Bloodmoney

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"Bloodmoney"
Bloodmoney music video.jpg
Screenshot of the "Bloodmoney" music video
Single by Poppy
from the album I Disagree
ReleasedNovember 6, 2019 (2019-11-06)
Genre
Length3:03
Label Sumerian
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Poppy singles chronology
"I Disagree"
(2019)
"Bloodmoney"
(2019)
"Fill the Crown"
(2019)
Music video
"Bloodmoney" on YouTube

"Bloodmoney" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American singer-songwriter Poppy. It was released through Sumerian Records on November 6, 2019, alongside an official music video, and it served as the third single from her third studio album I Disagree (2020). It was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making Poppy the first solo female artist to be nominated for the award. [1]

Contents

Background

"Bloodmoney" follows "Concrete" and "I Disagree" on I Disagree, which were both released in 2019 to promote the album. [2]

The song mainly focuses on religious hypocrisy. [3] [4] It also talks about her negative experiences with previous record labels and how she felt controlled by a mostly-male team. [5]

The music video, directed by Titanic Sinclair, was shot in one take. [6]

Composition

"Bloodmoney" is an industrial metal, [7] noise pop, [8] and dubstep [9] song with "abrasive, pulsating blasts of low-end noise punctuating Poppy's screeched vocals", as well as a guitar solo. [2] It is considered heavier than her previous releases, though it also features elements of EDM and electronic metal. [2] [10]

Reception

Philip Trapp from Loudwire states, "It probably won't win over any evangelicals, but the catchy tune and its vicious visual mark another stunning achievement for the enigmatic entertainer who initially emerged on YouTube in a bizarre series of art videos. Apostate metalheads might want to take note." [11]

Accolades

"Bloodmoney" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making Poppy the first female solo artist to be nominated in the category. [12] [13] [14] [15]

Accolades for "Bloodmoney"
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef.
2021 Grammy Awards Best Metal PerformanceNominated [12] [13]

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