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Foster the People Respond to 'Pumped Up Kicks' Being Pulled From Radio After Sandy Hook Shooting

Amy Sciarretto — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 14:45:45 +0000

Foster the People's breakthrough smash 'Pumped Up Kicks' was pulled from many radio stations in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., which left 26 people dead, most of them young children. The song was a point of contention, due to the lyrics "You better run, better run / Outrun my gun / You better run, better run / Faster than my bullet." The band has responded to the song being temporarily removed from the airwaves.

Foster the People's 'Pumped Up Kicks' Pulled From Radio Following Sandy Hook Shooting

Amy Sciarretto — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:03:40 +0000

Following last week's tragic school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., Foster the People's breakthrough smash 'Pumped Up Kicks' has apparently been removed from the playlist at Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM. The song touches on school violence and famoulsy features the lyrics, "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, / You better run, better run, outrun my gun / All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, / You better run, better run, faster than my bullet."

Foster the People's New Album May Have EDM Elements

Dave Lifton — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:00:35 +0000

Last weekend, Foster the People‘s Mark Foster and Isom Innis were off at the EDM-heavy Hard Summer in Los Angeles under the name Smims and Belle. In a new interview, Foster talked about how the electronic side project has affected their regular gig. “[Innis] makes stuff a lot more in the electronic realm,” he told [...]