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Give it time-you’re gonna come into your own and blossom. So, for me, I look out and I see these people in the crowd and I’m like, Oh, you’re going through that right now. “I carried around this big tenor saxophone that was bigger than me,” he said, remembering early adolescence. Talking with Apple Music about their 2018 track “Zero,” vocalist Dan Reynolds described the role of empathy in both writing and performance-a cornerstone of the band’s success. They followed up at a steady clip (2015’s Smoke + Mirrors, 2017’s Evolve, 2018’s Origins), refining their sound without dulling its cathartic edge. Led by a pair of explosive singles (“It’s Time” and “Radioactive”), the band went on to become one of the more singular successes of the 2010s, leveraging stadium-ready indie rock with synth-pop, dubstep, stomping folk, and hints of New Wave-a sound that jumped out of speakers like a bright neon light. Formed in Provo, Utah, by a group of high school and college friends, the band self-released three EPs before making the leap to Interscope Records in 2012, delivering their full-length debut, Night Visions, later that year. I believe that by singing about my own struggle with it, it hopefully will bring someone else some sort of peace or resolve."In 2011, Las Vegas band Imagine Dragons were pulling six-hour shows at local casinos for just enough to cover rent and Taco Bell a year-and-change later, they were Platinum. And the point of art is to share our darkest moments as well as the light ones. But I also don’t want to shame anyone for their circumstances. The last thing that I want to do is to glorify it. “I have watched my friends die to drug addiction. It can look incredibly painful and ugly,” he said. Because in its most honest sense, there is nothing beautiful or alluring about it at all. “I just tried to paint an honest depiction of sobriety and addiction. Reynolds said he agonized about frankly discussing his own addiction battles, worried that fans might wrongly think he was glorifying drugs. I owe them vulnerability and honesty only.” Weve been writing for the last year and a half for this new record, Reynolds revealed in an interview with Linda Perry this past May. “And that I really would be doing them a disservice if I ever tried to re-create the past or sugarcoat the present. Since Origins was released in November, we may be lucky and see a new Imagine Dragons album around the same time. He told me to never worry about pushing them in uncomfortable ways,” Reynolds said. They not only want to grow with me, but they expected it. “Rick reminded me that over the last decade my fans have grown up with me. The Imagine Dragons frontman discussed working with Justin Tranter on âBeliever,â the bandâs third studio album Evolve and launching the Love Loud festival to combat bigotry and. The deaths had the effect of reminding Reynolds how short life is, and he says he wants to make the most of the days he has left, staying present and vulnerable.

He lost loved ones to cancer, including his business manager, an ex-girlfriend and his sister-in-law, which inspired Wrecked. He separated from wife Aja Volkman, but the couple reunited in late 2018 after a seven-month break and welcomed a fourth child, son Valentine, the next fall. The album was written over a three-year period and much happened in Reynolds' life. On Lonely, he offers: “These days, I’m becoming everything I hate.” The song Dull Knives has Reynolds' almost screaming in anguish: “Won’t someone please save my life?” and one song has the sing-along chorus: “It’s OK to be not OK.” “I’m finding it hard to love myself,” he sings on My Life. * Imagine Dragons' enthusiasm for music and life proves infectious live * Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds announces birth of newborn son Valentine * Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds re-proposes to wife Aja Volkman after split and reconciliation