Ronnie Radke, the frontman of Falling In Reverse, known for his controversial persona, has resurfaced after months of absence from social media. He’s announced a new album titled Popular Monster, set to release on July 26th. Preceding the album is the track “Ronald,” which features guest appearances by Tech N9ne and Alex Terrible of Slaughter To Prevail. The music video was directed by Jensen Noen, and is available below. Radke previously supported Terrible amidst controversy last summer.
The album will include tracks like “Popular Monster,” “Voices In My Head,” “Watch The World Burn,” and “Zombified,” as well as a collaboration with his partner, AEW wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis, on “Bad Guy.”
Falling In Reverse also revealed their ‘The Popular MonsTOUR II: World Domination,’ featuring Black Veil Brides, Dance Gavin Dance, and Tech N9ne. The tour will also include performances by Jeris Johnson and Nathan James.
Popular Monster track listing:
01 – “Prequel”
02 – “Popular Monster””
03 – “All My Life”
04 – “Ronald” (feat. Tech N9ne & Alex Terrible)
05 – “Voices In My Head”
06 – “Bad Guy” (feat. Saraya)
07 – “Watch The World Burn”
08 – “Trigger Warning”
09 – “ZOMBIFIED”
10 – “NO FEAR”
11 – “Last Resort (Reimagined)” (Papa Roach cover)
With Nathan James:
08/18 Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Amphitheater
08/21 Airway Heights, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest
08/22 Auburn, WA – White River Amphitheatre
08/23 Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
08/25 Salt Lake City, UT – Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
08/27 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
With Jeris Johnson:
08/29 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
08/30 Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman
09/01 Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
09/02 Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
09/04 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
09/06 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
09/07 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
09/09 Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion
09/10 Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
09/12 Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
09/13 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
09/15 Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
09/16 Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
09/17 Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
09/20 Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater
09/21 St Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
09/23 Denver, CO – The JunkYard
09/25 Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
09/26 Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum
In a recent interview with Rock Feed, Radke addressed controversies surrounding Falling In Reverse‘s 2023 tour, originally set to feature Spiritbox. However, backlash from fans online led Spiritbox to drop out. Fans cited Radke‘s conflicting values and allegedly problematic behavior, compounded by the inclusion of Crown The Empire, whose guitarist/vocalist faced abuse allegations in early 2023.
Regarding how the situation played out, Radke told Rock Feed:
“They were like friends with me. They were friends. Not like buddy buddy, but one time at a show — they opened for us, about seven months before this happened. And all their gear went down, so I gave all my gear to them, so they could perform. They only got to perform like four songs. They were so grateful. They’re Canadians. They’re super nice. They’re saying sorry all the time, know what I mean?
But I don’t have any respect for ’em, because they know me. They know what kind of person I am — to a degree, they don’t know me personally, right? But they know all the stuff they’ve seen online before they agreed to the tour. They know about my Twitter, they know about everything.
Their manager knows about everything. And they agreed to the tour, and then they backed out because a couple fans got mad at them; fans that couldn’t like probably afford to go are mad. And they backed out with no word. And it just really upsets me and I have no respect for that. They’re bowing to the mob, and I think that that’s messed up.
And I don’t like how they go and preach about this wokey, preachy stuff after it dude. It’s like, what are you doing? I can’t respect that, I’m sorry. I hate to offend anybody else that thinks that that’s OK. It’s not. All you guys are stupid that think that they backed out because they realized I was a ‘bad’ person.
They know everything, they agreed months in advance. They backed out because… they felt the heat, and they didn’t like… they’re not built for the heat. That’s what it comes down to. They’re not built for it.”
Radke later discussed his issues with goth metalcore band Motionless In White. Radke had been very vocal about the singer’s frontman not apologizing to Crown The Empire after kicking them off their tour amid allegations against Hoover. Radke had also publicly expressed that he felt like Motionless In White ripped off his band Falling In Reverse, and when elaborating on it, Radke said:
“It’s not like a beef. The band — the actual members —are cool. I have a problem with Chris. Me and him… he doesn’t respond, and people think that his silence means that he doesn’t care. Oh, he cares. He’s not responding ’cause… it’s like Kendrick and Drake. You don’t wanna respond to it. That’s all I’ll say.
It starts because there’s a band called Crown The Empire, and they’re the little guys right? They’re the little guys… I’ve known those guys since… I put those guys on their first tour in 2012. They were just kids at the time, right? They’re such good dudes, and there’s a guy in the band, his name’s Brandon, and he talks with a stutter. He’s the most innocent, genuinely nice people, he really is. And I’m saying this and I know some of you don’t think my word is gold, because you think that I’m a terrible person, so why would I co-sign for a good person, right? But he’s a good person, and he got accused of some things that aren’t true.
And they were on this tour with Motionless, and Chris kicked them off the tour just because he saw something that was like accusing him, instead of getting to the bottom of it. He just immediately kicked them off and then cut contact with them. And then they couldn’t pay their rent — not couldn’t pay their rent, but their bills and stuff, and it just really messed them up.
That’s when I was like that’s so messed up, because anybody can say anything they want about you man. What about the truth? What if it’s not true? And it turned out it wasn’t true. And he never responded to them. And he still hasn’t said anything, and he just kicked them off the tour, they lost the money, they lost a lot of stuff, they got attacked online and It turned out to not be true. So where’s the repercussions for that. It’s really messed up.
I would never… if a band, if I brought a band on tour — that’s why I brought them on my tour after that. That next tour, I did that for a statement. ‘Cause everybody’s attacking them online and it really upsets me because he didn’t do anything dude. I know personally, I know for a fact, he didn’t do anything. So that’s where I got really upset. I got upset because it’s messed up. You don’t do that. So if I bring a band out on tour and somebody’s like, ‘Hey, they did this, this and this’, I’m like ‘Ok, well we need to get to the bottom of this first.’
And then they show me something and I’m like ‘What the hell, you’re out of here, you piece of shit, get the fuck out of my face.’ But if you wait a couple days, and it turns out it’s like… ‘wait a minute, this person’s insane. Wait a minute, hold on, this doesn’t add up. It’s not adding up’ I’m not gonna kick somebody off and cease contact and ruin… That’s messed up. We gotta stand up for like… there’s so much fake shit on the internet. And I was a victim of that stuff back in the day.”
Discussing his legal ordeal (Ronnie Radke sued a woman who accused him of rape in 2015, later sharing evidence from the case on social media, which has since been removed), he shared:
“That’s traumatic dude and even though I have all these receipts and DNA evidence and detectives telling me, like screenshots of like this is insane, and she deserves prison, like blah, blah, blah, right? I provide all this information and people still like to pretend like they don’t see it. It’s not fair.
I sympathize with people that get wrongfully accused, because it happens way more now. Even if it’s small little accusations. Then they spiral into big things, right? So I really took offense to that. And I don’t like when somebody tries to keep this squeaky clean personality and I know for a fact… I mean, I’ve been a band since they’ve been a band, bro. I know a lot about ’em. I just don’t like when people try to upkeep this squeaky clean personality when they have demons too.
And then they go and they take the route of kicking bands off tours. And then it goes into their like label contacting my director and my producer to do songs, because my songs are doing good. And then they go and they turn into a werewolf… and it’s just a spiraling thing. And you shouldn’t be so upset about that. It’s stupid . People copy each other. I get it, you’re inspired right? I was inspired by Eminem, I’m inspired by a lot of people, so I get it.
But it’s just, you know, I gotta stick up for the little guy man. Period. And I don’t care what anybody says and I’ll do it and I’ll take it to my grave. I’ll stick up for the little guy because it’s messed up. I don’t care. I’m not gonna stick up for the rich guy ’cause it’s gonna get me somewhere.
I’m gonna stick up for the little guy that has nothing, dude. You guys just messed this whole guys career up for a year because of something that somebody said that wasn’t even true. And then you’re gonna ignore it, and pretend like it doesn’t happen. Like ignore all contact with these people. I don’t respect that man. I don’t respect that. That’s the line drawn in the sand.”
[transcribed by theprp.com]
