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LuvBug is an English electronic dance music trio consisting of London-born DJ & producer
Marvin Humes Marvin Richard James Humes (born 18 March 1985) is an English singer, disc jockey, television presenter and radio host who used to present the Monday–Thursday late night show across the Capital Network. He previously hosted ''The Official Bi ...
, Manchester-based producer White N3rd and producer/songwriter JKAY.


Career

Humes and JKAY grew up in
Woolwich Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throu ...
, East London with JKAY becoming part of the songwriting/producing duo Tracklacers. They worked with producers including Danja (
Justin Timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with sales of over 88 million records. Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and ac ...
, Usher) and
Afrojack Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the World' ...
(
David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...
,
Major Lazer Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. It originates from Kingston, Jamaica, and was founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after t ...
) and also produced early material for
JLS JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing) are an English boyband, which consists of members Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill, originally formed by Williams. They initially signed to Tracklacers production company ...
, the pop/R&B boy band Humes was formerly a part of. N3rd has produced remixes for
Diplo Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
and
Azealia Banks Azealia Amanda Banks ( ; born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer and songwriter. Raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, she began releasing music through Myspace in 2008 before being signed to XL Recordings at age 18. In 2 ...
and was introduced to Humes through songwriter
Ali Tennant Lorne Alistair Tennant, better known as Ali Tennant, is a British singer, songwriter and vocal producer/mentorAli Tenn ...
(Guetta). In April 2013, the trio came together at a London-based studio and started working on material. The group released a string of remixes for the likes of
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&
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,
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, Case & Foxy Brown.


2014–present: Single releases

After signing to
Polydor Records Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...
and working with producer Pantha, Humes suggested British R&B singer
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for vocals and thus created their debut single "
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", which was released on 5 October 2014 and debuted at number 13 on the
UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
and number 10 on the Scottish charts. An album was announced to be in the works. Its second single, "
Revive (Say Something) "Revive (Say Something)" is the second single from British dance group LuvBug featuring uncredited vocals from British singer Mark Asari. It was released as a digital download on 8 February 2015 in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of ...
", featuring uncredited vocals from Mark Asari, was released on 15 February 2015, and peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The third single, "Best Is Yet to Come", featuring uncredited vocals from
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, was released on 15 April 2016. The audio video was released in February 2016 on YouTube and Vevo.
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used Best is Yet to Come as her walkout song at
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.


Discography


Singles


Remixes


References

English electronic music groups English dance music groups {{electronic-band-stub