"Upside Down" by Black Gryph0n and Baasik is a song from the show Hazbin Hotel that tells the backstory of Alastor, the Radio Demon, portraying him as a sad, bullied young man who found power and twisted joy by putting on a smile, even embracing violence and becoming a serial killer, with the song itself having an old-timey, electro-swing vibe that reflects this dark yet upbeat narrative
Lyrics: Hello, it's nice– Daisies With your smile, turn the world upside down Sit down, I'm gonna tell ya A little story 'bout a sad little fella He was a Dapper-Dan Cinderella Oh, let me tell ya It made the other fellas jealous They made him cry (Na-na-na) Spit in his eye (Ha-ha-ha) How could they pick on such a friendly little guy? This town was kind of broken Not the kind of place you'd leave your doors open A full of backwards, back-wood, broke men Still, he was copin', yeah, he was dreamin', hopin' He'd get away (Na-na-na) Maybe some day (Ha-ha-ha) But on the radio, his mama used to play When it feels like all the world is wearing a frown Put a smile on and spread it around With your smile, turn the world upside down Da-da, da-da-da Da-da, da-da-da, da-da Da-da, da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da, da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da, da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da– Well, now he had the spirit And he would smile every time he'd hear it Soon he knew every single lyric Oh, and he would sing it And in his sleep, he'd dream it All day and night (Na-na-na) Through every fight (La-la-la) You wouldn't judge him if you knew what it was like And how, as luck would have it He got rewarded for his weird new habit He earned a fat green stack of cabbage And he planned to stash it 'Til he was livin' lavish That fateful day (Na-na-na) He ran away (La-la-la) And he could hear the song his mama used to play When it feels like all the world is wearing a frown Put a smile on and spread it around With his smile, he'd turn the world upside down Da-da, da-da-da Da-da, da-da-da, da-da Da-da, da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da, da-da-da (Alright) Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da Da-da, da-da-da Da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da– When it feels like all the world is wearing a frown Put a smile on and spread it around With my smile, I turned the world upside down
