Evolve (Imagine Dragons album) album "Smoke + Mirrors" and a ten month long world tour, the members of Imagine Dragons vowed to take time off from the band. In an interview with "Billboard", lead singer Dan Reynolds stated that the group would be on hiatus for the remainder of the year, explaining "We [Imagine Dragons] haven't stopped in, like, six years, so we've forced ourselves to at least take a year off." Throughout 2016, the band contributed songs to the soundtracks for "Me Before You", "Suicide Squad" and "Passengers", as well as playing at several shows. The band first began teasing their third album
Next to Me (Imagine Dragons song) is some of the first times that I've really explored diving into my mind and musicality and sonicality of romance." He regarded it as "something everybody can relate to", which is the "feeling like you are going to fail sometimes in a relationship and the true value of a relationship is what happens then". An accompanying short film for the song was released on March 13, 2018. The video stars the lead singer, Dan Reynolds, and his wife, Aja Volkman. In the video, Aja leaves Dan due to his problems, leading to him attempting to sell his wedding ring. The