MIKA - Popular Song (Closed-Captioned) ft. Ariana Grande

"Popular Song" (with Mika) [Ariana Grande (MIKA) {Both}:] You were the popular one, the popular chick It is what it is, now I'm popular-ish (Standing on the field with your pretty pompoms) (Now you're working at the movies selling popular corn) (I could have been a mess but I never went wrong) ('Cause I'm putting down my story in a popular song) Ah, I said I'm putting down my story {in a popular} song [MIKA and Ariana Grande:] My problem, I never was a model I never was a scholar, but you were always popular You were singing all the songs I don't know Now you're in the front row, 'cause my song is popular [MIKA (Both):] (Popular), I know about popular It's not about (who you are or your fancy car) (You're only ever who you were) (Popular), I know about popular And all that you (have to do, is be true to you) (That's all you ever need to know) [MIKA and Ariana Grande:] So catch up, 'cause you got an awful long way to go So catch up, 'cause you got an awful long way to go [Ariana Grande (MIKA) {Both}:] Always on the lookout for someone to hate {Pickin' on me like a dinner plate} You hid during classes and in-between them {Dunk me in the toilets now it's you that cleans them} (You tried to make me feel bad with the things you do) (It ain't so funny when the joke's on you) Ooh, the joke's on you Got everyone laughing, {got everyone clapping, asking} {How come you look so cool?} {'Cause that's the only thing that I learned at school}, boy (Uh huh, I said) {that's the only thing that I learned at school} [MIKA and Ariana Grande:] My problem, I never was a model I never was a scholar, but you were always popular You were singing all the songs I don't know Now you're in the front row, 'cause my song is popular [MIKA (Both) {Ariana Grande}:] (Popular), I know about popular It's not about (who you are or your fancy car) (You're only ever who you were) (Popular), I know about popular And all that you (have to do, is be true to you) (That's all you ever need to know)