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[POP] In an interview with the New York Times published earlier this year, Jack Antonoff, frontman of the band Bleachers, talks about why he walked away from his former band Fun—which hit it big with their Grammy Award winning song “We Are Young” in 2011. “I remember immediately — immediately — feeling like, ‘I don’t want to play “We Are Young” when I’m 35,’” Antonoff said. “‘I don’t want to be defined by this.’” It wasn’t that he didn’t like the song, it was that it didn’t feel like his song. But Bleachers is most definitely his and with it he’s released at least one song, “I Wanna Get Better” that’s become nearly as ubiquitous as “We Are Young.” That song came from the band’s 2014 album Strange Desire. That was followed up by Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2 in 2015, which featured some of big name pop artists like Charli XCX and Carly Rae Jepsen. Earlier this year the band released their third full length record, Gone Now, which is full of synthy eighties pop and electro-R&B written alongside Jepsen and pop-star Lorde. Bleachers will perform live at Artpark on Friday, September 8 with special guests July Talk.