Fall Out Boy, Azealia Banks Remix 'The Kids Aren't Alright' with Cool Hip-Hop Tones [LISTEN]

Like the Migos remix of "Irresistable" that came along with the album announcement, the new version of "The Kids Aren't Alright" takes the bones of the original rock track and gives it a hip-hop friendly instrumental. The drums are electrified and pumped up a few notches in the mix. The heavy bass lines carry throughout the entire tune, while the original guitar and keyboard work get a little bit of tinkering and play far deeper in the background.

The song also opens up not with a vocal from Patrick Stump but with a verse from Banks. Her lyricism doesn't have much to do with the rest of the song, but her calm and sizzling delivery helps to balance out all of the bass work and the eventual piercing vocals that Stump delivers.

"Break down / Let me tell you how I get it up / Run the town with my number one / Together we the deuce / Numbers in pursuit for the loot," Banks raps at the top of the song, opening the track up as the cool tones play in the background.

The new version of "The Kids Aren't Alright" is one of 11 remixes set to appear on Fall Out Boy's reworking of its 2015 album American Beauty/American Psycho, titled Make America Psycho Again. The new LP also features rap remixes courtesy of A$AP Ferg, Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Joey Bada$ and more.

Make America Psycho Again will be released on Friday, Oct. 30.

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Fall Out Boy, Azealia Banks