Young Thug featured on Highly Suspect song: genre bending track out today!

3x Grammy Award Nominated Rock Outfit Highly Suspect transcends genre with Young Thug Collaboration, “Tokyo Ghoul” LISTEN HERE TOYKO GHOUL ft. Terrible Johnny & Young Thug


	3x Grammy Award nominated rock band Highly Suspect are gearing up for their November 1st album release, and in anticipation are dropping a genre- bending collaboration today with Young Thug titled ‘Toyko Ghoul‘. The track also lists Terrible Johnny as a collaborator- Highly Suspect’s frontman Johnny Steven’s rap moniker. Highly Suspect are turning the rock genre on it’s head for their 3rd album titled MCID, collaborating with not only Young Thug, but also with metal band Gojira, rapper Tee Grizzley, and Nothing But Thieves. The rock band, who have topped the active rock charts multiple times, are also leading with a track with not a single guitar in it, ‘16′– which is currently top 10 at active rock radio and is climbing the alternative charts. Young Thug is currently coming off of a critically acclaimed #1 album, is currently on the massive 31 city ‘Justin Bieber Big’ tour with Machine Gun Kelly, and has had an explosive year with his label YSL releasing a #1 album for Gunna, and continuing to develop artists like Lil Keed, Strick, and more. Highly Suspect are currently on a national headlining tour.


	MCID. This is the slogan tattooed on bodies across the world, four letters that hold so much meaning, a mystery to anyone who is not in the know. Highly Suspect members Johnny Stevens and twins Rich and Ryan Meyer had not only been playing music for eight years before topping radio charts, garnering Grammy nominations, and selling out tours- but they also had been gradually accruing a cast of comrades that orbited their star, friends and chosen family that would travel the world with them, move cross country with them, and become pet parents with them. The growing community of companions have a name, and it is MCID. Originally from Cape Cod, the three band members played covers in dive bars and moved to a studio apartment in Brooklyn together. In 2015, they gained national recognition after the release of their debut album Mister Asylum on 300 Entertainment and their singles “Lydia” and “Bloodfeather” topped the rock radio charts. The next year they performed at the Grammy Ceremony, receiving two nominations for Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song. In 2017 the band traveled to Bogota, Colombia to record their second album, The Boy Who Died Wolf. It was released in November 2016 and the success of hits “Little One” and “My Name Is Human,” earned the band a third Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song. And now the band is ready to release album three, a manifesto full of lead singer Johnny Steven’s private confessions, packed to the brim with themes of self loathing, body image issues, substance abuse, addressing his complicated past and trying to change his future. There is also a sprinkle of his outspoken anti-Trump political stance, and stories of heartbreak and hope. It’s not surprising that his most vulnerable collection of songs is addressed directly to his chosen family, his followers, and his comrades- the title of the album is MCID. MCID is packed with surprise major hip hop features, a collaboration with the metal band Gojira, some Swahili versus, and a lead single, “Sixteen”, that is completely guitar free. The lyrics describe the true story of Stevens falling in love at sixteen years old, fostering a relationship for seven years, and feeling elated when she told him she was pregnant with their baby. The song describes his instant devastation the moment of the birth when he found out that the baby wasn’t his, the baby was a different race. Though a wild story, the lyrics capture the gut wrenching feeling of first love lost, betrayal, and regret. Other standout songs are his collaboration with Young Thug on “Tokyo Ghoul”, and “Canals” which captures his frustration with the Trump presidency, saying that his rage feels like “someone took a crack pipe, lit it with a torch light, and threw it on a gas line- there is fire everywhere”. MCID is not just the third full length project from three guys who approach the rock genre with a hip hop ethos, but it’s a family meeting and an apology from singer Johnny Stevens whose lyrics demand accountability from himself and urge him to be more honest and to conquer the demons that made him who he is. HIGHLY SUSPECT ACCOLADES + 3X Grammy Nominated band for ‘Best Rock Song’ (2X) and ‘Best Rock Album’ + Over 1 Million Spotify Monthly Listeners + Over 500K cumulative US Album sales to date and over half a billion streams across entire catalogue + Over 173 Million Global Youtube Streams With over 300K Subscribers + Headlining US / EU tour dates confirmed for Sep – Dec 2019 + 200,000 tickets sold and festival appearances at Coachella, Reading & Leeds, Lollapalooza, Life Is Beautiful, Bonnaroo, and many more + “The Boy Who Died Wolf” debuted at #1 Alternative, #2 Rock, and #15 Overall on the Billboard Charts + UK Underplay Headline @ Oslo Hackney November 27th 2019 + The Boy Who Died Wolf debuted at #1 Alternative, #2 Rock, and #15 Overall on the Billboard Charts + Praised by Kerrang, NME, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, FADER, Wonderland, Vanity Fair, and more PREVIOUS ALBUMS FROM HIGHLY SUSPECT 2015 – Mister Asylum featuring “Lydia” – Mister Asylum nominated for Best Rock Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards -“Lydia” nominated for Best Rock Song at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards 2016 – The Boy Who Died Wolf featuring “My Name Is Human” -“My Name Is Human” nominated for Best Rock Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards