the band released their sixth album "the owl" on september 20, 2019. the album includes collaborations with skrillex, max martin, ryan tedder, benny blanco, andrew watt, jason "poo bear" boyd, and others. a digital single from the album, "leaving love behind" was released on july 26, 2019. brown describes some songs on the album as "personal" and "pretty heavy." concurrently, brown released a solo album called "controversy", accompanied by a new single called "swayze".