Fall Out Boy: You’re better off putting out something people hate because at least they talk about it

The American rockers opened up ahead of their album release and UK tour
Safeeyah Kazi|Kate Moore22 January 2018

Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz feels that artists are “almost better off” putting out music that people will “hate” because “people will talk about it.”

The band recently pushed back the release date for new album, Mania, which was originally expected to drop at the end of last year.

However, the American rockers admitted that the album wasn’t “right” or “ready”.

Speaking to the Standard online, Wentz, 38, said: “We did delay our album by a few months and I think for a band like us, it’s really important to get it right in 2018.

'White noise': Pete Wentz emphasised the importance of "getting it right"
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“I don’t think that just putting music out make sense for Fall Out Boy because there’s so much white noise out there.

”You’re almost better off putting out something that people hate because then they talk about it. But if you just put something out that is 'whatever' it’s just immediately lost.”

Fall Out Boy’s latest studio work was released last Friday, eight months after the first single, Young and Menace, dropped.

Speaking about the song Wentz said: “I don’t think it becomes easier to be more vulnerable in the regard that when you’ve taken chances in the past you can’t take those same ones, the ones that you take are different.

Mania: Fall Out Boy released their new album on Friday, January 19

“Like when we put out Young and Menace we were like ‘this is going to polarise people’ and that doesn’t feel good, but at the same time in order to move our creative vision forward you’ve got to do that sometimes.”

The Chicago band are playing London’s O2 arena in March as part of their Mania tour, following a select number of intimate London shows prior to the album’s release.

“It’s crazy that we get to come to London and play an arena, we feel very humble and lucky to do that. Here (in London) I think our fans are pretty wild and I think it’s not a cultural thing I think its because we don’t get to come here all the time,” Wentz said.

Drummer Andy Hurley, 37, added: “I think it’s really fun getting back to smaller shows with an intimate vibe but trying to make it a really big show and a really big experience. It’s fun.”

Wentz added: “For our band it’s really important to be able to do both because they’re both really different.

Fall Out Boy plays the O2 Arena Saturday March 31