Bo Burnham’s “That Funny Feeling” (2021) is a poignant folk-comedy song that lists absurd and tragic facets of modern life, eliciting a laugh until it hurts. Performed in his special *Inside* with just an acoustic guitar, the song’s litany of “that funny feeling” moments (from book-burning to QAnon) struck a chord as a millennial “We Didn’t Start the Fire” for the internet age. The track became a cult favorite; indie artists like Phoebe Bridgers even covered it in concert, showing how Burnham’s satire captured a generation’s existential dread and irony.
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