Panic! At The Disco has spent the past week dropping hints to their fans that something would be coming soon, and after high hopes and intense internet buzz, the Grammy-nominated band announced today that their sixth studio album, Pray For The Wicked, will be released on June 22. June still feels like a long way away, but no worries, the band has already released two singles that will be included on the new album. “Say Amen (Saturday Night),” and “(Fuck A) Silver Lining” are getting fans pumped for what’s to come.
“After being away in New York for months doing Kinky Boots, I just wanted to hang out at home when I got back to LA,” said Brendon Urie, Panic! At The Disco Front Man. “I was so revved up that I asked some friends to come over to my home studio to help me write about all the incredible things I’ve experienced the last couple of years. Pray For The Wicked is my ‘thank you’ to our fans and the most fun I’ve ever had making an album.”
To celebrate the coming of Pray For The Wicked, Panic! At The Disco also unleashed an accompanying music video for “Say Amen (Saturday Night),” directed by longtime collaborator Daniel “Cloud” Campos and Spencer Susser. The video is part of a trilogy that acts as the prequel to “This Is Gospel” and “Emperor’s New Clothes,” also directed by cloud. P!ATD will perform the song for the first time on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” tonight, U.S. time.
In 2016, Panic! At The Disco released their fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor. The album debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and No. 3 on the ARIA chart. The album was also nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2017 GRAMMY Awards. Previous albums include Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!, A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, Pretty. Odd, and Vices & Virtues.
“A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” is home to one of the band’s most popular songs, “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” which won the highly coveted Video of the Year award at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards.
Throughout the years band members have changed, but their psychedelic-rock sound has not. The band has matured, weaved in and out of their emo sound, and even removed and then put back the “!”. Still, fans remain faithful, the music remains jam-worthy, and that’s all we can ask for in this upcoming album!