Pop-punk lifers Blink 182 return today with two new songs: “One More Time”—the title track off their forthcoming ninth studio album and first since 2011 to feature the classic lineup of guitarist Tom DeLonge, bassist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Travis Barker—and More Than You Know.” The former is a spare, sincere rumination on the band’s strained interpersonal relationships.
“One More Time” finds the blink boys working with outside songwriters, namely Aldae, best known for co-authoring Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” and Andrew Goldstein, whose credits include Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, and Machine Gun Kelly. The song was produced by Travis Barker, who says in a trailer for the album that the lyrics examine the question, “Why does it take these catastrophes like me being in a plane crash or Mark being sick for our band to get back together?”
The first verse goes to DeLonge, who alludes to the hardships that have plagued this band in the 21st century. The trio was on hiatus from 2005 to 2009, during which time Barker was involved in a horrific September 2008 plane crash that killed four people and left him severely burned.
After their subsequent reunion, DeLonge left the group in 2015 and didn’t play on their next two albums albums, 2016’s California and 2019’s Nine. The trio finally got back together in 2022 to release the song “Edging” and prepare for a massive tour that included a headline performance at Coachella in 2023. Through these intense ups and downs, Tom, Mark, and Travis haven’t always been on the best terms.
Tracklist
01 Anthem Part 3
02 Dance With Me
03 Fell in Love
04 Terrified
05 One More Time
06 More Than You Know
07 Turn This Off!
08 When We Were Young
09 Edging
10 You Don’t Know What You’ve Got
11 Blink Wave
12 Bad News
13 Hurt (Interlude)
14 Turpentine
15 Fuck Face
16 Other Side
17 Childhood
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