Speaking to Billboard this week on their upcoming album ‘M A N I A’ , Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz expressed a desire to have several exciting guest to collaborate on the album or future music and the one big name he dropped was quite ‘big’: Rihanna. Yes, that very popular singer whose been at the top of the charts for over a decade. Wentz has wanted to collaborate with the ‘Umbrella” singer for a long time, but he also mentions he would like to work with Nigerian singer WizKid and other younger artist to give FOB a fresher perspective. You can read the whole interview here.
‘M A N I A’ was originally scheduled to be released for September 16th but has been delayed to January 19th.
Check out the new singles from FOB here. The power pop anthem ‘Champion’ and the electronic dance influenced ‘Young and Menance’. Both these songs that show this band that started out playing VFW Halls in Arlington Heights is still evolving over 15 years into their career.