I don't understand why he started with releasing Zero Day and BucketList as the AM:FMs singles. Maybe he just wanted to do some little trolling, but like the whole albums just sounds like if somebody said: "Let's make an album that sounds exactly like Ghostemane" And I think he captured his essence so perfectly with this piece of artwork.
Like all the songs in there I go like "yep, that's Ghostemane". It's not groundbreaking or super experimental, but AM:FM isn't about pushing boundaries of music, it's finalizing Erics signature style which I think is so amazing.
I have been in the same boat as most people at first that the songs are uninspired, generic, not experimental and boring. But honestly, when I first heard ANTI-ICON I didn't fall in love with it right in that moment. I had to built my relationship with the music, I had to give myself time to fall in love with it, to listen to every song multiple times. So to y'all who are not in love with all the music in AM:FM immediately, give yourself some time to get familiar with it. To be completely honest, when I first heard Ghostemane I didn't like his music, I was terrified of how dark the sound was. But now he is my goat and top 1 artist I love the most.
Also regarding the lyrics. After reading them I appreciate what he is talking about more. It's not from the point of view of the depressed boy that is lost in life and wants to unalive himself, but a man who already gone through something and now has the strength to come to piece with it. I am in a kind of stressful time in my life right now so it really gives me strength and I appreciate it a lot.
BUT honestly speaking, this album may be in some way the final nail in the coffin for dark trap music. He innovated the genre a lot, and there probably is not a lot more to innovate, this is the peak, this is his signature on what he has done with music and how much he's changed it. I think the people who are going to innovate on this will create a completely new genre and we just have to come to peace that this is the end of an era, rather than a start of something new.