If you've been reading the news lately, you’re likely aware that the state of music fandom is not looking great. Fake hype campaigns, bot farm swarms, manufactured beef for clout – it’s all a little grim.
“Everything right now is very much ‘consume, consume, consume,’” says Colby Horton, drummer for nu metalcore ragers Headwreck. “I think you’re noticing everyone is kind of tired of these fake personas and people glorifying lifestyles to a point that seems unreachable and unobtainable.”