Don't Look Down (Bring Me the Horizon song) explained

Don't Look Down
Cover:	BMTH_Don't_Look_Down_cover.jpg
Artist:	Bring Me the Horizon featuring Orifice Vulgatron
Genre:	Post-hardcore drum and bass hip hop dubstep
Producer:	Jordan Fish Oliver Sykes

"Don't Look Down" is a song by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon that features guest vocals from Foreign Beggars' Orifice Vulgatron. The song premiered on 29 October 2014 during a BBC Radio 1 broadcast and the following day was shown in Zane Lowe's re-score of the movie Drive.^[1] "Don't Look Down" is a stand-alone song to promote the film.^[2]

Composition

"Don't Look Down" has been described as a post-hardcore, drum and bass,^[3] rap and dubstep song.^[4]

Critical reception

Many fans were unhappy with the track due to the inclusion of hip hop and dubstep music, which diverged from the band's previous influences.^[5] Within a day of the song's release, the band issued a statement regarding the controversy on Twitter.^[6]

It was included in a list of the band's most underrated songs published in Alternative Press in March 2023, with journalist Chris Payne writing that Orifice Vulgatron's lyrics gave the song "a skittering, electronic underbelly beneath the band's usual screaming and crushing guitars."^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Radio 1's Zane Lowe re-scores Drive: A brave gamble, but did it pay off?. Digital Spy. 30 October 2014.
2. Web site: Bring Me the Horizon: Our teenage selves would be offended by our new single!. Digital Spy. December 2014.
3. Web site: Hear Bring Me The Horizon's Second New Track "Don't Look Down". the NOISE. Live Nation.
4. Web site: Blabbermouth . 30 October 2014 . BRING ME THE HORIZON Explains Inclusion Of Rap And Dubstep Elements In New Song 'Don't Look Down' . 21 December 2023 . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . en.
5. Web site: Bring Me The Horizon Explains Inclusion Of Rap And Dubstep Elements In New Song 'Don't Look Down'. Blabbermouth.net. 30 October 2014.
6. Web site: AltPress . 30 October 2014 . Bring Me The Horizon respond to fan criticism of "Don't Look Down" . 21 December 2023 . Alternative Press Magazine . en-US.
7. Web site: Payne . Chris . 22 March 2023 . 10 most criminally underrated Bring Me The Horizon songs . 21 December 2023 . Alternative Press Magazine . en-US.