Despite being Grammy nominated, I Prevail have ruffled a lot of feathers. Predictably, soaring to fame thanks to a viral cover of Taylor Swift’s Blank Space and then co-headlining with acts as established as Halestorm was bound to rub people up the wrong way. Their knack for spotting music trends – be it pop hits, a resurgence in love for Linkin Park, or Sleep Token worship – and then so bluntly leveraging those influences in their own work is also a bit too on the nose for some.
Whatever the rub, this beloved Michigan metalcore band with their million-plus YouTube subscribers and nearly five million monthly Spotify listeners get dismissed as generic and cookie cutter, while other so-called basic bitches stealing with pride or pioneering nothing new, suffer much less criticism. So, perhaps this band deserve extra kudos for ignoring the shade and riding their fandom and fame as far as possible.
