Beauty School Dropout's New Music Video Features Mark Hoppus & Pete Wentz

Blink-182's Mark Hoppus has teamed up with Veeps founder & COO Sherry Saeedi and veteran music manager Nick Lippman on a game-changing new venture capital music startup called Verswire, with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz serving as a strategic advisor — and the led by artists, for artists venture is launching its debut signing, Beauty School Dropout, and their brand new single "Assassin."

Beauty School Dropout, comprised of lead singer Colie Hutzler, producer/guitarist Bardo and bassist Beepus, explained in a statement to iHeartRadio of their new song, "Assassin was inspired by these porn stars that Bardo and Colie were hanging out with. We understood the toxicity of the situation and somehow kept getting drawn in by the unintentional desire to repair the chaos. It didn’t work (haha)."

They added, "Sonically, we wanted to go for something bold with heavy guitars and sticky hooks. After a brief intervention with the 4horsemen they came back with the idea of writing about an assassin (being these women who were killing us) and the rest poured out in no time. I think we wrote the song in less than 3 hours!"

And along with the new song comes its official music video, which features appearances from Hoppus, Wentz, and Paris Jackson. The band tells iHeartRadio of the visual, "Filming the video for Assassin was a pretty surreal experience being that it is our first real debut since being signed by Sherry Saeedi, Mark Hoppus, Nick Lippman & Pete Wentz' venture Verswire. Ironically, all of our friends we invited to be apart of the performance scenes bailed day-of, but miraculously even cooler and better looking people showed up after being invited by the cast and crew. The unknowing of the crowd made the whole thing feel like a real show which made the energy within all the scenes that much more electric."

Verswire uses Shark Tank ideology that, according to a press release, "acts as a venture capital fund that views artists as entrepreneurs, tailoring each with a custom investment that includes funding, resources, tools, A-list mentoring, support from prominent music executives and an ecosystem to own and operate their businesses within while allowing them to keep majority ownership of their masters. From A&R to distribution, marketing, brand partnerships, sponsorships, publicity and artist development, the company provides primary label services that are individualized to each artist’s needs."

Mark Hoppus explained of Verswire, "I am very excited to help build a new way for bands and artists to create music for communities, while retaining ownership of their work." Pete Wentz added, "I've been a fan of Sherry and the work she’s done for years, and look forward to being part of Verswire's journey."