why Reynolds wrote new album after his world turned upside down?

why Reynolds wrote new album after his world turned upside down: 'I was reinventing myself'

Dan Reynolds was in unfamiliar territory at this time, as he was in a new city and going through a tough time with a divorce

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There are several reasons why Imagine Dragons named their latest album Loom.

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First of all, frontman Dan Reynolds liked the "ominous" sound of the title. Then there's the fact that Loom is the name of one of his favorite childhood video games.

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But most importantly, Reynolds, 36, knows that the word represents the fact that life keeps going forward, whether we like it or not

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My world was turned upside down. I had just moved to a brand new city. I was rediscovering myself. It was a very transformative time for me," Reynolds tells PEOPLE in a recent issue.

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I don't really like change, but the sooner you accept the inevitability of change, the more peaceful life becomes.

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Like Dragons' other work — including their seven-times platinum-winning 2012 debut album, Night Visions

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Reynolds says the band’s latest effort is essentially their “journal entries” from the past few years

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During that time, he moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles — and ended his marriage to singer Aja Volkman, whom he married in 2011

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with whom he has daughters Arrow ( 11), Gia and Coco ( 7), and son Valentin (4)

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But M Reynolds has since found love with actress Minka Kelly

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