Steve Granitz/WireImageIn one of the most unlikely concert bills of the year, 14-year-old America’s Got Talent champ Grace VanderWaal is currently opening for Imagine Dragons. Grace tells ABC Radio that she really admires the hit-making band for being able to be tremendously successful without having to compromise their values.
“I love that they are able to get on the radio but they’re not over-sexualizing themselves, [or] singing about partying [and] drugs,” says Grace. “I feel like their messages can be interpreted any way you want them to. And I think that’s really cool, that they’re able to be so successful and still so, like, I guess, like, family friendly?”
On July 28, Grace will join Imagine Dragons in performing at frontman Dan Reynolds’ LOVELOUD festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. The festival, whose lineup also includes Zedd, Neon Trees‘ Tyler Glenn, and Mike Shinoda of the band Linkin Park, supports LGBTQ+ youth and raises awareness of that community’s suicide rate.
Grace’s tour with Imagine Dragons wraps up August 10 in Tampa, FL.
