''10,000 gecs'' is the second
studio album and major-label debut by American
hyperpop
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duo
100 gecs
100 Gecs (stylized in all lowercase) are an American hyperpop duo formed in 2015 that consists of Dylan Brady and Laura Les. They self-released their debut album, ''1000 Gecs'', in 2019 to critical acclaim, followed by a "companion" remix alb ...
. Following a 2021 tour to promote it, initial plans for release in early 2022, and numerous delays, the album was ultimately released on March 17, 2023.
Background
On July 13, 2021, 100 gecs announced the 10,000 gecs Tour. The 34-date tour ran from October 8 - December 9, 2021.
On this tour, the duo performed the then-unreleased songs "MeMeMe", "Hollywood Baby", "757", "Billy Knows Jamie", "One Million Dollars", "Hey Big Man", "Fallen 4 Ü", and "What's That Smell?".
On September 6, 2021, they officially announced the album and revealed its cover art. Then, on October 7, they announced that it would release in early 2022.
On November 19, they officially released "MeMeMe" as the album's first single, with an accompanying music video on the same day.
The album would ultimately miss the initial "early 2022" release window; however its second single, "Doritos & Fritos", was released on April 12, 2022.
An accompanying music video for the song was released the following month on May 16. The duo also played another new song, "I Got My Tooth Removed", at some of their concerts during that year.
On December 2, 2022, they released an
EP titled ''Snake Eyes'', which included the previously performed "Hey Big Man" as well as two other songs. The same day, the duo officially announced that after much delay, ''10,000 Gecs'' would release on March 17, 2023, and launched
pre-order
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s for the album. On February 16, 2023, they released the album's third single "Hollywood Baby", along with the album's track listing.
Critical reception
''10,000 gecs'' received acclaim from critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 15 critical reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Writing for
PopMatters
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, John Amen noted, "The duo reaffirm their status as hyperpop ambassadors while implementing a notable mainstream savvy, including memorable beats, hook-ish melodies, and vocals that epitomize an au courant slacker vibe."
Reviewing the album for
AllMusic
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, Fred Thomas suggested that it, "expands the duo's cultural collaging to include cannibalizations of
Limp Bizkit
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-style
nu-metal
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,
pop-punk
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, '90s alt-funk,
ska
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, and anything else that captures the gecs' fleeting attention." Upon concluding the article, Thomas also claimed that, "Somehow 100 gecs take things even more over the top on ''10,000 Gecs'' than they did on their already mind-boggling debut. The very nature of the group's hyperbolic and perpetually exploding design means they're still inherently polarizing, love-it-or-hate-it kind of music. For those who love it, ''10,000 Gecs'' offers more – so much more, always more – to love."
Usage in Fox News
In March 2023, a few days after the album released, some people noticed that the cable news station
Fox News
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was playing the track "The Most Wanted Person in the United States" during an outro segment. In May 2023, Fox News anchor
Greg Gutfeld Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (more commonly spelled " Gregg") is also a surname.
People with the name
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* Greg Abel (born 1961/1962), Cana ...
stated that 100 gecs were "the best new band out there", as well as mentioning various other music groups such as
Death Grips
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. Many fans noticed the irony between Fox News' frequent anti-LGBT messaging, and Les being a transgender woman herself.
Track listing
Notes
* Physical copies of the album contain different versions of "757" and "Billy Knows Jamie" than on digital releases.
* "The Most Wanted Person in the United States" was originally known as "Real Killer".
* "MeMeMe" is stylized in
lowercase
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Personnel
100 Gecs
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Dylan Brady
Dylan Marshall Brady (born November 27, 1993) is an American music producer and singer-songwriter best known for being one half of experimental electronic music duo 100 Gecs, alongside Laura Les. He also owns and operates his own record label, ...
–
production
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(all tracks), vocals (tracks 2–6, 8–10)
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Laura Les
Laura Les (born December 2, 1994), previously known as osno1, is an American music producer and singer-songwriter best known for being one half of experimental electronic duo 100 Gecs, alongside Dylan Brady.
Early life
Laura Les grew up in a s ...
– production (all tracks), vocals (1–6, 8–10), guitar (1, 3–7, 9, 10)
Additional musicians
*
Josh Freese
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He is a member of the Vandals (since 1989) and Devo (since 1996), having for ...
– drums (3, 5–7, 9)
*
DJ Final –
scratching
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(6)
* Gabriel Steiner – trumpet (9)
*
Alex Csillag – trombone (9)
* Aaron Leibowitz – saxophone (9)
Technical
*
Chris Gehringer
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mastering
*
Mark "Spike" Stent
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mixing (1, 4)
*
Jeff Ellis – mixing (2, 3, 5–10)
Artwork
* Chris Maggio – creative direction, photography
* Tracy Ma – graphic design
* Mikey Joyce – logo
* Elly Golterman – costume designer
Charts
References
{{100 Gecs
100 gecs albums
2023 albums
Albums produced by 100 Gecs
Albums produced by Dylan Brady