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Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes on ‘NeX GEn’ and Jordan Fish’s Departure: ‘I’m Not Gonna Lie and Say It Ended Amicably’
Bring Me The Horizon's Oli Sykes gets deep about the creation of the band's surprise new album, 'NeX GEn,' and Jordan Fish's departure.
On the day before the release of their latest album, “Post Human: NeX GEn,” a social media post by singer Oli Sykes showed him in a maid’s outfit with cat ears, holding a piece of paper that reads: “NEX GEN OUT MIDNIGHT” — fulfilling an inside joke with fans, as Sykes had said on social media if BMTH won their first BRIT Award for Best Alternative/Rock Act, which they did on March 2, then he would bring back the maid outfit he wore years ago. The featured artists on “NeX GEn” include Norwegian pop singer Aurora, rapper Lil Uzi Vert, Spencer Chamberlain and Aaron Gillespie from Underoath and Daryl Palumbo from Glassjaw. “Even recording on a shitty mic and having [sound] spill from the headphones, and using the first raw take even if we have to pitch it to fuck because I didn’t sing it very well but it has emotion in it — all these things I’ve felt for a long time.
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