After nearly a year,Blink-182is ready to rock again with another new single.
On Thursday, the alternative band featuring Mark Hoppus,Travis BarkerandTom DeLongereleased “One More Time,” the second single off their recently announcedalbum of the same name, due Oct. 20 via Columbia Records.
Unlike their riotous single “Edging,” which dropped in October 2022, “One More Time” is a more emotional, pop-punk ballad. An appropriate comeback track, the stripped-down song explores the challenges the rock group experienced before officially reuniting with their original lineup in 2022.
Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge.blink-182
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“I wish they told us it shouldn’t take a sickness / Or airplanes falling out the sky,” Hoppus, 51, lulls on the song, referring to when he wasdiagnosed with lymphomain April 2021 and Barker, 47,survived a plane crashin 2008.
“One More Time” dropped along with itsmusic video, which sees the band performing in a room together again. Once each member joins in, the space transforms into footage of iconic moments in their career, from theirTRLand Vans Warped Tour appearances to their music videos, until the visual entirely turns into clips of the group in their youth — as if the past and present are still very much intwined.
At one point in the teaser, Barker said of the new single, “On the album, ‘One More Time’ is kind of written about, ‘Why does it take these catastrophes or me being in a plane crash or Mark being sick for us to get back together?’”
Travis Barker, Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 at Madison Square Garden in May 2023.Manny Carabel/Getty
Manny Carabel/Getty
Afterreschedulingwhat was supposed to be the first leg of their tour in Latin America so Barker could undergofinger surgery, the “What’s My Age Again?” band’s reunion officially kicked off at Coachella where theyplayed last minute headlining setsat both festival weekends.
Their world tour then continued with dates across North America throughout the spring and summer. The pop-punk legends also recently resumed their European dates following a briefpostponementwhen Barker flew home to be with his wifeKourtney Kardashian, as she experiencedpregnancy complications.
Travis Barker, Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182.Rory Kramer
Rory Kramer
Hoppus spoke to PEOPLE in August 2022 about his journey becomingcancer freeandcollaborating with the original trio again.
“Everybody’s in a great place now,” he said.
“It was the first time that all three of us were in the same room in like five years,” the bassist and co-vocalist continued. “It’s actually better than it used to be. There was no agenda. There were no lingering grudges. It felt very back to what it should be: three friends sitting in a room.”
source: people.com
