In little over a year, December 10 have emerged as one of the fastest growing new acts in British pop, racking up more than 16 million streams and over 8.4 million YouTube views
Boyband December 10 have opened up on what it’s like working with Simon Cowell and why they feel lucky to have him as a mentor.
The lads consist of Cruz Lee-Ojo (19), Danny Bretherton (17), Hendrick Christoffersen (19), John Fadare (17), Josh Olliver (17), Nicolas Alves (16) and Sean Hayden (19). They are from Chorley, Rochester, Dublin, London, Lisbon and Walsall, and between them Irish, Brazilian, Indian, Nigerian and Jamaican heritage
The seven-piece group were formed by pop guru Simon Cowell on the Netflix series Simon Cowell: The Next Act.
In little over a year, December 10 have emerged as one of the fastest growing new acts in British pop, racking up more than 16 million streams, over 8.4 million YouTube views and building a social media following of more than 3.2 million people.
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Speaking in January, Cowell, who launched the careers of the likes of Leona Lewis, Little Mix, Susan Boyle and One Direction, admitted he formed December 10 as he missed the buzz of managing a boy band.
“I just got to a point where I felt so comfortable. And I think when you feel comfortable, it gets boring,” he told The Times.
“Even though I like my job, what I used to do was just so much more risky. Did I need to do it? No. But you know when you go to Disneyland, you look at one of those rides and you think, ‘I’m not sure I should do this, but I’m going to do it anyway’? It’s that adrenaline. I really missed working with bands.”
Now they have opened up about life in the music industry and have detailed what it’s like to work with Simon.
When asked if they are in regular contact with Simon, Danny said: “Yeah, we talk to him a lot. We were all at his house the other day for a barbecue chilling but also talking about the next steps that we’re going to go through. We couldn’t ask for anyone better to guide use what we’re going through at the minute.”
As you can expect a barbecue at Simon’s house is quite the event and Simon doesn’t get his hands dirty flipping burgers. When asked if Simon got stuck into the cooking Danny said: “Nah!” To which Sean interjected: “We had chef Jeff to do that!”
When asked if Simon leads the suggestions with songwriters and producers they can work with, Danny said: “He’s definitely got a good say, but we’re lucky that he’s happy for us to give our input a lot of the time. We respect him for doing that.”
The band are in regulat contact with Simon, despite his hehtic schedule. Nicholas said: “Obviously with Simon he’s had so many years in this industry and he has so much experience so every opportunity we get to spend time with him he’s always imparting his wisdom upon us. It’s just a really good thing to have him as our mentor we’re really lucky to have him by our side.”
Their tour started next month and will see them travel from Amsterdam to Berlin, Paris and almost everywhere inbetween.
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