OneRepublic Made Fans Want To 'Dance Around Naked' At The iHeartRadio Music Festival
By Isha Thorpe
September 24, 2016
The 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival was in full swing on Friday (Sept. 23) night in the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. One group that help make the night one to remember was OneRepublic.
Ryan Seacrest and the final five's Laurie Hernandez had the honor of bringing the band out onstage, and as soon as OneRepublic stepped onto the scene, the night officially became lit.
They performed some of their biggest singles such as "Love Runs Out," "Secrets," "Apologize," "Kids," and "Counting Stars."
One of the (MANY) great moments of their set was when the group's frontman, Ryan Tedder, performed "Apologize" on piano. He was even so pumped up that he climbed on his piano and started singing from on top of it!
By giving every single thing they had in their performance, OneRepublic was definitely a fan favorite of the night. Want more proof of this major claim?
Well, listen to this! As the group was performing "Secrets," one man next to me felt the massive urge to admit, "This song makes me want to dance around naked...sitting on my kitchen floor...eating Twinkies."
No, we're not making this up.
Tedder even took the group's monster show one step further and walked out into the crowd, to greet and turn up with his die-hard fans. "This crowd is the most diverse crowd I've seen in a long time," he said as he looked closely at the audience. "You are beautiful people."
Notice the woman behind him about to lose it. She was basically all of us, if we were that close to the frontman and were badly trying to keep our cool, too.
Thanks for setting the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival stage ablaze, OneRepublic. Our love will never run out for you!
Tune into the CW on Oct. 6 and Oct. 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET to watch the festival again as a televised special!
Photo: Todd Owyoung for iHeartRadio