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X Ambassadors are an American rock band from Ithaca, New York. It has three members: Sam Harris, the lead vocalist; Casey Harris, the keyboardist; and Adam Levin, the drummer. Noah Feldshuh is a former member but left in 2015.
In 2012, things started to kick off for X Ambassadors. They dropped their first album, Litost, which featured the eponymous song that would go on to be the soundtrack for the 2013 movie The Host. It was also around the time of the release of Litost that they signed with SONGS Music Publishing. Imagine Dragons noticed them at around this time and asked Interscope to sign them, which they did and are still with.
2013 and 2014 were also essential years in the history of this band. They dropped Love Songs Drug Songs and toured with Imagine Dragons in 2013, and in 2014, they dropped The Reason and acted as supporting acts for both Imagine Dragons and Panic! At The Disco.
In 2015, X Ambassadors released their first full-length album: VHS. The album featured many artists, including Imagine Dragons and Jamie N Commons. A year later after the release of VHS, they released a different version of the album titled VHS 2.0 which removed all of the interludes but featured five new songs.
X Ambassadors began playing under the name Ambassadors, touring with artists such as LIGHTS.[1] During this time, they self-released their debut EP, Ambassadors EP, creating a music video for its lead single, "Tropisms", shot and directed by Rodrigo Zedillo.[citation needed] Shortly after, they self-released their second EP, Litost, which included the eponymous song, later to be used in the soundtrack for The Host. The band signed a record deal in 2012 with SONGS Music Publishing.[2] They launched a Kickstarter campaign to shoot a video for the lead single, "Unconsolable", which would be re-recorded later.[3] The group was noticed by Imagine Dragons while frontman Dan Reynolds was sick in the hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Reynolds heard an acoustic version of "Unconsolable" on 96X WROX-FM and asked Interscope to sign the band as soon as possible.[4][5]
X Ambassadors released their debut major-label EP, Love Songs Drug Songs, in 2013. It included the track "Stranger", co-written by Dan Reynolds.[6] In promotion of the album, they toured in support of Imagine Dragons, Jimmy Eat World, and the Mowgli's.[7][8][9][10] In 2014, the band released their next EP, The Reason. Two of its tracks, "Unsteady" and "Jungle", appeared on their full-length album VHS, released after a year. In promotion of the new EP, X Ambassadors supported Panic! at the Disco and Imagine Dragons on their respective tours.[11]
In March 2015, X Ambassadors released the single "Renegades", which appeared on their debut album, "VHS", published on June 30, 2015, and featuring collaborations with Jamie N Commons and Imagine Dragons. A special edition, titled VHS 2.0 was released on June 10, 2016, with five additional tracks and without the interludes that were included on the original version.
X Ambassadors released four standalone singles in 2017: "Hoping" in March, "Torches" in April, "The Devil You Know" in June, and "Ahead of Myself" in July.[13] They also performed at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree. The band was featured in a song by Eminem titled "Bad Husband", from his album Revival. They also collaborated on "Home", a song from the soundtrack for the Netflix film Bright. The track includes pop singer Bebe Rexha and rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
X Ambassadors released their next single, "Joyful", on January 26, 2018, originally intended to be the title track of their second record.[14] Pre-orders of the album became available through their website later that day,[15] and it was slated for an April 2018 release. On February 2, 2018, the band issued another single, titled "Don't Stay".[16]
On January 24, 2019, the group put out their next single, "Boom". Three months later, on April 19, 2019, over a year after the announcement of Joyful, the band stated they had cancelled it in favor of new material for a different record, to be titled Orion, which would include the previously released track "Boom". Vocalist Sam Harris stated that Joyful was the second iteration of their second album and that they felt like the songs on it did not represent where they were at.[17] That same day, the band issued the song "Hey Child" as the second single off Orion. A third single, titled "Hold You Down", was published on May 31, 2019.[18] The album came out on June 14, 2019.[17]
On April 19, 2019, American rapper and singer Lizzo released her album "Cuz I Love You", which featured the tracks "Cuz I Love You", "Jerome", and "Heaven Help Me", all produced by X Ambassadors.[19] The band also wrote the song "Baptize Me" with singer Jacob Banks for the Game of Thrones compilation For the Throne.
On February 7, 2020, they issued the song "Everything Sounds Like a Love Song",[22] promoted as the lead single from their forthcoming EP, Belong. On February 21, 2020, the band put out a single titled "Great Unknown" for the film The Call of the Wild.[23]
Belong came out on March 6, 2020, and included the title track as well as "Everything Sounds Like a Love Song" and "Happy Home". Sam Harris stated that it was a collection of tracks the band wrote that didn't quite fit on their upcoming third studio album, but they loved the songs and wanted to put them out.[24] On May 15, 2020, X Ambassadors released another single, "Zen", with K.Flay and grandson, about the COVID-19 pandemic.
On January 14, 2021, X Ambassadors released a single called "ultraviolet.tragedies", a heavily rap-focused song featuring Terrell Hines. It was the first single from the collaborations project (Eg). Sam Harris said that with this project, he wanted to "give a voice to (several) incredible artists that people may not have heard yet, and really let their imagination be at the forefront of everything".[25] On February 7, 2021, the band released a cover of "Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd.
On June 11, 2021, the band put out a song titled "My Own Monster", which was also announced to be the lead single from their third studio album, The Beautiful Liar. "Okay" was released as the second single on July 30, 2021, while "Adrenaline" came out on August 13, 2021. The album was published on September 24, 2021, along with a music video for the song "Beautiful Liar". A tour for the record began in October.[26] The Beautiful Liar is a concept album that plays out similarly to a radio drama, expressing themes of insanity, powerlessness, self-doubt, and anxiety.[27] It tells the story of a blind girl whose shadow comes to life. It has a trap-influenced sound, a contrast from the band's previous releases, and tells its story over the course of sixteen tracks. Sam and Casey said that the album was influenced by radio shows that they listened to as children. About the record, Sam said, "I wanted to make an album that felt as unhinged as I did, and as the whole world felt around me. So Adam, Casey and I carved ourselves a space where we could all be as ugly, weird, funny, and f'd up as we wanted to be."[28]
On December 9, 2022, the band collaborated with Belgian DJ Lost Frequencies and singer Elley Duh on "Back to You". A music video for the song was released on January 19, 2023.[29] A deluxe pack was released on March 10, 2023, containing remixes from various DJs.
X Ambassadors incorporate various styles into their songs, such as jazz, alternative, trap, and R&B. Sam Harris has stated that all of the members grew up listening to hip hop and R&B, but they also appreciated rock music, specifically alternative and indie groups.[31] While writing their second album, Harris cited soulful influences including Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Otis Redding, and the Band.[32] It has often been noted that Casey Harris being blind has been a major part of shaping the band's music.[33][34]
In January 2017, Sam Harris participated in the official Women's March on Washington after-party.[35][36] He was joined by the National, Ani DiFranco, Samantha Ronson, Sleater-Kinney, and many others.
On May 5, 2023, Sam Harris released his first solo album, why does everything make me cry?, under the name Sam Nelson.[41] It contains three singles: "forever, now", "battery acid", and "give me hell", the latter featuring Madi Diaz. On September 29, 2023, Nelson released the track "when love has gone". Another standalone single, titled "could've been you", came out on December 15, 2023.
It is first and foremost an opera. It is also a meditation and a neuroscience experiment. The music is by composer Derrick Skye, whose work draws from classical traditions spanning the world, and integrates advanced electronics and instrumental techniques. The libretto is a hymn to the sun, space, and life written by K Allado-McDowell using the AI language model GPT-3, performed by three vocalists representing the opera's titular ambassadors.
The neuroscience experiments are performed by a team of scientists from UCSD, who record and analyze brainwaves, heart rate and subjective feedback of subjects in the audience. An EEG cap worn by Lincoln Center's Chief Artistic Officer, Shanta Thake, will create AI-generated projections during the performance, provided by visual artist Refik Anadol, complimented by set designs from Marcos Lutyens.
"The Opera was wonderful! I had a traumatic brain injury three years ago and I'm mostly recovered, but still have a few lingering effects. However, during the opera I started sobbing. Not because I felt overwhelmed emotionally, but because my brain was crying. It was something that happened in the first year of my recovery every time I went to cranial-sacaral therapy. For some reason, something about the show hit me in the same way. It was beautiful."
The beginning of the new decade has seen X Ambassadors bustling, taking on one ambitious endeavour on top of another. Recently completing their debut run of shows in Australia, the three-piece are gearing up to release an EP of archived songs from their cancelled album, Joyful. We quickly chat with drummer Adam about visiting Australia as a touring musician for the first time, and their latest single Everything Sounds Like A Love Song.
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