On 4 July 2025, the band announced the release of a third single on social media, “Legalize Living”, to be released on 7 July 2025.
On 10 June 2025, the band announced on social media that a new single, “Paint A Picture”, would be released on 17 June 2025.
On June 9, 2025, the band were musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and performed “Circle of Trust”.
On 31 May 2025, during the band’s 20th anniversary tour for Employment at Newsham Park , former drummer Nick Hodgson reunited with the band for a one-off performance of “Oh My God” as a co-guitarist and co-vocalist, with the band performing as a six-piece, Hodgson’s first performance with the band…
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and concluded on May 14, 2025 with a one-off show in London.
On May 10, 2025, the band were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live for the seventh time in their career, performing “Year of the Snake” and “Pink Elephant” on the penultimate episode of its fiftieth season .
the tour commenced with nine North American shows beginning April 22, 2025, in Mexico City
On April 7, 2025, at the end of the radio mix in the Trust app, Butler and Chassagne announced the new album Pink Elephant to be released on May 9.
On April 4, the band published a teaser video clip on their social media accounts, and they released a social network mobile app brand-named Trust. In the app, the band published video clips including a song “Cars and Telephones”.
On 1 April 2025, the band released their lead single, “Enough Is Enough”, and announced that their seventh studio album titled The Hives Forever Forever the Hives would be released 29 August 2025, followed by a world tour.