SCOTT STAPP’s New Video for “Black Butterfly” Depicts a Transformative Year; Single is Top 20 Hit on the Mediabase Active Rock Chart
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Grammy Winning Rocker Exceeds Personal Career Bests
as Solo Artist & Creed Frontman
Order New Album, Higher Power, HERE
SCOTT STAPP’s transformative year continues as he reveals a new video for “Black Butterfly,” as the single rises to #19 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart. “Black Butterfly” is the second hit single from Stapp’s chart-topping new album, Higher Power (Napalm Records). It follows title track, “Higher Power” which reached #8 at Active Rock in March. SCOTT STAPP’s fourth solo album, Higher Power is out now at all DSPs HERE.
Exceeding his own career bests this year, the Grammy winning songwriter, solo artist, and Creed frontman has returned to the zeitgeist with multiple projects and Creed’s return, “which may be something this industry has never seen,” according to Pollstar.
Traversing release, acceptance, and growth, the new video features a lone figure tormented by opposing forces until the light within bursts through. The cocoon is the catalyst for narrator’s shift from fragile to fierce, leading a lion’s charge.
As Stapp states:
“Growth is challenging, change can be uncomfortable, and personal loss can be crushing. We’ve all been there. Push through. I’ve learned that the ‘next level’ of self-awareness is knowing what you’re capable of and that you’re not defined by your worst experiences.”
Stapp tasked video and motion graphics specialist Scott Kennedy at 12 Inch Media, an outfit based in Glasgow, Scotland, to create the video,
Stapp adds:
“When ‘Black Butterfly’ hit radio, I wanted to share a new visual. Scott (Kennedy) didn’t sacrifice artistry for speed. By the final edit, it felt like the prelude to a whole new chapter.”
Transcending defeat to emerge reborn, “Black Butterfly” is a grooving stunner with unshakable chorus, charging riffs from Kevin Thrasher (@kthrash), and Stapp’s hauntingly beautiful vocals.
In March 2024, Higher Power debuted to raves for its lyrical potency and powerful delivery. The album broke at #23 on the Billboard Top Current Album Sales chart (all genres) and Luminate reported it at #2 (Current Hard Music Albums), #4 (Current Digital Albums), #5 (Record Label Independent Current Albums), and #3 (Current Rock Albums). Higher Power follows 2019’s The Space Between the Shadows, which debuted at #3 on the US Current Rock Albums chart, the US Current Hard Music Albums chart, and the UK Official Rock and Metal Chart, among countless other top chart positions.
Higher Power track listing:
1. Higher Power
2. Deadman’s Trigger
3. When Love Is Not Enough
4. What I Deserve (feat. Yiannis Papadopoulos)
5. If These Walls Could Talk (feat. Dorothy)
6. Black Butterfly
7. Quicksand (feat. Yiannis Papadopoulos)
8. You’re Not Alone
9. Dancing in the Rain (feat. Yiannis Papadopoulos)
10. Weight of the World
Order Higher Power HERE:
About SCOTT STAPP:
One of the most iconic voices in rock, SCOTT STAPP first emerged as the high-energy, post-grunge frontman of Creed. With anthems like “Higher,” “My Own Prison,” “My Sacrifice,” “One Last Breath” and “With Arms Wide Open,” the band sold over 55 million albums, including a Diamond certification. Throughout the early 2000’s, Creed broke airplay records, sold out arenas, earned countless Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, and a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. As a solo artist, Stapp has released the Platinum-certified The Great Divide (2005), Proof of Life (2013) which featured his first solo #1, “Slow Suicide,” and 2019’s The Space Between The Shadows. In April 2024, Stapp reunited with his Creed bandmates for the first time in a decade.
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