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JLS
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Rising to stardom as runners up on the 2008 instalment of TV talent show The X Factor, behind that year’s eventual winner Alexandra Burke, JLS nevertheless carved out a successful career for themselves, releasing four albums together from their self-titled debut to their 2012 album Evolution – all of which landed in the UK Album Chart’s Top 3.

After their fourth LP and a 2013 greatest hits album titled Goodbye, members Ortise Williams, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes and JB Gill went their separate ways to focus on solo projects.

Now, though, JLS are back with a brand new album, 2.0, which sees them updating their slick brand of R&B-influenced pop and aiming to rekindle their chart success.

In the intervening years since their 2013 greatest hits collection, the boys have kept themselves busy in a variety of ways – Gill, Merrygold and Humes have all enjoyed turns as TV presenters, while Williams has collaborated with the likes of Pusha T and he and Merry gold have both appeared as contestants on dancing shows Stepping Out and Strictly Come Dancing.

News of a reformation arrived in November 2019, when the group began working on new music, and despite a bizarre episode where a drill track by Switch and J9 was mistakenly assumed to be their new single, JLS eventually signed a new record deal with BMG in March this year, with the first new single ‘Eternal Love’ unveiled in September..

Several producers and songwriters make contributions on the new album, including Lost Boy, production trio TMS, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac and Ed Sheeran, the latter of whom helped pen their recent single ‘Eternal Love’.

JLS made a name for themselves with a mixture of slick R&B and upbeat, danceable pop – a formula that has already yielded a dozen Top 20 singles - and fans will be pleased to know that’s the case here too, although overall their sound benefits from the production contributions of Lost Boy and TMS, who help bring their new material up to date.

The Ed Sheeran co-write ‘Eternal Love’ is one of the highlights on the slick R&B end of the scale on offer here, while others like ‘Tango’ and ‘Love Immortal’ are easy dancefloor hits and ‘Postcard’ adds a dancehall flavour to its infectious groove.
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It’s a decade since JLS released their fourth album ‘Evolution’ and, after taking time away to work on solo projects, the boys return with their revitalised comeback ‘2.0’.

The boyband, which shot to fame as runners-up on ‘The X Factor’ in 2008 – pipped only to the title by Alexandra Burke – turns to musical heavyweights Wayne Hector, TMS and Lost Boy to bring their winning formula of R&B-influenced pop bang up to date.

To introduce their new direction, the group reunites with Steve Mac – the producer behind their No. 1 debut single Beat Again – who teams up with Ed Sheeran especially to write Eternal Love, the first single from the new album.

It’s a promising sign of things to come and the album is packed with cool midtempos in the vein of classic singles Everybody In Love and One Shot sure to appease fans who’ve stuck around since the group’s original chart domination.

Fear not, JLS soon turn on the heat with a selection of uptempos, which prove instant highlights and will undoubtedly be playlist staples come the summer.

Love Immortal is laden with beats and is a sure-fire hit for the club circuit, while Tango is brimming with an infectious energy that defies you to dance along.

The vocals are rich and hormones tight on the boys’ comeback which, after years apart from one another, sees them return to the charts closer than ever and ready to dominate airwaves all over again.


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