Subreddit for the American pop-rock band, Imagine Dragons, consisting of members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, and Daniel Platzman
We're Imagine Dragons and we're neither a renaissance fair nor a young adult fantasy novel. AMA.
OFFICIAL AMA
Hey we’re Imagine Dragons from Las Vegas. Our new song “Enemy” is the theme song for the League of Legends series Arcane on Netflix, and our new album Mercury - Act 1 is out now. We’re on tour soon.PROOF: https://i.redd.it/o98u47ju3ny71.jpg
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Are you guys planning to play the Origins songs on your next tour? Personally I would really like to hear Cool Out live, and others like Only, Stuck, Burn Out, Real Life etc. Not just the singles!
Everybody loves Ben's epic slap bass solo in the live version of Start Over. the question is, why isn't that also featured in the studio version of the song? why is there so little bass in general in the studio version? There is no bassline at all until the second verse, and even then there's no slap :(
How come One Day's live version is transposed up in key compared to the album version?
There is an "alternate version" of Thunder out there that has played on radio stations in countries outside of the US, including the UK and Australia IIRC. It does not have the chipmunk vocal part, and is instead just Dan Reynolds' usual singing. What is the story behind this version; how did it end up on these radio stations, and why was the song changed?
Who is the woman singing in the final chorus of Next to Me, and why is she not credited or even mentioned anywhere? I have heard that it's a woman called Yebba Smith, but it's not confirmed. The backing vocal part was also edited once, and lots of folks here have made threads asking about why "they changed Next to Me???", so it would be nice to hear an official confirmation behind what happened here. 😂 Yesterday was also changed just before it was digitally released, is there a story behind that as well?
Is the reason that Leave Me is never played live anymore because of the "you've gotta get a gun to make a woman run" line, or just because it's an old song that you forgot about?
What are the lyrics to the second verse of I Don't Mind??? Genius.com says it's "I'm not a lover let me be, for our hearts to bind or be set free" but I really don't think those are correct.
Can you please release All For You (from the Transformers soundtrack)? And make Lost Cause (from the Frankenweenie soundtrack) available on streaming services in the US (and maybe remix/remaster it because it is horribly compressed? wishful thinking I know 😅)
What's your favorite song from each of your albums? Including the old EPs? (if you can't remember all the old EP track orders just give me your favorite pre-Night Visions track)
Do you like Coldplay's new album Music of the Spheres?
I assume some of these questions will be asked by other users here, so feel free to ignore duplicate questions. No need to waste time responding to the same stuff :P
Final remark from me is not a question, but just something I wanted to say to Dan Reynolds. Ever since Chester Bennington tragically passed, I have worried about other musicians, especially ones who detail their depressive thoughts in their lyrics, much like what Chester did. Combined with your old tweet about negativity surrounding ID's music (which must have been posted over a year ago now) which just exemplified the amount of heartless assholes on the internet, and the fact that Mercury is such a vulnerable and personal album (it is hard to not consider songs like My Life, Lonely, Giants, and Dull Knives as "cries for help"), I needed to say please never give up.I know the effect your music has had on other people does not go unnoticed, but it is must be difficult to really internalize, since we are strangers; we know you, but you don't know us. Well, hopefully when you read these comments, you can get to know us a little better. Dan, I don't exaggerate when I say that you are the most inspiring frontman I have ever seen. You are not only extremely talented, but you are determined (if you didn't try your hardest, Imagine Dragons would not be where they are right now), and are such a wholesome individual, dedicated to helping others. You have saved so many people with your lyrics, especially in songs from Smoke + Mirrors, and the recent Mercury Act 1, which personally helped me a lot. Personally in my darkest moments, I often think that even though there are people who love me, they don't really know who I am, they don't know the real me and all the horrible demons inside my head, and that I have hurt a lot of people before and that I'm not actually as good of a person as a lot of people think I am. And you know what? Fuck those thoughts. Who cares what I am thinking of myself? Everyone is dealing with their own thoughts about themselves. We are all the same in some ways. Your character is marked by all the good things you do for people. So if you ever think "my fans don't know the real me, they don't know all of the bad things I have done and felt", remember this: we will still love you no matter what, unless you turn out to be a heartless psychopath with no empathy who kills people for fun or something. xD
PS: Tell Mac that he is deeply appreciated and his generosity is outstanding!
For sake of getting to everyone I can’t answer all these questions but I will answer 1 and also tell you “your comments at the end brought a tear to my eye, truly. Thank you. And I love you all and appreciate your care. I have far too much to live for. Am incredibly blessed w children that need me and a fan base that feels more like family then fans.
I’ll pick question 1. We will be playing so many songs we’ve never played live on this tour. Going to play some of origins absolutely. XDR
I think that the final remark is something that many people also wanted to say but didn't know how to formulate it; well at least it is true in my case. I was also worried for Dan seeing the personal struggles he went through and the songs he was releasing. We know you don't know us, but we want you to know that there are just so many people that care about your well being (and the well being of everyone else in the group). Whatever happens in life take time for yourself, take a break for as long as it's needed until you feel better, even if that means that no new songs will be out. We love your work, but we care more when our favorite artists are well and love what they do.
Thank you, dismountedleitis, for putting your final thoughts out there (last 2 paragraphs). So true and I feel the same, as do, I'm sure, many, many fans. Wholeheartedly agree with every single word.
Could yall please release a 10th anniversary special edition of Night Visions on September 2022 with extra songs like:
• Clouds
• I Wish You Well
• Starlight
• Darkness
• Bang Bang Bang
• To Fall Down
• Falling Into You
• Give It A Break
• I Am Just A Sailor
• Stars
• Crash Course
• Everyone Believes
• Ovation Song
And also put these songs on streaming platforms 🥺🙏🥺
• Destination (Acoustic and Studio Version)
• 30 Lives (Acoustic and Studio Demo)
• Ready Aim Fire
• Lost Cause
• All For You
• Working Man, Fallen to all Spotify users
• Cha Ching to all Apple Music users
That’s a great idea. Except for crash course. How do you know that demo? We never have spoken of it….
I believe it was featured on a whiteboard in the Making of Night Visions documentary https://i.imgur.com/XxHLZda.jpg
It appeared in the Making Of Night Visions documentary whiteboard!
NOT THE DEGG FLAIR IN THE USER LMFAOOO
And add extended versions of studio NV songs to match their live counterparts and some insanely awesome artwork!
30 Lives on streaming as well please 🙏
30 Lives is my favorite song by u guys. yes please
Nah man they gotta hit us with the Anagram Boxset
Hi y'all, college student and Arizonan checking in! I hope the band is having an amazing time and is excited for the tour coming up!
My questions:
I think I've listened to everything by y'all (and everything sung by Dan), but I think the song that I hold the strongest emotional connection to is The Pit--(long story short, it's definitely going to be a wedding song for me and my SO).
I know this was made an extremely long time ago and not with the current band, but is there ever a chance you'll sing or reproduce this in the future?
Also, a question for Dan:
Have you and Aja ever considered making a couple songs for Egyptian again? I honestly loved the combo of your voices and all of the songs are bangers!
My first concert ever was the Evolve tour in Phoenix, and it was definitely the highlight of my year--I appreciate all of the energetic yet wholesome energy you guys bring to all of your music, and how you make sure to always include everyone in the things that you do. Luckily, the Mercury concert in Phoenix aligns perfectly with my spring break, and I managed to get a couple of nosebleed seats for my SO and I, so I'm extremely excited to experience that this spring :D
Thank you all for being such a great musical inspiration for me and for so many people in my life!
Such an old song. Wrote it on my mission when I was 19 and quite lost. So glad it connects with you. Maybe one day..
And I’ll pass that along to aja. We love to sing and work together. Do it every day at home honestly. Constantly pushing each other’s art. XDR
Thanks so much for replying, Dan :) I completely get that, I feel most comfortable singing around my SO, and even though we're not musicians, it's absolutely a blast to sing together
Also, I'm excited to see what you all come up with for the next online scavenger hunt for future releases with the band! I was with the discord through the whole Mercury password hunt and loved how you put everything together, with the incremental clues hopping between social media platforms. I'm majoring in CS and Math, so I might just have to take a cryptography class next semester to prepare for next time :D
Not a young fantasy model. :( Damn
Anyway, hello, Nicc here! As a part of this community, I'm so glad y'all are doing this AMA over here, it's so dope!
At first, wanted to say that your music has helped me through the hard times in my life multiple times, I'm so grateful for that and I want to say thank you (also for making Dream and Burn Out, in particular). Hope to see ya in Prague! Btw the new album is so good.
Anyway, let's go to the questions:
My first one would be related to Origins. Will you ever play some non-album songs on your upcoming tour? Because songs like Only, Burn Out, or Digital (yeah!) would be really cool to see perform live!
Which is your favorite lyric ID has ever written and put out?
Favorite Mercury song of yours?
And the most random question - favorite pizza topping?
Really curious about answers to these ones. Hope y'all are doing good, thanks one more time for doing this AMA!
Jakub aka Nicc :)
Thanks for the kindness. Glad our music resonates with you. I weirdly read that question as if you were asking for “favorite Freddie Mercury songs” and I was about to rain down on you with a list of absolute BANGERS.
But fav song of OUR ALBUM MERCURY is dull knives. Xxwayne
Lmao, I definitely wouldn't complain about you putting here the list.
Anyway, thank you for the answer! I'm so happy!
We would love to see that list pls
Hi. Giants is a great song- probably the best on Mercury. I just wanna know if the story is inspired from someone in particular from the band. Who wrote it or whose idea it was to go on this record? Or did everybody pitch in? And was it Rick Rubin's idea for Dan to scream the hell out especially in the bridge?
When can we expect a collab with Chris Martin and Coldplay or Tyler Joseph and Twenty One Pilots? Pleaseeeee!
Burn Out is a great song from Origins. But we've never heard anything from the band regarding it even in Instagaram clips and stuff. What can you tell us about writing this song in particular?
This one is more like letting you guys know that you have a huge following in the east side of the world- my country Bangladesh 🇧🇩 right beside India 🇮🇳 and Pakistan 🇵🇰. We have always appreciated your music and songs mainly because you guys have been unique to us in form of entertainment and lyrically, we have been connecting more and more with you. Thanks for being consistent, especially by making the return through Mercury.
I’m glad you like giants! I always write all the lyrics. Rick helped w a lot but never forced me to scream. In fact I think he forced me to not scream sometimes tbh XDR
screaming while singing tiptoeing quietly is nothing less than incredible. The entire track is. You are. We all are.
Giants is one of our favorite songs on Mercury I, so glad that you enjoy it
First time I listened to Mercury I got stuck on this one for a good 20 minutes before moving on with the tracklist. Incredible piece.
Hey guys! Nice to see you on our subreddit!
Are you guys planning more dates for the U.S. tour or is what's there set in stone.
Have you ever considered collaborating with other big artists such as OneRepublic and or Twenty One Pilots if you had the opportunity?
Do you think we would ever get Fallen and or Ready Aim Fire on spotify? Or are there some logistical issues preventing that?
Thank you for your amazing music!
More US dates coming soon. We don’t collaborate often because the 4 of us is already so many cooks in the kitchen. And as for 3 why aren’t those on Spotify? I’ll look into that. XDR
omg fallen being on spotify would actually make my year i love it sm, i remember you singing a bit of it in birmingham ages ago so it’s a v happy memory for me 🥲
Don’t forget Working Man!
Hi, sorry for the long message but I just have some things to ask:
1- Are you going to release Stars? In the discord server we are going wild cause we got hyped by the Save The Fox stream where we got to hear a bit of it and by the mistake of the UK store.
2- In 2010 you guys posted a video called 2010 Demos that can still be seen on your channel, do you guys think we'll get to see those demos release?
3- Is Act II called Alchemy? :degg:Just kidding, actual question, Is Clouds ever gonna get released? It's really a fan favourite and we'd be very excited to see a 2021 version or a studio version.
Thank you guys for doing this AMA, we love y'all xoxo
Not called alchemy
And I love stars. Old demo. Wrote it at college. We should release it I agree. XDR
Hi, thank you so much for taking time to do this.
Mine is a desire, more than a question. You have been releasing old EPs on platforms (thanks for that), but will we ever get an actual studio recording of Clouds (Vegas In Tune version)? It's my favorite Imagine Dragons song and it'd literally make my life.
Thank you so much for everything that you do! Lots of love ♥
We will do this eventually. We must. It was the birth song of ID tbh. XDR
thanks you just made my life tbh
thank you so much guys, clouds means so much to a lot of us ❤️
"THE BIRTH SONG OF ID"
To whichever band member is reading this: Whats your favorite song from Mercury act 1?
What made you guys decide to release the EPs on streaming services? Im super happy they got released!
Opinions on Degg?
Thanks for doing this with us! We truly appreciate it! You guys are awesome🙏🏻
Changes quite often. But I love dull knives most days.
You asked we listened.
What is degg
XDR
Dan + egg
Dan + Egg = Degg?
actually, dan + world record egg
Yes
Go to r/imaginedragonsteens and type 'degg' in any post.
Degg will arrive himself
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JID is a legend. Incredibly humble and talented. We are friends w many of the riot folks and often speak w each other about projects we are working on. They showed us early cut of arcane and asked if we wanted to work on a song for it. Easy answer. Yes yes yes. And then we wrote the song a week later. And this was years ago. And now it’s finally out! XDR
First of all, I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for making me who I am today and saving the lives of so many people in this world. You guys are truly an inspiration to millions, and us Firebreathers appreciate everything that you do. X
Now on to my questions:
What is the meaning behind Bad Liar (My favorite song) and why did you write it?
Were you guys ever planning on doing an Origins Tour if Covid hadn’t have happened?
I convinced my friend Josh to listen to your music and he loves it. His favorite song is I Bet My Life, and we are going to your concert on February 21st for the Mercury Tour. Would it be possible for you guys to perform I Bet My Life at that concert non-acoustic? Even though it is fantastic when it’s played acoustic me and my friend love it when it’s live. If not, that’s totally fine I understand that bands have a specific song schedule and if it’s already on the list of songs that are played then fantastic!
And that’s all! You guys are the best band in the world to me and I’ve been listening to you since Night Visions, which is almost a decade at this point. X
We’re simply wild about our non human friends.
We were gonna take a big chunk of time off regardless if Covid. Wouldn’t have been as long as it was though, probably. Xxwayne
Is there any chance you guys will play The Fall live (the whole thing, like back in S+M days) druing Mercury tour?
The Fall is my favorite song and it is my dream to see it live with all the leaves and magic in the air.
We will play it this tour some of the nights. We must. That song live encompasses all that I love about our relationship at shows. We all get fall like leaves from the tree. XDR
PLAY IT IN MONTREAL PLSSSSS
We love Montreal! -DP
This is the song of my life, actually. Would die if it returns for a stage performance.
What are the backstories of Hole Inside Our Chests, Easy and Dolphins?
Hole inside our chests was a song I wrote over a decade ago. Searching for a way to describe complete loss of faith without saying it out loud. Easy was me trying to get myself to slow down and stop self hatred. Dolphins was a song searching for serenity. XDR
Hole inside our chests was the first demo I ever heard Dan write I think! Easy was in smoke and mirrors timeframe. Dolphins was during night visions writing process I think. Xx Wayne
Yo this is a great question ^
If you could choose 1 song that people in the future would remember ID by, what would it be? What would represent Imagine Dragons best?
Next To Me
Loyalty becomes more and more important to me w age
And you all have been so incredibly loyal to us for over a decade now. Have I told you thank you recently. I should say it more. XDR
Ah yeah I love this choice, next to me is another one of my all time favorites
Differs for all of us. Mine, right now, would be a little diddy called “Birds.” You dig? Xxwayne
I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR HIDING THIS GEM UNDER THE DELUXE VERSION ONLY
Will you ever release boots? :degg:
Ok but actual question: Will you ever release more of the old demos? What about Starlight, Man in the Moon, and Pandora's Box? Will we ever hear full versions of those?
🥴
Yeah we’ll release more demons at some point. It auto-corrected demos to demons but sometimes you gotta be open to the universe. Xxwayne
What about demos from the albums like crash course, everyone believes, destroyed, executed, black, stay, spaces in between, nine lives, thank you???
Can you guys release at least one more song this year to make it the most y'all have ever released in a single year?
Not including covers, y'all released 18 new songs in 2015, (IBML & Gold came out in 2014.) With Mercury, Ragged Insomnia, the 3 new EP songs, and Enemy, this year's count is also at 18.
I like the way you think XDR
act 2 single this year? Perhaps CONTINUAL??? (of the song names we have which we assume are from act 2, this is the most common theory for a single fsr
Or else, just release songs until you hit 69. :degg:
Hey Guys! Your first League Of Legends song "Warriors" got me and many other people into the game, so I thank you for that!
So I have to ask, did you guys watch Arcane yet? What did you think of it?
Arcane was super impressive honestly. I’m not always crazy about game backstories etc… but it was so well done and makes me want to get into that world more. Xxwayne
I agree entirely, game backstories/lore are usually nothing special, but Arcane and a lot of the stories/biographies based around Piltover and Zaun are a cut above the rest for sure.
It’s fantastic. Humbled to be part of it and love the League community. XDR
That love is mutual, the League community wouldn't be quite what it is today without you guys.
Hey guys,
My only question is in what ways do you think Mercury Act 1 evolved your music from Origins and Evolve?
Also please come to Summerfest again next year!
Mercury is a very different record for us. Maybe a little darker than usual. Reminds me of smoke and mirrors in that way. But has redemptive moments. It’s gonna be very fun live I think. It’s a very emotional record which feels incredibly healing when performing live. XDR
Not really a question here, but I just want to say thanks a lot for all the amazing music! Also thanks for re-releasing the EP's, had been wanting those on Spotify for ages. Also thanks for being my first 2 concerts ever, couldn't have been better! Keep up the great work you guys are doing! Here's a question I just thought of, do you guys check out mashups/remixes people make with your songs, and if so any favorites?
Once again thanks for all of the amazing music, keep it up and please don't stop anytime soon!
Well gee thanks!!! Xxwayne
Hey Imagine Dragons! I wanna to ask you some things.
1- What's the story behing Hopeless opus
2- I am a beginner guitarrist, some advice?
3- It have been a hard year, some advice for me?
Hopeless Opus is quite simply a song about hopelessness. Cornerstone of smoke and mirrors faith crisis.
2. I’ll leave this one for Wayne.
3. Sorry it’s been a rough one. Love yourself. Forgive yourself more. Spend more time every day doing what you love. Distance yourself from people that don’t appreciate you or judge you. And above all stay alive! Your life is always worth living. XDR
Why did you guys decided to put the reversed audio specifically on hopeless opus?
I'm guessing it's because it's track 12. In Night Visions Cha Ching was track 12 and it also had backwards audio. Maybe a coincidence but... Maybe not
Hey Dan, Dan, Dan, and Ben! Huge fan, of course!
-> What song do you consider the title tracks for 1. Night Visions, 2, Evolve, 3 Origins, and 4, Mercury - Act 1
-> Will the Ben ass slap song ever see the light of day??
-> **Also can we get an acoustic Origins EP?? It's the only album without one at the moment
-> **Can you please put the EPs on vinyl 🙏
Ass slap is only XDR
The ass slap song is Only iirc
Ben was most likely joking when he said that
Was he? -B.A. McKee
My kids are OBSESSED and demanded that we dress up as Imagine Dragons for Halloween. THANK YOU for giving a younger generation wonderful music and great role models to look up to!
Love this. Need picture to see a bearded child waynesus XDR
Waynesus? I have Wayne Jesus for you
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm7ywPCnLDB/?utm_medium=copy_link
How long do you think you guys will continue making music for?
also i love dull knives and hope there will be more songs like it on the next album :)
Making music is what good waffles do. -Ben
As someone who's been to Your concert once - in 2016 - I can't wait to be back with you again on June 1st next year. To try to put in words how much happiness this brings to me... I even gifted 2 tickets to my best friend and his fiancee, how badly I wanna share the joy. To question - how did you guys came down to decision to return to Riga, Latvia? Not the biggest, nor most visited country by artists - I'm so used to traveling abroad for events, I had to double, triple and quadriple check the tour dates.
Just keeping things spicy. Xxwayne
06/10/19 was the first time I went to Rock in Rio, the first time I saw you and it was incredible! the best experience of my life, thank u for all ❤
and
I don't know what else to ask but what each of you loves about Brasil? besides the meat kkkkkkk
The people of Brasil are amazing. Some of the best audiences in the world. It is a special place and we will be back! We love Brasil. -Ben
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Yes
No hehe
Of course XDR
So mercury act 2 is a fact!
Not a question but I just wanted to thank Dan and the rest of you for your work advocating LBGTQ rights and questioning the teachings of religion. I became a huge fan of Imagine Dragons before I came out to myself and as a gay man I am proud that my favourite artists hold such welcoming views.
Also, I am really looking forward to seeing you perform again in Auckland and this time I’ll be bringing my boyfriend along - he wasn’t much of a fan before I met him, but now enjoys a number of your songs that I have introduced him to like Friction and Wrecked.
Love you and love this. Love is love. XDR
One thing I can’t measure is how it must feel to sleep at night knowing that through your music and your lives in general you save, impact and change the lives of millions of people around the world. So this post is more of just a thank you for this, since my life is one of those touched by yours. Is this something that you guys are able to even understand? How far you reach?
Filipe.
Much love Filipe!
why did Ben sign Mercury with red pen ?
He was grading our homework with his red pen right before he started signing CDs. Classic Ben. Xxwayne
did he give you good grades on your homework?
That was his blood tbh XDR
Wayne, why did you leave all social medias?
I’m happier when I don’t engage that part of the world. Never say never. I am a Reddit fiend tho… xxwayne
"He could be any one of us! He could be you, he could be me, he could even be-"
I don't even know just HOW this TF2 reference made it in here, but I adore it
"What, it was obvious! He was the red Spy! Look, He'll turn red any second now."
He lives in a log cabin w no Wi-Fi XDR
Do you guys play any video games, and if so, which one's your favorite?
Sekiro was an absolute blast of a game! I’m trying to get Dan to play it but HE WON’T DO ITTTTTT XXwayne
Are you witing for Elden Ring??
Is there any chance to take one guitar lesson from the allmighty Wayne Sermon? Wayne inspired me a lot during the Night Visions and Smoke and Mirrors Era, I even build a pedalboard which was pretty similar to Wayne‘s. 😇🙌🏻
Ayyy nice. Xxwayne
Guys, what are your feelings before the start of the Mercury Tour? P.S. See you soon in Europe Love you guys XX
It will be our best tour. We will put everything we have into it. miss seeing you all! Xxwayne
Honestly can’t wait. I haven’t seen you in too long. XDR
can you guys hide one degg in the next music video?
I think there will a Degg hiding in my nightmares
The fact that this reply isn’t signed by anyone makes it way funnier than it should be
degg is alittle cute creature don't :<
guys would you consider bring back old songs live this tour? we miss tiptoe and the fall xx
Why is there a weird little face of me next to the dragons official thing xDR
That's degg
Tiptoe, excellent choice!!
Would you agree that Ben needs to change his name to Dan?
NO I WOULD NOT. -BEN *But I was thinking about maybe starting to go by "B.A."
PS:waffle
No, If anything two of the Dans should change to ben
Maybe the 4 of you should change to Mac
It’s starting I’m so nervous
Me too! What if I mess it up and say something weird about waffles? -Ben
I can't belive you are there
Waffle zen moment achieved
What happened with the Muse opening act gig?
I heard at one point you were supposed to open for them, but it fell through at one point. Can you elaborate on why?
Matt took such giants gasps while singing that it swallowed all the band members and their beloved drums
Just a rumor, friend.
Ah that sucks. I love the idea of my favorite bands trying to work together
monday is by far one of my favourite music videos!! was it fun to film??
Monday was a blast to film!!!
Ben, what do you feel about not being a Dan?
It's aWAFFLEY good to be a Ben! -Ben
Will there be more Ragged Insomnia songs?
Who are these imposters u speak of XDR
they have a song called imagine dragons actually you guys should listen to it pretty sure they named it after you!
took me a minute to realise that XDR means x but its replied by danny boy
How're you and what's your favorite color
I’ve never really had one tbh. Always wanted one though. XDR
My favorite color is Kirby pink, obviously. Xxwayne.
This person here is asking the real questions. 💓
What were your guys’ favourite part of creating Mercury Act 1? I love the album so much
It was a dream to record in the same place where Mr. Ed was filmed. -Ben
wow I just saw that today is my cake day hahaha what a coincidence!
Today is my waffle day! -Ben
Do you like waffles? I get the impression you might
Is the AMA already on? Is it ok to ask about Mercury Act 2 and obviously 3?
LETS NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES!!!
IT WAS WORTH A SHOT!!
Yes but about 4 pls XDR
Act 4 CONFIRMED, please spread the news everyone
ben do you like waffles by any chance
They're hit or miss for me. Love some "Waffles and Mochi" though. -B.A. McKee
what's the best EP song for you guys?
Hm. Maybe ‘Drive’ for me. XDR
Ben, more tattoo's coming soon?
Currently working on a back piece. Slowly, but surely. - B.A. McKee
hi! I've wanted to ask this question for a while, what are your musical inspirations?
Buddy Holly, Frank Zappa, Warren Zevon, Weird Al. -B.A. McKee
Weezer cover Buddy Holly incoming
Are you going to play "Dull Knives" live?
Oh yeah!!
Will you be touring around the US soon?
Yes, we are looking forward to seeing y’all! -Platz
Any tip for an aspiring songwriter?
Find what’s unique about you and celebrate it. Xxwayne
Why do you guys never played the unknown??
I'm so happy. I love you all, specially Ben mckee and Wayne. Dan and platz I love you too
Thank You! -B.A. McKee
cats dogs or birds team?
Meow. -B.A. McKee
I believe thats a dog
Will you come to Mexico soon? =)
Yes we have missed you!
Thank you all for the questions and love. We sure are lucky. Can't wait to see you around the world. Listen to Mercury and find tickets to our upcoming tour here: https://linktr.ee/imaginedragons
i got here 5 min late, but i just wanted to say, thank you for saving my life. I was in a really low point and listening to you guys saved me. I just wanted to let you know that. Thank you Imagine Dragons.
Thank you all so much 😭
Greetings! I have a couple questions that I’m sure a lot of us share
1: I spoke with you guys on the phone on your Save The Fox live stream but I didn't get my entire message across. We were all ecstatic when you confirmed Stars existed. Do you guys plan to release this song as well? Maybe as a “Deep Cuts 2”
2: In 2010 you guys uploaded a video called "Imagine Dragons 2010 demos" which included 4 snippets of demos you were working on. 3 of these sound incredible but they were never released. Do you guys plan on releasing these? Maybe include these in the “deep cut 2” as well
3: Youve said you want to play older songs on this tour but with the EP’s being released does this mean you plan on playing some of these live as well (Hoping to get an extended All Eyes live)
Hey Platz, hope you’re reading this :) you’re one of those guys that got me behind a drum kit many years ago. (I actually use a floor tom on either side of me, so thanks for that)
I’d honestly love just any drum related things on your mind, off the top of your dome, whether its a favourite trick you have, or just something thats been getting you going lately.
Ps, your smoke and mirrors kit will always be one of my favourites :)
Yooo thats awesome
Hello dan, dan, dan, and ben. As a fellow Dan myself, I applaud that 3/4 of you share my name.
I am going to be straight up and ask two pretty cool questions here. (sorry about hogging all of the questions haha)
Did the velour stream influence the process of choosing which demos to put on the EP? Dolphins was asked about on stream, and was subsequently released. Stars was asked about as well, and while not released, was listed as a track on some CD listings.
Also, I get if you cant answer this, but NME magazine did a review of Mercury, and although they unfortunately didn't like it, they brought up something that peaked my curiosity.
They said: "‘Mercury – Act 1”s more powerful moments, and fully unpacked the feelings that songs like ‘Wrecked’ and ‘They Don’t Know You Like I Do’ dig into". I know it exists, but how does NME know about it?
Question to Dan:
What is the song I Need A Minute generally about? Always had problems understanding its lyrics.
Thank you for One Day. I sing along to it to my baby and she falls asleep every time. Amazing album, can't wait to see you live, hopefully in Scotland next year?! 🙌
Awww a whole bunch of eggs
Aaaah I see now
now that you know what Degg is are you going to make it an album cover?
I can see clearly, I can see clearly! :degg:
Really love Latvia XDR
Hey guys, Did you think about releasing the old EPs as vinyl records and not only CDs? :)
ID is the best band in the world
Hi guys! Glad to see you doing an AMA!
I know you guys adore LoL, but I was wondering: have any of you started watching Arcane? If so, what’s your thoughts on it? Started it the other day and I really enjoyed it (as someone who knows NOTHING about League) so I’m curious to know what y’all think about it.
Any chance we can see older songs (Like Tiptoe, The River or Dream) on the setlist for tour next year?
Who are some artists you’d love to collab with in the future?
Really love and appreciate everything you guys have done 💕 Been following the band for roughly, I wanna say 9 years or so. Keep doing what you’re doing guys 🙂