Nine (Blink-182 album)

Nine
Studio album by Blink-182
Released	September 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)
Recorded	June 2018–July 2019
Studio	Foxy Studios, Los Angeles Opra Studios, North Hollywood Rancho Pagzilla, North Hollywood Studio 1111, Beverly Hills
Genre	Pop-punk pop rock
Length	41:40
Label	Columbia
Producer	John Feldmann Tim Pagnotta Matt Malpass Andrew Watt Travis Barker
Blink-182 chronology
California (2016) Nine (2019) One More Time... (2023)
Singles from Nine
"Blame It on My Youth" Released: May 8, 2019[1] "Generational Divide" Released: June 21, 2019 "Happy Days" Released: July 1, 2019 "Darkside" Released: July 25, 2019 "I Really Wish I Hated You" Released: September 6, 2019

Nine is the eighth studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released on September 20, 2019, through Columbia Records, as the band's first album on the label. The band began developing the album after fulfilling touring obligations for their previous release, California (2016). While producer John Feldmann returned from the previous album, Nine also utilizes additional outside producers and songwriters including Captain Cuts, the Futuristics, and Tim Pagnotta. It is the band's second and final album to feature guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba, before the return of founding member Tom DeLonge in 2022.

Although Nine is sequentially Blink-182's eighth studio album, Hoppus and Barker consider it their ninth by retroactively counting the band's 1994 demo, Buddha, as their first. Hoppus also cited the significance of the number 9 as "the number of universal love, and the number of Uranus." The color wash album cover was painted by graffiti artist RISK. Much of the album's lyricism is dark in nature and was informed by world events, as well as Hoppus' battle with depression. Musically, the album augments the band's pop-punk sound with hip hop-inspired programming as well as electronics. For Nine, the trio moved from independent service BMG to major label Columbia.

Nine received generally positive reviews from music critics, many of whom complimented its upgrade to the band's signature sound as well as its moodier lyrical content. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 domestically; it reached the top ten in Canada, Austria, Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom as well. The band promoted the album with a North American co-headlining tour with rapper Lil Wayne, as well as five singles, including "I Really Wish I Hated You", which reached the top five on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart.