[Cover photo credit to Jane Stuart @JaneStuartPhotos]
Billy Morrison has teamed with Dexter Holland of The Offspring for the single “Never Gonna Change,” a Pop Punk anthem. The song dealing with “alienation and rebellion” is the latest single from the British guitarist, singer, and songwriter’s album Hollow, out August 7, 2026, via TLG | ZOID, distributed by Virgin Music Group. The single is accompanied by a Mike Savage-directed lyric video.
“Never Gonna Change” paints a picture of “a dysfunctional home life and the feeling of eternal youth.”
Morrison says:
‘Never Gonna Change’ is one of those perfect pop punk slices of rebellion that hopefully spans a couple of generational gaps. Teenagers will always feel the same—misunderstood—and Dexter has been one of the most vital voices of teenage angst and rebellion since The Offspring hit the world running in 1984. So when I finished writing this track with Los Angeles-based songwriter, Jacob Bunton, it was clear we wanted Dexter to be the voice of the track. Dexter and I recently performed together in Royal Machines [Morrison’s side project], so I dropped him a text and he loved the idea. Thanks to the miracle of modern technology, he was able to record his tracks in the middle of an Offspring tour, and Barry Pointer mixed it all into the killer track we have here.
Dexter Holland adds:
Billy Morrison has a great track record and is a good guy so when he sent me ‘Never Gonna Change’ for a collab, it was an immediate ‘I’m in.’ The song is just the right amount of angst, rebellion and fun. A summer banger if you ask me.
Two years ago, Billy Morrison released The Morrison Project via TLG | ZOID distributed by Virgin Music Group. It marked his third solo album, and first since 2015. It included the track “Crack Cocaine” featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Stevens and co-written by all three artists. A deluxe edition of the album followed in 2025 and bonus track, “Gods Of Rock and Roll (Orchestral)”, another collaboration with Osbourne and Stevens.
Hollow will follow a similar format as The Morrison Project with 12 songs, half sung by Morrison and half sung by a handful of Morrison’s friends. Guests include Dexter Holland, Marilyn Manson, Chuck D, B Real, Duff McKagan, Steve Stevens, DMC, and Sully Erna and Nuno Bettencourt, among others.
