Ray Hawthorne Drops New Track "Habits" Ft. Pouyan Afkary
- Emily Agnesini
- 7 hours ago
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Thursday, August 6, 2026 - Pop punk's most lovable liability, Ray Hawthorne, has unveiled new single, "Habits" ft. Pouyan Afkary of Scary Kids Scaring Kids. "Habits" is an anthem in the pop punk scene that revolves around returning back to your old ways while at your lowest and not resolving those issues. Watch the new video for "Habits" below.
Scary Kids Scaring Kids Pouyan Afkary shares: “It was great writing with Ray and Pete. Ray and I met outside a comedy club in Hollywood and hit it off right away. You don’t expect random encounters like that to turn into a collaboration, but once we got in the studio everything clicked. There was a great vibe from the start, and ‘Habits’ came together really quickly.”
Ray Hawthorne shares, "When I was younger my friend Bruce and I spent no less than 45 minutes watching a music video on YouTube. The video wasn’t actually 45 minutes long, it just kept buffering because my internet connection was shit. So we’d let it buffer a bit, press play and then watch like 5 seconds of the video until it had to buffer again. No joke. 45 minutes of this. I can already hear you asking “Ray, what music video could possibly be worth all of that struggle?” Well I’m here to tell you that video was My Darkest Hour by Scary Kids Scaring Kids. If you’ve never seen it, stop what you’re doing and watch it. Just a bunch of homies rocking out in a van and even fucking crowdsurfing at one point. Iconic. I can’t imagine the budget on this video was very large but to this day its one of the most creative videos I’ve seen. I’ve got a million stories about how much their music means to me but I won’t bore you. So imagine my excitement randomly meeting and getting to work with Pouyan from SKSK, definitely one of those full circle moments. Great dude and a great player. We also shot a music video for our song, there’s no van crowdsurfing or comedic stoplight moments, but I still think its fun”.
