RLY (an acronym for Real Like You) are an English pop music girl group formed on The X Factor: The Band. They went onto win the series, subsequently signing to Syco Music. The band is composed of Halle Williams, Virginia Hampson, Kellimarie Willis, Jess Folley and Kyra West. In 2022, they got signed to Warner Records.
In November 2019, each member of RLY auditioned for the ITV talent competition series The X Factor: The Band.[1] Each member progressed to the bootcamp stage, where Jess Folley (who in 2017 had won The Voice Kids), Luena Martinez (who appeared in series 13), Seorsia Jack, Halle Williams and Kellimarie Willis (who in 2017 appeared on Got What It Takes?) were selected to be in the group. However, judge Nicole Scherzinger later called Virginia Hampson back, giving her a place in the group.[2] On 15 December 2019, RLY were announced as the winners, winning a record deal with Syco.[3][4] As part of the competition they performed an original song, "Be Like Them".[5] Unlike winners of The X Factor and The X Factor: Celebrity, RLY are the first winners of a British version of the show not to release a winners single following their win.
After their win on The X Factor: The Band, Folley expressed that the group intend on releasing an album that is "new and original", and writing for the album started in January 2020.[6] On 29 August 2020, Jack announced her departure from the group, stating that she wanted to pursue a solo career.[7] On 9 August 2022, Martinez's departure from RLY was announced and the group became signed to Warner Records.[8] On 2nd January 2023, a new member, Kyra West, was announced on the groups social media pages.
On 6th January 2023, the group teased new music with an unreleased demo called 'Love Me Or Not', which was uploaded to their SoundCloud.[9]
Members
Current members
Halle Williams was born in Cambridge.[10] Williams is a trained dancer, having studied dance and musical theatre at Urdang Academy.[10]
Virginia Hampson was born in Chelmsford.[11] Hampson has no formal vocal training.[10] Upon her initial audition for The X Factor: The Band, she was told to audition again, at a later point in the day. At the second audition round, she was cut from the band; Nicole Scherzinger called her three days later and added her to the band. [11]
Kyra West was announced as a new member in January 2023;[15] she had previously been a semi-finalist on the 2017 series of Got What It Takes?.[16]
Past members
Seorsia Jack was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Zimbabwean parents. She started her career as a solo female artist in 2019. She announced her departure from the band on 29 August 2020 on Instagram, after deciding to pursue a solo career.[17]
Luena Martinez was born in East Finchley.[18] In 2016, Martinez auditioned for the thirteenth series of The X Factor, where she made it to the six chair challenge, but failed to proceed further.[19] She attended SoundSkool in Enfield.[19] Her departure from the band was announced on 9 August 2022.[20] She is a member of Loud LDN.[21]
References
^"Meet the contestants from The X Factor: The Band". Radio Times. 15 December 2019. from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^"Virginia Hampson: "The X Factor has a bigger reputation than Little Mix: The Search"". Radio Times. 12 December 2019. from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^"X Factor: Can The Band winners Real Like You be successful?". BBC News. 16 December 2019. from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^Gillibrand, Abigail (11 December 2019). "Simon Cowell could have found next Little Mix as first group announced on X Factor: The Band". Metro. from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^"Girl group Real Like You crowned winners of The X Factor: The Band". Inews.co.uk. 16 December 2019. from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^Darvill, Josh (22 December 2019). "X Factor: The Band winners reveal their plans for debut album". TellyMix. from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^@SiaBabez (29 August 2020). "ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ I want to thank my friends, my family, my team and everyone who has supported MR thus far. Here's to new beginnings ✨🙏🏽" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ abcdDarvill, Josh. "The X Factor: The Band: Meet the new girl group Real Like You". from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ ab"Meet Virginia Hampson – X Factor: The Band's comeback star is an Instagram influencer!". Reality Titbit. from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^"Coventry girl wows public to win X Factor: The Band". Coventry Live. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^"Mother and daughter team sing and dance their way through hit CBBC programme 'Got What It Takes?'". Coventry Observer. from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ ab"Jess Folley wins £30k music bursary on The Voice Kids". BBC News. from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^"RLY TEASE NEW MUSIC WITH 'LOVE ME OR NOT' DEMO". Musictalkers.com. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^"Kyra West". Tresamagazine.com. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^"ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this process and believed in me. Here's to new beginnings! ✨ and a special thank you to all the fan accounts who brought a smile to my face everyday with your edits and beautiful messages! I love you all x". Instagram. 29 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^"Meet X Factor: The Band winner Luena Martinez – age, Instagram, parents!". Reality Titbit. from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ ab"Student Luena Martinez hopes to inspire others through X Factor appearance". FE Week. from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^"RLY (@reallikeyou)". Instagram. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^"LOUD LDN (@loudldn_)". Instagram. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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RLY an acronym for Real Like You are an English pop music girl group formed on The X Factor The Band They went onto win the series subsequently signing to Syco Music The band is composed of Halle Williams Virginia Hampson Kellimarie Willis Jess Folley and Kyra West In 2022 they got signed to Warner Records RLYAlso known asReal Like YouOriginBirmingham EnglandYears active2019 presentLabelsWarnerMembersHalle Williams Virginia Hampson Kellimarie Willis Jess Folley Kyra WestPast membersSeorsia Jack Luena Martinez Contents 1 History 2 Members 2 1 Current members 2 2 Past members 3 ReferencesHistory EditIn November 2019 each member of RLY auditioned for the ITV talent competition series The X Factor The Band 1 Each member progressed to the bootcamp stage where Jess Folley who in 2017 had won The Voice Kids Luena Martinez who appeared in series 13 Seorsia Jack Halle Williams and Kellimarie Willis who in 2017 appeared on Got What It Takes were selected to be in the group However judge Nicole Scherzinger later called Virginia Hampson back giving her a place in the group 2 On 15 December 2019 RLY were announced as the winners winning a record deal with Syco 3 4 As part of the competition they performed an original song Be Like Them 5 Unlike winners of The X Factor and The X Factor Celebrity RLY are the first winners of a British version of the show not to release a winners single following their win After their win on The X Factor The Band Folley expressed that the group intend on releasing an album that is new and original and writing for the album started in January 2020 6 On 29 August 2020 Jack announced her departure from the group stating that she wanted to pursue a solo career 7 On 9 August 2022 Martinez s departure from RLY was announced and the group became signed to Warner Records 8 On 2nd January 2023 a new member Kyra West was announced on the groups social media pages On 6th January 2023 the group teased new music with an unreleased demo called Love Me Or Not which was uploaded to their SoundCloud 9 Members EditCurrent members Edit Halle Williams was born in Cambridge 10 Williams is a trained dancer having studied dance and musical theatre at Urdang Academy 10 Virginia Hampson was born in Chelmsford 11 Hampson has no formal vocal training 10 Upon her initial audition for The X Factor The Band she was told to audition again at a later point in the day At the second audition round she was cut from the band Nicole Scherzinger called her three days later and added her to the band 11 Kellimarie Willis was born in Coventry 12 In 2017 Willis competed in the second series of Got What It Takes winning a sing off and advanced to the semi final at the age of 13 13 Willis is studying songwriting in Birmingham 10 Jess Folley was born in Essex 14 In 2017 Folley won the first series of The Voice Kids 14 Kyra West was announced as a new member in January 2023 15 she had previously been a semi finalist on the 2017 series of Got What It Takes 16 Past members Edit Seorsia Jack was born in Dublin Ireland to Zimbabwean parents She started her career as a solo female artist in 2019 She announced her departure from the band on 29 August 2020 on Instagram after deciding to pursue a solo career 17 Luena Martinez was born in East Finchley 18 In 2016 Martinez auditioned for the thirteenth series of The X Factor where she made it to the six chair challenge but failed to proceed further 19 She attended SoundSkool in Enfield 19 Her departure from the band was announced on 9 August 2022 20 She is a member of Loud LDN 21 References Edit Meet the contestants from The X Factor The Band Radio Times 15 December 2019 Archived from the original on 14 December 2019 Retrieved 16 December 2019 Virginia Hampson The X Factor has a bigger reputation than Little Mix The Search Radio Times 12 December 2019 Archived from the original on 14 December 2019 Retrieved 16 December 2019 X Factor Can The Band winners Real Like You be successful BBC News 16 December 2019 Archived from the original on 16 December 2019 Retrieved 16 December 2019 Gillibrand Abigail 11 December 2019 Simon Cowell could have found next Little Mix as first group announced on X Factor The Band Metro Archived from the original on 16 December 2019 Retrieved 16 December 2019 Girl group Real Like You crowned winners of The X Factor The Band Inews co uk 16 December 2019 Archived from the original on 2 March 2020 Retrieved 2 March 2020 Darvill Josh 22 December 2019 X Factor The Band winners reveal their plans for debut album TellyMix Archived from the original on 23 October 2020 Retrieved 29 August 2020 SiaBabez 29 August 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT I want to thank my friends my family my team and everyone who has supported MR thus far Here s to new beginnings Tweet via Twitter Warner Warner Records UK Retrieved 22 September 2022 Warner Warner Records UK Retrieved 6 January 2023 a b c d Darvill Josh The X Factor The Band Meet the new girl group Real Like You Archived from the original on 2 January 2020 Retrieved 2 January 2020 a b Meet Virginia Hampson X Factor The Band s comeback star is an Instagram influencer Reality Titbit Archived from the original on 27 December 2019 Retrieved 2 January 2020 Coventry girl wows public to win X Factor The Band Coventry Live Retrieved 2 January 2020 Mother and daughter team sing and dance their way through hit CBBC programme Got What It Takes Coventry Observer Archived from the original on 2 January 2020 Retrieved 2 January 2020 a b Jess Folley wins 30k music bursary on The Voice Kids BBC News Archived from the original on 2 January 2020 Retrieved 2 January 2020 RLY TEASE NEW MUSIC WITH LOVE ME OR NOT DEMO Musictalkers com 6 January 2023 Retrieved 15 February 2023 Kyra West Tresamagazine com 7 August 2017 Retrieved 15 February 2023 ANNOUNCEMENT Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this process and believed in me Here s to new beginnings and a special thank you to all the fan accounts who brought a smile to my face everyday with your edits and beautiful messages I love you all x Instagram 29 August 2020 Archived from the original on 24 December 2021 Retrieved 29 August 2020 Meet X Factor The Band winner Luena Martinez age Instagram parents Reality Titbit Archived from the original on 27 December 2019 Retrieved 2 January 2020 a b Student Luena Martinez hopes to inspire others through X Factor appearance FE Week Archived from the original on 2 January 2020 Retrieved 2 January 2020 RLY reallikeyou Instagram Retrieved 9 August 2022 LOUD LDN loudldn Instagram Retrieved 25 April 2023 Awards and achievementsPreceded byMegan McKenna Winner of The X Factor2019 Succeeded byNone Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RLY amp oldid 1153591607, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
