By, Jahfreen Alam | Writer
February 3rd, 2016
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Characterized by big band brass fit for a night with Gatsby, signature choruses, and crooning vocals mixed with operatic belts, Panic! at the Disco’s new album is both the champagne drinking buzz of an explosive Friday night, and the late night wave of nostalgia that hits the day after. Released January 15th, 2016, Death of a Bachelor marks Panic!’s fifth studio album and first number one album on the Billboard charts. However, the release of the album also signals the beginning of a new era of singer Brendon Urie as the only member left from the band’s original lineup.
With Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker leaving after the release of the band’s second album, Pretty. Odd., and Spencer Smith’s departure mid-2015, Urie wrote and recorded the entire album as the lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. Still, Urie managed to maintain Panic!’s creativity and signature genre-bending style. The music of Death of a Bachelor leaps from the baroque pop and synth-pop of past albums, and can best be described as just simply pop rock. What separates this album from the others, though, is the risks Urie takes.
Completely written at Urie’s home, Deathof a Bachelor explores the end of Urie’s past lifestyle, documenting some of his wildest memories through the eyes of a matured, married man, of someone much different than who he was before. The twist? Urie infuses hip-hop and jazz influences in a very modern pop rock setting of songs ranging from party anthems and tales of debauchery to powerful pop-tinged gospels and candid confessionals.
The album beings with “Victorious”, a passionate anthem of glory. As the second single released before the album, the track rallies you into anticipating the moment the chorus drops, ready to sing and shout with adrenaline coursing through your veins, “Tonight we are victorious / champagne pouring over us!” Continuing the party vibe, the second track “Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time” kicks off with a heavy surf guitar riff that lingers in the backdrop throughout the song as flashes of a killer party from the night before bombard Urie’s thoughts. “Champagne, cocaine, gasoline” are only a few things he can recall, but he certainly remembers the entire bash as one “hell of a feeling.”
Taking a break from debauchery, “Hallelujah”, the first single released, plays like a fresh, powerful modern pop-gospel. With an appropriate use of a chorus echoing of the word “hallelujah” and glorious vocals, Urie practically atones for his sinful night from the song before. However, that doesn’t last for long. The third and last single, “Emperor’s New Clothes” opens with a dark twist on a classic nursery rhyme and ramps up after every verse, detailing how Urie’s past lifestyle has caught up to him. The track truly envelops the lyric “Welcome to the end of eras” as it begins Urie’s new persona seen in the next song, “Death of a Bachelor.”
In the title track, Urie channels his inner Frank Sinatra and allows his impressive vocal range to say it all. Powerfully reminiscent of the 1940s and nostalgic of his past life, Urie welcomes “the death of a bachelor” in favor of “a lifetime of laughter.” The fifth song comes swinging around—literally. In “Crazy=Genius”, tom-tom beats and big brass didn’t fail to impress junior Gabby Reid.
“As soon as the song started,” she discloses, “I instantly recognized that it was an tribute to ‘Sing Sing Sing’, a popular jazz/swing song of the 1940s, and my personal favorite of the genre. From a musical and a nostalgic standpoint, I deeply admire his Sinatra vocals and jazzy vibes. It gave the album a lot of character and I enjoyed listening to it wholeheartedly.”
The sixth track “L.A Devotee” shapes itself into Urie’s overzealous, passionate love letter to L.A. Continuing with blaring trumpets, amazing bass riffs, and a nostalgic theme, the verses feature some of Urie’s favorite scenes and memories—from “the black magic of Mulholland Drive” to “drinking white wine in the blushing light”—of a city that soon became his second home. His charismatic and operatic vocals transform the rocking chorus into one where you can’t help but to scream out your lungs.
Afterwards, “Golden Days” follows, exploring a type of sentimental angst only pop-rock can pull off. Beginning with a bolstering beat in the first verse, the facade of strength soon fades, melting into a heartbreaking chorus. Soft and vulnerable with just a guitar strumming as the instrumental, Urie croons, “Oh don’t you wonder when the light begins to fade?/ And the clock just makes the colors turn to grey.” Once again, a theme of nostalgia appears as Urie reaffirms, “All the memories that we make will never change.”
Consisting of hip-hop record scratches and the return to a filthy backdrop, “The Good, the Bad, and the Dirty” plays like a biting farewell to things that “were always going to end.” A little sarcastic, the song is ultimately very catchy with a message emphasizing letting go of the old and embracing the new, but not without reminiscing first. “House of Memories” follows with a theme of being lonely while being in love; Urie admits “These thoughts of / past lovers / They’ll always haunt me,” but his desperation for being remembered and having a place in his current lover’s “house of memories” overrides the song, tinging it with bittersweet hope.
Finally, the album quiets down. Like the somber car ride home after a long night, and the finality of closing credits on a poignant movie, Urie ends the album with “Impossible Year,” a soft, emotional piece backed with piano, bass, and horn; it’s a heartbreaking goodbye to the band members who have left. He has a new found knowledge of needing to move forward into a new life and era of his career.
Overall, Death of a Bachelor touches upon the important themes of looking back upon a dead past and looking forward to a bright future while simultaneously appreciating the present. The interesting addition of brass instruments transforms the album into something utterly theatrical, but completely characteristic of Panic!’s ever-changing sound. Not only that, but the album introduces a new maturity in Urie as a singer and songwriter.
Panic! fan since middle school and junior, Lauren Hill comments on the growth of Urie musically and lyrically, revealing, “The album was way better than I expected. I appreciated the homage to both his wife and his new home in L.A. It’s pretty cool to see him grow.”
Junior Caitlyn Vilar, another long time Panic! fan, also comments on the album: “I think it’s a very good album, honestly. My favorite songs are Crazy = Genius and Golden Days. I really like how every Panic! album has a different sound and this one is no exception, you know? Brendon is focusing more on his love for Sinatra, and has more of an upbeat pop sound than older songs. It really shows how much he’s grown as an artist, and how his tastes have changed from losing previous band members. I’m very proud of Brendon for making such a good album as the only original member of the band.”
Urie’s risks paid off as he came to terms with his past and, most importantly, himself. I can’t wait to see what genre he tackles next and what waits for both Panic! at the Disco as a band and Urie as possible soloist. For him, his journey has only just begun, and the real party waits.
Panic! At the Disco is a pop-rock band formed in 2004 in the suburban area of Summerlin, Las Vegas, the U.S. Formed by Brendon Urie, Spencer Smith, Ryan Ross, and Brent Wilson. After 2015, current members of the band are singer Brendon Urie the only official member of the group, with drummer Dan Pawlovich, bassist Nicole Row, and guitarist Mike Naran.
Panic! At the Disco started recording demos while they were the students in high school. The debut album of the band was called “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out,” released in 2005. Band’s second single song got very popular, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” their album was triple platinum-certified in the United States. In 2006, the founding member of the band, bassist Brent Wilson, fired from the band due to his irresponsibility towards the group and replaced by Jon Walker.
Panic At The Disco Current Members 2020
Inception
The band started with the childhood friends Ryan Ross, a singer and a guitarist, and Spencer Smith, as a drummer. Both of them went to the same school Bishop Gorman High School, and they use to play music together since they were in 9th grade. Ross and Smith invited their mutual friend Brent Wilson from a nearby school Palo Verde High School to join them as a bassist, and later Brent invited this classmate Brendon Urie to be the guitarist of the band.
They started making music in Smith’s grandmother’s living room. In initially years, Ross was the lead singer for the band, but later, Urie replaced him as the group came to know during rehearsals that he can sing better, so they decided to make him the lead singer of the band when they started Panic! At the Disco was a cover band of Blink-182.
Panic! At the Disco aimed to be different from the other metal bands in Las Vegas, U.S., the group was lucky to sign a recording contract even without having performed in any live show. Urie started working at Tropical Smoothie Cafe in Summerlin as a part-time so that he could afford a practice space for the band. Urie had to work since he was kicked out of his house by his parents because he dropped out of high school. Urie also sang for tips during his working hours. All four member of the band left their educations studies to concentrate on music.
Evolution
Ryan and Brendon sent demo music to Pete Wentz (bassist of Fall Out Boy) via a LiveJournal account. At the time, Pete was working with the rest of the members of his band Fall Out Boy in Los Angeles on the band’s major debut label, Pete drove to Las Vegas to meet the members of the Panic! At the Disco.
Pete soon after hearing the music produced by the band in practice, he wanted the group to sign his founded record label Decaydance Records, which was an imprint of Fueled by Ramen, this also made Panic! At the Disco, the first band on the label. The band signed the name in December 2004.
The band decided to move to College Park, Maryland, United States, to start recording their debut album. Panic! At the Disco’s debut album, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, came out on 27 September 2005. Unfortunately, the sales started slowly; they sold 10,000 copies of their debut album in the first week of the release. The album achieved No. 112 position on the Billboard 200 album chart and also got on No. 1 position on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.
After four months of the release of the album, The band released the video of their first single, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” I song got so popular that it helped the sale to pass 0.5 million marks. Panic! At the Disco announced their tour in March 2006. The video of their single “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” became the Video of the Year at 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. Their debut album became platinum-certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Awards & Achievements
Panic! At the Disco is a very popular band and they have also worked very hard to achieve this position and keep entertaining peoples with the same energy. The band has been nominated 62 times for the awards, which is huge for a band, they have won the awards 21 times. Some of the awards are mention below:
In 2018, Panic! At the Disco won Artist of the Year by Rock Sound Awards.
In 2019, the band won Choice Rock Song for Hey Look Ma, and I Made It by Teen Choice Awards
Net Worth of Panic! At the Disco in 2021
As of May 2021, Panic! At the Disco has an estimated net worth of more than $20 million.
Panic! At the Disco is a famous band and they have also worked very hard to achieve this position and keep entertaining peoples with the same energy. The group has been nominated 62 times for the awards, which is huge for a group; they have won the awards 21 times. Some of the awards are mention below:
In 2018, Panic! At the Disco won Artist of the Year by Rock Sound Awards.
Panic At The Disco Current Members 2019
In 2019, the band won Choice Rock Song for Hey Look Ma; I Made It by Teen Choice Awards.
Panic At The Disco Current Members List
The band has maintained its name for a long time since it was started. It has been 15 years since the group was formed and is still a popular band in the industry. The band is still making good music that people love to hear. The band will continue to make music in the future and will also achieve new heights.