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Neon Jungle are a British four-piece girl group, consisting of Shereen Cutkelvin, Amira McCarthy, Jess Plummer, and Asami Zdrenka. They are best known for their second single "Braveheart", which peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. Their 2014 debut album, Welcome to the Jungle, features "Braveheart" alongside fellow top 10 single "Welcome to the Jungle", as well as the top 20 entries "Trouble" and "Louder".
History

The group were formed by music manager David Cooper, who began a three-month process of auditions in November 2012. Amira McCarthy and Jess Plummer were initially scouted separately while shopping in London, while Shereen Cutkelvin and Asami Zdrenka were found via their solo YouTube videos.[1][2][3] Cutkelvin, McCarthy, Plummer, and Zdrenka were told in February 2013 that they had made the line-up, and the same week the group began recording material in the studio.[4][5] RCA Records UK had signed the group by June 2013 and showcased them as a press event, although they did not have a name at the time—they devised the name Neon Jungle from their song "Welcome to the Jungle" and to reflect that the members were " all individual and quite different".[6] According to Plummer, "it’s like neon is bold, bright, strong individual characters and then the jungle part is the madness".[7]

In August 2013, Neon Jungle released their debut single "Trouble", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 12 and reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart.[8] During October, the group supported Jessie J on select dates of her Alive Tour, and the following month it was announced that Neon Jungle would be a performer at the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[citation needed] Neon Jungle's second single, "Braveheart", was released in the UK in January 2014 and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The group had decided that the song's high octane energy and major bass made it the best option for their second single.[9] Neon Jungle released the song "Welcome to the Jungle" as their third single in April 2014; it debuted at number seven. The same month, they were signed to RCA Records in the United States.[10]

The group performed at various UK music festivals during mid 2014, including Wireless Festival, T in the Park and the Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On Festival Weekend. Their debut album, Welcome to the Jungle, was released in July 2014 following the single "Louder" (number 14), and entered the UK Albums Chart at number eight. Welcome to the Jungle features songwriting and production contributions from Charli XCX, CocknBullKid, Cassie Davis, Fear of Tigers, Snob Scrilla, and soFLY & Nius. The group described the album as having "the same energy and attitude that came from Trouble" and "raw, stripped-back and versatile".[2] The album includes a cover of Banks's "Waiting Game", which attracted publicity after Banks publicly acknowledged her dissatisfaction with the cover's release months prior to that of her own debut album, Goddess; Neon Jungle declined to respond to her comments.[11][12][13] A fifth single, "Can't Stop the Love", was released in December 2014.[