Internet Killed the Rockstar is the fourth studio album by American musician Mod Sun.
Produced by John Feldmann, the album marks a departure from Mod Sun's hip hop sound in favor of pop-punk.
The album was promoted with three singles: "Karma", "Bones" and "Flames", the latter of which is a collaboration with Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne.
"Prayer" sees Smith looking back on his life, drug addiction and history of oversharing with the public, and how he believes beginning to pray improved him.
"TwentyNumb" is based around a lead melody that Smith sang and Feldmann pitched up, and was intended to be a "New Years anthem".
The song "Internet Killed the Rockstar" was influenced by the Brand New album Your Favorite Weapon's conclusion and was written about how he believes music changed after the downfall of MySpace.
But now I’m feeling the desire for camaraderie and the hunger to make music like I did when I was 16 again... Pop-punk is based on pounding music with sad lyrics about breakups, growing up, being an outcast and not fitting in... Bands like Dashboard Confessional lit the fire inside of me by having a guy with a guitar being able to make you fucking cry.
[5] The album led to publications like Inked referring to Smith as one of the main figures in the 2020s pop punk revival,[25] GQ called him "one of the most revolutionary and original artists of the American record scene".