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News18
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
This Week In Music: BTS, Maluma, Renee Rapp, Aespa Drop New Hits
Last Updated: While some industry bigwigs made their return to the music scene with new releases, some newcomers proved with their songs that they are here to stay. Another week, another bunch of artists released new music for their fans. While some musicians made their return to the scene, others just proved that they are here to stay. From the global K-pop sensation, BTS, who released their first album in three years, to Renee Rapp gearing up for the release of her new album with the release of a new single, artists across genres delivered some fresh projects that their fans have been waiting for. Here's a list of all the artists who released new music this week. BTS' Permission To Dance On Stage – Live The K-pop group's new album features 22 songs from their sold-out tour in 2021 by the same name. Permission To Dance On Stage – Live marks their first release in three years. Good Charlotte's Stepper The American rock band released Stepper, a single from their upcoming eighth studio album, Motel Du Cap, scheduled to drop on August 8. It's their first release since their 2018 album Generation Rx. Reneé Rapp's Why Is She Still Here The new pop ballad marks the third one from the 25-year-old singer and songwriter's forthcoming LP Bite Me. Her second studio album is set to be released on August 1. Alex Warren's You'll Be Alright, Kid You'll Be Alright, Kid is the debut studio album of Alex Warren, comprising 21 songs. The singer has also collaborated with BLACKPINK's Rose on the song On My Mind. Maluma's Bronceador The Colombian rapper and singer released the ultimate summer anthem, Bronceador. It is produced by hitmakers MadMusick, Majestik, Ily Wonder, and Los Jaycobz. Sheryl Crow & The Real Lowdown's The New Normal Sheryl Crow released her new single, The New Normal, in collaboration with The Real Lowdown. The song is loosely based on the current political scenario in America. Thomas Rhett's ABOUT A WOMAN (& A Good Ol' Boy) The American country music artist released the deluxe edition of his seventh studio album titled About a Woman on July 18. About a Woman (& a Good Ol' Boy) features 21 tracks. Trisha Yearwood's The Mirror The singer, who has been in the music business for nearly three decades, just released her sixteenth studio album, The Mirror. This is the first time she has sung the songs from a first-person perspective. Zac Brown Band feat. Snoop Dogg's Let It Run The country hitmakers, Zack Brown Band, dropped the track, Let It Run, feat. Snoop Dogg. It is a single from their new album Love & Fear. feat Taboo's East LA The Grammy-winning artist returned to the music scene with the song East LA, featuring Black Eyed Peas member Taboo. Jessie Murph's Sex Hysteria The singer, who made her debut in 2021, is back with another hip-hop album Sex Hysteria. It consists of 15 songs. FLETCHER's Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me? The American singer's Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me is her third album. Through it, she showcases her softer side, contrary to her previous releases. Scotty McCreery's Scooter and Friends The American Idol winner released his first-ever EP, Scooter and Friends, this week. It consists of five songs. Aespa's Dark Arts The K-pop quartet released Dark Arts, a follow-up to their previous song Dirty Work. It is also a promotional single for the game PUBG: Battlegrounds. BUSH's I Beat Loneliness I Beat Loneliness is the tenth studio album of the British rock band BUSH. Consisting of 12 songs, the album was preceded by two pre-release singles. Jonathan Groff's Splish Splash from JUST IN TIME (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Splish Splash is one of the songs on Just In Time, an exhilarating new musical. Em Beihold's Brutus The singer wrestles with envy and jealousy in the new single Brutus. She is best known for collaborating with Stephen Sanchez on the song Until I Found You. As1one's Together As One The first Israeli-Palestinian band, as1one, released their single Together As One, which carries the message of faith and togetherness. Tommy Richman's MIAMI Tommy Richman returned to the scene with the new single, MIAMI. The uptempo track is a perfect anthem for the summer. GELO's League of My Own Rising rapper GELO released his debut album League of My Own, consisting of 13 tracks, which includes Tweaker and Can You Please (feat. GloRilla) among others. Jackson Dean's Turn On The Lights The Platinum-selling singer tells the story of youth and dreams in his new track Turn On The Lights. He wrote the song alongside producer and frequent collaborator Luke Dick. Ryan and Rory's Them Boots The musician duo, Ryan and Rory, is back with their fast-paced new track Them Boots. The song is a nod to their country fans. AURORA's You Can't Run From Yourself (from Kaiju No. 8) This song is by the Norwegian singer Aurora and is featured as the theme song for Season 2 of the Japanese anime series Kaiju No. 8. Ally Evenson's The Line The acclaimed indie-alternative singer released her highly anticipated new single, The Line, whose music video 'is almost a prequel" to her debut album, BLUE SUPER LOVE. Penelope Road's The Diamond Street Sessions The Diamind Street Sessions is a three-track EP by the Atlanta-based band Penelope Road. It also features the brand new single, So It Goes. Whitney Whitney's 1.1 1.1 is the singer Whitney Whitney's first-ever EP. Niia's Angel Eyes Angel Eyes is the American singer Niia's powerful interpretation of the 1946 jazz standard by Matt Dennis & Earl B. Brent First Published: July 19, 2025, 12:44 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. 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Travel + Leisure
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Travel + Leisure
Exclusive: Celebrity Chef Sandra Lee Is Hosting America's Oldest State Fair—and Then Kicking Off an 18-Month Tour of Fairs Across the Country
There's nothing more American than a fair. And this year, the York State Fair, in southeastern Pennsylvania, celebrates its 260th anniversary as the country's oldest, in special partnership with Emmy- and Gracie-award-winning celebrity chef Sandra Lee. Lee plans to cut the opening ceremony ribbon, crown the Fair Queen, and host a variety of festivities over the first two days of the event, which runs from July 18-27. 'When I learned about the heritage, the legacy, and the impact this fair has had on our nation, I knew this was where I had to launch my tour,' the celebrity chef told Travel + Leisure in an exclusive interview. A guests view from the York State Fair. The event is also the kickoff celebration of Lee's 18-month 'Best in Fair' tour. The star of the Netflix competition series 'Blue Ribbon Baking Championship' is working with other state fairs—including Oklahoma, South Carolina, and more to be announced—just in time for America's big 250th anniversary in 2026. With hundreds of food vendors, best-in-class livestock shows, a home-brewed beer contest, and a moving heroes parade with veteran recognitions, the York State Fair is a major draw for those looking for summer fun and community along the East Coast. The grounds are easily accessible by car from hubs like Baltimore, New York City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Visitors can also expect appearances by major acts including Good Charlotte, Alabama, Rascal Flatts, T-Pain, and Foreigner. From Left: Guests riding the swing chair swing; Patrick Ball, the CEO of the York Fair. 'It has made us a bit of a tourist destination,' Patrick Ball, the CEO of the York County Agricultural Society, told T+L. (State fairs contribute $1.1 billion revenue in Pennsylvania, with York alone driving $99 million). 'Visitors stay at our hotels, eat at our restaurants, and really take in the community.' Lee credits the launch of her entire career to fairs: she won a blue ribbon at the LA County Fair back in 1992. Here, the celebrity chef shares more on what visitors can expect at the main event. T+L: Sandra, why are you excited about this particular event? SL: "Fairs are homespun fun. York is the oldest state fair in the United States. I would like to call it hallowed ground. The economic impact that these fairs have has never been shared on a whole–they are a juggernaut as a financial contributor to the community. I'm excited about the Blue Ribbon award ceremony, because that leans right into my Netflix show. In any fair, there are hundreds of entries for ribbons. We're going to do chocolate cakes, angel food cakes, and kids' events–some kids might be entering a jam, or a baked good, like a brownie or blondie. The fair is also hosting its first-ever drone show." T+L: There is a symbolism to fairs, no? SL: "It's one of the most beloved pastimes in the United States. It's actually an international pastime. A lot of people don't realize that all these other countries have their own version of the same exact thing." T+L: And they are very family-focused. SL: "Whether you are nine months old or 90, you love going to the fair. Everybody has a great fair story from their childhood. I remember the first time I saw Garth Brooks, he was at the Indiana State Fair, and my sister and I went and had the best time. I saw the Judds at the Washington State Fair, and that was unbelievable. I've been to almost every fair in this country." Whether you are nine months old or 90, you love going to the fair. Everybody has a great fair story from their childhood. — Sandra Lee T+L: What's going to be your first bite? SL: "I'm going to go for the pink cotton candy first. I'm all in and totally focused on fairs this year. That is my summer of fun." T+L: Would you join in the cow-milking contest? SL: "Game on, if I'm going directly against Patrick Ball. I'm a little competitive that way. If Patrick wants to take me on a cow-milking contest, I will do it–and I will win."
Metro
06-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Good Charlotte frontman on being ‘a little bit naïve' as rockers drop new music
Good Charlotte legend Joel Madden has opened up about still feeling 'naïve' as the band finally come back with their new song, Rejects, after almost a decade away. The rockers, currently consisting of the frontman and his twin brother, Benji Madden, Paul Thomas, Billy Martin and Dean Butterworth, have blessed us with some bangers over the years, including The Anthem, Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous and, of course, Girls & Boys. However, it has been five years since they last dropped new music, with Last December in 2020, and even longer since they worked on an album – having released Generation Rx in 2018. Speaking to Metro, the 46-year-old shed light on exactly what took them so long, and what we can expect from our favorite Rejects. 'I knew we were going to make another record, I know Good Charlotte is going to make records but they've got to come when they come, they've got to be real,' he told us. 'I think we've been in this practice over the last 10 years of listening, waiting and feeling our way through it, because you can't just pump out records. Some bands can, I can't. So, I don't know when the right time to make a record is. 'I think it's when you mean it. We're at this less is more place where we go, 'No, let's just focus on the things that we f**king love, we don't need to go out and take over the world, we don't need to go out and do everything, we need to do what we feel.' 'We're honestly so happy. We're so happy to be here and we're so happy that we got to make this record, and we got to do it our own weird way. 'Rejects is a funny, cool little song that we think has everything that's unique about Good Charlotte in it, from the lyrics to the melodies to the music, it really is very good Charlotte. 'It still feels like it's new, and it's not some rehashed thing. It feels original, which is important.' Joel and Benji first formed the group with bassist Paul in the mid 90s, with Billy and Dean joining the fold shortly after – they released their self-titled debut album in 2000 but it was the 2002 follow-up, The Young and the Hopeless, that shot them to superstardom. They are set to release their eighth album, Motel Du Cap – a play on the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc venue where Joel's sister-in-law Sofia Richie got married to husband Elliot Grainge, and the group performed at their afterparty. For the eighth year, 150,000 festival goers will descend on Glasgow Green from 11-13 July to see the liked of 50 Cent, Gracie Abrams and Biffy Clyro, and you could be there! Metro has teamed up with Rockstar Energy presents TRNSMT Festival to offer four VIP tickets to one lucky winner. For a chance to win this massive music prize, simply enter your details here. You have until midnight on Sunday 6 July 2025 to enter using the form below. Entrants must be 18+. Good luck! T&Cs apply*. Click here if form is not loading. * Open to legal residents of Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) aged 18 or over. Promotion opens at 18:01 BST on 2 July 2025 and closes at 23:59 BST on 6 July 2025. The promotion is free to enter; however internet access is required. Entrant must visit and when prompted by the form, submit their name, email, telephone number, date of birth and postcode. Acceptance of the terms and conditions is necessary to enter the promotion. There will be one (1) winner. The winner will win four (4) VIP weekend tickets for TRNSMT Festival, running from 11th – 13th July 2025 at Glasgow Green, in Glasgow ('Prize'). Proof of age and photographic ID are required for entry for all guests (the guests of the winner must be at least 16 years old at the time of entry). The Prize, including entry and attendance at TRSNMT festival, is subject to and governed by the Promoter's full ticket terms and conditions. 1 prize available. 1 entry per person. Full T&Cs apply, see here. It was this moment, and the feral reaction from fans after videos hit social media, that sparked the idea for them to get back in the studio, blessing us with their first new music in seven years. Motel Du Cap has been a year in the making and will be released on August 8 – it comes exactly 25 years after the group released their debut album – but despite the years between projects, lead single Rejects proves that the scrappy Good Charlotte spirit is still there. 'It does feel like the first record a little bit. I think it's the energy, the excitement…,' Joel explained. 'It's got so much Good Charlotte-ness to it. It's got so much personality, so many moments of that I think are unique to Good Charlotte. 'I love this band. I feel super proud to be in this band with these guys for almost 30 years. 'We all started in high school, we all come from nothing, and to see who these guys are in their everyday lives makes me extremely proud to be their friend, and to be in a band with them, because they're just good people.' The musician – who shares two children with wife Nicole Richie – also offered up some sage life advice, having fronted the group for the last 30 years. 'We have to be a little naïve in life. You have to be,' he insisted. 'You have to find those moments to be naïve, where it's okay to be naïve enough to believe that you can make a record that anyone will f**king listen to in 2025. And to be naïve enough to believe that Good Charlotte has a place in the world. 'You've got to go back to the pure idea of, I just want to make a record [that] I want to do well, I want to make a record that I love, I want to make a record that people will experience and go, 'That's a f**king good record.' 'It's kind of weird to say that's naïve, but there's something about it. It feels like young, naïve, 'I'm good enough to make a record' energy. 'This record is full of Good Charlotte, quirky personality, songs that only we could do … The music is actually some of the best music we've ever done, and the live show is better than it's ever been.' Speaking of those live shows, the group will be taking Motel Du Cap on the road around the world very soon while also putting their own GC spin on their different 'eras'. While Joel insisted that no song from their back catalog is off limits, as long as fans want to hear it, he conceded that some are harder 'work' than others. 'Some of our songs are a lot of work. Dance Floor Anthem is a lot of work, vocally. It's very high and it never stops, so you're out of breath the whole time,' he laughed. 'When I sing Dance Floor Anthem, the best part about singing that song is everyone singing in the crowd. 'It's the hardest song of the night, always, because the vocal range is so high and you never stop. You're just going, going, going. It's not that I don't enjoy singing it, but it's a physical event when you do that song, it's always f**king hard. 'There are songs that are just fun and they're easy to sing, and Rejects is really easy for me to sing. I really enjoyed playing it live, so I'm looking forward to playing that song. 'But there's a couple that, if you said, 'Would you play that song?' there's probably a couple that I would be like, 'eeeh'.' 'We sound better than we've ever sounded and the music is interesting,' he added. 'I really like it. I love this record. I think it's got a real place in the catalog. More Trending 'To be able to do that and experience that almost 30 years in… I can't explain how grateful I feel, because I think you're searching for that feeling when you make a record this late in the game. 'I don't think we're old, I think we have tons of energy, but I think sometimes you feel old when you've been in the band for 30 years, and you look around and some stuff has changed, some stuff hasn't. 'You [think], 'Well, where do I fit in in the world today?' I don't know, but I'm going to make this record that I love, and then everyone else can decide. I'm actually good with whatever everyone decides.' Good Charlotte's eighth album, Motel Du Cap, will be released on August 8. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Kelly Clarkson fans livid as she scraps opening Vegas residency show 90 minutes before start MORE: Caitlyn Jenner 'numb with shock' after death of best friend Sophia Hutchins at 29 MORE: Usher abruptly cancels 12 shows just weeks after announcing tour
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lorde, Reneé Rapp, BigXThaPlug, Shaboozey, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Lorde returns with the intimate, banger-filled Virgin, Reneé Rapp shares another sexy, rock-tinged single, and BigXThaPlug links up with Shaboozey for a country-rap ode to their Southern roots. Plus, new music from Good Charlotte, Kesha, and Lizzo. Lorde, 'Favourite Daughter' (YouTube) More from Rolling Stone Lorde Performs 'Virgin' in Full at Surprise Glastonbury Set Reneé Rapp Gets That Her Boo Wants to Be 'Mad,' But Why? Lorde's Fourth Album 'Virgin' Is Finally Here Reneé Rapp, 'Mad' (YouTube) BigXThaPlug, Shaboozey, 'Home' (YouTube) Good Charlotte, 'Rejects' (YouTube) Kesha, 'The One' (YouTube) Lizzo feat. SZA, 'IRL' (YouTube) Burna Boy, 'Don't Let Me Down' (YouTube) Myke Towers, 'Expectativas' (YouTube) Lewis Capaldi, 'Survive' (YouTube) Kevin Abstract, '97 Jag' (YouTube) Laufey, 'Lover Girl' (YouTube) Katseye, 'Gameboy' (YouTube) The Beaches, 'Touch Myself' (YouTube) Kim Petras, 'Polo' (YouTube) Infinity Song, 'London Foxes' (YouTube) Gale, 'Sería Cool' (YouTube) Isabella Lovestory, 'Vanity' (YouTube) Between Friends, 'XD' (YouTube) Adam Port, STRYV, and Malachiii, 'Positions' (YouTube) Tchotcke, 'Poor Girl' (YouTube) Sasha Keable 'Feel Something' (YouTube) Frances Anderson, 'Don't Forget Me' (YouTube) Noah Floersch, 'Somethin' Bout A Beer' (YouTube) Santa Fe Klan, Saweetie, 'Locos' (YouTube) Jae Stephens, 'Kiss It' (YouTube) Carter Faith, 'Sex, Drugs, & Country Music' (YouTube) Holly Blair, 'While I Have You Here' (YouTube) Dave Hause, 'Enough Hope' (YouTube) Fitz and the Tantrums, 'OK OK OK' (YouTube) Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Good Charlotte Is Entering a New Phase: ‘We Don't Give a F-ck in a Great Way'
In April 2023, Good Charlotte played their first show in five years in one of the most improbable places: the vast, luxe halls of the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in the South of France. Wearing Doc Martens and black suits with tattoos peaking out, Joel and Benji Madden, bassist Paul Thomas, and guitarist Billy Martin brought their pop-punk attitude to the swanky space and delivered high-energy versions of their 2000s hits for Sofia Richie's wedding afterparty. Yes, that Sofia Richie, the model and internet personality, who is also Joel's sister-in-law. 'Sofia and Elliot [Grainge] asked us to play their wedding,' Joel Madden says on a Zoom call. 'They grew up on our band, so it was a really special moment for us to be able to bring something we love that they love.' More from Rolling Stone Good Charlotte Announce First Album in Seven Years Luke Combs Closes Out Stagecoach Set With Garth Brooks and Good Charlotte Pop Punkers in the Boardroom: The Madden Brothers on Their New Lives While videos of Richie dancing barefoot and singing along to 'Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous' went viral, the occasion marked a pivotal moment for Good Charlotte. In the South of France, a long way from Los Angeles and their Maryland roots, brothers Joel and Benji looked around and saw just how many of their dreams have come true. 'We wanted to grow up and have happy families, and there we were, having this unforgettable night with our extended family of 19 years,' Benji Madden recalls. Good Charlotte knew they had tapped into something they hadn't in years; something worth exploring for the first time since 2018. 'We had such a great night, and we were all sitting around, and we were like, 'Should we do an album?' The whole band was like, 'Fuck yeah, yes, let's do an album,'' Joel says. Now, Good Charlotte are gearing up to release Motel Du Cap, the band's eighth LP and first full-length project in seven years. The album's lead single, 'Rejects,' is out today, marking the official start of the band's new era. Rolling Stone caught up with the Madden brothers to talk about Motel Du Cap, the possibility of touring the album, and what it's like to return to Good Charlotte. Why did you choose to commemorate that memory of the wedding at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Rock with the album title, ?Benji: We were like, 'When would Hotel Du Cap ever have Good Charlotte play at Eden Roc?' Joel: Yeah, that juxtaposition of us at this fancy hotel. We couldn't name the album after the hotel, but we could make it our own thing. Benji: Motel Du Cap feels more appropriate. There's always a little colored sarcasm in our music, there's a little tongue-in-cheek, but then there is always some really deep meaningful subject matter on our records, too. It felt very appropriate to commemorate such a meaningful, beautiful night. It's one of my best memories. The album's first single, 'Rejects,' reminds me a bit of your early track 'Little Things,' energetically and sonically. Did you guys go in with that mentality? Joel: You're feeling that exactly right. It's really full-circle because when we made the first record in '99, we didn't know any better than to not give a fuck. We didn't know you were supposed to give a fuck. We thought it was the greatest thing ever to make a record and to say whatever the fuck we wanted to say. Then you get into the game of the music business and get a little spun around. We came full-circle back to where we're all in really good places in our lives where we don't give a fuck, in a great way. We certainly care about people and our fans. But our families are really the center of our lives. So Good Charlotte is something that we get to be totally free in. We don't necessarily need it to perform. We actually just need it to be itself. Benji: Now, when we write we only set out to do one thing: express ourselves. We don't premeditate any songs. We write a stream of consciousness. It's something we kind of learned over the years as we thought back to when we made our first couple of records. We came all the way around to what was the best thing for us, which is just to let our feelings out and not try to control it too much. You don't need to write 50 songs for a record; you need to write 12. Whatever came out in that moment is the whole portrait. We made this record completely unconsciously. We didn't meditate, we made it. We just said, 'We need to get some things out,' and we hit record. What made you guys choose 'Rejects' as the lead single?Joel: I don't even think 'Rejects' is necessarily the most obvious single type song, but it's the one we feel like people should hear first. We think it's a really great start and a representation of the record and the music. Benji: This record is the kickoff of Act Two and everything that came before that was a journey of a lifetime. Lyrically, 'Rejects' is super honest, touching on some dark thoughts. What went into writing lines like that hook 'Sometimes I wish I wasn't born at all'?Joel: We all feel that way sometimes. It's OK to feel that way. When I say, 'Sometimes I wish I wasn't born at all,' I don't mean it where I want to be gone. I am not suicidal and, thank God, I'm not depressed. But I've had times in my life where I was, and I had to figure that out, and it was a lot of work to figure out my own mental health and self-esteem. I'm still working on all of it all of the time. We're all a work in progress. Sometimes you have moments in life where it's really fucking hard. It has nothing to do with your family or your success or your failure or whatever. But it's a moment of aloneness, and you question stuff, and even have to give yourself the room to feel OK with those moments. That line, that just came out of me. I feel like everyone can relate to it, no matter who they are. They have those moments where they have to take a knee or let out a deep sigh or whatever, and then just keep getting on with it. Benji: 'Rejects' is very meaningful. It flips back and forth between you and your inner child. To me, the chorus is the inner child screaming back at you because we leave our inner children behind. When we can find our power in life is when we can get reintegrated with that kid. Joel, you fully just never wrote the lyrics down. Joel: Yeah, I don't write lyrics down. Benji: It's just boom, boom, boom. How does it feel to be creating new music more than 20 years into your career as a band? Benji: It feels really good. We learned to do things in our own time and just follow the feeling, and it just feels right. We both felt like we had an album in us, and then we started to feel like 'We need to get this out.' The beautiful thing about where we're at now is it really is about the process. It's a nice thing when you are just able to create from this very inspired and content place. It allows us to share it with people in a very 'no expectations' way and let people have their own experience with it. Joel, have you ever been happier with an album process? Joel: This band is so unique to itself and we are constantly discovering what it means to be in Good Charlotte, especially in 2025. It's funny, because in some ways I could say, 'Yeah, it's the best I've ever felt.' In other ways, it doesn't feel like the world is on my shoulders. We set out to make a great record, and we love it, and it's also filled us up in a way that we want to go on tour, which is a feeling we haven't had in a long time. This is a record we can take around the world. Are there plans to tour the album? Joel: We are going to do a world tour in '26, and I don't know if that means it's 20 shows or 40 shows or 60 shows, but whatever it is, it's a number that we feel every show has to feel unique and special, just like the album does. We want each moment to feel unique. The wedding show we played felt unique. It felt special, it felt meaningful. We all caught that and said, 'This is how we want to feel every time we go onstage.' It's interesting. People haven't actually gotten a lot of opportunities to see us live. We just haven't toured in a meaningful way in probably 10 years or so. There's so many people that will be seeing us for the first time, and we want to make it special and exciting that they finally get to see us. It's going to be a really fun show with lots of cool little surprises and things that make people happy. Hopefully, it just feels like a big fucking wedding party every night. Some fans online have been asking for an throwback tour of some kind. Do you plan to shape the tour like that?Joel: We are going to hit every era, but we're trying to figure out how long a show should be. Two hours is too long but we're not sure if an hour-and-a-half will work. When we tried to fit everything into an hour and ten minutes in our headlining set at Welcome to Rockville, we still had to cut five songs that people wanted to hear. It's crazy. Some shows might just have to be a little longer depending on where and what, but it's going to be a lot of fun to hit all the eras of GC live, and then the new stuff is going to be fun live, too. You brought out Wheatus during Welcome to Rockville, and even joined Luke Combs during his . How did those appearances come about? Do you hope to bring more guests out at shows?Joel: We're lucky because Good Charlotte works with lots of genres. We're in this weird space where we could go heavier, we could go poppier, we can even go country with Luke [Combs]. Those moments mean so much to us. 'Teenage Dirtbag' is one of my favorite songs, and to have Brendan [Bernard Brown] come out and do it felt like giving him his flowers for writing one of the greatest songs. It's also always a goal of mine to have a big sing-along. I don't care if it's our songs or someone else's songs. I just want it to feel like a throwback night where you're with your friends and you're living right now and remembering back when. Benji: It's just really fun, and we've made all these amazing friends over the years, and it's so cool to share the stage with people. If we go anywhere, we're bringing someone fun with us, or we're bringing some kind of crazy production. It's fun to surprise people. You played When We Were Young a couple of years back. Would you be open to joining this year or ?Joel: I don't know why Warped Tour D.C. didn't work out this year. We love Warped Tour, but again, if we're going to do 20 shows over a year, every single show has to be something that people are going to get their money's worth, and they're going to see Good Charlotte and hear our full set. I'd still pop up and do one. We'll see. Benji: Logistically, this one couldn't work, but I have no doubt we'll be back at a Warped Tour sometime. What friends did you call up for collaborations on ?Joel: One of my favorite artists is this new guy from Maryland, he's got a real place in our hearts. His name's Luke Borchelt and he's a country singer not far from where we're from in Maryland. We did a song with him that I'm really excited about. I'm such a fan of his album. He just got off the road with Shaboozey, who's also from the DMV area. It's so cool to see people from home making these big impactful musical moments. We also have a feature from Wiz Khalifa. It's been a long time coming. We've been friends a long time, and we've been talking about doing something, and we finally got to. Benji: I love the Wiz song. It'll be one of the more memorable songs in our catalog when this record comes out. It's a really cool song. Joel: We wrote a song with Matt Koma from Winnetka Bowling League, who's one of our best friends and plays with us live. Who else did we write with Benj? Benji: Jordan Fish. We also wrote with a dear friend of ours that I think would surprise people too: Charlie Puth. Charlie produced it, and I think there's some sneaky Charlie vocals in there in the mix. It's not a feature but you'll hear it. Joel: He snuck them in there for sure. Who else produced the album?Benji: We got to do a majority of the record with Jordan Fish. When Jordan joined Bring Me the Horizon, I immediately was like, 'Whatever they did there, that's really special.' Now that Jordan left the band and he's producing full time, I knew I wanted to make music with him. We made most of the record with Jordan and Zakk Cevini and me and Joel together. It allowed for us to have a place to be really vulnerable and just try and sing about things that you don't know if this is going to turn into a song. If you're in a room with a bunch of people that are thinking about hit songs, it ain't going to make it past the first verse. To have a space where no one gives a fuck, it's not about anything other than let's just do something special, that's when things can happen. Good Charlotte's last album was 2018's The band took a between albums back in the . What's the biggest advantage of allowing this time between releases?Benji: It's like we lived a lifetime before we made our first record, from when we were born to all our experiences in early childhood and adolescence. We've played out those insecurities, those great moments, and we did it as young people in front of the world. We took our lives back. We nurtured our own growth and spent valuable time with our families and loved ones. It's like we've been living and filling the gas tank up with more experience, more lessons, more self-realizations, more explorations in order to be better and be able to give back to fans now. Joel: It's a little less-is-more type of thing, where I actually really get to move through the world now at a pace I could sustain and interact with people and have memories and meet people. It's a nice little pace. I actually prefer to live that way. Even going and doing a big festival like Welcome to Rockville was still at a pace where we could interact with everyone and make a memory versus running in and doing a million things. With , you've become mentors in the pop-punk and rock scene. How did that role inform this album?Joel: At MDDN, we work with these amazing bands, and we get to interact with and participate in their lives in ways that are really fun for us. It's more meaningful to me to watch them shine and see them accomplishing all their achievements. As artists, they're just making really great music and they're incredible to watch. It's so fulfilling. Benji: It's also very healing and it's such a blessing. We don't take it for granted. We really cherish and appreciate that we get to tell them things that we wish people would've told us. Joel: They teach us things that no one told us, too. There is a real true collaboration of age and perspective and experience. What was the scariest part of returning to Good Charlotte?Joel: The only thing we're always ever worried about is how much time any of it will take away from our families. Thank God, we have such supportive wives and kids. It's a really nice situation where everybody's on board with just figuring it out together. What we don't want to do is make it at the cost of them. The only thing we've all ever talked about is to have successful family lives. We're trying our hardest, and everything we do is going to be measured by that. What's interesting about Good Charlotte is we are a part of this generation of people figuring out how to live life and not take the old information we were fed as kids, and try to figure out how to be dads, how to be husbands, how to have families. It is actually a big broad span of a couple generations of people who come from that high divorce-rate generation, and we can all relate to it. We actually want to get our personal lives right and hopefully have success in the world, but not at any costs. Benji: Genuinely, the only thing that matters to us is successful family lives, and the rest will just be additive. Joel: We're at a nice place where we are not really that worried about anything other than the people that want to enjoy the album will enjoy it. Whoever hears it will hear it, and we'll do as many shows as we can, and we'll be happy with it. Whatever we show up for, we're going to give it everything we have. Benji: We're making not-broken homes. We started going to therapy and we started working on our self-esteem because when we were young, we had low self-esteem. We really needed to be validated. But once we fixed that, the need for validation just went and doesn't motivate us anymore. For us, we're motivated by experiences, by doing things that feel special, and by sharing these with the people we love. 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