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MAGIC!

MAGIC! formed in Toronto in 2012 with Nasri Atweh, Alex Tanas, Mark Pellizzer, and Ben Spivak. They started as The Messengers before changing their name....

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MAGIC! and the reggae-pop hit that stuck

The Toronto band behind "Rude" mixed pop with reggae and R&B across two albums in the 2010s.

If you only know "Rude," check out "Lay You Down Easy." It's a smoother, more relaxed side of their sound that holds up.

For a few years in the mid-2010s, you couldn't escape "Rude." It was that reggae-pop earworm about a guy asking a father for permission to marry his daughter, and it gave the Toronto band a sudden, massive platform. Songs like "Lay You Down Easy" and "No Way No" from their albums "Don't Kill the Magic" and "Primary Colours" showed they had more in the tank than just one viral moment.

They formed in Toronto in 2012, originally called The Messengers. After "Rude" broke through, they released two full-length records, "Don't Kill the Magic" in 2014 and "Primary Colours" in 2016, and toured before the documented story trails off.

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MAGIC! formed in Toronto in 2012 with Nasri Atweh, Alex Tanas, Mark Pellizzer, and Ben Spivak. They started as The Messengers before changing their name.

After "Rude," they put out two albums: "Don't Kill the Magic" in 2014 and "Primary Colours" in 2016. Other songs like "No Way No" and "Lay You Down Easy" came from those records. Their sound mixed pop with reggae and R&B elements.

Atweh handled lead vocals and songwriting, Tanas played guitar, Pellizzer was on bass, and Spivak rounded out the lineup. The band toured after their breakthrough, but the existing history doesn't detail much beyond their mid-2010s releases.

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