6x Platinum and 8x Gold-certified, record-breaking Finnish rock band THE RASMUS releases “Love Is A Bitch,” ahead of their highly anticipated September 2025 album ‘Weirdo’, with lead singer Lauri Ylönen as a “wildcard” track for the band. The Rasmus are known for their musically dark atmospheres, with the band subversively merging catchy modern pop stylings with stadium-sized guitar crunch in this sardonic song about relationships. In the new album’s style.
“‘This song was always a wildcard,” says singer Ylönen. “It never fit with the rest of the songs. Still, we thought it was a fun song to play, and I’m glad we decided to put it on the album. Lyrically, it’s about someone who’s treating you like shit but is too good in bed to let go.”
The 11th studio album, “Weirdo,” which is due out on September 12th 2025 and will be a first for Better Noise Music. “I find it comforting that our 11th album, WEIRDO, has pretty much the same message as on our first album released in 1996,” says lead vocalist Lauri. “It is to defend and praise the ones who are different from the masses and proudly being themselves as they are. It has been our philosophy from the very beginning.”
Ylönen explains the power behind being a “weirdo.” “In this society I’ve always felt that I’ve had to prove myself for being the way I am or doing the things I do. I’ve always felt like an outsider not fitting the norm. I’ve been called a weirdo, misfit and a freak. That used to make me angry—but not anymore. It’s become my source of strength and confidence. I’ve realized the power of it. All the people I find exciting and inspiring are somehow strange. We, the Weirdos, unite and feed off people’s judging attitudes. The fact is they’re just afraid of us. Afraid of our capability to create new and change the future. Are you a Weirdo? Join us…“
THE RASMUS “WEIRDO TOUR” 2025 DATES IN EUROPE:
- 10/23 Limassol, CY – Monte Caputo
- 10/25 Athens, GR – Floyd
- 11/11 Hamburg, DE – Markthalle
- 11/12 Berlin, DE – Metropol
- 11/13 Warsaw, PL – Stodola
- 11/15 Budapest, HU – Barba Negra
- 11/16 Vienna, AT – Simm City
- 11/17 Munich, DE – Technikum
- 11/18 Milan, IT – Alcatraz
- 11/20 Zurich, CH – Komplex 457
- 11/21 Karlsruhe, DE – Substage
- 11/22 Saarbrucken, DE – Garage
- 11/23 Frankfurt, DE – Batschkapp
- 11/25 Cologne, DE – Live Music Hall
- 11/26 Utrecht, NL – Tivoli
- 11/27 Antwerp, BE – Trix
- 11/28 Paris, FR – La Cigale
More information and tickets can be found over at therasmus.com