It is hard to explain 100 Gecs' music, with their many genres mixed into one, their absurd lyricism, and overall style, their newest album 10,000 Gecs is no different from this. In less than 30 minutes, they sing songs talking about a frog at a party, a song about Doritos and Fritos, to a song about tooth removal; no album has been more 100 Gecs than 10,000 Gecs since their debut album 1,000 Gecs.
Consisting of Laura Les and Dylan Brady, this duo is able to bring their own knowledge of producing and singing-songwriting to create a conglomerate that is so unique to them. 100 Gecs is seen as the godfather to the Hyperpop genre, but you honestly cannot put the band into a box no matter how broad and obscure you make it, which makes for some amazing carefree songs.
The album starts with a sample of the iconic THX sound effect in "Dumbest Girl Alive" that then moves to a more rock-sounding beat that honestly goes hard. As for the lyrics... I cannot for the life of me make a proper interpretation of this specific song, the lyrics sound aggressive and mad, but I don't know what to make of it. It is the fun part of 100 Gecs, in my opinion; some songs could have more meaning, and others are just pointless fun, either way, that doesn't matter, just listen and have fun.
No other song shows that more than "Frog on the Floor", which is a story about a frog... on the floor, who no one knows where he came from. But he is doing keg stands and having a blast at the party! Until he has a little too much fun and starts chasing flies. This song is honestly so perfect, the number of frog croaks throughout with the ska beat playing for almost the entire song, this amalgamation of noise has become one of my favorite songs of the year.
"I Got My Tooth Removed" is another 100 Gecs classic. It starts somber with Dylan Brady singing about someone, or something, that has just been awful to him, so he has to leave them. Then it goes straight to ska baby! The first time I went onto Genius to see what this song was about, which honestly the fact I did not get it by the title says a lot about me. The summary said something about this either being about a tooth needing to get removed, or it's an allegory to suicidal idealization. Again, you can never really know with 100 Gecs, but that comment has stuck with me since I first saw it, and cannot hear the song differently even though it is such a stretch.
But honestly, that is the fun of 100 Gecs and this album, it is amazing production, music mixing, and lyricism mixed to make the most stupid and enjoyable music. They are pioneers in making the absurd a somewhat mainstream thing to listen to and I am sure they will continue to do so until there are no more Gecs to give.
~Limon
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