Daniel Wayne Sermon (born June 15, 1984) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer.

Wayne Sermon first met Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds after hearing him perform at a club in Utah and approaching him afterwards about his musical interests.

Second single "Radioactive" reached #3 Billboard Hot 100 and was certified diamond by the RIAA, becoming the best selling rock song in the history of Nielsen SoundScan.

[10][11] Sermon has chronic insomnia and will often record songs during the middle of the night, sleeping only a couple of hours a day.

His father had an audio-phile quality amplifier, a record player, and all of The Beatles albums on vinyl, which Sermon enjoyed listening to.