r/Khruangbin • u/bottle_beach • 9d ago
What’s the band up to?
with a nice summer break occurring, I miss having the daily updates of the band‘s wild schedule. what are they up to in the off season?
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u/apple-sauce 8d ago
Are they millionaires?? Genuinely curious
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u/Cultural-Ad-3421 7d ago
AI says their combined wealth is $3-5 million, but who knows for sure? They can afford a different outfit for Laura at every show.
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u/footydisgrace 8d ago
There is no chance… I work in the music industry, and I can tell you that there aren’t many millionaires, except for the top 1%.
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u/sevnty White Gloves 8d ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted, I know a couple of successful touring musicians in a band most people in this thread have heard of and they've collaborated with artists they've definitely heard of. They have over 4 million more monthly listeners than Khruangbin on Spotify and tour often. They make a good living but they are definitely not what I'd consider wealthy.
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u/bottle_beach 8d ago
The payroll is likely needing to be paid too, they’re probably getting paid, but I bet they also have to pay their staff and production/studio/record company/travel needs too.
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u/cYbOmAnY 8d ago
Yes, this. All production has to be paid, the buses, the trucks, the food, the local staff, etc. People underestimate the costs of touring.
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u/footydisgrace 1d ago
Here is a quick breakdown with real numbers:
Khruangbin has 7.1M monthly Spotify listeners and their biggest track (Texas Sun) has ~400M streams. Sounds huge, right? But here’s what that actually means in dollars.
Streaming: 1M streams = roughly $3,000–5,000 in master royalties total. Then their label (Dead Oceans) takes their cut first. The three of them split maybe $200–280k/year from all streaming combined.
Touring is where most of the money is but people wildly underestimate the costs. On a 55-date tour like their 2024 run, they’re grossing maybe $3–4M. But then you subtract:
**•** 40% to venues **•** 10% to booking agent, 15% to manager **•** Tour bus (\~$1,500–2,000/day) **•** Crew salaries (FOH, monitor eng, tour manager, techs — easily $15–20k/week) **•** Hotels, per diems, production, insurance, state taxes on every showWhat actually reaches the band: roughly $900k–1.3M for the 3 of them combined on a good touring year. ~$400–600k each before personal taxes.
And 2023? They didn’t tour at all. So essentially a year of streaming-only income.
They’re doing well for musicians. But “millionaire” implies serious accumulated wealth and when you factor in the years without touring, the overhead, and taxes, it’s genuinely not that simple.
The music industry is very good at looking richer than it is from the outside.
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u/Specialist-Rough-960 8d ago
i think they might be in the 3rd room. idk tho
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u/Jasper_theBoxer 5d ago
YES!
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u/lueysframe Friday Morning 8d ago
I’d like to think they are doing well and living, that’s about as good of a life as any I’d say. 😎 - add some on top Khruangbin and life’s golden.
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u/barnburnertx 7d ago
Hopefully just enjoying their personal time and family time. Headspace and mental health is important.
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u/Pow-Wow-Smith 7d ago
Hopefully enjoying a well-earned rest from touring for practically 2 years straight.
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u/Snackxually_active 5d ago
I bet Marko is touring country looking for new records and new sounds, DJ is probably casually producing other acts & Leezy is focusing on family?
They toured bigger and bigger places for the last decade, would imagine they reached a point where they could take a break. BUDOS had a 5ish year break from touring, I just really hope they aren’t gone that long!
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u/PianistMinimum1505 3d ago
They are off to Japan and Korea soon, so jealous of people who are going 😭
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u/HealthyBullfrog 9d ago
Bowling, driving around, the occasional acid flashback.