AJR's Secret to Songwriting? Wii Tennis | How I Wrote This: '100 Bad Days' 

I cannot believe there isn't even one clip of them playing wii tennis in this entire video. I feel click baited.

Adam is the Ferb of the group

If I had a dollar every time Adam spoke I'd be broke

We all know that hat wispers song ideas to him

Jack and Ryan: Excitedly talking about how much fun it was to write this song. Adam: Quietly sitting on his chair just listening to the conversation

JJ Is so insanely talented. Taking just a voice memo with 32nd notes and turns it into that is insane

I’m so glad they chose AJR over JAR

Kelly Clarkson: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger AJR: what doesn’t kill you makes you more interesting

AJR Nicknames Jack: The Hat Wearing One Ryan: The Nerdy One Adam: The One That Doesn't Talk Much

I love how they love giving credit. They’re always trying to credit each other and tell people who or what they were inspired by and humbly credit themselves making the most badass music I’ve ever heard. You can tell how passionate they are about music I don’t know any musician who remembers every origin to every small detail of their song just because they want too.

Me: **sees title** Me: wait wait wait, they write using wii sports tennis?! this i have to see.

That trumpet player is AMAZING! Tone like that is so hard to get

Ryan: "What doesn't kill you actually makes you a lot more interesting" Me: Wrong, what doesn't kill you makes you ugly

i literally unconditionally love JJ. he vibes so hard, i got to see AJR in concert and i was like “how do i mail a hug? cause i need to mail this guy a hug”

i LOVE how excited Ryan gets while playing music. He just gets so jumpy and smiley and its the best. I love AJR so much and im so excited to see them in september!

Every group: Almost celestial inspiration stories. AJR: Wii Tennis.

JJ is apart of the band and they know it

Adam is an introverted John Krasinski

Adam's mic is broken.

those are his unprocessed vocals? holy crap

didn't know them 15 mins ago, now i'm a fan

Jack’s appearance aged the second they got famous 😂

ajr are so underrated it hurts

that was the best live 'acoustic' version of ajr I've seen. So cool

I remember the first time I heard the “screw your thing, it goes like this” and i had a split second of going “OH I LOVE THIS” and then the song got bigger and I LOST IT

Wii Tennis. Only Jack would make songs by playing Wii Tennis.

These guys have literally the same equipment I have and they have accomplished way more than I could ever dream of...

I went to the Neotheater concert in Tampa, and JJ did an AMAZING job. He's a really good trumpet player

I would GLADLY listen to a whole acoustic album from this group right here. Don't get me wrong, I love the original version, but I am loving the purity of the vocals and trumpet especially! I feel like I'm hearing it for the first time.

I always thought it was "Do that thing that goes like this."

Ryan’s head bobbing then dancing at 4:10 is so cute 😂

The fact that I saw all 5 of them in person two nights ago is beyond incredible. Best show i’ve ever seen

9:28 This song was released on my birthday! Guess this song was one minute old that day!

Jack's beard is so short but so full. Looks so good

When he said Wii Tennis I started thinking of Splash Daddy

New Band Name (to honour JJ): AJJJR. Beautiful, eh? /s

Sometimes I forget how talented they are and then I watch something like this and I feel like a fool for forgetting their power. Jack's voice is so quietly powerful, he has one of my absolute favorite singing voices that I've ever heard, and all of them together is just... wow.

So adam breathed in this interview.

yep this is the tutorial we all wanted

I love Ryan’s and jacks little head-bop 😍😭🥺

Where is AJR finding their trumpet players because they are both so freaking talented!!!

I have such a weird urge to suddenly learn the trumpet

This song got me through 2020 NO LIE. Thank god for Wii Tennis.

omitting the high note made me sad, but god i loved this so much

no one: i’m not doin more of that: jack: *wii tennis*

Bro Adam wasn’t in this, like at all, Adam in your reading this, ur my favorite, I appreciate you fam

I LOVE the nerdiness of all these guys. So so relatable yet the music is beyond anything I could imagine

Nobody: Ryan: "Screw your thingy goes like this!!!" 😂

AJR’s instrument variety throughout their albums are remarkable

If the trumpet player is JJ, he's amazing. So smooth and clear. i love it.

I love this and just how genuine they are about their music creation. Super inspiring and great to see how such a dope song was made!

I always thought it was “can you bang your drums like this”

Cause I'm Wiik And what's wrong with that?

I won't lie I clicked on this because it said "Wii Tennis" but no regrets...

How I wrote this? NO How Wii wrote this!

OMG JACK WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL EFFECTS SOUNDS SO *FREAKING GOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!* JACK OMG!!!!!

Sent it over to my trumpet player. I thought Ryan was not going to say jj and I almost lost my shit😂

Ry in a ball cap is my new favorite thing :D

Ryan is such a dad xD

It's been years and I just noticed that at 5:33 they didn't even bother to mic adam

I see them tonight and I'm so excited😭❤

YES FINALLY IT'S ON YT

Y'all after hearing the trumpet part in the live cover I realized it's Pachelbel's Canon. Listen xD Love these guys so much ^_^

Jack and Ryan are so in sync the entire explanation it is beautiful. They are on the exact same wavelength which is why they are able to create such phenomenal ideas.

So I’ve been listening to these guys for a while now and for the longest time I couldn’t quite place what made them so special. None of them I would consider trained vocalist or skilled to a professional degree as musicians. This video made me realize their “secret”. They are all just friends who love making music together. Even if they didn’t get signed or sold records, this song would have been made either way. They dump who they are into it and don’t seek to make “popular” music. This leads to insanely unique sounds and melodies that most artists would never have the guts to run with. Instead these guys not only embrace, but identify it. It’s because of that that we don’t even notice they aren’t the best musicians or vocalists. Heck they aren’t even amazing show-stopping performers. That’s not what we are listening for. Together we are experiencing what I can only explain as their identity, and it feels so personal and intimate that we instantly relate to it. That forms a relationship to a group of complete strangers and we can’t help but eagerly wait to see how they “turn out”. Being connected becomes clearly more important than the technicality of their performances. Listening to them talk in interviews, it seems they keep waiting for their next daring album to pull the rug out from under them. Instead, at least for me, their music feels much like their song “Netflix Trip”. Each song they release is a story or chapter, they all play a part of their lives weather it’s an odd Halloween feeling opera like “Pitchfork Kids” or a chart topping Anthem like “Bang!” Hats off to them. I can’t name another group that puts themselves out there like that and I admire the courage.

Lol Ryan has a hat but he can’t pull it of like jack 😂

I Love How they just use whatever their minds tell them to do and the final resultse of their songs sounds so silly but so personal, when you listen to their songs you think “man I've felt like this before” and for me it's just so fun and amazing to see our deep feelings translated into their songs ❤️

This video has been nominated as the Best AJR Interview on the AJR Fans Choice Awards!

I love that they didn’t even give Adam a body mic

I had a song idea including sound clips from the first Barbie commercial and this inspired me to do it. Thank you.

I love AJR so much!! :D they're my fav band!!! I love every single one of their songs!

The way their eyes light up when they’re talking about music🥰🥰😍😍😍🥳🥳

I'm a rock music, hip hop fan. I really like few pop artist. These guys are so good and talented! Love their style and song writing skills . The way they produce music and the lyrics are always fire 🔥

this is like a genius deconstructed it’s lit

3:00 that one man is Shia Labeouf we all know it

I love how one of my favorite artist literally plays Wii tennis to make the coolest songs. This is literal goals tho

AJR will always be my favorite band, they are just so creative and they really surprise me with every new song they release!

Pleaseeeeee release this version of the songggg PLEASEEEEEEE

Imagine being their neighbor, every other day it’s just, “yeah I heard noting then, bwaaaaa bwaaa from a trumpet,”

Ngl, I'd love to be able to listen to that last version of 100 bad days on repeat it's just so calming and kinda peaceful but still a bop? Like what?

Ha tennis is my sport and to hear my fav band playing tennis makes it all the better

Amazing. These three brothers have inspired me and millions of others to make music.

In the intro, you can tell Ryan wanted to jump in and start talking.. He always take over interviews

Here's where I end up at 2am on a school night Having fun

I’m so excited, I’m seeing them on May 15 in CT!😁

They are so creative and talented and the whole production behind it is crazy, like all the editing❤

i really really really really really enjoyed this, thank you rolling stone & AJR!!!

I love that they have a child a heart mentality and I CANNOT wait to see them live in GA on the NY leg of their tour! Let’s go 2022!!

I love everything about this. thanks guys.

I'm actually really thankful for this video because I was trying to write a song for a while now... And I love your music! I love that you don't just use basic guitar-drums-piano that bands do, and use horns, different noises like cowbells and choir singing, because it makes music so different and unique! And also the lyrics. I'm not even gonna talk about it, we all know it's genius. I never liked all band's songs, but I think now I do :"D

I'm so proud there are finally getting recognition I hope everybody strain their first two albums as well as their new one that just came out. They are amazing

JJ is rocking this! I love the break down guys! So cool 😁

Looooove! This is the vid I’ve been looking for!

Honestly everything these guys make feels brand new, like a lot of songs feel the same, or are kinda basic but this, it’s awesome!

doing something while thinking or listening really helps me focus so after watching this i related so much like 99 percent of my good ideas have come from me just playing a game

I love them so much. Whenever i listen to 100 bad days, i feel like crying because eit makes me so happy and i start thinking of a beautiful montage with my friends, having the best day ever, just living. That's how their music makes me feel❤

Love the insight to your brilliance!

as trumpet player i can confirm that part is kinda difficult but fun af

Adam’s bass and the trumpet sound so good💕

Watching this makes me so happy them creating the samples I love AJR