[14] The brothers lived out of a car for six months and slept on their former music professor Mike Gao's couch, who would eventually become their career mentor.
[19][20] Tove Lo later heard the song and reached out to the duo on Twitter, eventually releasing it as a single and on her Truth Serum EP in March 2014.
[26][27] In February 2016, they released their third EP Providence, including the single "Devil Eyes", which has since gained virality on TikTok and amassed 700 million streams on Spotify, followed by their first headline tour.
[28][29][30][31] The duo continued releasing projects and singles, including “Options”, "Drifter", "Running Miles", and "Wrong Time", and performed frequently on headline tours (both US and international) and at festivals.
[37] At the time Hippie Sabotage addressed the incident in a statement, commenting that “it was an unfortunate event that placed us in an unsafe situation in the middle of our performance".
[38] EDM concertgoers were reported still angry about the incident three years later, protesting the inclusion of Hippie Sabotage on a festival lineup in 2019.
"[40] In September 2020, Hippie Sabotage released Red Moon Rising, their first album after several years of touring which allowed them time to "process a full project that represented [their] creative thoughts.