the traditional "Happy Birthday" song.

It wasn't something in my life,

so my mom would either sing the Stevie Wonder

"Happy Birthday."

You know.

♪ Happy birthday ♪

There's that one.

And then there was another one that my mom found,

it was like a Disney happy birthday.

It was Donald Duck's birthday, (audience laughs)

and Disney made their own version.

I think this was in 1988 or something,

and it was just like.

♪ Happy birthday ♪

♪ It's Donald's birthday ♪

♪ Happy, happy birthday to you ♪

So she sang that song to me

when I first remembered birthdays,

like when I could remember the song,

that's how my mom always sang it to me.

She'd be like.

♪ It's Trevor's birthday ♪

♪ Happy, happy birthday to you ♪

♪ 'Cause it's a party ♪

And then I'd be there like, "Yeah!"

That's the birthday song.

Right?

So now I'm like four years old,

five years old, six years old,

and I start going to kindergarten and all that,

and then we get there,

and then the teacher comes in like,

"We're gonna sing 'Happy Birthday',"

and they turn down the lights and the candles.

And it's like, "Everyone sing along."

And then they're like.

♪ Happy ♪

And then I'm like.

♪ Happy birthday ♪

♪ It's Johnny's birthday ♪

♪ Happy, happy birthday to you ♪

♪ Come on ♪

♪ Happy birthday ♪

♪ It's a party ♪

♪ A party today ♪

♪ It's a celebration ♪

And then she's like, "No, what are you doing?"

(audience laughs)

She's like, "You're singing it wrong."

And then I was, "That's the birthday song."

And they're like, "No, Trevor, clearly you don't know it.

"We're just gonna sing it together.

"Everyone, together now."

It's like, "Ready?"

♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ (audience laughs)

And I was like, "This is the most depressing shit."

It is the saddest song.

'Cause when you've sang the "Happy Birthday" song

your whole life it seems normal.

When you grew up with high paced,

you're like that's.

And now, even today, when I see people sing,

it doesn't seem like fun at all.

(audience laughs)

Like it seems, think about it this way,

if you told someone from another culture,

let's say they never experienced "Happy Birthday,"

you could think it was like a death song.

(audience laughs)

Like a song about you're one year closer to death.

(audience laughs)

Imagine if you didn't speak English at all,

and you'd never heard the song ever in your life,

you wouldn't know what they're saying.

Just think of the tone and the pitch of the song.

So everyone gathers around someone,

and they sit down,

and then they turn off the lights,

and then someone comes out with a candle,

like candles on a cake,

and it's just like.

♪ Happy (mumbles) ♪

(imitates sobbing) (audience laughs)

Blow out the candles, which means death,

that's what it basically means.

You're extinguishing your life. (huffs)

(upbeat music)