As of 2023, the band consists of lead vocalist Chrissy Costanza, guitarist Dan Gow, and drummer Will Ferri.

The band quickly gained a sizeable online following after posting covers of various popular songs on YouTube.

Later that year, the band parted ways with their records company and have been releasing occasional singles since then while continuing to tour.

[2] Will Ferri is the younger brother of We Are the In Crowd bass player and artist manager Mike Ferri, as the bands manager Mike Ferri utilized his relationships with well known YouTube cover artists such as Kurt Hugo Schneider and Alex Goot to help the band achieve a considerable amount of fame via various covers of popular songs posted as collaborations on more established channels.

A few weeks after the release of Gravity,[4] the band announced that they had been signed by the label Fueled By Ramen on March 4, 2015.

[10] On November 4, 2017, the band performed live at the 2017 League of Legends World Championship opening and closing ceremonies.

On October 28, 2020, Against the Current released their new song "That Won't Save Us", followed by a second single, "Weapon", on March 10, 2021.

[13] Since then they have released the independent singles "Blindfolded", "'Good Guy'" and "Silent Stranger", accompanied with the start of their Nightmares & Daydreams World Tour.

On their second album Past Lives, the band moved away from pop-punk; in an interview with Billboard, Costanza reasons "We're all big fans of pop music; this is definitely the direction we’ve always wanted to head in.