FALLING IN REVERSE RELEASE POPULAR MONSTER TODAY, AUGUST 16, VIA EPITAPH RECORDS
THE POPULAR MONSTOUR II: WORLD DOMINATION TOUR KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND
BAND DROPS “PREQUEL” VIDEO — WATCH
“ALL MY LIFE” FEAT. JELLY ROLL CONTINUES TO DOMINATE RADIO AS SONG TOPS THE CHARTS FOR ITS FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK
FALLING IN REVERSE have today released their juggernaut of a new album POPULAR MONSTER through Epitaph Records.
The album, which was produced by Radke and Tyler Smyth, is the band’s first full-length since 2017’s Coming Home. Get it here.
Today, the band has shared the video for “Prequel.”
Watch it here.
Elsewhere, the smash single “All My Life,” which features a guest appearance by award-winning country music mega-star Jelly Roll, shows absolutely ZERO signs of slowing down. The track continues to dominate the radio and streaming space. It’s a twangy banger that established itself as the feel-good hit of the summer, thanks to its seamless blend of Falling In Reverse’s supremely catchy and in-your-face hard rock and Jelly Roll’s down-to-earth charm and heartfelt country drawl. Bonding over their shared roots, modest upbringing and rebellious spirits, the collaboration between Radke and Jelly Roll tells a story of resilience through the ups and downs of life. Southern-fried riffs, soaring guitar solos, and singalong choruses make “All My Life” a crossover smash.
The song has parked itself at No. 1 at Active Rock radio for 5 straight weeks and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart for 7 straight weeks. The track is also building at Alternative radio — it’s currently at No. 26 on the chart, a testament to the song’s universal appeal.
Falling In Reverse’s Summer 2024 headline tour, “The Popular MonsTOUR II: World Domination,” kicks off this weekend, on August 18, and will roll through 7,000-12,000 capacity venues, with support coming from Black Veil Brides, Dance Gavin Dance, and Tech N9Ne. Jeris Johnson appears on select dates.
As all previously announced UK dates have either sold out or were upgraded due to overwhelming fan demand, the group has announced new UK dates today. The December 16 show, dubbed “Ronnie’s Birthday Bash,” marks the band’s largest headlining show to date, with a venue capacity of 20,000. The freshly-announced dates will include support from Asking Alexandria, Our Last Night, and Tech N9ne.
All dates are below.
POPULAR MONSTER TRACK LISTING:
“Prequel”
“Popular Monster”
“All My Life” (Feat. Jelly Roll)
“Ronald (Feat. Tech N9ne + Alex Terrible)“
“Voices In My Head”
“Bad Guy” (Feat. Saraya)
“Watch The World Burn”
“Trigger Warning”
“ZOMBIFIED”
“NO FEAR”
“Last Resort – Reimagined”
Falling In Reverse have long made anthems that provoke and inspire. Unnervingly ahead of the pack and yet always decisively right on time, their mix of bombastic declarations and intimate confessions connect with diverse crowds worldwide. The rule-breaking, genre-busting, hellraising band delivers raw emotion with double and triple entendre like Molotov cocktails thrown at pop culture. Since 2017, the band has continued to explode by leaps and bounds. The catalog has clocked billions of streams, several gold and platinum certifications, recognition from top tier press such as Pitchfork, Billboard, The New York Times, and Forbes, and several No. 1 radio singles.
Popular Monster —both the 2x platinum song and now the album of the same name — couldn’t have come from anyone else but Radke.
Both Kerrang! and Revolver Magazine counted the charismatic Las Vegas-born frontman and bandleader among “the greatest living rockstars” and the album arrives armed with no less than three RIAA-certified gold singles (“ZOMBIFIED,” “Voices in My Head,” and “Watch the World Burn”), the double-platinum title track, a reimagined nü-metal classic, and six brand new anthems of furious metal, melody, and hip-hop. Let’s not forget the aforementioned, bona fide country crossover with “All My Life” and “Ronald,” the delightfully wicked collaboration with Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible of Slaughter to Prevail.
Falling In Reverse’s catalog has accrued over 6 billion streams. The catalog streaming remains robust at 45 million per week. Over on TikTok, the band has a stronghold, with 6 billion video views, with 4.5 million creations and an 1.8 billion creator reach.
The numbers don’t lie — Falling In Reverse are the rock scene’s biggest sensation.
FALLING IN REVERSE ON TOUR:
WITH BLACK VEIL BRIDES, DANCE GAVIN DANCE, + TECH N9NE:
8/18 — Nampa, ID — Ford Idaho Amphitheater
8/21 — Airway Heights, WA — BECU Live at Northern Quest
8/22 — Auburn, WA — White River Amphitheatre
8/23 — Ridgefield, WA — RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
8/25 — Salt Lake City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
8/27 — Albuquerque, NM — Isleta Amphitheater
8/29 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory^
8/30 — Houston, TX — The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman^
9/1 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre^
9/2 — Charlotte, NC — Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre^
9/4 — Raleigh, NC — Red Hat Amphitheater^
9/6 — Bristow, VA — Jiffy Lube Live^
9/7 — Scranton, PA — The Pavilion at Montage Mountain^
9/9 — Boston, MA — Leader Bank Pavilion^
9/10 — Buffalo, NY — Darien Lake Amphitheater^
9/12 — Burgettstown, PA — The Pavilion at Star Lake^
9/13 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center^
9/15 — Sterling Heights, MI — Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre^
9/16 — Indianapolis, IN — Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park^
9/17 — Chicago, IL — Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island^
9/20 — Franklin, TN — FirstBank Amphitheater^
9/21 — St Louis, MO — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre^
9/23 — Denver, CO — The JunkYard^
9/25 — Phoenix, AZ — Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre^
9/26 — Los Angeles, CA — Kia Forum^
^With Jeris Johnson
UK 2024:
12/4 — Manchester, UK — AO Arena (SOLD OUT)#
12/5 — Birmingham, UK — BP Pulse Live (SOLD OUT)#
12/7 — Cardiff, UK — Utilita Cardiff (SOLD OUT)#
12/8 — London, UK — OVO Arena Wembley (SOLD OUT)#
12/10 — Glasgow, UK — OVO Hydro*
12/12 — Dublin, IE — 3Arena*
12/16 — London, UK — The O2*
#With Hollywood Undead, Slaughter To Prevail, Tech N9ne
*With Asking Alexandria, Our Last Night, Tech N9ne
ABOUT FALLING IN REVERSE + POPULAR MONSTER:
FALLING IN REVERSE return with 2024’s Popular Monster, the postmodern trailblazer’s first full-length in seven years. The album arrives armed with no less than three RIAA-certified gold singles (“ZOMBIFIED,” “Voices in My Head,” “Watch the World Burn”), the double-platinum title track, a reimagined nü-metal classic, and six brand new anthems of furious metal, melody, and hip-hop.
Popular Monster is a defiant statement and triumphant victory for singer, songwriter, bandleader, and provocateur Ronnie Radke, who invented Falling In Reverse inside a prison cell.
Radke fills the fifth full-length from Falling In Reverse with invincible and irresistible songs that resonate across generations and genres. Co-produced with longtime collaborator Tyler Smyth (I Prevail, Lights), Popular Monster is full of confessional angst, bravado, and clever wordplay.
Ronnie formed a series of pop-punk bands in Las Vegas as a teenager, culminating in the creation of Escape The Fate. The metalcore group’s meteoric rise coincided with the singer’s spiral into addiction. By the time he was sentenced to two years in prison, the band he started had moved on without him. Some fans, critics, and industry types figured his story would end there.
They were very wrong.
The gold-certified debut album from Falling In Reverse, The Drug In Me Is You (2011), arrived less than two years after Ronnie’s release. Thanks to his formative fascinations with metal, punk, and hip-hop, he almost single-handedly revived rap rock with the ambitious Fashionably Late (2013). Just Like You (2015), debuted in the Top 5 on the US Rock chart. The grungy and atmospheric Coming Home (2017) demonstrated yet another adventurous side of Radke’s self-expression.
“Losing My Mind” and “Losing My Life” surprised the so-called “scene” all over again in 2018 when he became the first of his peers to swerve from the album format to standalone singles. “Drugs” explored the American substance abuse epidemic and channeled Ronnie’s own heartbreak.
The massive “Popular Monster” became Ronnie’s first No. 1 song on the radio and his first platinum single less than two years after its release. It was also the first No. 1 song on Billboard’s inaugural Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, which considers airplay, streaming, and downloads. “Popular Monster” eventually went double-platinum in the US and 3x platinum in Australia. “ZOMBIFIED” and “Voices In My Head” went to No. 1 back-to-back. “Voices In My Head” was also the No. 1 Song of 2022 at SiriusXM’s Octane. The unconventional, caustic, and super heavy “Watch the World Burn” dominated rock radio in 2023 and improbably became his first Billboard Hot 100 song.
As with the top-notch producers and directors Ronnie has hired to help execute his vision, he’d regularly surrounded himself with incredible live players, resulting in unforgettable performances with various lineups over the years. Radke owns the stage, whether taking the Warped Tour mantle held by My Chemical Romance, Avenged Sevenfold, and Fall Out Boy in the tour’s final years, performing in prominent spots on every major rock festival, or on massive headlining treks.
Popular Monster, the album, marks another chapter in the ongoing story of an artist who continually beats the odds, surmounting obstacles (and adversaries) both within and without.
“Radke stands as one of this generation’s most revered rock frontmen,” wrote the esteemed Forbes Magazine in a 2020 profile. “And maybe even one of the scene’s last true rockstars.”
