Darkside (Blink-182 song)

"Darkside" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182. The song was released on July 26, 2019 through Columbia Records, as the fourth single from the band's eighth studio album Nine. It was written by bassist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker, and guitarist Matt Skiba, as well as producer John Feldmann.

Composition
Jacob Neisewander of The Observer described "Darkside", alongside "Pin the Grenade", as the "superior pop-punk jams" on Nine. Andrew Sacher of BrooklynVegan felt that the song heavily leaned on post-punk. Mike DeWald of Riff Magazine noted that the song contains "alt-rock and atmospheric aspects".

Release
"Darkside" was released on July 26, 2019.

Music video
The official music video for "Darkside" premiered on August 28, 2019. In the clip, the trio perform at an elementary school, surrounded by children performing dance moves from the online video game Fortnite. Everybody in the video is shown wearing red collar shirts. The band promoted the video on social media with the tagline "Here's a video for Darkside with a bunch of kids doing dances we don't know."

The video was poorly received by a large number of fans, who questioned the target audience of Blink-182 as a whole, and felt confused by the video's direction.

Track listing

 * Digital download
 * 1) "Darkside" – 3:00

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.


 * Blink-182
 * Matt Skiba – vocals, guitars
 * Mark Hoppus – vocals, bass guitar
 * Travis Barker – drums

Design
 * Chris Feldmann – art direction, design
 * Mark Rubbo – CGI and neon design
 * RISK – title

Production
 * Chris Athens – mastering
 * John Feldmann – producer, songwriting
 * Rich Costey – mixing
 * Dylan McLean – engineer
 * Scot Stewart – engineer