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I assume this will become a conspiracy on reddit even though it's clearly just his daughters name on a t-shirt lol

 

Catching Up With Travis Barker: How His Juice WRLD Beat Became a Potential Blink-182 Single, Why He Was First to Reconsider Fyre Fest

Is there a new song you’re feeling as a single?

There’s a song that we refer to as “Paris” that’s really awesome. It was actually a beat I made for Juice WRLD and before I ever got in the studio with him, I played it randomly, and Mark [Hoppus] said, “Oh what are you working on?” They were like, “Whoa, we really like this.” And it morphed into a Blink song. It’s probably our favorite right now.

So it started as a hip-hop beat… That sounds in line with your comparison to self-titled.

Yeah. Self-titled was very inspired by the Transplants, which was very inspired by rap music and mixing genres. And I felt self-titled was very inspired by Boxcar Racer, which was also inspired by post-hardcore guitars over kinda-rap beats played on acoustic drums. I guess in a sense it’s very similar. Last week we turned some corners, too, where there are songs I think are [potential] focus songs, new singles as well.

I’ve been working on so much rap stuff, and it excites me to be able to include [its influence] in Blink the same way I did on self-titled. I’ve always known my role and what I should and shouldn’t do when it comes to Blink albums. I can give just enough to give it a vibe. There’s so much rap music that’s inspired by pop-punk and punk rock. I feel like Juice WRLD is very along the lines of pop-punk with trap drums. I just did a Kid Cudi session the other day and it was very rock-influenced. We’re in a great time where both styles of music can live together, create something natural that feels new.

Self titled ... Travis get with it.

 

That just gave fire to the, wrong, “Self-Titled” fans.

“Untitled” crew for lyfe

 

I like what I’m reading in this though, self Titled aside

 

Exciting interview, fingers crossed on this album

 

Well, exciting til I just got to this part.... yikes again

Another artist who compellingly combined emotional rap and rock, XXXTENTACION, is someone you’ve collaborated with. The allegations of and X’s confessions of domestic abuse -- do they change what you think about him?

No I never… Number one, I feel like X was one of the most talented artists of our time. I feel like, all my collaborations I did with him felt very unique and very organic. And he could have records on his album that were very beautiful, just him singing, just piano and guitar -- and the next minute he’s screaming over a beat with Kanye West on it. He was so versatile and so talented and he was very in touch with early hardcore music. I never guessed he would be referencing that. A couple times we FaceTimed we were talking about music before we made it, he was spot on. He was really listening to everything.

As far as anything else outside of music, I can’t… it’s so hard to really have an opinion, draw an opinion or even think about it because I didn’t know him like that. It was strictly making music together. He was never anything but nice to me, my kids, and I don’t know. Never a bad vibe once from him.

 

Ok, I'm excited about the new album.

 

That whole Instagram account is something truly special.

 

I watched almost every single video today. I couldn't turn away.

 

+5 to my new blink hype

 

Travis has been through a lot and he's always so busy with multiple projects, it's okay that he doesn't recall the correct name of one of his albums

 

I think I remember one interview where he was talking about how Easy Target turns into All Of This and he had trouble remembering the song names haha

 

Im excited! I wonder if the single is may/april/june or if it's the album they are referring to.

 

Travis continues to be so damn gross. Those X comments, yeesh

 

If the guitars don't sound like shit again, this could be VERY exciting!

PS: I am going to the Back To The Beach festival for my bachelor party, so I may be the first one of us to hear new music (at least live) if they play something new! Gasp!

 

I'm going to be at a bachelor party that weekend too! In Cabo though, sooooo I can't go to the fest haha

 

SEE YA THERE! NOT!

 

I feel like this is the most important part of the interview:

I feel like [2016’s] California was similar to [1999’s] Enema of the State and [2001’s] Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: reestablishing the band, giving fans what they really want and expect from Blink. Now that we got that out of our system naturally, we’re not writing like that this time. It’s more experimental. It’s not like you’re listening and thinking, "Oh I’ve heard that before, oh I can compare this to this other song." With this album we’re reestablishing new songs, new rhythms, new ideas.

Where I look back at California, you could compare “Cynical” to other fast songs we’ve done. I could put “She’s Out of Her Mind” down as a brother-sister record to “Rock Show” or “First Date.” The songs on the new album don’t have any brothers or sisters. They don’t sound like anything we’ve done before. Songs on self-titled like “Feeling This” and “I Miss You,” I really feel like those didn’t sound like anything Blink had touched on before. I just know were doing that again. That’s exciting to me.

That part is getting me the most excited.

 

Very interesting comments regarding the new music. We’ll see what happens!

 

That's my favorite part of the interview too. He gets it.

 

I'll reserve my judgement until I actually hear it.

 

It’s kind of like what I’ve been saying about California since day 1.

 

Agreed. If the songs are amazing but sound like shit, I'll be extra upset. Hoping for the best though...

 

Please no shitty guitar production.