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In October 2009, Foster organized a three-person band made up The first song Foster released with the band was “Pumped up of himself, colleague Mark Pontius, and longtime friend Jacob Kicks”, a song about gun violence recorded at Mophonics in “Cubbie” Fink. Pontius was so appreciative of Foster’s musical 2009. He wrote and recorded the song in five hours using Logic style that he left his band Malbec to join him as the drummer of Pro software, originally intending the first version to be only the new band. Fink had recently lost his position at a television the demo. The demo ended up becoming the full version of the production company as a result of the recession, so he joined song and “Pumped up Kicks” was released by Foster online in as the bassist. The band was initially going to be called “Foster early-2010. Through internet outlets, the song gradually gained and the People,” but after the majority of his friends mistook the traction with the public, eventually making its way to television name as “Foster the People,” Foster decided to name it the latter shows like Entourage and advertising campaigns for companies instead. He preferred the title “Foster the People” as it conjured like Nylon. In May 2010, the band was signed to Columbia an image of care and development. Records imprint Startime International for a multi- album deal due to the song’s increasing success. Yeah yeah and it’s okay, I throw my hands up so I don’t fall that way FOSTER THE PEOPLE On May 23, 2011, the band’s first studio album, Torches, was released and earned Foster his second Grammy Award nomination, one for Best Alternative Music Album. He has stated that the album was one produced from “perspiration over inspiration.” It also peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200. Three years later, the band released their second album, Supermodel on March 14, 2014. It is currently their highest peaking studio album on the Billboard 200 at number 3. Foster has said that the theme of the album was influenced by his fascination with the “ugly side” of capitalism as well as the popularity of social media and the social pressures humans feel. Three years later, the band released their second album, Supermodel on March 14, 2014. It is currently their highest peaking studio album on the Billboard 200 at number 3. Foster has said that the theme of the album was influenced by his fascination with the “ugly side” of capitalism as well as the popularity of social media and the social pressures humans feel. In response, he has marked it as a piece which reminds him of the fortune of having “I went to India, I spent some time in the Middle East and I went a supportive community to Northern Africa, places where the priorities are completely to maintain an optimistic attitude. He discussed different. Those cultures aren’t focused on individuals. They’re with the Los Angeles focused on communities. That changed how I will look at life.” Times the revelations he had while touring for the previous album that helped him formulate the theme behind Supermodel: “I went to India, I spent some time in the Middle East and I went to Northern Africa, places where the priorities are completely different. Those cultures aren’t focused on individuals. They’re focused on communities. That changed how I will look at life. I saw people who had joy and human connections and they don’t have one one-thousandth of the things we have here. But they have something we don’t have, ‘a sense of community.’” On July 21, 2017, Foster the People released its third album, Sacred Hearts Club, an album influenced by the global issues of the current times and the sentiment that Foster felt for those affected by events associated with terrorism, racism, homophobia, and elections. Foster said upon the album’s release: “I wanted to slap people a little bit, throw some cold water on them. This record, it would have felt wrong to do that. I felt like people needed a hug.” On November 5, 2018, Foster the People announced the release of a new single, “Worst Nites” for release on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. The cover art is designed by Young & Sick, who also designed the cover art for Torches and Supermodel. Ten days later, a music video was released; directed by FOSTER THE Mark Foster and Josh Hutcherson. During the premieres for the music videos of “Style” and “Imagination”, Foster was found in the live chat answering questions from fans. A commonly recurring question “be more mobile with our releases instead of locking was about the status of the upcoming ourselves up in a studio and coming down from the PEOPLE fourth album, in which Foster answers mountain like Moses with Two Slabs of Music.” “We’re going to be dropping music every 6 weeks or so. Instead of dropping an album we are doing something different this year; dropping singles, that’s the goal.” Foster further explains that he wants to “be more mobile with our releases instead of locking ourselves up in a studio and coming down from the mountain like Moses with Two Slabs of Music.” Foster finally landed a job as a commercial jingle writer for the record label Mophonics in 2008. FOSTER THE PEOPLE In this position, he was able to write jingles for companies such as Honey Bunches of Oats and Verizon. However, he was still struggling with finding the right tunes to further break into the music industry. Due to issues of writer’s block and being unable to focus various elements of his music together, he came to the realization that he needed help in the form of members of a band. The following year, Foster recorded and released his first and so far, only solo album, Solo Songs. The nine-track album included demo versions of two songs from the Torches album, “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)” and “I Would Do Anything for You.” Another song called “Polartropic (You Don’t Understand Me)” was featured in the soundtrack of the 2012 animated film Frankenweenie. In October 2009, Foster organized a three-person band made up of himself, colleague Mark Pontius, and longtime friend Jacob “Cubbie” Fink. Pontius was so appreciative of Foster’s musical style that he left his band Malbec to join him as the drummer of the new band. Fink had recently lost his position at a television production company as a result of the recession, so he joined as the bassist. The band was initially going to be called “Foster and the People,” but after the majority of his friends mistook the name as “Foster the People,” Foster decided to name it the latter instead. He preferred the title “Foster the People” as it conjured an image of care and development. The first song Foster released and started to climb the American with the band was “Pumped charts a few months later. It was up Kicks”, a song about labeled as a “sleeper hit” due gun violence recorded at to its slow rise in popularity. It Mophonics in 2009. He wrote eventually peaked at number 3 on and recorded the song in the Billboard Hot 100 starting with five hours using Logic Pro the week of September 10, 2011, software, originally intending and ending on the week of October the first version to be only 29, 2011. It was nominated for the the demo. The demo ended Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/ up becoming the full version Group Performance in February of the song and “Pumped up 2012. On May 23, 2011, the band’s Kicks” was released by Foster online in early-2010. first studio album, Torches, was released and earned Through internet outlets, the song gradually gained Foster his second Grammy Award nomination, one traction with the public, eventually making its way for Best Alternative Music Album. He has stated to television shows like Entourage and advertising that the album was one produced from “perspiration campaigns for companies like Nylon. In May 2010, over inspiration.” It also peaked at number 8 on the the band was signed to Columbia Records imprint Billboard 200. Three years later, the band released Startime International for a multi-album deal due their second album, Supermodel on March 14, 2014. to the song’s increasing success. It was officially It is currently their highest peaking studio album released as the band’s first single on September on the Billboard 200 at number 3. Foster has said 14, 2010, and would go on to produce an immense that the theme of the album was influenced by his popular following for the band. In January 2011, fascination with the “ugly side” of capitalism as “Pumped up Kicks” was released on the band’s first well as the popularity of social media and the social non-commercial single release, Foster the People, pressures humans feel..