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Now two albums strong, FUN. released Nights in February. The single "We Are Young," featuring Janelle Monae, topped Billboard Hot 100 and the Digital Songs chart for multiple weeks.
Before their recent show at Center Stage in Atlanta, the FUN. trio sat down with CNN to talk about the inception of their music careers, hip-hop's influence on their latest album, and their sudden success on the hit TV show "Glee."
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Andrew Dost: Mine was a piano recital when I was in second grade or something. But I played my song really well, I guess.
CNN: That all starts to answer my next question: How did you first really get into playing music?
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CNN: Andrew [Dost], what about you and Anathallo?
Dost: I had been out of the band for about a year at that point for various reasons. My relationship with those guys had sort of run its course. So I was working on other stuff and frankly not much (laughs).
I was living at my parents' house, and to get that call from Nate, I kind of thought it was a prank or something at first. To get the chance to work with guys like this - I felt like I hit the lottery.
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I just love how modern, how in the future those hip-hop beats sound - [and] I wondered why we couldn't do that to our songs. And by the grace of God it worked! We found the right people to work with.
CNN: picked up one of your songs, "We Are Young." What did it mean to you that performed it?
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