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I'M NOT OKAY: Gerard Way at Tokyo

Mcr has always refused to be easily consumable or compromise their message and tonight is just a continuation of the trend. Artistic integrity, passion and earnesty are all things found at mcrs core and the second any of those things are comprised is when they bite. they fucking hate the industry. They hated the industry before they broke up, and fought against its stifling expectations by creating an album dripping with contempt and disdain for these corporations and everything they stand for. I can’t even imagine how they feel about the state of the music industry now. With the push for conformity, consumability and marketability. the gentrification and sanitation of aesthetics and genres, especially in mainstream alt/rock/punk has been rough. Between old acts selling out and new acts getting chewed up by algorithms, and i know mcr sees this. They went out and came back on their own terms and did this tour for us, but even more importantly them. So when the industry asks them to appeals to a nostalgic crowd, they do it, but they’ll do it their way. And their way is spiting in the face of expectations and nostalgia and the industry and having a fucking blast with it. They are so disillusioned and over the past, that mcr is dead, but they’ll bring her back just for you. Just don’t be mad when she comes back wrong. The house always wins.