in front
of another guy. Like you're mogging is like a dominant
is like a dominating thing. You're like, I'm the more
handsome guy. So like I'm like you can, like if
you're like standing in the club purposefully looking hot, then
(04:36):
you're mogging on people. And then like, whoever wins most
handsome wins, I guess you then your alpha.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
So well.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
It's not easy. There's so many different types of men.
Well they're actually not that many. It's like five and
uh no, I'm I'm not envious. I'm glad there's not
a wolf type of me.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You know. We just have boss babe.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Mmm, I think that's the only Yeah, we are boss
babes and then childwives. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, the two
types of women. So this song is really about mogging.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
This is so funny because I assumed that it was
lockjaw because people would be like mounds of gape, Like, what, sir,
mix a lot? Is mixing so much?
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, now that's a logical thing to think. It doesn't connect.
It doesn't seem to matter that much. It's just an audio. Yeah,
I think that it's.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Just am I misinterpreting the lyric of the song or
people misappropriating it on the platforms.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
I think it's the latter, Okay.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
I think that it's very likely that most of those
people did not listen to the whole song and they
just learned that one they just used the audio.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
What I've got to know is like, Sir mix a
lot has been a bit out of the game or
at least in a different stage. Does he know about this?
His last post on social was like a week ago.
It was not about this.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I'd say, you have to know, like, just for anybody,
if you go viral, somebody is gonna mention it to you.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Because he's got like one of those instagrams where it's like,
doesn't seem like him running.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
It, right, but there's somebody who is running it, somebody
with him.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
But maybe is not running it necessarily for him, but
it's like they're running many account That's that's my very
surface level read of the situation.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I can't I can't wait to see.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
And he's like, by the way, there's a lockjaw dance
that y'all should be doing.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yeah, well, there's there's definitely a dance in the works.
It definitely doesn't seem like it's on his side of
the internet. Even if it is, it's like a very
girly side. It's barely it's barely even my side. Like
I saw a different version of the trend. First of
just like people kind of doing random things outfits, some
(07:24):
sort of mogging, but more of a like, oh I'm cool.
And then when I looked more into the audio, it
was like a lot of makeup before and after.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah, Like when the beat comes in, that's when he
says locktraw exactly, that's when you're pretty exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
It's a very simple way to show your makeup or
something cute. And that's why it's like so great because
what a world we live in where people doing their
makeup they just need to show their makeup on the
internet because they did a beautiful job and they're not
(08:03):
gonna go outside, So there has to be another whim
no plans.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
That was the whole plan.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Do my makeup and then mouth along with as many
songs as possible while wearing it. And then this sixty
one year old man, a cool great song that he
that was never big is now having a moment and
he is a great rapper like not Anaconda.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
That's the that's the Nicki Minard song.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Baby Got Back is like a super It's a very
commonly sampled song. It's very commonly referenced, like.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
One of the great body positivity songs ever created, the earliest.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
I like big butts and I cannot lie what a
revolutionary statement. And now see China.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
There she is and here we are full circle.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Exactly, and then we have hot to go.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Another shape, another oh shape and apple.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Right exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah, So I just I think that's a really cool.
I think that's a really cool thing that that like
there can be all these There has to be a
handful of people like us who saw this and they
were like, good song.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I want to listen to it.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
And now people who maybe are big fans of Sir
Mix a Lot are not even a part of this
new resurgence.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
They don't even know about it.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Maybe they get a new tour out of this exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
And yeah, I imagine he's gonna he'll get a couple
extra dollars in his pocket for those streams.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
And you can only hope. All right, So that's this
episode of Appirs. Listen where we're talking talk what a
dumb thing to say. I'm Andrew, I'm Dominie, and follow
us like subscribe and we'll be back next week
We're back on that first listen. I'm Andrew, I'm Dominique,
and this is the music podcast for people who don't
always get the hype but want to. And today we're
talking talk viral songs for short form video platforms.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Yeps off the Town.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
So a song that has returned thanks to these platforms
is from nineteen ninety two. Yeah, that's sir mix a
lot Lockjaw from his mac Daddy record, which is, yes,
the same album that had a Baby got back on it,
and I'm assuming other hits, but I cannot confirm that. Yeah, anyway,
(01:00):
it's his biggest album. It's a kind of a deep track.
It's like track nine from the album, and it's reappeared, resurfaced.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I'd love to be able to discover how it landed
on TikTok.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
What forensics of these viral songs.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
Yeah, because like if you go under Lockjaw, you'll see
a bunch of like if you look up the audio Lockjaw,
you'll see a bunch of videos. But then there's also
videos that aren't saved under that, so there's a zillion
different videos and it's this it's a great song. Obviously
(01:39):
somebody was listening to sir, mix a lot, and some
creative genius thought to make it, not to make it
before and after video saying I wasn't hot in twenty twelve,
look at me in twenty twelve. Look at me now.
I have makeup on.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
And there's a lot of folks on the jaw line.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
It seems to be a lot of the jaw people.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Trying to like make it seem like their jaw line changed,
which I don't think happens unless there's a surgical intervention
or a horble accident.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
I think, you know, over time, from like puberty to adulthood,
there's a bit of a jaw.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
I think it's more like your cheeks than out.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
That's true, you know, if we're gonna get scientific about it,
you're right. But with mewing, anything as possible. Do you
know about mewing?
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Vaguely? I know that's like a mouth thing.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah, you like suck in your you're like skin under
your under your neck and then you become hand.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Just suck in your neck skin and you'll become more handsome. Yeah,
it's we just took photos. Why didn't you tell me
about this? I didn't know. I didn't suck in my skin.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
No, and that's why the photos look terrible. I didn't
do it either, you can tell, okay, but it's yeah,
that's how you mog get into this another day.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
It's like started as in cell terms, but now it's like.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
A meme and mog was an in cell term.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Well yeah, mogging.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well okay, So mewing is a way of looks maxing,
which is something that like it's basically men trying to
better themselves, but they have to make it like really weird.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Right, they have to make it so that it's you're
becoming more alpha.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yeah, exactly, That's exactly what it is.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Is how you crush the beta man, how you assert dominance.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You just don't ever be a beta.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
No, you cannot be a beta.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
And so they so they make sure.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
One of those proud betas that's like, yeah, I'm a
I'm my friends, but I'm a breast fader.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
They're lying though, and they actually aren't betas. They're just
like pretending or something. It's hard to really decipher all
the really you know, in depth knowledge, but I am
I am an incel anthropologist. Yeah, so that's how you
you know if you're if you looks maxing and mewing
(04:11):
is a way is a part of looks maxing and
then you see another and then you mog on like
a less like you're like, look really handsome in front
of another guy. Like you're mogging is like a dominant
is like a dominating thing. You're like, I'm the more
handsome guy. So like I'm like you can, like if
you're like standing in the club purposefully looking hot, then
(04:36):
you're mogging on people. And then like, whoever wins most
handsome wins, I guess you then your alpha.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
So well.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
It's not easy. There's so many different types of men.
Well they're actually not that many. It's like five and
uh no, I'm I'm not envious. I'm glad there's not
a wolf type of me.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You know. We just have boss babe.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Mmm, I think that's the only Yeah, we are boss
babes and then childwives. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, the two
types of women. So this song is really about mogging.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
This is so funny because I assumed that it was
lockjaw because people would be like mounds of gape, Like, what, sir,
mix a lot? Is mixing so much?
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Yeah, now that's a logical thing to think. It doesn't connect.
It doesn't seem to matter that much. It's just an audio. Yeah,
I think that it's.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Just am I misinterpreting the lyric of the song or
people misappropriating it on the platforms.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
I think it's the latter, Okay.
Speaker 3 (05:58):
I think that it's very likely that most of those
people did not listen to the whole song and they
just learned that one they just used the audio.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
What I've got to know is like, Sir mix a
lot has been a bit out of the game or
at least in a different stage. Does he know about this?
His last post on social was like a week ago.
It was not about this.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
I'd say, you have to know, like, just for anybody,
if you go viral, somebody is gonna mention it to you.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Because he's got like one of those instagrams where it's like,
doesn't seem like him running.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
It, right, but there's somebody who is running it, somebody
with him.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
But maybe is not running it necessarily for him, but
it's like they're running many account That's that's my very
surface level read of the situation.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I can't I can't wait to see.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
And he's like, by the way, there's a lockjaw dance
that y'all should be doing.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
Yeah, well, there's there's definitely a dance in the works.
It definitely doesn't seem like it's on his side of
the internet. Even if it is, it's like a very
girly side. It's barely it's barely even my side. Like
I saw a different version of the trend. First of
just like people kind of doing random things outfits, some
(07:24):
sort of mogging, but more of a like, oh I'm cool.
And then when I looked more into the audio, it
was like a lot of makeup before and after.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Yeah, Like when the beat comes in, that's when he
says locktraw exactly, that's when you're pretty exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
It's a very simple way to show your makeup or
something cute. And that's why it's like so great because
what a world we live in where people doing their
makeup they just need to show their makeup on the
internet because they did a beautiful job and they're not
(08:03):
gonna go outside, So there has to be another whim
no plans.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
That was the whole plan.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Do my makeup and then mouth along with as many
songs as possible while wearing it. And then this sixty
one year old man, a cool great song that he
that was never big is now having a moment and
he is a great rapper like not Anaconda.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
That's the that's the Nicki Minard song.
Speaker 3 (08:33):
Baby Got Back is like a super It's a very
commonly sampled song. It's very commonly referenced, like.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
One of the great body positivity songs ever created, the earliest.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
I like big butts and I cannot lie what a
revolutionary statement. And now see China.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
There she is and here we are full circle.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Exactly, and then we have hot to go.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Another shape, another oh shape and apple.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Right exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah, So I just I think that's a really cool.
I think that's a really cool thing that that like
there can be all these There has to be a
handful of people like us who saw this and they
were like, good song.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I want to listen to it.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
And now people who maybe are big fans of Sir
Mix a Lot are not even a part of this
new resurgence.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
They don't even know about it.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Maybe they get a new tour out of this exactly.
Speaker 3 (09:43):
And yeah, I imagine he's gonna he'll get a couple
extra dollars in his pocket for those streams.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
And you can only hope. All right, So that's this
episode of Appirs. Listen where we're talking talk what a
dumb thing to say. I'm Andrew, I'm Dominie, and follow
us like subscribe and we'll be back next week
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