AJR recently wrapped up the American leg of their sold-out OK ORCHESTRA tour, and the sibling trio is currently preparing to take the tour to Australia and Europe. But first, they wanted to send a clear (and totally badass sounding) message about the state of society at this moment in time with a new single titled “I Won’t.”
While AJR might be known for their insanely catchy anthems surrounding timely topics, their new single “I Won’t” takes it one step further. Simply put, Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met are all tired of the current status quo – one that revolves around social media obsession, empty promises, performative behavior, and more.
Ryan spilled, “We’re trying to dial in on exactly how we felt about the world. We were fed up with authority, so we wrote our own version of a punk ‘F-you’ song. We found an interesting way to frame it. You’re at a party, and this DJ is telling you how to live, but you’ve had enough. In our political climate and within the landscape of social media, everything is marketing and branding yourself to fit into a political or TikTok trend. It gets exhausting. You lose yourself in fitting into a subsection of culture. In our show and our music, we’re about figuring out what makes you unique. The message is, ‘Be yourself.’ However, we know it’s much easier said than done. We wanted to make a song that inspired others, but also ourselves to be who we are.”
AJR visited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to perform “I Won’t” for the first time. You can check that out here! “I Won’t” also marks the beginning of an exciting new partnership between the trio’s AJR PRODUCTIONS label and Mercury/Republic Records, meaning we’ll all be hearing plenty of new music from the guys soon.
Listen to “I Won’t” below!
