Release of Nine

During these years, the band was active in collaborating with a variety of outside artists, sometimes without Skiba’s involvement; the group jointly issued singles with XXXTentacion , Lil Wayne , Goody Grace , Steve Aoki , Powfu , Oliver Tree , and the Chainsmokers . In 2018, after the tour supporting California , Hoppus formed the spin-off project Simple Creatures with All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth . Blink-182 moved back to a major label, Columbia , for their eighth studio effort, Nine (2019). While Nine builds upon their partnership with Feldmann, it also utilizes additional outside producers and songwriters. Musically, the LP augments the band’s pop punk sound with hip hop-inspired programming, as well as electronics. The promotional cycle for NINE was stunted by the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020; a planned tour with the Used was shelved, with live concerts considered unsafe. The band responded with the release of ” Quarantine “, though the track—credited only to Barker, Hoppus, and other songwriters—raised questions about Skiba’s continued involvement in the band. A partially completed EP did not see release, and the band’s last performance with Skiba, a pre-pandemic gig at iHeartRadio ‘s 2020 ALTer EGO, took place in Los Angeles on January 18, 2020.