vampire weekend performed “Dangerous Night,” written for I think you should golast night at the Hollywood Bowl, inviting the star Tim Robinson to join them on stage. The song was written by the leader. Ezra Koenig for the second season of the Netflix series, which aired in 2021.
Koenig played a few minutes of the song during the band’s headlining performance at the Bowl before telling the audience, in reference to the song’s intro: “Now, you know this song is about a guy. This guy used to be a real piece of shit. But people can change.” And he added: "This guy is here right now, tonight, come on, man." Robinson walked on stage, hugged Koenig and bowed to the crowd. “Thank you for coming, sir,” Koenig added before finishing the song.
Although Koenig was not credited in the I think you should go In the episode, fans quickly recognized his voice. during a appearance About Mark Hoppus radio after school program on Apple Music in December 2021, Koenig explained the origin orF the tone.
“Basically through the producer, Akiva. [Schaffer] from Lonely Island, I had known Tim Robinson over the years,” he said. “I had come to a show. I was a big fan. He had always been great. And then Akiva called me and said, 'Hey, the guys need a song for the next season of the show.' Could you do it?' And I was like, 'Yeah, whatever.' “Anything for that program.”
Koenig continued: “We talked to them on the phone and they basically didn't want a bad pop song, but kind of... They gave me references and stuff like that for what they were looking for, and they already had some lyrics. So it's not that they wanted a song that sounded like me or Vampire Weekend, they just wanted to know if we'd have fun with it. The best way to describe the type of music they were going for is pop music that came two or three levels after Frank Ocean and Bon Iver. The kind of not-so-good pop music that was very influenced by that music. I don't even know how to describe it. I don't know if it has a name, but I said, 'Okay.' So we got the assignment and then I did it with my son, Ariel. [Rechtshaid].”
Vampire Weekend released a new album, Only God was above us, at the beginning of this year. They are currently touring North America, with upcoming stops at Colorado's Red Rocks and Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena.
