Rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars scores its highest-charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as its new studio album, America, debuts at №2 on the list dated April 21.

It’s the second top 10 effort for the act, surpassing its previous high, logged when Love Lust Faith + Dreams debuted and peaked at №6 in 2013.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 21-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 17.

Of America’s starting unit total, 54,000 were in traditional album sales — the group’s second-largest sales week ever. Its only bigger week was earned by the 69,000 start of This Is War in 2009. (America’s sales bow was enhanced by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the band’s upcoming tour, which starts on June 6.)

America was preceded by the hit single “Walk on Water,” which peaked at №2 for eight weeks on the Alternative Songs airplay chart in December and January. It also became the band’s first top 10 hit on the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay tally, reaching №7 on the Dec. 30-dated list.

America has since scored another hit single with “Dangerous Night,” which has so far climbed to №8 on the Alternative Songs chart (dated April 14), becoming the group’s ninth top 10 on the tally.

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LOS ANGELES (March 22, 2018) — THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS today unveiled the title and track listing along with an ambitious global creative campaign for their highly-anticipated fifth studio album: AMERICA, due April 6 via Interscope Records. The album contains feature tracks with superstars Halsey and A$AP Rocky plus a Zedd produced track, see below for full track listing. The moodboard (HERE) details the complete visual campaign including multiple album covers, available in both physical and digital retail outlets. In addition to the album covers, the provocative images will be part of a global advertising campaign including outdoor billboards and posters in major cities.

Billboards will be located in landmark locations such as LA’s famed Sunset Boulevard, New York City’s Times Square, and outside of numerous London Underground Tube stations.

Posters will appear globally throughout the streets of numerous cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Toronto, Mexico City, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Essen, Nürnberg, Hannover, Frankfurt and more.

Extending the list concept to everyone, the band has launched, america.thirtysecondstomars.com, a custom album cover generator allowing fans to create their own custom lists in the format of the AMERICA album cover. Click here to go direct to the generator.

Additionally, the group will be releasing a new track off the record, “One Track Mind,” featuring A$AP Rocky, tomorrow, March 23. AMERICA is available for preorder now at http://smarturl.it/MARSpreorder. See below for full track listing.

Tickets for the bands recently announced 2018 North American “The Monolith Tour”, promoted by Live Nation, are on sale now. The tour will kick off June 6 in Toronto, ON. Walk The Moon, K.Flay, MisterWives, Joywave, and Welshly Arms will join as support on select dates. Each seat purchased will include a copy of the new album. Please see below for full tour itinerary, fans can check www.thirtysecondstomars.com/tour for more details.

The band most recently released “Dangerous Night,” currently in the top 10, following a 4 week #1 alternative track with “Walk On Water.” “Walk On Water” was also used in collaboration with ESPN’s college football programming for the 2017 season across a variety of platforms. The official music video for the single is a sneak peek into the upcoming documentary film, “A Day in the Life of America.” Filmed on a single day, July 4th, 2017, in all 50 states plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, the documentary includes footage from 92 professional film crews, 10,000 fan submissions, and news & social media content. Directed by Jared Leto, the film presents a unique and historic portrait of America on a single day. Thirty Seconds to Mars encourages people to continue the conversation by posting their thoughts and images with the hashtag #WhatAmericaMeansToMe across social media.

AMERICA Track Listing:
1. Walk On Water
2. Dangerous Night produced by Zedd
3. Rescue Me
4. One Track Mind ft. A$AP Rocky
5. Monolith
6. Love Is Madness ft. Halsey
7. Great Wide Open
8. Hail To The Victor
9. Dawn Will Rise
10. Remedy
11. Live Like A Dream
12. Rider

About THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS Thirty Seconds to Mars, comprised of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic hail from Los Angeles, CA. The band’s eponymous debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars, was released in 2002 and remains a cult favorite. They went on to achieve worldwide success with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005), which sold over 5 million copies. Their next release was This Is War in 2009. The recording process of the album was marked by a legal dispute with record label EMI that eventually became the subject of the award winning and acclaimed documentary film Artifact (2012). Thirty Seconds to Mars then released the fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), to critical and commercial success. The band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and sells out arenas and stadiums globally.

Thirty Seconds to Mars has received numerous awards and accolades throughout their career, including a dozen MTV Awards, a Billboard Music Award and a Guinness World Record for the Longest Running Tour in history. On July 4th, the band shot a documentary titled A Day In the Life of America. Including over 90 crews in all 50 states (plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico), the project captures American life in a single day. A Day in the Life of America is due for release in 2018. Thirty Seconds to Mars will release their highly anticipated 5th studio album on April 6, 2018.

On the red carpet four years ago, Jared Leto said, “They don’t give Oscars to people like me.” He’d been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for “Dallas Buyers Club.”

“I just never expected it — I never expected an award, a prize for anything in my entire life,” he said.

Mason asked, “Did that change things for you in some way?”

“Absolutely. I got to stand on stage in front of, you know, a couple of billion people probably and thank my mother for being such an inspiration.”

“There’s nothing better than being able to thank your mother in that circumstance.”

“I mean, basically, you thank her there, you don’t ever have to thank her again!” he laughed.

For his Oscar-winning role as Rayon, a transgender woman with AIDS, Leto had dropped 30 pounds and waxed his entire body. He’s become known for immersing himself in a part, as he did again for the Joker in 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” and to play Niander Wallace, the blind inventor of robot replicants, in last year’s “Blade Runner” sequel.

Mason asked, “Is it the roles that demand it? Or is it you, that you somehow demand it of yourself?”

“You’re either all-in or all-out,’ Leto replied. “And in all areas of my life, I do my best work when I’m fully committed and engaged.”

It’s been 20 years since Leto left art school in New York and headed West. When asked what drew him to L.A., Leto said, “Well, I was an artist, I was a young kid, and I thought I would find an opportunity to be a director.”

“Did you like it when you first got here?” Mason asked.

“No, I hated it.”

“So how did you make peace with it?”

“There’s a strange beauty that you find in this town that’s seductive.”

He recalled, “I had a backpack and a couple hundred bucks. I had a friend in New York who was supposed to come with me and he ditched me at the last minute. I should send him a thank-you card, because it was the best thing that he ever could have done.”

“Why?” asked Mason.

“It forced me to meet other people.”

He got a part relatively quickly. “A year after being here, yeah,” he said. “A week can be a long time if you’re rejected five or six times a week! I remember reading one line on ‘Star Trek: Next Generation’ and basically getting laughed out of the room!”

The role he finally landed was on a new series, “My So-Called Life,” playing Jordan Catalano, the dyslexic slacker and love interest of Angela, played by Claire Danes. It lasted a single season, but had a long after-life in reruns on MTV.

Mason said, “It kind of kicked open the door for you in a lot of ways.”

“It was a really incredible way to start.”

Film roles soon followed, in “Requiem For a Dream,” “Girl Interrupted,” and “American Psycho.”

But as his movie career was taking off, in 2006, he abruptly took a break from acting.

Mason said, “You did something unusual in the film business.”

“I do that often!” Leto said.

“You took, like, six years off. Typically that’s the kiss of death in Hollywood.”

“It was worth every single second. It was the best thing I ever did.”

The rock band he’d started on the side, Thirty Seconds to Mars, had just had their first big hit. “We released the song called ‘The Kill,’ and it changed our lives,” he said.

As their crowds grew, Thirty Seconds to Mars stayed out on the road. It’s where Leto says he feels most himself: “You’ll never know me until you come to a show. That’s the place I think I reveal the most, because there is no character, there is no part. It’s just me.”

“How old were you when you started playing music?”

“Actually, I have a photograph of me that my Mom took, a black-and-white photograph with me kind of, like, almost sitting on a guitar.”

His mother, Constance, was a teenager when Jared and his brother, Shannon, were born. “I learned a lot from her example,” he said. “About fortitude and persistence and commitment, you know, single mom, two kids.”

“Were you conscious of that even as a kid?”

“Yeah — you couldn’t not be.”

The band, which Jared started with Shannon, is a family business. He says he wouldn’t have survived the ups-and-downs if it weren’t for his brother.

“Because you were fighting for each other, in effect?” asked Mason.

“Absolutely.”

When Mason met with Leto last month, the 46-year-old was rushing to put the finishing touches on Thirty Seconds to Mars’ new album, with a countdown calendar on the wall.

With just three days to go ’til the album was due, he was still mixing … and still recording.

“I still have to sing a couple of songs,” he said. “It’s gonna be a late night!”

In June, Thirty Seconds to Mars will go back on tour. As Jared Leto the musician hits the road again, it means Jared Leto the actor will disappear again.

Mason asked, “Could you walk away from acting?”

“Absolutely, yeah. My manager always says, ‘How can they miss you if you never go away?’” he laughed.

To hear Thirty Seconds to Mars perform “Dangerous Night,” from their forthcoming album, click on the player below.

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LOS ANGELES, January 25, 2018 — As they gear up for the release of their highly-anticipated fifth studio album, multi-platinum selling band THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS releases the record’s second single, “Dangerous Night,” today. The track was Zane Lowe’s World Record on Beats 1 today. Listen to the song HERE. The band will make the song’s national television debut with a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tonight on CBS.

Last week, the group announced their fourth annual “Camp Mars” music festival. The weekend long mini-music festival will take place August 11th — 13th, 2018 in Malibu, California. Packages are available at summercampmars.com.

“Dangerous Night,” is the follow up to the bands’ highly successful first single off the upcoming album. “Walk On Water” spent 5 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Rock Airplay Chart, and spent 4 weeks at #1 on radio’s Mediabase Alternative Chart. The song is currently on the Top 40 charts. “Walk On Water” has been used in collaboration with ESPN on ESPN’s college football programming for the 2017 season across a variety of platforms. The official music video is a just a sneak peek into the upcoming documentary film, “A Day in the Life of America.” Filmed on a single day, July 4th, 2017, in all 50 States, plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico by 92 professional film crews, 10,000 fan submissions, news and social media content, director Jared Leto presents a unique and historic portrait of America on a single day. Thirty Seconds to Mars encourages people to continue the conversation by posting thoughts and images across social media to #WhatAmericaMeansToMe

ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS
Thirty Seconds to Mars, comprised of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic hail from Los Angeles, CA. The band’s eponymous debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars, was released in 2002 and remains a cult favorite. They went on to achieve worldwide success with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005), which sold over 5 million copies. Their next release was This Is War in 2009. The recording process of the album was marked by a legal dispute with record label EMI that eventually became the subject of the award winning and acclaimed documentary film Artifact (2012). Thirty Seconds to Mars then released the fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), to critical and commercial success. The band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and sells out arenas and stadiums globally.

Thirty Seconds to Mars has received numerous awards and accolades throughout their career, including a dozen MTV Awards, a Billboard Music Award and a Guinness World Record for the Longest Running Tour in history. On July 4th, the band shot a documentary titled A Day In the Life of America. Including over 90 crews in all 50 states (plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico), the project captures American life in a single day. A Day in the Life of America is due for release in 2018. Thirty Seconds to Mars are currently working on their highly anticipated 5th studio album.

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LOS ANGELES, January 16, 2018 — In anticipation of their highly-anticipated fifth studio album, due this year, Thirty Seconds to Mars announces their fourth annual “Camp Mars” music festival. The weekend long mini-music festival will take place August 11th — 13th, 2018 in Malibu, California. Packages will be available to purchase starting Monday, January 22nd, and are available at summercampmars.com.

The Camp Mars Music Festival is in its fourth year and gives fans a special chance to relive the summer camp of their youth while interacting with Thirty Seconds to Mars through a variety of activities including hiking, yoga, games, art installations, meditation, and more.

The bands’ first single off the upcoming album, Walk On Water, spent 5 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Rock Airplay Chart, and spent 4 weeks at #1 on radio’s Mediabase Alternative Chart. “Walk On Water” has been used in collaboration with ESPN on ESPN’s college football programming for the 2017 season across a variety of platforms. The official music video is a just a sneak peek into the upcoming documentary film, “A Day in the Life of America.” Filmed on a single day, July 4th, 2017, in all 50 States, plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico by 92 professional film crews, 10,000 fan submissions, news and social media content, director Jared Leto presents a unique and historic portrait of America on a single day. Thirty Seconds to Mars encourages people to continue the conversation by posting thoughts and images across social media to #WhatAmericaMeansToMe

Camp Mars Music Festival is presented once again by Adventures In Wonderland*, an experiences company that builds unique activities and events to connect fans to their favorite artists. Packages for the Camp Mars Music Festival in Malibu are available on January 22nd at 10:00 AM PT, sign up to save your spot at summercampmars.com.

ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS

Thirty Seconds to Mars, comprised of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic hail from Los Angeles, CA. The band’s eponymous debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars, was released in 2002 and remains a cult favorite. They went on to achieve worldwide success with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005), which sold over 5 million copies. Their next release was This Is War in 2009. The recording process of the album was marked by a legal dispute with record label EMI that eventually became the subject of the award winning and acclaimed documentary film Artifact (2012). Thirty Seconds to Mars then released the fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), to critical and commercial success. The band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and sells out arenas and stadiums globally.

Thirty Seconds to Mars has received numerous awards and accolades throughout their career, including a dozen MTV Awards, a Billboard Music Award and a Guinness World Record for the Longest Running Tour in history. On July 4th, the band shot a documentary titled A Day In the Life of America. Including over 90 crews in all 50 states (plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico), the project captures American life in a single day. A Day in the Life of America is due for release in 2018. Thirty Seconds to Mars are currently working on their highly anticipated 5th studio album.

ABOUT ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Adventures In Wonderland is a full-service experiences company that creates events and designs, builds, and manages VIP services for concerts and festivals. Adventures In Wonderland’s services are offered globally from mainland China and Asia, to Australia, to the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern and Western Europe, in addition to North and South America — in venues ranging from intimate clubs with a 200-person capacity, to arenas like London’s O2 Centre, to world-class music festivals like Rock In Rio. Current clients include Blink 182, The Chainsmokers, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Gorillaz, and The Vamps.

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If you’re a fan of college football, or if you happen to watch ESPN with any regularity, chances are you’ve watched one of the network’s ads for the Saturday night prime-time games each weekend of this season. While the commercials change weekly to reflect the games they’re promoting, there has been one beautiful constant throughout the season: “Walk on Water,” by Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Thirty Seconds to Mars, fronted by Academy Award-winning actor Jared Leto, is no stranger to the world of sports broadcast bumper music: the band’s 2009 single “Kings and Queens” remains a staple of ESPN’s Wimbledon coverage. “Walk on Water”, the band’s first new release in four years (a new album is on the way later in 2017), is pleasant enough, and the video for it is actually well worth your time — it’s an eclectic montage of America-stuff (think: rollerblading, oil drills, campfires), the entirety of which was shot on July 4, 2017.

The song is almost comically epic, so much so that you can’t just listen to “Walk on Water” while traipsing through your daily routine. You’ll find yourself slaying a solo on the air guitar or rehearsing a pump-up speech to your non-existent team. The song is best enjoyed when paired with other stimuli of equal vitality, like the music video or the commercials. The promos and this song need each other; together they form a ubiquitous commercial descended from adrenaline heaven.

The key to a harmonious commercial-song pair is making sure the song matches the overall vibe of the commercial. The NBA nailed this in 2009 when it used Kanye West’s “Amazing” as the soundtrack for a playoff promo. The league was running with “Where Amazing Happens” as a slogan, and the song’s down-tempo style made it a perfect fit for the slow-motion heavy commercial. (Quick side note here — that song will always hold a special place in my heart for no other reason than this Young Jeezy gem: “Standing at my podium/I’m tryna watch my sodium.” Me too, Jeezy. Me too.)

When executed properly, there are few things better than a sports commercial with the perfect song.

Back to “Walk on Water,” and what makes it ideal for a college foootball commercial — there’s an “oooohhhh” part to the chorus that is irresistibly sing-along-able. Crucially, there are no annoying high notes that sound fine upon first listen but become painful with repetition — this was the fatal flaw for Fall Out Boy’s 2014 hit “Centuries,” a perfectly good song that sports promos destroyed. But the part of “Walk on Water” that elevates it to all-time football commercial companion status is the battle cry:

“DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN WIN THIS FIGHT TONIGHT?!”

When that commercial graces my television on an otherwise mundane Wednesday, I’m ready. I’m not sure exactly what I’m ready for — I’ve never played a down of tackle football in my life — but I’m definitely ready. “Walk on Water” feels like a motivational plea to the underdog, a reminder that belief is the requisite first step toward an upset. In a romanticized alternate universe, the key to Syracuse’s upset of Clemson was quarterback Eric Dungey seeing the commercial midweek. It simply sparked that belief.

The singability, the aggression, the inspiration, it all combines to produce absolutely electric commercials. We’re nine weeks into the season, so there’s still a bit of time for this song and these commercials to get really old. The fact that they haven’t yet is remarkable. If we’re going to be stuck with one song for the entirety of a sports season — which we are, every year — let’s be grateful it’s as fitting as “Walk on Water.”

WATCH HERE

The official music video is a just a sneak peek into the upcoming documentary film, “A Day in the Life of America.” Filmed on a single day, July 4th, 2017, in all 50 States, plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico by 92 professional film crews, 10,000 fan submissions, news and social media content, director Jared Leto presents a unique and historic portrait of America on a single day.

Thirty Seconds to Mars encourages people to continue the conversation by posting thoughts and images across social media to #WhatAmericaMeansToMe

About THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS
Thirty Seconds to Mars, comprised of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic hail from Los Angeles, CA.

The band’s eponymous debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars, was released in 2002 and remains a cult favorite. They went on to achieve worldwide success with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005), which sold over 5 million copies. Their next release was This Is War in 2009. The recording process of the album was marked by a legal dispute with record label EMI that eventually became the subject of the award winning and acclaimed documentary film Artifact (2012). Thirty Seconds to Mars then released the fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), to critical and commercial success. The band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and sells out arenas and stadiums globally.

Thirty Seconds to Mars has received numerous awards and accolades throughout their career, including a dozen MTV Awards, a Billboard Music Award and a Guinness World Record for the Longest Running Tour in history. On July 4th, the band shot a documentary titled A Day In the Life of America. Including over 90 crews in all 50 states (plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico), the project captures American life in a single day. A Day in the Life of America is due for release in 2018. Thirty Seconds to Mars are currently working on their highly anticipated 5th studio album.

NEW YORK, September 6 — This year, for the first time, WSJ. Magazine brings its trusted and pioneering lifestyle journalism to the stage with D.LUXE, featuring technology’s most ambitious minds in conversation with creativity’s leading lights.

This invitation-only event will launch on October 18, 2017, following The Wall Street Journal’s newsmaking flagship conference, D.LIVE Laguna.

Hosted by Kristina O’Neill, editor in chief of WSJ. Magazine, D.LUXE will feature an afternoon of panels and conversations that investigate how today’s digital environment is reshaping creative endeavors essential to the world we live in — from technology’s influence on fashion, leisure and entertainment to the future of philanthropy, art and more.

“D.LUXE presents an exciting opportunity to bring the pages of WSJ. to life, in real time,” said O’Neill. “This distinguished lineup of leaders offers authority, insight and a range of perspectives on the ways that technology has fundamentally altered the landscape of the creative and lifestyle sectors.”

For more information about D.LUXE, please visit https://dlive.wsj.com/laguna/dluxe/.

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(August 14, 2017) — After months of speculation about new music, multi-platinum selling band Thirty Seconds to Mars has announced their first single “Walk On Water” from their forthcoming fifth studio album will be released August 22, 2017. The song will have its television debut on the MTV Video Music Awards on August 27th.

Jared Leto says “After four long years, hundreds of days, thousands of hours, gazillions of seconds, we have finally managed to finish a single fu**ing song. Whoever thought “soon” would actually be here “now”. With the help of groundbreaking nanotechnology, chatbots and self-driving music software, we have wrangled from the depths of our cold black hearts, some semblance of a song. If you’re still reading this press release and managed to get this far, you should probably get to work or school before you get fired or grounded. If you’re stubborn, like I am, please continue and let me share with you a few words on our brand new single, the ever so subtle and minimalist ode we tenderly call ‘WALK ON WATER’. Of course this entire paragraph is complete and total hogwash but I’m not sure exactly what to say about the song. Honestly, we miss you all. We can’t wait to get back on the road and we couldn’t be more proud to share with you the first first single off of our new album. And yes, we have been working on it for four years. The last time we put an album out, there were no self driving cars, no fidget spinners, President Trump was still that guy on The Apprentice and Jon Snow hadn’t even died yet. #SpoilerAlert”

The band first hinted at new music in a dramatic teaser video unveiled on Twitter in June. The record, set for release on Interscope Records, follows the band’s 2013 studio album LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS which debuted inside the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. Most recently, Thirty Seconds to Mars hit the road with Muse on their 20-date North American summer tour.

Thirty Seconds to Mars, comprised of Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic hail from Los Angeles, CA.

The band’s eponymous debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars, was released in 2002 and remains a cult favorite. They went on to achieve worldwide success with the release of their second album A Beautiful Lie (2005), which sold over 5 million copies. Their next release was This Is War in 2009. The recording process of the album was marked by a legal dispute with record label EMI that eventually became the subject of the award winning and acclaimed documentary film Artifact (2012). Thirty Seconds to Mars then released the fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), to critical and commercial success. The band has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and sells out arenas and stadiums globally.

Thirty Seconds to Mars has received numerous awards and accolades throughout their career, including a dozen MTV Awards, a Billboard Music Award and a Guinness World Record for the Longest Running Tour in history. On July 4th, the band shot a documentary titled A Day In the Life of America. Including over 90 crews in all 50 states (plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico), the project captures American life in a single day. A Day in the Life of America is due for release in 2018. Thirty Seconds to Mars are currently working on their highly anticipated 5th studio album with the first single set for release on August 22nd.

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To our friends and family across the nation.

This Tuesday, the 4th of July, we are filming a massive portrait of America, capturing a single day in the life of this beautiful country in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

It’s an incredible opportunity to document the USA during a very important time in our country.

And we need your help.

We are asking you to film what’s important, impactful, challenging or inspiring to you.

It can be a single shot, a person, an entire event, or a compelling story — we want to see your America in all its imperfect glory.

When shooting, please try to be as brave, bold and creative as possible. The most compelling footage will be what makes it into the final portrait.

In addition, we would like you or your subject to look into the camera and answer the following questions.

• What does America mean to you?
• What does the American dream mean to you?
• What is the state of the country today?
• What are you afraid of?
• What are your hopes and dreams?

If there is anything else that you have the desire to say or share, please feel free.

Our goal is to create this portrait based on footage captured on a single day — July 4th, 2017 — but if there are events that transpire or images we feel we need to tell our story, we will include those.

For those of you outside the USA, you can participate too — send your thoughts on America and the American dream to ThirtySecondsToMars.us

We will not be accepting submissions until Midnight on July 4th. Please visit ThirtySecondsToMars.us for more information.

Thank you for joining us on this incredible and amazing adventure, we can’t wait to see America through your eyes.

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