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Starset was formed in 2013 by Downplay vocalist Dustin Bates, who is the band's lead singer, songwriter, and keyboardist. [11] Bates's interest in astronomy was first fueled when acquiring his master's in electrical engineering as he studied at Ohio University.
Frontman Dustin Bates described the song's lyrical premise as "downtrodden protagonist superhero gains power from love interest", similar to something seen as in the 2008 and onward Iron Man films between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. [4]
Dustin Bates – lead vocals; Jasen Rauch – guitar, bass guitar; Isaiah Perez – drums; Lester Estelle – drums on "Disappear" and "Infected" Joe Rickard, Alex Niceforo – programming; Garrison Turner – additional programming on "The Breach", "Dreamcatcher" and "This Endless Endeavor"
"Waiting on the Sky to Change" is a song by American rock band Starset. The song features contributions by American rock band Breaking Benjamin.Written by Dustin Bates (Starset) and Jasen Rauch (Breaking Benjamin) for Bates' prior band, Downplay in 2011, the song was re-recorded in 2022 and released as a single in August 2022.
Frontman Dustin Bates outlines the process for creating the album: I start with sonic goals. This time I had a greater understanding of what instrumentation and even arrangements and genres, to an extent, would be amalgamated into these songs… and then chord structures. Once there’s a great chord structure then I always scat melodies.
Bates also explained that lyrically, the song was inspired by feelings of being "bastardized into someone else's monster" while working in the music industry. [9] Musically, Bates aimed to "[blend] some of the structural elements and textures of EDM into the hard rock and cinematic elements of the last record [ Transmissions ]". [ 9 ]
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On February 6, 2016, DeChant posted a band reunion photo of himself and Bates together with former members of Downplay, including Hill, Kiser, McKeever, Mealey and White. [49] In December 2019, Dustin shared his 2019 Spotify wrapped info-graph of Downplay with the caption "I should release some more of this." [50]