In 2019, a spin-off version of The X Factor launched onto ITV to find the next big boyband or girl band called ‘X Factor: The Band’, with group ‘Real Like You’ taking home a recording contract after wowing judges Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Leona Lewis. 

Fast forward to 2022, the group have rebranded to ‘RLY’, have amassed almost 2 million TikTok followers, and have been hard at work in the studio between London and Sweden writing and recording new music. 

Earlier this month, Halle Williams, Virginia Hampson, Kellimarie Willis and Jess Folley removed all of their posts off the bands social media and teased that ‘exciting news’ was about to be released, with the announcement of new member Kyra West.  

Alongside the new addition, RLY have shared an unreleased demo called ‘Love Me Or Not’ which is available to listen to via SoundCloud.  

Not only that, the group have released a stunning cover of Beyoncé’s hit ‘Cuff It’ off of her latest album. 

You can watch their cover on YouTube below.

Author: James MD

Entertainment and Showbiz Writer.