{"id":96339,"date":"2025-08-25T17:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/96339\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:14:09","slug":"we-told-deftones-singer-chino-moreno-what-baddiecore-is-and-this-was-his-response-theres-another-genre-that-we-have-to-escape-at-some-point-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/96339\/","title":{"rendered":"We told Deftones singer Chino Moreno what \u2018baddiecore\u2019 is and this was his response: \u201cThere\u2019s another genre that we have to escape at some point, right?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deftones<\/a> frontman Chino Moreno has responded to being at the frontier of the \u2018baddiecore\u2019 genre.<\/p>\n

The tag was coined in 2024 by Craig Reynolds of rap metal band Stray From The Path and The Downbeat Podcast, referring to a new generation of heavy, popular artists with pop elements and a perceived sexy sound, including Sleep Token<\/a> and Bad Omens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Though the drummer coined the genre as a joke, it\u2019s since caught on, and Deftones\u2019 alt-metal material has retroactively been added to its ranks.<\/p>\n

In the new issue of Metal Hammer, Moreno is asked if he knows what \u2018baddiecore\u2019 is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not, but there\u2019s another genre we have to escape at some point, right?\u201d, he responds after a laugh, referring to the band\u2019s past efforts to distance themselves from the nu metal<\/a> movement.<\/p>\n

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Addressing the lustful sound that baddiecore possesses, he continues: \u201cIt\u2019s part of growing up, those feelings, and it\u2019s not something that just dissipates as you get older. Hopefully everybody still has desires as they grow old, you know what I mean? And I think connect with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up loving a lot of romanticised music. Obviously Depeche Mode<\/a>, I\u2019ve always claimed my love for them, and that was something that was always present in the songs, and I\u2019ve always connected with. So I think, maybe in a roundabout way, some of that has seeped into our music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere in the interview, Moreno talks about the nu metal revival. Even though Deftones never considered themselves part of the genre, they and other metal artists of that generation, including Korn<\/a> and Limp Bizkit<\/a>, have enjoyed an upswing in popularity in the 2020s, playing some of the biggest shows of their entire careers.<\/p>\n

When asked why he thinks Deftones\u2019 music is now connecting with a new generation of fans, Moreno answers: \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say. I\u2019d like to think that it\u2019s not music that\u2019s so dated to a certain time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so funny, because we tried hard not to be lumped in with nu metal when nu metal was big, and then we kind of had to do it again with the nu metal resurgence \u2013 like, hoping that we weren\u2019t going to get lumped in once again. I think we do at times, but we didn\u2019t want to be dated back then, and the musical choices we made were not going to pigeonhole us into that space and time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deftones will put out their new album, Private Music, on Friday (August 22) via Warner and Reprise. It will be their first full-length in five years, following 2020\u2019s Ohms, but the band\u2019s popularity has skyrocketed in that time, primarily thanks to a new generation discovering their music via TikTok.<\/p>\n

The band will tour Europe to promote Private Music<\/a> in January and February, with support from Denzel Curry and Drug Church. See dates and details below.<\/p>\n

The full interview with Moreno appears in the new issue of Hammer, which goes on sale today (August 21). The issue is a bumper celebration of Ozzy Osbourne<\/a>, interviewing artists and peers about his legacy. One of our writers also reports back from the Prince Of Darkness\u2019 funeral procession, which they witnessed pass through Birmingham en route to a private ceremony. Order your copy now and get it delivered directly to your door. <\/a><\/p>\n

Deftones 2026 European tour dates:<\/p>\n

Jan 29: Paris Adidas Arena, France
Jan 30: Brussels Forest National, Belgium
Feb 01: Hamburg Barclays Arena, Germany
Feb 03: Munich Zenith, Germany
Feb 05: Lodz Atlas Arena, Poland
Feb 06: Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle, Germany
Feb 07: Dortmund Westfalenhalle, Germany
Feb 09: Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Germany
Feb 10: Amsterdam AFAS Live, Netherlands<\/p>\n

Feb 12: Birmingham BP Pulse Live, UK
Feb 13: Glasgow OVO Hydro, UK
Feb 14: Manchester Co-Op Live, UK
Feb 16: Dublin 3Arena, Ireland
Feb 18: Cardiff Utilita Arena, UK
Feb 20: London O2 Arena, UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has responded to being at the frontier of the \u2018baddiecore\u2019 genre. The tag was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-96339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}