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Podcast: Coolest Alive
Episode: MUSIC: grandson’s “INERTIA” (COOLEST NEW ARTIST THERE IS!)
Description: Kick off the week with pure resistance fuel on COOLEST ALIVE Monday! We’re blasting INERTIA, grandson’s third studio album (Jordan Edward Benjamin, the Canadian-American alt-rock/hip-hop rebel). Dropped September 5, 2025, via his own XX Records in partnership with Create Music, produced by Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, The 1975). This 10-track beast (29 minutes of chaos) includes standouts like “BRAINROT,” “SELF IMMOLATION,” “BURY YOU,” and “PULL THE TRIGGER”—all resistance anthems tackling digital apathy, societal conformity, and personal rebellion. Grandson teased it as his “heaviest and hardest yet” back in early 2024, and it delivers crunchy riffs, galvanizing hooks, and that signature fury. Crank it up and feel