Pop punk-alt visionaries The Paradox are setting the summer ablaze with their newest single, “Bender (feat. Travis Barker)”, dropping today, July 25, via Hundred Days Records. Supercharged by the iconic Blink-182 drummer, Travis Barker, the track delivers a wild collision of raw emotion, breakneck rhythm, and genre-pushing innovation, marking the band’s most unrelenting and vital release to date.

Written during a period of personal chaos and creative transformation, “Bender (feat. Travis Barker)” is about the emotional turbulence of letting go and the unexpected clarity that can emerge through change. Travis Barker’s blistering drums inject the song with a fierce urgency, propelling The Paradox into uncharted sonic territory. 

For The Paradox, this collaboration isn’t just a career milestone – it’s deeply personal. Just six months ago, the band was crashing in their childhood bedrooms, watching Blink-182 tour videos and dreaming of stages they hadn’t yet touched. Now, with their idol Travis Barker behind the kit on only their third official release, that dream has collided with reality in the most surreal way possible. The partnership makes a turning point, not just in sound, but in trajectory, and serves as a testament to how fast everything can change when passion meets the right moment. 

On the song and collaboration from the band’s lead singer, Eric Dangerfield, “Everything! Blink is one of our biggest influences, so the chance to work with such a legend felt surreal.”