Editing The Hives (section)

===''Veni Vidi Vicious'' and ''Your New Favourite Band'' (2000–2002)===
The Hives released their second studio album, ''[[Veni Vidi Vicious]],'' in April 2000 through Burning Heart Records. The band members described the album as being like "a velvet glove with brass knuckles, both brutal and sophisticated at the same time". The album yielded the singles "[[Hate to Say I Told You So]]", "[[Main Offender (song)|Main Offender]]", "Die, All Right!", and "Supply and Demand". The album track "The Hives – Introduce the Metric System in Time" was included on the punk rock compilation album ''[[Punk-O-Rama#Punk-O-Rama #5 (2000)|Punk-O-Rama Volume 5]]'' from Epitaph later that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/punk-o-rama-vol-5-mw0000066378 |title=– Punk-O-Rama Vol. 5 |work=AllMusic |access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> "Hate To Say I Told You So" was later included on the soundtrack for [[Spider-Man (2002 film)|''Spider-Man'']], and also featured in the video game [[Forza Horizon]] . The track "Main Offender" was featured in the video game ''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]'' while "Die, All Right!" was released as downloadable content in the game's digital music store.

After seeing the video for "Hate to Say I Told You So" on German television, industry executive [[Alan McGee]] decided to sign the band to his newly formed [[Poptones]] label. Poptones released the 'best of' compilation ''[[Your New Favourite Band]]'' in 2001, which proved to be the band's breakthrough record, reaching number seven on the [[UK Albums Chart|UK album charts]]. Following the success of the album, the band re-released the singles "Hate to Say I Told You So" and "Main Offender", which reached number 23 and 24 respectively on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The band also re-released ''Veni Vidi Vicious'' in the US.

During the promotion of ''Veni Vidi Vicious'' and ''Your New Favourite Band'', the Hives signed a record deal with [[Universal Music]], reportedly worth $10&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=August 22 |first1=Brian Hiatt Updated |last2=EDT |first2=2002 at 04:00&nbsp;am |title=Sweden's the Hives on their next album and more |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/08/22/swedens-hives-their-next-album-and-more/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref> The signing was a result of Epitaph selling the rights to the band's material in the US to [[Warner Bros. Records]] without informing the members beforehand.<ref name=":0"/> A dispute followed between the Hives and the labels, who claimed that the band were still contracted for one more album, in which a lawsuit was filed against the band and settled out of court.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=23 July 2002 |title=Hives Sign Worldwide Deal With Universal |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hives-sign-worldwide-deal-with-universal-74995/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0"/>