If Coldplay's 'Yellow' Was An Emo Anthem 

"for you I bleed myself dry" idk what could get emo than that.

Came for the parody humor, stayed for the unironically AWESOME rendition 😩🙌

Lyrically, it's already there. So it feels natural with emo musicality. Friggin' great.

"For you I bleed myself dry" was the perfect line to become an emo song. Thanks for this!

Still waiting on The Band Perry's "If I Die Young" to be what it was always meant to be, an emo anthem

Wait is this guy single handedly bringing back 2008? And can it be here to stay? Masterfully done.

This feels so 2000's. I love this a lot.

The second I saw the title I knew this would slap. "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you" is some CLASSIC emo.

Please make everything an emo or pop punk song forever. Sincerely, EVERYONE! I look forward to it every week.

The drumming on these covers always amazes me but this is a REALLY good example of how a well-played punk drum line can change a song and make this style work.

Alex is the hardest working, most deserving guy in the game right now. Smashing out banger after banger. Major kudos bro

The half time chorus was *chef’s kiss*

I can only hope that folks appreciate the level of thought that you put into this, and I’m not even referring to the song. The slo-mo clips of you singing in time to the song was nothing short of an amazing way of paying homage to the original video where Chris sang the song in time but in slo-mo. Although it became a popular early 00’s MV production technique, I can only imagine the production headache you endured. And the planning that went into it. Absolutely killed it! And that’s not even taking into account the 🔥🔥 song quality!

So, I’m on headphones. Live sound tech | mix/master expert for 10 years. Within 10 seconds I knew, damn dude, props to the work on this. Subbed

I'm not even through the whole song already and I'm already smashing like. So good.

My gf: "How many times are you going to listen to this?" Me: "Yes."

The song is an absolute BANGER, but I also gotta call out the video itself. Those shots of the trains and grass growing up from the cracks in the concrete. Those just hit me right in the heart, I swear. Like. Its such a MOOD.

The Troy and Abed secret handshake is *chef’s kiss*

the "look at the stars line" sounds just like "island" by the starting line. awesome as always

00:16 Was that the Troy and Abed handshake?? 💯

Why did this bring me back to my teen years SO fast. I loved this. Yellow was meant to be emo!

I know the premise of these videos doesn’t change, but each one is so uniquely good.

I REALLY want an Angels & Airwaves version of this song. The poses and first verse alone scream AVA.

Wait... Yellow's not an emo anthem? lol

Love the Troy & Abed handshake 😆

Reminds me of why the early 2000s were so good. Thanks man

I always felt like “The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot” by Brand New is a great take on “Yellow” as an emo song.

You've managed to seamlessly fuse together 2 completely different moments of my life

The crossover we didn't think of but really needed.

Bro how did i only stumble upon this now? This is SICK! What a stupidly excellent mix and rendition of EMO'rockness. Just, wow man great work.

This is fantastic. Hopefully it gets posted to Spotify soon.

You should call all your video's: If (insert band name)'s (insert song name) was played exactly the way you hoped it would be. Freaking awesome covers.

Honestly, while your arrangements are always awesome what really impresses me are your production skills. Your songs sound every bit as good as anything on a major label. I make music at home. I have plenty of great gear and a decent amount of knowledge. Yet I can't make anything that sounds half this good.

I can not and will not unhear this. This is the way that song should always have sounded. Thank you.

This reminds me of a time that I never got to experience, smells I don't remember smelling, tears shed for reasons unknown, a heart broken for someone I could never have. This is the Emo Anthem.

genuinely so creative and perfect. I could slip this into an emo/scene playlist from the 2000s and it would blend seamlessly other than being higher quality

Shocked and impressed that he didn’t just play “I Don’t Love You”

Jesus, this cover perfectly fits on Wonder Years Greatest Generation/No Closer to Heaven albuns. Well Done!!

Well, this is immediately going on my “Bangers” playlist. I love the In The Sun EP so I’m super happy to see more Alex Melton original music 😎

You completely transformed the song. My personal favorite upgrade is the drums, both in what you're doing and how forward they are in the mix. The original doesn't really do anything for me, but this rocks. Great work once again.

WTF that drum fill at 2:11!!!!! How is this guy SO good at every instrument?!!?

GOD that breakdown before the bridge is absolutely gorgeous

HEAVYYYY on the “for you id bleed myself dry” being meant to be an emo lyric

Man, this slams in such an unexpected way. There's no way I'll be able to get this out of my head this week.

Just when I thought it couldn’t get more awesome, the half-time groove kicked in at 2:50.

The lead in to the chorus at 2:18 is incredible!

You literally never miss with these; but seeing the Community handshake was the icing on the cake. One of the best channels on RU-vid!

bro this song was already an anthem and you made it 10x better. one of my faves from you for sure

I truly think Alex is the best of any person doing style-switch covers, he really gets the intricacies of the artists/genres that he adapts songs to

Anyone else hear The Starting Line’s “Island” in certain parts of this? Love the new take btw!!

Everything is awesome, but I think the drumming is what makes this so amazing!

More Coldplay please. This was a banger.

The musicianship here is astounding. Wow. Impressive bass and drum work, for sure

Amazing. Love how you keep uplevelling songs that hit the feels of the 90s kids. You're frickin epic dude!

This is an awesome version. I hope you get to publish this song iTunes, Spotify, etc Continue creating! You rock!

You choose songs I dislike, then blow me away with how much I enjoy your version. You're incredible, I look forward to everything you put out.

This is giving me 'Pop goes Punk' vibes and I liked those so much. This I also very much like. 😌

I've always said the lyrics for this song was wayyyy more emo than they're given credit for. Killer work Alex!

I've found myself gradually drifting away from emo jusic as years have gone by. This dude is making me fall in love with my one true musical genre all over again! ❤

I fuckin love your covers. Can’t get enough. Thank you for leading a whole new standard of song recording. Love love love it.

I can't resist headbanging to this

I like the idea of Alex walking around an abandoned parking lot listening to and singing along to this at double speed so that they can have the slow-mo sync up.

A moment for the mic'ing & mixing of the the bass and drums. So clear and shining! Shoo! They're good.

Usually covers on RU-vid get played out a lot but Alex levels up every time. Dude just completely rewrites the song and smashes it. Killer dude!

This is so completely The Starting Line doing a coldplay cover and I am still here for it

Goddamn man, you absolutely fucking KILLED this. I keep telling everyone that you're one of the most talented musicians they've probably never heard of. Hope it helps!

why I feel so comfortable with this, it's really soothing

Man you have a special gift - this and the Everlong cover are really incredible

Epic drumming, and they sound great too.

Your cover songs give so much nostalgic feeling, i find myself trying to hit the like button again.

If The Starting Line covered Yellow. This is what it would sound like. definitely getting Island vibes from this

I used to use this as the bridge/mashup to All The Small Things when I would do acoustic sets at bars and this is basically how I imagined a band version going, such a perfect song for this treatment

This is awesome! I love how you do this man, it's definitely not easy to re-think a song!

Wow, the lyrics fit this style really well.

My God, you are unbelievably talented man. Genuinely incredible.

this is unbelievably good.

the emo version of Yellow was actually I Don’t Love You by MCR 😂 but this is a nice twist

the fact you took the time to speed up the song in the solo shot so the slow motion singing would match up is an underrated touch

Look at the stars Look how they shine for you And everything you do Yeah, they were all yellow I came along I wrote a song for you And all the things you do And it was called Yellow So then I took my turn Oh, what a thing to have done And it was all yellow Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones Turn into something beautiful And you know, you know I love you so You know I love you so I swam across I jumped across for you Oh, what a thing to do 'Cause you were all yellow I drew a line I drew a line for you Oh, what a thing to do And it was all yellow And your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones Turn into something beautiful And you know, for you, I'd bleed myself dry For you, I'd bleed myself dry It's true Look how they shine for you Look how they shine for you Look how they shine for Look how they shine for you Look how they shine for you Look how they shine Look at the stars Look how they shine for you And all the things that you do

This is straight up magical

This actually worked very, very well. Great job guys.

Why doesn’t this have AT LEAST 200k more likes?..👽

Alex, I just want to thank you. You have such a creative eye and its really inspiring. Ive even started to learn guitar because of you man. Im a 34 yr old dude who was kinda lost in my musical journey and you always show that are so many ways to express ourselves. Thank you my dude

almost scrolled by but then went: OMG THIS IS GONNA BE PERFECT

A well made masterpiece. I love your “Yellow” version

I'd be fascinated to see what he could do with Fix You. I think it could lend itself to his style of covers quite well.

Why do I hear NECK DEEP x STATE CHAMPS on this rendition?! MAD RESPECT!! 💯🔥💀 A fan from 🇵🇭

I rarely have songs that I hear the first time that make me cry, but you sir not only managed to create this masterpiece, but it was absolutely awe-inspiring. Please continue to make these covers, brother.

Bro their gonna shut you down if you keep making these iconic songs even better than they originally were 😝 So good! So dang good. Please do a country version of funeral by saves the day ✌️

the backdrop for all the visuals was awesome

This song has been my favorite for as long as I can remember, the kind of song that give you goosebumps. You. You just took it there man. This speaks to my soul so much. Thank you.

Now, this is what the lyrics of Yellow really feels like. Nailed it!!!! spotify please?

"How they shine for YYEEEWW" = "Where are YYEEEWW"... LoL

Finally a way I can enjoy Coldplay

it's a great song to begin with and this cover draws attention to that, a banger

All hail the RU-vid algorithm overlords. I hadn’t seen any of your stuff before now but I’m all in! Release this on Apple Music, please!!

this song is something i needed, it brought an genre of music I love and a song that I enjoy a lot together to give the best feeling that I needed so bad. this song has made my day.

Thank you so much guys! Awesome!!

Not the remix we deserve, but its the remix we needed

New listener here. And I just have to say: I knew this was gonna be great as soon as I saw that Troy and Abed handshake