No word on if this is the retroactive manifestation of the “Blink-182 song” from ‘Closer’ or not.
We thought we’d left the term “ambitious crossover event” in 2018, but we’re bringing it out of retirement on this one, very specific occasion.
It’s not even the end of January yet, but already we’ve heard some of the most surprising news of the year. Blink-182 have written a song with The Chainsmokers.
The Chainsmokers shared the news on Twitter “Just did a session with blink182 and wrote an amazing song. We can die happy now”, which was confirmed by the likes of the Blink account, and frontman Mark Hoppus.
It’s true. https://t.co/5vtzI9ukFQ
— mark hoppus. (@markhoppus) January 17, 2019
When a fan asked Hoppus why they’d chosen to work with The Chainsmokers, he replied that the bands have been friends for years and have attempted to collaborate in the past.
We’ve been friends with them for a few years and have tried to collaborate a bunch of different times, but today our schedules aligned and we were all in the same room at the same time.
— mark hoppus. (@markhoppus) January 17, 2019
— blink-182 (@blink182) January 17, 2019
No word yet on when the collab will see the light of day, but the good news is that if Blink are in writing-mode, hopefully we’ll see that new Blink-182 album soon!