We the Kings | |
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 We the Kings performing at "New Year's Eve in Hershey" in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Broken Image, De Soto |
| Origin | Bradenton, Florida, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Website | wethekingsmusic |
We the Kings is an American rock band formed in Bradenton, Florida, in 2005. The band's eponymous full-length debut album, released in 2007, included the platinum single "Check Yes Juliet", and went on to sell over 250,000 copies in the US. The group's second album Smile Kid (2009) included Top 40 singles "Heaven Can Wait" and "We'll Be a Dream" (featuring Demi Lovato), as well as the single "She Takes Me High".[1]
The band's third album Sunshine State of Mind was released in 2011 and featured the MTV Video Music Award winner for Most Innovative Music Video of the Year for the group's interactive music video and song "Say You Like Me". The band then completed a worldwide tour with Canadian band Simple Plan and performed across the US as a main stage headliner on the Vans Warped Tour. The group's fourth album Somewhere Somehow was released in late 2013 and includes singles "Just Keep Breathing", "Find You There", "Any Other Way", and "Art of War". Their fifth studio album, Strange Love, was released on November 20, 2015. It featured the single "Runaway".[2][3]
- ^ "We the Kings Bio". AllMusic.
- ^ Bazley, John (October 30, 2015). "We The Kings release title track from upcoming album, 'Strange Love'". altpress. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ "We the King". AllMusic.