Tonight, I'm beginning a session of critical listening with Jägerbomb by Crossfaith. I have no idea where I first heard this song. It may have been internet radio (Rock Hard Radio on TuneIn) or using music discovery on ListenBrainz. But I've been listening to a lot of metalcore lately and encountered it again. #music #GenreBending

According to Wikipedia, a Jägerbomb is a bomb mixed drink made by dropping a shot of Jägermeister into an energy drink, typically Red Bull. I don't drink, so I had no idea. But I can see how this is a party-time favourite.

Crossfaith is a Japanese metalcore / electronicore band from Osaka.

A cover of Jägerbomb by Shoot the Girl First sounds very similar, but runs longer. It's shouty-screamy metal, I'll be interested to see what other bands can do with it.

Ren is a Japanese singer-songwriter who recorded a version of Jagerbomb in English with clean vocals. It almost sounds like new country.

What an unlikely background he has! From Qobuz: Forced to give up a promising career as a motor racing driver due to injury, Ren Nagabuchi turned to music in 2014 and quickly became a popular singer-songwriter, billed as J-pop's answer to Ed Sheeran. Growing up in Tokyo, his father, Go Nagabuchi, was a popular folk rocker in the 1970s who sold over 20 million records and his mother used to work as a stuntwoman, but he was obsessed with cars from a young age and began racing karts at 12-years-old. In 2010, he lived in the UK and competed in the in All Kart Championship for the Strawberry Racing team, but whilst there, he became inspired by the music scene and stars such as Coldplay, Sheeran and Jake Bugg, and started writing with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal.

Upon listening again, it's a different song with the same name. Still interesting, but not exactly #GenreBending. Oops.
Here's another different song with the same name: Jagerbomb by Rene Karst. Sung in German, with electronic-tinged pop music. Sounds fun.
Jagerbomb by Feest Modulators. This is also performed in German. I don't have a good enough ear to tell if it's (based on) the same song as the last one. I'm starting to think that there's something about this alcoholic beverage that inspires musical performance!
Jagerbomb by Crownless Mind. Electronic dance music. Different lyrics. But still celebrating what seems like a fun drink.