You mean to tell me that the band that gave us flawless bops like "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" and "Breakeven" is working with will.i.am on their new single?

Even though I didn't think if like it, I loved the snippet weirdly enough. I hope #3 is good.

This song is not the business. I'm still really excited for their album though!

LOVE IT. It's got swag

Official Release Date: 2nd September

Let's hope they release a official audio before.... i can't with the UK release schedules

I actually like it!

I was actually gonna say this earlier. The Script has always been pretty poppy. Their style is alternative rock I guess, but their music has always been catchy and poppy enough to make it onto radio. Same thing with Maroon 5 to some extent, but I think what people are afraid of is that they will go the route of standard Top 40 pop and lose some of what makes them special, like Overexposed.

If the rest of the album is like this though, it shouldn't be nearly as drastic of a change. I agree that it sounds more like One Republic than Maroon 5.

All I hope is that the Script brings me another amazing album.

the Script and Science & Faith were AMAZING albums. I just don't want to be let down by their third album. I'll let this song pass but I really hope that this is not the direction of the next album.

Thank you for responding in a reasonable way with this comment instead of trying to attack me for having an opinion about all of this "going pop" business people get up in arms about. (I mean that genuinely haha ) The Script is pop/rock at its most straightforward, and even though I'm not crazy about this song, it's actually not a huge departure from their normal sound even with Will's involvement. Either way, I think people just need to be more specific about their fears over their fave pop/rock bands not necessarily going "pop", but rather going dance-pop, because at the end of the day these bands have always made music for pop radio. None of these artists have ever really taken their music to the left field of the rock spectrum, so even when they do get a little more straightforward with the pop influences, it just is shocking to me when people act like it's such an outlandish musical gesture. "Breakeven" is a damn catchy pop song when all is said and done and bless them for writing that! There's nothing wrong with embracing a good hook sometimes.

"Pop" meaning generic with loops and effects instead of real instruments, not necessarily dance pop. I agree that I don't want them to go down that route, but this single doesn't sound like they will be, which is good IMO. Generic pop is boring.