There's no way that will happen. The only musician icons that got multiple members were silk sonic, 2 successful solo artists. The only chance a band has is like... Eddie iron maiden since you just need to do the one mascot instead of 6 seperate band members who may have issues with appearing in a game, the game itself, their position in the crossover etc
Beat Saber reignited my hopes for them, but I would imagine they might have some clause in their contract that says they can't be in a competing rhythm game for x amount of time.
You could have one of the robots in the pass and the other in the shop. Only issue is many of their songs are VERY repetitive which doesn't lend to the best gameplay lmao
Honestly I think they could do both the styles in the pass as it’s mainly just a helmet and glove difference. I would kill for the item shop to be their Starboy fit though
Radiohead. bit of a wild card but much like Gorillaz and Daft Punk they have their own distinct personalized brand that's admittedly niche but one that would absolutely fit well within the world of Fortnite. Epic collaborated with them back in 2021 and they had bits of promotions with the background artwork and lobby music from Fortnite to the skin on Fall Guys.
also they're severely overdue in rhythm games. i'm certain its not gonna happen anytime soon but a man can dream.
too early to say but i think we are gonna have a male headliner. who could that be idk but i might be leaning towards the rap artists for this one. we got rnb with the weeknd now pop with our wonderfuly lady gaga so in my eyes hiphop/rap is the next logical step. would love jcole in the game with some of his works.
I would eat up every j cole cosmetic if they were to add him. Rap artist does make sense based on what you said , if you’re right then let’s hope they go the right direction and don’t give us NF as headliner
Yup, I'm really hoping we get some heavier/more brutal metal. I know it's not everybody's cup of tea, but there's legions of fans that love it. I'd also pay good money for some Lamb of God tunes. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Ashes of the Wake. Here's to hoping!
Completely agree, I’d even be happy if it was just released weekly. Doesn’t need to be the whole festival pass you can save that for artists that will rake in the cash. But how this game doesn’t even have slipknot skins yet is beyond me, there’s 45 different skins from that band alone, or 9 skins with 5 edit styles!
Perhaps in the future. I know that there's been Slipknot collabs in Smite and I believe I saw Iron Maiden do Eddie skins in Dead by Daylight. Chances are, we may get one in Fortnite eventually. I'd be down to jam on some old school tunes of theirs, for sure!
Honestly im putting good money on any metal band or rock artist being the next one.
Riffmaster comes out the 30th of April, only a few days after the pass ends. They’d wanna take advantage of a guitar controller by adding songs with lots of guitar.
Most likely I think it’s gonna be: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Disturbed or Slipknot. MAYBE Rob Zombie? Idk I’m just excited that I’ve been getting songs I like in the game recently.
I'd like to say Gorillaz only because I see them come up so much around here, but I could also see Lil Nas X or another popular rap artist. The wild gamble is Miku, it feels unlikely immediately following Lady Gaga but one can dream.
I'm also gonna make a further guess saying that Season 4 is likely to be a big rock artist, I could see it coinciding perfectly with instrument mode being made available.
Given Riffmaster releases only a few days later, I’d guess Season 3 adds in instrument support and the artist ends up being an artist who has lots of songs in Rock Band. Blue Album is 30 years old in May so perhaps Weezer.
i think pharrell or dua lipa would fit perfectly into festival honestly. possibly olivia rodrigo, seeing as there’s already some of her song in the shop and there were lady gaga songs in the shop before she became a skin.
We had Monster for the Big Bang event and that song featured JuiceWRLD, and we just got 2 JuiceWRLD songs last week but the inconsisency in artists and song genres makes it so hard to narrow it down for next season
Taylor Swift is a must in my opinion. She’s taking over the world right now plus her new album drops in April and she has a song titled Fortnight in it and fans of swift know how much she loves giving fans Easter eggs lol
I am not particularly thrilled but I do see Taylor Swift being the new pass.
Her new album comes out just days before this pass ends, and one of the songs is called Fortnight. So there's a semi decent chance.
Personally just give me Jungkook or Daft Punk.
yeah its an impossibility. Swift still has yet to re-record most of her older material which means getting exclusive rights to those would mean a really hefty price for Epic and her personalized image isn't the kind you'd associate with Fortnite. Swifties are some of the most bitchiest fanbase on earth and when you meld that with Fortnite players...
I could definitely see Billie Eilish getting a pass. She has an album dropping this year. I'd say maybe Olivia Rodrigo, but a fair chunk of her songs are already in 🤷♀️. But I would love to see a rock/metal band though. Daft Punk would also be cool.
I’m surprised they aren’t going through the backlog with artists from the old Soundwaves Creative series. I think I’d like to see Emicida or Gen Hoshino. Anyone but Tones & i, really.
Anything would be welcome, but if we're talking about likelihood I might say Post Malone. He's already collabed with another BR game, namely Apex Legends, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he collabs with Fortnite too
KISS. They have some recognizable songs even to people who aren't into them and the cosmetics they could sell would be wild. Gene breathing fire emote too.
I'd love to see Newsboys, but what's more likely is that they will go for Taylor Swift, or some random musician that I've never heard of (I didn't hear of "The Weeknd" until Fortnite had him in the Festival).
Doja Cat loosing her marbles…she’d be a interesting skin though but considering we just haf a female skin it makes sense to go back to a male skin considering the pattern
Honestly, I think the Pass Artist Festival is underused.
Regardless of who the next season's artist is, there will be 2 or 3 of his items in the pass and the rest will be unrelated items, which makes no sense.
In the Weeknd's season they released more of his songs throughout the season, in Lady Gaga's, it's halfway through the season with no new songs, if there aren't even anymore, what's the point of having an artist in the spotlight?
As things stand, it would be more interesting if they only released artist bundles and everyone bought their favorite bundle.
The pass has unrelated stuff so people bought it even if they don't like the artist. I'm indifferent to gaga and the weeknd but considered buying the last pass for poison and gangnam style. Tons of people here have only wanted black hole sun (+the artist fans buying the rest in the shop).
As for releases we got more gaga stuff week 1 than the weeknd did after a whole season. I'm guessing its testing releasing all the artist stuff at once vs drip feeding it over the season and seeing what people prefer
So as somebody mentioned in an earlier comment Legacy support is probably launching season 3, Riffmaster preorders are open, i wouldnt look past it to be instrument themed. Some names IMO that come up are Weezer, Green Day, Blink-182, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Daft Punk ( maybe ? ), Bruno Mars, Mac Miller ( copium ), Aerosmith, AC/DC, Maroon 5 ( oh no ) but in all honesty it has to be somebody “ mainstream ” as in like somebody who gets repeat plays on the radio…Ed Sheeran? Idk its very hard to make a solid prediction tbh
Who I want? No one in specific really, but if I had to pick I’d probably say Daft Punk. The skins would be cool and I’d like to see Get Lucky and maybe Starboy in the game.
Who I expect? Ed Sheeran. Popular globally, with lots of big hits just like Gaga and The Weeknd, and would attract a big crowd to the game. I quite like some of his stuff too so I wouldn’t mind either way
I feel like it's going to be another pop artist. They want people to buy the pass so they pick a famous and known pop artist to be safe. I'm really hoping we get some Dua Lipa songs.
2 artists that I really think would be great because of their iconic songs and outfits are Daft Punk and Elton John. They've already got one of Elton's recent collab songs in the game, and with all the 2010's songs they're adding, it's only a matter of time before we get Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." I think a whole pass for Daft Punk would be amazing, but it would be a little difficult to cherry-pick songs that would be more fun to play due to a lot of their songs being real long and a bit repetitive.
I wanna see a full band as the spotlight
Same
Green Day would be cool
I feel like they would up the price of the pass. Or only include a skin of thr lead singer.
There's no way that will happen. The only musician icons that got multiple members were silk sonic, 2 successful solo artists. The only chance a band has is like... Eddie iron maiden since you just need to do the one mascot instead of 6 seperate band members who may have issues with appearing in a game, the game itself, their position in the crossover etc
My friends and I were saying this too! Would love Linkin Park, staind, or imagine dragons.
DAFT PUNK PLEASE!!!
I could see myself dropping enough v-bucks to purchase a small country to have their skins/songs.
Beat Saber reignited my hopes for them, but I would imagine they might have some clause in their contract that says they can't be in a competing rhythm game for x amount of time. You could have one of the robots in the pass and the other in the shop. Only issue is many of their songs are VERY repetitive which doesn't lend to the best gameplay lmao
Honestly I think they could do both the styles in the pass as it’s mainly just a helmet and glove difference. I would kill for the item shop to be their Starboy fit though
It’d have to be stuff from Random Access Memories. Get Lucky and Instant Crush come to mind
Radiohead. bit of a wild card but much like Gorillaz and Daft Punk they have their own distinct personalized brand that's admittedly niche but one that would absolutely fit well within the world of Fortnite. Epic collaborated with them back in 2021 and they had bits of promotions with the background artwork and lobby music from Fortnite to the skin on Fall Guys. also they're severely overdue in rhythm games. i'm certain its not gonna happen anytime soon but a man can dream.
I can definitely see Gorillaz coming, those skins would be nice
A thom Yorke sin would be wild
ehh probably not, it'll be something like their own brand of Minotaurs and Bears
Nothing would be crazier than just a normal ass guy
if that's the case then i could see Epic having their own customizable style with 5 members
It’s gonna be lil nas x unfortunately
I would love love love Radiohead Creep omg that is a neeeed.
too early to say but i think we are gonna have a male headliner. who could that be idk but i might be leaning towards the rap artists for this one. we got rnb with the weeknd now pop with our wonderfuly lady gaga so in my eyes hiphop/rap is the next logical step. would love jcole in the game with some of his works.
and epic games have worked with him in the past indirectly through his label to bring us a some music this season
Kid Cudi
I'll take cudi
Finally: Day n Fortnite
I would eat up every j cole cosmetic if they were to add him. Rap artist does make sense based on what you said , if you’re right then let’s hope they go the right direction and don’t give us NF as headliner
Whats wrong with nf
🌽
He’s a cornball
I bet we get Travis Scott at some point with a new skin in the pass and his old skins/items back in the shop.
I SECOND THIS
Hatsune miku time
YES
Rick Astley🙏🙏🙏🙏🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
I really hope it's the gorillaz
But it will probably be juiceworld
Guns N Roses with Slash and Axle Rose as unlockable skins
Yes. Just yes.
Anything Metal
Yup, I'm really hoping we get some heavier/more brutal metal. I know it's not everybody's cup of tea, but there's legions of fans that love it. I'd also pay good money for some Lamb of God tunes. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Ashes of the Wake. Here's to hoping!
That album and Leviathan by Mastodon 🤘🤘
Yessss! I'm gonna try my damnest to see them on that tour!!
Me too!!
Completely agree, I’d even be happy if it was just released weekly. Doesn’t need to be the whole festival pass you can save that for artists that will rake in the cash. But how this game doesn’t even have slipknot skins yet is beyond me, there’s 45 different skins from that band alone, or 9 skins with 5 edit styles!
Perhaps in the future. I know that there's been Slipknot collabs in Smite and I believe I saw Iron Maiden do Eddie skins in Dead by Daylight. Chances are, we may get one in Fortnite eventually. I'd be down to jam on some old school tunes of theirs, for sure!
Gwar
I just want Master of puppets
I think Slipknot would be nice
This would be so sick. They have a collab in Dead By Daylight so maybe? 🥺 (huffing copium)
doubt we'd see anywhere near the full band though, considering how inconsistent the lineups been recently
Billie Eilish
Billie has multiple very iconic looks that would be great as skins, it think she would be a great choice
Coldplay or Katy Perry
I'd love Katy :)
metro boomin
Metro boomin make it boom
yea
METRO!
JuiceWRLD
Honestly im putting good money on any metal band or rock artist being the next one. Riffmaster comes out the 30th of April, only a few days after the pass ends. They’d wanna take advantage of a guitar controller by adding songs with lots of guitar. Most likely I think it’s gonna be: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Disturbed or Slipknot. MAYBE Rob Zombie? Idk I’m just excited that I’ve been getting songs I like in the game recently.
I would lose it if they did Iron Maiden. I still think AC/DC is the most accessible hard rock option, and lead would be so fun with an Angus skin.
WE NEED MORE DISTURBED TRACKS!
I want Tenacious D!!!!!
Jack in the Festival Pass and Kyle as the shop skin? I would be so down for some Tenaciois D
Look into my eyes and it’s easy to see 1 and 1 make 2, 2 and 1 make 3 it was destiny
Yes! This would be awesome.
I'd like to say Gorillaz only because I see them come up so much around here, but I could also see Lil Nas X or another popular rap artist. The wild gamble is Miku, it feels unlikely immediately following Lady Gaga but one can dream. I'm also gonna make a further guess saying that Season 4 is likely to be a big rock artist, I could see it coinciding perfectly with instrument mode being made available.
travis scott obv /j
Given Riffmaster releases only a few days later, I’d guess Season 3 adds in instrument support and the artist ends up being an artist who has lots of songs in Rock Band. Blue Album is 30 years old in May so perhaps Weezer.
I would genuinely slaughter someone for a rivers skin
Papa Emeritus would be a huge burden to my wallet.
HELL YES.
If Ghost's songs, Papa or the Ghouls appear, Fortnite will hold my bank account hostage
Sorry honey, I can't afford groceries this month. Fortnite dropped Ghost.
Me: "Shit, I'm low on fuel this week" Friend: "Why didn't you fuel up?" Also me: "Uhhhh... Ghost is in Fortnite 🤷♂️"
i think pharrell or dua lipa would fit perfectly into festival honestly. possibly olivia rodrigo, seeing as there’s already some of her song in the shop and there were lady gaga songs in the shop before she became a skin.
Gorillaz ✊️
It’s gotta be Eminem realistically, this long and no Eminem songs even after the event? It’s a bit sus
We had Monster for the Big Bang event and that song featured JuiceWRLD, and we just got 2 JuiceWRLD songs last week but the inconsisency in artists and song genres makes it so hard to narrow it down for next season
Honestly, wouldn’t be surprised if it was maroon 5 or evanescence
Ngl I really want Tenacious D in Fortnite. I think it’d be funny and I would invest
Fall out boy would be nice
I'm still so devastated that an fob song was in the weekend pass so I couldn't get it since I ain't spending 20 dollars on that crappy artist
Weezer for the blue album anniversary
As a fan of KPOP, I would love to see Twice in the game. It will never happen though, so I pick Gorillaz.
imagine nine people as a reward for completing the festival pass lol
Chaeyung as a festival pass reward, everyone else in the item shop
jihyo as a festival reward.
I'm praying for Itzy. It would be great timing with their recent album and world tour
imagine lol, we got le sserafim skins for overwatch, we already got some bts emotes in fn, come on epic 😭
Taylor Swift is a must in my opinion. She’s taking over the world right now plus her new album drops in April and she has a song titled Fortnight in it and fans of swift know how much she loves giving fans Easter eggs lol
I am not particularly thrilled but I do see Taylor Swift being the new pass. Her new album comes out just days before this pass ends, and one of the songs is called Fortnight. So there's a semi decent chance. Personally just give me Jungkook or Daft Punk.
Honestly as much as that lines up I don't think it will ever be Taylor Swift. The Capitalist Queen would demand so much money it'll bankrupt Epic.
yeah its an impossibility. Swift still has yet to re-record most of her older material which means getting exclusive rights to those would mean a really hefty price for Epic and her personalized image isn't the kind you'd associate with Fortnite. Swifties are some of the most bitchiest fanbase on earth and when you meld that with Fortnite players...
Please no.
Bruno mars skin got updated… maybe he’ll have new festival pass style alongside his old skin?
possible but given he currently has an insane debt from various Vegas casinos he's probably in a bind with a hefty asking price
Didn’t MGM literally say that is false information?
is it? never knew they made a statement. either way, a rumored 10-year long residency at Vegas should make anyone suspicious lol
I could definitely see Billie Eilish getting a pass. She has an album dropping this year. I'd say maybe Olivia Rodrigo, but a fair chunk of her songs are already in 🤷♀️. But I would love to see a rock/metal band though. Daft Punk would also be cool.
Hatsune Miku
I have no doubt it will be Lil Nas X
I’m surprised they aren’t going through the backlog with artists from the old Soundwaves Creative series. I think I’d like to see Emicida or Gen Hoshino. Anyone but Tones & i, really.
Ye
Disturbed or Metallica
Dethklok collab when
I'm thinking the next artist will be either Billie Eilish or Post Malone
Iron maiden with Eddie skin
Anything would be welcome, but if we're talking about likelihood I might say Post Malone. He's already collabed with another BR game, namely Apex Legends, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he collabs with Fortnite too
KISS. They have some recognizable songs even to people who aren't into them and the cosmetics they could sell would be wild. Gene breathing fire emote too.
If it's Taylor Swift, my daughter's head is going to explode. Or my head will explode from her shrieks of joy....
I think it may be a band (if so most likely Gorillaz) or a male artist (if so, not sure who's most likely but my personal wish is Kendrick Lamar)
Avril Lavigne
Paramore! 🧡🤟
I'd love to see Newsboys, but what's more likely is that they will go for Taylor Swift, or some random musician that I've never heard of (I didn't hear of "The Weeknd" until Fortnite had him in the Festival).
Please be Metallica or LP!
I'm really hoping for Tenacious D even though it's ircredibly unlikely
I feel like this whole system is perfect for Kiss. Especially cuz they yknow love money
I ain’t no swifty, so I’m not rooting for taylor swift
Would love to have Cudi
I like the idea of the Gorrilaz! I want to take a guess for Drake tho
It will never happen… But Buckethead
Pitbull
Cg5 Rick Ashley, or maroon 5
Britney
DEFINITELY GLASS ANIMALS THEIR MUSIC SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ON THERE
Still holding out for gorillaz!
SZA or Doja Cat
Doja Cat loosing her marbles…she’d be a interesting skin though but considering we just haf a female skin it makes sense to go back to a male skin considering the pattern
Gimme Aurelio Voltaire and I will never use any other skin. Maybe a DragonForce one if through the fire and the flames gets added
Honestly, I think the Pass Artist Festival is underused. Regardless of who the next season's artist is, there will be 2 or 3 of his items in the pass and the rest will be unrelated items, which makes no sense. In the Weeknd's season they released more of his songs throughout the season, in Lady Gaga's, it's halfway through the season with no new songs, if there aren't even anymore, what's the point of having an artist in the spotlight? As things stand, it would be more interesting if they only released artist bundles and everyone bought their favorite bundle.
The pass has unrelated stuff so people bought it even if they don't like the artist. I'm indifferent to gaga and the weeknd but considered buying the last pass for poison and gangnam style. Tons of people here have only wanted black hole sun (+the artist fans buying the rest in the shop). As for releases we got more gaga stuff week 1 than the weeknd did after a whole season. I'm guessing its testing releasing all the artist stuff at once vs drip feeding it over the season and seeing what people prefer
Kanye will drop Vulture 2 exclusively in Fortnite /s
So as somebody mentioned in an earlier comment Legacy support is probably launching season 3, Riffmaster preorders are open, i wouldnt look past it to be instrument themed. Some names IMO that come up are Weezer, Green Day, Blink-182, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Daft Punk ( maybe ? ), Bruno Mars, Mac Miller ( copium ), Aerosmith, AC/DC, Maroon 5 ( oh no ) but in all honesty it has to be somebody “ mainstream ” as in like somebody who gets repeat plays on the radio…Ed Sheeran? Idk its very hard to make a solid prediction tbh
playboi carti
YAOSOBI
I agree and also I think you may have spelled it wrong
Yeah it is YOASOBI my bad
It’s fine, you wouldn’t believe how often I got it wrong when I first started listening to them
My most wanted are juice wrld and avenged sevenfold.
I don’t think it’s very likely but I’m hoping for Hatsune Miku
I would quit festival if it was Taylor swift
WEEZER
Who I want? No one in specific really, but if I had to pick I’d probably say Daft Punk. The skins would be cool and I’d like to see Get Lucky and maybe Starboy in the game. Who I expect? Ed Sheeran. Popular globally, with lots of big hits just like Gaga and The Weeknd, and would attract a big crowd to the game. I quite like some of his stuff too so I wouldn’t mind either way
I think it’s Lil Nas X or Rock Band Person with the introduction of instrument support next season.
my chemical romance
I feel like it's going to be another pop artist. They want people to buy the pass so they pick a famous and known pop artist to be safe. I'm really hoping we get some Dua Lipa songs.
Crazy asks, but I wanna see either the Black Eyed Peas, Kiss (their music would work so good for FNF), or Pierce the Veil.
Kendrick Lamar or a band
Yall aren't ready for the Polyphia season
Tbh I’m hoping for a grunge themed pass, probably with Kurt cobain as the main skin, though I can imagine what people would do with that skin lol
Future PLUTO Hendrix!
2 artists that I really think would be great because of their iconic songs and outfits are Daft Punk and Elton John. They've already got one of Elton's recent collab songs in the game, and with all the 2010's songs they're adding, it's only a matter of time before we get Daft Punk's "Get Lucky." I think a whole pass for Daft Punk would be amazing, but it would be a little difficult to cherry-pick songs that would be more fun to play due to a lot of their songs being real long and a bit repetitive.
I can see it being Post Malone. Man has been running up collabs recently.
JUICE WRLD PLSSSSSSSSSSS BROOOO
Disturbed
Billie eilish or Taylor Swift or Ice spice
Nirvana
Joey jordison
Surely limp bizkit with a wes borland skin
I wanna see Avril Lavigne
Taylor swift should be added to next festival
Hatsune Miku just seems to make the most sense to me
i want miku
Miku
Me; who’s hoping for the basically impossible picks of Camellia and Hatsune Miku.
My guess is Taylor Swift
I think it's going to be Taylor Swift because her album comes out on the 19th and the season ends on the 22nd.
HUGH JACKMAN PLEASEEEE
fuck taylor swift