Why Fun. Ended 

Thank god someone still remembers fun... nobody ever talks about them anymore. Some Nights was a fantastic album, it deserved so much better

Everyone has that one memory they associate with We Are Young.

At least Jack Antonoff is out there giving us bops stream evermore :)

It wasn't as simple as that. Fun started as just a side project for all 3 of them. They've always been clear that they are 3 individual artists, & Fun is an artistic side project they collaborate on when they feel inspired to do so. They went on hiatus, as in truth they each were ready to, but Nate is the one that finally pulled the lever (and each are living more fulfilling lives since). When We Are Young hit, Jack faced an internal artistic conflict, saying he didn't want to be remembered for We Are Young, he didn't want to be singing We Are Young when he was 35. If you're so morally & artistically bothered by the thought of performing one of your collaborative hits in just few years time, I could imagine your fellow collaborators feeling a certain kind of way…. A lot happened to them personally and professionally in such a short amount of time, there was a lot of personal growth & artistic evolution they each went through individually. Nate and his gf broke up (Jack’s sister), he began dating Charlotte Ronson, he moved, and underwent a total transformation. He said it was the 1st time finally felt happy in his own skin, 1st time he was with someone else happy in their own skin, 1st time in his life he felt/saw the good in things & not automatically the negative (like winning an award but not album if the year), 1st time he’d ever written songs that _were him_ that the songs were his story of firsts. He owned up to mistakes he’d made during that time & being selfish with the last songs he wrote pre-hiatus. He grew from it, and his entire outlook and perspective changed drastically, for the better. Jack talked about how much the death of his other sister affected him (I believe she was 13, he 18, she had brain cancer) & how her memory was what gave him a reason to live & was the engine behind Bleachers, his solo project he started while still in Fun. He also talked about wanting to make music that, in a nutshell, is much deeper & meaningful to him, that means something to others, that he doesn’t want to “chase the ambulance” that is pop music, he wants to be away from it all to create it. In an article from the NYT, “The problem was that Fun. was merely something Mr. Antonoff was a part of; he needed the music he made to be a part of him.”. Which, is the same thing Nate felt. I mean, you can’t really blame either of them for wanting to tell their own personal stories, _personally._ They have all said it would have been easy to capitalize on their success & continue what they were doing, but that’s not what Fun was about. The inspiration to work together collaboratively was what made Fun what it was, & things changed. They changed. And it worked out for the best for all 3 of them. Jack is a successful producer working with big names like Lorde & T Swift, there’s of course Bleachers. Andrew has been enjoying experimenting with music, working on an album, scoring some films and TV shows. Nate had his solo album Grand Romantic, which peaked at 7 on US Billboard 200. Critics said it was too theatrical, but Nate was happy. A stark contrast to how he would’ve felt about it before. He is an amazing, brave artist - a true artist who has grown so much, even in the face of undeserved scrutiny. He cares more about the art & meaning, the personal connection of music rather than the numbers; conveying a story - his story. And he does it beautifully

They should come back, they’d do great in our current indie scene.

Listening to Some Nights really takes you on a vivid memory trip

i feel like jack antonoff is the most successful of them all

Nate looks like the love child of Rob Liefeld and John Mulaney

The grammy award curse

after the jonas brothers, fun. should come back as well

Fun wasn't just a band.. They were a lifestyle. Their song "Carry On" actually got me through some tough times during 2013 to 2015 when everything was just going south almost everywhere. I still can't believe they're gone...

To this day, the song "Some Nights" is one of the best songs of the 2010s. It is such a bop that many kids who grew up with the song can still identify with now

THIS QUESTION KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT. THEY COULDVE BEEN KINGS OF EVERYTHING

They weren't *fun* anymore

"No one likes to admit it, but fun always ends"

All you youngsters that liked Fun, need to listen to “The Format”. Nates band from the early 2000’s.

yall i just really miss radio music from 2010 through 2013 😔

Its always when they wanna go solo smh🤦🏾‍♀️

8 years later Jack is still out there killing it

Me not knowing jack was from fun 😂 I always thought he was just Taylor swift friend

'We Are Young' will always be a classic. I heard some other songs by them and always wondered what happened to the band. Also, Nate Ruess (the lead singer) collaborated with P!NK on 'Just Give Me A Reason'

To this day “Some Nights” can still make me ball my eyes out.

This sounds exactly like an executive/agent snuck in there and convinced nate to split off and Nate was weak to manipulation. I’d put money on it.

Jack really was a sleeper hit maker. He made some of the best hits and albums of the 2010s with albums like 1989, NFR!, Melodrama, and song like Wildest Dreams, Delicate, Perfect Places, etc.

I adore C’mon by Panic! and Fun. It’s a beautiful collaboration and Brendon’s voice fits really well with Nate’s.

But according to their website message, they’re didn’t break up. On hiatus sure, but there’s nothing that actually says they broke up

this band was my whole life for a while. i followed them as much as i could. i interviewed Dost on the phone. i interviewed Nate on their bus. Nattie and Noon was my brain child. i made Jack's JAIL DINNER shirt. i ended up winning a scholarship to tour with them for a week. i made a whole community of friends. the rest of the band and the crew recognized me by name at every show. i got recognized at shows by other fans because i was known in the fan community - it was awesome and my closest brush with personal fame. when i toured with them...that week included one of their very last shows where Nate was very intoxicated and behaving in ways that visibly annoyed the other band members. i had a bad feeling then and wasn't surprised when we kept holding our breath for a new album and it never came. this band will always, ALWAYS hold an incredibly special place in my heart. they taught me what i'm capable of and gave me a glimpse of my creative potential when my passion drives me. they gave me a true place to belong. it was a poor judgement call for Nate to go solo but i'll make peace with it. thank you fun. for all the firsts in my life: first photo passes, first time going on tour, first time loving myself. thank you.

"...because Jack Antonoff was behind the pen" 👀

Their music was special and it was different.I wish they would come back together

You briefly mentioned their collab with Panic! At The Disco, but let me say that song "cmon" is such a beautiful song and highly underrated.

My Mom is really good friends with Andrew! He moved up to our small town on the bay and we eventually had him over for dinner. Awesome person, came to my graduation party and treated me very kindly. Such a genuine artist and humble person.

Nate was pretty good doing solo though. At least his voice was amazing. Nate went on to collab with Eminem and Pink in iconic songs.

Jack Anthonoff produced Reputation by Taylor Swift & Melodrama by Lorde. He's so talented and passionnate I love him Edit : Melodrame is still the best album in 2019, even if it was release in 2017. Dont mention me because I dont care, Lorde is everything.

Saw them at a Panic! At The Disco concert in Seattle. When I saw them, they said they had just wrote a song and wanted to share it for the first time. It was We Are Young!!!

Nates album, while underrated, is not that bad. If you listen to the lyrics you can tell he put so much into it. I liked it and have the while album. I also love bleachers. I listen to it every morning. In the fun. Albums (have both) I Can tell the difference of what is Nate and jack.

I MISS NATE RUESS. Everyone say they don’t even know who he is and I’m very upset about that . Who agrees that he should come back 🥺

Jack antonoff is one of my favoite musicians. Bleachers is such a good band it *almost* makes fun. breaking up okay Edit: I realize that bleachers is Jack’s solo project, but to me, it’s easier to refer to bleachers as a band. It’s like how Panic! At the disco is only Brendon Urie, but it’s still called Panic! At the Disco. 🙃

We are young is gonna be a classic from this generation! It’s so different!

This is my favorite band. Nobody ever talks about it. Their so underrated.

The song Some Nights and We Are Young has been in my head ever since I was young, back then I didn't where the song came from, until I decided to listen to old music in YT and met Fun.

“We are young” was my summer with best friend good times

Fun.'s first album is like still the best indie pop album of all time

I always thought they would be considered “The Queen” of our generation especially with Nate’s voice being eerily similar to Freddie Mercury’s..

I really hope Fun. gets back together soon. The world needs more bands like them.

I noticed that some artists and groups that Janelle Monae collaborated with have faded while she rose. _Chester French_ and _fun._ were once great but now they just live in our playlists and memories.

IM SO GLAD U MENTIONED THEIR COLLAB WITH PANIC!

We are young and some nights .. Was and still is a great songs..

Tbh. I want them to return .. they’re like a drug. once you’ve listen to them the melodies never wears off

I remember staring out the window of my car when Some Nights and We Are Young came on the radio

Someone needs to make a video on why Jack and Jack flopped.

‘Some night’ was one of the most important song in my life, i was 14 and being aboard studying by myself was really a difficult time for me but this song helped me a lot and was a loved song between me and my friends

Grand Romantic was filled with bops.. “Nothing Without Love”, is a classic and y’all just slept on that whole album. 🤧 Jack’s album was full of bops too and is also underrated by most. Y’all have to learn you can like one or the other without having to bash on them. They are both good in their own ways.

i miss fun so much 😔 some nights is such an amazing album! the nostalgia is real

i'm shook that i didn't know jack antonoff was in fun. i only knew him since lorde started working with him on melodrama

I was literally just thinking about Fun. yesterday and what ever happened to them.... so glad you made a video on this!!!

I saw fun. live in santa Barbara and it's the best concert I've ever been to. The music brought me to tears and the emotion was palpable to say the least. Always my favorite band. Nate ruess favorite artist and love grand romantic.

They were a big part of my childhood. Next video should be about Hot Chelle Rae, who was also big in the pop scene around the same time.

This band and Nate Ruess' other band, The Format, are literally my favorite bands like ever. If you guys haven't heard it before, I highly recommend their first album, Aim and Ignite. The gambler made me cry the first time I heard it!!

Damn, I was upset to hear they stopped making music, now I'm twice upset knowing it was ego which derailed such a group. Oh well, like you stated, they gave us two incredible albums. Those two albums, 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' and 'Sam's Town' will always have a special place in my heart. There are so many incredible songs which take me back to that specific time in my life, but there's nothing (for me) like listening to those albums in their entirety. Older albums like 'From Under the Cork Tree' and 'The Black Parade' are absolutely part of my history as well, but they're not the same.

Nate's voice is so unique and blows me away. I love their sound, especially their less popular songs! So good!

Musicians that want to go solo, should take a lesson from Geri Halliwell.

I loved Grand Romantic😭 and The Bleachers is one of my favorite bands

I was at the NHL winter classic and Nate was one of the musical guests during intermission. No one in the stadium knew who he was. He tried to get people to sing with him and it was crickets... You could see on the big screen how embarrassed he was. Even I had no idea who he was. Then they started playing "we are young" as their closer. And you could hear people in my section go: "Ohhh, that's who this guy is"

Like nobody ever heard of The Format. Nate wrote so many great songs. And he has the best voice since Freddie Mercury.

One of the bands I miss most honestly

Thank you for making this! I was a HUGE fan of fun., and I still am, their Some Nights album was perfect! Why Am I the One and Out on the Town are my favourite songs! Its a shame they broke up. I was waiting for them to come back! Their music added so much diversity to the industry.

If i meet the members i will literally fall onto my knees and cry and beg them to come back because theyr music has helped me sooo much and i need them to come back especially after 2020

Damn some nights is an album I’ve never stopped listening to since it came out. When I was younger I’d play it every night while I was sleeping and now many years later I’m here listening to it whenever I’m driving around on my learners license.

The Gambler will always be my favorite. We Are Young? Some Nights? Classics. Too bad they ended too soon

I've listened to a few of their songs they're really good!!

You dont know how much the group Fun impacted people until We are Young comes on during a party. Look around, EVERYONE will know that song and will sing along.

They defined that whole era.

Just get “the Format” back together again Nate. The first single is still better than anything by fun.

I asked myself same question the other day.... FUN would have been one of the best act of all time if they continued.

The day the finally comeback it’s gonna be the greatest comeback ever

Thanks for this video. I was actually just searching about for Fun’s whereabouts last week

The Gambler makes me cry! It’s such a good song lol and I will always love “We Are Young” cuz it makes me feel nostalgic of the good times!

Does no one remember The Format? They were GENIUS.. miss them too..

Fun. has been my favorite band of all time since I found them in 2009. Thank you for talking about them, because it seems like no one else wants to, including the members of the band :/ It's sad to see it in this sorta limbo

We are young Some nights Carry on One foot Why am I the one Fun. Had some very good hits

C’mon by panic! At the disco ft. Fun. Is my favorite panic! Song of all time 💗😔👌🏼

Who needs fun when you got bleachers? Sure, Nate’s voice is incredible, but real talk bleachers deserves more attention.

In 2012, my brother took his life. At his memorial, the song Carryon came on the radio. It meant so much to me. Like a message from my brother. I had a tattoo of the words Carry on placed on my forearm and a dragonfly with a body resembling DNA. When ever I'm feeling down I look at my tattoo. I hear the song and my boots upon the ground. ❤❤❤

I was wondering where they went. Thanks for this honest. Now all my questions have been answered.

Ahhhh... The nostalgia. I was wondering what happened to them

Thanks for this bc I was just thinking bout them this week lol

Getting them together can save 2020

"Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck"

Yup always ego getting in the way. Great vid as usual 😍

Oh my god I listened to We Are Young religiously when it came out.. nostalgia man

They've been my favourite band since 2013 and I would really love to see them together again. Also it's great that someone still remembers them

Fun. will always and forever be one of my favorite bands. I was devastated I never got to see them in concert.

Ok there's way too much Nate slander happening in this video and the comments. I would've liked them to stay together but I don't get the complaints about Grand Romantic? If you think it sounds like a fun. album and you're a fun. fan, you can't have THAT much to complain about. To me, Nate was always the draw of fun. - no shade to Jack, I love some of the work he's produced but I'm not that interested in his music. But Nate's voice, songwriting, and lyrics are so interesting and appealing, and imo his solo work easily stands up to the best of fun.'s work. Anyways please give Grand Romantic a chance, I've adored that album since it came out. P.S. Aim and Ignite is better than Some Nights, but I don't think we're ready for that conversation.

Here’s an underrated song by Fun: C’mon (the collab with Panic! At The Disco)

Their album "Some Nights", is one of my top 3 favorite albums (if not #1). It holds a special place in my youth, feeling like the soundtrack to my life at the time. The songs comforted me, made me not feel so *all alone* . I don't think I've ever felt connected to an entire album like that, not ever

I just discovered this band last year 2019 😭😭😭 how depressing! Carry on inspired me to keep working out, keep eating right, keep that same positive energy in life.

Love this band and so sorry for their end. Appreciate the music they did make for us! Nothing like it. Nothing.

somewhere, having fun.

Thanks for this - it made a lot of sense and explained things that were just a vacant hole of info. Appreciate it!

I have so many good memories thanks to this band. At the time when young came out, I was dating this girl which became really important in my life. We would drive around the city and sing their songs. Sadly after 6 years we had to break up.There are times when I think of her and I play this song. Immediately when the song starts, these memories of us begging to play in my head. I close my eyes and relive it once more. Then I find myself smiling and hoping that she is doing good.