Billy Idol Releases Solitary ‘Bitter Taste,’ From EP Roadside

Billy Idol demonstrates on 1 of the scariest times in his daily life in his new tune and audio video clip, “Bitter Style.” The 65-year-previous musician’s initially release in seven yrs, “Bitter Taste” was recorded all through the pandemic, wanting back at his in close proximity to-fatal motorbike incident in 1990. “I believe all people has been emotion a lot more reflective (throughout the pandemic). So, it appeared pretty rational and natural to generate one thing about my motorbike accident,” Idol stated in a statement seen by Rolling Stone. “Certainly, the motorcycle incident was the catharsis, the wake-up minute. A small bit of me acquired remaining on that roadside. But it wasn’t necessarily a negative detail in the conclude it was a wake-up connect with. Maybe on that roadside I left driving the irreverent youthful Billy and opened the door for a much more attentive father and a a lot more sensitive musician.” The crash almost resulted in Idol getting rid of a leg and left him not able to wander for near to a year. “Hello, fantastic-bye / There is a million techniques to die / Should’ve still left me way back again, should’ve left me way back again by the roadside,” he sings on the explosive tune. “It’s a bitter taste.” It is the initial glimpse at his forthcoming EP The Roadside, made by Butch Walker, out September 17 by means of George Harrison’s Dark Horse Documents. The four-keep track of EP will characteristic also music “Rita Hayworth,” “U Never Have to Kiss Me Like That,” and “Baby Set Your Outfits Again On.”