(Via SongFacts): Next, we want to share with you some of the fascinating facts that the debut single of the trio led by Mark Foster holds, which was released online on September 14, 2010.

El significado de la canción

I really enjoy trying to walk in their shoes. That’s my style. I love writing about characters. In Cold Blood, just like Truman Capote did, I wanted to delve into the mind of the killer instead of writing about victims and some tragedy. It’s a kind of epidemic. I feel like young people are becoming more and more isolated in our culture. He’s an outcast. He’s plotting revenge and basically losing his mind, a child who is treated poorly in ‘Pumped Up Kicks’. Mark Foster from Spinner UK explained the meaning of the song.

Además, Foster afirmó que consideró redactar la canción desde el punto de vista de la víctima, pero pensó que sería una opción. Además, señaló que no hay violencia real en la canción, ya que las amenazas son meramente el monólogo interno del niño.

El atractivo del tema

“‘Pumped Up Kicks’ is one of those tunes that blends something truly recognizable with something extremely contemporary,” Foster expressed during an interview with Billboard magazine. “It’s a song that you can either relax on the sofa and enjoy or you can stand up and groove around the space.”

El mensaje oscuro de la canción

In the sound, it had a certain something that I believe, and those things are, I composed ads where I was working on a Mophonics called music of a house, and I wrote the story on a block of the beach, Yes. I contribute another layer to the story because I like to tell a different type of story that expresses the music lyrically,” Mark Foster said to MTV News. The song manages to hide a dark message underneath its cheerful melody.

Un track exitoso

Billboard’s charts for alternative and dance airplay were dominated by the triumph of the track, primarily because of its extensive cross-genre appeal. (The latter commenced operations on October 17, 2003).

La canción más reproducida

Between July and the conclusion of 2011, “Helena Beat” by Foster The People ranked as the fifth most frequently played track. “Pumped Up Kicks” held the top spot as the most played song on Spotify in the United States during the same timeframe.

La repetición del estribillo

Once again, this crazy listening is driving me crazy… Chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus, that’s all it is, the final. NME said it, I would have quickly moved on and removed those choruses, if I had known that the song was going to sound like every part of it was the chorus. Even though it’s a signature mark of Mark Foster’s successful tracks, the repetition of the chorus at the end of the song, including four times and sometimes even eight times, is too long for the theme.

Un track censurado

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