{"id":56126,"date":"2024-07-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=56126"},"modified":"2024-07-26T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:04:00","slug":"letdown-channels-resilience-and-raw-emotion-in-new-song-bad-childhood-plus-announces-one-tour-date-in-chicago-end-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=56126","title":{"rendered":"LETDOWN. Channels Resilience And Raw Emotion In New Song \u201cBAD CHILDHOOD\u201d. Plus Announces One Tour Date In Chicago End Of July."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
CATCH LETDOWN. ON IDOBI RADIO\u2019S SUMMER SCHOOL TOUR WITH<\/strong>STAND ATLANTIC, MAGNOLIA PARK, THE HOME TEAM, SCENE QUEEN & HONEY REVENGE<\/strong>
\u201cLetdown. balances internal turmoil with an arena-sized rock sound…\u201d – SPIN<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

July 26, 2024 – <\/strong>Today, alt-rock artist and producer Letdown.<\/strong> unleashes his latest single, \u201cBad Childhood.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>The gripping track is the newest release from Letdown.\u2019s awaited debut album, set to drop later this year via Big Loud Rock.<\/strong> \u201cBad Childhood\u201d <\/em>captures the raw and unfiltered essence of Letdown.’s music, diving deep into personal struggles and emotional turmoil, and promising to resonate with fans everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Familiar-sounding yet distinct, \u201cBad Childhood\u201d<\/em> opens with a wavy guitar melody that sets an upbeat tone, contrasting sharply with the song’s deeper meaning. Bouncy drums drive the rhythm, adding energy and urgency, while record scratching adds a touch of 2000s pop-punk nostalgia. Irresistible gang vocals over a cheerful whistle uplift the message, \u201cI hate it, I do, only problem is you, singing like \u2018la-da da da da da-da-daaa,\u2019 that\u2019s just my bad childhood.\u201d <\/em>The single\u2019s music video is a vivid, stylistic visual accompaniment – watch HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2019Bad Childhood\u2019 is a candid reflection of my pain, resilience, and the complex emotions tied to my past. It poignantly delves into my tumultuous upbringing, capturing my emotions from that time,\u201d<\/em> says Letdown.. \u201cI recount a series of harrowing experiences, all underscored by a pervasive sense of abandonment and resentment. The chorus\u2019s declaration of hatred and the haunting acknowledgment of unending grudges reflect the lasting scars of a difficult childhood.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

True to his style, Letdown. continues to deliver relatable, raw, and heartfelt music that connects deeply with listeners. “Bad Childhood” <\/em>is no exception, offering a window into the artist’s personal battles while striking a universal chord with fans who have faced their own hard times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LISTEN TO \u201cBAD CHILDHOOD\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new track follows on the heels of May single\u00a0\u201c<\/em>Raincoat<\/a>,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0another catchy-yet-emotional offering from his upcoming album. Previously-released single,\u00a0“Hate Myself\u201d\u00a0<\/em>has been making waves on Alternative Radio, earning #1 Most Added Track during its first week at the format and is currently climbing the Mediabase Alternative chart, sitting at #24.
Letdown. significantly expanded his global audience last year with tours across Europe and the U.S., along with captivating performances at major festivals such as Summerfest, Louder Than Life, and Aftershock. This summer, Letdown. will be hitting the road again, performing on the Idobi Radio Summer School tour alongside Stand Atlantic, Magnolia Park, The Home Team, Scene Queen, and Honey Revenge. Full routing can be found below and tickets purchased\u00a0HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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ABOUT LETDOWN.<\/strong>Letdown. is ready to embrace the positive. The Texas-born, Nashville-based rocker, singer, and multi-instrumentalist has tackled a slew of personal demons\u2014many of which turned up on his catharsis-packed debut EP, 2023\u2019s Crying In The Shower\u2014in order to come out on the other side, stronger than ever.  The prolific artist\u2019s latest batch of songs, which he is constantly churning out as a therapeutic way to process daily life, are upbeat, hook-packed anthems that invite audiences to shout along in unison.
\u201cI think I’m at the end of writing about my problems,\u201d Coddington muses. \u201cI’ve been putting myself through emotional music therapy for three years now, and it’s working. I’m finally looking back and laughing for the first time. I consider it the upswing of the depression. I’m about to enter this whole new phase in my life. Everything feels new again for the first time.\u201d
Ever since he first began releasing music in 2020, Letdown. (real name Blake Coddington) has poured his soul into crafting soaring rock anthems that vulnerably chronicle his mental health journey and sonically intersect with punk\/emo, metal, electronic, pop, and hip-hop. 
Posting a series of unguarded videos to TikTok, Letdown. has seen his following grow to more than 600K, plus nearly 1M monthly listeners on Spotify, and more than 100k on Instagram \u2014 and that\u2019s not even counting the over 185M total streams Coddington\u2019s songs have earned. As he steps into a new era with his debut album, fans will be swept up into a whirlwind of poppy and propulsive beats, guitar-driven compositions, and impassioned choruses.
\u201cThat’s the greatest part of this,\u201d Coddington says of his more buoyant direction. \u201cWe’re all dancing around the studio. It’s the most natural writing I’ve ever done. When I met my producer Carlo, we started working on our first song together, which ended up being \u2018Hate Myself.\u2019 We were like, \u2018This sounds nothing like any of your other stuff. We don’t know if anybody’s gonna like this. Let’s just see what happens.\u2019 And then we got to the studio and everything happened. I remember looking at him, and I was like, \u2018I don’t care who doesn’t like this. This is the most me I’ve ever felt.\u2019\u201d
If anything unites Letdown.\u2019s debut album, it\u2019s mixing audible joy with the darkness that haunts his past. \u201cThis latest group of songs is my upswing\u2014I\u2019m literally finding the fun and light in the bad things,\u201d he says. \u201cThe music I’m writing currently has been a lot more fun than it ever has been, and a lot less depressing. It’s less self-loathing. This is what’s been handed to me\u2014now I’m gonna have to make something awesome.\u201d

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CATCH LETDOWN. ON IDOBI RADIO\u2019S SUMMER SCHOOL TOUR WITHSTAND ATLANTIC, MAGNOLIA PARK, THE HOME TEAM, SCENE QUEEN & HONEY REVENGE\u201cLetdown. balances internal turmoil with an arena-sized rock sound…\u201d – SPIN […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,41,39,20,42],"tags":[526,533,529,532,528,531,525,527,534,530,535],"class_list":["post-56126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-features","category-music-news","category-reviews","category-this-just-in","tag-bad-childhood","tag-big-loud-records","tag-blake-coddington","tag-click-and-mortar-records","tag-crying-in-the-shower","tag-kma-management","tag-letdown","tag-raincoat","tag-riot-fest-presents","tag-roger-jansen","tag-summer-school-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}