System of a Down's "Chop Suey!" hits 1 billion Youtube viewsNovember 30, 2020 - 11:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - System of a Down's "Chop Suey!" has surpassed 1 billion plays on Youtube, 11 years after the band uploaded the music video on the video-sharing platform. The single was released as part of System's 2001 record "Toxicity", which to date has sold over 2.7 million copies in the United States alone. Speaking about the song in an interview, Daron Malakian, the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the band, explained, "The song is about how we are regarded differently depending on how we pass. Everyone deserves to die. Like, if I were now to die from drug abuse, they might say I deserved it because I abused dangerous drugs. Hence the line, 'I cry when angels deserve to die'." System of a Down recently put out their first new music since 2005 titled "Protect The Land" and "Genocidal Humanoidz" which they recorded to raise awareness about Azerbaijan's aggression against the Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |