- Le ngoma malunga nokuzaliswa ziimvakalelo zekholeji ezinje nge-naivety, i-idealism, i-nostalgia, ulonwabo kunye nosizi kwasekuqaleni yayiyinxalenye yokukhutshwa kokuqala kweMGMT, ngo-2005 EP 'Ixesha lokuzenzisa.' Iirekhodi zeCantora, ezakhupha i-EP, zamiselwa liqela labafundi be-NYU ngokukodwa ukubonisa iingoma zebhendi yaseNew York.
- Le ngoma yaqala njengentlekisa. 'Besihlala sicinga malunga nendlela yokwenza eyona ngoma iculwa kakhulu kwaye yenye yezona sizenzileyo,' ilungu leqela u-Andrew VanWyngaeden uxelele Q kwiphephancwadi. 'Ungayichitha. Ukuqhubeka okuphindaphindiweyo kuye kwasetyenziswa kwiingoma ze-gajillion. '
- Ilungu le-MGMT uBen Goldwasser uxelele Ezizimeleyo Nge-21 kaNovemba ngo-2008 le ngoma, 'ibisisiphumo sokuba sibe neminyaka eli-19 ubudala, kweli lizwe lamandulo lekholeji, elifana nje nobuntwana kuba awunalo uxanduva olukhulu.'
- Le yayiyingoma yokuqala eyabhalwa nguGoldwasser noVanWyngaeden xa befika kwiYunivesithi yaseWesley. Bafika apho ngo-2001 kwaye baphumelela ngo-2005.
- Umfundi wase-USC ogama linguJon Salmon wenza ividiyo yale ngoma Njengeprojekthi yeklasi ayithumela kwi-intanethi ngoJanuwari ka-2008. Yaphazamisa izigidi zeembono, kwaye xa iMGMT yenza ividiyo esemthethweni nomlawuli wabo uRay Tintori, bamema uSalmon kunye nabadlali ababini ababonakala kwividiyo yakhe yabalandeli ukuba babonakale kuyo. Bobathathu bajikeleza ibhendi yeminyaka yokudlala edlala ehlathini nenja kufutshane.
- I-MGMT isongele ngokumangalela uMongameli wase-France u-Nicolas Sarkozy we-UMP emva kokuba eyisebenzisile le ngoma kwingqungquthela yesizwe ngoJanuwari 2009 ngaphandle kwemvume nakwiividiyo ezikwi-Intanethi. Ujongene nesoyikiso sokumangalelwa, i-UMP ivumile ukuhlawula imbuyekezo kwiqela. I-MGMT ibhengeze ukuhlala kwiwebhusayithi yabo isithi: 'Besingafuni ukuba' ngamaMelika aqhelekileyo 'kwaye simangalele, ngaphandle kwesibonelelo semali esimangalisayo kunye neebhatyi ze-chinchilla kunye neeNqanawa eziza kuzisa, endaweni yoko sisebenzisa umrhumo wokuhlawulwa kwe-UMP kwaye wanikela ngayo kwimibutho yamalungelo amagcisa. '
- VanWyngarden uxelele UMojo Ngomhla ka-Meyi ka-2010 ukuba uGoldwasser 'wabhala umculo' waBantwana 'xa wayeneminyaka eyi-19, enxilile kwigumbi lakhe lokulala. Emva koko ndibhale amazwi kumhla wam wokuzalwa wama-20, ngobusuku esasiza kuwudlalela abantu okokuqala. Ndiyazi ukuba baphefumlelwe ngamazwi kaDavid Byrne, kodwa ayinangqondo.
Wongeze wathi: Ndiyakhumbula ukuba bendicinga ngeemvumi njengale inelizwi elikhulu, kwaye baya kwenza ntoni ngayo? Ndicinga ukuba siza kwenza wonke umntu aqonde ukuba sonke singabantwana abancinci ngaxa lithile- abantu abakhohlakeleyo nabenza izinto ezimbi ngoku, njengoGeorge Bush okanye nabani na, babefudula bengabantu abamsulwa. Into elula njengaleyo. Ndiyavuya ukuba abantu bayayithanda. Ingoma ebambekayo. ' - Lo mhobe wesilivere wabizwa njengeyona ngoma ibalaseleyo ka-2008 ziintatheli ze INew Musical Express .
- Iinkwenkwezi zevidiyo umntwana omncinci oneenyanga ezili-18 ubudala ogama linguZachary obona izilo apho aya khona. Umama wakhe ophazamiseka ngokulula udlalwa yimvumi ye-avant-garde uJoanna Newsom.
Uninzi lwabazali babekhululekile ukubona umntwana okhathazekileyo. Imiboniso akuyo kunye nezidalwa ayivelwanga kwikhompyuter, kodwa umama wakhe wayekufuphi ngalo lonke ixesha. Wayeqhelaniswa nezilo kwangoko ukuze zingoyiki.
