Killpop

"Killpop"
Single by Slipknot
from the album .5: The Gray Chapter
ReleasedApril 28, 2015
GenreGothic metal[1]
Length
  • 3:45 (album version)
  • 3:11 (radio edit)
LabelRoadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Slipknot singles chronology
"Custer"
(2014)
"Killpop"
(2015)
"Goodbye"
(2016)
Music video
"Killpop" on YouTube

"Killpop" is a single by American heavy metal band Slipknot for their fifth major label studio album .5: The Gray Chapter.

The song was first released as a promotional single on October 16, 2014.[2] It was the fifth promo and fourth overall single released from the album.[3][4][5] The song received a retail single release in April 2015.[6]

  1. ^ Brown, Dean (October 22, 2014). "Slipknot". The Quietus. Retrieved July 30, 2015. 'Killpop' is a disposable goth metal number that is placed with the intent of adding variation and flow, yet it stunts the album's ascent."
  2. ^ "Slipknot - 'Killpop'". Roadrunner Records. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Slipknot Premiere New Song, "Killpop" — Listen". Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "Slipknot Unveil New Song, Killpop". Kerrang!. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  5. ^ "SLIPKNOT Aim To "Killpop" with New Single". Metal Injection. October 16, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  6. ^ Kielty, Martin (April 28, 2015). "Slipknot frontman inspired by the saying "be careful what you wish for" for Killpop lyrics". Teamrock.com. Retrieved May 19, 2015.