John Maus is back with new “I Hate Antichrist,” the song/video arrives via his new label YOUNG (FKA Twigs, Jamie XX).  The artist has also announced new tour dates, including Brooklyn, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Los Angeles and more.

John Maus on “I Hate Antichrist:”

“The Antichrist’s deception already begins to take shape in the world every time a claim is made to realize, within history, that messianic hope which can only be fulfilled beyond history through the eschatological judgment.”

The animated music video, directed by Andrew Norman Wilson, is a surreal and haunting visual depiction of the loop of self-devouring destruction caused by contemporary antichrists. In the video a group of false saviors – tech moguls, corrupt bishops, politicians, war-mongering-military and media influencers – succumb to the relentless churn of vanity and brutality. The characters are not just villains but also symbols of a world trapped in its own sickness on the verge of collapse. In contrast, the song is an act of rejection and resistance, a call for meaningful transcendence. A throwback to Maus’s essay Theses on Punk and the 2011 track “Cop Killer,” off Pitiless, a metaphorical call to arms, a challenge to both fight the powers that be and kill the cop in our own heads.

The artist has earned a mythic reputation for his fierce belief in the emotional weight of sound, eccentric interpretations of pop and baroque, and legendary, cathartic live shows which reveal the “hysterical body.”. Embracing imperfection and emotional rawness, Maus’ live performances are acts of radical embodiment, leaning into a kind of postmodern sincerity that has grown more vital in a culture trapped in irony and apathy. This week Maus touches down in Europe to complete a summer run of sold-out headline shows and festival appearances, before he heads back to the U.S. to headline underplay shows at Union Pool in Brooklyn, NY on July 31st and The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Ceremony on August 6.

John Maus has had a major influence on numerous artists, including Skepta, who sampled his track “I’m Only Human,” to gen-z underground rapper Nettspend, filmmaker Josh Safdie, actor Natasha Lyonne, photographer Wolfgang Tillmans and collaborators Panda Bear and Molly Nilsson. With five previous albums under his belt – Songs (2006), Love Is Real (2007), We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves (2011), Screen Memories (2017) and Addendum (2018).

John Maus 2025 Tour Dates

June 12 – Doka – Amsterdam, Netherlands *SOLD OUT
June 18 – Peckham Audio – London, England *SOLD OUT
June 19 – Bodega Konkylie – Copenhagen, Denmark
June 22 – Tungenes Lighthouse – Stavanger, Norway *SOLD OUT
June 24 – Landmark – Bergen, Norway
June 25 – Oceanen – Gothenburg, Sweden *SOLD OUT
June 27 – This Is Not A Love Song (Festival) – Nîmes, France
June 29 – Fusion (Festival) – Lärz, Germany
July 15 – Sonsdenit 25 – Pollença, Spain
July 20 – Dour (Festival) – Dour, Belgium
July 31 – Union Pool – Brooklyn, New York *Newly added date
August 6 – Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever – Los Angeles, California *Newly added date
August 21 – Trädgården – Stockholm, Sweden
August 23 – Rock en Seine (Festival) – Paris, France
August 28 – Hayfilm Cluster, Yerevan, Armenia
August 31 – End of the Road (Festival) – Dorset, England
September 2 – Estonian National Museum – Tartu, Estonia
September 3 – Vagonu Hall – Riga, Latvia
September 4 – Kablys – Vilnius, Lithuania
September 6 – Extreme Chill (Festival) – Reykjavík, Iceland
September 9 – Akvárium Klub – Budapest, Hungary
September 10 – Vintage Industrial – Zagreb, Croatia
September 11 – Zappa Barka – Belgrade, Serbia
September 13 – Plissken (Festival) – Athens, Greece

Order by John Maus “I Hate Antichrist” HERE