History Music / Whitepony

# Feiticeira
# Digital Bath
# Elite
# RX Queen
# Street Carp
# Teenager
# Knife Party
# Korea
# Passenger
# Change (In the House of Flies)
# Pink Maggit

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* UpdatedRerelease: Got one in 2020 as a double album alongside ''Black Stallion'', as well as the original tracklisting (i.e. no "Back to School").

''White Pony'' is the third studio album by California-based metal band Music/{{Deftones}}, released on June 20, 2000. It was produced by Terry Date, who had also produced the band's first two albums (''Adrenaline'' and ''Around the Fur'').

* BookEnds: The reissue places "Back to School", a rearrangement of "Pink Maggit", as the first track, which means that that version of the album begins and ends with different versions of the same song. Though "Back to School" wasn't originally intended to be part of the album, it can be interpreted that its placement essentially turns "Pink Maggit" into a climactic reprise that ties the album together.

!!This album contains examples of the following tropes:

''White Pony'' became the band's first platinum record and still ranks as their highest-selling album, with the song "Elite" additionally winning them their first UsefulNotes/GrammyAward (for Best Metal Performance). The album produced a number of successful singles, most notably "Change (In the House of Flies)" alongside the promo-only "Digital Bath" (the band's only promotional single to date) and "Back to School (Mini Maggit)".

The album is regarded as a [[NewSoundAlbum turning point for the band's sound]], showing notable growth and maturing of their {{alternative metal}} style through experimentation with influences from genres such as [[PostHardcore post-hardcore]], {{trip hop}}, {{shoegazing}}, {{progressive rock}}, and [[PostRock post-rock]]. It was also the band's first album to feature turntablist and keyboardist Frank Delgado as a full-time band member rather than a featured guest, and also the first album where lead vocalist Chino Moreno contributed guitar parts.

"Back to School" was actually created after ''White Pony''[='=]s completion, the result of [[ExecutiveMeddling the band's label pressuring them to re-release the album with another hit single aside from "Change"]]. They responded in frustration by [[RearrangeTheSong rearranging]] the album finale "Pink Maggit" in a half-hour as a joke, turning a section of the song into fast, in-your-face {{nu metal}} complete with a BoastfulRap to show their label how easy it was to make a hit. Not only [[PoesLaw did their label reportedly love it]], but when the album was reissued shortly after initial release, "Back to School" got added to the tracklist by the execs against the band's wishes as a marketing ploy -- and as the opening track, no less. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor It did end up becoming a successful single]], but [[CreatorBacklash the song has since been disowned by the band]], although they have performed it live on rare occasion.

* AttentionWhore: The verses of "Elite" is calling out people who desperately seek attention.

* UpdatedRerelease: Got one in 2020 as a double album alongside ''Black Stallion'', as well as the original tracklisting (i.e., no "Back to School").

The album is regarded as a [[NewSoundAlbum turning point for the band's sound]], showing notable growth and maturing of their {{alternative metal}} style through experimentation with influences from [[PostHardcore post-hardcore]], {{trip hop}}, {{shoegazing}}, {{progressive rock}}, and [[PostRock post-rock]]. It was also the band's first album to feature turntablist and keyboardist Frank Delgado as a full-time band member rather than a featured guest, and also the first album where lead vocalist Chino Moreno contributed guitar parts.

* BookEnds: The reissue places "Back to School", a rearrangement of "Pink Maggit", as the first track, which means that that version of the album begins and ends with what are basically different versions of the same song. Though "Back to School" wasn't originally intended to be part of the album, it can be interpreted that its placement essentially turns "Pink Maggit" into a climactic reprise that ties the album together.
* ElectrifiedBathtub: "Digital Bath" vaguely describes killing a woman by throwing an appliance in a bathtub, hence the song name. Chino has confirmed that this is the context despite the "pretty" sound.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: Both versions of the cover art consist solely of an outline/silhouette of a horse against a white/grey background.

The album was seen and is still regarded as a [[NewSoundAlbum turning point for the band's sound]], showing notable growth and maturing of their {{alternative metal}} style through experimentation with influences from [[PostHardcore post-hardcore]], {{trip hop}}, {{shoegazing}}, {{progressive rock}}, and [[PostRock post-rock]]. It was also the band's first album to feature turntablist and keyboardist Frank Delgado as a full-time band member rather than a featured guest, and also the first album where lead vocalist Chino Moreno contributed guitar parts.

"Back to School" was actually created after ''White Pony''[='=]s completion, the result of [[ExecutiveMeddling the band's label pressuring them to re-release the album with another hit single]]. They responded in frustration by [[RearrangeTheSong rearranging]] the album finale "Pink Maggit" in a half-hour as a joke, turning a section of the song into fast, in-your-face {{nu metal}} complete with a BoastfulRap to show their label how easy it was to make a hit. Not only [[PoesLaw did their label reportedly love it]], but when the album was reissued shortly after initial release, "Back to School" got added to the tracklist by the execs against the band's wishes as a marketing ploy -- and as the opening track, no less. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor It did end up becoming a successful single]], but [[CreatorBacklash the song has since been disowned by the band]], although they have performed it live on rare occasion as recently as 2018.

* AttentionWhore: The verses of "Elite" is calling out people who desperately seeks for attention.

* BoastfulRap: The added rap verses of "Back to School", revolving around teen angst in a high school setting and presumably from the perspective of a bullied or ostracized kid living a fantasy of being the leader of the cliques "making [them] sick". While it's common knowledge that the verses were made with less than utmost seriousness, they have been interpreted as a metaphor for the band's opinion on the metal scene at the time.
* BookEnds: The reissue places "Back to School" as the first track, which means that that version of the album begins and ends with what are basically different versions of the same song. Though "Back to School" wasn't originally intended to be part of the album, it can be interpreted that its placement essentially turns "Pink Maggit" into a climactic reprise that ties the album together.

"Back to School" was actually created after ''White Pony''[='=]s completion, the result of [[ExecutiveMeddling the band's label pressuring them to re-release the album with another hit single]]. They responded in frustration by [[RearrangeTheSong rearranging]] the album finale "Pink Maggit" in a half-hour as a joke, turning a section of the song into fast, in-your-face {{nu metal}} complete with BoastfulRap to show their label how easy it was to make a hit. Not only [[PoesLaw did their label reportedly love it]], but when the album was reissued shortly after initial release, "Back to School" got added to the tracklist by the execs against the band's wishes as a marketing ploy -- and as the opening track, no less. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor It did end up becoming a successful single]], but [[CreatorBacklash the song has since been disowned by the band]], although they have performed it live on rare occasion as recently as 2018.

* BookEnds: The reissue places "Back to School" as the first track, which means that that version of the album begins and ends with what are basically different versions of the same song. Though "Back to School" wasn't originally intended to be part of the album, it actually sort of works, and its placement essentially turns "Pink Maggit" into a climactic reprise that ties the album together.

* MetalScream: Chino manages some impressive screams throughout "Back to School", and also screams the majority of "Elite".

* PrecisionFStrike: "Feiticeira" ("''fuck'', I'm drunk") and "Street Carp" ("there's all your evidence / now take it home and ''fuck'' with it"). The former is actually the first line of the album, which is odd for an album with minimal expletives.
* RearrangeTheSong: "Back to School" is an abridged redux of "Pink Maggit" (hence its EitherOrTitle "Mini Maggit") that takes the chorus and bridge of the latter song's main section, building rap verses around them with the same style of instrumentation.