I feel like he shouldn't be playing it lol? He literally just said, "I didn't know they were a band but this new song appeared in my inbox so here you go!"
I gotta say, it was nothing life changing but a really enjoyable song nonetheless. I think it was better than majority of Love pt.1 + 2, but if this is any indication of what the record will be like, it looks like they're really going back to the mainstream radio appeal that WDNTW and IE had but with that 2019 feel. I like it!
Same thing happened with Sum 41 last week when they had a date for a new single release, and it had a world premiere on a radio station the day before!
I can't really explain why, but it did remind me a 'lighter' Adventure. Similar structure, maybe? I don't know, lol.
Rise is basically a major label since being acquired by BMG. It's not as weird as people are making it out to be.