GHØSTKID released "FSU" and announced new album • GRIMM Gent

“The biggest problem that art has nowadays is that it doesn’t hurt anymore,” says GHØSTKID vocalist and agent provocateur Sebastian “Sushi” Biesler. “Especially here in Germany, people are so afraid to push boundaries. To make art that makes you think and feel.”

By fall 2021, with the world shutdown seemingly over, Sushi wasn’t content to let his creative yen languish at home in Germany.

“Even though we had made it through Covid, I was missing being able to play live, to really function as a band,” says Sushi. “It didn’t feel real to me. I became distanced from the music.”

A six-week decampment to Los Angeles became the creative fuel for GHØSTKID‘s next steps. The last vestiges of Hollywood sleaze, decaying glamour, personal temptation and the still-vibrant creative vibes of the city became the frontman’s “don’t-look-before-you-leap” inspiration for the gestating HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE.

The album is a perfect snapshot of an artist finding himself, crawling from his own personal wreckage against a crumbling, mythical Californian milieu.

“That’s why ‘HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE’ is the first track. If you really want to make it, you have to give a lot. You have to be willing to give up everything. It’s kind of like suicide to the person that you’ve been when you become an artist.”

The matching, lush and elaborate art adorning the album was created by Aly Wayne Gacy.

The announcement of the upcoming album also marks the release of the eagerly awaited video for GHØSTKID‘s latest single, “FSU“:

“‘FSU’ describes the raw and aggressive lifestyle of not giving a shit about anything and just do whatever you want”, comments Biesler who directed and edited the video in cooperation with Nils Lesser (Vaultroom Production) and Benjamin Klose. “The track was inspired by the Joker from Batman and the pure chaos and anarchy that the character is representing. Even if the lyrics circle around self-destructive behavior, the song is more about the feeling of freedom by dismissing the rules. It’s a track about being a misfit and taking back your power, about being yourself, getting rid of labels and becoming independent – basically a big fuck you…”

“HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE” will be out March 22^nd, 2024 and available in the following formats:

Ltd. CD Digipak
Ltd. transp. red LP
Ltd. grey LP (300x) available from cmdistro.de & various other retailers
Ltd. white-black haze LP (500x) available from GHØSTKID
Ltd. translucent highlighter yellow LP (US version) available in the US

First preorders for already online here: https://ghostkid.lnk.to/HollywoodSuicide

“Live is where it’s the most real, the most in the moment,” says Sushi. “There’s no sense of boundaries, no sense of gender. I wear what I like as long as it looks cool. GHØSTKID, for me, is how I express my art through the music and my persona. When it comes down to art, you should be free.”

GHØSTKID will be bringing their melody and chaos to American stages for the first time in the spring of 2024 opening for Black Veil Brides following a European tour with labelmates Blind Channel. Once more teamed with producer Sky van Hoff, HOLLYWOOD SUICIDE is indeed GHØSTKID‘s ticket to massive audiences worldwide.

supporting BLIND CHANNEL
March 21 – Oberhausen, GER @ Turbinenhalle 2
March 22 – Hamburg, GER @ Markthalle
March 23 – Berlin, GER @ Columbia Theater
March 24 – Leipzig, GER @ Felsenkeller
March 26 – Stuttgart, GER @ Im Wizemann
March 27 – Munich, GER @ Backstage Werk
March 28 – Frankfurt, GER @ Batschkapp
March 29 – Bristol, ENG @ Thekla
March 30 – Wolverhampton, ENG @ KK’s Steelmill
March 31 – Glasgow, SCT @ Garage
April 2 – Manchester, ENG @ Club Academy / AC 2
April 3 – Nottingham, ENG @ Rescue Rooms
April 4 – London, ENG @ La Scala / E.B.
April 5 – Antwerp, BEL @ Zappa
April 6 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg Max
April 8 – Paris, FR @ La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
April 9 – Zurich, CH @ Dynamo
April 11 – Bilbao, ESP @ Santana 27
April 12 – Madrid, ESP @ La Paqui
April 13 – Barcelona, ESP @ Apolo /Razzmatazz 2
April 15 – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
April 16 – Vienna, AT @ Szene
April 17 – Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
April 18 – Wroclaw, POL @ Zaklete Rewiry
April 19 – Warsaw, POL @ Proxima

supporting Black Veil Brides
with Creeper, Dark Divine
April 25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Filmore
April 28 – Salt Lake City, UT @The Depot
April 29 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
April 30 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman
May 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Filmore Minneapolis
May 3 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
May 4 – Green Bay, WI @ EPIC Event Center
May 5 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
May 7 – Albany, NY @ Empire Live
May 8 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
May 9 – Richmond, VA @ The National
May 10 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
May 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater
May 15 – New York, NY @ Palladium
May 16 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Filmore Philadelphia
May 18 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
May 20 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre
May 21 – Houston, TX @ Rise Rooftop
May 22 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum
May 24 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
May 25 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Blelasco Theater