Foster said, “It’s a ‘fuck you’ song to the hipsters in a way—but it’s a song the hipsters are going to want to dance to.
Mark Foster from Foster the People, talking about his song “Pumped up Kicks”
….he’s trying to be ironic, right? I mean…. He knows his band is so pretentiously hipster…..doesn’t he? Their biggest single is a cheerful pop song about school shootings for crying out loud!
I give up!