Timeflies

Timeflies
Timeflies band Cal Shapiro (left) and Rob Resnick (right)
Background information
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres	Pop, hip hop, electronic, dance, dance-pop
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Forty8Fifty, Epic, Island Records
Members	Rob Resnick Cal Shapiro

Timeflies is an American pop band formed in October 2010 consisting of Rob Resnick (b. May 26, 1989) and Cal Shapiro (b. October 3, 1988). The band are known for their popular original music and popular YouTube covers. They first performed together as "The Ride" in collaboration with writer Matt Merritt while in college at Tufts University.

Since 2010, the band has built a diehard following, amassing fan growth online while selling out concert venues across the United States. To date, Timeflies has sold over 150,000 albums and 800,000 singles, combined with 175 million video views and 261 million Spotify streams worldwide.

Their vast fanbase started with the weekly tradition “Timeflies Tuesday” on YouTube where they’d showcase new music. Now, the weekly program has grown into a phenomenon exceeding 145 million views.

Following indie breakout 2011’s The Scotch Tape, their 2014 first major label offering, After Hours, debuted at #8 on the Billboard Top 200, went #1 on iTunes Top Pop Albums chart, and yielded the hit “All The Way” which soared to #2 on Billboard’s Top Digital Songs chart and has earned over 50 million Spotify streams. More recently they released Just For Fun [Forty8Fifty] before headlining the 35-city Just For Fun Tour. They’ve landed high-profile music placements in films like About Last Night and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and from the MLB, NBC, Red Bull, American Idol, and more. Having hit the stage at Good Morning America and on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, Timeflies has been dubbed "Musical Masterminds" by Vanity Fair.

Shapiro and Resnick are originally from New York and New Jersey, respectively, but began to perform for the first time in Boston in 2007. The two currently reside in Los Angeles, after recently moving from New York. Timeflies includes elements of hip-hop, pop, electro, R&B, and rap in their music.

Attending Tufts University, the pair met in fall 2007 at a college party where Shapiro freestyled over Resnick's beat boxing. Resnick later invited Shapiro to be the singer for The Ride, a funk band he was part of. "The Ride" dissolved after some members graduated but Resnick and Shapiro started recording together in the spring semester of their senior year. Eventually calling themselves Timeflies, the duo posted songs to an increasingly popular YouTube account in which Shapiro did vocals over beats Resnick produced. The group's exposure increased when Shapiro's housemate - now the general manager of Timeflies - Jared Glick sent their song "Fade" to various music blogs.