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"For many young bands, conversations about \u201Cthe next level\u201D or the confidence of impending fame are white lies. These bands might have some mid-level success, or their confidence might give them a swagger\u2014usually in interviews\u2014but neither of which actually translates to popularity. Such hype amounts to very little. But in the case of Young the Giant, the hype, it seems, should be believed.\r\n\r\nLast year found the band breaking a new barrier seemingly every month. They entered the year on a high from the reviews for their self-titled debut album, which mixed power-pop with Killers-like hooks. They\r\nwere endorsed by the King of Sensitive Rockers himself, Morrissey. And in August, they played the MTV VMAs alongside Adele, Lil\u2019 Wayne and Chris Brown. \u201CI know [the VMAs] came down to a number of different bands,\u201D says lead singer Sameer Gadhia, \u201Cand maybe because we [were] the most unknown of any of the bands, they wanted to put us out on that stage and have something to say about making us more successful.\u201D\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nJust don\u2019t expect the band to get trapped in their own hype. \u201CWhen you\u2019re living with each other all the time, it\u2019s a very separate life from all that,\u201D Gadhia says. \u201CI don\u2019t think we get caught up in that a whole lot. Being able to play around the world and have an audience come and sing along\u2014 more than anything, it\u2019s fulfilling.\u201D Like any good indie pop band, the group also puts more into its lyrics than you might expect, given their hookishness. Themes of regret, spiritual confusion and morality run alongside the more conventional themes of love and heartbreak.\r\n\r\nOne song, in particular, runs deep\u2014\u201CGod Made Man\u201D\u2014which concludes with the sing-along, \u201CGod made man, and his reason.\u201D Gadhia says the song is an attempt to unpack difficult experiences. \u201CWe\u2019re not religious\u2014some of us have our own levels of spirituality or whatever belief in God,\u201D he muses. \u201CYou know, man is going to make mistakes and err. There are many things to feel guilty about that you could just go crazy thinking about.\r\n\r\n\u201CI really wanted to delve into regret of wrong,\u201D Gadhia continues. \u201CEven if you\u2019re not quite sure that it\u2019s wrong.\u201D One thing he certainly isn\u2019t regretting? All that hype."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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