This is an accepted version of this page Waterparks is an American pop rock band formed in Houston, Texas in 2011.

The band signed with Fueled by Ramen in 2022, and their fifth studio album, Intellectual Property, was released in April 2023.

[1][2][3][4] The band was later joined by drummer Owen Marvin, guitarist Tommy Denley, and briefly, keyboardist Tyler Comer.

[4] Guitarist Geoff Wigington and drummer Otto Wood joined the band that same year following the prior departures.

The band's first show was on August 17, 2012 at Warehouse Live in Houston[9] alongside Invent, Animate, DWHB, and Life as Lions.

[2] The band performed as a supporting act for pop musician Aaron Carter, opening his Houston tour date on May 11, 2013.

[26]The group released a single titled "Stupid For You" on August 31, 2016 in promotion of its debut album, Double Dare.

[33] In March 2017, the group joined fellow bands SWMRS and The Wrecks as supporting acts on All Time Low's tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

[35] Night Riots performed in place of SWMRS on the tour's Dallas and Houston dates.

[59][60] On January 22, 2020, frontman Awsten Knight posted on Twitter that if a certain tweet was retweeted 20,000 times, that he would release a new Waterparks album that day.

[64][65] This comes after Knight leaked the song the previous week on a live stream whilst cutting off his Fandom-era green hair himself.

[64][65] On February 25, 2021, the band announced their fourth studio album Greatest Hits, along with the release of a new single titled "Snow Globe".

[69] The fourth single, "You'd Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out To Get You)", was released on April 28, 2021, sharing its title with an autobiography written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Awsten Knight.

[77] In 2022, the band's song "Telephone," from their 2019 album Fandom, was featured in episode three of the British TV series, Heartstopper.

[81] On August 30, 2022, the band debuted a new song live titled "Real Super Dark" from the upcoming album.

[89] On October 11, 2023, the band released the single "Sneaking Out of Heaven", treated as part of Intellectual Property on streaming services.

[note 1] It also incorporates elements of punk, rap, bubblegum pop, electronic, indie, jazz, drum and bass, industrial, grunge, post-hardcore, dark pop, orchestral, emo rap, stadium rock, and lo-fi genres.

[118] Frontman Awsten has stated that he considers the group to be a rock band that has garnered significant inspiration from pop music.

They have cited Sum 41,[120] Blink-182,[3] Good Charlotte,[121] Kesha,[101][122] My Chemical Romance, Green Day,[9] Fall Out Boy,[3][122] No Doubt,[122] Kanye West,[122] the Beach Boys,[122] Donald Glover,[122] Tyler, the Creator,[122] Taylor Swift,[122] Chance the Rapper,[122] Linkin Park, Paramore,[3] and Saves the Day[3] as musical influences.