Waterparks enter "Turbulent" era with new song and look—UPDATED
UPDATE: MAY 23, 2019, 12:05 P.M. EST
Hopeless Records have announced that Waterparks are now a member of the Hopeless Family!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Welcome @waterparks to the Hopeless Fam! ? Check out their new single “?????????” and get ready to have it stuck in your head for the rest of your life: https://t.co/QWKVFNfht1#turbulent pic.twitter.com/836Icizarh
— Hopeless Records (@hopelessrecords) May 23, 2019
ORIGINAL STORY: MAY 23, 2019, 11:15 A.M. EST
After what has felt like an eternity of cryptic teasers and caps-locked tweets, Waterparks have finally released their highly anticipated track “Turbulent”—and it was well worth the wait.
Check out the kickoff for the next era of Parx below!
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On May 21, the band shared news of a new record deal.
UR BOYS SIGNED A CUTE NEW RECORD DEAL. ALSO GOT TALLER. pic.twitter.com/MidkmMQYtJ
— WATERPARKS (@waterparks) May 21, 2019
Yesterday, at around 3 p.m. EST, the band account uploaded a photo of a disheveled, green backpack. With it, they wrote, “TURBULENT. 20 HOURS.”
The post revealed that fans could expect “Turbulent” to drop at 11 a.m. EST.
TURBULENT. 20 HOURS.
PRESAVE HERE: https://t.co/ra6wa6kcy1 pic.twitter.com/BsXowjuIYp
— WATERPARKS (@waterparks) May 22, 2019
Prior to the track’s debut, it was already trending on Twitter in the U.S. with other artists hyping up the single’s release.
YALL ARE SO GOOD TO US UGH. MAKES ME ITCH TO DROP MORE MUSIC. #turbulentselfies https://t.co/ZN7p8DSIjM
— BLEACH BOY LEXUS (@awsten) May 22, 2019
you guys are NOT ready for the new @waterparks song holy SHIT
presave it NOW: https://t.co/6BXkgx9qzq
— Frankie Boy (@CrankThatFrank) May 23, 2019
I want to climb in this backpack and put headphones on and listen to this song for a few days? https://t.co/PvgiVDxPVv
— Joel Madden (@JoelMadden) May 23, 2019
The backpack sparked theories of a “green era” for Parx, and judging by a recent post to the band’s Instagram story, those theories may not be too far off.
The band also switched over their socials to green-themed photos.
ZONE OUT EVERYTHING AROUND YOU, PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN, AND LISTEN LOUD.
TURBULENT OUT NOW: https://t.co/eeb9qYPmUk pic.twitter.com/Eud0x1jdCV
— BLEACH BOY LEXUS (@awsten) May 23, 2019
Needless to say, the debut of “Turbulent” was well worth the wait.
Check out the incredible new Waterparks track below!
You can watch the visualizer below!
Recently, fans speculated that the new song would be unveiled during the band’s performance at Slam Dunk Festival this weekend.
Waterparks dropped a tweet that looked more like one of those math equations that fans deciphered as a hint to the new track.
“17 [R] 5 / S7PM F 2+” the tweet reads, followed by the tangerine emoji and the link to Slam Dunk Music Festival.
The band also included a very short video that fans immediately recognized as the alleged song “Turbulent.”
Obviously, we’ve been blessed with the track before the band’s Slam Dunk performance, so does that mean we’ll get the live debut this weekend?
We really hope so!
What do you think of the new Waterparks track? Sound off in the comments below!
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