After a Grammy consideration for “Best New Artist” and achieving mainstream rock radio success with the Linkin Park-leaning single “Virus,” the Phoenix band Dropout Kings is taking it back to a sound they helped pioneer.
The new single “Hey Uh” could be used by aspiring acts as a blueprint for Trap Metal, fusing dark and distorted beats and bass with haunting synths, scream rap delivery and an overall gritty exterior.
“It’s a rage anthem,” says vocalist Adam Ramey. “It’s a song about feeling unstoppable to the point of arrogance, which in turn, is a metaphor for social political programming that happens throughout America which causes us as a society to sometimes be looked at and stereotyped in that light by others on the outside.”
“Hey Uh” is Dropout Kings’ first new single on Suburban Noize Records and will appear on their second full-length album, Riot Music, anticipated for a summer 2022 release.