The lead single from Father John Misty’s sophomore album, I Love You, Honeybear (2014), is indebted to Bruce Springsteen’s seminal track “Born in the U.S.A.”, both in title and harsh critique of middle-class American life, but through apathy instead of Springsteen’s “spiritual crisis.”

The phrase “Bored In The USA” was also used in The Simpsons (Season 16, Ep. 5), when Bart sells T-Shirts with his own writings on them.

Fittingly, it was premiered on Late Show with David Letterman on November 3, 2014, the night before the 2014 US general elections.