Jxdn “Went to Hell and Back” and now has an album to prove it

Jxdn has had plenty of time for introspection — and he's ready to give his fans a peek into his mind.

While releasing his single “What the Hell” on Friday, Jxdn (real name Jaden Hossler) announced that he will be releasing his 17-track sophomore album. When the music stops on June 28 via Travis Barker's DTA Records.

“What do I hear when the music stops? I heard silence like I had never heard before,” he said in a press release about the album. “I heard an emptiness that overwhelmed me. I missed the music of my life, I missed the security it gave me. I had lost my love for the feeling. I've been to hell and back since my last album.”

“I questioned myself, I questioned my music, and I questioned life and its purpose,” he added. “And through it all, I faintly heard sounds so often that they seemed like a beautiful melody. I was guided through the silence back to the place I call home – the music. Keep listening, Keep holding on to tomorrow. Especially when you don't hear anything anymore. Especially when the music stops. This is for you. This is it for us.”

The album – co-produced by Barker and Andrew Goldstein – features the title track from the previously released LP, along with songs such as “Wet Dream (It's You),” “It Must Suck to Know You” and “Drugs.”

The video for 'What the Hell', which was released alongside the single Friday, sees Jxdn wearing a T-shirt and shorts alongside his band in the middle of a forest. In the lyrics, he overthinks his actions in a relationship as he sings and repeats in the chorus, “What the hell did I do now?”

The new album comes a year after Jxdn told fans he would be stepping away from the limelight to seek treatment for his mental health issues following some “hard lows” in the past year, including the death of his good friend Cooper Noriega. “I trust my gut that this will put me in the best possible position to be who I want to be, feel how I want to feel and go where I want to go,” he posted at the time.

The LP is a follow-up to his debut LP Tell me about tomorrowwhich was released in 2021. He also released a trio of standalone singles last year: “Chrome-Hearted,” “Elevated Heartbreak,” and “Romantic Homicide,” a cover of the song by D4vd.

Jxdn's When the music stops Tracklist

1. “Lost Angel Interlude”
2. “Candles”
3. “Stray”
4. “Sad October”
5. “What the Hell”
6. “Must be bad to know you”
7. “Sh!t”
8. “Empty Rooms”
9. “What Can I Say”
10. “Foreigner”
11. “Just Let It Go”
12. “Wreck Me”
13. “You need someone who just happened to be there”
14. “How Far”
15. “Wet Dream (It's You)”
16. “Drugs”
17. “When the Music Stops”