Sweden’s arena-sized rock export tAKiDA are back — and they’ve brought a lyric video, a fresh single, and a European tour big enough to keep you booking hotels through 2027.

Out today, “Everything’s Wasted” is exactly the kind of heavy-hearted, melody-first anthem tAKiDA have spent more than two decades perfecting. Anchored by Robert Pettersson’s unmistakable voice, the track leans into the band’s signature mix of soaring hooks and gut-punch lyricism. Pettersson doesn’t sugarcoat the mood behind it either: “Surrendering to hopelessness and accepting hell as my new home.” Cheerful stuff — and yet somehow, the song feels cathartic rather than crushing. That’s the tAKiDA magic.

The single arrives on the heels of a serious hot streak. Their 2024 album The Agony Flame notched the band’s highest German chart position to date at No. 8, and lead single “The Loneliest Hour” hit No. 1 on the German Rock Airplay Charts. If “Everything’s Wasted” is any indication of where the five-piece is headed next, that trajectory isn’t slowing down.

Watch the official lyric video for “Everything’s Wasted” here: https://youtu.be/Z8_yXcmOe-Q

Fans looking to hear it (and everything else) at full volume won’t have to wait long. tAKiDA are running a summer 2026 stretch across Sweden and Finland — including two nights at the stunning Dalhalla amphitheater in Rättvik — before launching the Section 7 Tour in January 2027. The 16-date run rolls through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with German/Swiss modern metal crew AD INFINITUM in tow as support.

tAKiDA Live 2026:
7/10 — Skuleberget, SE — Naturscen
7/20 — Mariehamn, FI — Rockoff Festivalen
7/22 — Halmstad, SE — Hotel Tylösand
7/23 — Borgholm, SE — Slottsruinen
7/25 — Vadstena, SE — Vadstena Slott
8/21 — Rättvik, SE — Dalhalla
8/22 — Rättvik, SE — Dalhalla
8/28 — Örebro, SE — Gustavsvik
8/29 — Stockholm, SE — Ulriksdals Slott

Section 7 Tour 2027 (w/ AD INFINITUM):
1/9 — Munich, DE — Zenith
1/10 — Frankfurt am Main, DE — Jahrhunderthalle (Kuppelsaal)
1/12 — Saarbrücken, DE — Garage
1/13 — Kassel, DE — Probonio Arena
1/15 — Leipzig, DE — Quarterback Immobilien Arena
1/16 — Oberhausen, DE — Turbinenhalle
1/17 — Aurich, DE — Stadthalle
1/19 — Flensburg, DE — Deutsches Haus
1/20 — Münster, DE — Jovel Music Hall
1/22 — Hanover, DE — Swiss Life Hall
1/23 — Hamburg, DE — Sporthalle
1/24 — Berlin, DE — Columbia Halle
1/26 — Vienna, AT — Flex
1/27 — Erlangen, DE — Heinrich-Lades-Halle
1/29 — Ludwigsburg, DE — MHP Arena
1/30 — Pratteln, CH — Konzertfabrik Z7

“Everything’s Wasted” is streaming worldwide now. Press play, sit with the ache, then grab a ticket — this is the kind of song that hits ten times harder in a room full of people singing it back.