Listen, 2022 is going to be a season of growth for the Atlanta Falcons. They have some good young pieces to build around, but there’s still a lot more building to be done.
Knowing they’ll be bad on the field, you would think they’d want to be good at everything else. But apparently not. On Friday, the Falcons released a hype song for the new season featuring singer and actor Rotimi, and it did everything but get fans hyped.
This isn’t a knock on Rotimi, who I like. But the song tries too hard. The repeating of the team colors in the chorus just reeks of an attempt to make the Falcons’ version of Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow.” But Black and Yellow didn’t try to be a Pittsburgh anthem. It just happened to be good enough that it was adopted as one. Oh, and it helps that Wiz is actually from Pittsburgh.
Rotimi isn’t even from Atlanta! Why is the faux-anthem of a team in one of the most musically-inclined cities in America being sung by someone who is from *googles* New Jersey?! This was just all bad, and fans let them know about it.
We couldn’t get Future? Lil Baby? JID? Migos? 2chainz? TI? I can keep goin 😂 https://t.co/JnPoSKVAL3
— Kirk Medas (@KirkMedas) September 9, 2022
I’m right here yall🙄
— (J.I.D) (@JIDsv) September 9, 2022
y y’all put rotimi in the line of fire like dat 😂
— black (@6LACK) September 9, 2022
Definitely this was produced by this guy 😂😂😂 https://t.co/OiQyYmSNpa pic.twitter.com/lcyx1Poc5m
— Mike (@Mikega2020) September 9, 2022
🤦🏾♂️ we got all this music in Atlanta and we… NVM @cferdinand_21 @CoachArthur71 https://t.co/FS3Ni2SzEY pic.twitter.com/nlPaUbYEGP
— Coach Fred (@Coach_FredM) September 9, 2022
The Falcons fumbled again. They literally could’ve got Omeretta to do something instead of this mess. https://t.co/PAowfiIl9S pic.twitter.com/wUXUFceaZt
— Farrah Yvette (@farrah_yvette) September 9, 2022
This is: pic.twitter.com/cOUvJ7osbg
— Rory. (@RawrEWreckz) September 9, 2022
You telling me y’all got together and APPROVED this shit!? pic.twitter.com/N24th1reJZ
— LUCASFRANCK (@FranckMby) September 9, 2022
These guys might go 0-18 https://t.co/1JCdCQnQWV
— 🏴☠️ty🏴☠️ (@yayareasfinestX) September 9, 2022
🤣Delete this dawg https://t.co/f54K3DsIai pic.twitter.com/k4ToqJE3rv
— Chriss P Bacon (@Tribecalledchil) September 9, 2022
— 🎰 (@SRTerrio_) September 9, 2022
WE ARE GOING TO LOSE https://t.co/fbdYhS6r69
— cfb enjoyer (@MattWaters9) September 9, 2022
Falcons already 0-1 https://t.co/YaV1xSuJpp
— Sam Yeezy (@samstaydipped) September 9, 2022
Was Young Nudy too busy? https://t.co/SmBfYrJINB
— TP (@OGxTP) September 9, 2022
This the best y’all could do? https://t.co/bw4fepzjhh pic.twitter.com/HqAGZ9rlbZ
— Alexander Yamilton👩🏾🍳 (@MsAshleySmiles) September 9, 2022
It’s going to be a long season for the dirty birds.
