“West Coast” by OneRepublic, Wednesday, March 1, 2023
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Sometimes when I write about music I like, I hear the whiny voice of a younger millennial or Gen Z-er saying the band's name and, "Are they even relevant anymore?" That's what I thought about when I wrote about The Fray and other pop rock bands from when I was in high school. When I wrote about OneRepublic in early 2021, the band hadn't released an album since 2016, and momentum for the band seemed to be waning. But then in August, they released their record Human . THEY GOT SUN IN L.A. AND SOME STARS SHININ'. In 2017, OneRepublic's lead singer Ryan Tedder decided to forego the typical album cycle the band had followed. The band started releasing singles that year. Two years later, the band started releasing singles for the album they would release in 2021. But shortly after Human came out, OneRepublic seemed to be almost over the album cycle. The band had released five singles from the record before its arrival starting in 2019, which is a much lo