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Months after jokingly criticizingImagine Dragons’ music, Foster the People singer Mark Foster has apologized.
The singer was seemingly referring to a September 2018 interview withALT 105.7, where the indie band frontman joked that theygave all their rejected materialto Imagine Dragons.
“Keep fighting the good fight dan. you have my pledge to work along side you if you ever need a hand. much respect to you and continued success in your music,” he wrote, sending “peace and love” to Reynolds.
“this means quite a lot to me. I was probably being overly sensitive to begin with to be honest,” he wrote. “I have always loved FTP’s music and will continue to jam to it and try to have less hurt feelings over people’s opinions. nothing but love and support to you and the guys. you didn’t have to put together something classy like this but it’s rad you did.”
Signing off his note, he added in a sweet reference to one of Foster the People’s songs: “Sit Next to Me.”
“Come over here and sit next to me (doo doo doo!),” he wrote.
In response, Foster replied, “Thanks for the kind words and for accepting my apology. you have big shoulders to be able to carry your message with grace. Respect.”
Foster’s apology comes less than a month after Reynolds shared his own lengthy note on Instagram, opening up about how “for whatever reason” many bands “feel a need to talk badly” about Imagine Dragons.
“For a decade now i’ve dealt with critics and other bandssaying extremely harsh things about my band. Not what I would call “fair criticism” (which I always try my best to receive and learn from) but actual click-bait horse s—. Words filled with vile and hat meant to feed humanities need to laugh at each other’s imperfections and fails,” he wrote.
“I’ve stood silently and taken it for years. It has added to the depression I’ve dealt with since youth. I don’t say this in search of sympathy, but just as a fact,” he added. “It’s not the person that causes me the feelings of stress and depression, but what it does to the world we as a band have created.”
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Reynolds, who isexpecting his fourth childwith wifeAja Volkman, went on to share that he wondered if the criticism would extend to his children someday.
In conclusion, he wrote: “My band mates are some of my best friends.We are authentically ourselves and strive to bring positivity and empowerment to the world. We’ll continue to do just that.”
source: people.com
