"Checkmate," the latest anthemic single from Gray, is nothing short of euphoric, surging forward with an undeniable frenzied energy. The undisputed king of bedroom bops who went from sharing his dreams of making music to a legion of adoring fans on YouTube to making a stir in 2018 with his debut EP Sunset Season and a near-sold-out national tour is back with a brand-new single that is sure to have you all caught up in your feels. Gray continues to blow us away with all of his music, but I have to admit “Maniac” has shown a different side of the singer that’s pretty great.Ladies and gentlemen, Conan Gray has officially done it again. For reference, his next most popular song is “Generation Why,” which has over 26 million plays. Unsurprisingly, the show ended with “Crush Culture,” which is his biggest hit yet, having over 34 million plays on Spotify. “Maniac” made it to track 11 in the setlist, nearing the end of the show. Gray also plays “The Story,” which is an unreleased track, and a cover of “Burnin’ Up” by the Jonas Brothers. Hits include songs like “The King” and “Generation Why” from his “Sunset Season” EP. In his first shows, he has played a set of 14 songs, including everything from big hits to unreleased tracks to covers. If fans want to see more of Gray, they can catch him in one of the 26 cities across North America. Though unlikely the intention, it hypes fans (or at least this fan) for his Comfort Crowd tour.
This is the first fans have gotten to see of his noodle dancing in a while, as his most recent videos have only had short clips sparingly placed. In an interview with Billboard, Gray said his “favorite dance move is “wiggling … just like a little noodle!” Gray is a self-proclaimed “noodle dancer,” meaning he flops around like a noodle when he performs. In between all of this fighting, fans are treated to Gray lip-syncing and dancing on a stage with a microphone stand. They seem to be best friends rather than romantically involved, the only part that breaks from the “Scott Pilgrim vs. Dreamy vocals, dreamy production, dreamy man: Gray snaps both viewers and Barden back to reality with his lyrics, and by smashing a gumball machine over the dreamboat’s head.īarden and Gray make a dynamic pair throughout the music video, the two consistently looking out for each other. This scene plays over the bridge and the immediate chorus, the softest part of the song.
He gets no written description, but it’s clear that this guy is Barden’s version of the heartbreaker from Gray’s lyrics. He’s the only one that Barden actually wants back, the only one she doesn’t want to fight against. Viewers are then shown the scariest ex of all: the dreamboat. The nice guy “just wants a hug” and “proposed last semester.” The art boy “writes poems about Jess” and “only listens to vinyl.” These two don’t fight. The nice guy and the art boy appear very quickly after each other. Viewers meet four exes: the meathead, the nice guy, the art boy and the dreamboat.Īs described by the text in the music video, the meathead “played QB in college, drinks too much beer, cries in the shower.” While Gray runs away from him, Barden takes him down with a steamer. Scott Pilgrim-style, she and Gray have to fight them off and survive until morning. In the video, from the alignment of the stars and the blood moon, Barden’s ex-boyfriends have risen up from the dead for one night of terror. The video for “Maniac” is a mini horror movie, playing into the release date near Halloween. He continues, “Now you’re manic, honestly, I’ve had it / listen to yourself, think you need to get some help.” Call them out Gray!Ī great song deserves a great music video, and Conan Gray delivered. Yes, this song is biased in Gray’s favor, but the guy wrote the song - cut him some slack. “Psychopathic, don’t be so dramatic / We had magic, but you made it tragic.” Here he comes to his senses, remembering that this partner is the problem, not Gray, who genuinely tried his best. However, in the bridge, Gray snaps back to reality, finally accepting that this relationship is doomed. “Now you’re breakin’ my heart / so, I show up at your place right away / Wipe the tears off of your face / while you beg me to stay.” Both of them are hypocrites, saying they hate the other while truly feeling anything but. It’s all bright sounds and fast beats, a complete opposite of what the lyrics might suggest.Ĭonan Gray continues his roast session of this mysterious heartbreaker, mocking them in the second verse while acknowledging how he gives into the temptation of helping the heartbreaker. After the chorus, the song is carried by the production until the second verse.
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