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"In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on"

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Fame is supposed to flatten uncertainty. Dan Hawkins describes the opposite: a band that can be both omnipresent and oddly underground at the same time. The line captures a very 2000s music-industry paradox, when “biggest in the country” could coexist with a fanbase that still behaves like it has discovered a secret. That tension is the point. Hawkins isn’t just bragging; he’s trying to name the disorienting split-screen experience of success in a media environment that amplifies you while also fragmenting your audience into tribes.

The phrase “strange kind of way” does a lot of work. It softens the claim, signals self-awareness, and preemptively disarms accusations of arrogance. “Probably” functions the same way: a hedged superlative that lets him acknowledge dominance without sounding like he’s engraving it on a trophy. Then he pivots to “this real cult thing,” which is less a marketing term than an identity plea. Cult status implies intensity over breadth, loyalty over trend, a feeling of belonging that mainstream fame usually dissolves.

Subtext: he wants both. Stadium numbers validate the band’s legitimacy; cult devotion preserves their edge and, crucially, their narrative of being outsiders who earned it. It’s also a quiet admission of anxiety. Mainstream popularity can vanish the moment the cycle turns; a cult following suggests durability. Hawkins is measuring success not just by reach, but by the kind of attachment that survives after the radio stops caring.

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Hawkins, Dan. (2026, January 15). In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-a-strange-kind-of-way-i-know-were-really-140464/

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Hawkins, Dan. "In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-a-strange-kind-of-way-i-know-were-really-140464/.

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"In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at the same time there is this real cult thing going on." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/in-a-strange-kind-of-way-i-know-were-really-140464/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.

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Dan Hawkins (born December 12, 1976) is a Musician from England.

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