We all grew up watching the ‘Transformers’ cartoon, it was part of our youth, we’re children of the ‘80s.” “They reached out and asked if we wanted to do something with (composers) Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky, who are two of our all-time favorites - they’re legends,” he says.
Reynolds also discussed writing the new song “Battle Cry” for the upcoming film “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” due in theaters June 27. Maybe in 20 years I’ll be telling you we’re very tired of playing that song, but right now … we have good memories associated with it.” If you do that, it keeps it fresh for you. Playing live, honestly, we didn’t burn out on it because … we don’t really listen to our music unless we’re on a stage playing it. “I don’t think any of us expected it to have any life like that,” Reynolds says of the song. 'Radioactive' was first sent to radio on Apand again on Octoas the third single overall. The quartet burned up the charts in 2013 with its album “Night Visions” and its many hit singles, including “Radioactive,” which broke the record for the most weeks ever on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 'Radioactive' is a song recorded by American indie rock band Imagine Dragons for their major-label debut EP Continued Silence and later on their debut studio album, Night Visions, as the opening track. Imagine Dragons, who along with Lorde lead the pack of artists who are finalists in the most 2014 Billboard Music Awards categories, are in contention for a whopping 12 BBMAs, including top artist, top duo/group, top rock artist and top rock album. We’re excited with how it’s turning out.” There are a lot of interesting things that go on between that. “I think it will be a special record because it really encapsulated the whole process of going from being a small nothing band to actually playing arenas. “There are a lot of road songs and all the emotions that come with that,” he says.