Biography of chosen artist for video

NEON JUNGLE

Shereen Cutkelvin (born 2nd December 1996) is from Lanark, Scotland. She is the youngest member of the band. Cutkelvin admits her shyness, but claims she's "been singing since she could walk and talk". She was inspired by her father, and considers him her "musical idol". Shereen mentions she feels she was "born in the wrong generation", and mentions her love for Motown and soulful music. Shereen posted covers of herself on YouTube. She was later discovered and invited to audition, and mentions she got the call to confirm her place in the group on her way back to her home in Scotland.

Amira McCarthy (born 2nd February 1996) is from London, has always known that performing was something she wanted to do. She has said that the moment she realised that the route she wanted to go down was music as opposed to acting or dancing was when she took part in a singing competition at her school Westminster Academy. Similarly to Jess, Amira was scouted to be in the group, found in Westfields Shopping Centre, London. McCarthy later auditioned and made the final four.

Jessica Plummer (born 16th September 1992) is from London. She is the oldest member of the band and had previously worked as an actress. She appeared in two episodes of the CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens. Her musical idols include Mariah Carey, Rihanna and Jessie J. Jess was discovered through the group's current manager in Brick Lane, London, and from there was invited to auditions.

Asami Zdrenka (born 15th September 1995) was born in Japan to Japanese and British parents, and moved to the UK at an early age. Zdrenka has said that she has always loved to sing, and as a child, when her father took her on holiday back to Japan, he would make her sing to her family. Zdrenka's mother was a singer and her grandfather has released albums in Japan. Zdrenka was also spotted online, through videos of herself singing on YouTube, catching the attention of the label.

They first came onto the scene in 2013 and released their first studio album in July 2014 which reached number 8 in the UK chart, slecting 4 singles which are Trouble, Braveheart, Welcome To The Jungle and the song we have chosen for our video, Louder.