Tyga & Curtis Roach, Bored in the House | Track Review 🎵

Both Tyga and Curtis Roach were bored, so they decided to make us all less bored with the minimalist, COVID-19 banger, “Bored in the House.”

“Okay, I’m bored in the house and I’m in the house bored / Bored in the house and I’m the house bored.” Hmm, that’s, um, definitely enthralling stuff Curtis Roach.  Here’s the thing, though.  Roach and Tyga are actually ‘relatable’ on the utterly dumb, minimalist banger “Bored in the House.” Does either rapper say anything noteworthy? Absolutely not, but with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting everybody, well “Bored in the House” definitely has more relevance than it ordinarily might.

Roach and Pliznaya produce this ‘bored’ little ditty.  It’s definitely hearkens back to the skeletal bangers of old (Think “Wait (The Whisper Song)”).  After Roach ‘brings it on home’ with the chorus and the utterly repetitive post-chorus (“I’m bored, bored…”), Tyga goes into his usual, sexed-up spill.  Naturally, he “Need [him] a thick chick” because he’s “Sittin’ on the couch… goin’ through Netflix.”  Even if he’s ‘healthy at home,’ he still thinks with his penis: “At home like Depot, ayy (Depot) / She gon’ suck it like mosquito, ayy.” Yeah, really rousing stuff there…

No worries, Curtis Roach gets his own verse to play up the effects of COVID-19, totally setting the mood: “I’m in the crib like an infant / With some Badu playin’, burning incense.” I would argue he has the more intriguing verse, with lines like “I’ma socialize at a distance / I’m living my best life, minding my business” and more specific examples of epic boringness that often eludes busy celebs like “Ramen noodles every night for my din-din / Hulu, binge watchin’ episodes of Ben-10.”

Final Thoughts

So, what does one make of “Bored in the House?” It’s a stupid song – it goes hella dumb – but, it definitely fits the times.  Transcendent it’s not, but hey, we all need something to lift our spirits.  Maybe “Bored in the House” isn’t it, but then again, it goes so dumb, it at least gives us something to smile/smirk about – you pick.

Tyga & Curtis Roach • “Bored in the House” • Last Kings / Columbia • Release: 3.28.20

Photo Credits: Last Kings / Columbia