Who’s Laughing Now? My New Mixtape Gets Uncomfortably Honest

Jarrett Nicolay—aka My New Mixtape—isn’t here to coddle. His latest single, “Who’s Your Daddy?” is a smirking Molotov cocktail lobbed into the echo chamber of American politics. Draped in eerie synths and gritty, stripped-down production, the track creeps in like a bad dream you can’t shake, and you shouldn’t want to.

Billed as “existential dread pop,” this one leans hard on the dread. It’s an open letter dressed as a dark anthem, directed straight at the red-hatted voter, and it doesn’t pull punches. Nicolay’s voice floats somewhere between weary disillusionment and sardonic glee, as he lays out biting questions—“Are you happy now?” lands like a slap, but it’s the repeated title line, “Who’s your daddy?” that drips with acidic irony.

The brilliance of the track lies in how it weaponizes catchiness. There’s an undeniable groove underneath the gloom, making it the kind of protest song that sneaks onto your playlist before you realize it’s calling out half your family at Thanksgiving.

It’s not trying to unify. It’s not trying to soothe. “Who’s Your Daddy?” is a barbed mirror held up to a divided America, and Nicolay wants you to take a good, hard look. Whether you laugh, wince, or nod along—you won’t forget it.