Simple Plan’s Pierre Bouvier on Returning to Their Roots, 20 years of Their Debut LP, and Pop Punk’s New Era

<p><a href="https://consequence.net/artist/simple-plan/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Simple Plan</a>’s Pierre Bouvier joins Kyle Meredith to discuss <em>Harder Than It Looks</em>, the sixth album from the Canadian band.</p> <p>The pop punk legend discusses going back to their roots,how this new record arrives on the 20th anniversary of their debut, <a href="https://consequence.net/2022/02/simple-plan-sum-41-2022-blame-canada-tour/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">their current tour with Sum 41</a>, and making a cameo in 2004’s Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movie <em>New York Minute</em>. Bouvier also gives his thoughts on the new class of pop punk, especially Machine Gun Kelly, Olivia Rodrigo, and Willow.</p> <p>Listen to Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan discuss their new album, pop punk in 2022, and more above, or watch the conversation via <a href="https://consequence.net/2022/05/simple-plan-pop-punk-pierre-bouvier-kyle-meredith-with/" target="_blank"><em>Consequence</em></a>. Then, make sure to like and subscribe to <a href="https://consequence.net/category/kyle-meredith-with/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><em>Kyle Meredith With…</em></a>&nbsp;wherever you get your podcasts, and you can also follow the&nbsp;<a href="https://consequence.net/category/consequence-podcast-network/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Consequence Podcast Network</a>&nbsp;for updates on all our shows.</p> <p>Tickets to Simple Plan's tour with Sum 41 can be found <a href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1882189/264167/4272?subId1=simple-plan&amp;subId2=kmw&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fsimple-plan-tickets%2Fartist%2F840419" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>