Bones,” a new single from Imagine Dragons, has been released. Mattman & Robin created the mid-tempo rock-heavy single, which finds front man Dan Reynolds contemplating his own mortality. Reynolds howls in the song, “Feeling like a boulder hurtling.” “Seeing all the vultures circle/Burning in the flames I’m laboring in/Turning in a bed.”
In a statement, the singer said, “‘Bones’ is a reflection of my constant obsession with the finality and fragility of life.” “I’m always looking for evidence to persuade me that there’s more to come – that life is truly eternal in some way.” Having yet to discover it, I try to imagine how defeating death would feel in a song.”
Bones is the first single from the band’s upcoming album, Mercury – Act 2, which is the follow-up to last year’s Rick Rubin-produced Mercury – Act 1. Imagine Dragons released “Enemy,” a standalone single that serves as the theme music for the Netflix animated series Arcane, earlier this year.
