Codefendants have released the official video for “Lonely Life,” the second single from their upcoming sophomore album LIFERS, out April 3. The trio — Fat Mike, Julio “Ceschi” Ramos, and Sam King — double down on their volatile hybrid of punk abrasion and hip-hop confession, this time pairing the track with a visual starring Jakob Nowell.
The video plays like a fever dream of modern alienation. Nowell moves through scenes that blur performance and isolation, embodying the song’s central tension: how you can be surrounded by noise, people, and spectacle — and still feel completely alone. It’s a fitting aesthetic for a band that has built its identity on exposing the cracks beneath the culture.
Fat Mike calls “Lonely Life” his favorite track on the record, describing it as “a fucken roller coaster ride with no seat belt or safety bars.” It’s not hyperbole. The song swerves between sharp melodic hooks and explosive punk urgency, driven by a rhythm section that feels constantly on the verge of collapse but never quite loses control.
For Ceschi, the track cuts deeper. He frames the lyrics as a reflection on the commodification of identity in the social media age — a world where performance is constant and authenticity is currency. “The louder, brighter, and more ever-present that spectacle becomes,” he says, “the more we lose ourselves, and our humanity, in the process.” That existential unraveling is the true “lonely life” at the center of the song.
The release follows “Rivals,” their recent collaboration with hip-hop architect The D.O.C., known for his work alongside N.W.A., Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg. That partnership — the band’s second with The D.O.C. after 2023’s “Fast Ones,” underscored Codefendants’ refusal to stay in one lane. Punk, rap, alternative rock, all of it is fair game under the Crimewave banner.
Formed out of Bay Area punk lineage and underground hip-hop grit, Codefendants first detonated onto the scene with This Is Crime Wave, recorded in Echo Park and fueled by chaos both personal and cultural. Sam King and Ceschi, bonded through the storied walls of 924 Gilman Street, brought real-world scars and hard-earned perspective into the studio. Fat Mike, punk’s perennial provocateur, provided both production muscle and gasoline.
Now, with LIFERS fully produced by Fat Mike and set to drop April 3, 2026, Codefendants are scaling up. The band’s tour calendar includes headline club dates, festival appearances at Punk in the Park and Louder Than Life, Warped Tour stops, a Red Rocks performance with Sublime, and multiple Sublime-affiliated events including the Me Gusta Festival and Reef Madness Cruise.
If “Lonely Life” is any indication, LIFERS won’t be a refinement, it’ll be an escalation. Presave Lifers here.
Watch the official video for “Lonely Life” now and prepare for Crimewave’s next chapter.
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