
“With his experience, he really knew how to work with the band dynamic, so we could put everything else aside and just create,” Reynolds said. It’s a kaleidoscopic musical feast and a lyrically piercing collection of 13 songs recorded with ace producer Rick Rubin, whom Reynolds praised for extracting vulnerability from him and instilling a credo of “brutal honesty” in the studio. Since then, Reynolds and the rest of Imagine Dragons – guitarist Wayne Sermon, drummer Daniel Platzman and bassist Ben McKee – have tinkered with their fifth studio album, “Mercury – Act 1,” arriving Friday. Pandemic collaborations: Elton John to release "The Lockdown Sessions" But after a seven-month break, the couple reunited in November 2018 and welcomed a fourth child, son Valentine, on Oct. In the midst of relentless professional demands, frontman Dan Reynolds separated from wife Aja Volkman. Their steady success – now heading toward a decade since their debut single, “It's Time” – equated to a whirlwind of live shows, award shows and just-show-up-and-smile appearances that would wear on anyone.

They traveled much of the globe through 2019 and maintained a ubiquitous presence on radio. You could say that the past five years have been an emotional tsunami for Imagine Dragons.īetween 20, the band released three smash albums.

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