‘The Click’ – AJR is a creative and upbeat album that showcases the group’s artistic ability. AJR consists of the iconic brothers, Jack Met (Guitarist), Adam Brett Met (Bass Guitarist), and Ryan Met (Pianist). My first impression of this group was great. I first heard them during the COVID-19 pandemic, when everyone was online, and TikTok was just becoming a thing. Snips of their music got put into videos and uploaded with many different contexts. I then went and found their full songs online, immediately adding some of them to my favorites. 

They first put the band together in 2005, and since then they have taken off in success. They first started as street performers who would sing covers of other music in New York City, NY. They funded most of their equipment through their street performances and then started to produce their own music in their apartment in Manhattan, NY. 

They have gotten many nods and nominations from many music award events; iHeartRadio Music Awards, American Music Awards, and Billboard Music Awards, for both their albums and singles. ‘The Click’ got Platinum certification in the US with their hits ‘Weak’ and ‘Sober Up.’

The overall theme of ‘The Click’ is the anxiety of early adulthood, personal insecurity, and finding a balance between passion and success. “Listen to my aching heart. Quick, before you skip the song, we are only human after all, and we don’t stay for long,” lyrics from ‘Three-Thirty’, is a great example of this. 

This album, in particular, is a great verbal symbol of how your 20s feel and how theirs felt. It’s an embodiment of emotion and passion that they brought to people. AJR is an incredible way to connect to people. They now do concerts and often walk the showgoers through how they created the beats and rhythms. 

Some top hits for this album are ‘Weak,’ ‘Sober Up,’ ‘Burn the House Down,’ and ‘The Good Part.’ Other songs that didn’t receive as much attention were ‘Turning Out,’ ‘Call my Dad,’ and ‘I’m Not Famous.’ This album is great for others in the pop music genre in the early 2000s. 

My rating for this album is 4.5/5 stars. There are plenty of good catchy songs in this album; however, there are also songs that are slower and less acknowledged unless you are passionate about the group of brothers.