Brockhampton's chilling rendition of their unreleased song "Tonya" off their upcoming

Ezra Gordon @diefordior
Jun 22, 2018
3 min read

Following the controversial dismissal of their fellow band member, Ameer Vaan after sexual mis-conduct allegations against the artist earlier in May, that was later confirmed by the artist himself; the band members of Brockhampton haven't been in the best of spirits as of late, and understandably so. Ameer was a key element of the creative concoction that made Borckhampton a force to be reckoned with, and his sluggish delivery and powerful vocal lyricism in presence will be missed.

Shortly after allegations towards their member arose the band released a statement postponing their nationwide tour, that was presented by a distraught Kevin Abstract. We sat, we watched and felt with them, hoping this wouldn't be the end of a band that the world actually needed, the youth actually needed. We couldn't stress enough about how important this moment was for Brockhampton as a collective artistic offering. Not only was this a damper on their ideology's, ideology's that were easily relatable, encouraged realism, artistic expression and a blissful youthful aesthetic, but also a threat to the band's performance as a unit in general. When something has worked, has worked for so long, and suddenly you find it not working anymore, it's extremely hard to make it work again. It's a change of content, it's a change of image and it's a change of reception. it's easy to say that Brockhampton had found themselves in a vulnerable position, but it seems this may not spell the end of America's newest favourite boy band just yet.

The band joined as musical guests on the “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”. Debuting their new song called “Tonya”, an obvious reference to the film I, Tonya, based on Tonya Harding, a reitred American figure skater implicated after an attack on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan. The song was announced as an unreleased single off their new upcoming album 'The Best Years of Our Lives' by talk show host Jimmy Fallon. The song itself is beautiful, and the emotional articulation is there to be both felt and heard....and man was it tender, mad tender!

The originally cancelled tour is now back up and running. You can find the band's tour dates below:

BROCKHAMPTON:

06-30 Long Beach, CA - Agenda Festival 07-05 Quebec City, Quebec - Quebec City Festival 07-06 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Bluesfest 07-07 Surrey, British Columbia - Fvded in the Park 07-21 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party 07-29 Detroit, MI - Mo Pop Festival 08-03 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 08-05 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga 08-08 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival 08-09-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West 08-10-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Haven Festival 08-12 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival 08-14 Berlin, Germany - Festsaal Kreuzberg 08-15 Kiewit, Belgium - Pukkelpop 08-17-19 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival 08-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg 08-20 London, England - Koko 08-21 London, England - Koko 08-22 Dublin, Ireland - Helix 08-24 Paris, France - Summer Jam 08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival 08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival 09-21 Auckland, New Zealand - Logan Campbell Centre 09-22 Melbourne, Australia - Listen Out Melbourne 09-23 Perth, Australia - Listen Out Perth 09-25 Melbourne, Australia - The Forum 09-26 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre 09-29 Sydney, Australia - Listen Out Sydney 09-30 Brisbane, Australia - Listen Out Brisbane