The Pretty Reckless have announced a new album and tour.
Taylor Momsen and her band will drop Dear God, their first record since 2021’s Death By Rock And Roll on June 26 and will follow it up with an extensive tour taking in North America, Europe and the UK.
The record will include 2025 single For I Am Death, and new single When I Wake Up.
Former Gossip Girl star Taylor revealed she is nervous about reaction to the new album but excited that there is a release date in sight.
She told Chicago radio station Rock 95.5: “It’s always a bizarre feeling. Because it’s not out yet, so it’s not fully not mine yet, if that makes sense. But I know that I’m about to be giving it away, so it’s always a very bizarre feeling, but it’s mostly just incredible excitement. I’m so proud of this album and I’m so happy that people know it’s coming now. ‘Cause that’s been a secret that I’ve been holding on to, so it feels nice to let that go. Because I know all the inner workings of everything, but the world doesn’t, so it feels great that it is finally out in the world and there’s an definitive date where you guys can all listen to it.”
Taylor also spoke about the inspiration for the new single and admitted it has personal meaning to her.
She said: “When I Wake Up is kind of… I think we all know the story, right? Don’t we all know the story of what When I Wake Up is trying to say here? I have no idea where I was last night. And if you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you haven’t lived it. It’s a song that kind of goes through a series of nights and time of kind of waking up and not knowing exactly what happened.
“And I think it’s a lot of fun, on a grander, deeper scale. It’s kind of telling I may or may not have lived this life at some point… it also can be quite dark at times. And sometimes it’s a good time, sometimes not so much. And I think that’s kind of what this is saying. It’s trying to escape by using something, something outside of yourself that not necessarily is — it maybe isn’t the greatest decision.
“I’m really psyched on it, and I can’t wait to start playing it live. It’s very exciting releasing new music, especially when you’ve had it in your pocket for so long. We’ve been out with AC/DC for a long time now and continually playing old material, which I love and it’s fantastic. But when you have all these new songs that are living inside my own head, you just wanna get ’em out. And so it’s very exciting that we can finally start adding new stuff to the set.”