What can gig-goers expect from a Beauty School Dropout show?īardo: “We love mosh pits, on the record.”Ĭolie: “With love, respectfully, open up the pit. We’re opening, we’re one of three at MSG, and then we’re calling it a day.”īardo: “We’ve never been there but every time we come to New York, we have literally said, ‘Next time we’re going to play MSG’ and now it’s happening.”Ĭole: “Which is crazy because just eight months ago we played Mercury Lounge and that was the first show we ever had out here. What does it mean to you to play such a storied venue as MSG?īardo: “Retiring tomorrow. After the set, we’ll ask, ‘Show of hands who here saw God?’ and security will know that if they didn’t, they’re gone.” How do you hope fans experience it when they hear it played live in an arena?īardo: “I hope they see God. We all feel the same thing, so there’s comfort in relatability.” I think when you write pen to paper even in a depressive episode or an emotional episode it ends up being a very relatable thing by nature because so many people deal with that.”īardo: “The thesis is that comparison is the thief of joy. When that song was written I was in a pretty great depression. When your fans hear the single, what message do you want them to take from it?Ĭole: “I hope they feel a sense of comfort knowing that other people share their same emotions. Lately, the timing feels right.”īrent: “ are some of our favourite bands so that’s one of the most gratifying things ever to be able to play with people we genuinely love.” I feel like we’ve been building up friction. We’re always hyped to put new music out especially when it’s a good rhythm. Sonically, it’s the kind of music I love the most. How are you feeling about it?Ĭole: ”It’s my favourite song we’ve ever made. NME: Your single ‘Dying To Be You’ drops on the same day you’re opening for Turnstile and Blink-182 in NYC. After their set finishes, you can see the trio come back out to stand near the stage, eagerly watching Turnstile and Blink-182, looking up in awe at what may likely be their future. At one point, a group of young women in Beauty School Dropout merch lean against the barricade, singing along to every word of ‘Dying To Be You’ even though it was just released earlier in the day. When they play it live during their slot at MSG, it’s hard to believe this is only the band’s third tour. Opening with sinister guitar riffs and open-hearted lyrics illuminating the band’s collective mental health struggles, it resurrects the age-old pop-punk ritual of writing about what hurts over swelling guitars with enough imaginative arrangements to make it sound fresh. Their most recent single, ‘Dying To Be You’, proves they’ve landed on the perfect line-up. At the time, Hutzler and Burdett were in a band called Strange Faces, but they knew Novotny was the missing piece. The stars aligned when they were introduced to each other by a mutual friend while backstage at the same LA rooftop concert. According to the trio, their band was “predestined”. The album also features Hoppus’ signature vocals on ‘Almost Famous’, which comes equipped with a heavy dose of angst, as the trio acknowledge, “I’m almost famous and I already hate it”.īut their creativity, ambition and eagerness to not just replicate songs of a bygone era but create something completley their own is what has got Beauty School Dropout to this stage. It was Blink bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus who signed them to his label Verswire, which he runs with a fellow punk-pop icon, Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. Beauty School Dropout’s penchant for heavy distorted guitars, catchy self-deprecating lyrics, and tunes that merge pop, alt-rock and even hip-hop delivery, pushed their 2022 debut, ‘We Made Plans And God Laughed’ to 14 million streams and counting. It’s glimpse of the fanfare that will take place the following day as the trio play Madison Square Garden, opening for Turnstile and Blink-182.īeauty School Dropout are no strangers to rubbing shoulders with rock’s biggest names. The Los Angeles trio just finished a short set for a select group of fans – and you can still hear the girls giggling with excitement on the other side of the door. He continues to play throughout our chat, emphasising his bandmates’ humour as Beauty School Dropout energetically talk over one another. In fact, when NME is introduced to the band, Bardo responds by quickly putting the band’s’ name into an impromptu acoustic song, strumming his guitar with a cheeky grin across his face. Walking around the small performance space at Manhattan’s Hard Rock Cafe, however, the pop-punk upstarts seem at ease. Vocalist Cole Hutzler, bassist Brent Burdett, and guitarist Bardo Novotny are about to take on one of the world’s most renowned stages.
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