At the 2012 Brit Awards , Mark Foster said that Foster the People 's second album would be released in 2013 . In June 2013 , the band played at the Firefly Music Festival — as well as at a secret show at The Troubadour in Los Angeles , performing four new songs : " A Beginner 's Guide To Destroying The Moon " , " Pseudologia Fantastica " , " Fire Escape " , and " Coming of Age " . Their second album was supposed to be released in November 2013 , but Columbia decided to delay the release until January 2014 because they " did n't want them to be stumbling a hurtle too intense like that fourth-quarter competition . The record 's so beautiful , we did n't want to take a gamble of potentially losing it in the rush . " Foster told '' Rolling Stone '' , " This record still has the joy that our first album did , but it 's been thrown into a pit and forced to dance among wolves . " Foster said that the new album , which is " more organic and more human " , would be released in early 2014 . He hinted at a few new tracks , including " A Beginner 's Guide to Destroying the Moon " and " Are You What You Wan na Be ? " , and stated that the first single should be on radio by January . Foster also told '' Rolling Stone '' that , " In the first record , I was looking at my vision for the project through a piece of opaque glass , " and that the next album will be " a clearer picture of what I 've had in my head when it comes to that vision . " The first single , " Coming of Age " , was digitally released on January 14 , 2014 . The group 's second studio album , '' Supermodel '' , was released on digital retailers on March 18 , 2014 . The album was followed by three more singles ( " Best Friend " , " Pseudologia Fantastica " , and " Are You What You Want to Be ? " ) and an extended play titled '' Spotify Sessions '' , which featured recorded versions of five songs off their album
2012 Brit Awards
2012 Brit Awards
Foster the People