Hollywood Undead rethink their approach to music releases

Times, they are a-changing, dear readers. For the time being, Hollywood Undead seems to be stepping away from producing full-length albums. Early in their career, the band achieved great success with the long-form format; their debut album, “Swan Songs”, went platinum, and their 2008 follow-up, “American Tragedy,” went gold. Even though the band hasn’t gotten any such recognition for their six subsequent albums, their singles are among the 11 platinum and gold singles they were awarded in 2022. Fans probably anticipated a ninth studio album this year after signing with Sumerian Records last year. The singer/bassist Johnny 3 Tears recently told snsmix.com that he and his bandmates are more focused on singles, so it doesn’t seem to be in the cards for the time being. 

We’ve got new songs coming out real shortly, within the next couple of months. As far as a new record-record? I don’t know. I don’t think we’re even planning on it. I think those days are numbered, as far as putting out like, ‘Hey, here’s an album with fifteen songs on it.’ I mean, at some point that will happen, but as of now, we’re just releasing songs. You know, dude — cars don’t even have CD players in them anymore. What are we going to release a record for? No one buys them, except for people who like vinyl. Now it’s funny, because outside of the artwork, there’s almost no incentive to make an album anymore. So we’ll see what happens. But as of now, we’re just gonna release songs and videos — all the other stuff — and eventually maybe package it into a record for people who want physical or tangible product. But yeah, as far as releasing an actual album? I have no idea. I don’t even know if anybody’s going to do that anymore.

Do you agree with Johnny? Or do you think that the CDs and full-length will still hold value for the future of music?