'Bleed American' 25th Anniversary: Jimmy Eat World on 'The Middle' And then finally, what’s going on with your next album? We’re working on it. Always working on something. Do you think next year? I hope so. We’re not gonna put out anything that isn’t exactly right. And I feel like it’s slowly coming together, not there yet. But we’re definitely not gonna stop making music. It might seem that way, but we’re definitely not.
I still hear Sweetness out and about in the world every once in awhile. More enduring than most early 2000s rock radio staples at least!
I re-read my 20-year piece on this album, and I still like this part about "The Middle" unexpectedly becoming one of most durable hits of its era. It outlasted most of what was on pop radio at the time.