Fresh off their set at Vans Warped Tour DC, People R Ugly are back with a new pop-alternative banger,
“BETTER.” The track is set to appear on their debut album, slated for release in fall 2025.
Of the song, the band notes, “Rather than dwelling on a breakup, we flipped the narrative with the hook ‘I like you better, better when you’re off my mind. The bridge drives it home: ‘I should thank you, ’cause you’re the reason I don’t care anymore.’ It’s a simple concept, but delivered in an unexpected way, the kind of high-energy track you’d hear at a punk rock or hip-hop show.”
They add, “We made ‘BETTER’ on one of our classic writing retreats to Joshua Tree in a beautiful mini desert villa. However, this trip was different because the songs weren’t flowing, and we truly couldn’t figure out what we collectively wanted to make. We were stuck in between our old sound that existed and where we wanted to go. After a week of writers’ block, Zak [Dossi] stumbled upon an acapella of ‘Damn!‘ and immediately imagined what the song could be and created the beat. From there, the song wrote itself. After several Vietnamese coffees and tequila shots, we had the full track and broke the spell of writers’ block.”
Coming up this summer, you can catch People R Ugly out on the road with 408 ahead of their November Warped Tour Stop in Orlando. Check out their run below and grab tickets here.
Tour Dates:
- June 27—Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
- July 17—Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
- July 18—San Antonio, TX @ The Rock Box
- July 19—Houston, TX @ Bad Astronaut Brewing
- July 20—Austin, TX @ 3TEN (Austin City Limits Live)
- July 22—Mesa, AZ @ The Rosetta Room
- July 23—Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar & Billiards
- Aug. 2—Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
- Nov. 15—Orlando, FL @ Warped Tour Orlando
