What’s Wrong With New York?: Afters, the deluxe version of The Dare’s critically acclaimed debut album, is out today.
What’s Wrong With New York?, The Dare’s highly anticipated debut, took the world by storm upon release in September 2024. The LP features his ubiquitous first single “Girls”—now a bona fide hit with 59 million streams on Spotify alone—as well as fan favorites “Perfume” and “Good Time.” The deluxe finds The Dare releasing three never-before-heard tracks from the album’s original sessions, including “LCA,” his first cover song, a take on “I Can’t Escape Myself” by The Sound, and “Cheeky.”
What’s Wrong With New York?: Afters arrives on the heels of The Dare’s explosive sets at Coachella, Primavera Sound and a completely sold out seven-night residency at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right. The past year has seen him at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards with Charli xcx, front row for a number of shows at Paris Fashion Week and, most recently, produce album standout “Stateside” from PinkPantheress’ Fancy That.
The rest of the summer will see The Dare take his live show to additional festival stages around the globe, with dates at Lollapalooza, Reading, Leeds and more. After playing to 4,000 people in NYC, The Dare will bring his signature party Freakquencies back to Brooklyn with dates at 3 Dollar Bill, Elsewhere and Public Records. The club nights, which started in a basement bar in Manhattan, have recently seen guest DJs Doss, Danny L Harle, Dylan Brady and Kelly Lee Owens, amongst others.
The Dare is the solo project of vocalist, songwriter and producer Harrison Patrick Smith. Bursting onto the scene with his global hit, “Girls,” his much lauded The Sex EP drew widespread praise from critics and fellow artists alike. He has shared stages and collaborated with Charli xcx, Yves Tumor, Brutalismus 3000 and a host of others, and his legendary DJ sets have soundtracked parties for Gucci, Celine, Yves Saint Laurent and many more.
THE DARE—WHAT’S WRONG WITH NEW YORK?: AFTERS
Cheeky
LCA
I Can’t Escape Myself
Open Up
Good Time
Perfume
Girls
I Destroyed Disco
You’re Invited
All Night
Elevation
Movement
You Can Never Go Home
THE DARE LIVE
June 26— Brooklyn, NY—3 Dollar Bill (Freakquencies)
June 28— Denver, CO—The Fillmore Auditorium
July 5— Brooklyn, NY—Elsewhere (Freakquencies)
July 12— Brooklyn, NY—Public Records (Freakquencies)
July 30— Chicago, IL—House of Blues Chicago
July 31— Chicago, IL—Lollapalooza
August 1— Montreal, CA—Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
August 6— Budapest, Hungary—Budapest Sziget Festival
August 8— Gothenburg, Sweden—Way Out West
August 10— Buftea, Romania—Summer Well Festival
August 15— Hasselt, Belgium—Pukkelpop Festival
August 16— Biddinghuizen, Netherlands—Lowlands Festival
August 17— Ibiza, Spain—Pacha Ibiza
August 22— Leeds, U.K.—Leeds Festival
August 24— Reading, U.K.—Reading Festival
October 3— Austin, Texas—Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 10— Austin, Texas—Austin City Limits Music Festival