Dan Reynolds (singer) announced that after just over seven years of being married, he and Volkman would divorce. However, on November 6, 2018, along with the release of the Imagine Dragons song "Bad Liar", Reynolds announced that he and Volkman were dating once again and that she helped co-write the song with him earlier in the year. Reynolds suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, which he announced at Leeds First Direct Arena in 2015 during the band's Smoke + Mirrors tour. In 2016 he partnered with Novartis's ThisASLife to raise awareness about the severe inflammatory disease. He has also suffered from ulcerative colitis since the
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,