YeahImCaroline You're A Leashed Dog

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YeahImCaroline You're A Leashed Dog refers to lyrics from the song "The Devil's Mind" by singer Caroline Carr. A clip of the artist promoting the song was shared to X in March 2024, with Caroline receiving some criticism from people who deem her to be "fake emo." In particular, the lyrics "You're a leashed dog, you're a beat dog on a leash. Pull your leash control your life" drew criticism for being repetitive and unimaginative. The virality of the video also unearthed previous discussions about Caroline Carr allegedly mishandling her pet frogs.

Origin

TikTok creator and musician Caroline Carr @YeahImCaroline released her song "The Devil's Mind" on October 13th, 2023. The music video for the song gathered over 75,000 views on YouTube^[1] in four months (seen below).

The creator also released a promotional video for the song on her Instagram @YeahImCaroline^[2] on January 2nd, 2024, where it gathered over 760,000 plays and 19,000 likes in two months (seen below).

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On March 4th, 2024, X^[3] user @Ihategvf posted a screen recording of the aforementioned video, writing, "TikTok emo artists are the WORST like what the fuck are these lyrics 💀." The post gathered over 15 million views and 23,000 likes in two days. The post was quoted by other X users offering their own opinions.

X^[4] user @RiAnimator wrote, "guys can we pls start gatekeeping again im being serious," gathering over 90,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). On March 5th, X^[5] user @sxmmerskin wrote, "kinda off topic but its always funny to see the people who dress ultra emo/punk/goth making music that sounds nothing like those genres and then you look at the actual bands of those subcultures and theyre all in shirt and jeans," gathering over 7,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

On March 5th, 2024, X^[9] user @slphrrr posted another TikTok Caroline Carr was featured in, gathering over 15,000 likes in a day (seen below).

Caroline Carr Pet Frog Controversy

Some responses^[6] to the aforementioned viral posts noted that Caroline Carr had previously been criticized for mishandling her pet frogs (seen below).

TikToker^[7] @williamaftonwap posted a Duet criticizing a video where Caroline is making her frogs dance, saying that frogs are not meant to be picked up or held with bare hands. The post was made on February 2nd, 2021, and gathered over 50,000 plays and 3,000 likes in three years (seen below, left).

On September 1st, 2021, TikToker^[8] @reineydayz posted another clip of Caroline Carr handling her frogs, placing them on synthetic wigs and skin covered in makeup, gathering over 60,000 plays and 13,000 likes in two years (seen below, right).