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As It Is "The Stigma (Boys Don't Cry)" Single Review

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Written by Harley Lewis
Looks like As It Is are back at it again with amazing music! The band consists of lead vocalist Patty Walters, rhythm guitarist Benjamin Langford-Biss, drummer Patrick Foley and bassist Alistair Testo. The band was formed back in 2012 in Brighton, England, United Kingdom and are currently signed to Fearless Records. The boys recently released their new single 'The Stigma (Boys Don't Cry)' and so far they have received amazing feedback from the fans! Alongside a new song, The band also started a free TEI class on warped tour for the final run.


The boys also released a music video for their new song, showing the band's new look for the new era 'The Great Depression.' It is clear that there is a strong meaning behind this song, and is shown in the music video. The message seems to be aimed towards how guys are expected to act. We can see this through the lyrics 'Cause boys don't cry' and in the music video it is written on a chalk board 'MAN UP', and 'Boys don't wear make up'. To me it seems that it's trying to say that just because you are a male doesn't mean you cant cry or wear make up. You can be emotional, you can wear make up, YOU ARE HUMAN!


The whole song has pure emotion and is truly moving when you take time to listen to the lyrics and watch the video, you see the feelings in the members faces and it shows an amazing and meaningful message that should be shared around. I believe that if you just listen to the song it will have a different meaning compared to when you watch the video because it gives you a visual and it is such a beautiful song.


From the well-written lyrics to the well-recorded instruments, the band did an amazing job with this song! I highly suggest it. I can tell As It Is are going to become much larger and I can't wait to hear what music they release next!

Watch the music video here.

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