Flawless? Mod Solar is nothing of the kind – and that’s okay. The rocker acknowledges he ‘can’t be all the things they need me to be’ in his new observe, so he’s going to only be himself.
“I can by no means write like Bob Dylan / By no means be as cool as [Kurt] Cobain,” sings Mod Solar in the beginning of “Completely Imperfect,” the tune the alt-rocker dropped on June 10. Within the new observe, Mod Solar (b. Derek Smith) reveals the maturity and perspective from residing a number of many years on this earth. Towards the backdrop of a 2020s pop-punk bop, Mod Solar acknowledges that whereas he's huge and comprises multitudes, he additionally comprises limits.
“I’m completely imperfect / I can’t be all the things they need me to be,” he sings within the refrain. “Each mistake is what makes me, me / I’m completely imperfect.” Mod Solar acknowledges how he can’t mirror the success of his heroes (“I’ll by no means be huge because the Beatles”) or have sure skills as his contemporaries (“I might by no means sing like Adele”) but it surely’s not a pity social gathering. It’s a neon-dyed affirmation of understanding one’s limits, and acknowledging that having flaws or contradictory habits (“All these tattoos however hate needles”) aren’t that dangerous. It’s a misfits’ anthem for anybody on the market who is perhaps combating their very own journey, one thing to elevate them up once they don’t meet these units of not possible requirements.
“Completely Imperfect” is the second launch from Mod’s upcoming album. It follows “Wealthy Children Break Every little thing,” a tune that acts each as a declaration of warfare on gentrification as effectively a manner for Mod Solar to reintroduce himself. “I grew up a scene child,” he stated, per Kerrang. “I grew up a skateboarder and a pop-punk child and I used to get made enjoyable of for being all of these, for the way in which I regarded, the way in which I dressed, for the way in which I acted, and all of the issues I like and it’s each superior and hilarious, but complicated seeing most of the people and popular culture embracing all of the issues that I might get torn down for. It is a tune that I wrote for all the youngsters that really feel assured in their very own pores and skin and don’t stroll round sporting a dressing up.”
Mod Solar’s punk cred has additionally led to some Billboard success. He co-wrote and co-produced Love Sux, the brand new album from his fiancéAvril Lavigne. Love Sux reached No. 2 on the Prime Rock Albums chart, and No. 9 on the US Billboard 200. Mod joined Avril for her Chunk Me 2022 Canada Tour in Could and is presently set to play on the Firefly Music Competition in September. Within the meantime, followers can rewatch Good Mourning, the stoner comedy that Mod and Machine Gun Kelly co-wrote and co-directed. The movie additionally stars Avril, MGK’s fiancée Megan Fox, and stars like Pete Davidson, Whitney Cummings, Dove Cameron, and Becky G.