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| “ | All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run, outrun my gun. All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you better run, better run faster than my bullet. |
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| ~ Robert's most famous lines. |
Robert is the main antagonist of the song "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People. He is a delusional, psychotic teenager who fantasizes and later commits a school shooting at his school.
Biography[]
Robert is described as an outcast with a talent for guns ("Robert's got a quick hand, He'll look around the room he won't tell you his plan, He's got a rolled cigarette Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid"), although he begins to show warning signs of violence when he finds a six-shooter in his father's closet and decides to go on a killing-spree, with his mind stating that his fellow students "with the pumped up kicks" should hope to outrun the gunfire.
While the song is vague on what exactly happens, it does strongly hint that Robert goes through with his homicidal thoughts as the lyrics ominously state "He's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you". Due to this, one can only assume he truly plans on killing his fellow students.
Robert is also believed to be the result of isolation and poor family life, this however is not directly stated in the song itself but by the creator, who also said that Robert's character is about these topics and the fear the creator had of what would happen to future generations if the topics of mental health, bullying, and other social ills were not addressed properly.
Trivia[]
- Robert's entire character is based on the killers of the Columbine High School massacre, and as a result of this and later killings, the song has been banned or heavily censored in several areas, especially North America, where it no longer airs on most radio stations.
- The "pumped up kicks" refer to designer shoes other teens would wear as a type of fashion statement, and is meant to show further Robert's hatred for the social norms, and by extension, humanity as a whole.
- Despite the overtly violent, threatening nature of the character it is never explicitly stated that he went through with the massacre or if it was all just in his head (since the character was confirmed by the creator of the song to be a "psychotic teen who fantasizes about shooting up his school".)