Fall Out Boy - American Boy Lyrics

2020 who is here with me?

everytime I think of this song I think of the two movies lmao love them both

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how are the dudes "linked" to the boy? its that the psycho part?

Begin with the hammer Belike recking ball

Can I have 3:16 injected into my bloodstream please?! It’s for uh-science!

https://youtu.be/ejludqB_t24

What’s the story here?

Nobody:
Twats in the comment section: "iM A hIgH fUnCiTiOnInG sOcIoPaTh!"

2020 anyone?

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This song title covers a lot of pop culture. Both a 1970 Grateful Dead album and an Oscar-winning Kevin Spacey movie have utilized the title of American Beauty, whilst American Psycho is the name of a darkly comic novel about a Wall Street serial killer, which was turned into a film. "Both (American Beauty and American Psycho) depict this obsession with an idea of perfection and imply we might be bad underneath," guitarist Joe Trohman told Billboard magazine.

"I also like the repetition of the word 'American,'" vocalist Patrick Stump added. "What does it mean to be American? I think a lot about how awesome it is here, and how horrible it is, too."


Fall Out Boy hooked up with French musician and producer DJ SebastiAn for this track. "We thought about where this all began but razing it and starting again," the band said of the song's creation. "So we reached out to a kindred spirit in SebastiAn- from the past he mined some of the future. the mission is the heart pure and simple as it can be distilled but never fragmented or disguised. through these experiments, that were sometimes lost in translation, we persevered - 'they tried to bury us but they didn't realize we were seeds.'"


This song samples Motley Crüe's song "Too Fast for Love," which was the title track of their 1981 debut album.


Patrick Stump tweeted that is his favorite track from American Beauty/American Psycho, saying, "It's the right level of artistically interesting, but also just fun."


Bassist Pete Wentz told HMV.com that the album almost had a couple of different titles. "It was a bit of a struggle, this record is a lot more about modern romance than the last one, but the singles are called 'Centuries' and 'Immortals,'" he explained. "I think we started talking about thresholds, the idea that everyone has a dark side and a light side within them and what makes that change in our culture. The movies are good references and good book-ends, we try and point fans to things we like. Also it rolls off the tongue quite nicely."

So who's the face-painted kid on the album cover? It's 13-year-old actor Jake Karlen and the shoot was done in a Los Angeles rented home. Jake told MTV News that it was the band who came up with the face paint concept. "They explained it to me and said they'd put it on my hand first and then my face afterwards," he recalled. "They wanted to see something very dark and angry, very angry. I think I pulled it off. I think I did pretty good."


ABAP sold 218,000 copies in the US in its first seven days, landing Fall Out Boy at #1 on the Billboard 200. It was the band's best sales week since 2007.


Wentz told Rolling Stone that when the band were making the album, a tweet from the magazine's writer Brian Hiatt stayed in their heads. "He said that modern rock music isn't modern," said Wentz. "That was a big inspiration for when we were talking with this French DJ sebastiAn about creating something that was like a throwback, but from the future. It's like modern rock of the future. I'm not sure that's even what it is, but it is something strange."

So that’s the meaning and facts about this song

From songfacts.com

This comment wont make this song relevant again.

It is impressive how bad this song is.

Young calfreezy

Thanks, now I don’t have water in my speakers anymore

Anyone hear after watching mascota kill his ex?

i wonder if jake (the kid on the album cover and this) ever gets recognised as ‘the american beauty/american psycho kid’ as fob is quite popular and at least someone he knows will know about this

That boy is me after my first couple days at band camp

I have to return some video tapes

man such an anticipated crossover!

This is song version of end of the fu**ing world

i bet that this song will be the ending song for JJBA part 7 steel ball run

American beauty in the streets American psyco in the sheets of your bed.

Use this line and you are guaranteed an emo partner.

This video reminds me of the Red Room. I just can't decide if the girl is Natasha or Dottie.
Edit: It is Dottie. She has blonde hair.

2019 anyone

Am I the only person who listens to this when they’re sick because of the cough medicine line lol

“I’m a lesbian”
Me:

I love the song

All the non american fob fans out here singing “Im an american, im an american I I im an american SIKE ohhhhhhhh”

Is she sweet but psycho? Lol

When u find out American beauty and American psycho are both films as well

I found this song when much played music a lot like 5years ago

Woof woof

I love the song but I don't like seeing such a cute and sweet looking boy get hurt like that. Especially when he chose to be nice and not harm her

I know it's past, but this is a good 4th of July song
Also I'm gonna make a Halloween costume based around on this

But im Italian bruh

This makes me want to become a ballerina

I love that this is a UK single

is no one gonna talk about the fact that the ballerina is looks almost the exact same as the ballerina in the holding on to you music video no just me ok

underrated

This song is my alarm clock so whenever I hear the beginning of this song I have terrible flashbacks.

Everyone hearing this song: *squidward dance*

that pirrouette backhand tho.

I'm singing: I'M AN AMERICAN!!! I'M AN AMERICAN!!! but I'm russian )
Ну чо, я русская фанатка FOB :D

am I the only one who LOVES the intro bells? nope, just me? ok

Lesson of the day kids, don’t mess with a ballerina.

i cry when i watch this video

I am not a american psycho but I am one of the european psychos

The one thing that I’m proud to be american for

FOB succs but omg SebastiAn is a fucking genius <3

this is honestly so much better on 1.5 speed

This reminds me sebastiAn

Got a Panic! At the Disco ad right before this. We stan legends supporting legends!

Hella addicting

I didn't even know this song had a music video XD

9 men knocked out=1 kid knocked out

Makes sense

LOVE this beat!!

SebastiAn produced this 🖤

I love Fall Out Boy. But this song is garbage

i used to fw with this album heavyyy

1:09
Brazzers

Moral - Next time, don't go near the music.

This is the worst song from the album... And the album is my no. 1 most favorite album.... Especially the song favourite record... So much under rated...

HE GROWLED I CANT

beebosandvirtues please tell me where

3:26 I feel bad for the kid, but why is he hurt?

Wow!! I love it!

What is the name of the boy?

Tambien la escuche 😊

Jake😍

Not the song I was looking for

EXELLENT AWESOME

One of my Favorite songs :3

I'm highly confused about the video.. anyone care to explain??

I start to love this band more with every moment

This sounds like it could be in a videogame

first saw this when i was 8

I forgot there was a music video for this

I’m smart

My theory is that the song is about a beautiful girl who takes advantage of a guy and convinces him to hate himself. That's why he says the whole thing like "we were just pity sex" and "altered boys". The girl destroyed them into thinking that they're an "American Psycho" and stuff. I'm not entirely sure what the video means but I'll come back with an edit if I figure it out.

This was 4 years ago 😱

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I can see black widow kicking ass to this song

Wtf did I used to listen too

Does enyone else hear 'let's hear it for american....' from "America's Suitehearts" at the 3:20???

They should cover "Hip to be Square"

Amonamereke amonamereke psycho.




Sorry.

That boy looks like my cousin. But prettier.

His name is Jake karlen

@Danielle Brock really? Cool. Im not looking him up though. they're scary similar.

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!💜💜🇱🇷✌🤘

Wow i just got an ad for umbrella acdame on Netflix does yt know that im an emo

Bro their music will never get old like 2019 and still a banger

The way patrick says psycho in this song gives meaning to my existence

Perú esta en america asi que soy americano y se siente bonito y sensual

I once thought that guy from 2:33 kinda looked like randy orton from wwe... I still do

I’m a typical emo. Fall out, panic, chemical romance, pilots, falling in reverse, bring me the horizon, pierce the veil, Korn, you knowwww?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AB/AP🖤🖤

*when you're not American*
I'M UNAMERICAN! I'M UNAMERICAN!

this video is a 3 and a half minute long remake of that one vine where the kid kisses the girl and she runs away in disgust

Why is she so skinny