Being a preteen in the 21st century is a very scary proposition. Mostly because all the stupid embarrassing things you get involved in during the beginning of your cultural life is now documented in real time across multiple platforms. One of the most prevalent forms of reckless, unintentional, youthful self-sabotaging is the “me singing” video. If you type in “me singing” and a song name into YouTube, you will find thousands and thousands of tragic covers, usually recorded solemnly as a sad boy or girl sitting at a computer, and whisper-singing lyrics into his laptop microphone. Most of us can’t look away, so here’s a selection of the best “me singing” things I’ve found in my neverending quest to reach the bottom of the internet.Joseph Pepper should seriously be on the cover of the next Trapt album. I get the feeling he’s really concerned about his mom walking in during this recording.This is like three degrees away from being a brilliant, deeply post-modern Macklemore cover. But as it stands I’m really just giggling every time he skips a curse word.My favorite thing about this is in the comments, when someone mentions how good his mom’s webcam is, our performer responds with “yes i no but how was the singing lol.”Oh dear.David is both a great face-actor and great face-singer.Seriously everything about this guy. The fact that he goes by “Richie,” the fact that he’s wearing a backwards baseball cap in the most uncool way possible. I can’t deal.I actually have nothing mean to say about this poor boy. He warms my heart, even if his treble has shattered my brain.My editor made me do one too.Luke Winkie is also that blurry in real life. He's on Twitter - @luke_winkie
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