AJR's Secret to Songwriting? Wii Tennis | How I Wrote This: '100 Bad Days'

AJR grew up writing songs in their childhood apartment in New York City. They break down the creation of their single '100 Bad Days,' followed by an exclusive performance of the song from their living room.

[nah]

We all know that hat wispers song ideas to him

[jones]

I cannot believe there isn't even one clip of them playing wii tennis in this entire video. I feel click baited.

[heyimdanielle]

If I had a dollar every time Adam spoke I'd be broke

[johngreenwood]

JJ Is so insanely talented. Taking just a voice memo with 32nd notes and turns it into that is insane

[vivr]

Jack and Ryan: Excitedly talking about how much fun it was to write this song.
Adam: Quietly sitting on his chair just listening to the conversation

[frogs]

Kelly Clarkson: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
AJR: what doesn’t kill you makes you more interesting

[rrameir]

JJ is apart of the band and they know it

[gabrielhelewa]

AJR Nicknames

Jack: The Hat Wearing One

Ryan: The Nerdy One

Adam: The One That Doesn't Talk Much

[ryeb]

That trumpet player is AMAZING! Tone like that is so hard to get

[meatbeater]

Me: **sees title**
Me: wait wait wait, they write using wii sports tennis?! this i have to see.

[thatplantfern]

I love how they love giving credit. They’re always trying to credit each other and tell people who or what they were inspired by and humbly credit themselves making the most badass music I’ve ever heard. You can tell how passionate they are about music I don’t know any musician who remembers every origin to every small detail of their song just because they want too.

[florriemccarthy]

those are his unprocessed vocals? holy crap

[nearryReamy]

Every group: Almost celestial inspiration stories.
AJR: Wii Tennis.

[snoozebvtton]

i LOVE how excited Ryan gets while playing music. He just gets so jumpy and smiley and its the best. I love AJR so much and im so excited to see them in september!

[chloet]

Ryan: "What doesn't kill you actually makes you a lot more interesting"
Me: Wrong, what doesn't kill you makes you ugly

[jerbear]

didn't know them 15 mins ago, now i'm a fan

[alextompkins]

Wii Tennis. Only Jack would make songs by playing Wii Tennis.

[tannerjohnson]

Jack’s appearance aged the second they got famous 😂

[emilyobrien]

i literally unconditionally love JJ. he vibes so hard, i got to see AJR in concert and i was like “how do i mail a hug? cause i need to mail this guy a hug”

[fishsmellbad]

These guys have literally the same equipment I have and they have accomplished way more than I could ever dream of...