An advertisement in the Chicago Tribune popped up recently with the words "FOB 8" and some vague text. Fall Out Boy fans theorize that this may be connected to a new release from the band.
didn't know if i'd seen this on tumblr yet so here goes: this reddit post brought up that in april 2021, pete did an interview with alternative press where he talked about a potential solo album. in that interview, he talked about the potential theme of the album, which is as follows:
“There’s this bit in the movie Reality Bites where Ethan Hawke’s character talks about seeing his dad after he found out he had cancer," Pete Wentz explains. "They’d talk about life and he gave Ethan’s character a pink seashell to help explain things. He realised the shell is empty and maybe life is pointless. ‘It’s all a random lottery of meaningless tragedy in a series of near escapes’, he says. That’s why he enjoys the little things in life, like eating a burger or smoking a cigarette. I think there’s a whole record from that perspective, taking part in these little pieces of life without the consequence. It’s important to not forget those little granular moments of life. To me, there’s a record in that pink seashell.”
and with the way https://sendingmylovefrompinkseashellbeach.com/ centrally features the pink seashell—with the interactive portion of the website being the ability to turn the seashell over to see that it is, in fact, empty inside—pretty much clinches it for me that this is the reference.
to fob fans looking for info about the nhl all-star game:
the game is being played feb. 4th, and will air at 3pm EST on ABC and ESPN+, if you're in the united states.
if you don't have these channels and would like to watch live, sports streaming sites are your friends! i can recommend perusing sportsurge the day of, which will more than likely have some streams up.
fall out boy will be playing during the 2nd intermission, which happens between the second and third periods of the game, so give or take an hour into the game (so maybe around 4:00 or 4:30 est, because i personally cannot account for TV timeouts during the game so. give yourself a window.)
enjoy some hockey/fall out boys and if anyone gets into hockey because of this and has questions and/or wants to scream. please come talk to me.