Falling In Reverse just made history as the first rock and metal band to receive a gold RIAA certification for a new studio album released in 2024. Ronnie Radke celebrated the achievement that followed the online hate he’s received in recent years on X.
“There is something beautiful in the fact that my album goes gold in 31 days after its release, yet I am the most hated and sh*tted on person in this music scene,” he wrote about ‘Popular Monster’s success. “If your favorite band is so much better than me, go give them a gold album and shut the absolute f*ck up about me then, b*tch… Here’s your L.”
Radke also shared a sarcastic video where he mocked the backlash against his posts about the LGBTQ+ community and labels thrown at him, like ‘transphobic,’ ‘a homophobe,’ and ‘racist.’
“My album went gold already,” the singer said in the video. “It came out last month, it’s already gold. How dare my album go gold? I’m transphobic. Congratulations to everybody that was involved with this. It’s bullsh*t. I’m so proud of this, and it makes me uncomfortable.”
He continued, “All this hard work, all this dedication, and this decides to go gold in such a short amount of time. I’m a homophobe and racist. I can’t believe that this went gold. Thank you to everybody involved. The mixing, Tyler [Burgess], my whole band that plays this live. Everybody that helped, Cody [Quistad], everybody, I love you, guys.”
‘Popular Monster’ hit the shelves in August, after the release of three singles: ‘Ronald,’ ‘All My Life,’ and ‘Prequel.’ Artists like Slaughter to Prevail’s Alex Terrible and rapper Tech N9ne contributed to the album, which was in the works from 2019 to 2023.
The record reportedly sold 723,000 units by the end of August and is currently approaching the one million mark to earn the platinum status.