Insania

AFTER BREAKING THE INTERNET WITH ‘YOUNG AND MENACE’, FALL OUT BOY DID IT AGAIN WHEN NEWS EMERGED THAT NEW ALBUM ‘M A N I A’ WAS BEING PUSHED BACK TO JANUARY. AS THE MYSTERY CONTINUES, PETE WENTZ DISHES THE DIRT ON WHAT CAUSED THEM TO PUMP THE BRAKES, AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM WHAT’S ALREADY LOOKING LIKE 2018’S MOST INSANE ALBUM.

- Will Cross

YOU MOVED THE RELEASE DATE OF ‘M A N I A’ TO JANUARY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. WHERE ARE YOU GUYS AT WITH THE ALBUM ?

“It’s a work in progress, but we’re much further along [than we were when we moved the date back]. It’s not necessarily that we weren’t far along before, it’s just that the songs weren’t the right songs. We totally altered the course, which was hugely important. Honestly, we could go around the world and play arenas and I could be like, ‘I’m going to go around the world and promote this record that I think is mediocre’. But we don’t ever want to do that – I don’t ever want to do that – so we just pivoted.”

WHY DIDN’T THE ORIGINAL SONGS FEEL RIGHT?