In June 2017, American pop-rock band Imagine Dragons—at the peak of the Evolve World Tour supporting Evolve (2017), marking their shift to a more electronic and cinematic sound after Smoke + Mirrors—delivered an exclusive stream concert for the Evolve Live Project, a series of intimate sessions organized by Warner Music and YouTube as tour promotion. Their 60-minute set, captured in high quality in a Los Angeles studio before a small audience, embodied the tour's nascent era, where Wayne Sermon's guitar riffs merged with Ben McKee's synth textures and Dan Reynolds' vocal intensity to spark euphoria for millions online. Featuring tracks like "Thunder", "Believer", and "Whatever It Takes", this show highlighted their role as 2010s stadium pop-rock leaders, turning the studio into a space of collective unity.