Will Pugh (Cartel) Talks 20 Years of Chroma, Honestly, and Band In A Bubble
The Joe Vulpis Podcast
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4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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In this exclusive interview, Will Pugh, lead singer of Cartel, sits down to talk about the band’s biggest hits like "Honestly" and "Say Anything", their unforgettable time on MTV’s Band in a Bubble, and the rebirth of pop punk music in today’s scene. Plus the new album and re-recording of Chroma 20 years later!
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| 0:00.0 | I mean, say anything else, Madden, that was huge. |
| 0:02.5 | Can we talk band in a bubble? |
| 0:03.4 | Let's do it. |
| 0:03.9 | I remember vividly seeing it. |
| 0:05.8 | I'm like, this is the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life. This band is recording an album in a bubble in New York City. Was it good for you guys to write an album in that bubble, you think? Oh, we didn't write an album in the bubble. No? No, anybody who knows anything about it. cartel |
| 0:19.2 | for cartel |
| 0:22.4 | it's cartel |
| 0:24.4 | doing what Anybody who knows anything about... Cartel! |
| 0:25.6 | Cartel doing what Cartel does. In a class house, we can't leave. |
| 0:27.6 | That was not how we were initially approached either. |
| 0:29.6 | This is actually a great story. |
| 0:30.6 | Brendan Yuri is by far the best singer I've ever heard. |
| 0:33.6 | The funny thing about honestly, specifically on Chroma is... |
| 0:35.6 | I guess I'll see you. I'll see you around. Come in fresh off Warp Tour. Yeah. Did not think I'd be saying that in 2025. How is that for you getting back up on that stage? Yeah, Warp Tour is always a different experience. You know, the most festivals, I think, just because of, like, it's more of the fraternity aspect in the you know |
| 0:54.8 | in the background of it because we've all like paid the dues before you know of going out and |
| 0:59.7 | grinding it out every summer but uh this one's different because it's more it's just one day well two days |
| 1:05.3 | i guess technically but you're only actually playing the one day and you don't have to you know |
| 1:08.9 | jump in a van and in haul ass to the next |
| 1:11.8 | city or anything. So, yeah, I mean, this one was different for us because we played at night. We closed down our stage, which I can safely say we've never done on a walk tour before. Do you prefer that, you think? I mean, from a heat standpoint, sure. Oh, right. I mean he's California so it's not that hot |
| 1:27.7 | but yeah |
| 1:29.3 | I think we like it |
| 1:31.4 | because you know you get lights and we had like a really cool like production set up so that really comes off better in the dark you know if it came back again next year would you want to do it absolutely yeah it was a lot of fun i mean playing the show is one thing. I mean, obviously, that's always a good time. |
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