Panic! At The Disco are set to return to the BBC Radio One Live Lounge next week, to promote their newest album, Pray For The Wicked, which drops next month on June the 22nd. The announcement comes just days after the band released their latest single from said album, the appropriately named considering fan reaction High Hopes.
As for where the song came from, frontman and songwriter Brendon Urie explained, ” I spent too long not setting my expectations high enough, worried about how it felt to fail.” He then went on to dedicate the single to his fanbase, those who helped him to realise he “had to aim high and fail, fail, fail in order to keep growing”.
Whether Urie will choose to play High Hopes during his live lounge slot is uncertain but, should any fans be disappointed with his song choices, they could always look back on his previous appearances instead. Panic! At The Disco have graced the Live Lounge before, performing in 2015 following the release of Death Of A Bachelor. Their set included not only the single Hallelujah from that album cycle, but also early release and fan-favourite I Write Sings Not Tragedies, as well as a cover of Starboy by The Weeknd and Daft Punk.
You can catch Panic!’s Radio One appearance by tuning in at 12pm on Tuesday the 29th, where their music will no doubt be joined by a short interview segment. However, if you want to hear High Hopes and the rest of Pray For The Wicked live, then you can find Panic! At The Disco on this year’s Reading & Leeds festival line-up from August 24th to 26th, tickets available here.