Genres Pop Labels The Qworkz Genre Pop music | Years active 2012-2015 Website www.otyofficial.com | |
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Past members Parisa Tarjomani
Charlie George
Betsy-Blue English
Mikey Bromley
George Shelley Origin London, United Kingdom (2012) Similar Lauren Platt, Stereo Kicks, Andrea Faustini, Stevi Ritchie, Blonde Electra Profiles | ||
Only the Young were an English pop group consisting of Mikey Bromley, Betsy-Blue English, Charlie George and Parisa Tarjomani. They were created and managed by Jo Perry. The group previously featured Union J's George Shelley, who was later replaced by Bromley. In 2014, Only the Young entered the eleventh series of The X Factor and made it to the live shows, where they finished in seventh place.
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Only The Young then announced their split in November 2015.
Early career
Parisa Tarjomani and Charlie George had known each other since they were children, and Jo Perry formed Only the Young casting Betsy-Blue English to the band and George Shelley in October 2012. Before auditioning for The X Factor, Only the Young auditioned for Capital's Summertime Ball on 21 June 2014, and were chosen to perform at Wembley Stadium alongside Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus, David Guetta, Enrique Iglesias, Little Mix and many other artists.
2014: The X Factor
While on the series, Only the Young released their version of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash" in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. They were in the bottom two with Jake Quickenden in week three, but they were saved after receiving only Mel B's vote against them. They were automatically eliminated in week seven as the act with the fewest public votes on Saturday, coming in seventh place. Two weeks after being voted off the show, the group announced their first headlining show which would be held in London's Under the Bridge on 28 December 2014, thus becoming the first act of the series to be successful after leaving the show. However, the group had to pull out of the event following the death of Tarjomani's mother on 21 December.
2015: "I Do" and split
On 19 May 2015, they announced that they had signed a deal with Warner Music, with their debut single to be released during summer 2015. The music video of their debut single "I Do" was released on 8 June 2015, but their YouTube account was hacked four days later, which led to its deletion. It was re-uploaded the next day (13 June), losing all its previous views. "I Do" was originally to be released on 31 July, but due to the migrant crisis in Calais preventing a lorry containing copies of their single coming into the UK, it had to be delayed by a week, instead being released on 7 August. "I Do" debuted at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart on 14 August, but was the most physically purchased song of the week. The single also hit Number 41 in the Irish Single Charts On 18 August, the band announced their first headlining UK tour, which started on 1 September.