Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

They weren’t making a new album. They were making a monument to themselves, and it felt strange.

They started with a bassline. Flea’s fingers found a circular, melancholy figure—less funk, more ache. John added a chord that sounded like Los Angeles at 4 a.m., when the palm trees are just black brushes against a purple sky. Chad clicked his sticks and slid into a half-time shuffle that felt like a heartbeat slowing down. greatest hits red hot chili peppers

But the band knew the truth. The greatest hit was survival. Every other track was just the soundtrack. They weren’t making a new album

“We’re neither,” Chad said.