Gym Class Heroes release "Useless", a song about 2000s Lower East Side nightlife
Travie McCoy looks back at the pre-smartphone New York that shaped him, as the band runs its first headline tour since 2011 with Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B.
Gym Class Heroes have released "Useless", a track built around a formative chapter in frontman Travie McCoy's life. The song revisits the Lower East Side of the 2000s, the New York neighborhood where the singer lived during what he calls a defining stretch of his career.
"It was a huge turning point in my life that I'll never forget," McCoy said of the era. He added that the neighborhood carried a romanticism that lasted decade after decade, and that he considers himself lucky to have been in the city for one of those chapters.
McCoy describes a nightlife scene that existed before smartphones, when people connected in person, built memories that stuck, and headed out without knowing who they might run into. He points to the spots that anchored that circuit, including Max Fish, Pianos and Katz's Delicatessen.
The release lands in the middle of a busy stretch on the road. Gym Class Heroes are currently touring alongside Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B., their first headline run since 2011. The band is also set to play Warped Tour later this month and will appear at Sonic Temple next year.
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