Now that you've watched Tiger King, it's time to watch Joe Exotic's incredible music videos

Netflix’s Tiger King, by virtue of its bizarre ensemble and relentless deluge of gob-smacking twists, is about as addictive a docuseries as one could desire in these trying times. A story of big cat enthusiasts and the roiling squabbles that consume them, the series centers around Joe Exotic, the Oklahoman proprietor of a private zoo, and Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist who operates her own big cat rescue organization, despite the alleged darkness of her past. It’s Joe, however, that steals the show, and while, yes, he more often than not comes across as terrifyingly unhinged—he sure loves threatening to put a bullet between people’s eyes, doesn’t he?—it’s easy to be swept into the gravitational pull of his personality, especially when there’s three tigers draped across his body.
A man with many hyphenates, Joe Exotic is, in addition to being a zookeeper and polygamist, also a country musician. A number of his music videos are featured in the documentary, and his official YouTube channel contains a great many more, all of which feature chintzy, aggressively earnest videos for songs that are catchier than you’d like to admit.
Let’s enjoy a few, shall we?
“I Saw A Tiger”
Perhaps you find Joe Exotic’s tiger care and breeding exploitive and irresponsible. That’s a valid POV, and something the documentary most assuredly investigates. You can’t deny, however, that the big kitties are cuddly as all hell in the video for “I Saw A Tiger,” easily Joe Exotic’s most digestible clip. In between shots of Joe strumming atop an emergency vehicle in an open field, the singer nuzzles, rubs, and rolls around with baby tigers and their terrifyingly large parents.
“Here Kitty Kitty”
And then you’ve got “Here Kitty Kitty,” a murder balled in which a priest-collared Joe Exotic sings about Baskin killing her ex-husband and feeding his body to her tigers. “Here kitty kitty, mommy’s got some treats for you,” he sings. “Here kitty kitty, you can’t find this taste in the zoo.” This is fucked up!