Originally inspired by my love of the Fallout games and a random phrase I babbled in a gaming video years ago that I thought was fun to say, "Fallout Shoutout" is a country-flavored electropunk track at its heart that, late in production, took an impulsive left turn and instead became a voice-driven dance pop song with some rock, House, and R&B, plus a little hip hop flavor in the lyrical cadences.

Written from the POV of a badass character living in the Fallout world, this song is fun and funky, goes hard when it needs to, and maybe has a little sneaky depth to it.  Hey! Kinda like the show!  

Anyway, I figured with season 2 of the series about to drop--and *me* about to drop myself into a chair to laser-focus my usually scattered attention on every minute of it--this would be a great time to *finally* stop making and re-making this song every year or two (before setting it aside yet again) and just put it in front of some earballs. So here it is. Enjoy!

LYRICS:

Fallout shoutout
Raider rout out
Nuka sun's out
Get your guns out

Hideout spied out
Find out, guide out
Kite the fight out
Grind out, ride out, oh

Running down raiders just for fun
Gunning down ghouls that's got the runs (oh yeah)
Working on the bench 'til I skill my guns
Put a sting in they tail like a rad scorpion, yeah

WAR! War never changes
ROAR! World's full of dangers
SURE! You could trust strangers, but
WAR NEVER CHANGES
POOR! We gonna rise up
MORE! We lift our eyes up
LORE! World rearranges, but
WAR NEVER CHANGES

Fallout shoutout
Gettin' rough out
Think you tough now?
Take your Buffout, oh

Always look out
Before you vault out
Jet and Psycho
Psyche your head out

Vats is phat and you is done
Apocalypse was just round 1
Like rats, you scat when this cat come
With a pack of clips that fits my gun 

WAR! War never changes
ROAR! World's full of dangers
SURE! You could trust strangers, but
WAR NEVER CHANGES
POOR! We gonna rise up
MORE! We lift our eyes up
LORE! World rearranges, but
WAR NEVER CHANGES

Peace will never rise from ash
Unless you see me build it
Piece by piece with junk and trash
A home because I willed it
I lead the sheep and reap a stash
From dirt because I tilled it
Been runnin' this game ever since Day 1
You best believe I killed it!

In the apocalypse, the lock o' lips
On a mislaid Nuka's naked bottle tip
Is some erotic shit but I rocks with it
Get so thirsty when I drop some feral populace
But can you bop to this? Drop ya bomb to this?
Talk ya shit, ball ya fist, bang a gong to this?
Do you belong to this? Is it wrong to diss?
Feel this hit like the Swiss set they bongs to this?

Deathclaw just saw
One last breath draw
Run past? Hell, nah
Gun fast, quick draw

Bloatfly, Yao-Guai
Molerat surprise
Brahmin deep-fried
A fast food franchise

Strollin' down the Strip, I spot Gomorrah
Yo, babyghoul, got some bottlecaps for ya
Drill my SPECIAL skill, not gonna bore ya
Little bit rich, leave a lotta bit poorer 

WAR! War never changes
ROAR! World's full of dangers
SURE! You could trust strangers, but
WAR NEVER CHANGES
POOR! We gonna rise up
MORE! We lift our eyes up
LORE! World rearranges, but
WAR NEVER CHANGES

Never changes
It never changes
No, never changes
War never changes

War never changes, oh!
War never changes

Whoa ooh-oh uh-uh oh
Whoa ooh, whoa ooh, uh-uh oh

© 2025 Funk McPuke

Fallout Shoutout

FALLOUT SHOUTOUT

Hey there, y'all! I'm Funk McPuke, an artist and musician originally from Los Angeles, CA but now living in my own little world.

After being in a bunch of punk and metal bands, I started writing and posting my own music here as a way of journaling feels, processing emotions, having fun with sounds, and annoying my neighbors. I decided early on to always just write whatever I was feeling in the moment and never chase an audience or clicks or clout, the result being that my music is a mix of various styles I like in various balances without any attempt to cater to a particular audience or genre. Depending on the song, you might hear a little punk, metal, grunge, electro, rap, post-hardcore, industrial, or any combination of those and other genres. I like to squish different sounds together and see what happens. If it sounds good, has a catchy hook, and makes me want to either cry or jump on my furniture and break stuff, it gets posted. Soundcloud is my place to play around and have a good time making music I enjoy without overthinking it too much. 

Ymmv. If you like one thing and one thing only -- like, if you're one of those people who believes punk has a uniform or something is "not metal" if it doesn't sound like all the other bands you listen to -- this might not be for you. Or maybe it is. Idk. I'm not the boss of you. Give it a listen and decide for yourself. And, hey, if you don't like one song, try another. You might like that one better.

Either way, I'mma keep writing and posting music for myself. But, y'know, if you find some lyrics you connect with, some hook that makes you bounce around your house, or just something to put on while you FINALLY do those dishes that have been stinking up your kitchen for the past week, then welcome. Even though I'm not chasing an audience, I do love getting messages from people who've connected with something I've made. It makes me feel less alone in the world and, for all those people who've messaged me in the past or will message me in the future, I appreciate you. I truly do. Thanks for stopping by and giving me a listen. I may write this music for myself because I think that's the best way to keep it honest, but I still believe music, like all art, is best when it's shared.