So this is...not quite what I expected out of a new Andrew W.K. song. But also it...kinda rules? I just keep listening to it and it keeps getting better (and the video is great too). Thoughts?
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New Andrew W.K. single - "Babalon"
- Thread starter Seraphis Cain
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So this is...not quite what I expected out of a new Andrew W.K. song. But also it...kinda rules? I just keep listening to it and it keeps getting better (and the video is great too). Thoughts?
This rips. I can party with some metal Andrew W.K. Such a great riff and I love the Halford-esque scream towards the end, really extending his vocal range.
Its awesome, and its coming off of his last album which was incredible.
Really love AWK and glad he's back
Really love AWK and glad he's back
Both eyebroes were up by the middle point, not bad at all.
The keys elevate this to a relly good song.
The keys elevate this to a relly good song.
Definitely more on the serious side for WK. It grew on me as it went on. I liked it a lot. Video is great.
I went through a huge WK phase in my mid twenties. Coincidentally those were my biggest partying years.
I went through a huge WK phase in my mid twenties. Coincidentally those were my biggest partying years.
An entire AWK album like this, or even just, like, a 5-song EP, would be splendid. Still taps into his classically trained roots but turns the damned piano down for some other ideas to emerge. Into it.
I enjoyed his stuff all those years ago too but uh
Andrew W.K. is a Libertarian "Classical Liberal" who believes in American Exceptionalism & a "big fan of Breitbart". He was a regular on Fox News show 'Red Eye' for years w/ his friend Gavin McInnes (Proud Boys) & even had his own radio show on Glenn Beck's TheBlaze radio network
I have an Andrew WK story I can share! My buddy who was a super talented musician passed away in an unfortunate incident, he was a big WK fan and Andrew WK came to his funeral and played some beautiful piano, flew out on his own dime, didn't ask for a thing.
Ah damn that sucks to hear :/, I remember him being on Red Eye but I thought he was there representing progressives, I never actually watched an episode.
Ah damn that sucks to hear :/, I remember him being on Red Eye but I thought he was there representing progressives, I never actually watched an episode.
Really? Jeeze...I know very little about the guy, but I find this hard to believe. All I remember about him back in the day is that he always wears the same clothes and likes Philosophy. He also seemed like an extremely nice dude.
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That same person started a thread on the AWK subreddit which has some replies that seem to dismantle a lot of those accusations?
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Anyone else remember this old MTV special Crashing where Andrew W.K. stayed at a HBCU for a couple days. That's when I first started to realize the guy was an original.
Are there actual receipts here or just some random tweet from 3 years ago
The context of that Reddit post (especially AWK's Village Voice columns) does a good job of explaining things.That same person started a thread on the AWK subreddit which has some replies that seem to dismantle a lot of those accusations?
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Liked the video and song, there's a lot to unpack there. It almost seems like we're at a turning point in his persona... is he going to drop the Party Hard antics for something else?
WK changed a while ago. Unless you were actively following him, you wouldn't notice. Anyways, he put an album out that was just piano a few years ago.
At the least, having the show on the Blaze thing is true and being on Fox News according to Wikipedia.
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Right but the implication is he said bad things on there. Simply being there doesn't mean anything.At the least, having the show on the Blaze thing is true and being on Fox News according to Wikipedia.
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It pains me to agree with this (I thought You're Not Alone was a really fun album and was hoping this would have that same type of energy). Nothing in this song is interesting.
Being unfamiliar with his music and many of the references he's connecting is making it fun(in a puzzling way) trying to figure out what he's going on about.
Set up for some kind of ultimate party?
Minimalism giving the impression of things reducing to a void.
Would play well at Milliways.
Set up for some kind of ultimate party?
Minimalism giving the impression of things reducing to a void.
Would play well at Milliways.
He went on FOX and did thisAt the least, having the show on the Blaze thing is true and being on Fox News according to Wikipedia.
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OT: The song has a catchy riff but is trying way too hard to be Muse. And how is it that this dude's face never looks the same from album to album?