Jungle (band)

Jungle released their single "The Heat" on 21 October 2013 through Chess Club Records.[8] In December 2013, Jungle were nominated for BBC's Sound of 2014 prize.[9] That year, the group played at South by Southwest in Texas in March 2014.[5] On 16 June 2014, the band played on Jimmy Kimmel Live!,[10] and played Glastonbury Festival later that month.[11]

Their debut album Jungle was released through XL Recordings on 14 July 2014. To celebrate the release, the band played a special launch party on a Peckham rooftop. The show was filmed using drones.[12] During launch week the band played live sessions on BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 Music.

During August 2014, the band played Reading and Leeds Festivals. During September 2014, Jungle played live on Le Grand Journal (Canal+), played with Pharrell Williams at London's Roundhouse for the iTunes Festival, and played live on Later... with Jools Holland.[13]

The album "Jungle" was shortlisted for the 2014 Mercury Prize in September 2014.[14] "Busy Earnin'" was also voted in at Number 67 in the 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown in Australia.

In early 2015, it was announced that the band would perform at the Boston Calling Music Festival in May 2015.[15] On 26 June 2015, Jungle played on the Other Stage at the 2015 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. On 9 December 2017, they performed as part of the line up of Trópico, a 3 day-long music festival in Acapulco, Mexico.

Their song "Busy Earnin'" has been featured in many television shows and other media. It is present in the playlists of FIFA 15 and Forza Horizon 2 and was featured in TV productions several times, e.g. in the opening sequence and credits for the Tales from the Borderlands episode "Zer0 Sum", as a background music in a bar in Season 2 Episode 6 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine as well as in a club scene in German television series Tatort (episode 916: "Der Wüstensohn"). Since the end of 2014, "Busy Earnin'" has been the title song of the German TV show Mein bester Feind.[16]

On 8 May 2018, Jungle released two new singles, "House in L.A." and "Happy Man," on a 7-inch record, and on multiple digital music platforms.

On 22 September 2018, the band played their single "Heavy, California "on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and, on 11 December 2018, the band played their single "Smile" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.[17][18]

On 13 September 2018, their single "Heavy, California" was used to open the Apple September event.[19] In December 2018, the band's single Platoon was used for the Peloton Digital Commercial.[20] Their single "Beat 54 (All Good Now)" was featured in football video game by EA Sports, FIFA 19. Recently during the summer of 2019, Jungle’s song, "The Heat", was played in Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew TV Commercial, 'Whoa Nitro' Starbucks. Their single "Happy Man" was also featured in a commercial by phone network O2 in 2019. It was also featured in the first season of Spanish Netflix series Elite.

In April 2017 their track "Busy Earnin'" was used for the Toyota Yaris Hybrid TV advert.[21]

Jungle is known for their one-shot dance videos directed by Josh Lloyd-Watson, one-half of Jungle, who often works with the same dancers, choreographer, and cinematographer.[22]

Music videos for Casio, Heavy California, Cherry and the directors cut for Happy Man, were choreographed by Nat Zangi who also stars in the Happy Man. All four music videos were directed by Josh Lloyd-Watson and Charlie Di Placido, with Oliver Hadlee Pearch co-directing on Happy Man. The director of photography for all four videos was Olly Wiggins.

The dancers in Casio are Will West, Che Jones, Nathaniel Williams, Jordan Melchor, Ziggy Taylor and Mette Linturi. [23]