Um, no. We are not like that. Honestly, I feel very lucky because of the fact that as much success as it appeared we had over the past two years ח weve remained under the radar somehow. And I really am thankful for that, because I enjoy being able to go to the grocery store in my sweatpants and not care. I probably wouldnҒt care anyway, because thats just who I am. Right now, I have the words ғpoop club written on my knuckles, and IԒm on tour with No Doubt. I just dont care. And all of us in the band have acquired that sort of attitude about it. Whether itҒs been there all along, I dont know. Because we havenҒt always been a popular band. But were at the place now where weҒve been through some situations, and things where it just felt like it would be worth it to go home and call it a day. But we are happier being exactly who we are, even if that means we make each other uncomfortable sometimes. And we dont wanna have any apologies or regrets җ we wanna keep making music, and in order to do that we had to get over ourselves and get over each other and realize that we were just growing up. And it doesnt matter what people think of that. And I donҒt know whats gonna happen with this record. Maybe this record will be the one that has paparazzi following us around. But if thereҒs anything I know more than anything else in the world, its that IҒm not gonna change for anyone. I just dont see the point.

Yes. ThatԒs what the whole album is, really. This album is us coming to that conclusion, and I cant put into words what that feeling was, or what it meant at the exact moment. But I guess it was when I was writing ғIgnorance, our new single. When we went into the studio, after being on tour for a year after the cancellation of the European tour, we were still not on the same page. There was still tension, and I just felt like ԓReally? When is it going to be over? And it just kinda came to us at practice one day when we were trying to write for the new record. It was one of the first days, and Josh was frustrated because he didnԒt feel like he would ever write anything like Misery BusinessӔ again. And I was frustrated because I didnt like that attitude. And we just werenҒt feeling it this particular day.

     And I swear, it was the weirdest thing it was like the clouds just parted. Josh was like, דIll never write a riff like ґMisery Business again, guys  җ Im sorry, I just canҒt do it. There was a lot of pressure on him. But then he starts playing this riff, and itԒs Ignorance.Ӕ And we were like Well, what is that? Because thatӒs good enough! And we recorded it immediately, and everyone just came up with their parts on the spot. And I took it home in my car and was listening to it, and I just started singing along to it in my car. In fact, thatԒs how a lot of these songs came together. And when all these words were sorta pouring out and it was almost effortless, I was like,Wow! I feel these things, still. This is a real situation that we have to deal with.Ӕ

     And I brought [the lyrics for IgnoranceӔ] back to the band when I finished it, and everyone was like Ouch! This sucks! Will we have to play this every night?Ӕ And I was like Look ӗ I know this sucks. But this is how I feel, though, and that cant be discounted.Ҕ And it forced us to lay everything out on the table, and thats when the idea of ғbrand new eyes started. We were like ԓOkay, if I cant see you how I want to see you, how would you have me see you? How would you have me look at you and understand you?Ҕ And it was just really good for us. It sounds like group therapy, although it didnt feel like that at the time. But looking back, writing this record was a better counselor than we ever couldҒve had.

Weve gotten some other movie offers. Obviously, we got the

offer, but we respectfully declined җ we just felt it was time for another band to carry the torch for awhile. But I dunno there are a lot of random offers that come in all the time, and some of בem are awesome and some of em are like, ѓAre you kidding me? ItԒs a weird spot to be in as a band. As of right now, Ive had some offer for makeup or fashion stuff, but nothing that I would wanna invest myself in totally. I mean, IҒm 20. I think the people that I see in those positions that I really respect establish themselves as an artist or as a celebrity way before they connect themselves to a brand.

Yeah, its true. I guess I am!