Influences by Katie Laukart

NF

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:30:23 UTC

^{Nathan Feuerstein, famously known as NF is an American rapper whose music is influenced by his personal life expirences which include growing up in an abusive household, his mental health struggles and his mums suicide. Rappers such as Eminem's way of rapping, Lecrae's Christian influences and Kendrick's way of storytelling has been the main influences of NF's emotional and expressive music. NF's most popular song 'Let You Down' peaked 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went triple platinum, meaning his song was purchased over 3 million times.}

Eminem

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:30:30 UTC

^{Although NF and Eminem are compared to each other quite often, their comparison was something NF never really wanted. At one point in NF's life, he only listened to Eminem and is considered NF's prime influence. Both NF and Eminem use their platform and incredible talent of storytelling to produce emotional and expressive music in which Eminem actually praised NF for in an interview. Eminem was NF's prime influence from a young age since he started rapping, but he is also determined to keep his own style and keep his style seperate from traditional rappers.}

Lecrae

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:30:43 UTC

^{As NF was raised in a faith-based home, Christian music has always had a big influence on him, most importantly Christian rappers such as Lecrae. Although NF really only mentions Lecrae's influence of Christian rapping during interviews and their rap style is quite different, the way Lecrae addresses his strong faith and presents it through music is evidently an important thing that NF considers whilst writing his own music.}

Kendrick Lamar

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:30:55 UTC

^{Kendrick Lamar, like many of NF's influences, is an amazing storyteller through his music and is where NF gets a lot of inspiration for his own music. In his recent album HOPE, NF's song TURN MY BACK mentions a few rappers including Kendrick Lamar, saying "my list, my names, my pick, my taste"}

Bring Me The Horizon

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:31:11 UTC

^{Starting off as a deathcore band, Bring Me The Horizon has evolved to explore a new electronic style of music, now described as metalcore, electro-pop and nu-metal. Lead singer Oli Sykes is the main Lyricist and often draws inspiration from personal expirences and other themes that he describes as 'shallow and meaningless'. Their songs mostly all consist of heavy electric guitar riffs and tabs, as well as heavy drums and Sykes' raw and raspy vocals.}

Metallica

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:31:58 UTC

^{Formed in 1981 is one of the most popular rock bands ever, Metallica. Their music is similar to BMTH in terms of guitar riffs and raw and raspy vocals. BMTH are often described as "the new Metallica" because of these similarities, although lead vocalist Oli Sykes says in an interview "at the end of the day, we're not Metallica, we don't sound like Metallica, we don't want to be Metallica and we're not going to be Metallica. We want to be our own mind."}

Linkin Park

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:32:07 UTC

^{Lead vocalist of BMTH Olie Sykes has mentioned how Linkin Park has influenced his music style multiple times, stating 'it was the band that made me want to do it all by myself'. He mentions how he would watch videos of the band performing live and would have their albums on repeat in his room and scream along to them. Oli also mentions in an interview that Linkin Park's album "Hybrid Theory" is one of his favourite albums and their vocals influenced the vocals in the BMTH album "Semipaternal"}

Pantera

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:32:14 UTC

^{While Oli Sykes was making BMTH's album "Semipaternal" with Terry Date, they both listened to Pantera's album "Vulgar Display of Power" in which Oli stated "I think that album seeped into our record."}

Me

ktlaukart5 — 2024-02-21 12:57:53 UTC