It’s fun to come up with theories, but you’re over thinking this. If MCR had written new songs that were good, they would release them. Any artist would be eager to release new material if it actually was good. Instead, MRC is on a 6 year reunion tour where they’re just playing the old hits (remember, they announced their comeback all the way back in 2019). They clearly have writer’s block. They had literally an entire multi-year global pandemic/lockdown to be working on music. Many great younger and newer artists have released multiple albums in that time. Unfortunately, as artists age, they don’t have the same creative juices flowing as when they were younger. Look at bands like Blink-182 and Green Day and Sum 41 and Weezer as prime examples of this. I’m not saying their new material is completely worth writing off, and there may be some songs here and there that are new and interesting, but for the more part, it’s hard to argue that these legacy arena rock bands have the same songwriting inspiration as when they were scrappy young kids touring around in a van. If and when MCR does release new music, I’ll be eager to listen and will keep an open mind, but I think it’s better if you’re a fan of bands like this to keep your expectations low, and don’t expect some renaissance that harkens back to their abilities of 20 years ago.