The Needle Drop's Anthony Fantano calls himself the busiest music nerd on the internet, and he's certainly correct when it comes to beefing with musicians on social media.
On Monday (February 6), he posted a weekly track roundup on his YouTube channel, which included a review of the latest single from Falling in Reverse — and bandleader Ronnie Radke is a little butthurt about it.
The band released the single "Watch the World Burn" late last month, and Fantano called it a "really bad rap-metal song where it kinda sounds like Tom McDonald but without the racism, and Eminem but without the talent."
The critic added, "The bars are cringe and super terrible and difficult to bear. And kinda — the metal transition it goes into toward the end of the track is gross and tacky as fuck. Yeah, I hope I don't have to listen to this track too many more times before I end up in the grave." Oof.
Yesterday (February 9), Radke took to Twitter to air his grievances about Fantano's less-than-glowing review of the song, writing: "[Fantano] is like the Perez Hilton of music critics, looks 25 years older than he is and nobody will care about him in 3 years."
Replying with some side-by-side photo comparisons, Fantano wrote, "Over the past decade, I objectively look like I've put on fewer years than Mr. Radke. And I've had fewer trips through the legal system as well."
On Monday (February 6), he posted a weekly track roundup on his YouTube channel, which included a review of the latest single from Falling in Reverse — and bandleader Ronnie Radke is a little butthurt about it.
The band released the single "Watch the World Burn" late last month, and Fantano called it a "really bad rap-metal song where it kinda sounds like Tom McDonald but without the racism, and Eminem but without the talent."
The critic added, "The bars are cringe and super terrible and difficult to bear. And kinda — the metal transition it goes into toward the end of the track is gross and tacky as fuck. Yeah, I hope I don't have to listen to this track too many more times before I end up in the grave." Oof.
Yesterday (February 9), Radke took to Twitter to air his grievances about Fantano's less-than-glowing review of the song, writing: "[Fantano] is like the Perez Hilton of music critics, looks 25 years older than he is and nobody will care about him in 3 years."
Replying with some side-by-side photo comparisons, Fantano wrote, "Over the past decade, I objectively look like I've put on fewer years than Mr. Radke. And I've had fewer trips through the legal system as well."
You can check out Fantano's review of "Watch the World Burn" below.
