[SINGLE] All Time Low feat Avril Lavigne - Fake as Hell

It’s quite good - I don’t see myself going back to it a lot because it’s just not my kind of sound at the moment but it’s a good collab. I feel like I never have much of an opinion on songs like this that aren’t hers because it’s not a reflection of her direction/sound/lyrics or whatever. But yeah, it’s defo a huge improvement on some songs she’s featured on in the past (I’m looking @ you Get Over Me)

I was gonna say think about when these all came out too but idk if thats a good example cusz KHO was like 3 months before Girlfriend, but Alicewas an entire year almost before WTH (granted that had label issues) ANd not counting AL and HAW cuz obv lyme and shit. 

My thoughts after one listen:

I don't much like all the distortion that's been added, it drowns out both Alex's and Avril's voices. I can't even hear Avril's high backing vocals in the outro properly - such a shame. Their voices also sound a bit overedited to my ears.

Lyrically, it's fine, I guess, there's just not much going on that I could gather from one listen. Like, you basically get everything the song's trying to say simply by knowing its title. That's just really not interesting enough imo.

Apart from that, the song just sounds pretty much like what I'd expected from an ATL song. I'm not really into ATL, they have a handful of decent songs and the rest (that I'm familiar with) just isn't my cup of tea. "Fake As Hell" is one of those decent ones to me. I like that it's mid-tempo. There are a few really cool off-beats in there. But that's about it when it comes to positive things I currently have to say.

So yeah, overall, it's a bit meh to me, okay at best. Not Avril's worst feature, but nowhere near one of her best. I doubt I will listen to this much more often tbh.

Her voice sounds great, as always, but...
I know i'm being fussy, but I'm over emo songs in 2023, it was good in 2007 not anymore

I wasn't hooked by this song.
I only liked the part where Avril is. I didn't like the changes in drum rhythm and the processing of voices. In general, for me the problem with most modern tracks is their processing.I just couldn't get enough of Avril's clear voice. And I'm a little annoyed by these squeaky backing vocals that was made in Melodyne .I would have loved this song more if it had been produced and mixed a little differently.
Oh my god I've never been so critical of Avril, even though it's not her song.

I like it. I like that its slower and so consistend and not giving me 5000 Highlights in 3 minutes that want to draw my attention, haha, im too overstimulated but this is nice to listen. I dont think it sounds outdated, it sounds like a song that doesnt have to prove anything but the melody is still catchy.

I think in the beginning it sounds like some say by sum41. I immediately thought of it.