r/onerepublic

I talked with Jerrod Bettis the other day. These are the songs he said were played, though it’s possibly there were more. He mentioned “Mercy” being written early but Drew wasnt in the band yet, so it couldn’t have been played

I certainly do

I don’t know how else to explain it, but Dreaming Out Loud has this incredibly specific “divorced dad driving alone at 11 PM, thinking about where his life went” energy 😭

Like, the soft rock, the earnest lyrics, the slightly dramatic production… it sounds like an album he’d play while driving his kids back to his ex-wife’s house.

And somehow I absolutely LOVE that about it.

10/10 divorced dad vibes.