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The Old Me
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Wikipedia article
"'The Old Me'" is a song by American metalcore band Memphis May Fire. It serves as the first single off of their sixth studio album 'Broken'. It peaked at number 19 on the 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock Songs chart in March 2019.
Background
The song is the first single from the band's sixth studio album, 'Broken'. It was first released on September 21, 2018, almost two months before the album's release. A music video was later released for the song on November 6, 2018. The video, directed by Caleb Mallery, is meant to match the song's meaning and represent an internal struggle with oneself, according to frontman Matty Mullins.
Composition and themes
The song features heavy guitar riffs and palm muting and deep drum beat that builds into a chorus with soaring clean vocals, along with a brief bridge with screamed vocals. Loudwire described it as an "energetic" track with a "catchy chorus" with a pleading chorus of Tell me that Im gonna be fine and theres nothing left to fear/Cause Ive been losing sleep/Trying to get back to who I used to be/Where is the old me?. Mullins described the song of being about his personal struggles with anxiety and depression. The song's music video was meant to mirror the message, with Mullins describing it as representing "the two versions of myself that are constantly at war with each other."
Reception
'HM' magazine had mixed feelings on the song, citing it as representative of the album of a whole - lyrically genuine, but "rarely dig[ging] deeper than the surface".
Personnel
'Band'
* Matty Mullins - vocals
* Kellen McGregor - guitars
* Cory Elder - bass
* Jake Garland - drums
Charts
References
Category:2018 songs
Category:American rock songs
Category:Memphis May Fire songs
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