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This single was met with high amounts of praise from the alternative/indie music scene. On March 16, 2018, they released "Preacher Man", along with its video a few weeks later. The name 'The Driver Era' came from a conversation between Rocky and Ross during a car ride to a party, and the brothers agreed that this name encompassed where their music was headed. On the same day as their social media changes, previews of their debut single "Preacher Man" were posted on Twitter and Instagram. On MaRoss announced via Instagram story that The Driver Era would be a band consisting of him and his brother Rocky. On MaR5's Instagram and Twitter handles were changed to The Driver Era and all of R5's previous posts were deleted. History 2018–present: R5 to The Driver Era and Preacher Man 1.1 2018–present: R5 to The Driver Era and Preacher Man.I love the song actually, I think it turned out great. I was like, here's this vibe, and he immediately said this is something special. Ross was actually in Milan modeling and he came back and I had a little start to the song. There wasn’t really much writing you know. Immediately after that trip I just kind of… the song happened. So that's kind of where afterglow came from. Rocky: There’s not much more to say than we had a quick romance while on vacation in Cabo and it was really quick and the feelings were there really quickly but the time was gone even faster. Drinking you know having a good time and of course, there was a girl but it’s from Rocky’s perspective. So we were just having so much fun in Cabo. I don’t think they meant to do it on my birthday but it was on my birthday. We had family friends there and they rented a small yacht for us to go out on. We went to Cabo at an all-inclusive resort and it was so much fun. Ross: The story behind “Afterglow” is kind of awesome because we went to Cabo. The song “Afterglow” just dropped and is surely gonna be a summer hit, what is about? It's kind of nice to have that ability to diversify the set up at any moment. Were just bored of it and we were ready for something new. It's like the next step was done we want to do something different. Rocky: Ross and I are also the types of people that kinda just get bored so once we do a couple acoustic little strip down sets weather we are at a radio station or at a Coachella party. We don’t really like limits on any kind of creativity. If we decide one day we're going to drop an album that's entirely acoustic. So it's actually probably the furthest out from what people would classify as the Driver Era sound but I also think there are no limitations to the sound you know.
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Ross: We did this song in the early stages of the Driver Era. Rocky: There’s another song that flows a little more like a pop-trap in the indie realm. So we’ve been working on some songs with that in the back of our heads just to kind of continue that alt-pop sort of thing.
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With that happening, it kind of peaked our interest at doing alternative style songs for the Driver Era. Ross: Recently we’ve been influenced by the alternative stuff because that's where we started to accumulate a good amount of success. What is the inspiration for the Driver Era’s production and songwriting? Flaunt jumped at the chance to chat with the boys, who just released their latest single and our new summer favorite: "Afterglow." This new outlet explores and experiments with varied sonic soundscapes combining alt-rock with EDM and hints of trap produced beats, their multifaceted take on pop music is sending them up the charts. After a decade together, the brothers are taking a moment for themselves with a new musical project, The Driver Era. Along with their siblings, Riker & Rydel Lynch, along with childhood friend Ellington Ratliff, R5 saw the boys growing up before the public's eyes as they bridged the gap from tween sensations to fully-fledged idols. Ross has traversed the young-adult acting world from the Disney Channel to acclaimed indie projects like My Friend Dammer. Rocky is a masterful self-taught guitarist and a key producer for their family band, R5. Don’t let the sweltering, all-American dreamboat status of Ross and Rocky Lynch fool you-these multi-talented siblings have already garnered a strong grip in the worlds of acting and music.