I Guess We Haven't Changed

I Guess We Haven't Changed is a song by American rock band Blink 182 released on June 23, 2022, as the first single from the group's ninth studio album,  Sunny Day's written by Mark Hoppus, and Matt Skiba  the song concerns maturity and growing older. It was written about looking back at everything that happened during your time in your career, and remembering what made you great to begin with. You may have grown up physically, socially and emotionally, but don't forget what made you great to begin with.

Background
Blink 182 bassist Mark Hoppus, looked back at the Blink 182 albums with vocalist and guitarist Tom Delonge. He listened to Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch, Enema of The State and Take Off Your Pant's and Jacket, and noticed the humor written into each of the songs. Than he was looking at old photographs and noticed the dumb stunts he and Tom used to do. Also, due to the amount of jokes being the same type of humor, he wrote this song talking about what made him and his band great to begin with. Hoppus described a scenario, detailed in the lyrics, "Me, Tom, and Matt still have and share that sense of humor even today, I guess we haven't changed at all". He felt the song's creation, which was spontaneous, worked to its favor: "Lets just make it simple, and playful but yet lets make it meaningful". The signature guitar line for "I Guess We Haven't Changed" was created on an acoustic guitar that was missing two strings. It was an old acoustic guitar that Tom Delonge had during Dude Ranch.

The song was recorded between December 2021 and January 2022 at Columbia Studios. The song was written just outside Matt Skiba's vocal range, requiring him to strain to sing it (the song has a noticeably rougher and scratchier vocal track than the rest of the album). Mark's voice was relatively consistent, while Skiba was having vocal problems during the recording of the album regardless, due to lack of vocal warm-ups and constant smoking. These factors, combined with the stress of recording "I Guess We Haven't Changed", led Skiba to strain his vocal cords significantly, forcing the band to cancel the final week of recording the album in December 2021.

Commercial Performance
"I Guess We Haven't Changed" received heavy radio airplay at many key radio stations, and became the band's first Number 1 on Billboard's Top Rock Single Chart, and hit number 5 on the Billboard hot 100. Columbia Records retail plan for the single involved releasing it after the band's stint on the "Sunny Day's World Tour" in order to secure a story to help promote it too radio.

Music Video
The music video features clips of the band's past music videos, concerts, and tours. The band performs the song in Mark Hoppus's old bedroom, with Travis Barker and his drum's facing the bed, and Mark and Matt facing Travis Barker and Mark's bedroom closet. The label first began to promote "I Guess We Haven't Changed" in June 2022 and several stations in Southern California,  we're quick to begin playing the song. Stations in New York, and Philadelphia we're quick to pick up the single after realizing that it was on the Album "Sunny Day's", which was a reference to Sesame Street.