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JLS: 'There has never been a group like us'

Boyband JLS are due to call it quits when their farewell tour ends later this month and member Oritsé Williams has revealed that there are no other groups out there like them at the moment. 

He told MTV News that he can't liken any of their contemporaries to what they do in JLS and explained that they really paved the way when they were on 'The X Factor' back in 2008:

"I think it’s difficult [to say], you know. What we did, we were the first to ever do it [and] we’ve seen on 'X Factor', this year in particular, you see bands that put themselves together based on the formula of us four, you know - one person back flipping and trying to get their harmonies in and…you can’t be a blatant copy of a band that, let’s face it were very successful, do you know what I mean?”

Williams then added that he doesn't believe any other boybands will 'fill the void' they'll leave when they bow out because they're irreplaceable:

"To me you can be inspired, and find little elements that you like and inspire you but then you have to merge it and create your own situation. There’s never been a group like us. We’ve got influences and we’re a product of our influences but there hasn’t been a group like us you know, you can’t just copy you know? You have to find your own niche. So to say someone’s going to fill the JLS void? I don’t think so, but there’s still room for maybe a group in the kind of avenue of music that we do potentially.”

 

 

 

 

 

Watch the band's farewell tour trailer here: