{"id":2447472,"date":"2019-08-13T02:13:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T08:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=870907"},"modified":"2019-08-13T02:13:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T08:13:25","slug":"hear-charlie-puth-join-5-seconds-of-summer-on-easier-remix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/hear-charlie-puth-join-5-seconds-of-summer-on-easier-remix\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Charlie Puth Join 5 Seconds of Summer on \u2018Easier \u2013 Remix\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shutterstock_10156120fq.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Charlie Puth has teamed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/5-seconds-of-summer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_5-seconds-of-summer\" data-tag=\"5-seconds-of-summer\">5 Seconds of Summer<\/a> for a new version of the band\u2019s recent song \u201cEasier.\u201d On this rendition, titled \u201cEasier \u2013 Remix,\u201d brings in some additional layers of sound and vocals, amping up the synth-laden pop single as the musicians croon, \u201cIs it easier to stay\/ Is it easier to go\/ I don\u2019t wanna know\/ Oh but I know that I\u2019m never ever gonna change\/ And you know that you\u2019re always gonna stay the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Out now <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gC3fJaqiIq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gC3fJaqiIq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Puth (@charlieputh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlieputh\/status\/1161145281766969344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">August 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEasier\u201d dropped in May ahead of 5 Seconds of Summer\u2019s upcoming fourth album. The band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/5-seconds-of-summer-easier-interview-new-song-837008\/\">told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> they were inspired by Depeche Mode and Tears for Fears when making the song, as well as Nine Inch Nails\u2019 \u201cCloser.\u201d \u201cThere is a darker tone to this record intentionally,\u201d the band said, adding that there has been \u201ca growing attention to industrial rhythm within the band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5 Seconds of Summer will tour with The Chainsmokers beginning in September and plan to release their new album, a follow-up to 2018\u2019s <em>Youngblood<\/em>, at some point after that. The plan is to continue releasing singles in the meantime. \u201cBefore the end of this year we would love to have at least half the record released through singles,\u201d the band said.<\/p>\n<p>The joint tour with The Chainsmokers kicks off September 25th in Cincinnati, Ohio. Tickets are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechainsmokers.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on sale<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/charlie-puth-5-seconds-of-summer-easier-remix-870907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Puth has teamed up with 5 Seconds of Summer for a new version of the band\u2019s recent song \u201cEasier.\u201d On this rendition, titled \u201cEasier \u2013 Remix,\u201d brings in some additional layers of sound and vocals, amping up the synth-laden pop single as the musicians croon, \u201cIs it easier to stay\/ Is it easier to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2447472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 03:34:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2447472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2447472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2447472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2447472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2447472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}