French modern rock outfit ODC have dropped their long-awaited debut album, Twisted Love, out now (31st) via BLKIIBLK. To celebrate the release, ODC teamed up with Metal Insider to share a track-by-track guide.
Album Overview — Twisted Love
Twisted Love is a distorted mirror of our own contradictions. We wanted to dive into the darkest corners of human relationships — dependence, loss of control, fear of ourselves. But at the end of the tunnel, there’s always that fragile light reminding us we can rise again. The album was born from my obsessions, but it also tells a story of rebirth.
My Only Fan
We imagined a late-night Paris scene — a neon-drenched cabaret, both chic and decadent. When that big, all-American riff dropped, we wanted it to crash into French-style vocals and lyrics, like two worlds colliding in the same room. Singing with SUN turned into an electric duel: she brings raw, unrestrained violence, while I carry the elegance slowly cracking apart. The result is dangerous, unpredictable — and that’s what makes the track irresistible.
Love, I Tore It Apart
This song is my way of exorcising a love that destroys more than it builds. When I recorded it, I pictured shattered glass exploding all around me. The riffs hit like punches, but underneath lies raw fragility. It’s probably the song where I laid myself bare the most emotionally.
Twisted Love
This is the heart of the album — chaos and sweetness embracing each other. I love that clash: verses spitting rage through rap, then a chorus that rises like a breath of air. It’s a song that refuses to choose between beauty and brutality, because the truth always lies somewhere in between.
Follower
Follower is about digital obsession — the trap you fall into when intimacy turns into a showcase. We imagined this strange relationship between a cam girl and her viewer: a mix of excitement, control, and dependency. With SUN, it felt like playing two characters devouring and destroying each other at the same time.
The Beauty of the Beast
The Beauty of the Beast is about learning to accept your own dark side. For me, it’s one of the hardest but most liberating steps — realizing that the parts of yourself you fear can also carry strength and beauty. This song is that moment of truth, when you stop running from who you are and finally embrace it.
My Name Is Gold
Here, we let ourselves have fun. It’s a satire on obsession with image, money, and status. We imagined an almost cartoonish character — too polished, too perfect — who eventually shatters. Musically, we dove back into 2000s nu-metal, with all its arrogance and madness.
I Need to Breathe
This one is a prayer. When we worked on it in the studio, I felt like I was literally suffocating. It’s heavy, but there’s an intensity that keeps rising, like a desperate attempt to heal. This track is my scream to start over from zero.
If I Tried
If I Tried expresses my deep fear that happiness can suddenly collapse. The song explores the tendency to sabotage a relationship where you feel good, haunted by your own demons. Dark yet intimate, it reflects that moment when, out of fear of being hurt, you end up destroying what is beautiful.
Raise Your Hands Up
This is our tribute to the metal community. We wanted to write a track that gives people strength, that tells them: embrace your passion, it’s powerful and beautiful. I grew up with that feeling of being an outsider, and today I wanted to tell everyone still hiding: raise your hand and be proud.
Despechá (Rosalía Cover)
This track was a challenge. Covering Rosalía is unexpected, but that’s what drew me to it. We wanted to keep the freedom and Latin energy of the original, while injecting our own darkness and power. It’s our way of saying: no matter the language, no matter the style, what matters is intensity and emotion.
Feature Image Photo Credit: Pascal Béliard
