Fall Out Boy on ‘M A N IA’ and their evolution from pop punk 

Ag h yes

I snorted

LMAO

Brendon!AtTheForehead The Yeemos are everywhere

Naomi Yu Hell yee

The meeeeeme😂😂😂

eau de résistance by pete wentz

Takane Entomoto oh Yeesus, cOINCIDENCE?? I DON'T THINK SO

He’s just cashing checks at this point. I’m not surprised, they’re a frail shell of what they used to be

@@user-hk7hz9cn7v you pathetic, fam

Thats cuz he knows everyone just wants to hear from patrick and wentz.

pal, patrick is not the writer. pete wrote all of the music pre hiatus and is still the primary writer although they now all contribute. learn ya shit, boi

Patrick is the primary songwriter. Pete writes the lyrics. Lyrics are important of course but I don't call it the main part of songwriting.

This is true for all four of them - each has grown up, matured, taking on new roles in life (like fatherhood), etc. So yes, it makes perfect sense. They've also changed in how much of each song each member contributes, and I think that ratio continues to shift by song/album/personal preference/etc.

You think if Andy and Joe had equal influence in the band they'd be making the kind of music they're making now?

Interesting question since we know all four have much different personal tastes in music. From the interviews I've watched, which is a scary amount, it seems that Andy and Joe have always had influence and control, especially over their individual roles, but they have a ton more influence and control now than they did before the hiatus. For example, Patrick mentions in one interview - sorry I can't remember which - that one of the things he had to change about himself as he matured into FOB 2.0 was taking his hands off a song more and not dominating it, which set Joe up to take more control over the writing process. In another interview, I know they spoke about how I believe it was Pete suggested right at the very beginning that all four should get paid the same for their work instead of the industry standard of different pay for different roles. Patrick also mentions in a different interview how he feels - I think it was Jet Pack Blues, I know it's on AB/AP - that song is a perfect blend of the four, and AB/AP is very different from their original work, even if it's not as 'out there' as Mania seems to be. Joe has commented more than once that you can't pretend new styles of music don't exist and that you either grow and change, or you get left behind. So all this suggests to me that Andy and Joe do have their share of musical input and are invested in what FOB is doing now, and for me, I don't see a reason not to believe it. No one is limited to just one genre, either in what they produce or enjoy, and we know they are diverse and love experimenting - experimenting is what they've been doing all along.

first name I didn’t even notice till I watched it. Right after Patrick cracks his fingers. Lol

because why tf would they?? what kind of cobbled together song name even is that? Save rock and roll and american beauty/american psycho still had at least semi-poetic titles, that's just a shitpost name they plucked off of reddit for all I could imagine

"because why tf would they?? what kind of cobbled together song name even is that?" You can say this about a LOT of their past song titles, dating way back to the beginning! :)

Purplepentapus wdym? *Homesick from Space Camp *Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on A Bad Bet *I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me Before I Go On, I Like Those Songs, No Hate. What's wrong with Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea? I think YOU are a shitoost name plucked off a sub-reddit post

Purplepentapus157 bro have you even seen their last song titles? they are literally sentences.

Stay Frosty Royal Milktea is my fave song from Mania.

Susanna 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

ew ew ew omg

I loved it, cause I do it all the time 😂

i do this all the time my friends hate me for it XD

Susanna 🤣 🤣

Pete scentz

Same!

Same happened to me when i first heard This Ain't A Scene

Same to when I listened to 7 minutes. It's my anthem now

Victoria López sounds like my fingers. Haha I didn’t even notice that but I do the same thing.

asmr

OH MY GOD

That was hellacious

Look what happened to Folie that album when released was... No one got it at the time (I remember growing up being mocked for liking it and seeing it as the masterpiece it is) now it's seen as their greatest and most ambitious album to this day

I agree, up you go for the world to see this

I would hesitate to say sad, because to each their own, but I do encourage folks to be open minded and try new styles and sounds. I grew up listening to the Beatles, for instance - put A Hard Day's Night next to Revolver next to Yellow Submarine, and they don't even sound like the same band, let alone the same decade. But they experimented and changed over time, and I see the same growth in FOB. Great bands don't keep putting out the same stuff over and over and over.

Same its a shame who people cant adapt to change.

Foul Lily What about the people who accept change but just don't think the quality of the songs is good? I bet a huge amount of people who listen to FOB listen to Paramore too, and the response to them has been overwhelmingly positive because their new songs are amazing. It's about quality, not style, and on MANIA it's just lacking.

I guess when it comes down to that, it's also what you are willing to listen to. I personally think it's great, I dont see a lack of quality in the album, but then that might just be me ^^ I certainly did not mean to make it feel like everyone that didn't like the album thought this way, it was merely that majority of the responses Ive seen towards the album are because of this reluctance to accept change.

LG Savage or 16

Joe's actually the youngest, by like a few months. But yeah, Patrick's all smiles and not in a good way.... they all do seem really off. Generally Andy and Joe are pretty sedate people but as people are pointing out it's not a happy vibe. I mean honestly they all probably just miss their wives/girlfriends, and like, between Pete, Joe, and Patrick there are five kids who they probably haven't been able to see as much as they'd like... I hope they're all okay. If they need to take some time, like, I can't speak for everyone but I would rather they all remain friends and not a band, than a band who hates what they do.

ArtemisMoon12 thanks for the correction, I'll fix my comment later. What you're saying makes a lot of sense, actually.

Uhh this also, the day before they just got to the place and then preformed sontheyre probably really tired and jet lagged

jet lag

In another interview from the same day they said their show the previous night was kinda exhausting and they had to wake up early for a day of interviews, and Patrick said he had had a lot of coffee, so that's probably what we're seeing here

I never got the impression Andy *wanted* to speak much, at least on camera, and to a lesser extent Joe. Both of them, though, have become more vocal more in recent years.

uriesgalaxy I didn’t notice til it was pointed out. I do the same thing but sheesh what a crack. Lol

They are still part of the band, so it makes sense to have them all when possible. I wonder, though, if Andy really just doesn't like talking much, and if Joe is similar. Some people are just naturally more quiet, especially in public, and I imagine being on camera can make it more obvious.

​@@mandy347 Joe is actually really social depending on if he's in a good mood, if he's not he's kinda like he is in this interview kinda quiet, not talking, disinterested, I think he did drop a hint that he had far less interest in this album when he admitted he didn't even know the names of the songs on the album, of course knowing what we know now that he wasn't happy working on Mania as such that makes sense, Andy is kind of a "sage" as Patrick calls him, Andy only speaks if he thinks it's super important or if everyone in the room is going to laugh, he also has social anxiety and it comes out more in group interviews so he really stays quiet in those

Replying to this YEARS later but since Joe’s book (that I’ve read,) here I can only say it may be because he wasn’t the biggest fan of (he didn’t like the outcome) of Mania… there’s more on this, but maybe that’s why!

anonymous commenter they were all part of the Chicago hardcore scene before FOB so it’s not too surprising

Jonathan Pelletier it's suprising to me.

It's amazing how they are so poppy now lol

Nisha Patel neither the band or the interviewer wanted to be there tbh he was so uniformed about the band.

Blanche Chevron

Milk Tea Me Too

HES SO FREAKING CUTE, AM I RIGHT?

honestly same

If somebody asks me how fat that I could be classified by I would just say Pre hiatus Patrick Stump

Pop not poo LMAO

Jarred Parsons probably but it doesn't sell anymore and they need to stay relevant especially since they are with a big label

Bleach is Good for ur health there are still some pop-punk bands that still sell and are somewhat relevant like Neck Deep, State Champs, Green Days new album, Real Friends,etc. I'm sure that they could still play pop-punk and stay relevant, if they wanted to though. I still support fall out boy even if I can don't like their newer music but it would be great if they stayed relevant and played music I like

I think they want to experiment with different genres and just have fun testing new stuff... they all have different taste and I think they are trying to create something different from anything else. And they normally have one or two songs on their newer albums that are kinda like modern versions of their old pop punk sound

I freaking love mania. Strangely enough I prefer mania over take this to your grave.

Definitely wouldn't get along with my history teacher for it though lol

I agree!!

found you lol

Joey ohmygod we've extended this beyond Instagram

Declan L. Ikr

Because people take it personally that the band they love is being criticized

You'll die except believer never die

Me whenever I start thinking about the folie lyics

They did exactly that good job

Nevermind