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When critics write about fun.'s music, they often talk about the band's obvious influences -- particularly the way their stacked vocal harmonies mimic the sound of Queen. But the title track from their 'Some Nights' album brings to mind an older -- and far folkier -- act.

The guys in fun. have one of the biggest hits of the year with 'We Are Young,' so when Stephen Colbert started putting together the lineup for his own music festival, he naturally turned to the pop trio he dubbed "It on a Stick."

The disempowering of major labels due to the digital revolution has caused, among other trends, a blurring between the lines of indie and mainstream pop. A symbol of that interweaving is the auto-showtune, Kanye-meets-Queen ballast of fun., featuring power-piped frontman Nate Ruess. Dude was a member the Format, who spent the ‘00s cultivating a small following. Seems it’s a good thing they dissolv

Unless you've been living under the biggest and heaviest rock ever, you are familiar with fun.'s huge smash, 'We Are Young.' With every hit song that surfaces, there are a countless number of covers making themselves at home on YouTube. Watch a mashup video of 43 different users giving their own take on 'We Are Young' below.

Film fans like to carp about how the MTV Movie Awards are a meaningless display of affection for crowd-pleasing blockbusters like the 'Twilight' flicks, but for the artists who perform at the ceremony, they can be pretty important -- just ask fun. and the Black Keys, who both enjoyed sizable sales bumps the week after they played the show.

Music is awesome: It’s easy to forget this among the twitter slapfests and ugly breakups -- but you’ll remember when a new track has you dancing around your room. It is to the songs that get us to scream in our cars, stomp on our floors, and lip sync on the subway that we owe the most. Fun.'s ‘Some Nights’ is one of those.

You can literally expect an extra dose of fun. this coming weekend at Bonnaroo. The breakout rockers say they can't wait to take the Bonnaroo stage and feel it might be the highlight of their year.

Fun. stopped by ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ with a brass ensemble last night (June 4) to perform ‘One Foot,’ the ninth track off their February release, ‘Some Nights.’ The band also treated viewers to a performance of their single ‘We Are Young,’ which has become a huge hit since it started climbing the charts in December.

It's been one of 2012's hits that just won't quit, but the guys in fun. know they can't count on everyone to keep listening to 'We Are Young' forever, so they've done the right thing and served up a new single and video from their 'Some Nights' album.

The 2012 MTV Movie Awards got off to a solid start Sunday night with the drum beats of fun.'s ever-present hit 'We Are Young' kicking off the show.