"Everybody knows what's going on. Even if they don't watch it they know what's happening"
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Underwood, as a mainstream country-pop star with a broad, often ideologically mixed audience, is also threading a needle. She’s not naming the “it,” which keeps the statement portable: news, a scandal, a cultural flashpoint, even a reality-TV saga. That vagueness is strategic. It lets her acknowledge collective awareness without taking a detailed stance that would splinter her fanbase. At the same time, she’s insisting on accountability: if people know, then apathy is a choice, not an accident.
The line works because it captures a very 21st-century kind of complicity. In an age when “not watching” feels like a moral opt-out, she reminds you the story still reaches you. You can skip the broadcast; you can’t skip the atmosphere.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Underwood, Carrie. (2026, January 16). Everybody knows what's going on. Even if they don't watch it they know what's happening. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/everybody-knows-whats-going-on-even-if-they-dont-109681/
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Underwood, Carrie. "Everybody knows what's going on. Even if they don't watch it they know what's happening." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/everybody-knows-whats-going-on-even-if-they-dont-109681/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Everybody knows what's going on. Even if they don't watch it they know what's happening." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/everybody-knows-whats-going-on-even-if-they-dont-109681/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.






