To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Father John Misty. The lyrics are extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of his melodies will go over a typical listener's head. There's also Tilman's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realize that they're not just funny - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence, people who dislike Father John Misty truly ARE idiots - of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humor in Tilman's existential catchphrase "God’s Favorite Customer," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Josh Tillman's genius unfolds itself in their headphones. What fools... how I pity them.
And yes by the way, I DO have a Father John Misty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.