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AJR is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Hayley Kiyoko, Dean Lewis, mxmtoon, BoyWithUke and Blue Man Group. Those roots explain a lot about how AJR arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as American Authors, half•alive, lovelytheband, Quinn XCII and Em Beihold, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lawrence, Khalid, Benson Boone, Cavetown and Chelsea Cutler, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around AJR, reaching back through Hayley Kiyoko and forward to Lawrence. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
AJR is an American pop band founded in 2005 by brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met (né Metzger), collectively a trio of vocalists, multi-instrumentalists, and songwriters.
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AJR connections
AJR grew out of Hayley Kiyoko, Dean Lewis, mxmtoon and BoyWithUke, shares an orbit with American Authors, half•alive, lovelytheband and Quinn XCII, went on to shape Lawrence, Khalid, Benson Boone and Cavetown. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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