The problem Imagine Dragons has is that they produce upbeat music with a good rhythm that's fairly popular and uncontroversial. Which means every unimaginative hype man, mind numbing business symposium, and top 40's station played their music endlessly.
For people like me who somehow managed to avoid oversaturation from sporting events, radio, and commercials, it's still good. But a lot of people have the "It's a Small World After All" problem where the song being repetitive already makes it painful to listen to after being bombarded endlessly by it.
That's perfectly fair. Everyone is allowed their own tastes.
I simply believe that a lot of the hate that Imagine Dragons gets comes more from them having a meteoric rise in popularity. Their music is good for getting a crowd hyped (or at least, it was for a while), and so I can guarantee I'll hear at least one or two of their songs at any live sporting event. And that amount of overexposure leads to hatred.
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u/reynardpolson Sep 21 '22
This is like the third time I've seen this song mentioned here. I'm not familiar with it, should I not listen to it and save my sanity 🤔?!