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Nihilist Blues
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Wikipedia article
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"'Nihilist Blues'" (stylised in all lowercase) is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon featuring Canadian singer Grimes. Produced by the band's vocalist Oliver Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish, it is featured on the group's 2019 sixth studio album 'Amo'. The track was released as the fifth single from the album on 24 January 2019. The song lifts a vocal melody from "Never Go Back" by Evanescence, from their self-titled third album. Evanescence filed a lawsuit seeking copyright and now share writing credits on "Nihilist Blues".
Composition and lyrics
"Nihilist Blues" has been described as a synth-pop, electronic rock, electropop, and trance song. The song talks principally about nihilism, focusing on the meaninglessness of life, existential crises and pessimism. According to an interview from 'Impericon', the song is Oliver Sykes' personal favourite one. Musically, "Nihilist Blues" sets inspiration from old disco and EDM songs. Fish commented about the collaboration:
Music video
The music video for "Nihilist Blues" was released on the same day as the single was streamed. It is an effects-laden music video directed by Polygon. 'AltPress' described it as "a glitchy new way forward for frontman Oli Sykes and his band of Bring Me the Horizon rockers".
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
'Bring Me the Horizon'
* Oliver Sykes lead vocals
* Jordan Fish keyboards, programming, percussion, backing vocals
* Lee Malia guitars
* Matt Kean bass
* Matt Nicholls drums
'Additional musicians'
* Grimes vocals
* Madilyn Eve Cutter cello
* Gavin Kibble cello
* Rachael Lander cello
* Max Ruisi cello
* Choir Noir choir vocals
* Jessica Price double bass
* Lewis Reed double bass
* Alexander Verster double bass
* Oliver Hickie French horn
* Simon Dobson strings, trumpet
* Parallax Orchestra strings
* Ross Anderson trombone
* Jane Salmon trombone
* Victoria Rule trumpet
* Anisa Arslanagic viola
* Mark Gibbs viola
* Benjamin Kaminski viola
'Additional personnel'
* Dan Lancaster mixing
* Rhys May mixing
* Ted Jensen mastering
* Roman Dodangoda engineering
* Peter Miles engineering
* Robbie Nelson engineering
* Alejandro Baima assistant engineering
* Francesco Cameli assistant engineering
* Daniel Morris assistant engineering
* Conor Panayi assistant engineering
Charts
References
Category:2019 singles
Category:2019 songs
Category:Bring Me the Horizon songs
Category:Electronic rock songs
Category:RCA Records singles
Category:Songs written by Oliver Sykes
Category:Sony Music singles
Category:Songs written by Amy Lee
Category:Songs written by Terry Balsamo
Category:Songs written by Tim McCord
Category:Songs written by Will Hunt
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