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note From L to R: Dom McLennon, Merlyn Wood, Kevin Abstract, Romil Hemnani, JOBA, Matt Champion, bearface. And that's just the main half of the current lineup. The hardest-working boy band in show business.

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BROCKHAMPTON is an American alternative hip hop boy band formed in San Marcos, Texas in 2015.

Its origins date back to 2010 through the group AliveSinceForever, made after band leader Kevin Abstract recruited members through the Kanye West fan website KanyeToThe (back when it was called KanyeLive), leading to them gaining the title of "the Internet's first boy band."note (It's also worth mentioning that Abstract already knew fellow members Ameer Vann, Matt Champion, JOBA, and Merlyn Wood from high school.) The group only released one EP, disbanding in 2014 to rebrand as the boy band we know today, named after Abstract's childhood street in Corpus Christi, Texas.

The group released their debut mixtape ALL-AMERICAN TRASH in March 2016, but they weren't really recognized until they released the SATURATION trilogy, a series of three albums from June to December 2017 that were all critically acclaimed for showcasing chemistry between the groups distinct members, as well as a diverse array of sounds mixing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and shades of alternative rock. The stellar ratings all of the albums got from independent publications like The Needle Drop also didn't hurt.

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Throughout 2018, multiple albums — TEAM EFFORT, PUPPY, and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES — were announced and then shelved. PUPPY was the most poised to release, with a projected June 2018 release that was obstructed by numerous sexual misconduct allegations made towards fellow member Ameer Vann. The validity and severity of the claims have been hotly debated (and we'll leave it at that), but they were serious enough to, as of May 27th, 2018, remove Ameer from the group.

Eventually, the band settled on an album called iridescence — created largely during several weeks the band spent in London — which became the only one of the announced albums to see an official release, on September 21st, 2018. The album is reportedly the first volume in a second trilogy, of which TBYOOL is the namesake.

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In summer 2019, the band announced their fifth album GINGER, released on August 23rd.

The group has also dabbled in film. In 2016, they produced and starred in the single-season Viceland docuseries American Boybandnote which covers the groups origin, creative process, and mission, and also follows their first tour across the US in support of Kevins solo album American Boyfriend, as well as the production and release of SATURATION, and in 2018 released a documentary called The Longest Summer in America for a limited theatrical run to coincide with the release of iridescence.

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Members

Discography

ALL-AMERICAN TRASH (mixtape) (2016)

SATURATION (2017)

SATURATION II (2017)

SATURATION III (2017)

iridescence (2018)

GINGER (2019)

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