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
Believer (Imagine Dragons song) Dolph Lundgren. It was directed by Matt Eastin and it features what seems to be a young Dan drawing on his notepad in scenes. Dan is losing, and he says that he wants to stop, with Dolph replying, "We can't," making it sound like they are forced to fight by a higher authority. It ends with Reynolds barely conscious, and we get to see what young Dan sketched: a symbol identical to the one on Reynolds' chest, the "Evolve" symbol. As of December 2018, the video has over 760 million views. "Believer" reached number four on the "Billboard" Hot 100,