--- title: The Dad Guy Song Is the Relatable Billie Eilish Parody description: 'Dad Guy' is a delightfully silly parody of the Billie Eilish monster hit 'Bad Guy.' A father jogging to goth trap never looked so good. canonical: https://time.com/5658688/dad-guy-billie-eilish/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-22T14:02:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:01.364Z og:title: 'Dad Guy,' the Billie Eilish 'Bad Guy' Parody, Is Peak Dad in Every Way Imaginable og:description: He wears one pair of sneakers. And he wears them to everything. og:url: https://time.com/5658688/dad-guy-billie-eilish/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd044637d5e6e85cb/698a01bc656a3fb4d1bd8c84/dadguy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Billie Eilish og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Dad Guy,' the Billie Eilish 'Bad Guy' Parody, Is Peak Dad in Every Way Imaginable twitter:description: He wears one pair of sneakers. And he wears them to everything. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd044637d5e6e85cb/698a01bc656a3fb4d1bd8c84/dadguy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Billie Eilish 'Bad Guy' Parody 'Dad Guy' Is Peak Dad in Every Way Imaginable by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 22, 2019 2:02 PM UTC  16 August 2019, Hamburg: The US-American singer Billie Eilish during an interview at the music and art festival "MS Dockville". Eilish was one of the stars at the three-day festival in the Wilhelmsburg district. Photo: Jonas Walzberg/dpa (Photo by Jonas Walzberg/picture alliance via Getty Images) 16 August 2019, Hamburg: The US-American singer Billie Eilish during an interview at the music and art festival "MS Dockville". Eilish was one of the stars at the three-day festival in the Wilhelmsburg district. Photo: Jonas Walzberg/dpa (Photo by Jonas Walzberg/picture alliance via Getty Images)picture alliance—picture alliance via Getty Image by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Aug 22, 2019 2:02 PM UTC The parody of [Billie Eilish’s](https://time.com/5560210/billie-eilish-debut-album-review/) monster hit “Bad Guy” is here and it’s abundantly clear that this was one bop ripe for the ol’ dad-ode treatment. Eilish officially dethroned [Lil Nas X](https://time.com/5652803/lil-nas-x/) at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the hypnotic “Bad Guy,” effectively putting Lil Nas’ uninterrupted 19-week “Old Town Road” streak to rest. That makes her the first musician born in this century to snag the top spot. On Wednesday, reddit user r/FunkTurkey shared his take of Eillish’s attitude-filled hit with a video in the vein of Weird Al. “White shirt/now red/that’s taco sauce/eating/just sitting on my phone,” the music video begins, and it only gets more relatable for dads from there. The low-budget video sees a father living that dad life. One beautiful mundane thing to note: He wears one pair of sneakers. And he wears them to everything. Respect. The chorus hews very close to the source material in sound if not in spirit. And one thing is obvious: A father jogging to goth trap never looked so good. Enjoy the “Dad Guy” spin on the earworm below. 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