r/HighlySuspect

Premiers May 11th!

I haven't been part of this fan community in many years so I don't really know if I'm kicking the hornet's nest by asking this. I was a big fan of them last decade, but I fell off the hype train when MCID released. To this day I still consider that album one of my biggest disappointments in music.

Sometime around that time I noticed Johnny being a little weird online. I don't remember the specifics, but at some point in 2019 I remember him being an asshole to me on Twitter so I just sort of checked out from the band entirely because I didn't even like their new stuff anyway.

Fast forward to today when I randomly had Serotonia recommended to me on YouTube and I got all nostalgic and started to listen to some songs in the last two albums (mixed opinions), looked up what people think of them, and I came across this subreddit. The shit I've read about him here is honestly very confusing and I can't really decide what to think because some of these posts are years old and there's a lot of deleted posts and comments and chopped up conversations.

So let me just ask: is he just a mentally ill guy who happens to be an asshole sometimes, or is it more serious than that? I don't really care about the asshole rockstar personality and I can stomach that. Anything that comes close to grooming or abuse is a hard pass for me, though.

Is there any substance to the claims of him being something along the lines of an abuser? I would really appreciate some context because again, much of what was in the threads discussing this three or so years ago is missing.

Johnny announced today at Welcome to Rockville that the next single called “White Lies” will be released next month