I can proudly claim that even in my youth I never owned a Kidz Bop CD, because even as a seven year old I had a discerning ear for terrible music. The truth is, I will admit that the idea of Kidz Bop is pretty genius. Kids want to listen to current pop music too, but it gets uncomfortable really fast when a little kid tries to sing along to an explicit Drake song. For anyone who somehow has been blessed enough to never have been subjected to Kidz Bop, they have little kids cover the top pop songs of the moment, but change the lyrics to make them kid appropriate. So in theory, Kidz Bop was a great idea when it began in 2001. However, Kidz Bop has gone on to produce twenty-nine albums since then, and they should really just stop now. For one, pop music was different back in the early 2000’s when Kidz Bop emerged. That was a simper time when the radio stations didn’t have to bleep every other word in order to play songs people requested. However, in the present day, Kidz Bop is fighting a losing battle. The top pop songs have become so vulgar and not child-friendly that a mild tweaking of the lyrics is not enough to transform the songs to a G-rated version. In fact, most of the current Kidz Bop songs are so reconstructed that it’s difficult to even tell what pop song they are singing, because they’ve totally rewritten the lyrics. Plus, the new and improved children’s lyrics are so silly that it’s hard to listen without cracking up at the ridiculous things they come up with. They should just admit that some songs are better off just not being children’s songs and move on.

My next point of annoyance with Kidz Bop is that the kids they pick to the sing the songs are not talented at singing. Nothing against the kids who do this, because I know they are just little kids, but I really feel like they could find people who can sing better together. All the songs honestly sound like off-key screaming sing-alongs because none of the kids can hit the notes written in the original songs.

Worst Lyrics Switches

All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor

Original: “I’m bringing booty back"

Kidz Bop: “I’m bringing it all back”

I Love It – Icona Pop

Original: “I crashed my car into a bridge /I don’t care”
Kidz Bop: "You drove your car across the bridge /I don’t care.”

Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars

Original: “Fill my cup, put some liquor in it”/ "too hot, hot damn"
Kidz Bop: "Fill my cup, put some water in it”/ "too hot, hot yeah"

Let It Rock – Kevin Rudolph

Original- "But it broke his heart, so he stuck his middle finger to the world, to the world, to the world."