History YMMV / FallOutBoy

* WinBackTheCrowd: Fans that were less than impressed by ''MANIA'' and other post-hiatus perked up a bit for the ''Lake Effect Kid'' [=EP=]. They rerecorded an old 2008 demo of the same name for it and worked with Sean O'Keefe for the first time since their first album ''15 years prior''! The song itself remains virtually the exact same as the original demo, just in better quality and without Clinton Sparks yelling, "GET FAMILIAR" over it.[[note]]Lake Effect Kid comes from the "Welcome to the New Administration" mixtape, put out to help promote the then-upcoming ''Folie à Deux'' album. The mixtape features demos, remixes, and songs made specifically for the mixtape by Fall Out Boy and other artists on the Decaydance roster. "Welcome to the New Administration" is also "hosted" by Clinton Sparks, which lends it clout as a mixtape release but makes him infamous among Fall Out Boy/Decaydance fans. This is because he frequently talks over songs, often with the catchphrase "GET FAMILIAR". Unlike "Lake Effect Kid", most of these songs remain exclusive to the mixtape with no alternate version without Sparks' interruptions.[[/note]] The EP also features "City In A Garden", another song more evocative of earlier material that's one big love letter to their hometown of Chicago. This is very fitting as the EP release was done close to them doing their biggest headlining show to date at Wrigley Field with a [[https://youtu.be/At_iXR3XAlk very nostalgic intro]]. They also opened the MANIA Experience, [[https://youtu.be/Mzbe6VeePgkan interactive art exhibit based on MANIA with various installations]], including one where fans could leave messages for the band. Band members would make surprise appearances "under glass" in the middle of the room, including Andy and [[https://youtu.be/0XvR_KVrZ9o Pete]].

** Fall Out Boy's habit for experimentation leads to yet another contentious song among the fanbase: 'Young and Menace.' While Fall Out Boy dabbled before in electronic music elements like sampling, it comes across more strongly in this track which features stuttered vocals and a ''drop''. While most of the elements are actually done with traditional rock instruments and effects, that hasn't stopped the "old school fans who don't like new Fall Out Boy material for perceived lack of depth versus everyone else who liked the song" conflicts.\

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: A lot of their songs are this, including "The Phoenix", "Centuries", "Sugar We're Going Down Swinging", "Thnks fr th Mmrs" and "This Ain't A Scene, This Is An Arms Race".

** I can't believe Fall Out Boy played a Fall Out Boy song at the Fall Out Boy concert. [[labelnote: Explanation]] From a tongue-in-cheek tweet making fun of people getting ''very'' excited over the band playing "G.I.N.A.S.F.S" the first night of their "So Much for (Tour) Dust" Tour. The excitement was because the song wasn't announced beforehand, it the first time the song had ever been performed live, and it established the Magic 8-Ball element of the tour (a different song being performed live for the first time each night).[[/labelnote]]

** Some people who didn't like Fall Out Boy's ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' song felt this way when they found out that "Who's the (Bat) Man" in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'' wasn't sung by Will Arnet as Batman...but as ''Patrick'' singing in the style of Will Arnet's Batman voice.

* AwesomeMusic: A lot of their songs are this, including "The Phoenix", "Centuries", "Sugar We're Going Down Swinging", "Thnks fr th Mmrs" and "This Ain't A Scene, This Is An Arms Race".