After returning from a long tour across South America and then Australia, one would think the guys from Simple Plan would take a short break, but the opposite seems to be the truth. In a surprising announcement on their Instagram on Tuesday, Simple Plan have revealed to their fans that they are in fact in a recording studio this week “for a very special and exciting project”.
Unfortunately, the band can’t reveal yet what this is about. We can definitely rule out a new album, as we know the guys haven’t have time to sit down to a proper writing session yet, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be working on a new song or two, which could be used in a movie soundtrack or a TV show.
What are your guesses? Let us know in the comments below!
‘The Fashion Hero’ is a TV contest, which first started in 2017 as a competition between unconventional models to see who will be the next face for a renowned brand’s advertising campaign. According to its executive producer and president, Caroline Bernier, “[The Fashion Hero’s] mission is to change the unhealthy and unrealistic standards of the fashion and beauty industry by bringing people who do not fit the traditional norms of the industry and giving them a chance to be selected by our international brands to model in one of their advertising campaigns.”
Season 2, which will be hosted by The Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean, is set to air in January 2022 and will be filmed in South Africa, where the final contestants, chosen from hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world, will compete in various disciplines and aim to win the competition.
In a brand new interview with Caroline Bernier, Pierre Bouvier has revealed that Simple Plan will in fact have a brand new song featured on the show as the title song and the band will also have a special Simple Plan challenge placed within the show.
“We’re gonna be premiering a new song, an exciting song, which I can’t tell its title just yet but a song that I think fits perfectly with the message behind The Fashion Hero. […]
It’s a song about overcoming all obstacles and becoming something great and start believing yourself. And sort of trying to beat all the odds. And this is exactly what I think The Fashion Hero is all about.”
– Pierre Bouvier [in an interview for ‘The Fashion Hero’] –
According to Caroline Bernier, “the name of the song is what the contestants will hopefully hope for”, making us wonder what the actual title could possibly be. Any guesses?
Caroline also mentioned that this Sunday, the show is filming some promo with Chuck Comeau at his house.
As far as the release of the full song – it has not been confirmed whether the song will premiere prior to the release of the show or with its release, which is currently set to January 2022.
You can watch the full interview with Pierre here:
And to get a better look at what The Fashion Hero is actually about, you can check out the official trailer for the new season below:
Big thanks to Natalie for letting us know about this news.
Over a year ago, just in the middle of the pandemic, Pierre Bouvier started working with a talented young singer Beckett McDowell, the son of the actor Malcolm McDowell (Clockwork Orange), who happened to be Pierre’s neighbour.
Pierre produced a full album of songs for Beckett, often co-written by both Pierre and Chuck from Simple Plan. The first song of the album – “Weirdo” came out this month and Beckett recently revealed a little bit more about how his collaboration with Pierre came about and mentioned that the song was in fact originally written as a pop-punk Simple Plan song.
“Weirdo came to be because I’m neighbor with my buddy Pierre Bouvier from Simple Plan and my little brother Finn McDowell golfs with him sometimes and he was like: “Hey, you should check out my brother’s new album!” Cause I’ve written and done an album previously that I’ve never released it. Pierre’s like “Okay, cool!” So he listened to it and he was like “Yeah, that sounds awesome.” So he’s like “Hey, I got this song ‘Weirdo’ for you.” It was a Simple Plan song and it was written by him and Chuck, the drummer, and Nick Bailey, their buddy. And I was like “Oh, this is a great song!” It was very pop-punky and I changed it to kind of a pop song. I mean, we did together, obviously. But like he made it, he changed it from major to minor, and I wrote the bridge and like before you knew it, we were in love! No, before we knew it, we had a cool song in our hands and that’s how Weirdo came to be.”
So.. are you ready for some new music? That’s right! It was revealed just yesterday that Chad Tepper will be releasing a new song called “I Hate Everybody” feat. Simple Plan next Friday, September 17th 2021. Judging by the single’s artwork [check it out in full in our gallery], it look like Pierre Bouvier will likely have some guest vocals on the song, but given that the whole band (Simple Plan) is credited on the featuring, it is possible that more members have been involved in the making of this song.
Who is Chad Tepper? Chad is an American YouTuber, pop punk-singer and former professional skateboarder, who is known for previously being part of Jake Paul’s entertainment collaborative called Team 10. In the past few months, Chad Tepper has been experimenting with pop punk music, releasing a number of songs on Spotify and even collaborating with some of the genre’s biggest artists – such as Bowling For Soup and Travie McCoy.
Another person that contributed on this new song is Lexnour, a Canadian music producer, who specializes in high quality trap beats. Both Lexnour and Chad Tepper have recently been seen hanging around Pierre and his family, as seen on Pierre’s and his wife Lachelle’s social media.
You can already pre-save the Spotify link as well as other links to later stream this song right here.
Below, you can have a look at a short video announcement by Chad, featuring Lexnour, announcing the release of the song next week:
Through her Instagram Stories, some of you may have noticed that for the past couple of weeks, Lachelle Bouvier, the wife of Simple Plan’s lead singer Pierre, has been quite busy preparing a new podcast with the help of her husband. And finally, the podcast is all ready to go! Let us introduce you to ‘Rock Wife’ – a podcast by Lachelle Bouvier, which you will be able to listen to on Idobi radio (same station that hosts Seb’s & Pat’s podcast Man of The Hour) every Monday at 7pm EST. First episode should air starting next Monday, April 20th. But if you miss it, don’t fret – just like any other podcast, even this one should be later on available for download.
And what exactly will Lachelle’s podcast be about? Lachelle decided to use her experience as a wife of a rockstar and offer the public her own look at the nitty-gritty details of tour life. Besides her own stories, Lachelle will also be inviting other “rockstar wifes” to put their two cents in with their own experience. Check out the full description of the ‘Rock Wife’ podcast released already on the Idobi website:
Sneak backstage with Lachelle Bouvier, wife of Simple Plan’s lead singer, Pierre Bouvier, as she chats with some of the hottest ladies married to rockstars. She and her co-host “Sisterwife Sarah” discuss life on the bus, being on tour with families and what they fill their cups with backstage while their husbands are working. Nothing is off limits, from sex in a bunk to dealing with feminine issues at festivals. Rock Wife turns the mic to the ladies who support your favorite musicians.
Last night, Lachelle revealed the podcast on her Instagram and even revealed a little teaser video, in which you can hear a few clips of what you might expect her to discuss in her podcast:
For more info, follow Lachelle Bouvier on Instagram – @lachellebouvier – or make sure to also follow her new podcast @rockwifepodcast.
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