The Antidote

Album: Harder Than It Looks
Songwriters: Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau, Andrew Goldstein
Additional collaboration: Zakk Cervini (production)
Length: 3:16
Release of the single: November 5th 2021
Artwork: here

“We wrote and recorded the song before the pandemic hit, and in lots of ways, it has become even more relevant after everything that happened over the last 20 months. A lot of people are going through some tough times right now, and the song talks about how important it is to have someone or something to turn to when life gets really hard. It can be a life partner, a friend, a family member, something you love to do and are really passionate about. It doesn’t really matter, and it can be anything. For a lot of our fans and for us, it’s been music. Its power to heal, comfort and be a lifeline has never been greater and more needed than now. We really hope this song will mean a lot to our fans and help them deal with the difficult moments we’re all facing.”

– Simple Plan –

“A lot of these concepts were brought in by our drummer, Chuck [Comeau]—he had this word, ‘antidote,’ on this little whiteboard that he brings in when we do writing sessions. It reminded me of when I was having trouble with anxiety like 10, 12 years ago, and I started having these pretty intense panic attacks. I didn’t know what they were, and I thought, ‘Am I gonna die?’ So I would call my wife and she would calm me down—we’d talk for an hour at four in the morning. That’s what this song represents to me: that lifeline that you reach for when you’re having those moments of terrible anxiety or depression.”

– Pierre Bouvier [Apple Music]-