Fueled By Ramen
The Re-Heating of Fueled By Ramen: 25 Years Later, Artists Still Come First
When Chloe Moriondo was in middle school, listening to favorite bands like Panic! at the Disco and Paramore on YouTube, she noticed that they belonged to a certain cool record label, Fueled By Ramen. Ten years earlier, a teenage Joe Mulherin — better known by his stage name, nothing,nowhere — was daydreaming about his chance to be on that same label; after all, it housed two of his idols, Fall Out Boy and The Academy Is. A few years and perhaps a pinch of destiny later, Moriondo and Mulherin are performers in their own right — and they’re two of Fueled by Ramen’s most promising rising stars to boot. Fueled By Ramen has been a driving force in modern pop and alternative music for 25 years. It began when John Janick (now Chairman/CEO of Interscope Records) launched the label out of his colle...
Mysterious Artist LŪN Drops Fiery Debut Single, “bitches”: Listen
There is a new mysterious artist on the scene and she goes by the name LŪN. While her identity remains a mystery, we can get to know her through her debut single “bitches,” a fiery electronic tune arriving by way of Fueled By Ramen. “bitches” opens with hypnotic pads, which slowly engulf listeners as they slither through the arrangement. The angelic soundscapes ebb and flow as the intensity builds before a ticking clock leads you into a siren song, which culminates in a manic midtempo drop. There’s only one lyric uttered throughout the entirety of the track—you can surely guess what it is—but its delivery and timing pack a powerful punch. “There is a lot of cause for yelling these days and everyone does it, on social media, in the news, at eac...
