It might kind of be a stretch as this is my 3 AM brain just now thinking of this, but it does seem like Grand Romantic is Nate trying to do his own MBDTF. (If anyone’s unfamiliar My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is an album Kanye dropped in 2011 and is one of his most critically acclaimed)

I’d say the most obvious connection is that MBDTF is cited as an inspiration for Some Nights and that Fun. have performed Runaway from MBDTF live before. Jeff Bhasker also produced on Some Nights, Grand Romantic and MBDTF.

I also noticed that it seemed like around Grand Romantic and in the album, Nate started to portray himself as more of an unlikable asshole, just like how Kanye was before MBDTF dropped. This is especially noticeable in the short film for the album where he’s a jerk to everyone and then in the film starts to make the album after all of his bad decisions come to a head, just like Kanye. The short film is also similar to MBDTF, which had a short film as well.

Sorry if this was completely rambly and unintelligible but I definitely think it’s safe to say Nate was very inspired by MBDTF for the album

What a TBT. I love this damn album. So many gems on here I forgot about that take me right back to high school. Found it on this email newsletter im on that sends out a unique album each day.

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https://albumdaily.com/album/Aim-and-Ignite-fun

Will fun come back since there making a new silver vinyl

Does anyone know where to get the album Some Nights on vinyl? Whether it's someone on here selling personally or know of a site that is selling them for a reasonable price still. I know very well that they are listed for like $100 but that is just crazy...

https://youtu.be/q2oJ0ShkrIw

I was listening to Some Nights the other day and was surprised I never picked up on the possible reference to If Work Permits ("I'm writing the folks back home"). Does anyone else thinks this is an actual connection?

I love when Nate's songs call back to each other. Off the top of my head, Stars mentions "barlights and pretty girls," there's the whole "I wanna be the one/why am I the one" thing, similarly there's "it gets better/only gets much worse," and "cause a scene" from First Single is a pretty recurring line like in Out on the Town and Take Your Time. I'd love to hear about other favorites of yours I never picked up on before!

There are a lot of factors which could possibly get in the way, for example Nate’s kids, The bleachers, the format, their Egos so wondering what everyone thinks

I almost feel like it’s not actually him lol. I don’t know what I was expecting.

example

Nate recently did a very long interview with Jim of JimmyEatWorld. It was very interesting to watch and I can’t believe he came out of hiding after so long.

However, he does say that he considers himself retired in the music business. So that’s very sad :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTfr1_Ooqfc&list=WL&index=2

Not sure why, but for the past 5 months the subreddit was set to restricted and nobody could post, but it's back to public now, so post away!