
Released April 9, 2021 during peak pandemic lockdown conditions in Toronto, 'death wish' emerged from LØLØ's period of intensive creative output under COVID-19 isolation. The video and single represent a pivotal moment in the early-2020s pop-punk revival, situating a TikTok-native Canadian artist within the legacy infrastructure of Hopeless Records — a label historically associated with All Time Low, New Found…
A key early document in the 2020s pop-punk revival, 'death wish' demonstrates how the genre was being revitalized through social media channels, female-fronted confessional songwriting, and indie label distribution. The track's guitar-driven anthemic structure, blending pop-punk, pop-rock, and…
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