MGMT fooled us all

Learn a new job in tech starting from $200/mo! Sign up for a FREE TripleTen career consultation with my link: https://get.tripleten.com/asaparked What if one of the most iconic indie bands of the 2000s never even wanted fame? This is the story of how I stumbled upon MGMT’s bizarre college performance of Kids, and followed the trail to uncover how they rose to stardom—then almost deliberately dismantled their own success. What I found says a lot about irony, ambition… and the strange price of making it big. Join my newsletter, AP | Unsent: https://unsent.asapark.co. Please check out my podcast, The Asa Park Podcast.    / @theasaparkpod   Text me if you have ideas for stories we should cover: I'm @asaparked, everywhere. Instagram:   / asaparked   TikTok:   / asaparked   X: https://x.com/asaparked Facebook:   / asaparked   Website: https://www.asapark.co Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:29 - Chapter 1: Let's be rockstars 5:27 - Chapter 2: Is it still a joke? 7:31 - Chapter 3: Is it self -abotage or authenticity 9:44 - Chapter 4: We're back Please follow and subscribe to support the channel. It would mean the world to our small team! MGMT, MGMT Kids, MGMT story, MGMT documentary, MGMT band history, MGMT college performance, How MGMT got famous, indie rock documentary, viral music story, MGMT live, ironic fame, MGMT Oracular Spectacular, MGMT success story, MGMT live 2007, music documentary, rise and fall of MGMT, bay area MGMT, indie pop 🎵 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Art Is Everywhere by MGMT, https://lickd.lnk.to/19A4jtID License ID: j1P3yQwZX4B If you want to use music from famous artists, try Lickd to get track credits and unlimited stock music: https://go.lickd.co/Get-A-Free-Trial