Awesome / blink-182

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• "We used to play music together and we decided we're going to play music together again."
• The recording of the self-titled album. According to the MTV Album Launch, the band fought repeatedly with their label on the release date due to putting so much effort into it, until finally being released in November. It shows how passionate the three are with their music.
• Tom, of all people, contacting the band after Travis's accident, asking to reconcile. It was mostly also a CMOH since all three didn't care about reuniting (at that time at least), but to see if Travis was okay.
• According to Mark, he averaged seven takes for recordings on songs where he was the singer. Then there’s “Adam’s Song”, which he recorded in one take.invoked
• The final chorus of "What's My Age Again?" flips the whole idea of hating yourself for being so immature on its head.
  "No one should take themselves so seriously with many years ahead to fall in line."
• Let's face it, the fact that this band is still going after all the messed-up things they've been through. It's not quite as bad as Rush, but they've been through some seriously epic screw-ups and they're still putting out music and having a good time. Blink-182 endures, even if the lineup (and sometimes, the fans) do not.
• Mark beating Stage 4 cancer in 2021 counts as this and Heartwarming.
• The last-minute announcement that the reunited lineup would be playing in the 2023 Coachella festival, with their set being warmly received by the audience. Especially since Travis broke his finger earlier in the year, forcing them to postpone a tour.
  • They even managed to squeeze in a bit TLC's "No Scrubs" into their performance of "Dammit".
• The video for "One More Time", which takes a trip down memory lane and imposes the band over set-ups from their classic videos. The final verse even features Travis joining in on vocals!

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