Flea confirms Red Hot Chili Peppers are working on new music
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has confirmed that the band is working on new music.
In a new interview, when questioned whether the four-piece has a 13th album on the horizon, the bassist revealed that, together, the band has “been writing music together, recording at [guitarist] John Frusciante’s house, and the music feels great.”
The Red Hot Chili Peppers last released a full-length project in 2022. Flea gestured towards their last LP, Unlimited Love, and admitted that they’ve taken longer to come around to new music creation as they’re hunting for that same “magic”.
He shared with MOJO, “Ultimately, once we start playing, it’s about… just catching a magic groove and doing it good.”
That’s not the only challenge the band has come across. Flea added, “It’s like being in a marriage with four people that’s always moving and changing, all these challenges and all the things that you have to deal with.”
However, the Los Angeles band seem to have moved past that issue: “Egos are inescapable and my ego is as big and as fragile as anybody’s,” Flea mused, before adding, “But it’s always, no matter what, this intrinsic part of who I am and it’s alive and it’s beautiful and you never know what shape it’s going to take next. I really feel like that right now.”
Last month, there was more movement in the Red Hot Chili Peppers universe as the band was forced to publicly distance itself from an upcoming Netflix documentary, titled The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, helmed by director Ben Feldman.
They shared a statement about the Netflix documentary, clarifying at the time, “This documentary is now being advertised as a Red Hot Chili Peppers documentary, which it is not. We had nothing to do with it creatively.”
Meanwhile, Flea is set to release his debut solo album Honora on March 27th through Nonesuch Records. Last month, he previewed the record with ‘Traffic Lights’, featuring his former Atoms for Peace bandmate and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.
In May, he will bring the album to Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Washington and Los Angeles. Then, later that month, he will perform in Berlin, Amsterdam, London and Paris.
Flea’s sole UK date is set to take place at the Koko in Camden on May 26th.
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