The quantity of occasions a DJ has dropped “Midnight Metropolis” by M83 set is sort of incalculable at this level. The observe initially appeared on the double album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, launched in 2011. Based on a fast synopsis of the album’s success, “The album positioned third in Pitchfork’s High 50 Albums of 2011 record; the one ‘Midnight Metropolis’ was positioned 1st on the High 100 Tracks record. On January 26, 2012, M83 got here in at quantity 5 on the Triple J Hottest 100 with the one ‘Midnight Metropolis.’”
It was a large hit in each means attainable, and arguably singlehandedly led to M83’s large reputation. Nevertheless, Anthony Gonzalez, the remaining sole member of the group, has acknowledged a number of occasions in interviews that he laments the track’s reputation. In an notorious 2019 interview with VICE, he mentioned, “[…] today, I sort of simply need folks to neglect about me and my earlier success— Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming and ‘Midnight Metropolis.’”
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Now, in a newer interview with Consequence, he has doubled down.
“I discussed this in an interview earlier than, however it’s virtually that I need to preserve the followers of ‘Midnight Metropolis’ away from coming into — which I imply principally as a nasty joke,” Gonzalez mentioned.
“For me, the battle with being a profitable artist with that album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, and particularly with that observe, ‘Midnight Metropolis’, is that unexpectedly, I had this big EDM following. EDM might be one of many types of music that I hate essentially the most. Impulsively, I’ve these bro EDM DJs enjoying my music, and I simply can’t even care much less. Typically I want that I might erase that fan base however I don’t suppose it’s attainable to try this.”
This isn’t one thing that EDM followers will essentially take personally, however nonetheless it’s disheartening to listen to that the artist behind a track that popularly reveals up in tons of of units per yr has maligned a whole fanbase wholesale.
The interview comes forward of M83’s ninth studio album, Fantasy, due out this Friday, March 17. You may learn the complete interview right here.
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