Blink-182 have officially shared their mashup of “What’s My Age Again?” with Lil Wayne to streaming services. They’ve also posted up a limited edition t-shirt of the collaboration.
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Lindsay Zoladz, writing at The Ringer:
In her hands, the juvenile potty humor comes off less as a defining factor of the record than a defense mechanism, as if Hoppus and DeLonge have suddenly realized how emotionally raw some of these songs are and felt a nervous impulse to distract the listener with comic relief. Great covers help you see familiar source material from new angles. I used to think Dude Ranch was Blink’s most gleefully immature record. Now I hear it as their most vulnerable.
I enjoyed this article and look at this album. As I wrote in last week’s newsletter, these songs hold up surprisingly well in this setting.
Blink-182 have launched a little MySpace-inspired throwback website for NINE.
Colleen Green will be releasing a full-album cover of Blink-182’s Dude Ranch on Friday. Today she’s shared “Dammit,” “Waggy,” and “I’m Sorry” and pre-orders are up on Bandcamp.
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Mark Hoppus came out and performed “December (Again)” with Neck Deep at a recent show. A fan shot video has been uploaded to YouTube.
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Mark Hoppus sat down with 97X to talk about Blink-182’s new album and mentioned that at one point they thought of leaving the album untitled, again:
We’d originally not wanted to call it anything, and were maybe thinking about just not titling it at all – but we already did that once, so we didn’t know if we should call it ‘Extra Untitled’ or what. So we’re like ‘let’s just call this what number album this is’, and depending on which you think is our first album and which you include, this is nine.
Alan Siegel, writing at The Ringer:
The story of Enema of the State, however, isn’t solely one about Blink-182’s big break. It’s also, like much of the most memorable pop music from 1999, about the perfect marriage of artist and producer as well as the profound influence of MTV. And yes, the tale contains plenty of gratuitous nudity.
This is a fun piece.
Mark Hoppus confirmed on Reddit the meaning behind Blink-182’s new album title:
NINE. this is our ninth album, as decided by me and travis. some count buddha, some not. some count the mark tom and travis show. some count greatest hits. some count dogs eating dogs. i’m counting buddha, cheshire cat, dude ranch, enema of the state, toypaj, untitled, neighborhoods, califronia, and now NINE. nine is also the number of universal love. and the number of uranus. remember to like and smash that subscribe button, or whatever it is the kids say now.
Blink-182 have released their new song “Darkside” to streaming services and pre-orders for the new album are now up.
Blink-182 will release their new album, Nine, on September 20th. Today they’ve shared the album cover and track listing and tonight the new song “Darkside” will be released to streaming services.
Blink-182 performed on Good Morning America this morning and confirmed September 20th will be release date for their new album.
According to multiple reports on Twitter, Lil Wayne cut his set short tonight after only a few songs, said the crowd wasn’t for him, and apparently he may be leaving the tour with Blink-182.
I’ll update this post with more information as it comes in.
Update: A video of Lil Wayne’s speech has been uploaded online. No word official announcement has been made from either Blink-182 or Lil Wayne’s camp so far.
Update #2: Lil Wayne has announced on Twitter that he will not be leaving the tour, writing, “Yesterday was krazy! But I want all my fans to know I won’t be quitting this tour! I’m having too much fun with my bros blink-182.”
