Reunited by the most casual of chances, Dylan Minnette, star of 13 Reasons Why, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston make up the three heads of Wallows, a Californian alternative rock group that reaps millions of plays in each of their songs.” Dylan and Braeden’s mothers met at a ‘mothers moving with their children to perform’ forum, essentially,” Cole explains, along with the other two nodding. Thus, in 2011 they participated in a music program under the name Join the Band, where Cole was added randomly. “We met by chance,” Cole and Braeden says, “Life is a domino.”
From 2011 to 2020, the group had different names that they explain were changing at the same time as they matured.” We started with different names and when we grew up, naturally, we consume more experiences and more music,” Cole continues. “The songs have changed and, it seems to me, along with them, we changed the name of the band to feel more mature.” Something like a blur and a new account. For them, their final name, Wallows, fits perfectly into the “definitions of music”. In addition, Cole says: “If you search for ‘Wallows’ on Google, you won’t find many results. If you’re called ‘Baseball’, you’re going to find a four-score. Wallows came across a free space on the Internet.”
Like everyone else, all three were ruined by certain marks on their planned 2020 agendas. One of them… the Lollapalooza.” None of us know South America. Not even separated,” Dylan says. “I was watching videos of the different Lollapalooza in South America and it was… people seemed so incompensal with music… we were really excited,” Cole continues.” We were going to have about a week off! It was going to be so much fun!” laments Dylan, taking his hands to his face. However, they are shown with hope: “It’s going to end up happening. Fortunately, we’re going to have more music and things are going to be better. By the time it’s done again, things are going to be even better than they were going to be,” Cole confides Latin American audiences and their peers.
However, not all of them were bad news for the group. Their hit “Are You Bored Yet?” went viral in TikTok, the fashion app in this quarantine and they prepared four virtual concerts that aired from the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles around the world.” We are very grateful that it is becoming more and more viral,” Dylan explains. “It’s good. The platform in general is focused on music. The songs that dominate the rankings are there mostly thanks to TikTok”, follows Cole.According to both, they are happy that the song is known by its name and not by “The Song of TikTok”. About the concerts, they come back: “We’ve never done this before, so we learned a lot in the process. We had a great time doing them. It doesn’t feel so different from traditional shows. I mean, there are a lot of differences, that I don’t get misunderstood, but… it was fun,” Cole concludes.
When we saw people having a good time and having fun, we realized that, broadly speaking, it was a great event. But, I have to say, it made me miss traditional concerts more than ever before. Playing for a crowd and watching her singing with you is really cool.
