Soft Boy

Album: single release only (2022)
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Songfacts®:

  • A "soft boy" is a term given to a sensitive young man who displays feminine traits. Here, Wilbur Soot has had an identity crisis after trying to lock down his love interest. He wants to shed his delicate nature and tells her he's changing his fashion style.

    Please, please, just don't make me wear the cat ears
    I'm so done with the cat ears, please
    It's not an Ahegao hoodie, it's a work of art


    TikTokkers encourage soft boys to wear feminine items like cat ears, but Soot won't give in to their requests. However, he persists on wearing his Aheago hoodie because his artsy side digs the anime characters on the clothing.

    The singer also laments how he can't quit his soft boy habits, such as sticking to the same haircut.

    I'm in too deep
    It's the same hairstyle that I've had since I was 17
    And I don't know why
  • Soot released "Soft Boy" on September 25, 2022 as the follow-up to his 2021 single "Your New Boyfriend" after teasing and previewing it over a couple of years. In the meantime, the Twitch gamer-turned-musician focused on his rock band Lovejoy.
  • A song about a computer geek's unrequited love for an e-girl, "Your New Boyfriend" was his first chart hit, and Soot admitted to being nervous about its sequel. "It's scary, you know? It's terrifying," he explained in a Twitch stream. Soot added that "Soft Boy" may have taken so long because subconsciously, he was anxious about it being seceded by "Your New Boyfriend."
  • The song features additional vocals from American singer-songwriter and YouTuber mxmtoon. Another YouTube-based musician, the Swedish singer-songwriter Roomie, produced the track. Roomie is best known for his 2019 song in collaboration with his longtime friends PewDiePie and Boyinaband. Created as a diss track to T-Series for surpassing PewDiePie in subscribers, it peaked at #1 on Billboard's Comedy Digital Track Sales chart.

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