Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds talks inspiration behind LoveLoud festival

Hello, this is Dave from Imagine Dragons. We are backstage at the Delta Center just a few hours out from LoveLoud. LoveLoud is a festival we started six years ago to make a vital conversation about what it means to love and accept our LGBTQ youth. And this is the first year that we're taking it on the road. LoveLoud really started just through a friendship. One of my dear friends, Kyler Flynn, is a singer of Beyond Trees. He didn't come out until his 30s because he didn't feel that there was a room for him in faith and religious communities. And so the two of us came up with the idea of starting LoveLoud to primarily put festivals in areas that are highly religious and to bring all the people out, talk about what it means to love and accept our LGBTQ youth. And I'm never changing who I am. This year and tour in particular is really special because this is the first time we've ever branched outside of Utah. So LoveLoud's been around for six years and the five previous years we were just focusing on Utah, high suicide rates, especially among LGBTQ youth. We wanted to make sure that we understood what we were doing, do it right, and we got to a really great place. So this year is very important because we're branching out to D.C. and Texas and more cities to come. Thank you so much. So much for your music.