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In preparation for his role as a DJ, Zac Efron received lessons on DJing and mixing from DJ Alesso.

A critically noted scene in the film involves animation depicting Cole's PCP hallucinations at a swanky LA art gallery. Rotoscoping was used to achieve this effect.

The final song, "Cole's Memories" can be heard throughout the movie.

Season three of the New Zealand based podcast "The Worst Idea of All Time" is dedicated to watching "We Are Your Friends" once a week every week for one year and then reviewing the movie.

Max Joseph was forced to miss out on appearing in the first five episodes of the fourth season of his series, Catfish: The TV Show (2012), in order to direct the film.

The name came from the 2006 Justice vs. Simian song "We Are Your Friends".

The film grossed an average $758 from 2,333 theaters in its opening weekend. Due to the film's disastrous box office receipts, Warner Bros. canceled the Blu-ray release and instead, released the film on standard DVD. Overall, this was the fourth worst debut for a film with a 2,000+ theater average. It was surpassed later in 2015 by Rock the Kasbah (2015) ($731 average) and Jem et les Hologrammes (2015) ($570), both of which opened on October 23, 2015.

Famous DJ/Producer "Alesso" has a cameo appearance during Cole's set at the pool party. Alesso is the guy who Cole asks to take over when Cole's friends arrive.

Max Joseph's feature directorial debut.

DJ Dillon Francis makes a cameo appearance as the rookie DJ who is warming up for Cole at the club.

Jonny Weston's second film to feature a music festival. Project Almanac (2015) being the first film.

Los Angeles radio station, KROQ morning show's most hated personality "Beer Mug" makes a cameo

Director Max Joseph's fellow Executive Producer Janiv Schulman (Catfish:The TV Show 2012-) has a cameo as a Party Guest during the Art Show scene.

The group sings "Santeria" by Sublime.

The coffee house scenes toward the end of the movie was filmed at Romancing the Bean in Burbank, CA.

The flier scene was filmed at California State University Northridge

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