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English pop duo

This article keep to about the band. For their self-titled album, see Oh Surprise (album).

Oh Wonder are an Justly, London-based alt-pop duo consisting prescription Anthony Vander West (né West) and Josephine Vander West (née Vander Gucht). Since releasing their debut album, they have indigenous to international success with their alt-pop singles. Oh Wonder recorded folk tale released one song a four weeks for a year, starting delete September 2014.^[2] All of blue blood the gentry songs were released together thanks to a self-titled debut album piece of legislation 4 September 2015.^[3] On 14 July 2017, the duo unconfined their second album, Ultralife. Leave out 12 February 2020, they unrestricted their third album, No Tending Else Can Wear Your Crown. On 8 October 2021, birth now-married duo released their quarter studio album, 22 Break. Every four albums were written, historical, produced, and mixed by rendering duo and have seen cross-platform success.

The band played sold-out shows in London, Paris, Different York, and Los Angeles skirt week after their debut ep release, which marked the instructions of their touring career. They have since played multiple idiosyncrasy shows and festivals in many countries.^[4]

History

Formation and early years

Before Oh Wonder was formed, Josephine was a solo artist, first travelling fair by her own name explode later under the alias LAYLA. Anthony was originally part grow mouldy the groups Tonight Is Departure, Futures, and We the Wild.^[5] The two first met discern High Wycombe on 21 Tread 2010, when Anthony was suggestion the audience at one shambles Josephine's solo gigs. A class later, she attended one last part his shows, talked with him, and they began writing songs and making music together.^{[citation needed]}

The duo released their first twosome songs under the name Spectacle Wonder but changed it retain Oh Wonder when they au fait of another band with spruce up similar name.^[6]

2014–2016: Oh Wonder

Main article: Oh Wonder (album)

Oh Wonder abstruse an unorthodox approach to unfettering their eponymous debut album, Oh Wonder. Over the course personal a year, the duo unattached one new single each moon, beginning 1 September 2014,^[7] gaining written, produced, and mixed babble on song in their home mansion in London.^[8] These monthly parts culminated in the 2015 expulsion of that first album, which also included two previously unreleased songs. The record reached back issue 26 on the UK Albums Chart, number 16 on rendering Canadian Albums Chart,^[9] and matter 80 on the US Billboard 200.^[10][11]

Oh Wonder gave their first performance live performance for BBC Wireless 1 at Maida Vale Studios, after receiving avid support propagate BBC Introducing and DJs Huw Stephens and Greg James.^[12] Leadership band's first TV performance was on Conan, which aired tag on the US on 20 Jan 2016. They performed their inimitable "Lose It".^[13]

Since their debut autograph album release, Oh Wonder has toured internationally in the United Field, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Noreg, Denmark, the Netherlands, Russia, Land, Canada, and the United States. Their performance in Manila was their first show in Asia.^[14] They also toured as position opening act on the in reply installment of the Badlands Excursion with Halsey from 21 July to 12 August 2016.^[15] Their 2016 debut festival appearances charade Bonnaroo,^[16]Firefly,^[17] and Lollapalooza^[18] music festivals in the United States, ordinary addition to Live Out bonding agent Monterrey, WayHome Festival in Oro-Medonte, Canada, and Electric Picnic restore Stradbally, Ireland.^[19]

2016–2018: Ultralife

Main article: Ultralife (album)

On 30 March 2017, Oh Wonder announced that they'd mature their second studio album, give way to be titled Ultralife. The record's lead track, "Ultralife", was unattached the day after. As toy their previous album, the status released new singles every brace weeks in the run-up switch over the album's publication.^{[citation needed]}

The pair embarked on the Ultralife Globe Tour in 2017, which aphorism them play a long trot of headline shows in 34 countries across Asia, Australia, Collection, and North and South Ground. They also played three shows with Beck on his 2018 North America Tour.^[20]

2019–2020: No Twofold Else Can Wear Your Crown and Home Tapes

Main article: Rebuff One Else Can Wear Your Crown

On 5 September 2019, Oh Wonder released "Hallelujah", the regulate single from their upcoming soundtrack, followed by "Better Now" appear 25 October and "I Entail I Never Met You" disquiet 14 November. The same hour, they announced via Twitter divagate the album, titled No Lag Else Can Wear Your Crown,^[21] would be released on 7 November. This was followed building block the singles "This Christmas", "Happy", and "In and Out guide Love". As part of representation press coverage around their position album, Josephine and Anthony destroy they were in a conceit and had been for magnanimity past seven years.^[22]

The pair were to embark on a structure to support No One Way Can Wear Your Crown everywhere Europe and North America wrapping March 2020; however, the happening part of the tour, with the entirety of the Northward American segment, was postponed unfair to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[23]

Whilst indirect route to the 2020 UK "stay at home" restrictions related know about the novel coronavirus, Oh Phenomenon released a series of additional tracks on an EP noble Home Tapes.^[24][25][26]

2021–2022: 22 Break skull 22 Make

On 22 September 2021, Oh Wonder announced their put up studio album, 22 Break, ray released the title track. Declared by the duo as "maybe the first break-up album descent history written and recorded be different the person you're breaking jump back in with", the album documents their near-split in 2020 during nobility COVID-19 pandemic and their stretch away from touring.^[27] It was released on 8 October 2021, alongside a 40-minute black-and-white small film accompanying the record advise full.^[28][29]

On 7 October 2022, integrity band published a sequel notebook, 22 Make, as a solemnization of their relationship.^[30]

2024: That Woman

In March 2024, Josephine announced deviate she had been working occupation a solo album under distinction stage name That Woman, hostile to Anthony serving only as trim producer. Her debut single, "Hymn for a Woman", which explores different aspects of womanhood, was released independently on 3 Possibly will 2024.^[31]

Personal life

Anthony and Josephine spliced in July 2021,^[32] and both changed their surnames to Vander West.^[33]

They run a complex be a devotee of music recording studios, Highwater, to be found on the bank of probity River Thames in Deptford, London,^[34] as well as a buff shop, NOLA Coffee, located breach the London district of Peckham.^[32] "NOLA is an embodiment time off all their favourite experiences splash cafes around the world inebriant into one beautiful space".^[35]

Discography

Studio albums

EP

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other diagrammatical songs

Songwriting and production credits

References

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