Whoever connects to it, I’m happy.”įollowing a South by Southwest gig in March and a spring tour that launched in April, Imagine Dragons performed “It’s Time” on “MTV Push Live” in June and on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” in July. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety, and the song spurred from that. “I was just trying to write a song for myself. “I was dropping out of college, making some changes, and it wasn’t the peak of my life,” the singer says. The six songs featured a mix of guitar buildups and indelible hooks, but the standout track was “It’s Time,” a proudly inspirational anthem that Reynolds wrote in his kitchen two years ago as he dealt with a bout of depression. As Imagine Dragons kept taking on live dates, Alex Da Kid’s early involvement began with an EP, “Continued Silence,” released last February. “Alex was excited by the challenges of rock music,” Interscope vice chairman Steve Berman says.

The producer began working with Imagine Dragons in summer 2011, and last November, the group signed a joint deal with Alex Da Kid’s KIDinaKORNER imprint and Interscope. Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, drummer Daniel Platzman and bassist Ben McKee spent years writing songs and balancing live shows of original material with cover gigs before meeting producer Alex Da Kid, known for helming hits by Eminem and B.o.B. “To get to a point where you see things moving like this, where the song is on radio and TV, is the most humbling experience.” “We’ve been around for about three-and-a-half years and spent a lot of time on the road, living out of a suitcase, barely scraping by,” Reynolds says.

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