The Front Bottoms have always been a huge name in the pop-punk subculture. Pop punk was really big around 2014-2016 with the constant releases of albums from these artists. The topics of these songs centered around heartbreak, growing up and hating the stupid town you lived in. The main reason why this genre died because the artists didn’t get as much support because their fans grew up, and outgrew the music. I really thought punk-pop was truly dead when The Front Bottoms, one of the leading names in pop-punk released their album, Back on Top in 2015. It was a dramatic shift between their old stuff and their new stuff. The reason Back on Top was different was that it had a more pop sound which showed the fans that they had to change the sound to stay relevant but it wasn’t well received.
Check out their old stuff:
Now listen to Back on Top:
The 2015 release was not well received and got a lot of backlash. The Front Bottoms actually took that criticism to heart and went back to their more punk sound. They wanted to produce music that the fans would like without straying away too much from their brand. Do you know how rare that is?So instead of releasing a pop album, in 2017 they released Going Grey that sounded more like their 2013 release, Talon of The Hawk. I had really low hopes for this album but I was surprised with how truly good it was. It really seemed like The Front Bottoms are taking back their name in a genre that is kind of dead right now. Someone has to do it right?
I can’t believe The Front Bottoms are releasing an album and an EP in little less than a few months apart. They are truly dedicated to their craft. The part that shocks me the most is just how good “Tie Dye Dragon” is. It really reminds me of what it was like to be a huge fan of them back in high school.
Overall, The Front Bottoms took their criticism from their album Back on Top and actually gave the fans what they wanted. Could you imagine if Blink 182 thought like this?They have been nothing but persistent this year to revive pop punk and I think they are onto something. Keep pushing yourselves guys, you’re definitely making a statement.
On the radio, today voicemails in songs are becoming a huge trend. They were a semi-decent trend in music back in the 2000s but they would mostly appear in music videos. Today in the rap industry almost every album has a voicemail recording as an interlude into the next song or at the beginning of the album. It gives character to the album and gives you an insight of the artist’s life. Some of the voicemails are left by members of the person’s family, most likely their mother.
Just check out some songs with voicemails:
It has gotten to the point where you should no longer call artists because you might end up on one of their tracks. People seem to like this style but I am not a huge fan of it. If you do something over and over again it is going to get tired, and tired I certainly am. It was cool at first to give fans a look into your personal life but it has started to become the part of the song where you fast forward as soon as possible. They are not interesting to listen to and bring almost nothing to the whole concept of the album. Yeah, It’s cool to hear your favorite rapper’s parents telling them to eat dinner but I could really care less. I am here to listen to your music and not the personal message that Snoop Dog left for you. It’s kind of just shoving your fame in people’s faces at that point. Also, it is pretty arrogant to assume that every listener wants to hear them talk to their friend or family member. Guess what- we don’t.
I want this trend to retire in music because it just isn’t that great. It adds nothing to the song, and even makes it longer and not as enjoyable. I don’t know how people are still putting this in their songs because it waters it down. Can artists wake up and realize we are here for the music?
This is how I found out about him and I think he’s really great. He turns rap into poetry to make a hybrid of the two works. He even has a punk sound due to the topics in his songs. The song’s theme is being in love with a girl who has a boyfriend, which has all happened to us at some point. He is not afraid to show his emotions and he has such a way with words to make you feel his pain even behind the screen.
I am so happy that he got his name out through the Facebook platform and I hope we can see this unconventional artist make it big in the next few months. We need someone like Hobo Johnson to spice things up.
We will respect your space Logic but that is a sad ending for such a short story. They might have wanted to figure out they were better as friends before getting married. Oh well, it’s his life. Maybe they split because Jessica thought the new mixtape was so bad, or couldn’t handle Logic’s obsession with Rick and Morty? I’m glad they didn’t end on bad terms, but it might have given him more material to write on his next album.
I am currently at a time where I can’t seem to find any music and nothing really pops out at me. I have been experiencing this the last couple of weeks and it has been making me mad. I usually go to the Youtube recommendation page to find my new music but I decided to go to Spotify to give me a song this time. I went to the discovery playlist and found this song, “Feel It” by GTA and What So Not featuring Tunji Ige.
You can listen to it here:
I love this song because it’s a fun track with a great mix of vocals and rap. The highlight of this track is the second verse during Tunji’s addition as he raps,
“We been livin’ like a party
Uh, I ain’t trippin’ if you saw me
Ayy, you playin’ games like Atari
Bring it back, i think ya lost me”
He kind of sounds like Drake if you really listen to it! I think it’s a great dance track to get lost in.
I have also never listened to this artist before and it gave me the inspiration to listen to his other tracks and he’s pretty great and gaining great traction on Spotify. Hopefully, GTA will make a more prominent name for themselves in music this year.
The first part that really annoys me about this song is that is it generic. Obviously. Not only is it a generic pop song, the lyrics are so horrible that I can’t even sing along with it.
I know there is a lot of breakup songs out there but this one is just selfish.
I have re-written what the lyrics ACTUALLY mean here:
“I’ve been thinking of you because I’m bored with my life!
Sorry for traumatizing you and making you not believe in love
Wish you could have done that to me so I wouldn’t have felt so bad
And I’m probably only singing this because the karma I have been getting from it is really starting to become a b*tch
I hope someone loves you because I led you on and I am not going to accept the fact that I also had a part in the reason we fell off but I’m just going to act like the bigger person and write a song about it for pity from other people!”
You can’t break up with someone and then go to tell people that you hope someone loves them. That was your job!? Then at the end of this chorus where she claims she feels bad about the situation she has the nerve to put in the lyric, “let me go.”
The whole song is condescending and if you actually find yourself singing along to it maybe you should readjust how you look at yourself and figure out that once you hurt someone, they owe you nothing. Also, Hailee Steinfeld, I’m pretty sure the person who you wrote this about doesn’t wish you the best. You can’t just “make a mess” and then become the victim? Ridiculous but hilarious.
