If youâre a Panic! At The Disco fan, then youâve never been more grateful for a record label, because frontman Brendon Urie wasnât necessarily ready to release a full-length album until Fueled By Ramen basically made him. That is, according to Brendon himself.
The frontman revealed during Panic! At The Discoâs epic Pray For The Wicked iHeartRadio Album Release Party on Thursday, June 21, that he didnât anticipate releasing what is now their sixth 11-track studio album.
âThis album, it surprised me,â Brendon shared during the Q+A portion of the live 1-hour radio and YouTube livestream. âI didnât think I was going to have an album right now and my mistake was showing it to the label,â he added. âI was just trying to do some Soundcloud.â
During an exclusive interview with iHeartRadio prior to the performance, Brendon previously explained that the album is âtotally differentâ than anything theyâve done before.
âFor me, sonically, it's completely different,â he shared. âThere are songs that I've never thought that I would ever write."
So far, fans have heard Pray For the Wickedâs lead single "Say Amen (Saturday Night)," "High Hopes," and â(F--k A) Silver Lining,â all three of which Brendon performed during the intimate, yet super-charged, glass-shattering, mega iHeartRadio Album Release Party.
The frontman, who added that part of his musical growth is thanks to spending the summer performing Kinky Boots on Broadway, kicked off the show with 2016âs Death of a Bachelorâs âDonât Threaten Me With a Good Time.â He then declared âNew song! New song!â before performing âHigh Hopes,â the second single off Pray for the Wicked.
Next up was âThis Is Gospelâ off 2013âs Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! and âDeath Of a Bachelorâ off Panicâs 2016 album by the same title, which he joked he âwrote for Sinatra" but never heard back.
âThis is what I call my bedroom voice,â he then teased before breaking out new lead single âSay Amen (Saturday Night).â âThis is as quiet as I go and itâs pretty raspy because Iâve been smoking weed all day.â
Brendon and the gang closed the radio portion of the album release with 2005 âoldie but goodieâ hit jam âI Write Sins Not Tragediesâ to a bevy of elated fans before also offering a rendition of 2016âs âHallelujahâ and 2013âs âMiss Jackson.â
âMy body is like âWhat are you doing?ââ Brendon joked, taking a quick break. ââItâs not tour yet.ââ
The self-proclaimed dad-joking frontman wrapped up the show by performing new track â(F--k A) Silver Liningâ and crowd favorites âGirls/Girls/Boys,â âVictorious,â and Queen cover âBohemian Rhapsodyâ.
To catch Panic! At the Disco on tour, click here for all the info on their upcoming shows and more. Watch the band perform "Say Amen (Saturday Night)," "High Hopes," and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" below.
Pray For The Wicked iHeartRadio Album Release Party Set List:
1. âDonât Threaten Me With a Good Timeâ
2. âHigh Hopesâ
3. âThis Is Gospelâ
4. âDeath Of a Bachelorâ
5. âSay Amen (Saturday Night)â
6. âI Write Sins Not Tragediesâ
7. âHallelujahâ
8. âMiss Jacksonâ
9. â(F--k A) Silver Liningâ
10. âGirls/Girls/Boysâ
11. âBohemian Rhapsodyâ
12. âVictoriousâ