Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser

Bio

Formed in 2002, MGMT released their influential, Grammy-nominated debut album Oracular Spectacular in 2007, followed by Congratulations in 2010, and a self-titled project three years later. The title track of the duo’s fourth album, 2018’s Little Dark Age, became an out-of-nowhere viral smash during the COVID-19 pandemic. It spawned more than five million videos about social justice, trans rights, anime, and the war in Ukraine, and is currently the band’s #1 most streamed song and third most streamed all-time behind “Electric Feel” and “Kids.” Their fifth album, Loss of Life, produced with Patrick Wimberly (Beyoncé, Lil Yachty) and mixed by longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Spoon), was released in February 2023.