They received their first Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category at the 2022 Grammy Awards. At the 2022 Brit Awards, the band were nominated for two Brit Awards ( Best British Rock Act and 'Heat Waves' for Best British Single). The song surpassed one billion streams on Spotify and eventually reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

The band is best known for their 2020 song ' Heat Waves', which reached number one in Australia in February 2021 and was voted number one on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020. The third, Dreamland, peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and number seven on the US Billboard 200. Their second full album, How to Be a Human Being, received positive reviews and won in two categories at the 2018 MPG Awards for UK Album of the Year and Self Producing Artist of the Year, as well as a spot on the Mercury Prize shortlist. Their first album, Zaba (2014), spawned the single ' Gooey', which was eventually certified platinum in the United States. Bayley spent his childhood in Massachusetts and Texas before relocating to Oxford, where he met the other band members at school.

Bayley wrote and produced all three Glass Animals albums. Led by singer, songwriter, and producer Dave Bayley, the group also features his childhood friends Joe Seaward, Ed Irwin-Singer and Drew MacFarlane. Glass Animals are an English indie rock band formed in Oxford in 2010.

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