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One lyric goes on about how he\u2019s going to be spotted nude \u2018in Tesco\u2019s by the mangoes\u2019 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
We are under attack. And the assailant is Olly Murs, with his new record Knees Up. Olly Murs has been threatening us with mild annoying music for quite some time now, but rarely has the fury reached the current state. If you\u2019ve scrolled on TikTok across the last few weeks as The X Factor runner up was posting teasers for his EIGTH (yes, he has eight albums) record then you may have been bombarded with a couple of jarring tunes with lyrics that make you wince. Not content with just being a bit of a menace in general, Olly Murs has now released the song widely deemed to be our deepest pit of hell \u2013 and the lyrics to this new music<\/a> are getting dragged. You know the one before I even need to say it. Two words: Tesco. Mangoes.<\/p>\n Knees Up, the new album, dropped on Friday. Slowly but surely, the album is getting traction on social media but I would hedge my bets that it isn\u2019t in the way Olly Murs would have liked \u2013 because he is getting dragged. Knees Up is I guess what you could describe as Olly Murs having a go at releasing a ska record. It all sounds vaguely reminiscent of the sounds Lily Allen explored on her debut record Alright, Still. But where Alright, Still had Lily\u2019s pen bristling with wit, self deprecation and vulnerability \u2013 Olly Murs has decided to have his pen stab us in the ears.<\/p>\n The current favourite for getting whacked online is the album track Yesterday\u2019s News. Its first verse should be presented in full, just so you understand the magnitude of what we\u2019re dealing with here.<\/p>\n This morning, I made myself a brew<\/p>\n Sat myself down to read the news Then prior to Yesterday\u2019s News being the people\u2019s punching bag, it was the single Bonkers. Unlike the Dizzee Rascal song of the same name, which is a cold hard classic by all accounts, Bonkers is a menace. Over on Anthony Fantano\u2019s Reddit, music fiends were quick to deem it the worst song of 2025. Again, presenting verse one:<\/p>\n \u2018Ello Basically, it\u2019s the \u201cshe\u2019s so crazyyyyy! Love her!\u201d meme in song form.<\/p>\n I have seen some unfavourable comparisons of this dragged Olly Murs era of music to that of Robbie Williams and his divisive 2006 car crash Rudebox. Whereas Rudebox is one of those albums that polarises, I do think it has some intrigue and merit to tracking how Robbie was operating as an artist. It\u2019s a jarring and weird album but it\u2019s got some wow songs. She\u2019s Madonna with Pet Shop Boys is a Robbie all timer. There are no Olly Murs all timers, so that\u2019s not really fair to compare him \u2013 but if he was going to make an all timer it wouldn\u2019t be found on Knees Up.<\/p>\n And whilst on the subject of quite good Olly Murs songs, he is capable of them! Troublemaker, I have to say, gets my toe tapping. And sometimes he\u2019s capable of a formidable bop, like Heart Skips a Beat with Rizzle Kicks. Banger. The formidable bops in question though are less regular than a leap year.<\/p>\n To be fair to Olly, he can take the ribbing. When someone said that his song Bonkers is \u201cfire on mute bro\u201d, Olly posted a TikTok raging on mute complete with \u201cwah wah\u201d baby faces and a dummy. He ends it saying \u201cthanks for the feedback, appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n He also dueted another diva who dragged him for Bonkers, where he said \u201cCan someone explain why I\u2019m getting rinsed for saying \u2018ello?\u201d<\/p>\n You can make sure Olly Murs is dragged for his music, but one thing you can\u2019t drag him for is his joie de vivre. He might be inflicting ear pain on the nation but at least he\u2019s having a great time do it. And look, if Olly\u2019s happy \u2013 who am I to take that away from him? He\u2019s got eight albums out of this and he\u2019s still selling out arenas up and down the country.<\/p>\n Maybe I\u2019m the crank for not finding the musical excellence on the Tesco mango aisle. But at least the videos dragging it and his lowkey fuming clapbacks are a bit of am timeline chuckle in increasingly miserable times.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nOlly Murs burdened us with Knees Up last week\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Someone said I\u2019d been spotted nude
In Tesco\u2019s by the mangoes in an old pair of shoes
Apparently, I\u2019ve got a new tattoo (New tattoo)
Don\u2019t like Ed Sheeran, but I really do (I really do)
Don\u2019t go believing all the lies they tell
\u2018Cause the truth don\u2019t sell half as well<\/p>\n
They say when I was little, I was loco
Don\u2019t think I was ever dropped on me head though
Maybe that one time I fell off the bed though
Oh yeah, that\u2019ll do it
Now I\u2019m a grown up (Hi)
But most of the time I\u2019m a doughnut<\/span><\/p>\nHow\u2019s Olly Murs taking all this?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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