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Ultratop.be – Imagine Dragons – Mercury – Act 2" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 18, 2022. Ultratop.be – Imagine Dragons – Mercury – Acts 1 & 2" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 13, 2022. Rosenbaum, Marty. "Imagine Dragons will be dropping two brand new songs this Friday". Radio.com . Retrieved March 8, 2021. Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved May 16, 2023. Type Imagine Dragons in the box under the ARTISTA column headingand Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 in the box under the TÍTULO column heading. Following the conclusion of their Evolve World Tour in 2018, Imagine Dragons' fourth studio album Origins was released that November. Unlike their previous albums, the band did not tour in promotion of Origins, instead opting to take time off to decompress and spend time with family.It hurts to see the band going in an even more pointless direction than before, and I hope they can find their way. In my opinion, both of these records are tied in terms of rating for me (Which is very, VERY bad!!!) Dutchcharts.nl – Imagine Dragons – Mercury - Act 1" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 10, 2021. a b Rytlewski, Evan (September 7, 2021). "Imagine Dragons Mercury – Act 1". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 8, 2021. Ultratop.be – Imagine Dragons – Mercury – Acts 1 & 2" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 13, 2022. Crushed" was announced as the fifth single with a release date of May 10, 2023. An accompanying music video was released on the same date. The video was filmed in Ukraine and is in partnership with United24. [9]

Frontman Dan Reynolds described the album as split into two sides: one organic and looking inward, the other more aggressive and looking outward. The album touches on themes of loss, loneliness, and grief, while celebrating life: [5]

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Stefano Fontana (17 September 2021). EarOne (ed.). "Imagine Dragons - Lonely (Radio Date: 24-09-2021)" (in Italian) . Retrieved 23 September 2021. The third single for the album, "I Don't Like Myself", was released on October 10, 2022, along with an accompanying music video for World Mental Health Day. For the occasion, the band partnered with Crisis Text Line for a fundraising campaign. [7]