AJR Conjure Broadway on 'OK Orchestra'
Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, better known as AJR, started playing gigs on the streets of New York City. The sidewalk hustle taught them how to grab the attention of the least forgiving audience. Now on their fourth studio album, OK Orchestra, they\u2019ve honed an ear-stopping sound that combines modern pop with broadway bombast.\xa0\nTheir platinum-certified single \u201cBang\u201d pairs a carnival-like horns section with skittering trap style hi-hats. This strange pairing worked. Peaking at No. 8 on the Hot 100, the song is their strongest commercial release so far, despite sounding like nothing else on Billboard. It is a coming of age celebration (\u201cI\u2019m way too old to try so whatever, come hang / Let\u2019s go out with a bang\u201d) with lyrics that lament the pedestrian parts of adulthood: eating healthy, paying taxes, and remembering your passwords. Like its broadway influences, \u201cBang\u201d takes little moments and makes them sound larger than life.\xa0\nSwitched On Pop\u2019s Charlie Harding spoke with Jack and Ryan Met about the making of \u201cBang,\u201d their latest single \u201cWay Less Sad\u201d and the showtune influences on OK Orchestra.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices