Thunder (Imagine Dragons song) New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland, and the top 20 in Finland, France, Ireland, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. The official music video for the song was released on May 2, 2017 on the Imagine Dragons' YouTube channel; the video was shot in Dubai, filmed in black and white. It features the band's lead vocalist Dan Reynolds singing and dancing among other extraterrestrials around in a futuristic city. It was directed by Joseph Kahn. As of December 2018, the video has over 1.0 billion views. Imagine Dragons performed the song at the 2017 American Music
Imagine Dragons comes out and what feels right". Drummer Daniel Platzman added that the band are critical of themselves, with "no room for external pressure". Inspired greatly by the band's travels on both their previous tours and the Night Visions Tour, the album explored world culture as a musical item and overall motif in the album. Dan Reynolds told New Orleans-based newspaper "The Times-Picayune" that there was "a lot of inspiration to be drawn from [the world tour]. You kind of realize that you're a lot smaller than you think". In addition, Reynolds stated to music magazine "Rolling Stone" that the next