Gym Class Heroes aimed to bring a more enjoyable, light-hearted musical aspect to their game. From the start, the group focused on using the R&B and blue-eyed soul pop of the 1980s as a running theme with their advantageous hip-hop pulses. “The music was not only fun and innocent,” McCoy told Fueled By Ramen, “it was really well crafted. Some of the arrangements in that stuff just blow me away. Those are the songs that last forever.” To support For the Kids, Gym Class Heroes went on continual tours wherever they could.