Soon after his previous band The Format had split up in 2008, vocalist Nate Ruess created the band fu. with Jack Antonoff from Steel Train and Andrew Dost of Anathallo. They recorded their debut album "Aim And Ignite" at Appletree studios with producer Steven Shane McDonald. The album received positive reviews and was described as "what a pop album should sound like" and "the most essential pop album of 2009" by AbsolutePunk, while AllMusic compared the trio to Queen and the Electric Light Orchestra. Following the release of their second album "Some Nights" in 2012 the band rose to fame. Their second album peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and topped Billboard's Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums charts. It spawned three top 20 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with "We Are Young" peaking at number one. In 2013, at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, they won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for their song "We Are Young"; they also won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In 2015 fun. went on hiatus. Nate Ruess releases his solo album "Grand Romantic" later that year. Jack Antonoff has gone on to become the lead singer of indie pop band Bleachers. Aside from his work with Bleachers and fun., Antonoff has worked as a songwriter and record producer with various artists, including The 1975, Taylor Swift, Lorde, St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey, Kevin Abstract, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Chicks, and Clairo.