WENDY’S JUST DROPPED AN EMO ALBUM AND SOMEHOW IT ACTUALLY RIPS
Well, this wasn’t on our 2026 bingo card.
Wendy’s—the square-burger, spicy-nugget, Frosty-slinging fast-food chain—officially entered its emo era this morning with the release of a six-song EP titled Songs to Listen to in a Wendy’s Parking Lot. Somehow, they managed to recruit actual heavy hitters from the scene to help pull it off.
Yesterday, Wendy’s teased the project with an appropriately ridiculous makeover of its famous redheaded mascot, complete with black side-swept emo bangs and the declaration that “it was never a phase.” Naturally, the internet immediately lost its collective mind.
But this isn't just some 30-second social media gag. The six-track release clocks in at roughly 22 minutes and features a lineup that reads like someone stole our middle-school iPod and tossed it into a deep fryer.
Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire appears on the opener, “She Said She Didn’t Want Fries (She Lied),” while Shane Told of Silverstein lends his voice to “I Miss the Sunroom.” Beau Bokan of blessthefall features on the beautifully dramatic “The Best Combo Meal on the Worst Night of My Life,” Derek DiScanio of State Champs appears on “It’s Not a Phase, It’s a 10pc,” and Kat Leon of Holy Wars wraps things up with “My Frosty’s Funeral.” “Salt in the Wound” features Chloe Kinnon.
Yes. Those are the actual song titles.
The full tracklist is:
She Said She Didn’t Want Fries (She Lied) feat. Matty Mullins
Salt in the Wound feat. Chloe Kinnon
I Miss the Sunroom feat. Shane Told
The Best Combo Meal on the Worst Night of My Life feat. Beau Bokan
It’s Not a Phase, It’s a 10pc feat. Derek DiScanio
My Frosty’s Funeral feat. Kat Leon
As if things weren't surreal enough, the release is officially listed under Wendy’s and Rise Records—because nothing screams emotional devastation like sobbing into a Baconator alongside members of Silverstein and blessthefall.
This isn’t Wendy’s first foray into the music world. The chain dropped the hip-hop EP We Beefin? in 2018, but enlisting major names from the modern emo, pop-punk, and post-hardcore scenes makes this new project impossible to ignore.
Is this all just corporate marketing? Of course.
Are we still going to stream a song called “My Frosty’s Funeral”?
Abso-fucking-lutely.
Somewhere, a 35-year-old emo kid just swept their bangs over one eye, ordered a 10-piece, and whispered, “It really was never a phase.”
