“Death Of A Bachelor” by Panic! at the Disco

"Death of a Bachelor" is the title track of the fifth Panic! at the Disco album, released in 2016, when the name had become Brendon Urie's solo project. It premiered on September 1, 2015, during an Apple Music broadcast hosted by Pete Wentz, and was eventually sent to radio as the last of the album's four singles. Urie wrote it with Jake Sinclair and Lauren Pritchard, sang lead and played guitar, bass and drums himself; Sinclair produced, Suzy Shinn engineered and added backing vocals, and a full horn section swings in behind him. The intro samples Jadakiss's "Gettin' It In".

The album was Urie's nod to Frank Sinatra, who was turning 100: that music was wound into so many family memories, from Christmas mornings to grandparents teaching everyone to swing dance, and Urie felt its pull even on songs that sound nothing like it.

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