DJ Kids These Days

DJ Kids These Days, often referred to as simply KidsTheseDays, is the alias and side project of teenage musician '''A Censored Sunlight. '''The first single off of the debut mixtape, (rumored to be called Ride Or Die Btch,) reached its peak of success through promotion from Nick Malone through the A Censored Sunlight fanbases. The project was launched in June of 2012.

Career Beginnings
KidsTheseDays, born Nick Malone, decided on the side project amidst the post-production of his main project's debut album, entitled Bloodlines.

"I was listening to a lot of music that wasn't really fitting the themes behind my A Censored Sunlight music, but I was still feeling inspired, so I just started this on the side, and did some promotion through A Censored Sunlight. It turned out to be really cool for me."

Malone announced the debut mixtape, which would be released for free download on Bandcamp.

Ride Or Die Btch Mixtape (2012)
Malone announced in late June 2012, after the sudden and previously undiscussed debut single, that a mixtape would be released for free on Bandcamp. The mixtape was to be called "Ride Or Die Btch " and would feature the debut single, which shared the name of the mixtape, as well as five other unreleased songs. Malone revealed via Twitter that the mixtape, and the project, was "just for fun" and was just another creative outlet that managed his love for sadcore as well as pounding club beats, which he "just wouldn't be able to make otherwise."

The first single, called "Ride Or Die", was released onto Soundcloud on June 12, 2012. It featured a royalty-free sample of a song called "Ice Cream" and was featured sporatically throughout the song. It was well received by audiences, who praised the songs eclectic production and creepy cheeriness of the samples. The entire song was produced by Malone, who co-produced his debut sadcore album as well. Malone was, however, criticized for forming the entire song using GarageBand's Apple loops.

The second single, entitled Upstaging The Family Jewels, was Malone's response to these criticisms.

"I really just threw together Ride Or Die, and while it sounds really good, it lacked the originality I want on the rest of the mixtape. I'm doing some really heavy and dark samples, and I'm generating my own beats. It'll be a lot different than Ride Or Die, but I think people will like it just as much."

The official track listing was released on Malone's blog on the same day of Ride Or Die's release.