An Uber driver blasted AI-generated BDSM music called "Raw" on full bass at 1 AM to two women who'd just landed in Arizona — and they were too scared to ask him to turn it down.
Smosh Reads Reddit Stories
An Uber driver blasted AI-generated BDSM music called "Raw" on full bass at 1 AM to two women who'd just landed in Arizona — and they were too scared to ask him to turn it down.
TL;DR
Smosh Reads Reddit Stories kicks off its travel-themed debut with Shayne Topp, Ian Hecox, and Amanda Lehan-Canto reacting to four unhinged travel tales: an Uber driver blasting AI-generated BDSM music at 1 AM [1] — Shayne Topp "Two women land at 1 AM in Arizona and their Uber driver asks if they want music, then blasts AI-generated BDSM tracks with a trunk subwoofe…" 08:51 , a boyfriend who secretly brought his friends on a trip his girlfriend was paying for [2] — Shayne Topp "The hosts are particularly stunned that the road-trip boyfriend is 39 years old. Shayne points out the behavior — lying to sneak friends on…" 27:18 , a woman stranded 4 hours from home after a friendship-ending wedding blow-up [3] — Shayne Topp "At her mutual friend's wedding, the Reddit poster finally snaps at her best friend of 20 years and says what everyone already knows: she's …" 32:20 , and an Airbnb whose entire sewage system catastrophically failed overnight [4] — Shayne Topp "A group of eight 20-somethings rent a Virginia Beach Airbnb that gradually descends into sewage hell: first one toilet, then both, then the…" 51:52 . The single most useful takeaway: traveling together is the ultimate relationship test — it reveals respect, communication, and whether you actually like the person.
Smosh Reads Reddit Stories, Episode 1: Around The World In 60 Minutes. Shayne Topp, Ian Hecox, and Amanda Lehan-Canto react to four travel-themed Reddit stories covering an Uber driver playing BDSM music, a boyfriend who secretly brought friends on a road trip, a friendship-ending wedding incident, and a catastrophic Airbnb sewage disaster.
Shayne opens by welcoming listeners to the travel-themed debut of Smosh Reads Reddit Stories, flanked by Ian in an elaborate captain's hat and Amanda in a hat she wore by genuine choice. The banter immediately spirals: Ian's hat gets compared to a Titanic officer who snuck onto the lifeboats, a 2 AM Vegas party bus, and Amanda watching the Kentucky Derby in the 1800s. A brief shout-out to Keith's legendary on-camera head-shaving reveal — described as one of the best moments in Smosh history — bridges the silliness to the theme. Shayne then lands a genuinely thoughtful observation: weddings and international trips are where the most interpersonal drama surfaces. Ian sharpens it further, arguing you shouldn't make a relationship official until you've taken a vacation together, because travel is the pressure cooker that reveals whether your dynamic is actually healthy. The three are aligned: it's the most honest test any relationship can face.
Shayne introduces the first story from the Two Hot Takes subreddit, giving a shout-out to Morgan as its curator. A 24-year-old woman and her girlfriend land in Arizona at 1 AM, already unsettled by their driver swearing to himself ('fuckin' piece of shit,' 'fuckin' crackheads'). When he asks if they want music and they say 'anything,' he plays an artist called Playful Devotion — specifically a track called 'Primal Vow' — with a trunk subwoofer that physically vibrates the passengers' rib cages. He cranks the volume when they nervously tell him it's 'cool' out of pure fear. [1] — Shayne Topp "Two women land at 1 AM in Arizona and their Uber driver asks if they want music, then blasts AI-generated BDSM tracks with a trunk subwoofe…" 08:51 The hosts discover mid-discussion that Playful Devotion is an AI-generated act; Ian adds that someone can generate 50 albums in a week and dump them on Spotify. Shayne reads the explicit chorus live on air — 'fuck me raw, take it hard, break the bed leaving scars' — and the group collectively concludes it was 'written by something without a soul.' Verdict: not overreacting; he should be reported.
Shayne introduces the second story from Am I the Asshole (September 2022): a 30-year-old woman's boyfriend, Smith, aged 39, has been repeatedly asking to bring his two friends on a road trip she's paying for with her own car. He promises to drop it, and she agrees to pick him up — only to arrive and find him standing outside with his friends and all their bags, fully expecting her to comply. She doesn't stop. She turns around. He chases after her car on foot. [1] — Shayne Topp "A woman drives to pick up her boyfriend for a road trip she's funding, spots him outside with two friends and all their bags — uninvited, a…" 21:20 The fight that follows includes him accusing her of acting immaturely and demanding she apologize for embarrassing him in front of his friends. The hosts are uniformly stunned that a 39-year-old is behaving this way, with Shayne suggesting this isn't a one-off red flag but an unchangeable character trait. Ian and Amanda both note the inability to respect someone's 'no' signals he may not actually like her — and is using her financially. A perfectly-worded Reddit comment closes it out: 'recommend you keep this guy in the rearview mirror.'
Shayne introduces the third story from Best of Redditor Updates (April 2026): OP and her best friend Becky, friends for 20 years, have long had a fractious dynamic rooted in Becky's fixation on their mutual friend Ryan — now getting married. At the wedding, after years of passive-aggressive jabs, OP reaches her limit and blurts out, 'It's not our fault you're in love with him.' [1] — Shayne Topp "It's not our fault you're in love with him." 32:53 Becky storms out and drives away, leaving OP stranded at a venue 4 hours from any viable transit option. With only a debit card — which most US rental agencies won't accept without an in-state license — OP has no choice but to buy an $800 same-day flight. She sends Becky a Venmo request partly as an emotional statement. The hosts unpack both sides with genuine nuance: Becky's extreme reaction is itself proof the accusation was true; the friendship had drifted into pattern-behavior rather than genuine closeness; and Becky's inability to face her own feelings is keeping her trapped. They also note that flying from the West Coast into her hometown (4 hours from the venue) to spend extra time together explains the unusual travel setup.
Shayne reads the final and most epic story of the episode: a 2019 Reddit post from Today I Fucked Up, narrated in the breathless style of a D&D campaign log complete with dice rolls for damage and a witching hour mis-timed by an hour. Eight guests arrive to a lovely Airbnb in Virginia Beach — wine, chocolates, popcorn — and within hours both toilets are down. Their host Paul is reluctant to call any of the 12 available emergency plumbers a quick Google reveals. [1] — Shayne Topp "A group of eight 20-somethings rent a Virginia Beach Airbnb that gradually descends into sewage hell: first one toilet, then both, then the…" 51:52 When a plumber finally arrives at midnight with Paul and his friend, the 'final blasting' causes raw sewage to erupt from the shower and both toilets. By early morning, it's seeping through the baseboards and pooling in the hallway, cutting the group off from their last suitcases. A brave soul vaults the rising floodwaters. Paul arrives at 11:35 AM, takes in the scene, and says: 'This house is fucked.' They flee. Shayne, Ian, and Amanda are in full hysterics throughout; Ian tops it off by confessing his own tree-root sewer backup story.
Chapter 1 · 00:00
Shayne opens by welcoming listeners to the travel-themed debut of Smosh Reads Reddit Stories, flanked by Ian in an elaborate captain's hat and Amanda in a hat she wore by genuine choice. The banter immediately spirals: Ian's hat gets compared to a Titanic officer who snuck onto the lifeboats, a 2 AM Vegas party bus, and Amanda watching the Kentucky Derby in the 1800s. A brief shout-out to Keith's legendary on-camera head-shaving reveal — described as one of the best moments in Smosh history — bridges the silliness to the theme. Shayne then lands a genuinely thoughtful observation: weddings and international trips are where the most interpersonal drama surfaces. Ian sharpens it further, arguing you shouldn't make a relationship official until you've taken a vacation together, because travel is the pressure cooker that reveals whether your dynamic is actually healthy. The three are aligned: it's the most honest test any relationship can face.
Before the first story even begins, the hosts land on a universally agreed principle: taking a trip together is the single best litmus test for any romantic relationship. You can be close friends with someone and still not be able to travel with them — but for a partner, you have to know. A road trip puts you in a pressure cooker and reveals whether you're actually cohesive.
The hosts agreed that taking a trip together is the single best test for any relationship because it reveals mutual respect, boundary-setting, and whether you're truly compatible.
Chapter 2 · 04:02
Shayne introduces the first story from the Two Hot Takes subreddit, giving a shout-out to Morgan as its curator. A 24-year-old woman and her girlfriend land in Arizona at 1 AM, already unsettled by their driver swearing to himself ('fuckin' piece of shit,' 'fuckin' crackheads'). When he asks if they want music and they say 'anything,' he plays an artist called Playful Devotion — specifically a track called 'Primal Vow' — with a trunk subwoofer that physically vibrates the passengers' rib cages. He cranks the volume when they nervously tell him it's 'cool' out of pure fear. [1] — Shayne Topp "Two women land at 1 AM in Arizona and their Uber driver asks if they want music, then blasts AI-generated BDSM tracks with a trunk subwoofe…" 08:51 The hosts discover mid-discussion that Playful Devotion is an AI-generated act; Ian adds that someone can generate 50 albums in a week and dump them on Spotify. Shayne reads the explicit chorus live on air — 'fuck me raw, take it hard, break the bed leaving scars' — and the group collectively concludes it was 'written by something without a soul.' Verdict: not overreacting; he should be reported.
Two women land at 1 AM in Arizona and their Uber driver asks if they want music, then blasts AI-generated BDSM tracks with a trunk subwoofer so powerful it vibrated their rib cages. They're too afraid to ask him to stop. The song is called 'Raw' by Playful Devotion, and reading the lyrics live on air makes Shayne conclude: 'it's written by something without a soul.'
Two women landed at 1 AM and their Uber driver immediately started blasting explicit AI-generated BDSM music at full bass volume for their 30-minute ride.
The Uber driver had a subwoofer in his trunk so powerful it was physically vibrating the passengers' rib cages.
Ian reveals he once sat through an entire Uber ride of AI-generated music without realizing it until he studied the album covers — all featuring a crying old man. The revelation: one person can generate 50 albums in a week and dump them on Spotify. Shayne's reaction: people might not even know they're consuming AI, and worse, they might not care.
Ian noted that AI music generators can produce an entire album in roughly one day, enabling someone to flood Spotify with 50 albums in a week.
After reading the Uber story, all three hosts land firmly: AI music is soulless slop, real artists deserve support, and the best thing you can do is simply not listen to AI content. Don't even go find it out of curiosity — just avert your eyes and ears. The contrast is pointed: a guy blowing money on a trunk subwoofer for music a robot wrote in seconds.
Chapter 3 · 18:47
Shayne introduces the second story from Am I the Asshole (September 2022): a 30-year-old woman's boyfriend, Smith, aged 39, has been repeatedly asking to bring his two friends on a road trip she's paying for with her own car. He promises to drop it, and she agrees to pick him up — only to arrive and find him standing outside with his friends and all their bags, fully expecting her to comply. She doesn't stop. She turns around. He chases after her car on foot. [1] — Shayne Topp "A woman drives to pick up her boyfriend for a road trip she's funding, spots him outside with two friends and all their bags — uninvited, a…" 21:20 The fight that follows includes him accusing her of acting immaturely and demanding she apologize for embarrassing him in front of his friends. The hosts are uniformly stunned that a 39-year-old is behaving this way, with Shayne suggesting this isn't a one-off red flag but an unchangeable character trait. Ian and Amanda both note the inability to respect someone's 'no' signals he may not actually like her — and is using her financially. A perfectly-worded Reddit comment closes it out: 'recommend you keep this guy in the rearview mirror.'
The OP was paying all expenses AND providing her car for the road trip, making the boyfriend's secret friend invite even more exploitative.
A woman drives to pick up her boyfriend for a road trip she's funding, spots him outside with two friends and all their bags — uninvited, after repeated explicit promises — and simply keeps driving without stopping. He chases after her car. The hosts are unanimous: this is the correct response to someone who agreed to your terms and then violated them anyway.
The hosts are particularly stunned that the road-trip boyfriend is 39 years old. Shayne points out the behavior — lying to sneak friends onto a trip his girlfriend is paying for, then accusing her of acting immature — signals not just a red flag but an unchangeable character pattern. Ian adds: if he's doing this at 39, it's never going to change.
The boyfriend who secretly brought his friends on a paid trip his girlfriend was funding was 39 years old, which the hosts found especially egregious.
Chapter 4 · 31:11
Shayne introduces the third story from Best of Redditor Updates (April 2026): OP and her best friend Becky, friends for 20 years, have long had a fractious dynamic rooted in Becky's fixation on their mutual friend Ryan — now getting married. At the wedding, after years of passive-aggressive jabs, OP reaches her limit and blurts out, 'It's not our fault you're in love with him.' [1] — Shayne Topp "It's not our fault you're in love with him." 32:53 Becky storms out and drives away, leaving OP stranded at a venue 4 hours from any viable transit option. With only a debit card — which most US rental agencies won't accept without an in-state license — OP has no choice but to buy an $800 same-day flight. She sends Becky a Venmo request partly as an emotional statement. The hosts unpack both sides with genuine nuance: Becky's extreme reaction is itself proof the accusation was true; the friendship had drifted into pattern-behavior rather than genuine closeness; and Becky's inability to face her own feelings is keeping her trapped. They also note that flying from the West Coast into her hometown (4 hours from the venue) to spend extra time together explains the unusual travel setup.
After being abandoned 4 hours from home, the OP had to buy a same-day emergency flight costing $800 because she only had a debit card and couldn't rent a car.
At her mutual friend's wedding, the Reddit poster finally snaps at her best friend of 20 years and says what everyone already knows: she's in love with Ryan. The friend storms out, drives off, and leaves the poster stranded 4 hours from home. The hosts note that the friend's extreme reaction is itself the proof the accusation was true.
The OP couldn't rent a car because rental agencies in that state required a credit card or a state-issued license matching the state, and she had neither.
The update to the wedding story is brutal: OP apologizes for her part, explains the pattern, and asks for acknowledgment about being left stranded. Becky just cries and asks to go back to how things were. The hosts agree: the inability to say 'I was wrong' is the final tell. You can only move forward with someone willing to face the truth.
A 20-year friendship was effectively ended after one friend left the other stranded at a wedding and refused to acknowledge what she'd done.
The Reddit poster noted that during the month she and Becky didn't speak after the wedding blow-up, she actually felt at peace — a sign the friendship wasn't healthy.
Ian connects the Becky story to his own real-life experience with Anthony Padilla: when you form deep bonds in high school, your communication styles get frozen in time. Amanda adds that friendships do a 'double helix' — you come together, drift apart, and sometimes what you find on the other side is that you've grown in incompatible directions. Shayne points out that some people hit a pain point and simply stop growing.
Chapter 5 · 50:22
Shayne reads the final and most epic story of the episode: a 2019 Reddit post from Today I Fucked Up, narrated in the breathless style of a D&D campaign log complete with dice rolls for damage and a witching hour mis-timed by an hour. Eight guests arrive to a lovely Airbnb in Virginia Beach — wine, chocolates, popcorn — and within hours both toilets are down. Their host Paul is reluctant to call any of the 12 available emergency plumbers a quick Google reveals. [1] — Shayne Topp "A group of eight 20-somethings rent a Virginia Beach Airbnb that gradually descends into sewage hell: first one toilet, then both, then the…" 51:52 When a plumber finally arrives at midnight with Paul and his friend, the 'final blasting' causes raw sewage to erupt from the shower and both toilets. By early morning, it's seeping through the baseboards and pooling in the hallway, cutting the group off from their last suitcases. A brave soul vaults the rising floodwaters. Paul arrives at 11:35 AM, takes in the scene, and says: 'This house is fucked.' They flee. Shayne, Ian, and Amanda are in full hysterics throughout; Ian tops it off by confessing his own tree-root sewer backup story.
A group of eight 20-somethings rent a Virginia Beach Airbnb that gradually descends into sewage hell: first one toilet, then both, then the shower floods with raw sewage, and finally it starts oozing from the baseboards. The host Paul ignores 12 available emergency plumbers before finally declaring 'This house is fucked.' It's written as a D&D campaign log and it's a masterpiece.
Eight people at a Virginia Beach Airbnb experienced complete sewage failure — both toilets stopped working, and raw sewage ultimately flooded from the shower, toilets, and even the baseboards.
A quick Google search revealed 12 available 24-hour emergency plumbers in Virginia Beach, but the Airbnb host initially refused to call any of them.
After the Airbnb sewage disaster story, Ian volunteers that he once had a tree root grow into his main sewer line — and everything he'd flushed came back up through his shower. The hosts dissolve into chaos speculating about what exactly came back up. It's the most earned gross-out moment of the episode.
No indexed bits in this chapter.
A group of eight 20-somethings rent a Virginia Beach Airbnb that gradually descends into sewage hell: first one toilet, then both, then the shower floods with raw sewage, and finally it starts oozing from the baseboards. The host Paul ignores 12 available emergency plumbers before finally declaring 'This house is fucked.' It's written as a D&D campaign log and it's a masterpiece.
Two women land at 1 AM in Arizona and their Uber driver asks if they want music, then blasts AI-generated BDSM tracks with a trunk subwoofer so powerful it vibrated their rib cages. They're too afraid to ask him to stop. The song is called 'Raw' by Playful Devotion, and reading the lyrics live on air makes Shayne conclude: 'it's written by something without a soul.'
This episode
Factual claims made this episode, and whether a source was named.
An Uber driver in Arizona played AI-generated BDSM music on full volume at 1 AM to two female passengers using a trunk-mounted subwoofer.
The AI music 'artist' Playful Devotion produced a song called 'Primal Vow' with explicit sexual lyrics, apparently generated by artificial intelligence.
AI music generation tools allow a single person to produce an entire album in approximately one day, enabling them to flood Spotify with around 50 albums in a week.
In the US, renting a car without a credit card typically requires having a driver's license from the state where you are renting.
A cross-country train journey in the US (West Coast to East Coast) takes approximately 3 days and costs roughly the same as a same-day flight.
A Google search at the time of the Virginia Beach Airbnb sewage incident revealed 12 emergency 24-hour plumbers available in Virginia Beach.
Travelling together is a reliable test of a romantic relationship's health, revealing mutual respect, compatibility, and communication quality.
Keith from Smosh shaved his head and revealed it as a surprise on Smosh content, which the hosts describe as one of the best moments in Smosh history.
Ian Hecox experienced a sewage backup in his own home when a tree root grew into his main sewer line, causing flushed waste to come back up through his shower.
Jacuzzi or hot tub use in public settings carries a risk of folliculitis, a skin infection caused by bacteria entering hair follicles.
The first Smosh Reads Reddit Stories live shows are available to stream at live.smosh.com, featuring stories read before a live audience of thousands.
This episode
The Reddit poster's best friend of 20 years who abandoned her at a wedding after years of passive-aggressive behavior rooted in unrequited love for Ryan.
The Airbnb host at the center of the sewage disaster story, who delayed calling emergency plumbers and eventually declared 'This house is fucked.'
The mutual friend whose wedding is the setting for the third story; Becky is secretly in love with him, which drives the friendship collapse.
Smosh co-founder referenced by Ian Hecox as an example of a high school friendship that struggled with communication as adults before eventually reconciling.
Referenced as a humorous comparison to the large decorative hat worn by Amanda during the intro.
The platform where all four travel stories originate; specific subreddits are referenced for each story.
The ride-share platform whose driver sparked the first story by blasting explicit AI-generated music late at night.
The home-rental platform whose host 'Paul' is central to the sewage disaster story.
The AI-generated BDSM music 'artist' whose explicit tracks were played by the Uber driver; their song 'Primal Vow' is read aloud on the show.
The subreddit where the first story about the BDSM Uber driver was originally posted, described as always 'popping off.'
Mentioned as the platform where AI-generated music is being mass-uploaded, flooding the service with algorithmically created content.
The state where the first Reddit story takes place; the two women land at a Phoenix-area airport and take the infamous Uber ride.
The location of the Airbnb that suffered a catastrophic sewage system failure in the final Reddit story.
The location the Reddit poster flew from for the wedding, adding to the cost and logistical nightmare of being stranded.
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