- Oku kuthunyelwa kwendlela yokuphila ye-rock 'n' roll yayiyeyona ndlela iphambili ekukhutshweni kokuqala kwe-MGMT ka-2005, i-EP ekhutshwe ileyibhile ye-Indie, iCantora Records. Uguqulelo olutsha lwale lwarekhodelwa i IOracular Spectacular icwecwe.
- Ilungu leMGMT uAndrew VanWyngarden uxelele Ngaphakathi kweBay Area ukuba ingoma yekhibhodi kwi-'Ixesha Lokuzenzisa 'yakhuthazwa ngumdaniso wesilwanyana sethu esithandazayo u-mantis Kuivila, owathiywa ngegama likanjingalwazi wethu woMculo woMvavanyo owasicebisa kwiprojekthi yethu ephezulu.'
- Umvelisi weLips ezivuthayo uDave Fridmann uvelise icwecwe. Kudliwanondlebe no Crossfire , Ilungu le-MGMT uBen Goldwasser uxoxe ngokusebenza noFridmann: 'Xa saqala ukubhala sasingazi ukuba uya kusivelisa. Ndithetha ukuthi, besimfake ngokungakhethiyo kolu luhlu lwabavelisi bamaphupha esingathanda ukusebenza nabo kwaye sagqiba ukuthetha naye emnxebeni kwaye sayibetha kakuhle. Siyawuthanda umsebenzi wakhe wokuvelisa. Ndithetha ukuthi, besingafuni ukusebenza naye kuba sifuna ukuvakala njengeLips ezivuthayo, ngakumbi ukuba siziva ngathi uyasiqonda kwinqanaba lomntu kwaye uwukhuphe ngokwenene umculo. Sasiqinisekile emva kokuthetha naye ukuba uya kuyenza i-albhamu esiyifunayo.'
- I-MGMT yaqulunqwa kwi-2002, ngexesha likaBen Goldwasser kunye no-Andrew Van Wyngarden ngonyaka omtsha njengabafundi bezobugcisa kwiYunivesithi yaseWesleyan eMiddletown, Connecticut. Emva kokuphumelela kunye nokukhulula i- Ixesha Lokuzenza I-EP kwi-Cantora Records, i-duo isayine isivumelwano se-albhamu ezine kunye ne-Columbia Records kwi-2006. 'Ixesha Lokuzenza' kunye ne-albhamu ehambayo yayiyi-debut yabo yase-Columbia.
- Xa i-MGMT isenza oku kwi Bonisa emva kwexesha kunye noDavid Letterman , babembethe iminqwazi emide. VanWyngarden uxelele i Iindaba zaseManchester Evening : 'Akazange eze emva koko wasixhawula izandla. Ndicinga ukuba wonke umntu wayemangalisiwe.'
- Digital Spy ubuze u-Andrew VanWyngarden ukuba wayenexhala lokuba abanye abantu bathathe amazwi athi 'badubule i-heroin ethile kunye no-f--k ngeenkwenkwezi' ukuba ibe yi-autobiographical. Waphendula wathi: 'Ndicinga ukuba kulungile. Ndicinga ukuba kuhle ukuba abanye abantu baphulaphule ingoma kwaye bakhubeke. Abanye baya kucinga ukuba yinto enzulu kwaye bacinge ukuba ngokwenene singama-druggies, ngelixa abanye baya kubona into yolwimi-esidleleni kuyo. Yiloo nto kuphela endinokuyithemba njengomdlali weengoma - ukubhideka!'
- Goldwasser uxelele I-Independent NgoNovemba 21, 2008 ukuba le satire ye-rock-star aspiration, 'ibhekisela kule ngcamango, esi siqhulo sethu sithengisa iinkwenkwezi zerock. Ayifani nokuba sakha sazibekela le ndlela yokuphila – besingayifuni ncam loo nto, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo yahlukile ngoku sidlala iminyhadala emikhulu kwaye sikhenketha ngalo lonke ixesha. Ezinye zazo ziyinyani. Yinto entle engaqhelekanga. Andiqondi ukuba udumo ngenene yeyona nxalenye yokugqibela yefantasy. Sasifuna ukufikelela kwinqanaba lokuba senze izinto ezingafanelekanga ngokwenene. Sifuna ukuba nemveliso yeqonga ephambene ngokwenene.'
- Ingoma ekuqaleni yayinesihloko esithi 'UMntanezulu Sailing Home.'
- Enye yeengoma zika-Abba ezibethayo yayiyimpembelelo engalindelekanga yale ngoma. 'Besifuna ukuba ibe yeyona tempo ngqo 'yoKumkanikazi womDaniso' ngu-Abba, nokuba kunjalo,' utshilo uGoldwasser. Ingoma Exploder ngaphambi kokongeza ukuba njengembeko kwiqela le-pop yaseSweden, i-MGMT yakrazula irifu yepiyano kwi-outro yengoma.
- Ingoma yavakala kwitreyila yaseMntla Melika kwimuvi ka-2017, Indoda yesigcawu: Ukubuyela ekhaya . Ingoma idlala kwimiboniso emibini; enye apho i-titular superhero ine-blasting ebetha abaphangi abathile, kwaye kwenye indawo yefilimu apho uPeter Parker (i-Spider Man) exoxa ngasemva kwe-limo kunye no-Tony Stark (obizwa ngokuba yi-Iron Man).
- Ividiyo yayikhokelwa nguRay Tintori, ezisa inkangeleko yamandulo edityanisiweyo eyaba ngutyikityo lwabo olubonakalayo.
