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Zach Filkins of OneRepublic Plays Valentine's Day Scrabble -- Exclusive Interview

Zach Filkins of OneRepubic Vanetines DayBryan Bedder, Getty Images

OneRepublic is best known for being the band that blew up on MySpace. They became the most prominent unsigned act on the social website before releasing their debut album, 'Dreaming Out Loud' on Mosley Music Group in 2007. As if that isn't an unlikely enough story, their first single, 'Apologize,' along with it's Timbaland remix, went on to break radio and download records. So we wondered if love came just as easy to the band, or if they were busy breaking hearts faster than they were breaking records. We asked OneRepublic co-founder and lead guitarist Zach Filkins these Valentine's Day questions to find out.

AOL: Tell us about your best/worst/craziest Valentine's Day moment?

Zach Filkins: In first grade I had a crush on a chica named Melissa. She had great hair, a pretty smile, and rad keds! She called me a bad name and laughed at me. Not a good Valentine's day!

AOL: Do you have plans for Valentine's Day? How do you approach it? Flowers, candy?

ZF: Plans for this valentine's day consist of telling my wife to do anything she wants all day while I take care of our eight-month-old son, clean the house, and make a romantic dinner for her. I'm also going to write her a love note from me, and a Valentine from our son. If I'm lucky, we'll be doing shots of tequila and playing Scrabble 'til the break of dawn! Ha!

Watch OneRepublic's 'Good Life' video.



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