#I can’t help the nanana tho

[thats-the-teen-spirit]

Bring Me The Horizon - amo album review

I’ve been a fan of BMTH since the late-There is a hell era and obviously they surprised me once again. I’m gonna go song by song on the album because each of the songs have something in them that differs from the one before.

i apologize if you feel something, the first track is already a lot more different than the previous BMTH albums. It begins as a typical intro with long silences between the melody. Then Oli starts to sing on a really high pitched poppy autotuned voice. You can hear no instruments whatsoever except the synth that plays the melody. Then it changes to this ambient style that somehow suits the band’s music but feels awkward without the guitar and drums. When I first heard this song I already realized it was nothing special, just a little intro that might hype up the crowd before they start performing.

MANTRA, the first single of the album is a little less heavy than the That’s The Spirit era songs. A lot less heavy if you think about how Oli’s vocal style changed since 2015. It finally has drums and heavily distorted low tuned guitar and even screams in the background but it still feels like an alternative rock song just because of the verses and the high pitched bridge. The guitar riff is banging, the chorus is catchy, not a bad song afterall but it will still disappoint the old fans of the band.

nihilist blues is definitely the weirdest song on the record. It’s basically a trance/europop song that divides the listeners to two types: the first one would say: what the fuck is this shit, i’m not listening to this album anymore, and the second one would be: wow they’re brave as hell for doing this, I’m looking forward for the rest. I’m not a big expert on europop or trance or whatever electronic music genres there are but it really reminded me of an Armin van Buuren beat and apparently they copied a little from a relatively new Evanescence song as well. Grimes is featured in the song and her vocal style fits it really well. It has a creepy feeling that makes the song feel like you’re in a club full of drug addicts and the only thing left for you to survive is becoming an addict (for the music). Personally I think probably something like this was on the band’s mind when they wrote this. You definitely won’t like this one unless you like electronic music. You can hear the drums and guitars in it (they’re playing the electronic distorted thing with a tremolo pedal probably) but it’s barely recognizable.

in the dark, the next song has a really strange feeling. It sounds like a pop song because of the samples it uses but it still has the guitar (both clean and distorted) that reminded me of Doomed from the previous album. Both the guitars and the vocals are catchy as hell and after the first few listens you can hear what was the point of writing this song, here that “gateway band” thing begins that Oli mentions in a lot of his recent interviews. They want to be a gateway band that shows people the grand spectrum of music from electronic to heavy metal (or metalcore if you’re a genre-nazi) and do the same thing that Linkin Park or Limp Bizkit did for popularizing the crossover of rap and hip-hop and screamy, heavy rock music. It has the same experiencing feeling that got me into Linkin Park and even tho the song and its lyrics are kinda forgettable, the intention is clear and I personally like it a lot.

wonderful life, the second single of the album is without a doubt one of the heaviest ones on it. The intro seems like a classic BMTH style guitar intro with a little less distortion and a really weird, progressive time signature (for my ear at least). The main riff is simple, heavy and you can definitely bang you head to it. The chorus is catchy, the lyrics are relatable for the emo kids, it has a squealing scream from Dani Filth, which makes it seem like the metalcore days are creeping on the band. The outro chorus reminded me of their song ‘Oh No” from the previous record just because it’s so monumental but maybe that’s just me.

ouch is a cheap interlude in my opinion. It’s not even 2 minutes, the samples get boring in the end. It has a drum and bass kind of feeling to it. It reminded me of Cure For The Itch by Linkin Park, just because of the placement and the “drum” beats on it. The nanana thing that goes on in the chorus also gets boring really quickly. The lyrics are about Oli’s ex-wife Hannah Snowdon and it has a nice throwback to their 2015 song, Follow You with the “under your spell” lines, and it’s clear that he left that time behind with this song.

medicine, the song with the weird-ass video is the next one on the album. If you haven’t heard a single BMTH song in your life and you’re into the more pop-ish side of alternative you’ll probably say: holy shit this is a banger. The first couple of lines in the chorus are really far-fetched in my opinion, it’s the “we’re edgy and cool kids” vibe that is either cringy or makes you feel like the band got old and they still want to appeal to teenagers and young adults. The message of the song is the same as the previous one. The melody of the chorus and the vocals overall are not that bad, they’re catchy, but just like the intro of the album, it still misses the guitars, although this one has some really quiet clean guitars in the background. It’s clear that the vocals are in the focus and it’s stressed by shoving autotuned Oli’s voice down our throat.

sugar, honey, ice and tea is one of my favorites off the album without a doubt. The riff is heavy, the song still feels like an alternative rock song but this time the guitar tone for me seemed like an old HIM song that’s mixed with a That’s the spirit era beat, lyrics and melody. It has the same feeling when I heard Happy Song for the first time but this one has a Throne-like chorus with the samples going instead of Oli’s voice. In the outro Oli goes crazy and lets out Count Your Blessings-era styled screams which definitely help the song appeal to older fans. It’s gonna be played at concerts for sure.

why you gotta kick me when i’m down, oh boy where do i begin. Imagine Post Malone writing a song for a no name alternative rock band. Add overdistorted guitars and a mumble rap beat and lyrics. You’re done, you get this song. It shifts genres so fast that it seems like Oli went from ‘Lil Sykes’ and back to himself a couple times in just 4 minutes. It’s not a terrible song but if you don’t like the style of modern soundcloud rappers and the whole mumble rap mixed with guitars thing you’re gonna hate this one. 

fresh bruises, after the mumble rap song the boys in the band were probably like: hmmm what’s the next popular thing in 2019 that has nothing to do with rock. That’s right:”lo-fi hiphop for sleeping and studying” radios. The lyrics are only 2 lines, the beat gets faster but it’s still boring, even for an interlude. Definitely the most forgettable song in the album.

mother tongue, is the last single before the album came out. It’s the most honest love song from Oli that he’s probably ever gonna write. For personal reasons right now I can relate to it but if you can’t, you’re gonna forget this song even after a couple of listens. It has a powerful chorus, a radio friendly pop beat, cute ass lyrics and the most important thing: it has the potential to infect the radio stations and get the band even more recognition. The chord progression is really popular, (has the same chords as Africa by Toto), the vocals (with the help of autotune) are great. It has the Follow You vibes all over again but here you get an impression of a happy Oli Sykes that is in a fulfilling relationship and has a stable mental state. This progression is really respectable even if you don’t like the song itself.

heavy metal is my most favorite track from the record. It’s basically a huge “fuck you” to the oldest fans who only play Medusa and Pray for Plagues on repeat to this day, 13 years after their release. It’s got that middle finger in the lyrics that makes you think: damn this band really wanted a change and nothing can stop them. The song made me feel like Meteora days Linkin Park once again because of its beatbox styled bridge and the dropped, heavy guitars. This song shows the new direction of the band once and for all: they wanna make all types of music for both new AND old fans (listen to the last couple of seconds for the Pray for Plagues style vocals from Oli) but still says that nope we’re not gonna change, we grew up, we still like our old songs but you’re not gonna hear them from us because we’re different people now. Big props to the band to be this brave and say: this shit ain’t heavy metal.

i don’t know what to say, the last song on the record for me seemed really off topic from the album until I read what it’s written about. It’s about a friend of Oli who passed away from cancer. Oli didn’t write a song posthomously but the lyrics make it seem like he did. The song itself would sound like an 80′s power ballad from a classic rock band for me if I wouldn’t notice Oli’s vocals and the modern drum beat at some places. It even has a damned guitar solo, an acoustic guitar throughout, and orchestra. (which again reminded me Oh No, the closing track of That’s The Spirit) The song is forgettable for me, even though the message is really touching and meaningful. For a closing track it’s good but since it’s really different from the rest of the album it seems that they only put this song on just to honor that friend that it’s written about.

The album is one of the weirdest concepts I’ve heard from any rock band since A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park. The band put their heart and soul in it, you can tell by the level of production. On some songs it’s really well executed, others seem cheap and boring. My summary is that old BMTH is dead, they’re still gonna play rock music as they did with their previous records but they’re gonna expand and experiment to other directions, making it as progressive as possible just to keep the music entertaining.

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Thanks Jesse!

tag a bunch of people you’d like to get to know better!

yoooooo @olivesdunham I’m HONORED to be chosen

name: Samantha

gender: trans woman/ nonbinary/ WHO”S TO SAY

age: 18

height: 5’8? 5′9 on a good day

where are you from: CHICAGO BAYBE #southside lmfao

favourite animal: idk tbvh. I like alot of them! Cuttlefish are rad tho? I like sharks? and gators? idk! doggos and wolves and bears are rad too.

ave. hrs of sleep at night: 4 if I’m lucky! I start classes at 1 pm, specifically becasue i have awful bouts of insomnia especially when stressed, so i usually crash around 4 or 5 am and wake up at 11/11:30.

cats or dogs: BOTh, tbh. Love them! soft baybies

dream trip: A secluded beach that noone knows about. I live in a cave. It’s always sunny in the day, an  has thunderstorms at night but never above 75 degrees. The water is always warm and i can swim naked with sharks. There’s no societal pressures to conform to femininity, masculinity or anything like that. Idealy i forget that i even have a human body, and become one with that area. Alone in my comfortable alcove. Ideally i only leave when i want and am never required to do anything again.

dream job: I used to want to be a criminal profiler. But with the tumultuous state we live in now, and how systemically corrupt police agencies are, i couldn’t, in good conscience work with or for them. I now want to be a trauma therapist and a prison reformation therapist, helping people that experienced trauma, and people who had to deal with the prison system, and helping them readjust to society. (you shouldn’t take maladjusted people out of society. gods i could write abook on this, but alot of this violence and stuff we see is the result of systemic poverty and undiagnosed mental health issues. So i want to help diagnose and treat the people that were denied help) ((also nonviolent crimes like drug usage should not result in incarceration. fight me if you got beef with that. Addicts should be in rehab!)

favourite colour: who’s to say. I like most colors, except orange. Mostly cuz i can’t see it? it usually looks red or yellow to me. i do have a slight preference to royal/cobalt blue, coral pink, vibrant violet, blood red, and black.

current favourite song: oof that is not an easy question but I think right now in this moment it’s wateland, baby! by hozier, work song by hozier, nanana by mcr, saveyourself i’ll hold them back by mcr, the jetset life is gonna kill you by mcr, feel good inc. by the gorillaz, hazey by glass animals, gooey by glass animals, pork soda by glass animals. Like i can keep going. Shit slaps.

current favourite tv show: The magicians on the sci-fy channel. Shit slaps. And there’s no queer baiting.(oh and it’s based on books? but its so much better than those shitty ass books.) The bitches are all gay and the show knows it. OH FUCK and It’s the end of the fucking world on netflix. shit makes me weeep.

current favourite movie: Dead poets society, good will hunting, the green mile, and life of pi are a few i can think of rn, and they all make me weep. I love them.

otp(s): idk i’m not big on this? but definitely quentyn and elliot from the magicians. and jon and ygritte from game of thrones (the books were better.)

favourite gif:  I don’t have one (also don’’t know why im typing in bold now?

I lovingly choose to infect @pynking

[bts-bap-trash]

My 2018 K-pop Top 100

This is a hugeass post so scroll away if you don’t care or click on 'Keep reading’ if you wanna know my number one (hint: it’s not any of my bias groups). ❤

I only chose the songs with MVs. I’m lazy and I didn’t even do my own gifs but maybe next year if I’m in a better place. Also sorry I was gone for a while, if anyone still follows or remembers me lmao. ❤

Special mentions because I just can’t listen to them at all yet but they are all amazing:

Jonghyun - Shinin’, Before Our Spring

SHINee - Good Evening, Our Page, I Want You, Countless

KEY - One of Those Nights, Forever Yours

ONEW - Blue

❤

Okay, let’s go!

100. Momoland - BAAM

99. N Flying - Hot Potato

98. A.C.E - Take Me Higher

97. UP10TION - Blue Rose

96. Wanna One - Light

95. SPECTRUM - What Do I Do

94. Highlight - Loved

93. BLACKPINK - DDU-DU DDU-DU

92. (G)I-DLE - HANN (Alone)

91. Hyolyn - See Sea

90. J-Hope - Daydream

89. IN2IT - SnapShot

88. BtoB - Only One For Me

87. IZ*ONE - La Vie en Rose

86. JBJ95 - Home

85. UNB - Black Heart

84. EXO - Universe

83. Samuel - Teenager

82. Twice - Dance the Night Away

81. HOLLAND - I'm Not Afraid

80. iKON - Love Scenario 

79. LOONA - favOriTe

78. Pristin V - Get It

77. Twice - What is Love?

76. NCT 127 - Touch

75. MAMAMOO - Starry Night

74. GOT7 - Look

73. BTS JungKook - Euphoria

72. UNB - Feeling

71. Kim Dong Han - Good Night Kiss

70. TEN - New Heroes

69. Jennie - Solo

68. Red Velvet - Bad Boy

67. Sunmi - Heroine

66. EXO-CBX - Horololo

65. CLC - Black Dress

64. EXID - I Love You

63. GOT7 - Lullaby

62. The Boyz - No Air

61. Seventeen - Getting Closer

60. RM - Moonchild

59. INFINITE - Tell Me

58. NCT Dream - Go

57. Twice - Yes or Yes

56. EXO - Tempo

55. Stray Kids - Grow Up

54. Girls' Generation-Oh!GG - Lil’ Touch

53. BoA - One Shot, Two Shot

52. NCT U - Boss

51. Dreamcatcher - What

50. BTS V - Singularity

49. Seventeen - Oh My

48. Hyolyn - Dally

47. Chungha - Roller Coaster 

46. ATEEZ - Treasure

45. Lucente - Your Difference 

44. PLT - IGOHOLIC

43. Dreamcatcher - You and I

42. Stray Kids - Get Cool

41. Sunmi - Siren 

40. NOIR - Airplane Mode 

39. Apink - I'm So Sick

38. (G)I-dle - LaTaTa

37. 24K - Bonnie N' Clyde

36. BIGFLO - Upside Down

35. BTS Jin - Epiphany

34. Cross Gene - Touch It

33, MAMAMOO - Egotistic

32. Pentagon - Naughty Boy

31. Stray Kids - My Pace

30. Mino - Fiancé

29. EXO-CBX - Blooming Day

28. iKON - Killing Me

27. IMFACT - The Light

26. Leo - Touch & Sketch

25. Kim Dong Han - Sunset

24. BTS - Idol

23. VAV - Gorgeous

22. Stray Kids - Insomnia

21. Stray Kids - District 9

20. ATEEZ - Pirate King 

19. VIXX - Scentist

18. Astro - Always You

17. Nu’est W - Help Me

16. MONSTA X - Jealousy

15. DAY6 - Shoot Me 

14. The Rose - Baby

13. Seventeen - Thanks

12. IMFACT - Nanana

11. Stray Kids - Voices

 My top 10!

10. JBJ - My Flower

9. MONSTA X - Shoot Out 

08. Gaho - Stay Here

(the lack of Gaho gifs saddens me)

7. EXO - Love Shot

6. Momoland - BBoom BBoom

5. SF9 - Now or Never

4. BTS - Fake Love

3. Stray Kids - I Am You

2. Nu’est W - Dejavu

(couldn’t find a decent gif of the point dance so here’s JR to hypnotize you all like he did me)

1. PENTAGON - Shine

Overall, a good year, musically. Can you even tell I started stanning Skz by the amount of their songs here? They are amazing. ❤ Also I started listening to more girl groups which is nice. IMFACT and Nu’est W finally creeped into my life. And probably very soon into my top groups. ❤

Also from the moment I heard it, I knew Shine was gonna be my number one. And I was seconds away from fully stanning them but then my bias got kicked out and now this song is bittersweet. I’m still so smad about it but it’s too late, I love them now and I am heartbroken. Such an amazing song tho. ❤

[takumochi]

tagged by @meru-chanx3​ !!! THANK U!! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ im honored!!! CHNDCJD im srry i didnt do the first one I FORGOT ABT IT ILL DO IT SOON!!!!!!

1ST RULE: tag 9 people you want to get to know better 2ND RULE: BOLD the statements that are true APPEARANCE: I am 5'7" or taller (GOD I WISH) I wear glasses I have at least one tattoo I have at least one piercing (do earrings count??? otherwise no) I have blonde hair I have brown eyes I have short hair My abs are at least somewhat defined I have or have had braces (i wear retainers at night...!) PERSONALITY: I love meeting new people (KINDA???IM STILL RLY HECKING SHY N AWK) People tell me that I’m funny Helping others with their problems is a big priority for me I enjoy physical challenges I enjoy mental challenges (a little, tbh only when im in a maso mood) I’m playfully rude with people I know well (i like roasting and bullying my friends as long as theyre ok with it///) I started saying something ironically and now I can’t stop saying it (”Y’ALL”... also memes...like WHO KNOCKED OVER MY ONIONS-) ABILITY: I can sing well (i sound like a high pitched dying weasel) I can play an instrument (flute!!! i can also play the piano by ear --and im transcribing tachiiri kinshi onto it currently //cries) I can do over 30 pushups without stopping I’m a fast runner I can draw well (ID LIKE TO THINK SO??) I have a good memory (tho i still have bouts of short term memory) I’m good at doing math in my head I can hold my breath underwater for over a minute I have beaten at least 2 people in arm wrestling (*flexes my deceiving noodle arms*) I know how to cook at least 3 meals from scratch (i can cook rice..???? //SHOT) I know how to throw a proper punch HOBBIES: I enjoy playing sports  I’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else I’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else (i actually just quit orchestra) I have learned a new song in the past week I work out at least once a week I’ve gone for runs at least once a week in the warmer months I have drawn something in the past month (ive never drawn so much in a month tbh? also i jst drew a rly bad ikuya from free! at 3 am bc i couldnt sleep) I enjoy writing (i still have too many drafts and no finished works) FANDOMS ARE MY #1 PASSION (i honestly dnt know what i would do with my life without them BESIDES DEVELOPING MY OWN OCS...which were inspired from fandoms....) I do or have done martial arts EXPERIENCES: I have had my first kiss I have had alcohol I have scored the winning goal in a sports game (//wheezes// not soccer or anything but badminton bc im actually decent at it) I have watched an entire season of a TV show in one sitting (i need to stop doing this tbh) I have been at an overnight event I have been in a taxi I have been in the hospital or ER in the past year I have beaten a video game in one day I have visited another country (the philippines and canada! almost went to japan this year when i visited the phils again bt i already had too much expenses//) I have been to one of my favorite band’s concerts RELATIONSHIPS: I’m in a relationship I have a crush on a celebrity I have a crush on someone I know I have been in at least 3 relationships I have never been in a relationship I have asked someone out or admitted my feelings to them (im too embarrassed n shy 24/7) I get crushes easily (*SEES LANCE -from nameless- ONCE* *SWOONS*) I have had a crush on someone for over a year I have been in a relationship for at least a year I have had feelings for a friend MY LIFE: I have at least one person I consider a “best friend” I live close to my school (*clenches fist*) My parents are still together I have at least one sibling I live in the United States There is snow right now where I live I have hung out with a friend in the past month I have a smartphone I have at least 15 CDs I share my room with someone RANDOM SHIT: I have breakdanced I have had a teacher with a last name that’s hard to pronounce I have dyed my hair (i have ombre reddish-brown hair rn!!! i finally got to dye it again after 4 years) I’m listening to one song on repeat right now (HIBANA!!!!!! AA, IIYA--- NANANA *tablet pen turns in2 glowstick*) I have punched someone in the past week I know someone who has gone to jail I have broken a bone I have eaten a waffle today I know what I want to do with my life I speak at least 2 languages (i still kinda suck at tagalog tho) I have made a new friend in the past year (yes!!! IM SO TOUCHed BY EVERYONE///)

gahhh ill tag people id like to know better as well!! (please dont do this if you dont want to...!)

@red-dyed-sarumane @ayarou (BC I LOV U) @silverbuttercups @iaminope @thedaughterofhades @hetalialuvr11 @sweden-da @subarashii-world @sylphkan