Trae Crowder

So just the experience of even being there was crazy to me.

And then add on top of that –

the larger societal context and the energy and everything.

And it was like, I mean, it was nuts.

Like the whole, that was so surreal, that whole thing. Because, I mean, you know. Of course. Everybody was pretty gobsmacked in that audience or in that production staff and everything. Like people were not expecting that to have happened. And the mood was just wild. And especially added to it is the fact that I'm fresh out of the holler and I'm, you know, I'm new to all this.

Like the whole, that was so surreal, that whole thing. Because, I mean, you know. Of course. Everybody was pretty gobsmacked in that audience or in that production staff and everything. Like people were not expecting that to have happened. And the mood was just wild. And especially added to it is the fact that I'm fresh out of the holler and I'm, you know, I'm new to all this.

Like the whole, that was so surreal, that whole thing. Because, I mean, you know. Of course. Everybody was pretty gobsmacked in that audience or in that production staff and everything. Like people were not expecting that to have happened. And the mood was just wild. And especially added to it is the fact that I'm fresh out of the holler and I'm, you know, I'm new to all this.

So just the experience of even being there was crazy to me. And then add on top of that, the larger societal context and the energy and everything. And it was like, I mean, it was nuts.

So just the experience of even being there was crazy to me. And then add on top of that, the larger societal context and the energy and everything. And it was like, I mean, it was nuts.

So just the experience of even being there was crazy to me. And then add on top of that, the larger societal context and the energy and everything. And it was like, I mean, it was nuts.

I mean, I don't know.

I really do think like I know I just said a minute ago, like right before I went viral and I was doing that bit on stage in 2015 and it was fine.

That is all true.

But it still does feel to me like it.

A happened pretty quickly and be like, you know, coincided with the rise of Donald Trump and MAGA specifically.

And I feel like the reason for that is all the people who are not on board with it were so just so powerfully like you guys are joking, right?

Like that's you cannot be serious.

Yeah.

And then the people who were on board with it were already so sensitive to feeling condescended to, or however you want to put it, by these same people.

That really struck a nerve with them, the general reaction to it.