Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley embarks on TOTALLY new career
It has been over two years since Gossip Girl ended, and Penn Badgley has certainly left his Dan Humphrey days behind.
Badgley now serves as frontman to his new band MOTHXR.
He started the band with friends, Simon Ocroft, Darren Will and Jimmy Giannopolous but the sound is far from what lonely boy would have listened to.
Penn's musical love-child has mixed sounds of indie rock and electronica. You can't really put a finger on their sound but MOTHXR fuses classic vibes with their own unique edge through the mix of each member's raw, undeniable talent.
Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Penn said: “The second we sat down, it just immediately became that band."
“We worked in an incredibly fluid and spontaneous process. It was purely electronic, and also purely organic.”
When asked if he is now an actor or a rock star Penn told EW: “I’m both.”
“I kind of hate using the word ‘artist’ because I certainly wouldn’t expect anyone to consider me as such at this point. I enjoy making all kinds of different things and different creative projects."
"I’ve continued acting — I’ve been in three films since the show ended that have all been strange, rewarding independent experiences.
"None of them were big, but I’m going to keep doing my thing.”
We hope Penn's new band has every success and if you want a listen, here is their first single, Easy:
