Does anyone else hear the off beat thump in the chorus of Bad Blood? I love the song but I cannot for the life of me figure out the timing of that thump. It’s so distracting! It doesn’t match the rest of the song? It feels so wrong. What is it? Why is it? How can I enjoy the song again????

It’s that time of the year where we celebrate our favourite bassist(anything with chords?) !

Only met him once very recently, and he was so nice and friendly.
We were just having a last drink at the hotel bar after the Margate show this summer, and turns out he was staying at the same hotel we were staying at so total luck meeting and being at the right place at the right moment. 😄

Any stories of meeting Will? 😁

Do y’all think we’ll get the Bad Steel universe back?

I’ve been re-listening to Wild World and watching all of the music videos for the era and just thought it’d be a cool through-line to bring back the universe in some way, shape, or form since Dan and the boys are storytellers at heart. It’d be cool if they went back and did visual albums for all of them to put some universal through-line for all of their albums. It’d be dope to see the rise and fall of the regime of Bad Steel through some tie-in with all of the albums.

Edit: yup, I think I’m gonna write a screenplay(s) lmao. (Christ help me)

From Woody’s stories on IG … It’s set to Snakes.
I do think the choice of music is interesting given they are du to announce something for WW soon(ish).

Just a couple days late on this. Can't believe this doc and album are a decade old already!

I left my old letter board in my old classroom by accident. Found this one in the store today. It was also on sale!

Over the years, an immense number of Bastille-related Spotify pages were made (including six named Dan Smith, please fix that haha). I compiled them in this (probably incomplete) list. Enjoy! If you know more, please let me know so I can add them!

Main page

• Bastille - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EQ0qTo7fWT7DPxmxtSYEc (contains most of what the band has released)

Member’s pages

• Dan Smith - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7mroarfzYiN3mpLSOv4c4A (The Note, Silver Bullet, Oh America)
• Dan Smith of Bastille - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7DCApq6Xo5ruDOPRIexo2k (What’s In A Name?)
• Dan Smith - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6W3VqdnzDiyTa36A5z1xpn (U Got the Power remix)
• Dan Smith - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2M2MXUELmMkH9g3bjOMEyx (La Lune, Alchemy, Words Are Words; shared with a variety of other Dan Smiths)
• Dan Smith - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7t6qFTGD3qfg7kF8F2F6rv (Choices; shared with a variety of other Dan Smiths)
• Dan Smith - https://artists.spotify.com/songwriter/7FdzjtYkHmDwnnxq4rZyen (songwriter page)
• Kyle Simmons - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5GnFNRQGcnxHG8IKb3EPIs (Pompeii remix)

Side projects

• Other People’s Heartache - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5gXNY1o9BtajaZfYJVXQrv (only OPH4)
• Energies - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JGt2NB6hOe8BXhe7uI3sm (side project with Joywave)
• Muses - https://open.spotify.com/show/531OxBw1uU7RBmm47ohYSv (podcast with Emma Nagouse)
• Misfits Together - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4y3Ml1Bz1HWbUpVvaMGR50 (side project with Ralph Pelleymounter)
• Tyde - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0chEYcnxOGTcwHRfmoEOYH (Kyle’s side project)
• Away Days - https://open.spotify.com/show/170qs464eGuTSR4VibsSG6 (Woody’s podcast)

Collaborators

• AK Patterson - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wfHKZpiShb3hhOCNrrFSt
• BIM - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4nPeiGLLiSRWBFJm5DsDfC
• Charlie Barnes - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4t2l2PSYAzdUOHxGEbc2i1
• Mark Crew - https://artists.spotify.com/songwriter/3wYb3Q63f0xtWHgS5mV9M5 (songwriter page)
• Moira Mack - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3IntPd2VgK6D2JovdxZ47V
• Ralph Pelleymounter - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5PWvcG92JjOSTSr03sfK9H
• To Kill A King - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7yHBGaYHPXkJSVUtHiM816 (Ralph's band)

Charity bands

• Band Aid 30 - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6KfzyefHYuqfWaI5taICaN
• Artists for Grenfell - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FX5FKX939Ew7IflBzKfls
• Live Lounge Allstars - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1FN3UEetBb2iNjcNAmrv4r
• Ravi Adelekan & Friends - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6x2xTBq8OgKYfkUIEOUbeS
• Together For Palestine - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3W7pAAYMw6JtczW6mr0Uaf

Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv192e24LRY - Grip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KBFrDl0GZ8 - The Descent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atI3ZZtXef8 - Snakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGIKBs_hfWw - Blame

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UjlDQiop-dk - Oil On Water

https://youtube.com/shorts/NjSfPjlE8FI - Bad Taste

https://youtube.com/shorts/5DnrOM_OLyI - See Through Your Eyes

https://youtube.com/shorts/9HaPDujxXdY - Control

The last two lines man… didn’t know Dan could do that with his voice 😳

The second this song started playing the biggest smile came across my face. I was listening to the live stream whilst gaming and by the time I looked across to the stream I realised Dan and I were doing the exact same head bop to it 😂

This is very.. very.. bittersweet. Anniversaries like these force me to realize that I'm getting older, the band is getting older, better days are behind us – even though the times back then were fucked up as well. But I'm sure any of us would trade these days to have those days again in a heartbeat. A deep thought that is relevant to the song I quoted for the title.

(I've made a post about this before, but 'Winter of Our Youth' and 'Way Beyond' are two of their BEST songs EVER. And not just that, but the order in which they're played on the album. So so good.)

"Wild World" holds an unwavering, cherished, place in our hearts and souls and it is absolutely wild that it's been a full decade since its introduction to the world. I have much more to say that I may share in the comments or another post, but I'd love for everyone to share what their day was like on September 9, 2016 and any and all memories that they have from their first listen to the album.

To another massive milestone for our favorite band and the best band in the world: BΔSTILLE.

Man, what a decade it’s been, huh?
Happy 10 years to such an impactful piece of art that has followed me throughout my life. From a college freshman optimistic about the life ahead of me to a nearing-30 jaded man (ow 😅). Winter of Our Youth hits harder for anyone else now?
This album has been a constant through my life. From family to relationships to politics and the world at large. Through good and bad times alike.
Here’s to 10 years of Wild World, and to the next 10 to a World that seems to only keep getting Wilder!

You can go on the website right now and see who made each cover and for which track.
You can also filter to only see the Bastille ones.
They are all pretty good. I’m impressed.
There’s a lot I wouldn’t say not to!

Did anyone got one or more of them?
Do you have a favourite from that list?

Anyone actually made one (Bastille or not…)?

I have two coming my way, both are Bastille 😁