- (Jordan) I feel like they defined a generation.
- She's exactly right. We defined a generation, people.
- (Darius) This just makes me wanna go back to school
and hate every class again. - (laughs)
Hey, what's up? I'm Mark, and this is Travis.
We play in a band called Blink-182. And today, we are going to be
reacting to teens who are reacting to videos that we made.
♪ (punk rock intro) ♪
♪ (pop punk music) ♪ - (chuckles)
- (Jayka) Who is this? - (laughs)
- (Ulises) Oh, Blink-182. - (Becca) This is Blink-182.
- (Tyler) I've seen some of their music videos.
My dad shows them to me a lot. - That's good.
- (Kacey) Oh, I knew this. - ♪ (Jordan humming along) ♪
- No one's commenting about me dancing in my underwear.
- (both laugh) - ♪ Always♪
- (Jaxon) This is like early punk rock.
- (laughs) "Early punk rock." Would you say it's early punk rock?
- I guess to some kids. - Yeah.
- Yeah.
- (Jayka) My mom loves this song.
- (Becca) My mom's actually on their mailing list for concerts.
- Everybody has cool parents. - ♪ I will not go ♪
- ♪ Turn the lights off ♪ - ♪ Carry me home ♪
- ♪ Na, na, na, na ♪ ♪ Na, na, na, na ♪
♪ Na, na, na, na, na ♪ - She has good pitch.
- (Becca) Wait, what were those outfits?
I didn't even take a second to appreciate the all-white look
they were going for. - There you go.
- Some of these videos, if they don't know who 98 Degrees is
or Backstreet Boys, they have no idea we're even copying,
and they just think we're in those white outfits.
- (laughs) - You know what I mean?
- I didn't-- when we first filmed the video,
I didn't even know who we were making fun of.
I remember we were filming the video. I'm like, "This isn't funny.
This is the dumbest video we've ever done,"
and then it ended up being the biggest video that we'd ever--
- I thought you were low-key a big 98 Degrees fan
back in the day. - (both laugh)
- (Tyler gasps) Oh. This is a video my dad showed me.
- (both laugh) - (Darius) They like to be shirtless.
- Whose dad is showing them these videos?
- (Darius) ...bare naked. - (Jaxon) What's with them
and not having any clothes on? - We weren't playing huge venues.
We were playing clubs. And most of the time, we--
sometimes, we'd almost be stripped down to our underwear
or just shorts on, it was so hot. And then, I think we had mentioned it,
like, "Oh, remember, like, whatever, so-and-so, you guys played
in your boxers." And then he's like, "Why don't you guys just be naked
in the video?" And it didn't even take much coercing or anything,
we were just like, "Okay." - "All right, sure."
- (Jayka) Oh my god. How did they film this?!
- We filmed it by wearing skin-colored speedos, people.
That's how we filmed it. - (Ulises) I love the drums.
- ♪ Walked away from me ♪ ♪ Nobody likes you when you're 23 ♪
- (Darius) This is a really catchy song.
- Nice. - (Tyler) I like their songs a lot.
They have a good beat, and they're so catchy.
- (Nia) Oh my god. - Nobody knows how that is.
- (Jaxon) And then run back. Okay, that's nice.
- (Jayka) What are they doing? - (Becca) She's the album cover.
(laughs) - Nice.
- (Kacey) Oh my gosh. No, not the child.
- (laughs) - (Darius) Bruh.
That poor kid. (laughs) - ♪ And that's about the time
she walked away from me ♪ - (Jordan) I feel like they defined
a generation. - She's exactly right.
We defined a generation, people. - (Nia) ...back in the day were like,
"Oh my god, this band! They're so edgy!
They're so over-the-top."
- ♪ My friends say I should act my age ♪
♪ What's my age again? ♪ - Good song.
- (Nia) It's so angsty. - Nice.
- (Nia) "Oh my god. What's my age?"
- (laughs) - (Jordan) This is iconic.
- We've been known to be angsty. Although, that song's not that angsty,
I wouldn't say. - I guess compared
to rock music nowadays. Rock-- - Yeah.
- You know, minus a couple groups, it's pretty mellow.
- ♪ Hello there ♪ - Why does this low-key look
like a horror movie from the 1900s? - That's exactly what it's supposed
to look like. - (Darius) Those aesthetics, though.
- (Ulises) Love these shots. - ♪ Where... ♪
- ♪ Are you? ♪ ♪ I'm so sorry ♪
- (chuckles) - (chuckles) "I'm so sorry."
Oh my god! It's so angsty. - "Angsty."
- (Darius) ...show their versatility in this.
- ♪ Don't waste your time on me ♪ - ♪ You're... ♪
- ♪ Already the voice inside my head ♪
- (Ulises) Okay, I've heard this. I've heard this chorus before.
- ♪ ...on me ♪ ♪ You're already the voice... ♪
- ♪ Inside my head ♪ - I like how he does Tom's voice.
- (Darius) That definitely had a Panic! at the Disco kind of vibe.
- Ah! Panic! at the Disco has a Blink vibe, people.
- (chuckles) ♪ (upbeat pop punk music) ♪
- Okay, I've heard this one. This one's really popular, right?
- Jeez. - (Ulises) Must be if I've heard it.
(laughs) - Babies.
- (Jordan) Just a bop, dude. - (Jayka) I wish I grew up in this era,
so that at parties and stuff, you could just rock out to this.
- Why can't you rock out to parties now?
- ♪ Let's go ♪ ♪ Don't wait ♪
♪ This night's almost over ♪ - (both chuckle)
- This was definitely probably the funnest video to film.
We went to a water park in Canada for two days
and just rode water slides. - ♪ Let's make this night
last forever ♪ ♪ And ever and ever ♪
- She knows all the words. I love that these kids
know songs that we wrote 20 years ago. - (Jordan) So angsty.
- (laughs) - (Jordan) But not that angsty.
It's just fun, like, very rebellious, and I love it.
- (Tyler) Are they getting homeless people and cleaning
them up and stuff? That's pretty cool.
- ♪ Keep me up all night ♪ - (Ulises) How recent was this?
Did they just make a comeback? What's going on?
- (both laugh) - This was 10 years ago.
- This just makes me wanna go back to school and hate
every class again. - (laughs)
- I feel like if people were more open to listening
to their music, they would love it. - I agree.
- (Jaxon) I'm liking this song a lot. - (Becca) When I think of Blink-182,
I think of the first three songs you played, but now hearing
the entire thing, I'm like, "There's so many different layers
to them." - (Jaxon) I don't know what it is
about it, but it's just good music. - (Ulises) You could tell
what their old songs were. And you can-- like, they still have
their signature sound-ish. - Thank you.
- (Ulises) ...it's elevated in a way. - Thank you.
- ♪ ...over and over and over♪ - That was so fun.
I felt like I was at a party. - (Darius) It's such a vibe.
It gives me such a rebellious youth. Like, it just makes me wanna
never wanna grow up ever.
- Nice. - (Jaxon) I am surprised that
they are this good. I haven't really
sat and listened to their songs. - (both laugh)
- "I was surprised they're good." It's kind of what's cool about Blink
is right now it's become this multi-generational thing,
where, you know, we were doing it in the late '90s,
and we did it through the 2000s, and now people that were coming
to the shows when they were teenagers are bringing their teenage kids.
It's dope. I love it. - (past FBE) So, Blink-182 released
their first album all the way back in 1995...
- (Becca) Wow. - (past FBE) And they're still making
music today. - (Becca) I did not realize
it was that long ago. - Yes, indeed.
- (Becca) ..like maybe 1999, but that's like a solid six years
before I was born. (laughs) - Wow.
- (past FBE) ...that not one person in this episode was alive
when they first started making music. - (Jordan) No! What the heck?
Oh, we're babies. My mom was in high school!
- I have basses older than these kids. - It's cool they like the music
even though they weren't around for it.
- (Becca) A lot of the songs that are their classic songs,
you know, like, "All the Small Things,"
that's constantly played on the radio.
If you listen to alternative stations or even if you're just on Spotify
and you put on an alternative rock playlist
that's generated, that's just there. That's like a staple song.
- (Jayka) My mom was a huge fan of Blink-182, so she played
a lot of their songs around me when I was growing up.
- Thanks, Mom. - (Jayka) Their music is music
that can still be passed down and can still be relevant today.
- (Tyler) They are passed from my parents.
My dad, when I'm in his car and stuff like that, will be like,
"Oh hey, buddy, listen to this."
And I'm like, "Okay." - (chuckles)
- He's so funny. - (Tyler) ...'90s and stuff,
music like that kind of took the world by storm,
so it kinda-- music like that kinda just lives on longer and longer.
So, even though you weren't born or alive during the time
that it kinda changed the music, you still listen to it a lot.
- That means the world. That's really cool.
- I grew up on Led Zeppelin. Or, like, Metallica was making
records before I was born. They were all fire.
And I went back and learned all the old stuff and listened
to the old stuff and studied the old stuff.
I feel like that's great if your music resonates that long.
- (past FBE) So, after listening to some of their music today,
what genre would you consider it? - (Kacey) I think I'd say rock.
- (Jayka) Pop rock, I guess. - (Ulises) Rock.
Like, wouldn't this be considered now like indie rock? (laughs)
- (Nia) Maybe alternative. But, I mean, there's so many
different types of rock music. - (Jaxon) They do sound punk-ish.
- (Tyler) I'd say punk rock, something like that definitely.
- (Darius) Punk rock, 'cause it does feel like
it's punk-ish. I want people to hit me,
and I wanna hit people back in a mosh pit.
That would be fun with this music. - (laughs) I think that genre
is just kind of dead now. People listen to the music they like
and music that means something to them.
And you know, I struggle to say what Blink is.
I mean, we definitely started off as a pop punk band,
but we draw influence from everywhere.
- (past FBE) Many people consider them to be kind of
like a pop punk band, alternative rock. - (Jordan) Ohhh.
- (past FBE) The New York Times even said that no punk band
of the '90s has been more influential than Blink-182.
- Boom! - (past FBE) Panic! at the Disco
even started off covering Blink songs while artists
like Five Seconds of Summer and Avril Lavigne list them
as influencers. - (Darius) Wow. So, they're like
gods in the industry in a way. They brought about many people
that are admired as gods right now. So, they're like the gods' gods.
- Wow. - (Nia) Halsey, she named a song
after the band, so even pop singers like her
are influenced and other, you know, rock musicians are too.
- (Jordan) They walked so musicians today could run.
- (chuckles) - (Jordan) They really influenced
a lot of the culture and media today.
- (past FBE) Do you think people your age would go and check them out,
or are teens of today not as interested in Blink-182?
- (Jaxon) I mean, it's just me, but I, myself, am pretty interested right now.
- (Jordan) We're getting less interested in that kind of music,
but I still think there's a handful of us
that appreciate the band. - (laughs)
- (Ulises) I'm pretty sure there will be teens at this concert.
- (Becca) They don't feel old. They somehow managed to escape
that thing where you hear that they're touring and you go,
"They're still alive?" - (laughs) Thank you.
- (Becca) They've also inspired so many artists, and artists
you may have never even thought they would've inspired
that would've never even crossed your mind.
- Great. - It's pretty cool.
- It's a huge honor to have any band come out and say,
you know, that Blink influenced their songwriting style,
especially bands that came up, like Panic! at the Disco,
who literally came up as a Blink-182 cover band.
- To know you inspired or influenced anyone to do something
is awesome. I mean, even us, I feel like we came
from the punk scene, but just 'cause you come there
doesn't mean you're gonna make exactly that music.
It's like you're inspired by it, and you make whatever comes out.
- (FBE) So, Blink-182, thank you so much for taking
the time to film with us before your concert here
in Irvine, California. We wanna ask, seeing how
you've been involved with music before these teens were even born
and before the rise of YouTube and music streaming services
of today, how has the internet impacted your career over the years?
- (FBE) I feel like it's much easier for artists to get
their music out now. The barrier of entry is so low now
that it's accessible to everybody. But it all goes back to the song.
Song is king. - It kind of does away
with the machines, and if you make a great song
and you wanna put it out for the world to hear, you can do it.
With so much music being on the internet,
so much more music comes out, and you're not stuck to making
an album only every two years or whatever it is.
So yeah, it's fun. It's a cool time to just
have a lot of different types of music out there.
- (FBE) You guys have often been considered a crucial part
of establishing the pop punk genre. What's it been like for you guys
to have these associations throughout your career?
- We didn't mean to. - Yeah. (laughs)
- We just kind of like-- yeah, we never set out--
we've never been really calculated. We just make the music we wanna make.
We kind of had that with our self-titled album.
It was like, anything goes. Make music that we like to make
and don't really worry about if it's, you know, I don't know,
it fits under the Blink-182 umbrella or the box people try to fit you in.
- (FBE) Looking to the future, what's next for you guys
that your fans can look forward to? - Well, we've got "Nine"
coming out in September. And then beyond that,
we are working on an EP of collaborations
that are way out with people that would never expect
Blink to do collaborations with, everyone from Pharrell to Uzi.
We got a couple songs that we're working on
with some other people as well. That's what's fun is going in
and doing something different. - (FBE) So finally, is there
anything that you'd like to say back to the teens who reacted
to you? - It seems like you all
have cool parents who raised you right and played you good music in the car
and around the house, so I'm glad for that.
- Those were some cool kids. I really liked all their reactions
and all their comments and stuff. They were definitely cool.
- Thank you for listening to Blink-182. We appreciate it.
Hey, what's up? We're Blink-182. Thank you very much
for watching us today on FBE. Our album "Nine" comes out
September 20th. Thank you for watching us.
We'll be back soon.