Six time Platinum and eight time Gold-certified, record-breaking Finnish rock outfit THE RASMUS has today (July 11, via Better Noise Music and Playground Music) released Love Is A Bitch, described by lead singer Lauri Ylönen as a “wildcard” track for the band. Known for their musically dark atmospheres, the band subversively merges catchy modern pop stylings with stadium-sized guitar crunch in this sardonic song about relationships.
“This song was always a wildcard,” says singer Ylönen. “It never fit with the rest of the songs. Still, we thought it was a fun song to play, and I’m glad we decided to put it on the album. Lyrically, it’s about someone who’s treating you like shit but is too good in bed to let go.”
Love Is A Bitch is taken from the album WEIRDO, which arrives September 12, marking THE RASMUS’ 11th studio album and first for Better Noise Music. “I find it comforting that our 11th album, WEIRDO, has pretty much the same message as on our first album, released in 1996,” says Lauri. “It is to defend and praise the ones who are different from the masses and proudly being themselves as they are. It has been our philosophy from the very beginning.”
Love Is A Bitch is the follow-up to Break These Chains, released May 16 along with the Break These Chains video – which has since garnered over 508k views, while Creatures of Chaos arrived March 28, with the video racking up over 771k views. The album’s first single, Rest In Pieces, was rolled out on October 25, 2024, paired with a lyric video which now has amassed over 620k views.
