I honestly feel like one of the biggest problems for Brockhampton was that there was a huge toxic part of their fan base who refused to let them move on from the Saturation era that also wouldn’t accept anything else they did, and they were super vocal about it. On top of that, Kevin constantly announcing shit that would never actually come to fruition didn’t really do a whole lot to help save face with those shitty fans. All of the toxicity surrounding the group and the fan base along with all the trauma the guys (especially Joba) have been dealing with for years probably made it so that doing anything even related to BH was absolutely miserable for them. Honestly those dudes deserved better.
@@Agustina-ew8zh around sometime when the band was recording their final album “Roadrunner” JOBA’s father passed away which clearly influenced the project heavily.
I think they captured that teenage 15-18 feeling you have really well. That wonder and freedom that comes w the age. They also all graduated hs and some even went into college and eventually dropped out and i think a lot of people related to that. Dropping out of school to pursue your own dreams kind of message. Thats what made saturation such a huge hit in my opinion. ( Edit: They also talked a lot about generational trauma. I think a lot of poc related to that.)
Well said. They were the soundtrack to the end of my adolescence (found them at 17). They helped a lot of ppl in that age range go through life, process their emotions, find an escape and a community. I found myself alone a lot those years, and would play iridescence every morning because it was the only constant in my life. Despite everything that happened, I’ll always appreciate them for that
i don't understand why people didn't appreciate/like the following albums after the SAT trilogy. i loved each and every album that they put out because all of them were unique eras and showed that BH could never not produce a good album. i've been a fan since 2017 and they were my livelihood for many years. i'm sad to see that they chose to disband but it was bound to happen because they all changed and stuff happened over the years. it doesn't erase the good concerts, memories and feelings i have towards them as a band :)
exactly like when iridescence came out and everyone was crying about ameer being gone and it’s not the same, like obviously it’s not the same it’s a different album. I’m super sad about them disbanding i went to multiple concerts and met them, they will always have a special spot in my heart
For me the absence of ameer made them lose a lot of their dreamy luster, without him I feel like a layer of variation is missing and a lot of their projects after that just felt incomplete. But that’s just me
@@gillesputtemans I will. As of right now I don’t feel like they are best utilized in that space. When they went back with ginger it was amazing but it would of been a masterpiece with ameer. I could just be a bigger ameer fan than a brockhampton tho idk
Brockhampton was my high school life dawg, need a doc or a movie about them fr. I love rewatching the vice land and short films they’ve had. Like brockhampton to pursue another media like film or even turn into their own record label. I remember hearing how brockhampton wasn’t just a band but a brand, they literally did 75% mostly 100% of things themselves.
I'm 27 now and found their music 3 years ago through Saturation 3 and Iridescence. I feel like I found them RIGHT at their peak and instantly fell in love. They were supposed to come to D.C. where I live now on St. Patrick's day this year and it would've been the concert of a lifetime. But they broke up 2 months before I ever had the chance to see them live. But I will follow the members who go solo closely and support all of their projects in the future as Brockhampton is an incredibly rare gem in the music world and will always remain a pivotal and precious discovery for me. I absolutely adore their music and will always be a huge fan
Thank you, thank you so much for making this video. Means a lot to me. Brockhampton really define the last of my teenage years (Age 17-19 years). Because of them I met a lot of great friends online who shared the same love for them. I'm grateful for them. Even tho I couldn't witness them singing live on the stage, experience their concert, I'll be forever grateful and a loyal admirer of them.
I think it’s safe to say SAT1-3 got me through my freshman year of college and the breakup that went along with it. I have such vivid memories of spending hours in the darkroom of my photography class listening to the trilogy, sometimes through a portable speaker when it was just me and my friends in there. I was a little less hot on iridescence and Ginger wasn’t my thing, but I never thought they fell off. I wish I had paid more attention to Technical Difficulties, but it was so under the radar that I barely knew it was happening before it was over. The disorganization of the group and all the broken promises from Kevin definitely put me off from the group whether I knew it or not, and I think it may have contributed to the group’s demise. I’m glad the rollout for RR was as coherent as it was, because that became my favorite album of theirs; polished but regaining their style and fingerprints. Here’s hoping the final album isn’t another fleeting promise, and that it stacks up to RR
I feel you completely, The Saturation Trilogy literally helped me through my senior year of high school, moving out, and my first year of university. I remember nights I’d be up working on homework listening to nothing but Saturation II and walking to my university campus bumping Saturation III. And days I felt out of place in such a new environment I blasted Saturation I. I’ll never forget the impact they had on music and how much they helped me grow into who I am today. A real shame after the trilogy it seemed they lost a lot of that chemistry and cohesion. The albums were good but they were always missing something to me, some kind of spark wasn’t there anymore. RR definitely was the closest I got to feeling how I felt when Saturation I-III came out.
As someone who was heavily involved in their Twitter fan base during the SAT trilogy, I think a big reason why most of the core fan base turned away was because BH released a documentary after Tonya was released. It felt very vulnerable and emotional considering they touched on everything that happened with Ameer. (From what I remember this documentary was never supposed to be released after the screenings, it was a one time screening in select theatres across the country??) I remember them talking about how betrayed they felt but after releasing the documentary they started associating with Ameer almost secretively which contradicted everything they said about him. There was pictures of him backstage at their shows after he got kicked out of the group and some of the members even refollowd him on Instagram. I also remember one of their members defending Ameer’s actions and it really upset a lot of people. They totally went through a whole “cancellation” at some point after iridescence which heavily contributed to their downfall.
I was 16 when I discovered them in a high school college guidance trip, they are a big part of my teenage years. BLEACH and FACE remain to be amazing songs and bring me that nostalgia.
I listen to Brockhampton almost daily. My favorite is No Halo. I get home from work, relax a little, then turn on my e-drums and jam to any of their tracks, finishing with No Halo, which never gets old. It's perfect. I feel like it's interesting to know that I'm 47 and I found them through UA-cam comments from people saying how much they love them. I have one question for the fans: Why the name Brockhampton? I haven't found an answer yet.
bro i honestly almost cried at the end. i’ll never forget them. i first heard face as a soundtrack to some show i was watching when i was like really going through some changes and they mesmerised me. i remember listening to 1999 wildfire all the time when i got my first job. ginger came out when i moved away from my parents. roadrunner pulled me out of a horrible depressive episode. i was listening to matt champion’s burn when i couldn’t sleep. each project means so much to me, and is tied to a particular time in my life. i actually kinda loved the fanbase back when it was still small. the irony though is that by the time they decided to split, i already moved on to different things and stopped following them so closely so it didn’t like crush me as it would a few years ago. but they’ll always hold a special place in my heart. perhance they became victims of their own success.
Heard BLEACH at my restaurant job one night in 2018 and was instantly hooked. Deep dived into SAT 3 and then the whole trilogy. Them shits was progressively amazinggg. Had no clue of the the drama since I was late to the party but it was good to hear more from them in the following years. Finally learning about everything, I see the changes that I could once only hear in the music. They did what they had to do to heal in public and in private, but people do change so that's a good thing. Either way these guys were legends in their own right and I'll bump their stuff any damn day.
as you said the BROCKHAMPTON project may be over now, but the music is still there. you can still listen to saturation to get that eclectics, hungry south central BH if that's what you need. or ginger if that's the mood. the individuals are still there, and are gonna make "solo" music. and looking at something like Arizona baby they will probably still collaborate on there solo stuff.
coming back here after being at their last performance at Coachella and it was my first and last time seeing them live since being a fan since sat era, sad how life takes its course but i truly hope they decide to keep up with things musically
man I remember the summer their show on Viceland was airing, that was such a great time for them and their music. I feel fortunate to have been following them around that era man, it really felt like you were watching/listening to something rlly special. regardless of the toxicity from the fanbase and the quality of their music towards the end, that first 3-album run was crazy, and I'm sure will be talked about for years to come.
Undoubtedly ginger is the best album they ever produced. The sound, the visuals, the solidarity. It’s insane that so many hated something that in many ways is exactly what they were: a family of vocals making music for them not anyone else. And brockhampton fans and anti fans ruined it.
"Undoubtedly ginger is the best album they ever produced" Your opinion is not the truth my guy. I can only recall 2 songs from that album. For many, they picked with saturation. That's as valid as your take.
@@crastofer that’s your opinion too, you can only remember 2 songs others remember the whole album but sonically it’s the most complete. It offers the most Vulnerability for each member on things such as their problems with RCA, Ameer, and Fame. I think it takes everything good from saturation trilogy and adds it’s own charm. But it doesn’t really matter what we think, it’s the artists favorite album. They’ve said it in multiple interviews and on social media and that’s what my comment gets at. Brockhampton was always good Becsuse it wasn’t about the fans, or money, or fame. It was about growing with your friends and making good music.
@@michaelbwhiteside4135 I never said I wasn't stating my opinion, so pretty pointless to point that out. Your the one who was trying to establish your taste as the sole truth. And now you're brining in their personal opinion to keep up the narrative (As if they'll ever say their favorite projects were the ones with a guy they kicked, lmao). The only reality is that Brockhampton never managed to achieve the success they had during the saturation era. That's a fact. Then in terms of opinion, to me that's because they were to immature and gave to much into social media opinions that ended up destroying the group from the inside. In a few years when they look back I'm sure they'll regret how the ameer vann departure was handle and end up derrailing their up bringing . I'll always say that Brockhamptons should have been as big (or even more) as Billie Eilish with all the strong points they had to appeal the "zoomers". But that's the difference between having people around you that can help you manage your career. Hope they can find some solo success...
Been following them since right after Saturation 1 came out & saw their last performance at Coachella weekend 2. They meant so much to me in college and so many of my happy memories were during this era. Ima miss them
It’s called people growing up and changing. A big group is harder to keep because they have too many brains with their own respective agendas. It was only natural and expected. And I doubt all of them were super close to become lifelong friends who keep in touch and update one another on what’s going on in their lives.
Maybe a small part of it was Kevin just sort of being rude and stand off ish toward fans. I know a handful of people personally that work in the industry and seen people online saying when meeting kevin In person was disappointing. I understand not feeling social or not even wanting to talk but I know Forsure that left people not really like Kevin which fucks up everything bc he’s suppose to be the leader
I honestly think Kevin just gets overwhelmed being famous I know he’s talked about how he wish he wasn’t sometimes but I still feel like he needs to show respect to the people that brought him to where he is now
Imho artists don’t owe their fans one on one interaction if they’re not feeling it. They already produce content their fans love, if they don’t want to get parasocial with it then that’s alright by me.
@@rowan-priince1860 worddd. Artists don’t owe you ANYTHING. They make art, you like it? Cool. You don’t like it? Cool. Just because you like someone’s art thus want to support them doesn’t mean they owe you anything. They didn’t ask or expect you to support them, so why do you expect anything from them. You already received the art and the vibes. Yeah it’s cool when you meet someone and they have a good personality but not everyone loves social interactions. Just cause you make good art doesn’t mean all of a sudden you are people person. As long as they aren’t straight up hating on their fans it shouldn’t be that big of a deal.
I found them after my first year in college. It was a terrible summer but I remember seeing the cover for saturation 2 on Apple Music and listening out of pure curiosity. Been a huge fan ever since and they were almost like a soundtrack for my 2018
i remember 2018 being an insane year as a fan. first they're on top of the world. all the talk that they'd never sign, they'd always stay indepedent. then RCA signs them. album after nearly finished album getting shown off then shelved. the stuff about ameer coming out and everybody wondering if it was true. the group still playing shows and crying on stage. and then iridesence finally drops. and i won't say it's a bad album at all cuz some of my favorite tracks are on it. but as a listener you can definitely feel the hole they're trying to fill emotionally. feels like the year just kicked them all out from under their feet and they never really got their full footing again. i wonder a lot what it would be like if they stayed on their trajectory and kept pushing out multiple albums a year including all the canceled ones, and if ameer hadn't done what he'd done or if it never came to light. but that's not really realistic either and it's the way things are. i'll always stay a fan but i respect them doing what they feel is right too. no artist has lit the internet on fire like brockhampton did bruh
Imma miss brockhampton and I actually enjoyed alot of their music, just depends on my mood. Best wishes to the whole boy band and to each member in their endeavers
ive been listening to bh since i heard dirt on accident from randomly skipping through a kanye west pandora radio station. when fantano covered them later i found out it was the same group. their music had changed so much. and they dropped 3 albums in one year. it was fucking cool. when the shit with ameer happened i stopped following the drama. id seen it in other fanbases and fan related things that this was going to get bad. i rarely ever saw people calling bh cringe or what have you. maybe its because i still liked their output and refused to look at their social media. but to me their last group of albums was even better than saturation. having gone through such a tramautic event, they had to rethink and retool themselves. lick some wounds. by the end the same introspective and crazy music was in service of healing and understanding. roadrunner ending and having the theme of death discussed throughout hit me so hard. still one of the best groups to ever do it
BH ending just feels like Odd Future phasing out around 2015, but on steroids. A lot of people really didn’t like “i don’t like shit, i don’t go outside” by Earl or “Cherry Bomb” from Tyler and wanted them both to go back to their old sound and even release another Odd Future mixtape/comp. A lot of people hated the fanbase at the time too. But now everyone in Odd Future and The Internet are doing their thing and the toxicity is gone (apart from Steve Lacy vs TikTok fans lmao)
it was the fanbase. 100%. revelled in a toxic atmosphere around the group. annoying, demanding, overbearing. refused to move on from the era that was their favorite- normally SATURATION II and III but sometimes iridescence and GINGER or even the unreleased albums lmao. then those people who “moved from from their brockhampton phase” and proceeded to constantly shit on the group and spread the forged google doc allegations to justify their embarrassment for once liking the group - they were the most unbearable. a lot of these people seem to hate Kevin personally for whatever reason. it’s pathetic and proved why many of the members didn’t want to be famous and stepped back from having a presence on socials around 2019. Kevin’s the only one who tries to get their name out there right now for the final album cuz he’s used to this shit.
Honestly the worst thing or one of the worst. Was that they dropped 3 of their BEST albums in the same year, what the fuck? Why? They could’ve milked it. Not even just milking it. But giving the albums time to be released, listened to, streamed. Let the heat die down and then boom just release the next one. But they burnt them self’s out quick asf trying to bang out project after project
honestly i haven't listened to their entire discography yet but JUNKY, BOY BYE, HEAT, BERLIN, BUZZCUT, DONT SHOOT UP THE PARTY, and BLEACH are literally some of my top songs of the past few months. not to mention Matt Champion's release of Salud; that shit finna be on my yearly recap. I got into them sorta 2021 [bleach] but then really went hard this year. tbf ameer's bars on Heat are a bit sus "i love to watch em squirm, i love when bitches bleed" bro like same but
I believe strongly if they individually had more freedom for solo projects they probably could’ve done really good ESOECIALLY bearface. But I could be wrong saying this, but if I recall correctly Kevin made them sign a contract this didn’t allow them to do anything solo and Kevin was the only one able to drop a solo project. Again I could be extremely uneducated but from what I remember that was part of the contract and if so in my opinion would be a huge factor into them kind of “fading”.
I remember my first listen by them being HEAT. At the time I didn’t listen to that type of music so I skipped till Saturation 3 released and I gave it another try. I was listening to more experimental and heavier music coming to it. Also I watched a lot of Shawn Cee so when he did Sat 3 I gave it another try and enjoyed it. I went through the other songs and to this day from Sat 1-3 HEAT is one of my top 5 of that era.
yk. i really truly think brockhampton was just ahead of their time. if their beginning albums came out today, their fanbase would be totally different. i see people now stanning brockhampton after everything and making it more mainstream which makes me angry bc it's like, how are you gonna make fun of them during sat, iridescence, etc and then hop on them when they're done. long story short, yall did brockhampton BEYOND DIRTY
Losing Ameer Vann was definitely the catalyst for the falloff, and that’s really undeniable to me. He brought a certain ruggedness to the group that prevented the “boyband” from actually sounding like one. I genuinely think if he was still there they’d still be ascending. They were better together.
I think some people overstate how badly Roadrunner performed compared to their other albums. SAT 3, iridescence and GINGER all benefited from the old billboard rules that counted bundles as sales- which massively overinflated so many artist’s numbers. basically only Taylor Swift and Adele haven’t been affected by the rule change- literally the biggest artists in the world. considering how huge Sugar was it was obviously a disappointment, but I think it’s more of a stagnation than a regression exposure wise. tbh it’s easily their best album for me alongside SAT 1 and iri.
This video was great. Thank you for hitting a lot of the brockhampton background. I also like the message you mentioned at the end. I always will love brockhampton
this is so interesting because i've never been part of the fanbase but always appreciated the music. in europe they were relatively unkown and i only know 1 other person who is a fan in real life. idk why they ever became cringy in the us
Damn, I hope you can make a video revisiting BH now that Kevin dropped the official last 2 projects of the group. He reveals so much on The Family and a breakdown of the album would make for an amazing video. Other than that, I enjoyed watching this video because it took me back to when the Saturation trilogy dropped in 2017 and I was in my second semester of college. I remember being in the parking lot in between classes and just listening to Saturation I and II and just vibing. Keep up the great work and much love!
I will! Don’t expect it right away tho I got a couple other videos in the pipeline before I get to that one plus I wanna sit with it for awhile I’m not too sure what to say about them yet. Thanks for watching tho I appreciate it ❤️
I can’t even pick a fave album… those 3 1990 songs! 😍. Also, I would argue that this was not a “fall” because it seems to be on their own terms (besides probably being forced to put out one more album). I had never stanned any artist before them. When I listen to their music in the future, it’ll bring me back to my early 20s 🥰
I remember finding them after my first breakup (after Saturation 3 but before Ameer’s Allegations) and it was just an incredible experience. Everything was just amazing and they just hit a perfect balance of artistic intent and mainstream appeal. Then Ameer happened. And they signed to RCA. Then…they lost their bullet.
Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. Well put. This video shows you don’t have to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers to make great videos. This is why the “algorithm“ is so bad. It doesn’t allow content to speak for itself and UA-cam will often throw some attention your way, make you dance, and abandon you not long after. I don’t mean the community on UA-cam, while they may think your content fell off, it’s often UA-cam that gave them that idea, by no longer recommending your videos. UA-cam does this to make their platform appear free, as in, they want you to believe you can make it big. It’s a lie. I think you should create a channel on odyssey, Lbry, and patroon (I don’t know of a pattern alternative off hand. People are more than willing to support content they love, and services like pattern allow people to do that 10x as much as UA-cam ever could. Best of luck!
I listen to Doing It Stealthy by Oloff whenever I need therapy. Yeah, I could pay $300 an hour for some college clown to tell me what to feel, or I could just smash great big fucking coconuts on my head and listen to my favourite song over and over again.
I found most of Saturation to be closer to what you’d hear on mainstream rap but on an indie label. And it was made independently. But iridescence was a masterpiece in the regard of being unique and sensitive. For me, it’s hard to top that album. Not a lot about “hoes”, objectifying women, or just being about money and flexing. And not too over the top depression catering like Lil peep or xxx (they were obviously hurt souls but t wasn’t subtle enough imo RIP both tho still talented). It was the perfect balance for me. Reminiscent of some 90s rap. Great band and great record.
I think they did go out with a bang. The middle few albums after saturation were enjoyable but not memorable for me, but roadrunner was a fantastic album easily the same quality as the saturation trilogy. I'm kind of pissed they cancelled the tours though, I waited 2 years of covid and it being pushed back, they even announce more tour dates, then cancel all except London for clearly bullshit reasons, then shortly after announce the breakup.
i first heard abt them when they dropped buzzcut and i actually started to listen to them around the time they broke up and i was pissed cuz i was so behind, and the whole reason i decided to listen to them was cuz i saw they were coming to my city and i thought i might as well get into some of their stuff. Now i realize i should've tried listening to them when i first found them since they're my favorite group of all time now.
Holy Fuck… I’m turning into my father… not even trying to be funny I genuinely thought Brock Hampton was a guy who was famous for some shit I wouldn’t care about like tik tok or something. I have heard the name before but never really looked into it and clearly never absorbed any info about them …. this just made me feel so old…
Rumour has it one time Oloff was sat next to Jar Jar Binks on a flight. Jar Jar kept kicking the chair in front of him and generally being obnoxious, nobody knew what to do. Eventually one of the flight attendants came over and asked Oloff if he would perform one of his songs to calm Jar Jar down, and when Oloff began rapping the first verse to Doing It Stealthy, Jar Jar immediately relaxed. To this day the two are still close friends.
Dope video, I actually started listening to Ameer first and I didn't realize he was a member of Brockhampton until like a month later lol. I went to Coachella this year and saw Brockhampton perform which made me get into their music so this video definitely helped
i just recently found an interest in brockhamptons music about 6 months ago. i didn’t know their back story or their scandals and it kinda sucks because now i feel like i should be embarrassed to be listening to them, especially now. i don’t know who they are or what their fanbase is really like but I just like the music. that’s all it is, and i wish i didn’t have to feel weird about it now 😅
Honestly in my opinion it's the fans fault majority of the fan base is so toxic and they were very vocal about the fact that they did not want them to move past anything saturation related. They tried and they tried and they tried and they tried but the fan base literally would not let them evolve. Actually They did evolve but the fans did not like it. That's today's music you used to be able to have a fan base back in the day and you were allowed to grow as an artist you didn't have to drop every month to stay on top. Now if you aren't making the same music over and over again and if you aren't releasing a song every week then you fell off. I won't lie Kevin always announcing stuff is a problem too but I feel like the majority of the bullshit that went on is because of the toxic fans
Like frfr sugar is my least favorite song because it went viral and BROCKHAMPTON is more then just sugar but i can say you make my point in this whole video
Seeing so many comments about people enjoying BH during their teenage/high school years makes it very clear to me that one of the main reasons this all happened was because most of the fanbase were teenagers... it is entirely normal to grow out of everything you like when you're a teen in as little as six months, so it makes sense so many people left... then you add that to the current state of being a "stan" of something, turning into a hater after growing out of it, you know, basic fandom behavior that nowadays has blown out of proportion due to the normalization of being a stan and social media, it makes so much sense to me, esp since I watched all this unfold as a fully grown adult... all my friends who still love BH and liked the new things they did after SAT were all adults too.. teenagers today (not to sound like an old boomer but it is what it is) have terrible parasocial relationships with the people they stan and niche behavior like fandom culture has become so popular.. and the guys were all very young and discovering themselves too... a lot of teenagers looking up to people who didn't even know who the fuck they were and idolizing them, looking for perfect people who were incapable of failing... a recipe for disaster. but I also think BH will forever live as a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon and history won't forget them and all that they did.. they will indeed become legendary in the industry from now on, this is only the beginning of their careers after all.. i just hope all the people who dropped them with a bitter taste in their mouths can look back to these years and this music and let go of the bad memories they made while stanning them and remember how awesome their music was and will continue to be, there's nothing worse than having terrible memories associated with things that were important to you as a teenager :/
Huge props on this video dude. Well researched, well delivered and paced, and like your passionate but laid back VO. Two bits of constructive feedback, but probably other ppl already mentioned, would be better mic quality (if u can) + normalise volume between VO and clips. Also maybe slightly less jarring funny cutaways, maybe like just overlaying funny clips over the existing frame so it doesn't pull you out too much, but just a thought. Fr fresh and exciting, subbed and hope to see more shit from u ✌️
Thank you for the feedback! I agree about my mic quality and I understand what you mean about the clips, I think it works for my more comedic videos but I can see how it can take you out while watching documentary style video. Thank you for the sub!
Loved them in their SAT trilogy days, also Kevin abstract in his American boyfriend days, those were best the def. They fell off really hard this year. A lot of people just forgot about them I think
I honestly feel like one of the biggest problems for Brockhampton was that there was a huge toxic part of their fan base who refused to let them move on from the Saturation era that also wouldn’t accept anything else they did, and they were super vocal about it. On top of that, Kevin constantly announcing shit that would never actually come to fruition didn’t really do a whole lot to help save face with those shitty fans. All of the toxicity surrounding the group and the fan base along with all the trauma the guys (especially Joba) have been dealing with for years probably made it so that doing anything even related to BH was absolutely miserable for them. Honestly those dudes deserved better.
You said it perfectly
exactly, well said. 😭 Wish them all the best for their future endeavours.
Very well said
What happened to joba?? And the other guys, like what traumas?
@@Agustina-ew8zh around sometime when the band was recording their final album “Roadrunner” JOBA’s father passed away which clearly influenced the project heavily.
I think they captured that teenage 15-18 feeling you have really well. That wonder and freedom that comes w the age. They also all graduated hs and some even went into college and eventually dropped out and i think a lot of people related to that. Dropping out of school to pursue your own dreams kind of message. Thats what made saturation such a huge hit in my opinion. ( Edit: They also talked a lot about generational trauma. I think a lot of poc related to that.)
Well said. They were the soundtrack to the end of my adolescence (found them at 17). They helped a lot of ppl in that age range go through life, process their emotions, find an escape and a community. I found myself alone a lot those years, and would play iridescence every morning because it was the only constant in my life. Despite everything that happened, I’ll always appreciate them for that
i don't understand why people didn't appreciate/like the following albums after the SAT trilogy. i loved each and every album that they put out because all of them were unique eras and showed that BH could never not produce a good album. i've been a fan since 2017 and they were my livelihood for many years. i'm sad to see that they chose to disband but it was bound to happen because they all changed and stuff happened over the years. it doesn't erase the good concerts, memories and feelings i have towards them as a band :)
exactly like when iridescence came out and everyone was crying about ameer being gone and it’s not the same, like obviously it’s not the same it’s a different album. I’m super sad about them disbanding i went to multiple concerts and met them, they will always have a special spot in my heart
For me the absence of ameer made them lose a lot of their dreamy luster, without him I feel like a layer of variation is missing and a lot of their projects after that just felt incomplete. But that’s just me
@@vitalisogbeama33 I recommend you to listen to Iridescence again bro, I really think the growth of the members fills up ameers spot
@@gillesputtemans I will. As of right now I don’t feel like they are best utilized in that space. When they went back with ginger it was amazing but it would of been a masterpiece with ameer. I could just be a bigger ameer fan than a brockhampton tho idk
They jus wasnt lit no more
Brockhampton was my high school life dawg, need a doc or a movie about them fr. I love rewatching the vice land and short films they’ve had. Like brockhampton to pursue another media like film or even turn into their own record label. I remember hearing how brockhampton wasn’t just a band but a brand, they literally did 75% mostly 100% of things themselves.
I would love to see Kevin direct a short film or something tbh all his music videos are so creative and they’re some of my favorites
look up "BROCKHAMPTON SATURATION DOCUMENTARY FULL VERSION" on UA-cam it's about how they made the saturation trilogy
Your were born after 2000.
Fr they were what kept me going through high school
@@shadowaccount ok why is there always a butt hurt old head
I'm 27 now and found their music 3 years ago through Saturation 3 and Iridescence. I feel like I found them RIGHT at their peak and instantly fell in love. They were supposed to come to D.C. where I live now on St. Patrick's day this year and it would've been the concert of a lifetime. But they broke up 2 months before I ever had the chance to see them live. But I will follow the members who go solo closely and support all of their projects in the future as Brockhampton is an incredibly rare gem in the music world and will always remain a pivotal and precious discovery for me. I absolutely adore their music and will always be a huge fan
I'm 31 and found they music in 2020 cause of a friend. I missed out on so much but I STILL relate to the music so much
Thank you, thank you so much for making this video. Means a lot to me.
Brockhampton really define the last of my teenage years (Age 17-19 years).
Because of them I met a lot of great friends online who shared the same love for them.
I'm grateful for them. Even tho I couldn't witness them singing live on the stage, experience their concert, I'll be forever grateful and a loyal admirer of them.
Watching Joba’s progression and full release into his musicality was a highlight of the brockhampton era
I think it’s safe to say SAT1-3 got me through my freshman year of college and the breakup that went along with it. I have such vivid memories of spending hours in the darkroom of my photography class listening to the trilogy, sometimes through a portable speaker when it was just me and my friends in there. I was a little less hot on iridescence and Ginger wasn’t my thing, but I never thought they fell off. I wish I had paid more attention to Technical Difficulties, but it was so under the radar that I barely knew it was happening before it was over. The disorganization of the group and all the broken promises from Kevin definitely put me off from the group whether I knew it or not, and I think it may have contributed to the group’s demise. I’m glad the rollout for RR was as coherent as it was, because that became my favorite album of theirs; polished but regaining their style and fingerprints. Here’s hoping the final album isn’t another fleeting promise, and that it stacks up to RR
I feel you completely, The Saturation Trilogy literally helped me through my senior year of high school, moving out, and my first year of university. I remember nights I’d be up working on homework listening to nothing but Saturation II and walking to my university campus bumping Saturation III. And days I felt out of place in such a new environment I blasted Saturation I. I’ll never forget the impact they had on music and how much they helped me grow into who I am today. A real shame after the trilogy it seemed they lost a lot of that chemistry and cohesion. The albums were good but they were always missing something to me, some kind of spark wasn’t there anymore. RR definitely was the closest I got to feeling how I felt when Saturation I-III came out.
As someone who was heavily involved in their Twitter fan base during the SAT trilogy, I think a big reason why most of the core fan base turned away was because BH released a documentary after Tonya was released. It felt very vulnerable and emotional considering they touched on everything that happened with Ameer. (From what I remember this documentary was never supposed to be released after the screenings, it was a one time screening in select theatres across the country??)
I remember them talking about how betrayed they felt but after releasing the documentary they started associating with Ameer almost secretively which contradicted everything they said about him. There was pictures of him backstage at their shows after he got kicked out of the group and some of the members even refollowd him on Instagram. I also remember one of their members defending Ameer’s actions and it really upset a lot of people. They totally went through a whole “cancellation” at some point after iridescence which heavily contributed to their downfall.
I was 16 when I discovered them in a high school college guidance trip, they are a big part of my teenage years. BLEACH and FACE remain to be amazing songs and bring me that nostalgia.
I listen to Brockhampton almost daily. My favorite is No Halo. I get home from work, relax a little, then turn on my e-drums and jam to any of their tracks, finishing with No Halo, which never gets old. It's perfect.
I feel like it's interesting to know that I'm 47 and I found them through UA-cam comments from people saying how much they love them.
I have one question for the fans: Why the name Brockhampton? I haven't found an answer yet.
it was the street kevin abstract grew up on i think
It had something to do with the street name he grew up on and another spot i believe.
I would die happy if bearface released a solo album
bro i honestly almost cried at the end. i’ll never forget them. i first heard face as a soundtrack to some show i was watching when i was like really going through some changes and they mesmerised me. i remember listening to 1999 wildfire all the time when i got my first job. ginger came out when i moved away from my parents. roadrunner pulled me out of a horrible depressive episode. i was listening to matt champion’s burn when i couldn’t sleep. each project means so much to me, and is tied to a particular time in my life. i actually kinda loved the fanbase back when it was still small. the irony though is that by the time they decided to split, i already moved on to different things and stopped following them so closely so it didn’t like crush me as it would a few years ago. but they’ll always hold a special place in my heart. perhance they became victims of their own success.
Heard BLEACH at my restaurant job one night in 2018 and was instantly hooked. Deep dived into SAT 3 and then the whole trilogy. Them shits was progressively amazinggg. Had no clue of the the drama since I was late to the party but it was good to hear more from them in the following years. Finally learning about everything, I see the changes that I could once only hear in the music. They did what they had to do to heal in public and in private, but people do change so that's a good thing. Either way these guys were legends in their own right and I'll bump their stuff any damn day.
great vid! Brockhampton was a big part of my high school years. I hope that the members achieve big things, whatever they are doing.
You were born after 2000
@@shadowaccount You’re keeping yourself miserable lol. Why are you so fixated on people being younger than you? I genuinely don’t get it
I loved brockhampton. But this was the most snowflake community I have ever been apart of
thank you for making this, I got emotional at the end ❤
as you said the BROCKHAMPTON project may be over now, but the music is still there. you can still listen to saturation to get that eclectics, hungry south central BH if that's what you need. or ginger if that's the mood. the individuals are still there, and are gonna make "solo" music. and looking at something like Arizona baby they will probably still collaborate on there solo stuff.
coming back here after being at their last performance at Coachella and it was my first and last time seeing them live since being a fan since sat era, sad how life takes its course but i truly hope they decide to keep up with things musically
man I remember the summer their show on Viceland was airing, that was such a great time for them and their music. I feel fortunate to have been following them around that era man, it really felt like you were watching/listening to something rlly special. regardless of the toxicity from the fanbase and the quality of their music towards the end, that first 3-album run was crazy, and I'm sure will be talked about for years to come.
Undoubtedly ginger is the best album they ever produced. The sound, the visuals, the solidarity. It’s insane that so many hated something that in many ways is exactly what they were: a family of vocals making music for them not anyone else. And brockhampton fans and anti fans ruined it.
"Undoubtedly ginger is the best album they ever produced" Your opinion is not the truth my guy. I can only recall 2 songs from that album. For many, they picked with saturation. That's as valid as your take.
@@crastofer that’s your opinion too, you can only remember 2 songs others remember the whole album but sonically it’s the most complete. It offers the most Vulnerability for each member on things such as their problems with RCA, Ameer, and Fame. I think it takes everything good from saturation trilogy and adds it’s own charm. But it doesn’t really matter what we think, it’s the artists favorite album. They’ve said it in multiple interviews and on social media and that’s what my comment gets at. Brockhampton was always good Becsuse it wasn’t about the fans, or money, or fame. It was about growing with your friends and making good music.
@@michaelbwhiteside4135 I never said I wasn't stating my opinion, so pretty pointless to point that out. Your the one who was trying to establish your taste as the sole truth. And now you're brining in their personal opinion to keep up the narrative (As if they'll ever say their favorite projects were the ones with a guy they kicked, lmao).
The only reality is that Brockhampton never managed to achieve the success they had during the saturation era. That's a fact.
Then in terms of opinion, to me that's because they were to immature and gave to much into social media opinions that ended up destroying the group from the inside. In a few years when they look back I'm sure they'll regret how the ameer vann departure was handle and end up derrailing their up bringing .
I'll always say that Brockhamptons should have been as big (or even more) as Billie Eilish with all the strong points they had to appeal the "zoomers". But that's the difference between having people around you that can help you manage your career.
Hope they can find some solo success...
I don't agree. Saturation 3 and roadrunner are their best.
There are 1-3 songs worth listening to on ginger, imo it was their worst album, not bad but it wasn't good to me at least
Been following them since right after Saturation 1 came out & saw their last performance at Coachella weekend 2. They meant so much to me in college and so many of my happy memories were during this era. Ima miss them
really pissed me off when everyone started hating on BH. they’ve released masterpieces.
I remember staying up late to see the Jimmy Kimmel performance and seeing it in this video made me so emotional 😭
It’s called people growing up and changing. A big group is harder to keep because they have too many brains with their own respective agendas. It was only natural and expected. And I doubt all of them were super close to become lifelong friends who keep in touch and update one another on what’s going on in their lives.
Maybe a small part of it was Kevin just sort of being rude and stand off ish toward fans. I know a handful of people personally that work in the industry and seen people online saying when meeting kevin In person was disappointing. I understand not feeling social or not even wanting to talk but I know Forsure that left people not really like Kevin which fucks up everything bc he’s suppose to be the leader
I honestly think Kevin just gets overwhelmed being famous I know he’s talked about how he wish he wasn’t sometimes but I still feel like he needs to show respect to the people that brought him to where he is now
I've met Kevin twice and never felt that tbh
Imho artists don’t owe their fans one on one interaction if they’re not feeling it. They already produce content their fans love, if they don’t want to get parasocial with it then that’s alright by me.
@@rowan-priince1860 worddd. Artists don’t owe you ANYTHING. They make art, you like it? Cool. You don’t like it? Cool. Just because you like someone’s art thus want to support them doesn’t mean they owe you anything. They didn’t ask or expect you to support them, so why do you expect anything from them. You already received the art and the vibes. Yeah it’s cool when you meet someone and they have a good personality but not everyone loves social interactions. Just cause you make good art doesn’t mean all of a sudden you are people person. As long as they aren’t straight up hating on their fans it shouldn’t be that big of a deal.
When they stopped living in the same house it just didnt feel the same anymore.
I found them after my first year in college. It was a terrible summer but I remember seeing the cover for saturation 2 on Apple Music and listening out of pure curiosity. Been a huge fan ever since and they were almost like a soundtrack for my 2018
Hell of a video man.well edited, great takes, and just an overall solid watch. Thanks for a small if recent piece of rap history
Watching this a day before the family album release
i remember 2018 being an insane year as a fan. first they're on top of the world. all the talk that they'd never sign, they'd always stay indepedent. then RCA signs them. album after nearly finished album getting shown off then shelved. the stuff about ameer coming out and everybody wondering if it was true. the group still playing shows and crying on stage. and then iridesence finally drops. and i won't say it's a bad album at all cuz some of my favorite tracks are on it. but as a listener you can definitely feel the hole they're trying to fill emotionally. feels like the year just kicked them all out from under their feet and they never really got their full footing again.
i wonder a lot what it would be like if they stayed on their trajectory and kept pushing out multiple albums a year including all the canceled ones, and if ameer hadn't done what he'd done or if it never came to light. but that's not really realistic either and it's the way things are. i'll always stay a fan but i respect them doing what they feel is right too. no artist has lit the internet on fire like brockhampton did bruh
And even later interviews Kevin just seems annoyed or tired and just doesn’t make you as a fan care as much bc it doesn’t look like they do you know
Watching this video half way through and realized this video has a little under 1000 view?! Like how this is great quality.
Great vid- still not sure why more people didn’t love roadrunner, it’s easily their best album
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Holy W
I absolutely loved that project
Allegations killed their name for a lot of long time fans, at least from what I witnessed from ppl, it became very lame to like Brockhampton
@@sneakytacos773 only on twitter tho
Deserves more views, great video man!
Thank you so much!
I saw them in 2018 at Sydney and it was fucking amazing. Sad to see this era end but excited and happy for them as well.
Me too. I had to leave during, but I'm glad I at least got to see two songs 😩
Imma miss brockhampton and I actually enjoyed alot of their music, just depends on my mood. Best wishes to the whole boy band and to each member in their endeavers
ive been listening to bh since i heard dirt on accident from randomly skipping through a kanye west pandora radio station. when fantano covered them later i found out it was the same group. their music had changed so much. and they dropped 3 albums in one year. it was fucking cool.
when the shit with ameer happened i stopped following the drama. id seen it in other fanbases and fan related things that this was going to get bad. i rarely ever saw people calling bh cringe or what have you. maybe its because i still liked their output and refused to look at their social media. but to me their last group of albums was even better than saturation. having gone through such a tramautic event, they had to rethink and retool themselves. lick some wounds. by the end the same introspective and crazy music was in service of healing and understanding. roadrunner ending and having the theme of death discussed throughout hit me so hard.
still one of the best groups to ever do it
BH ending just feels like Odd Future phasing out around 2015, but on steroids. A lot of people really didn’t like “i don’t like shit, i don’t go outside” by Earl or “Cherry Bomb” from Tyler and wanted them both to go back to their old sound and even release another Odd Future mixtape/comp. A lot of people hated the fanbase at the time too. But now everyone in Odd Future and The Internet are doing their thing and the toxicity is gone (apart from Steve Lacy vs TikTok fans lmao)
Thank you so much for making this video
it was the fanbase. 100%. revelled in a toxic atmosphere around the group. annoying, demanding, overbearing. refused to move on from the era that was their favorite- normally SATURATION II and III but sometimes iridescence and GINGER or even the unreleased albums lmao. then those people who “moved from from their brockhampton phase” and proceeded to constantly shit on the group and spread the forged google doc allegations to justify their embarrassment for once liking the group - they were the most unbearable. a lot of these people seem to hate Kevin personally for whatever reason. it’s pathetic and proved why many of the members didn’t want to be famous and stepped back from having a presence on socials around 2019. Kevin’s the only one who tries to get their name out there right now for the final album cuz he’s used to this shit.
Man, why does everyone have to take everything so damn seriously. It was a pleasure to see these dudes and their creative journey. Cool shit.
Honestly the worst thing or one of the worst. Was that they dropped 3 of their BEST albums in the same year, what the fuck? Why? They could’ve milked it. Not even just milking it. But giving the albums time to be released, listened to, streamed. Let the heat die down and then boom just release the next one. But they burnt them self’s out quick asf trying to bang out project after project
can't lie, I really miss these guys
honestly i haven't listened to their entire discography yet but JUNKY, BOY BYE, HEAT, BERLIN, BUZZCUT, DONT SHOOT UP THE PARTY, and BLEACH are literally some of my top songs of the past few months. not to mention Matt Champion's release of Salud; that shit finna be on my yearly recap. I got into them sorta 2021 [bleach] but then really went hard this year. tbf ameer's bars on Heat are a bit sus "i love to watch em squirm, i love when bitches bleed" bro like same but
I believe strongly if they individually had more freedom for solo projects they probably could’ve done really good ESOECIALLY bearface. But I could be wrong saying this, but if I recall correctly Kevin made them sign a contract this didn’t allow them to do anything solo and Kevin was the only one able to drop a solo project.
Again I could be extremely uneducated but from what I remember that was part of the contract and if so in my opinion would be a huge factor into them kind of “fading”.
when your own fans are making false allegations towards you for attention/social experiments , you know something's wrong.
I remember my first listen by them being HEAT. At the time I didn’t listen to that type of music so I skipped till Saturation 3 released and I gave it another try. I was listening to more experimental and heavier music coming to it. Also I watched a lot of Shawn Cee so when he did Sat 3 I gave it another try and enjoyed it. I went through the other songs and to this day from Sat 1-3 HEAT is one of my top 5 of that era.
yk. i really truly think brockhampton was just ahead of their time. if their beginning albums came out today, their fanbase would be totally different. i see people now stanning brockhampton after everything and making it more mainstream which makes me angry bc it's like, how are you gonna make fun of them during sat, iridescence, etc and then hop on them when they're done. long story short, yall did brockhampton BEYOND DIRTY
Losing Ameer Vann was definitely the catalyst for the falloff, and that’s really undeniable to me. He brought a certain ruggedness to the group that prevented the “boyband” from actually sounding like one. I genuinely think if he was still there they’d still be ascending. They were better together.
they don't consider 'boyband' a perjorative. may wanna reword your comment, bud.
@@sbp4215 They call themselves a boyband, I wasn’t name calling.
@@sbp4215they literally use that term to describe themselves 😂
I love Ginger, it was literally how i discovered them, and how i discovered Saturation and all their work an why i became a fan
Im pretty sure they're gonna release 1 more album
Nah they done
they were going to but then they broke up
😔
this aged well
U were right
I think some people overstate how badly Roadrunner performed compared to their other albums. SAT 3, iridescence and GINGER all benefited from the old billboard rules that counted bundles as sales- which massively overinflated so many artist’s numbers. basically only Taylor Swift and Adele haven’t been affected by the rule change- literally the biggest artists in the world. considering how huge Sugar was it was obviously a disappointment, but I think it’s more of a stagnation than a regression exposure wise. tbh it’s easily their best album for me alongside SAT 1 and iri.
This video was great. Thank you for hitting a lot of the brockhampton background. I also like the message you mentioned at the end. I always will love brockhampton
Great video man. Hope your channel takes off.
this is so interesting because i've never been part of the fanbase but always appreciated the music. in europe they were relatively unkown and i only know 1 other person who is a fan in real life. idk why they ever became cringy in the us
Damn, I hope you can make a video revisiting BH now that Kevin dropped the official last 2 projects of the group. He reveals so much on The Family and a breakdown of the album would make for an amazing video. Other than that, I enjoyed watching this video because it took me back to when the Saturation trilogy dropped in 2017 and I was in my second semester of college. I remember being in the parking lot in between classes and just listening to Saturation I and II and just vibing. Keep up the great work and much love!
I will! Don’t expect it right away tho I got a couple other videos in the pipeline before I get to that one plus I wanna sit with it for awhile I’m not too sure what to say about them yet. Thanks for watching tho I appreciate it ❤️
@@maxidad8357 Of course, bro! Take your time. Absolutely no rush. Much love 🫶🏼
I can’t even pick a fave album… those 3 1990 songs! 😍. Also, I would argue that this was not a “fall” because it seems to be on their own terms (besides probably being forced to put out one more album). I had never stanned any artist before them. When I listen to their music in the future, it’ll bring me back to my early 20s 🥰
I don’t listen to brockhampton but this was a well done video. Downloading the Saturation trilogy now!
I remember finding them after my first breakup (after Saturation 3 but before Ameer’s Allegations) and it was just an incredible experience. Everything was just amazing and they just hit a perfect balance of artistic intent and mainstream appeal. Then Ameer happened. And they signed to RCA. Then…they lost their bullet.
Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. Well put.
This video shows you don’t have to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers to make great videos. This is why the “algorithm“ is so bad. It doesn’t allow content to speak for itself and UA-cam will often throw some attention your way, make you dance, and abandon you not long after. I don’t mean the community on UA-cam, while they may think your content fell off, it’s often UA-cam that gave them that idea, by no longer recommending your videos. UA-cam does this to make their platform appear free, as in, they want you to believe you can make it big. It’s a lie.
I think you should create a channel on odyssey, Lbry, and patroon (I don’t know of a pattern alternative off hand. People are more than willing to support content they love, and services like pattern allow people to do that 10x as much as UA-cam ever could.
Best of luck!
I listen to Doing It Stealthy by Oloff whenever I need therapy. Yeah, I could pay $300 an hour for some college clown to tell me what to feel, or I could just smash great big fucking coconuts on my head and listen to my favourite song over and over again.
I found most of Saturation to be closer to what you’d hear on mainstream rap but on an indie label. And it was made independently. But iridescence was a masterpiece in the regard of being unique and sensitive. For me, it’s hard to top that album. Not a lot about “hoes”, objectifying women, or just being about money and flexing. And not too over the top depression catering like Lil peep or xxx (they were obviously hurt souls but t wasn’t subtle enough imo RIP both tho still talented). It was the perfect balance for me. Reminiscent of some 90s rap. Great band and great record.
The closest we gave to brockhampton rn is definitely AG Club! Whoever doesn't know them, check them out ASAP
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idk if anyone has brought this up yet but for corpus christi you put a picture of south padre island lmao
Lamb is my fav song😭💙✋
I think they did go out with a bang. The middle few albums after saturation were enjoyable but not memorable for me, but roadrunner was a fantastic album easily the same quality as the saturation trilogy. I'm kind of pissed they cancelled the tours though, I waited 2 years of covid and it being pushed back, they even announce more tour dates, then cancel all except London for clearly bullshit reasons, then shortly after announce the breakup.
i first heard abt them when they dropped buzzcut and i actually started to listen to them around the time they broke up and i was pissed cuz i was so behind, and the whole reason i decided to listen to them was cuz i saw they were coming to my city and i thought i might as well get into some of their stuff. Now i realize i should've tried listening to them when i first found them since they're my favorite group of all time now.
Puppy was the last brockhampton album i was exited for tbh
I feel very fortunate that I saw them live in early 2018 shortly before Ameer was booted. Definitely a top 10 show I’ve been to
I was lucky enough to see BROCKHAMPTON the last time they were together at Coachella this year
"too many dudes" would of summed it up
Holy Fuck… I’m turning into my father… not even trying to be funny I genuinely thought Brock Hampton was a guy who was famous for some shit I wouldn’t care about like tik tok or something. I have heard the name before but never really looked into it and clearly never absorbed any info about them …. this just made me feel so old…
PARIS TEXAS is the future
Love them
I walk around like I’m the shit I think that it’s a force habit
Nobody could of said that batter then the tabby guy what he says about BROCKHAMPTON is so true
Great video! 👏👏🤝😁
This is actually a really good summary. Thank you!
Rumour has it one time Oloff was sat next to Jar Jar Binks on a flight. Jar Jar kept kicking the chair in front of him and generally being obnoxious, nobody knew what to do. Eventually one of the flight attendants came over and asked Oloff if he would perform one of his songs to calm Jar Jar down, and when Oloff began rapping the first verse to Doing It Stealthy, Jar Jar immediately relaxed. To this day the two are still close friends.
Wow bro great video.. well made and well spoken 🙏
Dope video, I actually started listening to Ameer first and I didn't realize he was a member of Brockhampton until like a month later lol. I went to Coachella this year and saw Brockhampton perform which made me get into their music so this video definitely helped
The last album is coming out in a few days..
Why is nobody acknowledging this fact in the comments?
this needs more view breh good job
i just recently found an interest in brockhamptons music about 6 months ago. i didn’t know their back story or their scandals and it kinda sucks because now i feel like i should be embarrassed to be listening to them, especially now. i don’t know who they are or what their fanbase is really like but I just like the music. that’s all it is, and i wish i didn’t have to feel weird about it now 😅
You shouldn’t feel weird, if you like it you should just enjoy it the other stuff doesn’t matter at the end of the day it’s all about the music
Reminds me of when a friend of mine was getting into RnB and didn’t know what R Kelly did, but then found out about his whole thing
I have and will always love there music I just ignore the toxic snd annoying people
I like how your narration at the end just got all sandloty :)
Hey great video! What's the song starting with the "moving forward" section at 19:24?
Stains. Saturation 3
@@angelsolis2393 Thanks!
Great video man, made me laugh and perfectly summed up my own thoughts and feelings. Subbed!
I love how y'all talking about the rise and fall meanwhile Iridescence and Roadrunner are literally their best albums lmfao
Honestly in my opinion it's the fans fault majority of the fan base is so toxic and they were very vocal about the fact that they did not want them to move past anything saturation related. They tried and they tried and they tried and they tried but the fan base literally would not let them evolve. Actually They did evolve but the fans did not like it. That's today's music you used to be able to have a fan base back in the day and you were allowed to grow as an artist you didn't have to drop every month to stay on top. Now if you aren't making the same music over and over again and if you aren't releasing a song every week then you fell off. I won't lie Kevin always announcing stuff is a problem too but I feel like the majority of the bullshit that went on is because of the toxic fans
Ginger is so underrated.
Nah
Great job on telling this story!
Like frfr sugar is my least favorite song because it went viral and BROCKHAMPTON is more then just sugar but i can say you make my point in this whole video
Seeing so many comments about people enjoying BH during their teenage/high school years makes it very clear to me that one of the main reasons this all happened was because most of the fanbase were teenagers... it is entirely normal to grow out of everything you like when you're a teen in as little as six months, so it makes sense so many people left... then you add that to the current state of being a "stan" of something, turning into a hater after growing out of it, you know, basic fandom behavior that nowadays has blown out of proportion due to the normalization of being a stan and social media, it makes so much sense to me, esp since I watched all this unfold as a fully grown adult... all my friends who still love BH and liked the new things they did after SAT were all adults too.. teenagers today (not to sound like an old boomer but it is what it is) have terrible parasocial relationships with the people they stan and niche behavior like fandom culture has become so popular.. and the guys were all very young and discovering themselves too... a lot of teenagers looking up to people who didn't even know who the fuck they were and idolizing them, looking for perfect people who were incapable of failing... a recipe for disaster. but I also think BH will forever live as a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon and history won't forget them and all that they did.. they will indeed become legendary in the industry from now on, this is only the beginning of their careers after all.. i just hope all the people who dropped them with a bitter taste in their mouths can look back to these years and this music and let go of the bad memories they made while stanning them and remember how awesome their music was and will continue to be, there's nothing worse than having terrible memories associated with things that were important to you as a teenager :/
Huge props on this video dude. Well researched, well delivered and paced, and like your passionate but laid back VO.
Two bits of constructive feedback, but probably other ppl already mentioned, would be better mic quality (if u can) + normalise volume between VO and clips. Also maybe slightly less jarring funny cutaways, maybe like just overlaying funny clips over the existing frame so it doesn't pull you out too much, but just a thought.
Fr fresh and exciting, subbed and hope to see more shit from u ✌️
Thank you for the feedback! I agree about my mic quality and I understand what you mean about the clips, I think it works for my more comedic videos but I can see how it can take you out while watching documentary style video. Thank you for the sub!
Beautiful vid
Loved them in their SAT trilogy days, also Kevin abstract in his American boyfriend days, those were best the def. They fell off really hard this year. A lot of people just forgot about them I think
Those were def the best* lol
It's the fans...the fans ruined it.
the fucking wings clips 😭😭😭
Oh I guess this was before the two full length records dropped in 2022 and we realized over half the members are making independent stuff.
Loved the video but fix the mixing. You talk quiet then the music video comes on and it gets louder and back to quiet on other parts.