John Keefe - Drummer
Martin Johnson announced that the band had begun to record their new album on his website on February 10, 2009. The album was released on September 8, 2009 and was recorded half in Vancouver and half in New York City because there were two different producers/production teams, two different environments, and two different styles of inspiration. In an April 2009 interview with Paste Magazine's Sean Edgar, Johnson explained that many of the songs on Love Drunk were written using templates from computer programs like Cakewalk Sonar and MasterWriter, and were market tested for album inclusion. The band will embark on a 2009 fall tour with Cobra Starship, A Rocket to the Moon, The Maine, and VersaEmerge. The tour will begin on October 14 with the first show in Buffalo, New York. It is called the Op tour.
On June 18, Boys Like Girls confirmed the title for their second album is Love Drunk and it was officially released on September 8, 2009. On June 24, 2009, the band released their first single. It is the title track of the album. The "Love Drunk" music video features actress and singer Ashley Tisdale. The group released their second single "She's Got a Boyfriend Now" on iTunes in August. The fourth song from Love Drunk is called "Two Is Better Than One," featuring female country singer Taylor Swift. The song is not about Johnson's previous relationship with Taylor Swift, as he confirmed it never happened. Johnson had previously worked with Swift to write the song "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home". , which is featured in Hannah Montana: The Movie. The new album contains eleven tracks including Heart Heart Heartbreak, Love Drunk, She's Got a Boyfriend Now, Two is Better than One, Contagious, Real Thing, Someone Like You, The Shot Heard 'Round the World, First One, Chemicals Collide and Let Go.
The band made history on August 15, 2009 when it was featured alongside The All-American Rejects, Hoobastank, Raygun, Kasabian and Pixie Lott as one of the live acts at Asia's very first MTV World Stage Live concert that was held in Malaysia. The album is available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon, as well as many major retailers around the country. On iTunes, there is a "Deluxe Version" of the album that contains 3 bonus tracks; "Love Drunk(Acoustic)", "Heart Heart Heartbreak(Acoustic)" and a Mark Hoppus remixed version of "Love Drunk". Rumors have been circulating that there would be another remix of "Love Drunk", featuring R&B singer Sean Kingston, as proclaimed on the band frontman's blog, martinsays.com On Nov 21st, frontman Martin Johnson confirmed that the band would be releasing an all-new Love Drunk EP featuring exclusive versions of their hit single Love Drunk. The EP would be made available to be purchased and downloaded online on the iTunes store probably in the early 2010. The band stated on its Facebook site that it performed on the ABC television show "The View" on the 22nd of December, 2009. Boys Like Girls have confirmed a small tour around the UK taking place in early 2010.
According to the band's official bebo page, they will release a new single and 3D video for their song "Heart Heart Heartbreak". Boys Like Girls was on VH1's 'Top Twenty Countdown' on February 13th to talk about their hit single "Two is Better Than One", which landed a number 8 spot on the countdown. The video was on the countdown for 8 consecutive weeks. When asked about if they were filming a 3-D video or not, frontman Martin Johnson said they had already filmed the music video. Boys Like Girls second album, released in September 2009, was Love Drunk. In its first week, it sold more than 44,000 copies, landing it on the #8 spot on Billboard 200. Boys Like Girls will also be co-headlining The Bamboozle Roadshow 2010 between May and June 2010. Co-headlining with BLG are All Time Low, Third Eye Blind, and LMFAO. Along with numerous other supporting bands, including 3OH!3, Good Charlotte, Forever The Sickest Kids, Cartel, and Simple Plan. The band is currently writing for their third studio album which is more on power pop, electronica and dance-rock style. It has been reported that the new album will contain songs similar to: Heart Heart Heartbreak, She's Got A Boyfriend Now and Love Drunk. As well as the long-awaited Love Drunk remix featuring Sean Kingston. In 2010, the group was the opening act for Hedley's Canadian Tour.
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