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The Maybe Man is the fifth studio album by the American pop trio AJR. It was released on November 10, 2023, following their previous studio album OK Orchestra (2021). It is the band's first album released as part of its deal with Mercury / Republic Records .
During a majority of the production of OK Orchestra, the album was titled Mad Orchestra, with AJR intending to make a "Bang!"-esque "dark and evil sounding" album. The band later decided on a more "melancholy, longing, and hopeful" sound, thinking of the negative mental repercussions that would come with writing a dark album.
The discography of American indie pop trio AJR consists of five studio albums, forty-three music videos, eight extended plays, twenty-seven singles, [needs update] and eight promotional singles. The band is also featured on seven songs and have three independent releases.
AJR is an American indie band founded by brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met (né Metzger), collectively a trio of vocalists, multi-instrumentalists, and songwriters. [1] The brothers grew up in New York City, primarily focused on busking and singing covers until shifting to songwriting and touring.
4 time signature, with the first leg following a tempo of 145 beats per minute (BPM). [1] "Maybe Man" musically builds as the song progresses, ending with a soft verse before a beat drop. [2] The second leg of the song follows a tempo of 112 beats per minute (BPM), beginning with AJR's crew member Rob Piccione yelling "One, two, pandemonium". [1]
A music video for "Inertia", directed by Edoardo Ranaboldo, was released on November 29, 2023. [3] The video features the band shrunken down and playing the song around comparably larger objects such as a piano, a book, beverages, and other common items, even a notebook with the song's lyrics written on it. [4]
Throughout August and September 2023, AJR posted production snippets of "Touchy Feely Fool", later sending a studio-quality snippet of the song through their mailing list in October 2023. [2] The full song became available through an event in collaboration with Rec Room on November 2, and officially released as the second track of The Maybe Man ...
AJR at "We the People" in 2021American indie pop band AJR has written or co-written every song in their discography, except various covers and two featured songs.The trio was formed by the brothers—Ryan Met (keyboard, ukulele, vocals), Jack Met (guitar, sampler, lead vocals), and Adam Met (bass guitar, backing vocals)—in Chelsea, Manhattan. [1]