Me. have today released their latest single titled ‘Grown Man’, from their upcoming album ‘All Good Things’, dropping July 24th. As reunion stories go, most arrive carrying enough baggage to qualify for an international flight. Me. somehow sidesteps that trap on ‘Grown Man’, a song that feels less interested in nostalgia and more interested in what comes after it. The band’s chemistry is immediate, but it never sounds like musicians trying to recreate a faded photograph. Instead, the track bursts forward with purpose, powered by guitars and drums that seem thrilled to have found each other again. Every section lands with the confidence of people who know exactly who they are and no longer feel obligated to prove it.
What makes ‘Grown Man’ especially satisfying is how it balances sheer musical force with genuine emotional weight. Beneath the soaring instrumentation sits a story about commitment, vulnerability, and the terrifying act of choosing love when life has already given you plenty of reasons to be cautious. In less capable hands, that premise could veer into greeting card territory. Me. avoids every cliché by treating those emotions with honesty rather than sentimentality. The result feels refreshingly human, which is increasingly rare in a world where sincerity often arrives wrapped in layers of irony.
Mike Jansen’s vocal performance gives the song its beating heart, delivering lyrics that feel lived in rather than manufactured. His perspective transforms ‘Grown Man’ into something larger than a straightforward love song. It becomes an anthem for anyone brave enough to keep believing in new beginnings. Meanwhile, the instrumental work crackles with energy throughout, creating the kind of dynamic push and pull that makes a song feel bigger with every listen. Nothing here sounds forced. Every piece fits together so naturally that it is hard to imagine the song existing any other way.
If ‘Grown Man’ is any indication of what awaits on All Good Things, arriving July 24, then Me. may have pulled off one of the more compelling reinventions of the year. The track captures growth without becoming preachy, hope without becoming naïve, and maturity without sacrificing excitement. For a song called ‘Grown Man,’ it contains a surprising amount of youthful spark. More importantly, it reminds listeners that growing up does not mean settling down creatively. Sometimes it means making the best music of your life.
About Me. & ‘All Good Things’
As with most of the music for All Good Things, “Grown Man” began with the instrumentals between Reyes and O’Connell. Learning that the alchemy they had in their former band was still intact, the passion and emotion pours through their guitar and drum parts that explode in technicolor. “Grown Man,” in particular, started out with inspiration Reyes found within his daughter. “For me personally, the idea came from hearing my daughter vocalizing in her room,” he explains. “I paired it with riffs I had floating around in my head. I also knew just getting together alone in a room with Mark, we were going to create some fucking good music, I want listeners to know that we’ve been through a lot, all of us respectfully, and it’s just a new, fresh breath of air in our lives.”
Once the musical bed was ready, Jansen added his lyrical magic, which he too drew from personal experience. “When I wrote this, I had not met anyone in the band. I was at home in Chicago. Married around a month at that point, I wrote a song about falling in love and the decision to ask someone to spend the rest of their life with me. It’s scary and beautiful.” Reflecting on the move through his own personal experience in relationships, O’Connell’s new start to trust in love (as well as O’Connell and Reyes’ ability to write together again), Jansen was the puzzle piece needed to lyrically and vocally complete the new single. “In a lot of ways, ‘Grown Man’ is what the whole album is about – choosing love and fighting for it by fighting for yourself,” Jansen adds.
“The interesting thing is that Mike didn’t change the direction at all,” O’Connell says. “He somehow found exactly what was already living inside the song and amplified it.”
Both emancipated from their previous shared band experience, Reyes and O’Connell’s reconnection represents a conscious decision to build something entirely fresh with a different divergence. “It wasn’t about timing in the industry sense,” O’Connell explains. “It was about timing as people. We’re not trying to recreate anything. We’ve already done that. This was about building something that works for who we are now.”
“We are not the same guys we were 25 years ago,” Reyes adds. “ME. is about growth. It’s about creating something new.”
All Good Things is an album that feels less like a collection of songs and more like a progression—moving through conflict, vulnerability, and, ultimately, a form of acceptance. The album title reflects that journey. While the album title nods to the familiar phrase, the band reframes it as something more expansive: not an ending, but what comes after. What gets rebuilt when everything familiar falls apart. “At its core, All Good Things is about survival, reinvention, and choosing to move forward,” the band shares. “Some things end, but that doesn’t mean the story is over,” Jansen adds. “This album is very real for me. I’m not living in a feeling of extreme internal conflict anymore, but I think a lot of us go through or eventually have to give ourselves some hard talks about reality. Life is short. Make positive change wherever you can. Start with yourself and move on from there.”
“Eddie and I have been writing songs together for a very long time,” concludes O’Connell. “I genuinely believe these are some of the best songs we’ve ever written. But great songs alone don’t make a record. You need people who believe in each other. More than anything, I want people to know that this is the album Eddie and I deserved to make, but we couldn’t have done it alone.”
ME. is Eddie Reyes (guitar), Mark O’Connell (drums), Mike Jansen (guitar/vocals), and Neal Amiruddin (bass). Their second single “Grown Man” is out now. ‘All Good Things’ will be released independently on July 24, 2026.
Featured image by Amber Patrick.
‘All Good Things’ Tracklist
- An Introduction
- Bloodsport
- Grown Man
- Special
- Violent People
- Nuzzo
- Big Smiles
- Sun Poison
- Soap Bar
- The Astronaut Show
- This Is What It Feels Like To Be Normal
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