

Reynolds says he also wanted to be home with family because following a six-month separation from his wife, the two have reconciled. “I wake up and it gives me an excuse to go into a room by myself and be in a place, you know, solitude and create art and that brings me a lot of peace.” I would wake up almost every day and work on music so that’s still happening,” Reynolds says. “I’m always writing music since I was 13 years old. When the kids are asleep or at school, he’s still writing music, and yes, it’s for Imagine Dragons. (Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images) Visionhaus/Getty Images Europe/Visionhaus So yeah.”ĭan Reynolds performing with Imagine Dragons in June. Then I came in and I was like, okay, it’s not as big a deal that I’m a rock star now because that guy builds rockets. “Like an actual rocket scientist,” Reynolds laughs, “like showing everybody how he builds rockets. He says he’s found joy in the dad life, taking his kids to Disneyland and talking about being a rock star in his oldest kid’s career day at school. “Especially because I had a newborn and our guitarist has a relatively new child as well, so we’re trying to just be dads and then, you know, when the itch comes up, I’m sure we’ll be back out on the road pretty soon.” So all of us were just wanting to rediscover what it means to be, you know, a dad or a friend or a son,” Reynolds says.
And I mean, we were on the road for really a decade straight. “We’re trying to take some time off right now just to reconnect with family and friends. He’s currently in Las Vegas enjoying his downtime with his wife, Aja Volkman, 7-year-old daughter, Arrow, his 2-year-old twins, Gia and Coco, and a newborn boy, Valentine. Reynolds tells CNN that he and the band have been on the road for nearly a decade, and while it’s all love between the four members, they are all taking a much-needed time out.

Dan Reynolds, the lead singer for Imagine Dragons, is taking some time off from fronting the band in order to focus on being a dad, husband and friend.
