As she told NME : “One day, when I’m 60, I want to be playing ‘Rock Boyfriend’ in a casino. And all the old punk grandmas will be crowd-surfing in their wheelchairs. That’s the dream.”
She also revealed that the track was almost scrapped. “My label hated it. They said, ‘You can’t have Marshmello on a rock song.’ And I was like, ‘Watch me.’ So I leaked the first 20 seconds on TikTok myself. When it blew up, they had no choice.”
The neon lights of the Tokyo underground club pulsed in sync with a heavy, distorted bassline. Behind the decks, was a silent silhouette in white, his LED mask flickering with jagged pink lightning bolts.