Goldfinger new song feat. Mark and Travis

[Jan Mortensen]

7 hours ago, Kay said:

Have you all just ignored the copious amounts of complaints and issues about OMT? Fun narrative ya’ll are making up. I wish I was Tombot enough to blindly love OMT 😂

It actually blows my mind these 2/3 can't accept some-many people just didn't like California-Nine.  And has nothing to do with resisting change because of Tom.  Many of us, if not all, went into it wanting the Skiba experience to give us new life.  And it really just did not click.  I don't get why that causes such a ruckus, replacing a lead singer is hard to make work.  Especially in a tight knit trio like Blink.  Resorting to everyone being worshipping Tombots in our 30s now is ridiculous..

[Coightstradamus]

I don’t care that people don’t like the music. Weird attempt at deflection.

i just call out the hypocrisy surrounding the criticisms of that era regarding outside songwriters, songs not being written by all three of the members not being “blink” etc suddenly not mattering now that Tom is back.

It’s obviously not everyone but there were people who went on about it for years that suddenly went quiet and didn’t seem to care now that their lord and saviour was back.

[thongrider]

If anything it's even more cringe they use outside writers now that Tom is back.

[Just Good Chats]

On 7/11/2025 at 10:55 AM, carlos182 said:

It’s a post indirectly related to Blink (at least to Mark and Travis). I’m sure this song reflects how Blink would have sounded if Tom hadn’t come back. I mean, just swap John’s voice with Matt’s, and there you go – you have a new Blink song.

It sounds so much like California...
All I can say is: THANK GOD Tom came back.

damn this reveals who wrote this song below back then

it was our nice feldy all along

 

i like when john drops the ska part and do more rockish music its realy good what he does

[twelve]

I think Russell and company are overlooking quite a few details - and by ignoring the context in which certain discussions took place, and continuing to call people “Tombots,” it honestly feels more like something I’d associate with MAGA-style tactics. It’s kind of ironic.

For many of us, blink was always Mark and Tom. In 2016, they chose to continue without Tom. Speaking for myself, whatever I felt about that decision at the time, I would’ve felt the same way if it had been Tom choosing to move forward without Mark.

Back then, it also wasn’t common, or known to us, that someone like the lead singer of Fall Out Boy would step in and write a song for blink.

But honestly, a lot of us are getting too old for this kind of debate…

I think it’s only natural that when decisions are made collectively by all the original members - the people who’ve always defined what blink is - they carry a different weight, and a different level of acceptance.

That doesn’t mean people are being hypocrites. It just means the context has changed.

But let’s not pretend there wasn’t criticism about the last album, right?

By the way, I enjoyed the burger -  just like I enjoyed some California and Nine burgers.

[Coightstradamus]

1 hour ago, twelve said:

I think Russell and company are overlooking quite a few details - and by ignoring the context in which certain discussions took place, and continuing to call people “Tombots,” it honestly feels more like something I’d associate with MAGA-style tactics. It’s kind of ironic.

For many of us, blink was always Mark and Tom. In 2016, they chose to continue without Tom. Speaking for myself, whatever I felt about that decision at the time, I would’ve felt the same way if it had been Tom choosing to move forward without Mark.

Back then, it also wasn’t common, or known to us, that someone like the lead singer of Fall Out Boy would step in and write a song for blink.

But honestly, a lot of us are getting too old for this kind of debate…

I think it’s only natural that when decisions are made collectively by all the original members - the people who’ve always defined what blink is - they carry a different weight, and a different level of acceptance.

That doesn’t mean people are being hypocrites. It just means the context has changed.

But let’s not pretend there wasn’t criticism about the last album, right?

By the way, I enjoyed the burger -  just like I enjoyed some California and Nine burgers.

tl;dr

its okay when Tom does it

[twelve]

31 minutes ago, Russel Coight said:

tl;dr

its okay when Tom does it

If your interpretation of what I wrote boils down to that, then I think I’m just wasting my time.

But tell me one thing… who produced the album and brought in most of the additional songwriters? Was it Tom?

[Coightstradamus]

9 minutes ago, twelve said:

If your interpretation of what I wrote boils down to that, then I think I’m just wasting my time.

But tell me one thing… who produced the album and brought in most of the additional songwriters? Was it Tom?

It was a joke brother. Chill.

[twelve]

I’m feeling pretty chill today.

[Kay]

16 hours ago, Russel Coight said:

I don’t care that people don’t like the music. Weird attempt at deflection.

i just call out the hypocrisy surrounding the criticisms of that era regarding outside songwriters, songs not being written by all three of the members not being “blink” etc suddenly not mattering now that Tom is back.

It’s obviously not everyone but there were people who went on about it for years that suddenly went quiet and didn’t seem to care now that their lord and saviour was back.

Who though? Because I haven’t seen anyone being unbothered about the outside writers aspect who previously cared about it before.

I was pissed then, I’m pissed now. It’s still bullshit and most of OMT is cookie cutter wank with poor production. I prefer a lot of it to california but it’s still not actually good by any stretch of the imagination. 
I think Tom being back made hype huge so people overlooked issues because Tom had returned but over time OMT is not anyones faves blink record, no ones claiming the outside writers were a good move, mostly its been complaints over Travis’s shitty production style. 

[Jan Mortensen]

OMT + pt 2
=California + Deluxe

but with Tom & Travis’ shitty production and generic filler instead of Feldmann’s shitty production and generic filler.  +3-5 songs they actually cared to write about themselves + Terrified from Boxcar racer days. And some really good live moments (Coachella). 

is that what you want to hear? Pretty sure that’s been the basis from everyone on here.

So as you can imagine, the latter is a lot better. But still far removed from their prime.  Just getting 3-5 good quality songs is enough to at least take a breath of fresh air but still not what anyone is truly craving.  We want all Anthem pt 3s or Turpentine type songs.  Or Otherside and Bad News without Travis ruining it.

Still leagues better than the horribly bland feeling California - Nine blink-lite featuring Skiba instead of Tom.  How is this so hard to grasp? I don’t get it. Going the Maga route is unsurprising though.

[Coightstradamus]

5 hours ago, Kay said:

Who though? Because I haven’t seen anyone being unbothered about the outside writers aspect who previously cared about it before.

Jan. in this very thread.

[Coightstradamus]

4 hours ago, Kay said:

I was pissed then, I’m pissed now. It’s still bullshit and most of OMT is cookie cutter wank with poor production. I prefer a lot of it to california but it’s still not actually good by any stretch of the imagination. 
I think Tom being back made hype huge so people overlooked issues because Tom had returned but over time OMT is not anyones faves blink record, no ones claiming the outside writers were a good move, mostly its been complaints over Travis’s shitty production style

I think it’s good lol. Def got issues but I still think it’s a great record. Listened to the whole pt1 and 2 just last week. Still loved all of it. 

[LeGOAT]

On 7/11/2025 at 1:10 PM, Drama-Free Jan said:

False.  We definitely cared, and no it wasn’t as generic as Cali - pt 2 - Nine.

But then again, I’m a bot that was designed for.. preferring the primary trio?

Ghent has spoken the truth, clahn. 

[Coightstradamus]

Here’s another. One of the larger critics of the Feldmann/songwriter times. wont tag cause I don’t wanna drag someone into a discussion they probably can’t be fucked having. 

[Coightstradamus]

LOL this one is even funnier cause we know that song wasn’t written by mark and tom. It came from Travis and another bloke then got reworked. 

[LeGOAT]

5 minutes ago, Russel Coight said:

LOL this one is even funnier cause we know that song wasn’t written by mark and tom. It came from Travis and another bloke then got reworked. 

Jan was coping hard on that one. 

[Coightstradamus]

Anyway @Kayyou can read this thread if you care enough (I got bored after 2 pages)

 to see people’s tune change on songwriters very quickly and the goalposts move very quick and far.

But yeah it’s very clear @Ghent and I aren’t just old men yelling at clouds. 

[Coightstradamus]

57 minutes ago, Sun God said:

Jan was coping hard on that one. 

Jan lives in a state of pure cope.

[Jan Mortensen]

2 hours ago, Russel Coight said:

Jan. in this very thread.

Kay knows my musical taste too well to not fall for this. It’s my one thing she can get behind.  Aka you’re fake news.