Blink-182 Promise "Weird" Album

Blink-182's long awaited follow up to 2003's "self-titled" album will be released in 2011, and while fans may be growing impatient, Mark Hoppus tells MTV it'll be worth the wait!

"We did a bunch of writing before we left on this tour, then we came home and decided we were going to take a couple of months and chill and do other stuff, then get back together in the beginning of the year. And now that it's almost February, we decided it's time to get back in the studio and do what we do. So that's the plan: just get back together and get to work."

Tom Delonge has already described their newest creation as "the work of our life" and "ambitious", but Mark speaks his mind on the matter himself.

"We definitely want to try a bunch of different stuff. I think it will still sound like Blink. I think it will still be catchy. I think it will still be poppy, but we want to be weird on this record. There's your pull quote: Mark Hoppus says 'We want to be weird on this record.' "

So where exactly does all this "weirdness" come from? Turns out, it's everything put together into one awesome project!

"Everybody listens to such different stuff. Tom is really into, like, '80s stadium rock; huge, monumental '80s rock bands. Travis is all over the place, musically, and he always comes up with beats and drum parts that are so way out that I would never think of them. And I've just been listening to a lot of weird indie rock. So somewhere between amazing hip-hop beats, stadium rock and indie rock, you'll find Blink."

While the guys may be trying hard to put their record out this year considering Tom is working with Angels and Airwaves and Travis Barker is releasing his solo album, Hoppus insists it's better for Blink when every member of the band has their own thing going.

"I think that everything that everyone works on outside of Blink comes back to Blink. And being involved in all these different projects allows us to go off and try different ideas and bring those ideas back home to what we do every day. And I think it's a really positive thing. I know it's confusing for people, because everyone's like, 'Tom's doing this, and Travis is doing this, and Mark's producing ... why aren't you guys focusing on Blink?' But I think what people need to understand is that, that's how we focus on Blink. We go off, and we bring all these different pieces and ideas back, and we get inspired by other artists and get inspired by working with different people, and then when we come back to Blink, it just helps us."

Before we go, here's Mark clearing any confusion up!