Quote from: Penicks on Mar 31, 2025, 10:06 PMgrasping at straws here jesus christ

You should expect that at this point - this is THE official coping thread. The #1 source for all your Deftones copium needs.

Quote from: Penicks on Mar 31, 2025, 10:06 PMgrasping at straws here jesus christ

Fun isn't illegal last anyone checked.. and "yadda yadda not fun". Fun is subjective and all that jazz..

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Quote from: Penicks on Mar 31, 2025, 10:06 PMgrasping at straws here jesus christ

Fun isn't illegal last anyone checked.. and "yadda yadda not fun". Fun is subjective and all that jazz..

Chat whats going on

Quote from: Penicks on Mar 31, 2025, 10:06 PMgrasping at straws here jesus christ

Sounds like a lyric that could have been in This Link is Dead lol

Man I'm not usually impatient but now I'm getting impatient LOL

I wonder if something went really wrong, like it had to be remixed etc (Gore). It's definitely taking longer than even I expected, I was a pessimist about it's release date from the beginning.

https://imgur.com/a/RHJOM7a

It's Deftones, expect delays and mystery - enjoy the ride 

I don't think anything went wrong. They're older and are juggling a resurgence in popularity amidst health and family.

(I'm not trying to imply specific concerns in either area, for any members of Deftones. Just speaking on life being unique for older touring musicians with families)

This major tour is good to capitalize off the moment, and maybe the label is choosing to therefore delay the album to release after this tour finishes.

At this point in their careers, I think they don't care anymore about how soon to release an album. And WB likely have their own plans, also.

DEFTONES JS POSTED A NEW SONG ON YOUTUBE
https://youtu.be/3BFTio5296w?si=nW9P9HJgDrEpqHFE

Nope. Not falling for that today. lol

Reflecting on their TikTok popularity ahead of this album...it is insane how popular their cover of Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want is. I know it's easy to be snobbish as an older fan but seriously — it has more listens on Spotify now than Digital Bath! And for what might be their least good cover. They have like twelve that are better.

anything tiktok related is non-canon

Quote from: LG95 on Apr 02, 2025, 10:30 AMReflecting on their TikTok popularity ahead of this album...it is insane how popular their cover of Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want is. I know it's easy to be snobbish as an older fan but seriously — it has more listens on Spotify now than Digital Bath! And for what might be their least good cover. They have like twelve that are better.

As a younger fan, I don't get it at all either. Id rather listen to literally any randomly selected song from one of their studio albums than that song. Not to say its a bad cover its just... A cover.

That's the hive mind for you.

Quote from: Penicks on Apr 02, 2025, 11:39 AManything tiktok related is non-canon

Eh you wish. I don't listen to Deftones anymore but seeing the crowds they draw now makes the disconnection grow only so stronger.

I'm sure lots of people on there actually care about the music but TikTok definitely has this thing with images and carving out unrealistic representations. I have the impression a lot of fanbases use the music like a piece of clothing. I guess the old punks would call it posing, not sure I would agree but I don't know man. I could be wrong but I think a lot of people from previous generations would have noticed the new album tease they've been using, and I haven't seen a mention of it anywhere!

It's either this or I got too old for this. Maybe it's a bit of both

Quote from: Vesanic on Apr 02, 2025, 08:27 PMI'm sure lots of people on there actually care about the music but TikTok definitely has this thing with images and carving out unrealistic representations. I have the impression a lot of fanbases use the music like a piece of clothing. I guess the old punks would call it posing, not sure I would agree but I don't know man.

I've seen teenagers wearing Nirvana shirts and I'll ask them if they listen to the band, one response was "No but my dad really likes them".

I don't think gen z or y or whatever it is now actually acknowledges "posing", or maybe they do I have no idea. It just occurs to me that they are more about current trends and gravitate more toward what they deem fashionable at the moment than the older generations. Not a judgement, just an observation based on how different information and fashion is spread nowadays. I've been debating whether I like Deftones' newfound popularity in the younger crowds, and I've decided I'm fine with it as long as it means they get to keep doing what they do.

I'm old, I don't have Tiktok. I find out about new music from this forum lmao. I can't believe Head Automatica has new music, what has it been? 20 years?

I really believe TikTok has made it worse. Like sure, teenagers will still hop on trends and want to be popular or cool one way or another, it probably wasn't much different when I was a kid if I'm trying to look at all angles. But fucking shit on a mountain, TikTok is real life horror when it comes to that.

When I think back on the kids who struggled to socialise and were severely depressed because they hated not being popular or couldn't fit in with what was cool, I can only imagine what being on TikTok would have done to them.

When I saw Deftones were getting momentum from the exposure on TikTok, I thought it was cool for them, more fans, more success, what's the issue right? But when I take a deeper look at it, I'm like eeehhh...

Im 14 turning 15 this year but
2023 in march [i was 12] I found out abt Deftones and didn't like them, I think first song i heard was feticere. But I started to listen to other band like Slipknot and linkin park, then later into 2023 [i was 13] Deftones rises in popularity and I re listen to them, and I fall in love with them. And no im not stuck on ATF and WP. I've listened to every single Deftones album except black stallion bc ts is ass. I'm a huge fan of Deftones and I play like all their songs on guitar. Unfortunately I don't own any merch of posters abt them. But yet again I found Deftones abt tiktok, but im not like those basic teens trying to be cool, only listing yo change, cherry waves, mos, and 7words. Like they need to grow up musically 😭

Quote from: Dawnofwar2010 on Apr 02, 2025, 11:31 PMIm 14 turning 15 this year

14?!?