If the energy from those screams at the end had been present throughout the whole track, we could be looking at something much more intriguing. They could have rebuilt the song from the ground up, giving us a completely different take on the most popular song of 2021. What’s most disappointing about this ‘alternative’ version of ‘Bad Habits’ is that it could have been taken so much further. Bring Me The Horizon have made some excellent pop-oriented records ( amo, anyone?) and Ed Sheeran has been playing with genres since the beginning of his career, especially on his No.6 Collaborations Project, which saw him team up with musicians across the musical spectrum Neither artist is a stranger to mixing things up a bit. Most of the song sounds exactly the same as the original, with a layer of electric guitars added in for a very slightly different effect. The problem here is that in ‘Bad Habits’, rock feels like an afterthought, and the whole thing sounds incomplete. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with two different genres coming together in fact, it’s an exciting trend that the music industry is welcoming more and more of, especially since the advent of TikTok. I don’t know what the game plan is here: a global pop star giving a bigger platform to alternative musicians? A play at beating out Encanto in the charts? Or just a bit of fun? Today, the unlikely pairing released a studio version of the genre mash-up, but the final result falls short in quality. The point is that even the bigger genre is the same doesn’t mean two songs are the same, especially if they aren’t subgenres. And that is the beauty of music.Liam Gallagher's As You Were shoots to the top of the UK album charts Even the 2000s/2010s EDM wave has subgenres of trance, dubstep and house, just to name a few. But that’s with every big category of music. “Bad Habits” vibes match the 2000s/2010s, unlike The Weeknd’s 80s vibes.īut remember, the 80s is still the blueprint for most pop songs these days, so it’s understandable that sometimes there might be overlap which is why there are sub-genres to everything. The 2000s/2010s EDM can also be defined with other songs like Chris Brown’s “Don’t Wake Me Up” and Calvin Harris’s “Feel So Close.” That’s where Sheeran’s new single fits in. Supermode’s 2006 song “Tell Me Why,” and September’s 2012 song “Cry For You” are clear examples. Sheeran’s song is more reminiscent of the 2000s/2010s era of EDM, and you can see that in other pieces. This is where Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” comes in. Its influence is how things like electric dance music (EDM) became so popular in the 2000s and 2010s. This is where things get tricky, but the 80s are (and will always be) the blueprint, the inspiration, for dance/pop music. Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield,” Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself” and even Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing In the Dark” have a sound that screams the 80s just like The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” A sample from A-ha’s “Take on Me” and Michael Sembello’s “Maniac.” Or, as I like to call them, standouts from that era.īeyond that, if you take a look at 80s music as a whole (which is hard, but I picked a few so you can follow along with my madness), it all had a specific sound. “Blinding Lights,” like many other songs, is sampled. It’s the reason why the song became an earworm for so long after its release. “Blinding Lights” is clearly an 80s dance, pop and even rock-inspired song. This is very important in the music world. To start, both singles from their respective albums have different producers. What gets me is saying that the songs are the same. The suits, the darker imagery - sure, I’ll agree with that. Both artists completely changed their look when they announced new albums. People on the internet are comparing “Blinding Lights” to “Bad Habits,” which is understandable. But my frustrations have to do with Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd, both artists I enjoy for different reasons. At this point, I’m convinced that my past selves grew to push people away more aggressively as I was reincarnated.
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