Johnson described the song as "the most SoCal-sounding thing ever recorded," adding that it "would go insanely hard in a Shrek film." Between drummer Joey Warnoker’s crisp hits and Lenny Castro’s laid-back percussion, the track feels like a late-summer car ride powered by caffeine and regret. Gurewitz’s production keeps it raw enough for punk cred but polished enough to fool you into thinking these guys now pay taxes on time.

The album follows 2022’s 40 oz. to Fresno, cementing Joyce Manor’s place as the band that can grow older without ever growing up. Their lyrics may mature, but the sarcasm stays forever 21.

The video for "Well, Whatever It Was," directed by Lance Bangs, spoofs The Great British Bake Off in a sugar-fueled fever dream. Musicians and comedians impersonate Robert Smith, Liam and Noel Gallagher, Morrissey, and Kate Bush—all competing for baking glory. It’s a frosting-coated roast of British rock royalty with Joyce Manor as the grinning chaos agents.

They’ll take that chaos global starting in October, touring through Europe before hitting North America in March. Stops include Brooklyn, Chicago, and both weekends at Coachella—because nothing says punk quite like sweating under a corporate banner. If this comeback proves anything, it’s that Joyce Manor never outgrew the joke—they just made it louder.