Yeah Right

This is a masterpiece. This is gonna be a long one and I apologize in advance.

Joji proclaims that this song is coming from the perspective of a person who is "beyond self-hatred" regarding a potential fling. The narrator begins by saying "I'ma fuck up my life" (6 times) and "we gon party all night." That sort of sentiment of "I know that anything I do tonight isn't going to make me happy in the long run, (maybe even the opposite) but I'm going to numb myself for the sake of it anyways."

The narrator then adds "she don't care if I die. Yeah right, yeah right" he's acknowledging that the girl that he's with is only spending time with him for superficial reasons and doesn't genuinely care about him. The chorus further illustrates this sentiment:

"Yeah you bet I know that she ain't Never give a single fuck about me. Yeah, you bet she know that we ain't Never gonna be together, I see.."

But this song isn't about superficiality, it's about self-hatred. The narrator then asserts "yeah you bet I go to see her when I'm feeling like a drum without a beat. Yeah you dance so good and I think it's kinda neat" the narrator is saying, "Even though I KNOW she is being superficial towards me, I'm only using her for a good time and I'm just as superficial towards her, so whatever..." he cites her dancing as being "kinda neat" which is fairly half-hearted and superficial reason to pursue/like somebody. He then goes on a somewhat accusational line of inquiry:

"Whatcha know about love? Whatcha know about life? Whatcha know about blood? Bitch, you aint even my type! Yeah right, yeah right!"

I think this has a lot of deep sentiment for such a limited amount of words. When joji attempts to explain this part, he gets visibly uncomfortable and flustered trying to explain himself...

What I believe this part of the song is alluding to is the fling attempting to get closer to the narrator and the narrator gets frustrated, confused and scared of this attempt and reacts with a sentiment that says "don't pretend this is anything more intrinsically meaningful than it truly is." The narrator hates himself and doesn't believe in genuine love, and even if he did, he doesn't believe he could ever achieve it.

"Yeah you know I feel right. Yeah you living right now. She don't ever pick sides. Yeah right yeah right."

Now I believe this is him lying to himself and the fling at the same time in an attempt to get her to stop trying to get any closer to him. The tried and true method of "I'm fine, leave alone." He's also asserting "she doesn't believe in anything either, so why is she trying to come off as though she does?"

When he repeats the chorus, I think it has even more sentiment the second time. I believe the narrator is proclaiming that even despite the girl's efforts to get closer to him, the girl doesn't truly want to be with him either. She has merely idealized and romanticized him to be some lost soul that she can save; and that this sentiment isn't any less superficial than wanting him because he's good-looking or rich. And yet, despite all this disbelief and frustration and even outright antagonism he has expressed towards her and what she represents, he's STILL not above wanting her and using her for his own superficial desires. He's not going to try to save her from himself any more than she's going to. Their relationship is completely pointless, and yet both of them are going to pursue it nonetheless.

I really love this song because unlike a lot of other love songs with themes of self-hatred, the narrator isn't pretending to be noble by saving the love interest from his/her self. It's a lot more honest and relatable. A lot of us have at some point or another doubted the genuineness of another person's affection, and yet we do nothing to challenge our disbelief but wait and see if our suspicion has any merit...