Wendy's Enlists blessthefall, Memphis May Fire, and Silverstein for a Six-Song Emo EP
Six songs, one empty Frosty cup, and enough parking-lot heartbreak to turn a late-night combo run into a full-blown scene revival.
Wendy's has officially entered its emo era with Songs to Listen to in a Wendy's Parking Lot, a six-track EP featuring vocalists from blessthefall, Memphis May Fire, Silverstein, State Champs, and more.
Released in partnership with Rise Records and produced by Matt Squire, the 22-minute project transforms fast-food rituals into melodramatic pop-punk and post-hardcore confessionals. Wendy's says the record was created with real musicians — not generated by artificial intelligence — in an effort to treat the genre as more than the setup for a marketing joke.
Memphis May Fire frontman Matty Mullins opens the EP with "She Said She Didn't Want Fries (She Lied)," while Winona Fighter vocalist Chloe Kinnon appears on "Salt in the Wound."
Silverstein's Shane Told contributes "I Miss the Sunroom," a tribute to the glass dining-room additions once found at older Wendy's locations. Beau Bokan of blessthefall takes the lead on "The Best Combo Meal on the Worst Night of My Life," pairing relationship misery with Frosty spoons and parking-lot isolation.
State Champs vocalist Derek DiScanio appears on "It's Not a Phase, It's a 10PC,” and Holy Wars singer Kat Leon closes the record with the appropriately dramatic "My Frosty's Funeral."
The complete tracklist is:
- She Said She Didn't Want Fries (She Lied) featuring Matty Mullins
- Salt in the Wound featuring Chloe Kinnon
- I Miss the Sunroom featuring Shane Told
- The Best Combo Meal on the Worst Night of My Life featuring Beau Bokan
- It's Not a Phase, It's a 10PC featuring Derek DiScanio
- My Frosty's Funeral featuring Kat Leon
According to Wendy's, the concept grew out of the strangely universal experience of sitting in one of its parking lots during an emotionally complicated late-night food run. That premise runs through the entire release, with lyrics built around fries dipped in Frostys, empty cups, square hamburgers, discontinued sunrooms, and ten-piece nugget orders.
It's not the restaurant chain's first unexpected venture into music. Wendy's previously released the hip-hop mixtape We Beefin? in 2018, using its famously confrontational social-media personality to take aim at competing fast-food brands. This time, the attitude has been replaced by eyeliner, side-swept bangs, and enough heartbreak to fill an abandoned mall food court.
Songs to Listen to in a Wendy's Parking Lot is available now across the major streaming platforms. Wendy's is also rolling out music videos, behind-the-scenes material, and additional content connected to the release.
