The band started their career in Denmark in late 2011 when they released two homemade YouTube videos of themselves performing Criminal Mind and Drunk in the Morning, recorded in Lukas' home. The videos were shared on Facebook among friends, and soon they had several hundred thousand views.[1][2] The band's soulful and funky sound[3] quickly spread in the Copenhagen underground and through online postings, which led Copenhagen Records to sign them. Lukas Graham achieved commercial success in October 2011 with the release of their debut single.