Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight and Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block.Photo:Austin Hargrave
Austin Hargrave
Blockheads are going to feel like they’reStill Kidsthis spring.
For the first time in 11 years,New Kids on the Blockare releasing an all-new album. The pop icons announced the project, titledStill Kids, on Tuesday and revealed its due out on May 17 via BMG.
To coincide with the exciting announcement, the group featuringJonathan Knight, Jordan Knight,Joey McIntyre,Donnie Wahlbergand Danny Wood also dropped the lead single from the album, “Kids.”
New Kids on the Block’s ‘Still Kids’ album artwork.BMG
BMG
“Jump in the drop-top cause we’re taking it up / Got time on lock and it’s all that we got / We’re free, and we got nowhere to be / And we’re still just kids from a nobody town / Still just kids that are messing around / Making the most of the things that we found whoa,” the vocalists sing on the chorus.
“Kids” is among the 14 tracks on New Kids on the Block’s forthcoming eighth studio album. According to a press release, the LP, which follows 2013’s10, is full of “pop anthems, dance tracks, love songs and grooves.”
Still Kidsis set to feature two collaborations: “Get Down,” which featuresDJ Jazzy Jeff, and “Old School Love,” a team-up with fellow ‘80s favorite, singer-songwriterTaylor Dayne.
Wahlberg, 54, co-wrote seven songs on the album and served as the project’s creative director, while McIntyre, 51, is also listed as a co-writer on six tracks.
Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block performing on the Mixtape Tour in 2022.Tim Mosenfelder/Getty
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty
The two musicians each shared a statement in a release. “It’s the most mature album we’ve ever made,” Wahlberg said. “Yet it’s the most fun and most comfortable album we’ve ever made.”
“This album, more than any other, is bringing the New Kids and the fans full circle,” he continued. “It’s about hope and possibilities and being ourselves.”
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New Kids on the Block’s Magic Summer 2024 Tour poster.BMG
The “Summertime” group will be touringStill Kids, as well as playing their ‘80s and ‘90s classics, outon the road this summer.
When NKOTB revealed that they tour plans for 2024 in October of last year, Wahlberg shared a statement in a press release. “The true ‘magic’ of this tour is in the music, the moments and the memories that we get to create — and recreate — with our amazing fans each night," he shared. “Feeling all the nostalgic feels of the original Magic Summer, with the bond that we’ve shared throughout the years, will make for a most magical time indeed.”
See the full tracklist for New Kids on the Block’sStill Kidsbelow.
Magic
Summer Love
Long Time Coming
Kids
A Love Like This
Dance with You
Come Back
In the Night
Runaway
Pop
Get Down (feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff)
Old School Love (feat. Taylor Dayne)
Better Days
Stay
source: people.com
