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| Released | 29 August 2025 | |||
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| Genre | Garage rock [1] | |||
| Length | 32:57 | |||
| Label | PIAS | |||
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The Hives Forever Forever the Hives is the seventh studio album by Swedish garage rock band The Hives, released on 29 August 2025 through Play It Again Sam. [6]
On 1 April 2025, The Hives announced their seventh studio album The Hives Forever Forever the Hives, alongside the release of the lead single “Enough Is Enough”, and details of a world tour beginning in July 2025. [7]
Recording sessions for the album took place at Riksmixningsverket, a studio owned by ABBA's Benny Andersson and at YEAR0001’s Stockholm studio, associated with Swedish rapper Yung Lean. The album was co-produced by longtime collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt and Beastie Boys member Mike D. Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme contributed to the album in an advisory role. [8]
In a statement accompanying the announcement, the band described it as "a new record so full of energy, joy, anger and life that you will be questioning reality as you have known it... Every single song a single, every single single a hit, every hit a direct hit in the face of the man." [9]
In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment , frontman Pelle Almqvist recalled the band's reaction to Mike D's presence in the studio:
Mike D from the Beastie Boys came to the studio in Stockholm on the first day we were in there. We were recording the album with Pelle Gunnerfeldt, who’s our usual producer and mentor. He’s been around since our first album [ Barely Legal ]. We’re all big Beastie Boys fans, but I think he might be the biggest one. When Mike showed up, everyone was like, “This is going to be fun”. But then, everybody got really nervous pretty quickly. Pelle started stumbling over cables, and connecting things the wrong way. It was pretty funny. [10]
All lyrics are written by Howlin' Pelle Almqvist; all music is composed by The Hives.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "(Introduction)" | 0:28 |
| 2. | "Enough Is Enough" | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Hooray Hooray Hooray" | 2:32 |
| 4. | "Bad Call" | 3:31 |
| 5. | "Paint a Picture" | 2:48 |
| 6. | "O.C.D.O.D." | 1:44 |
| 7. | "Legalize Living" | 3:24 |
| 8. | "(Interlude)" | 1:16 |
| 9. | "Roll Out the Red Carpet" | 2:19 |
| 10. | "Born a Rebel" | 3:03 |
| 11. | "They Can't Hear the Music" | 2:41 |
| 12. | "Path of Most Resistance" | 3:22 |
| 13. | "The Hives Forever Forever the Hives" | 3:03 |
| Total length: | 32:57 | |
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