One of the biggest songs of the year is set to kick off the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on Sunday.
Walk the Moon will perform their hit single, "Shut Up and Dance," as well as their new song "Different Colors," on the red carpet this weekend, lead singer Nicholas Petricca confirmed to The Huffington Post.
"We can't wait for the VMAs this weekend," he said. "We attended and walked the red carpet a few years ago, but we were quite the baby band back then and felt like little Davids among these Goliath celebrities. It's an awesome feeling to have established ourselves enough to represent this year in the Best Rock Video category."
"Shut Up and Dance" peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's Hot 100 this year, and the song's music video has over 90 million views. Although Walk the Moon has seen success in the past with tunes like "Anna Sun," they are still adjusting to the explosive popularity of "Shut Up and Dance."
"It feels like dogfighting Darth Vader in his TIE fighter ... thrilling, terrifying, but I believe the Force is with us," Petricca said. "It would also be amazing to ride the momentum of 'Shut Up And Dance' with some success for our new single 'Different Colors,' which is our fight song for diversity, equality and love."
Walk the Moon is set to perform at the inaugural Lipton Be More Tea Festival on Oct. 24 at the Riverfront Park at Naval Yard in North Charleston, South Carolina. They'll be joined by Passion Pit, The Roots and St. Lucia.
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