Travis Barker confronts his own place in Blink-182’s long road in trailer for Hulu’s “Louder Than Fear”

Hulu on Aug. 6 released a trailer for “Louder Than Fear,” a documentary that follows the long arc of Blink-182 and is slated to premiere Aug. 13. The promo centers on drummer Travis Barker and frames the film with an intense, personal tone, including Barker asking in the trailer, “Why am I here when everyone else isn’t?”

Billboard reported the documentary took shape over roughly a decade and is built around interviews conducted across the band’s orbit, with Barker’s Blink-182 bandmates appearing in the film. The trailer also previews remarks from Tommy Lee, reflecting the documentary’s broader look at the surrounding music community that influenced and intersected with the group’s history.

The Hulu film also includes interviews with Barker’s wife, Kourtney Kardashian, and with Questlove, according to Billboard’s account of the documentary’s lineup. The inclusion of family and outside collaborators is presented in the trailer as part of a wider investigation into the pressures and stakes that can accompany fame, touring, and the personal costs that music careers can impose.

While the trailer indicates a focus on emotion and reflection, Billboard’s description indicates the documentary’s structure is tied to recorded conversations rather than a single-performance narrative. The promo’s emphasis on multiple perspectives suggests the filmmakers are using oral history as the organizing device for tracing how Barker and the band navigated turning points over time.

“Louder Than Fear” is scheduled for release on Hulu on Aug. 13, setting a short timeline between the trailer drop and the full premiere. For audiences, the documentary’s approach indicates a mix of band history and personal testimony, intended to explain how the group’s trajectory connected with the lives of people close to Barker and other figures in the music world.

The release of the trailer adds to Hulu’s slate of music-centered documentaries and arrives as interest continues to build around long-form retrospectives of major rock acts. Viewers have one week from the Aug. 6 trailer posting to watch the full film, as the Aug. 13 premiere date gives the documentary an immediate window for audience engagement and reviews.