Good Charlotte Announce First Album in Seven Years, ‘Motel Du Cap’

Good Charlotte are officially back. The pop-punk icons announced Monday (June 16) that their eighth studio album, Motel Du Cap, is due out Aug. 8, marking their first full-length release in seven years.

The band teased the comeback in classic GC fashion: with a cryptic billboard on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles featuring a photo of the band, the album title, and the release date, as per Rolling Stone. While no additional details were included, it was enough to spark buzz across social media.

Alongside the billboard, Good Charlotte also shared a teaser video on Instagram featuring the mysterious ‘Motel Du Cap’, alongside the caption, “Waldorf’s best kept historical landmark since 1996. Come stay with us and bask in the beautiful Maryland sunshine! Book your reservation at goodcharlotte.com.” The hometown reference nods to their roots in Waldorf, Maryland, where the band originally formed.

Motel Du Cap is set to follow 2018’s Generation Rx, the band’s seventh studio album, which arrived two years after their 2016 comeback record Youth Authority. That project debuted and peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200, marking the group’s highest charting effort since 2004’s The Chronicles of Life and Death, which reached No. 3 on the chart.

Hints of a new era began to emerge earlier this year when Good Charlotte posted a nostalgic teaser video featuring archival footage of the band and the caption “GC 2025.” Since then, they’ve announced several major festival appearances — including Ocean’s Calling and Aftershock — and last month played Welcome to Rockville, marking their first live performance since 2023.

In the years since Generation Rx, the band have released only one standalone single — 2020’s “Last December” — while brothers Joel and Benji Madden have shifted their focus to business ventures including the artist management and development company MDDN, the livestreaming platform Veeps, and Joel’s Artist Friendly podcast.

The Maryland-bred band first broke through in the early 2000s with albums like The Young and the Hopeless, which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and spawned pop-punk anthems including “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” and “The Anthem.”

Motel Du Cap is set to arrive Aug. 8.