Norwegian prog rockers Maraton are releasing their debut album META, on April 26th via Indie Recordings. When Imagine Dragons released their ‘Bad Liar’ single last month the band noticed a shocking similarity between their album artwork and the ‘Bad Liar’ artwork. Hear the story right from Maraton themselves.
“It might have come to everyone’s attention that IMAGINE DRAGONS and MARATON has the same cover for our singles?????♂️ Which one is cooler?????
Here’s the story:
Instagram is a wonderful place for art. We bought our artwork from an incredible artist called Beeple_crap. We contacted him and asked him if we could buy the rights of using these photos for our singles and album. After much consideration we found 5 pieces that really suited our music perfectly. It is really not cheap to be a musician these days, and our budget was not something to brag about. We payed a one time fee for using his art, and did not think much more of it.
Suddenly we saw that Imagine dragons had a new single coming up with the same artwork, 6 months after our release. With no deal in hand giving us the exclusive rights for the photos, we can only say one thing. DAMN – They got good taste!!”
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