Man, it's almost sad how they went from being so creative to just making this generic stuff. I mean, you take Twenty One Pilots for example, the LP influence is undeniable, but they are like a really commercial, generic 2017 version of what LP used to be. And now the band is being influenced by it, with Chester saying they're his favorite band on Twitter and whatever.
This thing sounds like a midlife crisis all over, the lyrics are so lame, the whole thing just sounds so plastic idk. If they wanna make pop stuff, i don't have a problem with that, I actually like the idea, but make it good for god's sake. They are so talented and have acces to an infinite amount of resources and equipment and yet they are making a shittier copy of their own copy, I just can't get my head around it.
The instrumental sounds muddy and poorly mixed, it has no element that stand out. It's like they opened up ableton or whatever DAW and just used a bunch of presets and factory sounds.
I can't seem to find a reason they would go for this sound, they already have an enormous fanbase, they can do whatever they want, experiment with all sorts of elements and what not and people are gonna support it. I mean, maybe they did it this way because they actually like it but I don't buy it. I don't know.