The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
I CRY IN SITUATIONS Ft. Jensen McRae | Episode 158
Wed, 26 Feb 2025
Fellow Virgo twin Jensen McRae is here this week!! Drew and Jensen unpack the drama behind Jensen’s cutthroat college improv tryouts, how a Phoebe Bridgers parody song made her viral, Grammy Camp, fear of insects, their favorite comfort movies, being Ed Sheeran heads, and so much more. Listen to Jensen’s new song “Praying For Your Downfall” out now everywhere! Jensen IG: https://www.instagram.com/jensenmcrae/ Jensen Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jensenmcrae?lang=en Follow The Comment Section on IG! https://www.instagram.com/thecommentsection/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What led Jensen McRae to music?
But I did get my first, I had my first kind of hate moment when I did, um, I did like a paid promotion for a company and, um, I made the video for them. They posted it. It got whatever, like 10,000 views on TikTok or something normal, small amount. And then they decided to push it and do promo. And when that happened, I opened the app. And I just saw all these comments on this one video.
And I was like, that's weird that I'm getting comments on this video that I posted a month ago. And at first I couldn't even really like parse what they were saying. So it's all this like it was just like all these disgusting sexual comments because I was wearing like a low cut shirt in the video, which is like my favorite shirt that I don't wear anymore.
And it was all these comments and I couldn't even tell what they were saying because I'd never. But then I started to realize like, oh, I've seen these comments on other girls videos before.
Yeah.
Oh, I know what that means.
Yeah.
And it was like it was like probably like a couple of hundred. And I had never had that.
And it was in like an hour. Yeah. Yeah. All men, no profile picture. Men ruin everything. They literally ruined everything. Everything they touch turns to fucking bullshit. Like everything.
And fortunately, the company was so great about it. They're like, you can turn off the comments. We're so sorry. They sent me flowers to apologize.
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Chapter 4: How did Jensen get involved with Grammy camp?
yeah i mean i think i need to watch it with you because i just like didn't really get it i was like forget it you know what that's actually a part of it it's like who you're watching it with like there's some movies that are gonna hit alone and like they're just that good but then there's some movies that like i and like tv shows whatever like things that i've experienced i know it was funny because of who i was watching it with or like consuming it with because like it's their commentary it's us going back and forth like during the i'll give you an example the olympics
summer olympics not a comedy routine but watching the olympics with my family very funny right they've got notes they've got jokes they've got running i got a lot of criticism they got a lot to say and that's and that's what makes like i was talking one of my friends like i don't really get the olympics i don't like watching i'm like i like watching it because what my family is saying on the side that's how i feel about the super bowl oh my god i'm like i don't give a damn but if like when i'm watching with funny people like my family
I'm having a blast. It's going to be good. I'm enjoying it. Yeah.
Are you a big crier at movies? I cry about everything. Right. I cry about everything all the time. I was on a date one time. I've told the story before, but I was on a date one time with this guy and I said I was a big crier and he was like, oh yeah, I cry a lot too. And I was like, oh, what makes you cry? And he was like, movies and situations.
right and that was kind of where i was at the kind of the silence right i said i said buddy everything's a situation so like just general things but honestly and i think about it every day and it rings so true because i also be crying in situations yeah movies and situations movies and situations that tends to do it for me i literally cry about everything i cry yeah i cry i think i cried watching back to the future probably like you think i'll at this point i mean the second one when he when he goes to the grave no spoilers 40 year old son
um when he goes to the graveyard i definitely cried about that the before trilogy will make me cry that's like those are like beautiful it's like a beautiful romantic drama but like this is just an ad for the back to the future well
but i um but yeah i cry i cry at music too one time i cried so hard to a song while i was driving that i couldn't see i had to pull over right it was the cause by tommy lefroy by the way great song t and it's not even that sad of a song there are just certain songs though that move you to tears yeah like even and i feel like you're a big would you say you're more of a lyrics person or like a melody person definitely more lyrics i think like i remember a poet
Yeah. When, when Folklore, the Taylor Swift album came out, like I listened to it, obviously the second it dropped. And the whole time I was texting one of my friends, like we were doing live reactions and I was like, can you believe this line? Can you believe this line? And she's only a melody person. So she's like, I don't even know what song you're talking about. Like she had heard none of it.
She was only hearing like the, the melody and the music and stuff. And I like barely noticed that. And I loved Folklore for the same reason. I love just sitting. Her lyricism is really good. She I mean, listen, I love Miss Taylor Swift. And I when when her lyrics are hitting, they're really hitting. I agree. And I especially on first listen to like to new Taylor Swift.
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Chapter 7: What are Jensen's favorite comfort movies?
Well, what I thought was I'm quitting music. That was really my thought was three dollars, three sweaty dollar bills for my troubles. No, thanks. You want to put them in my G string while you're at it? Get away from me.
Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of the comment section show sorry me your fave everybody knows me who cares about me on to the guest today we have the iconic the legendary the unbelievably talented Jensen McRae thank you for having me oh my gosh it's an honor honor and a privilege I'm so happy to have you I'm like I'm beyond excited to be here like this is a little bit of a bucket list kind of a moment shut up I'm
such a fan did you guys get that like she got it on camera and the check will clear yes and it will clear and thank you for the plug i appreciate it i'm so excited to have you i've been a fan of you for a while we've been moots for a minute yeah you've been oomph for a little bit yeah yeah we've been each other's oomphs for a while
And I discovered your music on TikTok, which I'm sure other people have too. But I know there's a lot more to your lore. So I would love, I actually have some fun facts about you, but we'll get into those in a little bit. Oh my God, is this Nardwar? Did you get all the deep cuts? Yeah, I'm coming for his gig. I'm coming for his neck, Nardwar. I love him.
i think he knows everything i know it's honestly kind of frightening i know that's all i know i've made it is if i get the nardo moment when he's telling me what i wore to my improv show in 2013 right right i know that's why i said i got a little chill down my spine looking into me uh but i'd love to hear more about your lore how you got into music and kind of how you transitioned into the career you have today
um i've like always been a musician i've wanted to be a musician since i was really little and my parents stuck me in musical theater when i was a kid recovering theater kid i apologize um and it was really just like to get me out of my shell because i was really shy which is like shocking now yeah that is shocking to hear
I it's like my bit now whenever I like start singing to myself in public and people like oh my god you sing I'm like no I'm shy I'm a wallflower yeah I'm trying to be mysterious I when I was that's like an important part of my lore is being nine years old and like walking in the grocery store and like being like someone could be about to discover me and I just start singing and it's on me and it's always Miley Cyrus Giano oh every time what a banger that's a good one that was me so much like even walking around my elementary school campus there's no talent scouts there
There's no talent scouts there. They're not coming for you there, girl.
And I thought maybe I should just, just to be safe, I need to be singing all the time. So that was a big thing. I started piano lessons also when I was really young. And I think like every kid is stuck in them, but for me, it really stuck. And started writing songs through that. And I started writing songs for school all the time.
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