If you’re looking for a band to reflect on mortality, break a few bones, and shout about vaginas in front of your mom, Matt and Kim are here to deliver all of that and more—sometimes in the same song.
The duo’s album Almost Everyday may sound like their usual sugar-rush synth party on the surface, but beneath the glitter is some existential dread. “It’s basically our midlife crisis record,” Matt admits. “We had to take a year off after Kim tore her ACL onstage in Mexico. For the first time ever, we had to think: what happens if we can’t do this anymore?”
“It felt like death,” Kim adds, which is only slightly dramatic. “I’m normally super upbeat, but I was stuck in bed, couldn’t move, couldn’t live the life I wanted. It sucked.”
The injury happened during a festival set in Mexico where—after a series of production disasters—Kim attempted her usual opening leap off a riser. Unfortunately, someone had moved a stage fan directly into her flight path. “My bottom leg went one way, the top went the other,” she says. “And I jacked my shit up.”
Did they keep playing? Of course they did. “She wanted to keep going. We played five songs. But I was watching her suffer. It was crazy—we stopped,” Matt says, still sounding surprised that common sense prevailed.
That time off triggered an avalanche of reflection. Songs like “Like I Used To Be” emerged from the realization that nothing—not youth, not momentum, not unbroken legs—lasts forever. “We were just two people making noise for the hell of it. Now there’s managers, ticket sales, algorithms,” Matt says. “I miss that early naivety.”
Even hearing yourself changes. “I don’t love my voice,” he says. “I wish I didn’t sound like me.” That may explain why they invited a small army of guests to sing along on Almost Everyday. But don’t call them “features”—this was about community, not clout. Mark Hoppus, Santigold, Kevin Morby, and King Tuff all dropped in, and somehow, it still sounds like classic Matt and Kim.
“You hear Hoppus and it’s like, yep, that’s him,” Matt says. “But we kept everything blended. If you turn it up 2db, it's Blink-182. Turn it down 3db, and it disappears.”
Despite the heavy themes, the shows are still mayhem. Yes, the "Walls of Kim’s Vagina" is a thing. Yes, it’s their update on the Wall of Death. “It’s still shut tight and then… BAM!” Kim says gleefully.
Matt’s not off the hook either. On the last tour, he fell more than Kim did. “I thought I couldn’t break a bone. I was wrong.” (It was a finger. Still counts.)
Covers? Rihanna’s “Umbrella” made the setlist. “Turns out Britney Spears turned that song down,” Matt notes. “She really could’ve used that one.”
TV talk closed things out, as always. They're currently obsessed with Wild Wild Country and Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes. “I think I’m still on the side of the cult,” Matt says, about Wild Wild Country, which... yeah, just wait.
If Almost Everyday proves anything, it’s that Matt and Kim are evolving—sort of. There’s more reflection, a few more battle scars, and maybe a bit less jumping off risers. But they’re still yelling, still laughing, and still willing to traumatize your mom if it means putting on a good show.
And here's a couple from interviews past:
