Bedpanning

"[The lead singer] stated in an interview with KROQ-FM that the lyrics [of “Pumped Up Kicks”] were written to “bring awareness” to the issue of gun violence amongst youth, which he feels is an epidemic perpetuated by “lack of family, lack of love, and isolation”… Foster said, “It’s a ‘fuck you’ song to the hipsters in a way—but it’s a song the hipsters are going to want to dance to."