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The big review: Download Festival 2025 – Saturday
At Download 2025’s midway point, this is everything that’s happening on day two at Donington Park…
LØLØ is back with new music – and this one’s about “that dangerously troublesome type of person who walks into the room and makes you forget every healthy decision you’ve ever made…”
Following February’s deluxe edition of her 2024 debut album falling for robots and wishing i was one, LØLØ has just unveiled a brand-new single.
Her brilliant latest track goes by the name the devil wears converse, and arrives ahead of this summer’s mega support slot with Simple Plan (plus 3OH!3 and Bowling For Soup) as the Canadian pop-punk kings celebrate their 25th anniversary.
Speaking about the meaning behind the devil wears converse, LØLØ reveals: “I wrote this about that dangerously troublesome type of person who walks into the room and makes you forget every healthy decision you’ve ever made. They smirk at you and suddenly you’re like, ‘Morals? Never heard of them.’
“I always thought the devil would be easier to spot – like… horns, tail, red eyes – but apparently he wears Converse, ’90s band tees, and makes me forget I have self-control. Woops.”
Watch the video for the devil wears converse below:
In our review of LØLØ’s ace set at Download Festival in June, we said that, “Her witty retellings of troublesome infatuations and messy break-ups, from opener Faceplant to the brilliantly titled You Turn Me On (But You Give Me Depression) hit like rays of sunshine in the tent, and she seems to have endless reserves of charisma. She assembles an “emo cheerleading squad” by chucking pom-poms into the crowd for Debbie Downer and throws in snippets of covers from Blitzkrieg Bop to Icona Pop's I Love It simply for the joy of it…”
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