- 2025-06-26
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MUSIC
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Royel Otis Announces New Album “hickey”, Premieres New Song “car” on BBC Radio 1
Sydney-based guitar-pop duo Royel Otis, consisting of Royel Maddell (guitar/vocals) and Otis Pavlovic (guitar/vocals), has announced their upcoming sophomore album “hickey” will be released on August 22, 2025 via OURNESS/Capitol/Island Records.
The album is the follow-up to the 2024 debut album “Pratts & Pain” and comprises 13 tracks.
The duo said of the album title, “Because love bites harder than any other emotion in the world”
From the album, the duo premiered a new song “car” on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
The song is the second single off of the album, following “moody” released last month.
It was written by Blake Slatkin, Omer Fedi, Otis Pavlovic, and Royel Maddell. Produced by Blake Slatkin and Omer Fedi.
The accompanying music video was directed by Jamieson Kerr.
The duo said of the song, “This is a song about goodbyes. We hope you love it.”- The duo told Jack Saunders about working with produces Blake Slatkin and Omer Fedi, “We had to pull it away from where they were pushing, which kind of made it perfect. Love, perseverance and they bring out, I think the side of us with the pop side. Between us, between them. It's a human pyramid in the studio with us. Because there was four of us, and Mike, who was engineering, so that would be pretty good pyramid.”
They said of the album, “hickey is like, got a bunch of different songs in it. But I think they're kind of around the same world as 'car'. Most of they're on the same thing. Love, I guess, love buzz.” - source : BBC Radio 1
