{"id":113369,"date":"2026-01-26T23:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113369\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:27:25","slug":"revered-rockers-post-cryptic-phantom-video-to-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113369\/","title":{"rendered":"Revered rockers post cryptic &#8216;PHANTOM&#8217; video to social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Seattle My Chemical Romance Tour\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PM5EMMZ72BDCVPBNSNIZWRP47E.jpg\"  \/>Lead vocalist Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performs during the opening night of the band&#8217;s &#8220;Long Live the Black Parade.&#8221; The band recently dropped a possible hint on social media that fans are interpreting as a teaser for new music.(Associated Press\/Lindsey Wasson)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"77G2BI5LKVH7ZNYRUQFILBQEFE\">Rock band My Chemical Romance has set social media abuzz after posting a mysterious video that appears unrelated to their current tour, leading fans to speculate about the potential for new music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JXI7PP2PYFCSLLBUQSJ72EXQCU\">The New Jersey group shared the cryptic post to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT7yHtQjIRx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT7yHtQjIRx\/\">Instagram<\/a> Sunday featuring the word \u201cPHANTOM\u201d displayed in flickering neon green letters. The video contained no music or sound and was captioned \u201cA GAME YOU WILL PLAY.\u201d Guitarist Frank Iero also shared the clip to his personal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/frankieromustdie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/frankieromustdie\/\">Instagram<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FBDLTRBLIVE7HFFMFDOMLGRH2Q\">The post marks a notable departure from the band\u2019s ongoing world tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of \u201cThe Black Parade.\u201d Unlike the tour\u2019s aesthetic, the video\u2019s minimalist presentation and neon styling suggest something entirely different may be in development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FSBN6R34WBDPPHZR472DNUXPN4\">The band, which includes Frank Iero, Ray Toro, and brothers Mikey and Gerard Way, hasn\u2019t released new music since their 2022 single \u201cFoundations of Decay,\u201d though they\u2019ve built their reputation on albums like \u201cI Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love,\u201d and \u201cThree Cheers for Sweet Revenge.\u201d f<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BHPKZDZH3RHUXBJTV6I2AVFOVI\">The band has offered no official explanation for the \u201cPHANTOM\u201d teaser, leaving fans to piece together clues about what the cryptic message may mean.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lead vocalist Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance performs during the opening night of the band&#8217;s &#8220;Long Live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-113369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}