History Music / ImagineDragons

The band has also recorded songs for the movies ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', ''Film/MeBeforeYou'', ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', ''Film/Passengers2016'', and ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'', the mobile game ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade III'', and the 2014 ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' World Championship (where they also appeared and performed live at the Grand Final). ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'' and ''Film/IronMan3'' have some pieces from the band on their respective tie-in albums, but these do not appear in the movies themselves.

Imagine Dragons is an AlternativeRock band formed in Las Vegas in 2008. They rose to prominence with their album ''Night Visions'' in 2012, and the three hit songs that came from it -- "It's Time", their first hit; "Radioactive", which earned the band a 2014 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Rock Performance, and "Demons".

[[caption-width-right:340:Welcome to the new age! [[note]]Left to Right: Dan Platzman, Dan Reynolds, Ben [=McKee=], (Dan) Wayne Sermon[[/note]]]]

-->--'''Dan Reynolds'''

Imagine Dragons is an AlternativeRock band formed in Las Vegas in 2008. Their music ranges from {{Self Empowerment Anthem}}s to tunes about the DarkestHour, from {{Silly Love Song}}s to {{Breakup Song}}s. They rose to prominence with their album ''Night Visions'' in 2012, and the three hit songs that came from it; "It's Time", their first hit; "Radioactive", which earned the band a 2014 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Best Rock Performance, and "Demons".

* CoverVersion: Quite a few, most notably their live covers of {{Music/Rush}}'s "Tom Sawyer" and {{Music/Blur}}'s "Song 2".

* ''Mercury - Act 2'' (2022)

* AssholeVictim: The protagonist for the "Bones" music video is shown to an obvious arrogant douchebag, including throwing a ping pong ball at someone who pissed him off. By the end he gets torn apart by his zombified coworkers.

-->I really believe you don’t do music [just] because you want to, you do music because you have to.

--->I’m ready for the fall\\

--->When you feel my heat\\

--->Your eyes, they shine so bright\\

-->"'''OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH''' DIG MY SHALLOW GRAVE! It's not meeee you'll save, 'Cause I'm a lost cause. I'M A LOST CAUSE! '''A LOOOOOOOOST CAAAUUUUSE!'''"

** "I Need a Minute," the first song from the group's first EP, sounds like a peppy dance song. However, the first verse goes like so:

** The bridge of "Giants" has Dan screaming his lungs out.

** "Dull Knives" has Dan [[VocalRangeExceeded exceeding his vocal range]] during the chorus.

* FanDisservice: The music video for "Bad Liar" features an attractive woman dancing, with many a PantyShot, but it's undercut by the fact that she's dancing next to a levitating corpse.

* AfterTheEnd: The lyrics of "Radioactive" (alluding to a nuclear apocalypse). Also the music video for "It's Time" (showing the band exploring a desolate wasteland of a city).

* IAmAMonster: The aptly-named "Monster".
* TheInsomniac: Wayne Sermon, as referenced in some of the songs.

*** The lyric video features a man searching for the lyrics to the song in various search engines, until a video game causes his computer to be infected with [[TheInternetIsForCats cats]] that make his computer unusable. Not to worry, though, the members of Imagine Dragons suddenly appear and destroy the cats with laser eyes. The video then shows us a poster for the band, which waves for a few seconds before Wreck-it-Ralph bursts through the poster. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Yeah]].
*** Meanwhile, in the actual video, it begins with a skateboarder prat-falling, a random passerby flying up into the sky, Dan wandering around an arcade with [[BigHeadMode a giant head]] that he needs to hold up with his arms, Ben doing an UnflinchingWalk as his car explodes, Wayne looking dead inside as kids bring their arcade tickets to him, and Daniel showing off his skills at a football game. It ends with Ben (who just fell from the sky) and Daniel getting into a WimpFight, Wayne rocking out on a guitar given to him by the heavens outside, and Dan doing a SkywardScream until some kids ask him if he's okay. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Double yeah]].

!!This band provides examples of:

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtfhZwyrcc Believer]]" depicts frontman Dan Reynolds overcoming emotional and physical pain as a boxing match between Dan and Dolph Lundgren, [[spoiler:who is heavily implied to be an older version of Dan. Further, the end of the video implies that he'll never finish this fight, but at best will have the determination to keep fighting]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: Some songs fall victim to this, requiring Dan Reynolds to Tweet fans the correct lyrics. For at least one tune, "Destination", he admitted considering officially changing the words to match the misheard version ("I think a little 'bout a lot/I reach a verdict" --> "I think a little 'bout a lot/I'm introverted").

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Anywhere from a 2 ("Demons") to a rough 6 ("Friction").

* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}}, ''three'' of the members are named Daniel: the lead singer, the drummer and the guitarist.[[note]]The last one at least helps it by going by Wayne, though.[[/note]]