{"id":448128,"date":"2025-09-24T14:36:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448128\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:36:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:36:22","slug":"arctic-monkeys-matt-helders-launches-new-project-terrific-with-debut-single-weho-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/448128\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Monkeys&#8217; Matt Helders launches new project Terrific with debut single &#8216;WeHo yet?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/matt-helders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Helders<\/a> has launched new project, Terrific, with debut single \u2018WeHo yet?\u2019 \u2013 find out how to stream it below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/big-reads\/arctic-monkeys-cover-interview-2022-the-car-3332436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys: \u201cWe know more tricks now, but we\u2019re still rolling on that same instinct\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back in April, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/arctic-monkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a> drummer and backing vocalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-matt-helders-appears-to-be-teasing-new-music-3854677\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared footage showing him back in the studio writing new material<\/a>, which he\u2019s now shared with fans in a tech-heavy release.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can access the new single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terrificforever.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> after signing up for their mailing list. As many have since discovered, the site\u2019s 8-bit inspired visuals allow fans to access its sexed up lyrics \u2013 \u201cPassionate crimes, I\u2019m going in blind \/You and me 69 on the Hollywood sign \/ The fuck you talking about? \/ I\u2019m in Love, that\u2019s it, I\u2019m out\u201d \u2013 by inputting the \/h command.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners also immediately speculated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mini-mansions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mini Mansions<\/a> musician Tyler Parkford \u2013 also a touring member of Arctic Monkeys \u2013 had a hand in creating the glam rock-esque track. He is notably the only account besides Helders that the official Terrific account follows.<\/p>\n<p>Details surrounding the project are scant, and their current bio reads only: \u201cI got the feeling you\u2019re next\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DO81SQuDIVX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Should an album emerge from the project, it will follow on from the DJ mix album he shared back in 2008. That record marked the 21st instalment in the Late Night Tales series, and saw him reimagine tracks by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-black-keys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Black Keys<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-stooges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Stooges<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/goblin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goblin<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/mos-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mos Def<\/a>\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n<p>Hints about a solo album have been floating since 2018, when<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-drummer-matt-helders-working-solo-album-2387984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Henders said in an interview that he was underway with work for a new LP and determined to make \u201ca lot\u201d of material to justify a full record<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve got to do a certain amount before it\u2019s deserved in a way. I don\u2019t want to do it too soon and then regret it, like \u2018Oh, I shouldn\u2019t have made that kind of record\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to make a lot of music and then like, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s the thing I like about this\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI think I\u2019m getting to a point now in which the style has developed and what I want to do is more clear to me than it was before. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, he went on to share more hints about the record,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-matt-helders-solo-music-john-carpenter-2393339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describing the music he\u2019s been working on as \u201clike a John Carpenter kind of thing\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from that and his work with Arctic Monkeys, Helders has also been a member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/reviews-iggy-pop-16419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iggy Pop\u2019s Post Pop Depression band<\/a>, where he performed with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/QUEENS-OF-THE-STONE-AGE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queens Of The Stone Age\u2019<\/a>s Josh Homme and Dean Fertita.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIUzfxnSEea\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He has also embarked on various other projects away from AM over the years \u2013 including making remixes of tracks from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-hives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hives<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/duran-duran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duran Duran<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paul-weller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Weller<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/roots-manuva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roots Manuva<\/a>, and collaborations with the likes of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/lady-gaga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Gaga<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/toddla-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toddla T<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-last-shadow-puppets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Shadow Puppets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While that full-blown solo album hasn\u2019t yet materialised, the following year did see Helders join up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/milburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milburn<\/a>\u00a0frontman Joe Carnall for a retro-futuristic pop record called \u2018Good Cop Bad Cop\u2019. Shared in 2019, the record was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/joe-carnall-matt-helders-good-cop-bad-cop-review-2467589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given a three-star review from NME<\/a>, and described as \u201cquite the evolved beast from their scratchy garage rock beginnings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Helders\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-matt-helders-remix-of-she-drew-the-guns-behave-myself-3046280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remixed She Drew The Gun\u2018s \u2018Behave Myself\u2019<\/a>, and in 2023 he joined up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/albert-hammond-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albert Hammond Jr<\/a>\u00a0as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/albert-hammond-jr-100-99-melodies-on-hiatus-the-strokes-interview-3426769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latter\u2019s solo album \u2018Melodies On Hiatus\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aside from music, the artist has also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/arctic-monkeys-matt-helders-is-a-brilliant-photographer-11619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taken an interest in photography<\/a>, and has even been responsible for the cover artwork for Arctic Monkey\u2019s latest album,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/arctic-monkeys-the-car-review-3330197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018The Car\u2019<\/a>. In an interview back in 2023, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/matt-helders-explains-his-approach-to-photography-and-shooting-arctic-monkeys-3509715\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recalled capturing the featured image with a long lens from the window of his former apartment in Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There hasn\u2019t been a new album from the Sheffield band since\u00a0the album\u00a0dropped at the end of 2022 and was given\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/arctic-monkeys-the-car-review-3330197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a glowing five-star review by\u00a0NME<\/a>, which described it as \u201ca swashbuckling, strings-fuelled epic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After its release,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alex-turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Turner<\/a>\u00a0and co. locked in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/arctic-monkeys-live-at-glastonbury-setlist-photos-3460359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headline slot at Glastonbury 2023<\/a>\u00a0and headed out on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/arctic-monkeys-stadium-tour-uk-glastonbury-2023-3447907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a huge world tour<\/a>\u00a0\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-joined-by-james-ford-and-miles-kane-at-final-night-the-car-world-tour-footage-setlist-3518664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0which they ended by bringing out James Ford and Miles Kane as special guests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, there have been very few updates from the band. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-launch-recording-company-and-update-website-is-a-new-album-incoming-3883425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">However, earlier this month, some eagle-eyed fans noticed the band had updated their website homepage<\/a>, and launched a new recording company, leading to speculation about new material.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Helders has launched new project, Terrific, with debut single \u2018WeHo yet?\u2019 \u2013 find out how to stream&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,481,269,453,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-448128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-rock","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115259780790824538","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}