What You Didn't Know About Maroon 5

Publish date: 2024-03-14

Maroon 5 may have legions of loyal fans, but the band has never been a critics' darling. A think piece about the band on Stereogum derided Maroon 5 as "the funky, jazzy, heavily sanitized late-night-TV-style live band that tours with every pop star," except in Maroon 5's case it's the band itself that's positioned as the star. Maroon 5, the piece continued, are "hard to get excited about, but just as difficult to hate with any severe conviction," given that their songs are "musical wallpaper, annoying at worst and pleasingly inconsequential at best."

Adam Levine is not unaware of those types of opinions, telling Independent that they've "been around forever" and "been criticized by everybody." Meanwhile, the band's sound has drifted all over the musical map, weaving through an array of musical genres. "I don't even know what the f**k Maroon 5 are anymore," Levine said, admitting, "we occupy a weird space." 

However, he insisted he "wouldn't have it any other way." By refusing to be locked into one sound or genre, "[Maroon 5] will never be associated with a time," Levine said, adding, "I don't think people say we remind them of, like, 2003 or whatever. That doesn't happen."

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