{"id":2254092,"date":"2026-01-28T07:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2254092"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:51:08","slug":"matt-helders-says-making-music-with-arctic-monkeys-is-something-they-will-always-do-and-doesnt-rule-out-new-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/matt-helders-says-making-music-with-arctic-monkeys-is-something-they-will-always-do-and-doesnt-rule-out-new-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Helders says making music with Arctic Monkeys is something they &#8220;will always do&#8221; and doesn&#8217;t rule out new material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/arctic-monkeys\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a> drummer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/matt-helders\">Matt Helders<\/a> has said making music with the band is something they \u201cwill always do\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheffield indie veterans <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-new-song-opening-night-war-child-help-2-tracklist-artists-listen-3924860\">returned last week<\/a> (January 22) with the subtle and cinematic track \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/track\/arctic-monkeys-opening-night-track-review-3924919\">Opening Night<\/a>\u2018, the first to be taken from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-new-song-opening-night-war-child-help-2-tracklist-artists-listen-3924860\">War Child\u2019s new charity compilation album \u2018Help(2)<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n<p>With this being the band\u2019s first material since 2022\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/arctic-monkeys-the-car-review-3330197\">The Car<\/a>\u2018, fans had been hoping that this was the start of the run-up to a new album from Arctic Monkeys; as well as speculating that this may be a swansong from them winding down.<\/p>\n<p>Now in a new interview, Helders has has said there were no imminent plans to get back into the recording studio, but ruled nothing out and said making music was \u201csomething we love to do\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arctic Monkeys \u2013 Opening Night (Visualiser) \u2013 HELP(2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6lkS-MCenXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/bbc\">BBC<\/a> Radio 1\u2019s <em>New Music Show (<\/em>via <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cg5gpyjqq30o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a>), <\/em>he added: \u201cI think we went into this knowing it was a one-off. But then, having done it, we probably went away feeling like we just had a lot of fun making this record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no conversations about it, but it\u2019s definitely something we love to do and we\u2019ll always do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a previous interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/gb\/station\/arctic-monkeys\/ra.1869459150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zane Lowe on Apple Music<\/a>, Helders <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-matt-helders-opening-night-interview-comeback-new-music-war-child-3925158\">spoke of how it was \u201ca great time\u201d for the band to reconvene<\/a>, and that he enjoyed being able to \u201csee everyone and to fall back into the roles that we\u2019ve always had with each other, musically and personally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes we might not see each other for six months, but when we do it\u2019s like we were never apart,\u201d he admitted. \u201cThat\u2019s just how we are with people, with each other. It translates musically as well. We just had a couple of days doing this and it felt like nothing had happened; [that there was] no space between.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Helders didn\u2019t say anything about the band recording or touring again, but he did open up about how it has \u201calways been fun\u201d to be back writing and recording with his childhood friend and frontman<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alex-turner\"> Alex Turner<\/a>, and that he always takes pleasure in watching him work in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday (January 23), marked 20 years since the band released their seminal, debut album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/reviews-arctic-monkeys-7837-317720\">Whatever People Say I Am, That\u2019s What I\u2019m Not<\/a>\u2019. Head <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/on-the-20th-anniversary-of-arctic-monkeys-debut-revisit-alex-turner-explaining-i-bet-you-look-good-on-the-dancefloor-3925104\">here for Alex Turner recalling the creation of \u2018I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor<\/a>\u2018 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/where-it-all-began-read-arctic-monkeys-first-nme-interview-from-2005-in-full-766832\">here for Arctic Monkeys\u2019 first ever <em>NME<\/em> interview from 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The man on the cover of the record Chris McClure also said <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/chris-mcclure-from-cover-of-arctic-monkeys-whatever-people-say-i-am-thats-what-im-not-reflects-on-chaos-of-debut-success-and-if-it-could-happen-again-3925274\">he did not believe the album\u2019s success could happen again in a recent interview with BBC Radio Sheffield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders has said making music with the band is something they \u201cwill always do\u201d. The Sheffield indie veterans returned last week (January 22) with the subtle and cinematic track \u2018Opening Night\u2018, the first to be taken from War Child\u2019s new charity compilation album \u2018Help(2)\u2018. 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