Trivia / Starset

• Breakthrough Hit: "My Demons". Well, the Starset version. The song was released before the band fully came together as, at the time, Dustin had yet to put together the band itself. Yet, despite the band not being properly formed alongside not having a record deal at the time, the song still found major success and remains as the band's most recognizable song.
• Cover Version:
  • They have covered Space Oddity by David Bowie various times live and in various radio studios.
  • Vessels 2.0 has a cover of "Love You To Death" by Type O Negative.
  • They covered "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin.
  • For their demonstrations, they have covered "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC and "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica
• Creator Backlash: "The Crystal Song" from Dustin's old band, Downplay. The song is obviously a joke and by his own admission it kinda went viral locally, but it's still a source of embarrassment.
• Creator Couple: Brock and Siobhan. In fact, Siobhan first met Brock when she first joined Starset. During the course of their relationship, Siobhan has learned a lot of production and recording related skills from Brock and, on the other hand, Brock has helped take part in Lost Symphony (another band Siobhan takes part in) as a guest musician on one of their tracks.
• Creator's Oddball: MNQN, Dustin's solo project. Compared to Downplay, which is prominently rock, and Starset, which is a big mashup of genres while still staying in the rock area, MNQN is entirely electronic.
• Descended Creator: In the music video for "Halo", Dustin takes the role of a younger James Borden.
• Directed by Cast Member: Dustin directed the video for "Telepathic" and co-directed the 360° video of "Ricochet".
• Fan Community Nicknames: Messengers.
• One-Take Wonder: The surprise 30-second scream in "Everglow" was this.
• Promoted Fanboy: Bates cited Breaking Benjamin among his biggest influences. He and lead singer Ben Burnley have performed on stage on a few occasions. They also released a reworking of "Waiting on the Sky to Change" (from Bates' former band Downplay) in 2022.
• Real Song Theme Tune: "Monster" is used on the 2017 reveal trailer for Arknights, while "Unbecoming" serves as the 2020 global release trailer's theme.
  • "Infected" was later released in 2021 specifically for Arknights, largely due to the popularity of "Monster" and "Unbecoming" among the playerbase.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Downplay, especially the songs originally written for that band. Given that Epic Records have dropped Downplay alongside causing issues with the band prior to that in regards to their music, it's highly possible that songs like "Down With The Fallen", "My Demons", and even "Carnivore" would have seen vastly different production if Downplay wasn't dropped. Not only that, Starset might not have even come to pass.
  • On the topic of "Carnivore", it originally would have been something entirely different, especially in Downplay, due to Executive Meddling. Some of the lyrics would have been different and the song would have been called "Everything I Am".
    Official: Carnivore! Carnivore! Won't you come digest me?
    Original: Take it all, everything! Go ahead and change me!
  • According to Adam Gilbert on the podcast "2020'd", Starset could have had the Starset Society name entirely. It could have also been given the name The Starset Collective.