Listen: David Cook Is More Popular Than Coldplay

David Cook
"Time of My Life"

So, for once, America's endless thirst for Nickelback-style rock works in our favor! David Cook is this year's American Idol and, as you can see, he's currently more popular than Coldplay, Rihanna and every other musician on earth according to iTunes. Still, even the country's favorite reality show contestant can't turn the inevitably heinous Idol winning song into something listenable. "I'm out on the edge of forever — ready to run!" he sings, making utterly no sense. But most of the lyrics are squarely on other side of obviousness — the song is called "Time of My Life," after all. Also, is Cookie trying to tell the world something when he sings, "I've been looking for that magic rainbow on the horizon"? (Remember, he doesn't have a girlfriend.) Meh, probably not. All that said, though, we're genuinely excited for the word nerd's big time debut — but please, more "Billy Jean," less "Time of My Life."