Too Sweet (Hozier song)

Song
Title	Too Sweet
Artist	Hozier
Album	Unheard (EP)
Release Date	14 March 2024 (teaser clip), 22 March 2024 (full song)
Activity Dates	March 2024 – current
Fan Use	Edits, Gifsets
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Too Sweet is a song by Hozier, released as part of his 2024 EP Unheard. Prior to its release, Hozier teased the song in a TikTok announcing the EP using a clip of its chorus, and it was immediately adopted by fans for use in fanworks, particularly edits on TikTok.

Fan Use

TikTok

The song is popular on TikTok as an audio for edits and slideshows. The majority of use is centred around the song's chorus, as this was the first clip released:

I take my whiskey neat
My coffee black and my bed at three
You’re too sweet for me
You’re too sweet for me

 

A theme of many edits is the focus on rebellious or "bad boy" characters, in keeping with the lyrics of the chorus; this often includes beginning with clips of another character, or the same character in a more wholesome context, switching to different clips on the word "neat". Some edits are also made in a similar fashion, but feature a character before and after a "glow-up" or significant change in their appearance and behaviour. Many slideshows also follow this formula, with two panels showing the contrast between two character, or two sides of a character. Others pull together clips of a character drinking, playing on the lyric "I take my whiskey neat".

The sound from the original TikTok teasing the song has since been deleted, causing many edits to lose their audio.

Examples

TikTok

• Slideshow, ^{Archived version} of hockey player Brad Marchand by the Boston Bruins NHL Team
• Edit, ^{Archived version} of Carlisle Cullen from Twilight by theazaep
• Edit, ^{Archived version} of Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars by eliskywalker
• Edit, ^{Archived version} of both Cate Blanchett and Prince Charming from Shrek by fruitblanchett
• Edit, ^{Archived version} of Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean by ani.aepz
• Edit, ^{Archived version} of Finn McMissile from Cars by lilletblancz
• Slideshow, ^{Archived version} contrasting Batman v Superman and a piece of Superbat fanart by itsolliebygolly