The song originally appeared in comic book The Roth Project

David Lee Roth dropped a new track, “Giddy-Up!” The countrified tune was accompanied by cowboy-themed artwork drawn by the lead singer of Van Halen himself.

Roth released a 17-chapter interactive online comic book titled The Roth Project, written and drawn by Roth, last fall, which introduced several new songs, including “Giddy-Up!” The comic book is intended as an immersive audio and visual experience, with Roth reading the story in his gravely voice alongside a score written by the musician.

The comic featured four other songs, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill,” “Alligator Pants,” “Lo-Rez Sunset” and “Manda Bala,” and the tracks were co-written and recorded a few years ago with guitarist/bassist John 5.

 

While Van Halen has confirmed the band is finished playing together, Roth has continued to play the group’s hits during his solo tours. In early 2020, while on tour with KISS, Roth offered a rendition of “Panama,” as well as a few other classics.

“I’ve inherited the band, de facto, whatever that means,” Roth said in 2019. “I think it means, you’ve inherited it, carry this proudly. Van Halen isn’t going to be coming back in the fashion that you know. And, that being said, Eddie’s got his own story to tell — not mine to tell it.”

NBA YoungBoy has been releasing a large amount of music this year, whether he is rebuilding his post-prison career or shutting down rap beef. His new YouTube diss track and music video, Zero IQ Freestyle, clearly falls into the latter category. Several lines either directly brush off NLE Choppa for his disses or subtly dismiss him as a fake hater. Backed by a loud, hard-hitting beat and his animated vocal delivery, the song feels extremely high-energy.

The lyrics are sharp and cutting, whether they are aimed at someone specific or not, and the track functions as a broad clap-back toward his many haters and personal frustrations. Even if YB chooses not to fully answer NLE The Great any time soon, he definitely made his bold and confrontational point with Zero IQ Freestyle.

Release Date: November 15, 2025

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: N/A

Quotable Lyrics from Zero IQ Freestyle

N***a f**k with something, yеah, drop your nuts, I'll make you do the Tootsie Roll,
B***h, f**k you, you ain't really 5 and hell nah with real gang hoes,
"Respond to him," he ain't never ran nothing down, b***h, I said, "No,"
I was f***ed up and I came up, I don't care about nothing, no

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