Mod Sun f/ Avril Lavigne - Flames

[Ezekiel 23:20–21]

Out on January 8

[Au$tin]

Literally no idea who or what a Mod Sun is, but here for more Avril! Her last collab (Wings with Grey) was fantastic.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

That pic looks sooo photo shopped. Avril looks completely surprised to find herself posing next that dude. photo shopping this pic would have been more convincing.

[BlurryKyle]

Looks like they added Machine Gun Kelly to this, or it could be for another song. 

[Au$tin]

MGK and Avril in 2021 could actually be a damn good collab.

[Leo ✔]

http://instagram.com/p/CJg9_XtFZPM

[BlurryKyle]

Audio:

[macattack]

This sounds like something that could've come out in the late 2000's on Alternative. It's even stranger that Avril is on a track like this. It's weirdly good.

[Ezekiel 23:20–21]

Jan 8, 2021 0:39:38 GMT -5 macattack said:

This sounds like something that could've come out in the late 2000's on Alternative. It's even stranger that Avril is on a track like this. It's weirdly good.

This is quite good. Perhaps Avril did a song like this to try to get back in the good graces of radio even though it will still be a challenge for her.

[jthentic]

Dunno who told her it's a good idea to make comeback as a feature that to on a lesser known artist's track. This era tbh is era of random big collabs and with the success of emo & rock crossovers she should have gone solo / big collab. Mediocre song & has no chance of getting into hot100

[Au$tin]

Jan 8, 2021 2:01:22 GMT -5 jthentic said:

Dunno who told her it's a good idea to make comeback as a feature that to on a lesser known artist's track. This era tbh is era of random big collabs and with the success of emo & rock crossovers she should have gone solo / big collab. Mediocre song & has no chance of getting into hot100

Perhaps in 2021, independent 19-year-career musician eons past her commerical peak, Avril Lavigne, is making music for the sake of making music and working with who she wants to work with for the sake of making music instead of the intent to score any semblance of a hit.

It's billed as Mod Sun featuring her. He's the lead here and probably asked her to join him. Given his age and style, he, like Billie Eilish for example, is probably a huge fan who cites her as an influence. This isn't even intended for Avril's own project. It's for Mod Sun's.

[jthentic]

Jan 8, 2021 2:05:01 GMT -5 Au$tin said:

Jan 8, 2021 2:01:22 GMT -5 jthentic said:

Dunno who told her it's a good idea to make comeback as a feature that to on a lesser known artist's track. This era tbh is era of random big collabs and with the success of emo & rock crossovers she should have gone solo / big collab. Mediocre song & has no chance of getting into hot100

Perhaps in 2021, independent 19-year-career musician eons past her commerical peak, Avril Lavigne, is making music for the sake of making music and working with who she wants to work with for the sake of making music instead of the intent to score any semblance of a hit.

Yeah that might be the case 👍

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

I would have liked this with just Avril Lavigne's vocals. The guy sounds horrible and F U C Ks up any chance of me wanting to download/check this.

[Snowbeast]

Dec 31, 2020 15:19:22 GMT -5 BlurryKyle said:

Looks like they added Machine Gun Kelly to this, or it could be for another song. 

Avril has been writing with MGK since early last year when Travis Clark from We The Kings introduced them.

This MOD SUN collab is a taste of what her upcoming record will sound like - but with MGK and Travis Barker added to the mix.

[BlurryKyle]

Music Video:

[Ezekiel 23:20–21]

The video is nice. The concept is simple but works quite well.

Avril looks just like she did back in the day.

[RockaByeBaby]

Kinda going viral on Twitter, Avril has also been trending

[ClevelandRox]

Obsessed with this the past few days, hope it becomes a big hit on Alternative (although I can see it getting shunned just because of Avril's name)

[BlurryKyle]

Added under Cool New Music for Alternative.

[macattack]

Jan 24, 2021 19:03:49 GMT -5 ClevelandRox said:

Obsessed with this the past few days, hope it becomes a big hit on Alternative (although I can see it getting shunned just because of Avril's name)

As noted earlier there are strong rumors that Avril's upcoming album is an aggressive pop-punk album like MGK's. Alt will play her if she makes music that fits the format, and pop-punk is one of the two perennial genres on Alt along with indie rock.

(Honestly her first two albums should have gotten spun on Alt anyway but that's just me).

So I would not be so sure that Avril will be getting shunned here.

[Walking Contradiction]

With Kaplan's stations playing artists like Simple Plan and Good Charlotte heavily, I figured it might be a matter of time before Avril found her way to the format. This is a collaboration that feels very "on brand" for 2020s Alternative so far.

Can't say I'm here for it, but the format is obviously catering towards 2000s teens who shopped at Hot Topic.

[macattack]

Jan 27, 2021 16:18:00 GMT -5 Walking Contradiction said:

With Kaplan's stations playing artists like Simple Plan and Good Charlotte heavily, I figured it might be a matter of time before Avril found her way to the format. This is a collaboration that feels very "on brand" for 2020s Alternative so far.

Can't say I'm here for it, but the format is obviously catering towards 2000s teens who shopped at Hot Topic.

At the risk of giving you an aneurysm WNYL has been playing "Sk8ter Boi" and "Complicated" the last couple of months so...

[Snowbeast]

4th most added.

[wheatsquares33]

I feel like I should like this but it just feels kinda unfinished and overly corny

[DadJokes]

The song itself is pretty good. Good melody, enough sonic variation. Nice use of the piano (could have used a good punk guitar solo though). I'm with Doc about Mod's vocals though. They're heavily compressed or altered and it clashes with Avril's more natural voice.

[.indulgecountry]

I hope this smashes. I love and miss Avril. She looks and sounds amazing on this and after MGK's success with the pop punk sound starting last year, Avril is one of the first artists I thought of and was like 'omg this is her chance.' If she was ever gonna stage a comeback, now is literally the time to make a wave. I'm really looking forward to new music from her asap.

[fearlessarrow]

I'm not sure how I feel about Mod Sun's vocals but I'll root for this song even just to see Avril get another hit. I agree with indulge here, she should totally ride this wave - I think this feature can be the foot in the door for her. Maybe when her solo material comes Alternative radio could be a new home for her and have her songs potentially cross over to HAC with the right songs.

[Au$tin]

I would die if this ended up giving her career a jump (re)start and we got an entire album from her in this vein again with a few alt hits.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 50 on Alternative:

67 50 MOD SUN Flames f/Avril Lavigne 146 61 85 0.433

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 40 on Alternative:

52 39 MOD SUN Flames f/Avril Lavigne 299 120 179 0.882