Beauty School Dropout’s song of the summer: “FEVER”
By Ashlyn Siples | June 18th, 2025
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Still on the hunt for your song of the summer? Want something you can blast with the car windows down on a back road just to feel like you're in a YA movie living the dream? Want something to send to your lover that’ll get the point across real fast? If you answered yes to any of those questions, let me point you toward “FEVER,” the latest song dropped by California renegade pop-punkers Beauty School Dropout.
To me, the song itself just feels like summertime vibes. It’s got a strong drum beat, funky guitars, and overall a retro-esque vibe that reminds me of driving around with all the windows down at sunset. The vibes are on par with other Beauty School Dropout songs, mixing those 1970s psychedelic vibes straight with bits of the 2000s indie rock vocal styles and the energy of something fresh and new. It’s a song that makes you want to dance, or even better, makes you want to party.
If you look at the song's lyrics, they’re pretty straight to the point of what the song’s about - a lover you can’t stop thinking about. There’s not much doubt that words like “Your clothes look better when they’re on the floor” and “Meet in the bathroom, I don’t want the girls to know” are anything but raunchy. While I’m not sure it’d be a song I’d personally want to send a long-time partner, I think it would be a great soundtrack to some possibly great, possibly poor decisions after a night out or for when you want to feel like a lovestruck teenager again.
The music video is also a great look into what you can expect from seeing Beauty School Dropout live, while also playing with the stereotypes of what everyone thinks being in a band must be like. It’s set ts a house/DIY venue show – something the band is obviously familiar with since that’s how all your favorites start – it’s crowded, there’s flashing lights, alcohol and cigarettes all over the place, crowdsurfing in way too small of spaces, and glammed up girls dancing and getting all up in the bands personal space. The vibes it portrays are hard to recreate from reality into something staged that was pulled off extremely well. The band has no shortage of energy in the video either, and while I haven’t had the chance to see them live yet, it mirrors all the energy I see via video clips tagging them on social media.
Overall, I think the song is a great next step into building up the image of Beauty School Dropout, especially before they head off to Summer School Festival this summer (to which I can only hope they’ll play this song at). We can also hope that more songs off their upcoming album “WHERE DID ALL THE BUTTERFLIES GO?” are filled with just as much frenzy and familiar vibes that the band has curated for themselves. Be sure to add this song to your favorite hyped-up energy playlist, and consider giving the music video a watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5eg4ht0wAo
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Summer School Tour Dates:
JUL 11, 2025
The Fillmore Detroit, MI
JUL 12, 2025
Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
JUL 13, 2025
The Agora Cleveland, OH
JUL 15, 2025
MegaCorp Pavilion Newport, KY
JUL 16, 2025
The Factory at The District Chesterfield, MO
JUL 18, 2025
Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO
JUL 19, 2025
The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
JUL 20, 2025
The Union Event Center Salt Lake City, UT
JUL 22, 2025
Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
JUL 23, 2025
Roseland Theater Portland, OR
JUL 25, 2025
Channel 24 Sacramento, CA
JUL 26, 2025
Vans Warped Tour Long Beach, CA
JUL 27, 2025
Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
JUL 29, 2025
House of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX
JUL 30, 2025
House of Blues Houston Houston, TX
AUG 1, 2025
Marathon Music Works Nashville, TN
AUG 2, 2025
The Masquerade (Heaven) Atlanta, GA
AUG 3, 2025
Jannus Live St. Petersburg, FL
AUG 5, 2025
The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD
AUG 6, 2025
Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
AUG 8, 2025
Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ
AUG 9, 2025
The Palladium Worcester, MA
AUG 10, 2025
Franklin Music Hall Philadelphia, PA
“WHERE DID ALL THE BUTTERFLIES GO?” Tracklist:
Track 1. FEVER
Track 2. TWO OF US
Track 3. ON YOUR LIPS
Track 4. SICK PUPPY
Track 5. XXX
Track 6. ADELINE (SAVE SOME FOR THE REST OF US)
Track 7. CITY NEVER SLEEPS
Track 8. MADONNA
Track 9. HEART AWAY
Track 10. DADDY DON’T CRY
Track 11. SEX APPEAL
Track 12. LMTFA
Track 13. HOW COULD I FORGET
Track 14. WHERE DID ALL THE BUTTERFLIES GO?
