Meet Imagine Dragons frontman, Dan Reynolds: the ‘Demons’ singer and father of 4 rejected Mormonism, has an autoimmune disease, and is currently dating Titans actress Minka Kelly

Jul 12 , 2024

Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons turns 37 on July 14. Photo: Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds recently opened up about his ‘complicated’ relationship with the Mormon religion, saying parts of it are ‘harmful to our gay youth’

The ‘Radioactive’ singer shares 4 children with his ex-wife Aja Volkman and is currently ‘attached at the hip’ to actress Minka Kelly, whom he’s been dating since 2022

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds is opening up about his “complicated” relationship with the Mormon religion.

Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds doesn’t agree with the Mormon religion’s stance on homosexuality. Photo: Dan Reynolds/Facebook

In a new interview with People he said it’s been years since he was a practising Mormon, though his family still remains active in the church according to the outlet. “There’s obviously parts of the Mormon religion that I feel pretty strongly are harmful, especially to our gay youth,” he told the publication. “At times I feel pretty isolated from my family, but I also love them and am close to them and see them, and there’s no animosity there. I’m on a different path. I have to love myself enough to follow my truth.”

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds just released a new album, Loom. Photo: Dan Reynolds/Facebook

So, who is Dan Reynolds exactly – from his Imagine Dragons fame to his current love life?

Where is Dan Reynolds from?

Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds is one of nine children and grew up in a Mormon family. Photo: Dan Reynolds/Facebook

According to Inc., Reynolds – who turns 37 on July 14 – grew up in a large, close-knit Mormon family in Nevada. Reynolds’ eight siblings all went on to become doctors and lawyers, though his older brother became his manager, per the source. He started pursuing music from as young as 12 years old.

“It was my life,” he told Inc. “It was all I did since I was 12. When I started to deal with mental health issues, music was therapeutic for me in a way that nothing else was. I felt like I could communicate in a way that I wasn’t able to to an adult, or to anyone, really. That’s why I say [a music career] kind of chose me because I really didn’t have a choice. If I was going to stay alive, I was going to do music. I genuinely feel like music saved my life in that way.”

When did Imagine Dragons emerge on the music scene?

From left, Dan Reynolds, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman and Wayne Sermon of Imagine Dragons. Photo: Invision/AP

Per Billboard, Imagine Dragons was formed in Las Vegas in 2008. The band began to gain popularity in the 2010s with songs like “Radioactive”, “Demons”, “Believer” and “Thunder”, which all climbed their way up the charts and then refused to budge.