Review Fix Exclusive: DYLYN Talks American Nightmare And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter DYLYN, who discusses her new single, “American Nightmare,” breaking down the creative process behind it and her goals for the future.

Review Fix: What makes American Nightmare a special track?

DYLYN: American Nightmare is special to me because it’s relative to this generation in the sense that things happened differently than they did prior to our parents. There isn’t such a clear cut path for everyone. We’re working on ourselves and spending more time on self discovery. It’s a liberating feeling and it’s healthier.

Review Fix: What inspired it?

DYLYN: I was seeing some of my friends getting engaged and it made me feel like I was behind. I also have friends that are traveling all over the world figuring themselves out. I had to take a step back and realize everyone is on their own path. It’s the time in my life to find myself and explore everything. There’s no rush, there’s no time limit, there is no wrong or right, just your own pace.

Review Fix: How is it different from your other tracks?

DYLYN: I feel as though my tracks flow and compliment each other. This is more of a flag planting anthem about how one should live their life as they please. There are no rules.

Review Fix: How do you want it to affect people?

DYLYN: I want it to relate to people who are still finding themselves or aren’t sure about their path. It should be a reminder that there is no right path. You go at your own pace in life. Don’t ever stop yourself from doing something because you don’t think you’re the right age, gender, or time. You only have one life, never live it safe or you may look back in regret.

Review Fix: Bottom Line, why should someone listen to it?

DYLYN: If it’s a Friday night with your buddies, the last 3 minutes of your cardio, it’s something to jam out to and have fun with. Puts you in a rock and roll mood.

Review Fix: What’s next?

DYLYN: I’m going to keep releasing songs off my album and tour. I love touring so much and I can’t wait to get out there and play shows. I live for the head bangs and connecting with an audience.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

DYLYN: American Nightmare video will drop soon and I’m in the studio right now brewing up some fun covers.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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