100 Gecs have returned with one other preview of their long-awaited second album, ‘10,000 Gecs’ – a fiery pop-punk belter known as ‘Hollywood Baby’ – alongside particulars of the complete document’s tracklisting.
The new tune has been a latest staple of the hyperpop duo’s reside present, having been constantly featured on their setlists since late 2021. It builds on the jammy alt-rock sound of earlier singles ‘mememe’ and ‘Doritos & Fritos’ – each of which may even seem on ‘10,000 Gecs’ – with ripping electrical guitars, adrenalised drum fills and large, stadium rock-esque choruses.
Through their signature filter of redlined pitch-shifting and aggressive AutoTune, Laura Les and Dylan Brady chant on the refrain: “I’m going crazy / Little tiny Hollywood baby / Brand new Mercedes / I’ve been in the crib going crazy.”
‘Hollywood Baby’ arrives alongside an expectedly bonkers music video, whereby Les and Brady set off a slew of fireworks of their cramped condo, jamming out to the track as they’re drowned in sparks and sometimes blown up.
Take a take a look at the video beneath:
Revealed alongside the discharge of ‘Hollywood Baby’ was the complete 10-song tracklist to ‘10,000 Gecs’ – the follow-up to 2019’s ‘1000 Gecs’ and its subsequent ‘Tree Of Clues’ remix album – which is about to reach on March 17 by way of Dog Show Records and Atlantic.
In addition to the aforementioned trio of singles, the 27-minute LP will function different fan-favourites like ‘757’, ‘Billy Knows Jamie’, ‘One Million Dollars’ and ‘I Got My Tooth Removed’ (now titled ‘I Got My Tooth’), in addition to an up to date model of the uncommon deep reduce ‘Frog On The Floor’.
Absent, nevertheless, shall be tracks like ‘Fallen 4 Ü’ and ‘What’s That Smell?’ – one other two songs that 100 Gecs have carried out continuously over the previous few years – in addition to the songs that appeared on final yr’s shock EP ‘Snake Eyes’.
Only two of the tracks on ‘10,000 Gecs’ shall be fully new to diehard followers: opener ‘Dumbest Girl Alive’ and ‘The Most Wanted Person In The United States’. According to the album’s liner notes, the previous samples the long-lasting THX “deep note”, whereas the latter will function samples of ‘Insane In The Membrane’ by Cypress Hill and a snippet of dialogue from Scary Movie.
Have a learn by the complete tracklist beneath:
1. ‘Dumbest Girl Alive’
2. ‘757’
3. ‘Hollywood Baby’
4. ‘Frog On The Floor’
5. ‘Doritos & Fritos’
6. ‘Billy Knows Jamie’
7. ‘One Million Dollars’
8. ‘The Most Wanted Person In The United States’
9. ‘I Got My Tooth’
10. ‘mememe’
‘10,000 Gecs’ was initially primed for launch in early 2022, earlier than being pushed again by a full yr to accomodate for tracklist adjustments and pattern clearances. 100 Gecs will tour it throughout North America beginning subsequent month, with 30 gigs on the itinerary between Thursday April 4 and Sunday May 21 – see right here for all of the dates and ticketing data.