Weirdo is the eleventh studio album by the Finnish rock band the Rasmus, released on 12 September 2025 by Better Noise Music and Playground Music Scandinavia.
The band would eventually go on to win the Finnish national selection competition, thus earning the right to represent Finland in the contest in Turin , Italy, where they placed 21st with 38 points. The band’s tenth album Rise was released on 23 September 2022.
On 12 January 2022, the band was announced as one of the competing entrants in the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 , with the song ” Jezebel ” written by Ylönen and Desmond Child . The band stated in an interview that their decision to participate…
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On 10 October 2019, whilst playing the Dead Letters Anniversary Tour at Rock City in Nottingham, Ylönen announced that the band had been working on new music for a possible future release.
On 17 August 2018, it was announced via the official Facebook page that a new single will be released titled ‘Holy Grail’ on 14 September.
In September and October 2016, the Rasmus posted updates from the studio showing them recording a ninth studio album, Dark Matters , was released on 6 October 2017. The first single from the album, “Paradise”, was released on 31 March 2017.
On 30 March 2011, Lauri Ylönen released his solo album New World , with the first single “Heavy” being released in February of that year. The material premiered the annual EMMA Gala on 26 February 2011. Ylönen stated that he wanted several songs that did not fit The Rasmus to…
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In early 2010, The Rasmus started working on their next album, which would be released by the band’s personal record label due to their contract with their previous label dissolving at the end of 2009.
On 28 November 2009 they released their second compilation album, Best of 2001–2009 , featuring songs recorded between 2001 and 2009. While most of the songs were already released, it features a new unreleased song called ” October & April ” which features vocals by Anette Olzon . This song…
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Black Roses was released on 24 September 2008. It immediately replaced Metallica ‘s Death Magnetic at the top of the Finnish Album Charts and went Gold after one week.