the rise & fall of hey monday

[@cassadeepope]

Enough people recommended I watch this and I’m so glad they did. thank you for telling our story with such empathy and kindness. A new fan over here 🥰

[@Samia-2003]

❤

[@maisiemiller3855]

Omg 😊❤

[@BuzzlightyearinactionSaSenado]

Hi cassadee 😍😍😍😍

[@RohitSharma-mi8gt]

Hey Monday is kickass ! Discovered you on hmnim…. What a time

[@FearlessDarlings]

You’re awesome! 🎉

[@ThePunkRockMBA]

I interviewed Cassadee in like 2010 or something for Substream, she was very nice! Glad to see her have success now in country.

[@InkAndPoet]

She's starting to incorporate her old pop rock roots into her music nowadays, calling it "Y'allternative".

[@TomRenti]

heyyy :)

[@TomRenti]

@@InkAndPoet omg really? gotta check that

[@InkAndPoet]

@@TomRenti it still sounds country, but there's some noticeable pop rock flair

[@uhhhmaeve]

"Wasting All My Tears" is S-tier ngl

[@sc6658]

As a 27 year old former scene kid, you have no idea the whiplash this video gave me. I hadn’t heard the name Hey Monday in 12-13 years. 😭

[@TheDashingOne123]

Saaaame

[@HeyyJillian]

this band was my whole personality in high school. I even got my mom to let me dye my hair like cassadee's lmfao their silent library episode was iconic too

[@hend0wski]

OH MY GOD THE SILENT LIBRARY EPISODE GIRL STOP I CANT GO BACK HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME

[@hend0wski]

@kit7kat6 🌜 lotta hairspray and time. Eventually it just sits like that without the hairspray lol. Also if you spray it down, brush out the spray, and then ad heat, the spray keeps it there without the hairsprayed texture (mostly)

[@CoURTN3Y23]

Sameeeee I was obsessed

[@kotztotz3530]

Next one you need to do is The Cab! They were on fire for a quick second and fizzled out quick. Whisper War is still one of my favorite albums of all time

[@elianafajardo3413]

HELL YEAH FULLY AGREED!! Not to mentioned they were also signed to DC2D records Pete Wentz’s label!!

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Decaydance was an awesome label. Patrick Stump being Whisper War's producer definitely helps me understand why I love that album so much.

[@hot1shot80]

Take my Hand remix with Cassadee. Fire

[@ShinySephiroth1]

@@hot1shot80 citizens for our betterment was an amazing mixtape.

[@YG-ki9wk]

Fucking loved the cab 🥹

[@Diana-mu7pc]

Hey Monday meant a lot to me as a 12-year-old girl who just wanted to see women sing the kind of music I loved most. I loved them even more than Paramore, and I think Hey Monday were the second female-fronted band I got into, which made it feel like Hayley Williams being a girl-singer was less of a fluke. It's a shame they never got to thrive outside of Paramore's shadow or that a lot of people saw them as lesser or a knock-off. As much as their music is very dated now, it still has a special place in my heart. And whenever I relisten to a lot of my favorite songs, I still remember what it was about them that stuck with me. They had a very simple appeal. I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't had Hey Monday in my life.

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

“How You Love Me Now” is an absolute banger. It’s unreal to think that Hey Monday was on an MTV show, alongside All Time Low, We the Kings, and Forever the Sickest Kids. I still see a few clips of it in the MTV Vault every now and then.

[@ReanuKeaves1]

How You Love Me Now is a major banger. Pumps me up all the time.

[@Space-Holiday]

I remember seeing Hey Monday support Fall Out Boy on their Foile a deux era tour and at the time people thought they weren’t too bad but they never seemed to manage to stand out in the scene. Years later I met my now fiancée who really likes country and I was telling her about that tour and I remembered the name of Hey Monday’s singer, and she was like “Casadee Pope???” And it turned out she had become a mega famous country singer. How times change!

[@jax422]

She competed on The Voice as a country singer and it launched her career.

[@emily91x]

I Remember Seeing Them Then Too While Fall Out Boy Were In Cardiff That Night Was Amazing. Xx

[@BlackrockLobbyist]

Interviewers are so good these days I forgot how awkward these independent scene blog interviewers used to be

[@AtlasM0th]

The awkward old Bryan Stars interviews still give me the cringe haha. Didn't stop me loving them as a kid tho

[@alicat95]

I was absolutely obsessed with Hey Monday and Cassadee Pope in middle school/early high school. Her hair inspired me to get the intense side bangs look and I bought a pair of shoes from a brand she had a collaboration with. Met the band during warped tour when then were doing a signing and they were all sweet! I was shocked when I saw her on The Voice years later as I was already a fan for so long. Love seeing a video on them 🙂

[@pratimasingh9261]

I just still think it’s hilarious how Cassadee gamed the voice cuz she had a built in fanbase to vote for her 😂

[@robreeto]

I knew the end of Hey Monday was near when cassadee auditioned for the voice. I remember watching the whole season live and knowing that if she was successful she would go solo and leave it all behind, glad she has made a good career for herself with country music. I've seen her perform live as a country artist and she is great

[@lyannastarkweather]

Watching Cassadee Pope audition for the Voice, choose Blake's team, and absolutely kill that competition singing country music really surprised me at the time. It seemed pretty clear that Hey Monday was finished, even if they weren't saying it. Cassadee has done quite well for herself!

[@KevinContreras2013]

Hey Monday, We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings, All Time Low were MY bands back in my neon pop punk and MySpace days. Man I wish that second album got released or seen them live.

[@isavel.xo97]

I LOVED Hey Monday but the one thing I’ll remember more than anything about them is the episode of Degrassi Goes Hollywood where Craig is just randomly with Cassadee & Pete Wentz in LA 😂

[@hailey_1960]

omg me too!!!! every time i think ab that scene i still cant believe it happened - craigs whole music career arc is so bizarre haha

[@isavel.xo97]

@@hailey_1960 no literally! everytime i watch it im like ??? in what world is CRAIG becoming a famous musician like please 😭 be for real 😂 i cannot stand him lol

[@champagnesupernova777]

Same 😂💀

[@hailey_1960]

@@isavel.xo97 no exactly - ig they had to make up some big reason for ellie to like him sm,,, bc otherwise theres no WAY miss ellie nash of all women would be stuck on cRAIG 🤢

[@heyheyhey7988]

It was so confusing ha

[@natepadilla6326]

I actually went to that FOB tour. It was my first concert YEARS later I actually met cassedee at a country music festival and told her "the last time I saw you , you were with FOB" she seemed genuinely surprised. She was really chill. Nothing bad to say. And I'm pretty like most dudes I had a celebrity crush on her So it definitely felt like talking to the really cute popular girl. Overall 9/10 would do it again

[@Sockrxo6]

Fun fact: Pete Wentz / Decaydance actually held a fan contest to “rename” Blake. I still have my email submission of band names sent July 4, 2008. My list sucks 😂 But a fan likely picked the name Hey Monday.

[@stikki713]

Hey Monday, The Maine, Boys Like Girls, and Mayday Parade was the jams back in the day

[@JK-tb9wl]

Hey Monday is one of those bands that I still repeatedly find myself circling back to. I really hope reuniting for WWWY brings back the spark and they continue with new music and a tour!

[@WilliamRamseyChannel]

3 things: 1. Cozy inspired me to start my own tiktok covering 2000s emo 2. This is such a well thought out video per usual 3. Cozy you cannot just leave us on a cliffhanger and NOT have a video on the new FOB song lol

[@GoonBeee]

I definitely agree with you that This Providence has always been under appreciated. I just went back and listened to their music and it aged really well and holds up a lot better than a lot of other music from this time Love the work you do on this channel as the 2000s-2010s emo archive

[@NadiaVenice]

I haven’t heard anyone mention this providence in my life. I loved that band and was sad they never came out with more music

[@uhhhmaeve]

One of my favorite bands - had the pleasure of meeting Cassadee Pope a few years ago when she played my college and she was wonderful, signed my old Hey Monday CDs and everything For my money, the most underrated neon pop-punk/pop-rock band out there

[@thesierrasad]

Glad to see you and others give This Providence the love they deserve!

[@fioregiallo]

Iiiii've been jumping from the tops of buildingsssss

[@KatieMeehan]

Oh my god I miss that band so much!!! I never hear of people talking about them EVER!!!! Lonely Benson is Dan’s project and it’s amazing - check it out!!

[@DreamyWorld19]

I was a scene kid in 2011 (pretty late, I know) and I Don't Wanna Dance was one of my favourite songs. I remember looking up "scene kid music" on youtube and finding nevershoutnever, pierce the veil, botdf, dot dot curve, jeffree star, and much more.

[@nik7657]

I still listen to their album 😂. Candles is so much fun to belt along to. They were so much fun at Warped and always so nice at the merch table on the tours i saw em at after. Thanks for doing this!

[@misskori1]

I remember hey Monday way back in late 2008. I first heard of them on fuse, that I watched their first music video homecoming. Boom 💥 I started to like hey Monday. I always watched their music videos how do you love me now & homecoming on Comcast/Xfinity way back in 2008 & 2009. I kept seeing them everywhere on KZbin, MTV hits, fuse, & music choice on demand. I have their debut album hold on tight & their 2010 EP. My fav songs from hey Monday are homecoming, how do you love me now, candles, & I don't wanna dance. It sucks that they broke up a long time ago. Cassadee pope is a country singer now.

[@paintedmoments_]

I discovered Paramore in 07 and they were my all time favorite band (still are), so when I saw the Homecoming music video on Fuse I was so pumped, I was hungry for another band with a cool girl singer. Sad they fizzled out.

[@ThatWeirdoRightThere]

Hey Monday was the first concert I ever went to. They’ll always hold a special place in my heart, wish they could do a small reunion one day

[@TheRareVideosXL]

They did have a reunion in 2019.Its on KZbin.

[@MatthewVlossak]

And now they’re back with the OG lineup for WWWYF!

[@esscrit4491]

I remember seeing them as a support band for FOB in Sydney, Australia 2009! I met Cassadee & a couple of the guys, they were super lovely

[@joshuawalkerauthor]

That was my first show, and I got super into hey Monday after hearing clips from the Welcome to the Administration mixtape that FOB dropped right before Folie. I remember them playing so well, besides the obvious excitement I had at seeing fall out boy I thought hey Monday killed it.

[@standoughope]

You are destined to be the "cool uncle" if you aren't already.

[@gracepatchett_]

I was soo obsessed with hey Monday in the day! I saw Cassadee break her ankle opening for an All Time Low show in middle school and followed them for years after that. I had a Hey Monday cd that I forced my mom to play in the car all the time lol

[@patpatpat]

I was their runner on an All Time Low tour back in the day. Very nice people (at least as strangers I don’t know personally and had to work for lol)

[@Emm_R_Guitar]

Cant imagine how heartbreaking it would be to be their age and achieving all this in such and ahort time and then it suddenlu end. Props go cassadee for still making music.

[@ReanuKeaves1]

Don’t forget Bryanstars claimed during his early years of his KZbin career his undying crush for Cassadee Pope. Along the way, he stopped bringing her up. Obviously, we eventually found out why. He came out. Regardless, loved Hey Monday’s Hold On Tight. I remember hearing them for the first time when watching The Real World: Austin.

[@Lutethesage]

I LOVED Hey Monday back in the day ❤ they were a very vivid memory of my high school life ❤

[@TomRenti]

damn today finishing my shift i thought "i'd like to order something by delivery and watch a cozy video" and now i have this. calling now to watch this beatiful masterpiece. love your videos!

[@likethunder21]

I was at the lets make a mess tour, specifically for the bigger lights and this providence, and like big agree that this prov deserved to be SO much bigger than they ended up. Such cool dudes.

[@busterb7482]

Oh to be an artist whose myspace demo gets picked up by Pete Wentz and signed to decaydance records and gets to go on all the big emo tours and has a perfectly produced album that gets huge in the 2000's, that is the dream life

[@Alex-cc5be]

The band that got me into scene music beyond what I was listening to on rock and pop FM radio. All started with a girl performing Homecoming by Hey Monday at a talent show I went to at a nearby high school

[@MeganLeighHenn]

I went to high school w Cass, always crazy to see her and this band pop up

[@MyChannel-on9wc]

We need a Breathe Carolina video

[@artcopath2217]

YEAAHHH I love them so much!!

[@DataGirlMakes]

I was too young to be in the scene at the time, but I remember finding Hey Monday from the GLEE cover of Candles. Crazy

[@Automalice]

Coming from the UK emo/scene world, it’s really cool to feel nostalgic while watching these kinds of videos but I’m also learning a bit of music history too haha

[@DividingLineBand]

My local Detroit band back then (04-08) used to play with Every Avenue all... the time lol Crazy to see how things play out all these years later!

[@Irma_Vep]

Hell yeah! This band called The Morning of and these guys always reminded me of each other

[@Sketch105]

They showed so much promise. I was really impressed seeing them on Believers Never Die tour, but when the music video for I Don’t Wanna Dance dropped (and Casadee dyed her hair bright red), I felt the Paramore comparisons were just going to stack up and they wouldn’t stand out from the scene.

[@jxw457]

That was a good summer. I went into basic training that winter, came out and there was SO much new good music just everywhere.

[@msedievc7706]

Although I wasn’t around for any of this music’s heyday, I loved Hey Monday along with all the other decaydance bands in 2017-18 when I was peak scene. I even ran a fan account on Instagram for Cassadee at that time until Instagram wrongfully terminated it for saying I was impersonating her. Some of her country music is actually pretty good and she’s even started mixing her pop punk roots into it again with her most recent releases which I think is fun. The Hey Monday reunions must’ve inspired her.

[@skysamfreeman]

Hey Monday is one of those bands that I know I heard back when they hit, but only like once or twice. My music tastes didn’t really solidify until a few years after their debuted. Completely forgot about them until they came into my Spotify rotation. I love this band. It’s a perfect time capsule and it brought be right back to 2008. Great stuff.

[@KATIEBERRYMAN]

Hi just another now 26 year old who brought a pic of Cassadee to the hairdresser in 2009 👋

[@princesskristan]

Oh my god I remember Hey Monday! They had really good music, and Cassadee was one of my favorite female vocalists. I'm glad she's having success in country now

[@SanktaLo]

oh dear god i'm gonna end up binging all your videos because i was SO into the scene. wasn't big on hey monday aside from the singles, but it's cool to hear how bill beckett was involved. i'm loading the escape the fate videos up next (not so much hometown heroes; more like hometown douchebags) and your TAI video. have you thought about doing a TAITV breakdown? that was a wild time. i've still got jack the camera guy's autograph somewhere. love what you're doing!!

[@mackenziekarsonovich1073]

Thank you for making such a great video on this! I lived in West palm beach around the time they blew up and I was obsessed with their album. I’ve always wondered what happened to them

[@crybabycasper]

I haven't checked so my apologizes if you've already made a video about them but I'd love to see a video of Forever the Sickest Kids if you haven't done it already! I haven't heard them in forever and I haven't seen if they're still active or not as a group... but they were my absolute favorite band. I still listen to them occasionally.

[@lexidarling]

Gotcha covered fam. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHrdpZ1mhKpoa6M

[@mcully]

they're not. last i knew (a few years ago), Jonathan (lead singer) was in real estate. there were also some SA/pedo allegations back in the day. kyle's still with Mindy white tho

[@hinda7298]

This video completely reminded me of how much I was obsessed and in love with Hey Monday.

[@llogan21]

I like the raw footage of the band at the start of the video as you narrate 🙂

[@sararuiz8739]

Would love to see a rise and fall of stereo skyline. They were one of my faves back then. I feel like they randomly disappeared.

[@HikariSatou]

Yessss!

[@LydiaTaylorMusic]

I've been binging this channel for weeks I feel like my childhood has returned thanks to hat and glasses man Here's to you, hat and glasses man

[@DINGDONGPOLICE]

I was watching old FOB vids recently and I had forgotten Cassadee was in the America's suitehearts vid.. then I went on a little hey monday binge, took me straight back to middle school :D

[@CodySmith-de1qj]

Man, this video came up on my recommendations and I'm so glad it did. I have binged almost all your videos! It's so relaxing and your vibes are immaculate. - Former scene kid who's band got ina fight with Atilla shorty after they were on Made, at the CCC 🤣

[@BadgerMushroom2]

Love the content! If you want a good multi part series, you should jump into HXC with the many, many MANY working parts of blessthefall. That’d combine The Word Alive, Escape The Fate, and Dead Rabbitz. Not to mention Ronnie’s side!

[@richardraymond8]

Oh stoked for this, they went way under the radar. But I love Casadee Pope.

[@Daniellejosiemilo]

I remember always listening to hey Monday on my radio in my bedroom! Love that band❤️

[@_ajs94]

I remember first hearing Hey Monday and Tyga on that super cheesy election mixtape. Saw HM when they opened for fall out boy in 2009. Always wondered what happened to them. P.S. hoping a Love From The Other Side video is coming soon. Loved your both your news and history series.

[@milksteak0154]

Jersey was from a big local band from, you guessed it , new jersey. He played in someday never who broke up and next thing I know he did a lateral movement to florida and got into this band where he was signed and in this band. Crazy. Talked to him a few years later after they broke up. Shout out to Mikey Moriaty. Thats his real name.

[@nicklovn4177]

We just gonna gloss over that FOB tour with opening act 50 Cent?!!! Lol wtf

[@valanne4333]

I remember seeing hey monday open for The Cab waaaaay back in 08, somewhere I have a pic of me and Alex and Ian Crawford who was the cab's bass player at the time. Those were the days kids.

[@Strawberrysatori]

You just jogged my memory to when I was the only black girl in the sea of my middle school emo friends who introduced me to this band.

[@sydneyh]

i was the only black girl in mine too ♥️ it was rough but i was dedicated lol

[@huntercrunch94]

This band was way better than they were given credit for. I always saw them passed over as "another Paramore" when they skewed a lot more pop than Paramore did, at least at that time. Hold On Tight is one of the best pop-punk albums of its era imo. The hooks are relentless, great production, the band was on point, and of course, Cassadee has a fantastic voice, which I thought worked great with this style of music. Beneath it All wasn't AS good, but I think it was still a solid release overall.

[@eugenemetayhas]

Totally agree. The constant comparisons to Paramore for bands like Hey Monday and VersaEmerge (rip I loved them so much) were so annoying when those bands sounded nothing like one another.

[@nicksantini9692]

I feel like there were so many bands like this that were here and gone so fast. Had one or two “bangers” and ✌🏻. Def a product of sub genre music.

[@TorchMeetsWorld]

I really only found this band like 2 years ago (turns out I had heard their music, but just while listening to playlists) because I heard Cassadee Pope was the singer.. this band is so good!!

[@nickcerezo8162]

I saw this band 5 times, she’s such a fun performer.

[@JasColeWood]

That Turn the Clock song is kinda fire...But the way you just threw me back in time. LOVED Hey Monday. Even Cassadee's solo country stuff is pretty good.

[@wsteria]

Cried a little watching this reminiscing my teens, I loved your deep dive on this band and the scene😭 you should make a video on VersaEmerge, a band I absolutely adored and that had SO MUCH potential but somewhere along the way disappeared. Their history has some similarities with Hey Monday and there’s no way they’re coming back together now but they were (in my opinion) a very important part of this entire emo era as well, it would be so interesting to see it on a video!

[@xcoldxasxfirex]

your videos are so cool to watch omg it's like a documentary of my teenage years

[@theaquadollsmusic]

omgggg. i have seen them play at chain in 2008 and i think audio overload 2009! i met the guitarist and he gave me a sticker and signed it 🥹 i wish i still had it after all these years! 6 months was my emo JAM!

[@Pokav1deo]

To anyone who hasn’t heard the Alex Suarez remix of FOB’s America’s Suitehearts with Cassadee Pope, it’s freaking fantastic. Her verse starts at about a minute and forty seconds in here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGmzm6R-mJh4mJI

[@fioregiallo]

Am I crazy or wasn't she actually IN the video for America's Suitehearts??

[@fioregiallo]

For the record I *just* started the video so if it's mentioned, just ignore me lmao

[@Pokav1deo]

@@fioregiallo She sure was, but she didn’t sing the verse she sings in the version I linked.

[@fioregiallo]

@@Pokav1deo I'm gonna check it out!!

[@fioregiallo]

It's so good!! I thought it was gonna be like her own verse tho lmaooo

[@itsyagirljessssss]

First off - this was great! Second - I totally agree about everything you said about This Providence. No idea how they didn't get way bigger!

[@jhaneyhamlett]

as soon as i saw this video thumbnail i was like “woah wOAoah” and i’m glad she did that as soon as i clicked on the video

[@ieatgohan]

Man, its been more than a decade since its release and I've stopped listening to them in highschool, but I can probably still sing along to all their songs lol

[@Jennayyy41]

I agree with your comment on This Providence - SO underrated

[@Bren]

I’d love a video about The Cab. Used to love them. Have no idea where they are now lol.

[@GarrySugabo]

Crazy to think I’ve been listening to Hey Monday recently only for you to do a video on them makes me happy! 😄

[@haileyjuliasuarez6988]

Loved homecoming song when I was in middle school and still listen to them

[@gingersongstress]

I, too, attended that Boston show with TAI and Hey Monday! That is how I found out about them and I bought their album at the merch booth before leaving. I really enjoyed their first album a lot, played the absolute fuck out of it and while that followup EP was a pass for me I've also played the fuck out of their version of O Holy Night off the Christmas EP. Awesome video, I love hearing the history of artists I enjoy and this was very nice to watch!

[@Pikachu_Tears]

I was Lowkey hoping you were gonna mention their episode in “silent library” on mtv 😂 if you didn’t know about it now you do😂

[@MistyLake]

I went to the Bill & Trav's Bogus Journey Tour! That was such a fun time! Met and interviewed Hey Monday and shot the show.

[@DeathAndCatmix]

“Jersey” is someone I know pretty well, lol. I always knew he was in a band but he made it seem so chill (no big deal.) Seeing this and knowing a handful of the songs is absolutely bonkers. About to give him hell after seeing this. Respect to this band!

[@shannonfilialunae1359]

I have such a bad memory so watching videos like this where I’m like “oh yeah” 💡I think I actually saw them open for ATL. always looking to add to my nostalgic playlist

[@theketoentertainer]

Man, I feel like life passed me by, if I had only gotten into music earlier, I’m 34 now, I could’ve probably joined the ranks of these people. But I was just too insecure, Two scared and not at all confident in my abilities back then. I guess you could say I wasn’t even really able to truly refine my vocal talent, until like 2012, but I truly didn’t accept my abilities as a performer/singer, until 2022. I always doubted myself, never really believed in my abilities, and back then it was probably a lot easier to get in because now everybody is trying to do something with social media music whatever. Sigh.

[@alterise]

I love cassadee pope so damn much. Shes always been cool as hell. I met her at the lets make a mess tour, God it was forever ago, but they played at the triple rock Cafe in Minneapolis, and she was just the sweetest person ever. I've been in love with her ever since. We went to a Dennys nearby afterwords cause most of the band members went there and jammed on acoustic stuff after the show. It was a great night. So many great songs, candles, homecoming, how you like me now... God I miss them. But they were all so happy when she KILLED it on the voice and I loved seeing it. Haha I dont even really like country, but wasting all these tears is a banger.

[@eugenemetayhas]

RIP Triple Rock Social Club. I loved that place.

[@TheUniqueHistoryChannel777]

I agree with you on “the providence” should have been more popular. I will never forget buying Hey Monday’s first album on iTunes in 2008. I think they did come out too late for the emo/pop punk scene as well.

[@staceyb1571]

Ok, but Shafted from the Christmas EP is a jam (hardly a Christmas song imo?). AND you’re soooooo right about This Providence and you should say it!!!!

[@gemineyes2]

I loved Hey Monday! I got to see them in concert in Pittsburgh. Pa

[@allenwalker4701]

Great deep dive Julian. Feel like you should track all the og members down, get them to do a reunion show...^^

[@Soulius]

As always another amazing video, this makes me think of another band "waltz reprise" I would love to see you pull a "Matt Cutshall" style project where you round up all of these MySpace wonders and put on some sort of podcast / studio session / tour!

[@cpecha33]

I love you so much for diving into these bands that end up being afterthoughts of a huge scene. I love you!

[@brocountry2890]

DAMN hahaaaaa homecoming is still my wakeup alarm to this day xD so stoked for this one!

[@gabydollo]

Okay I'm still watching the video so I'm not sure if you mention it, but I was a Hey Monday fan back in middle school and I was so surprised when I watched Glee for the first time last year and saw them cover Candles! I didn't know they were ever that popular haha but I loved that this video came onto my recommended