Does The Dare sound too much like LCD Soundsystem?
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The Dare makes music that sounds like LCD Soundsystem – and everyone has noticed. But behind the throwback synths and sweaty irony is something deeper: a revival of early-2000s chaos, crafted for a generation drowning in curated aesthetics.
Pulling from the bloghouse scene, electroclash, and dance-punk, Harrison Patrick Smith isn’t just copying a sound, he’s curating a feeling. To some, it’s derivative. To others, it’s the most fun music has been in years. This is the story of What’s Wrong With New York?, the indie sleaze revival and why The Dare might be the perfect soundtrack for a world that’s falling apart, but still dancing.
⏱ Timestamps:
0:00 Disco Infiltrator
1:13 Scenes from the Bathroom
2:36 Make New York Depraved Again
4:47 Panic at the Disco
8:03 The Indie Sleaze Revival™
9:39 The Vibe Remains the Same
10:43 Just The Afterparty
🎶 Music Licensed via Epidemic Sound
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@jdhfSD63gH
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
the hellp fucking wipes this guy
@evanrichter3893
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Yes
@robotchristmas
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Hi!
Indie Sleaze was a term used widely in the UK for club nights playing this style of music at the time it came out.
@egilsimes
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Bad take
@francisconunes3952
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
His lyrics are so bad. By even comparing this guy to LCD you are already giving him too much credit
@GerardSharkey
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Why does this script sound so much like it is written by AI?
@Pycanco
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Well, LCD Soundsystem sounds like a lot of things as well. Try to figure out the difference between “Drunk Girls” and “White Light/White Heat”, from VU, specially the live versions of the latter.
@micahtewersofficial
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
It’s too close to the original and I hate it.
@opencarrydrift6308
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
this has been in my recommended for a month, I will never listen to this guy though I did like his stuff as turtlenecked
@sexykermit
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
I didn't watch the video, but yes. The Dare does sound too much like LCD Soundsystem.
@me-nah3343
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Thank god this wasn’t a coherent aesthetic at the time, it makes it—at least in retrospect—feel something approaching authentic: the come down after the 90s but before these end times.
@3c3c3c
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Daft Punk is playing at my house is 20 years old. 20 YEARS!!!!
@StorymakerDude
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
There’s one question this video leaves me with: what is this attitude called?
@mannysanjose
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
I love The Dare! His shows are more exciting than LCD now. I welcome the electroclash/bloghouse resurgence. It's fun can we just enjoy both
@Jake0358
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
i am a big fan of your video. Recently, iconic rock star died. can you make a video about Ozzy Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath like a tribute video.
@MoistBananaFantasmagoria
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
He's LCD Soundsystem's very own Owl City.
@alexandrelaforest5838
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Honestly, he's a genuinely insanely talented electronic music producer. His remix and collaborations have all been absolute fire. But I dunno why he tries to settle into that lcd soudsystem style that just doesn't play to his strengths.
@thrownstair
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
LCD Soundsystem sounds like a guy complaining about his life to you at a loud bar. The Dare is shouting at you from across a dancefloor.
@Kyouko1269
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
I feel like this video forgives The Dare for being obnoxiously derivative and unoriginal without really justifying it whatsoever.
@bianesas
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
The Dare sounds much worse than LCD Soundsystem
@KingWi11
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
LCD sounds system sounds like David Bowie. Listen to All I Want by LCD and Hero’s by David.
@killianreilly8145
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
std soundsystem
@9nnico
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
yes
@CaraMina-u3s
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Love what you’re doing! Sharing joyful stuff myself at @JellyPink-j5o 💕
@bradleyarden9230
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Great video essay. Random question: what font is used in the video?
@johnTopOfTheWorld
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Everyone’s been thinking this it’s so refreshing to see a video on it
@louimmature
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Harrison Patrick Smith nah get him out of here he got 8 names
@megazoned3973
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
LCD sound system ripped off David Bowie so.. yeah man.. whatever sounds good.. do it!
@Nizi1._.1
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
the dare they can't ever make me care about you
@captaindragon8179
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
I never heard about the dare before this. He has some of the sound but none of the lyrics, harmony and 0 percussion game
@uriallon
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy
@hartleyjr
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Let's not overanalyse The Dare too much – he's just a low rent generic knock off. No need to waste time with this total fraud. It staggers me that anyone bothers listening to his shite output.
@dominey
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
Thing is though, you could argue LCD Soundsystem is derivative as well. Everyone is influenced by something that came before.
@moeder-x4s
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
The Dare is just boring tbh.
@austinmee6213
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
chefs kiss Bloody brill
@audrey3155
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
holy shit, this is everything i've been thinking about lately. it feels like every music video, song, photoshoot, has been a re-imagining of past eras to the point that no new avenues are being taken. it's a loop. because nostalgia causes so much intense emotion, it's often the easiest route to take when creating something, rather than pushing boundaries or taking a new avenue. i am genuinely fearful that we won't have anything to show for the 2020s in the way of culture, fashion, and music/art due to everyone copying the past, rather than looking to it for inspiration to create something that stands on its own as a time capsule of our time.
@joycemcfarland9801
August 11, 2025 at 12:27 am
you can’t make me care about the dare
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