Red Hot Chili Peppers have revealed the reason behind their decision to name their new record 'I'm With You'. 

The 'Californication' stars have opted for slight ambiguity with this album's title as, according to frontman Anthony Kiedis, "it's open, and there's not really a negative connotation. It's inviting". Talking about its inception, he added:

"Josh showed up one day and he wrote [I'm With You] on a piece of paper. I was like, 'What's that?' And we all kind of put our eyes on it at the same time and went: 'That is the title of our record.'"

"It seems pretty open... to where the band is, what the band's doing, how the record wants to be related to, or related with."

The album, which features artwork from Damien Hirst, will be released on August 30 and you can watch a recent interview with two of the band's members here: