where did it go so wrong? - Asking Alexandria - 'Psycho' and 'Bad Blood'

[@karimabdelkarim6437]

The drumming in BOTH songs is INSANEEEE, psycho has super fun and yet punchy drums, and bad blood has it PURE EVIL

[@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH]

Something i've always felt that AA had good was their drummer, extremely underrated, even back then everyone was all over Danny and Ben and no one said a thing about their drummer, holy shit he's fucking tight.

[@A-i-d-e-n_YT]

​@@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHHFact, James actually went to collage to study the 'drooms' further too, so I'm glad he gets a chance to play something crazy like bad blood again and I'm sure he is too!

[@maximilianwentz5202]

Ima be real - I really enjoyed both these tracks. It finally feels like AA is doing something genuinely interesting.

[@karimabdelkarim6437]

Interesting and unique, i fully agree!

[@parkerlindseth931]

Agreed. Love the new tracks

[@saamo1423]

Wtf is interesting about this, seriously

[@RebeIMate]

The chorus in "Bad Blood" feels like everybody in the band wanted to go different direction and they couldn't come to an agreement so they just said: "f**k it, everybody can do whatever they want"

[@fadence]

You know I got that vibe from the entire song, the structure was so unnecessarily convoluted

[@ricklubbers7761]

Same vibe i got from their live performances just before Danny dipped the band. He kept clean singing the stuff he used to scream.

[@BIOSHOCKFOXX]

@@ricklubbers7761 So basically it's as if he got tired of screaming?

[@ricklubbers7761]

@@BIOSHOCKFOXX iirc he had some issues with his vocal chords too.

[@Metalstrike365]

Being completely honest, I LOVE new Asking Alexandria…. Dark Void was great, Psycho felt like genre bending and I loved that, and bad blood was a bit all over and I’m all for it. Looking forward to more new songs from themes!!!

[@snowedmochii]

Bad Blood is definitely the better track 100%

[@bl33zy52]

those blast beats were so unexpected haha, love it

[@christianhackl474]

@4ruki Absolutely!😂 no question, I agree! haha

[@Rorbanger95]

Psycho is a grower, I think it’s just the woah ohs that down grade it

[@A-i-d-e-n_YT]

Shame the screams came from Paul and not Danny. But if it hurts Danny I'll happily take the fill-in vocalist to get a taste of the old times again.

[@snowedmochii]

@@A-i-d-e-n_YT honestly I think it's a mix of both tbh, and it's 100% a welcome change, should probably hire him full time so he does the screams and danny does the cleans

[@DizzyMan24]

Both these songs are good. The cleans vocals over the heavy intrumental in Bad Blood is cool.

[@daltonb3924]

Psycho is objectively awful. A truly terrible song.

[@DizzyMan24]

@@daltonb3924 Explain why?

[@tiarlyn]

@@daltonb3924 "objectively awful" *gives no objective points* The song isn't objectively awful. You're just mad because band no heavy anymore and you no likey.

[@daltonb3924]

@@tiarlyn It's an objectively corny play on current radio rock standards with outdated hi hat driven verses that bands and country artists ripped off from hip hop artists. It's got the worst of the rap melody influence bands like Imagine Dragons started a decade ago, and the worst of the butt rock chorus influence that's been stale for going on 15 years now. I mean lets be real, Puddle of Mudd made a way better psycho song. This song sucks because it passes as "creative", "refreshing", and "trying something new" to people who started listening to music yesterday; but it's not any of those things. Why don't you come up with some new material? I like plenty of bands that aren't heavy, and plenty of them started out being much heavier than AA ever have been. AA just fucking sucked at evolving their sound.

[@daltonb3924]

@@DizzyMan24 I did in response to the other comment on this thread. I won't copy and paste for spam purposes.

[@birdiemaradoth]

Most recent album was honestly amazing

[@SFutureReacts]

Very underrated.

[@birdiemaradoth]

@SFuture Yeah, its tied with their debut album for me. Just a nice hard rock album that doesnt do to much. And the song "youve made it this far" on the album makes me so emotional

[@SFutureReacts]

@@birdiemaradoth YES! Was vibing to that song yesterday. The Grey is amazing as well.

[@pedroa7x508]

see what's on the inside have become my fav album by them

[@silentagony1019]

I can probably see the demographic for asking Alexandria. It’s definitely way different from what it used to be but i can tell AA now is more radio friendly. It’s something for a demographic that likes popy beats but also radio rock friendly that you can listen too. AA now is mostly for radio rock red necks if you get my drift.

[@ledooni]

I couldn‘t agree less. THIS is exactly what I‘ve been waiting for since Danny‘s return. Self-titled record was really nice, House On Fire had very good song writing but wasn‘t really special beyond that, last album was pretty forgettable, but now they finally break out of the genre standards and make their music special and interesting again like they last did on From Death To Destiny. Bad Blood combines all of the best aspects of AA from recent years and longer into the past while Psycho goes perfectly blends more poppy elements that we didn‘t have in that way yet but we still keep the banger drumming. All written very well. Very happy to have both AA and BMTH at probably the strongest points of their career at the moment 👏

[@SilkandScrooge]

The drummer is definitely the best member

[@coreyjames9560]

Well that's true for a lot of bands if the drummer is shit then the band will be too, but if the drummer is good like this one then the rest of the band will be good. And honestly you should never fault AA, their last few albums have been professional quality.

[@wcanderton]

I'm just happy AA is still making music! I think self titled is still their best album since To The Stage but I've liked all of them

[@afla1156]

From Death To Destiny was defnitly their best album

[@nolife4954]

Guys it's not even a debate when stand up and scream exists

[@MrGabematt]

@@afla1156 ehhhh highly debatable…. but you are wrong

[@saamo1423]

Sometimes dead is better

[@maidenly_matilda]

Bad blood is good. Although I like the heavy parts I actually love the 2nd verse the best. Sounds like the 2nd verse to Dear Insanity from R&R. Psycho is good too, only because it's more imaginative than something like Antisocislist. my biggest gripe with Asking as of late was that there was a lack of imagination, but these two singles actually are something new that they haven't done in that way before.

[@himauke2194]

For me 2 bangers ! thx for the video, otherwise I wouldn't have looked for those singles

[@wheelsofmercury]

Every time I hear those blastbeats on Bad Blood, I always exclaim, "HOLY SHIT, JAMES! Calm down..." 🤣🤣🤣 It reminds me of the chorus of I Used To Have A Best Friend...

[@el_semir]

Asking is done for so long now and listening for this vocalist voice is just exhausting

[@alextihor1190]

The second one is good imo, i enjoyed it, the vocals are great. I like the pop-rock style in general dont really care if its not heavy. If Sleep Token was great then this mix of genres here should be totally fine

[@RWM0]

A lot of their new songs aren't bad. I think some older fans just get a bit salty cause it's never what they hope for

[@mmf-rules]

I love the hook on Psycho 🔥

[@djsimmons5480]

The chorus for bad blood is terrible and that's the only gripe I have on that song and psycho is just terrible.

[@christianhackl474]

@cwe1 I love the hook on Bad Blood😂 and the whole bad blood song. But I hate the hook on Psycho (and kinda the whole song)😂

[@mmf-rules]

@@christianhackl474 Bad Blood is not a hook, is a whole epic battle movie, I love blast beat on chorus, is not common lately, and hearing Ben's vocals again was so good

[@gamermoviedude5533]

I'm gonna be honest, this band has never really connected with me no matter how many times I've tried, but from what I've heard over the years, I truly wish we could've seen the version of this band where Dennis was still singing. I actually thought that album had something going for it.

[@hpviolaguy]

Why do I have Issues and Banks arcade from Psycho from Alexandria, never thought I would say this sentence

[@mattotf220]

I liked psycho but also im one of the few people that accepts the change of style and enjoy anything aa does as a long time fan.

[@devcor]

I wouldn't say Psycho is bad. Its got the groove, in some parts very much so. Although the chorus is a bit too much in there. Or when Sleep Token does that (things like rnb sequences and such) - it's crazy good, when someone else does it's bad? 😏

[@gamealchemist]

Right? Almost everyone loves Sleep Token, but other bands are strange when they try new or other things? It's weird...^^

[@briarhaven01]

It's because asking keeps making promises they aren't delivering on

[@mmf-rules]

​@@gamealchemist Some people doesn't let specific bands to experiment, that's awful

[@henryschneider4575]

@@gamealchemist exactly

[@fdsafdsafdsafdsafd]

Maybe if AA were half the musicians Sleep Token are, folks would like it more. Crazy thought huh?

[@jedlin284]

Is it me or does the initial riff of Bad Blood sound a lot like Animals by Architects?

[@paul_romero_]

I enjoy Bogdan's videos so much, because he doesn't pretend to enjoy the songs, in fear of the actual artists seeing his reactions. Honest reviews are the best!

[@seanstreck2669]

The second song feels like a 3 days grace song trying to be a panic at the disco track. Didn't quite hit right but that doesn't mean the song was bad musically.

[@knotshimi]

Their previous album was honestly actually very good to me personally and that's coming from someone who's fav AA album is Stand Up And Scream. But the new tracks aren't really doing it for me too much though.

[@mmf-rules]

Both bangers, it's time for bands to keep experimenting, not some bands, all the bands at the scene at this moment

[@depracated]

This is just a bad version of Breaking Benjamin, if you're gunna do butt rock at least do it right

[@mmf-rules]

@@depracated I don't listen to Breaking Benjamin, so I don't care

[@orgooby]

@@depracated go somewhere else over the rainbow

[@thesearching]

wow , that was a experience hahahaha , bad blood sounded like a bunch of ideas in one song and psycho sounds like imagine dragons and maroon 5 with a rock vibe .

[@Ahandle55]

I think you should do a reaction to their most recent album, it's honestly my favourite of theirs.

[@aMarshall_]

Chorus in Bad blood is Maroon 5 singing on a blast beat.. It doesn't makes it heavy tho, really sucks And Psycho could literally come from a Maroon 5 album. Nice reference to their "Where dit it go" song btw

[@kkkkadotto]

i enjoy both, bad blood is an amazing song in my opinion

[@jof860]

is it just me or Bad Blood sounds like Animals by architects ?? (not the chorus of course)

[@mathewsmith9229]

"It was a bit all over the place" yeah.... like a psycos brain 🤣 personally loved both tracks

[@dongoDP1]

i like the new asking alexandria. psycho is probably my favorite out of the three so far

[@ricardovega2011]

“Honestly bangers” ❤

[@ricardovega2011]

That was weird they’re both amazing ❤

[@CoverBrazilian]

The chorus on psycho sounds like new Fall Out Boy. It’s also interesting to note in these newer songs, the drummer sounds like he’s trying to go heavy, while the rest of the band is still trying to do butt rock.

[@Bytrius]

i think bad blood has a few cool elements to it that just don't work that well in tandem with each other (blast beat chorus is weird as well) and psycho is just... i wanted it to be over halfway into the first chorus. the lyrical content is severely lacking in both and it feels like they're just throwing random stuff at the wall hoping it sticks.

[@xxyoloproxx7230]

To be fair, they’re all new recent fathers except for Danny, so in a way, it is now a dad rock band

[@chriswise3930]

Psycho sounds like a fall out boy track

[@Merithathor]

In a few hours I see them live. Yay \o/

[@jasons.9445]

you should check out the new Crystal Lake too. New vocalist is the ex vocalist of the last ten seconds of life

[@HussaR357]

Maan, been listening to them since 2009 and still love it. Different, yes, but still very much enjoyable.

[@McDouble2387]

Chorus + Blast Beats = 👌 (also i cant wait for you to hear the new imminence track)

[@McDouble2387]

Makes me wish more bands actually did this. The only other song I can think of that has blast beats on a chorus (besides Deathcore) is Northlane - Clarity.

[@-Jake-]

The way the news goes by periphery does as well

[@gatkins120]

Drums are absolutely world class on all these AA singles.

[@kevinduty6985]

I fucking love both of these singles!

[@hithere-haveagreatday7609]

Is it their best stuff ? Hell no. But the 3 singles are def the best they've done since the Selftitled, at least for me, and I enjoy it honestly.

[@muhammadsyam1202]

Its better than the entire LIBAD A7X Album..

[@f1awsy]

1:08 i swear its gangsters paradise behind it

[@branfrootloops]

heck, now i can't unhear it, thanks

[@JUNKO____]

I fucking KNEW that melody felt familiar.

[@Charlie_RH9]

Bad Blood Sounds like Self-titled Album from 2017 meets From Death to Destiny and Psycho Sounds like a B-Side that wasn’t included in Like a House on Fire but I do respect the Genre bending on that song. I’ll definitely pick the first single over the second one any day of the week

[@muhamadfachry5247]

Bad blood song is banger on the last breakdown as i lay dying vibes the song is redifined i love this song 👏

[@kelvinpanggabean2387]

James Casells killing it on this album 🔥

[@lukasdontknow7194]

I like how Danny enjoys the song Psycho and everything similar from LAHOF, but because of this type of music, the band is sinking more and more.

[@zetabrew1825]

Anyone notice how things haven't been the same since James started wearing a shirt in their videos?

[@owenpenczak8459]

I feel like a majority of people find something to dislike in every AA song instead of looking to like and no matter what they do everyone complains at least they are being creative

[@owenpenczak8459]

Not anything against you Bogdan I agree with what you said but just in general people seem down on them

[@OccupiedMuffins]

Idk the second one is fine, chorus is good to me but the rest is meh. But I don’t get the hate, a lot of other bands do this EXACT thing, someone in the comments brought up sleep toke and that’s a perfect comparison

[@Milkshakee96]

best stuff they've put out in years Closest we'll get to reckless and relentless, the magnum opus

[@yungblastbeat]

nah man this doesnt compare at all the trap/rnb parts are so unbelievably cringe

[@birdiemaradoth]

@Sleep Token Slander Acct imagine making ur account dedicated to hating on sleeptoken and other peoples music taste, sounds pitiful

[@birdiemaradoth]

@Sleep Token Slander Acct Not intrested in surviving a comment section like that, because unlike you I have common sense

[@jeux2322]

@Sleep Token Slander Acct they did simple metalcore the best.

[@jeux2322]

@Sleep Token Slander Acct ? wdym I’m not a fan? and killswitch isn’t simple metalcore

[@birdiemaradoth]

Oh wait its not a taylor swift cover-

[@phvntym4042]

The blast beats in Bad Blood ruined it and felt so forced

[@WxB2001]

Yeah, they certainly didn't need the blast beats to open the chorus, it felt very out of place. If they closed the chorus with a quick blast beat, that would have worked a lot better.

[@KakashiBallZ]

Bogdan's face on the thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SoldierSpiderx]

I like Bad blood more then Psycho that Psycho felt like their song they been make but Bad blood it like their own shit they used to make cause Danny Worsnop normal don't scream but now it seem they going back to their own root

[@Seadr4gon.]

Sounds like animals by architects in moments

[@Sikthy]

bad blood is my favourite of the new tracks

[@jakenixon3730]

Love the reaction Bogdan, there's a new imminence track that released recently if that interests you?

[@alexandercarlinmusic9467]

All Bad Blood needed to do to be considered good to me was literally not have blast beats in the chorus and extend the breakdown

[@branfrootloops]

Exactly! The blast beats in the chorus don't fit at all...

[@jprep1025]

I don’t listen to like a house on fire or see what’s on the inside really. I’ve been a fan since 09 and I just think they’re superior doing the FDTF style, other bands are more creative with the radio rock

[@RyeRyeL]

Imminence - Come Hell or High Water next? :D

[@matthewdobrow7759]

It’s giving me from death to destiny and back to there electronic roots a bit

[@SFutureReacts]

Kinda surprised you didn't enjoy Bad Blood more than you did. First time we've heard lows from Danny in a decade. Love the lyrcis in Bad Blood as well.

[@_Forza]

Comments like this are exactly what's wrong with modern day AA enablers. Dannys ability to scream is only a small fraction of what made them good in the past.

[@knotshimi]

Is it just me or does the chorus sound like a pre chorus.

[@Minifigcreator97]

Asking Alexandria’s most recent album is really good. Bad Blood is a good song to me. And dark Void isn’t bad. Psycho is admittedly very generic. But I still don’t mind it.

[@birdiemaradoth]

W take

[@mmf-rules]

W

[@unicestwiacznoworodkow7]

Danny is the best and the worst thing that happened to Asking Alexandria

[@WHOREHAMMER_OFFICIAL]

Love psycho

[@mmf-rules]

Me too, it's so fun to listen 🔥

[@AlexBraunerhjelm]

They shoud've honestly rebranded to Nevermind Alexandria

[@alexgabriel2671]

The drumming was cool on both but psycho is just idk a pop song rather than an Asking Alexandria song

[@Toxic_MF911]

People saying its bad like they some musical genius judging

[@xxVIDSxxCREATORxx]

If you take away from what they used to be and imagine them as a new band, the 3 new tracks are pretty decent. personally.

[@two_days_slow]

I agree with this

[@NoName-ns6xr]

That is such a cope

[@jacobadampilmore1395]

New asking Alexandria is 🔥🔥🔥 10/10

[@rubenkriel1627]

Danny killed this band.

[@MLDesigns]

Creative title lol

[@gatkins120]

Let's be honest, if this wasn't AA, it would be getting praised. These songs have been amazing. It's just disappointing because it is linked to AA and not what we were expecting. Take away AA, and these are bangers.

[@LoganWard4621]

the sound at the beginning of bad blood kind of 100% reminds me of MOTIONLESS IN WHITE scoring at the end of the world the self titled album track Bogdan dude/bro just be glad it is not a cover of a very annoying Taylor Swift song/track Danny's singing/clean vocals remind me of JAMES MICHAEL of SIXX AM a little bit the other track kind of sound like a mix/mashup between FALL OUT BOY and PANIC! AT THE DISCO and IMAGINE DRAGONS MUSE Twenty One Pilots Fitz and the Tantrums

[@chr0my850]

Bad Blood is great and I'm tired of pretending its not

[@lil8iTcH]

Their first 3.5 albums and nothing else really

[@PaulBlxck]

6:06 "Sound like a 50-year-old trying to copy Bad Omens" What a brilliant, hilarious analogy

[@wheelsofmercury]

Considering Danny looks like he’s 50… Not far off, unfortunately...

[@rocky6004]

Psycho sounds like a Fall Out Boy song imo

[@esc4pe3012]

Psycho is just straight bad... but, Bad Blood...give me hard "ADTR - Brickwall" Vibes.. mix of hundred styles and in the end it sounds like massive dog shit 🤣

[@vlad_Mosor]

Where is the new Imminence reaction btw?😢

[@fadence]

Second song was much better because it was cohesive, I think Bogdan was swayed from chat saying it was bad. And the guy saying theyre trying to copy Bad Omen as if Bad Omens haven't spend their entire careers already copying everyone else. AA are very mid now though sadly.

[@oscaryanezzavala]

Bad blood is only amazing single

[@sharing64tacos]

Honestly i like newer AA then old AA

[@williamsantos-rf1nk]

Genericore at it's finest

[@briarhaven01]

Why is asking Alexandria writing imagine dragon songs now

[@RavetsU]

Almost died from cringe when the Psycho chorus hit

[@syphomstomper]

Chat saying Like a house on fire is good and not liking Bad blood it's just strange

[@DavidSlEePtOkEnSanchez]

Best song in years 🤘🤘🤘

[@jasons.9445]

bad blood had to grow on me but it's my favorite stuff since their self titled so i'm not complaining

[@jamesb106]

Any chorus blast-beats in the chat?

[@johncarmen9963]

In all of the heavier parts in the newer songs the mix is so off imo sounds so unclear and muffled.

[@spaceashes]

the music itself is turning into the music videos; AI generated.

[@HandSomeGarbage]

my sincere reaction on both singles: 🗿

[@omramoryth]

Honestly, are the songs great? No. Are the songs bad? No. If Bad Omens or someone in that lane released some of these songs, they wouldn't get half the shit AA is getting for trying this style. I mean I haven't listened to AA from Reckless but these songs are the classic songs you'd find on the radio these days.

[@TheDeceased14]

I can’t even with AA anymore.. just disappointed every damn time.. 😢😢😢