Queens of the Stone Age announce new album Perfecth

Queens of the Stone Age have announced their ninth studio album, Perfecth, out October 30.

“Nothing in this world is perfect, but everything seems to be ‘perfecth,’ and that title is funny when you’re in a group, but it ain’t so funny when you’re alone," explained frontman Josh Homme of the album's title.

The record was inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi. The creative medium involves repairing broken pottery by filling its cracks with gold so what has been shattered is made more beautiful.

Perfecth was birthed from sessions recorded in cities from New Orleans to Los Angeles.

"Every song sounds like it’s from a different world," said Homme. "And that’s on purpose, because it’s trying to stitch together all these emotions revolving around love, lust, foolishness and the sort of wisdom that comes as a gift from all that.”

Alongside the news comes the release of their latest single, ‘Insignificant Other’, which “could be considered the album’s centerpiece,” according to a press release.

“It’s a song about distance,” said Homme. “About how someone can be your entire world only to simply vanish. And about the strange vertigo of being on the receiving end of that.”

They also shared a new video, directed by Chapman Baehler, which stars a character named Big Chongus as "the embodiment of Perfecth."

Earlier this month, the band launched a complaints hotline, inviting fans to call a phone number to share their grievances. The hotline is still available and, according to the band, each complaint is reviewed personally.

Before that, in July, they released ‘Easy Street (feat. Nikki Lane)’ which marked the band’s first new music since 2023’s In Times New Roman, and will make the seventh track on the upcoming album.

Queens of the Stone Age will resume their North American stadium tour with Foo Fighters on September 15. They also recently announced a fall headline run in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore.

Listen to 'Insignificant Other' and watch the new video below.