Sonny Moore has come a long way since being the vocalist for rock band From First To Last. Moore, who we of course now know and love as Skrillex, began his journey into electronic music about six years ago and hasn’t looked back since.
Though he’s conquered the world of dubstep, collabs and remixes, a lot of Skrillex’s recent releases have begun to stray from his classic take on dubstep. Apparently, a Redditor thought this warranted a poem.
ChipsAndDiplo, a member of the popular community forum Reddit, wrote a poem about “the old Skrillex” in a very Kanye West style of writing. Heavily inspired by Yeezy’s song “I Love Kanye” from The Life of Pablo, this poem tells how the author really misses who Skrillex once was:
I miss the old Skrillex, straight from LA Skrillex
Chop up the vox Skrillex, set on his goals Skrillex
I hate the new Skrillex, the bland beats Skrillex
The always trap Skrillex, quiet in the news Skrillex
I miss the sweet Skrillex, chop up the beats Skrillex
I gotta say, at that time I’d like to meet Skrillex
See I invented Skrillex, It wasn’t any Skrillex’s
And now I look and look around and there’s so many Skrillex’s
I used to love Skrillex, I used to love Skrillex
I even had the black glasses, I thought I was Skrillex
What if Skrillex made a song about Skrillex
Called “I Miss The Old Skrillex”? Man, that’d be so Skrillex
That’s all it was Skrillex, we still love Skrillex
And I love you like Skrillex loves Skrillex
However, don’t be the one to take this work of art too personally. The author also wrote a disclaimer, saying, “I don’t actually hate the new Skrillex I just really, really needed a break from my assignments and did this out of boredom while listening to Kanye.”
