Young Men Society Explained

Young Men Society
Origin:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Background:group_or_band
Genre:Pop
Years Active:2009–present
Label:Sony
Current Members:Andi Tahta
Josh Fonmosa
Nathan Tamati

Young Men Society are an Australian boy band consisting of members Andi Tahta, Josh Fonmosa and Nathan Tamati. They rose to fame as grand finalists on the third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011. The group later signed with Sony Music Australia and released their debut single "We Own the Night" in March 2012, which reached the top thirty in New Zealand.

Biography

Early life and formation

Young Men Society were formed in 2009 at a hip hop dance class.[1] One of their friends came up with the group's name and initially they thought it sounded "corny", however the name eventually grew on them and they have since loved it.[1] Josh Fonmoa was born and raised in Sydney, while Andi Tahta originally came from Jakarta, Indonesia, and Nathan Tamati from England.[1] At the age of 10, Tahta and his family relocated to Australia "in search of a better life".[1] Tamati decided to take a break from college and moved to Australia in 2005 to live with his brother Damon.[1] All members worked together in retail and as dance teachers.[1]

2011: The X Factor Australia

Young Men Society successfully auditioned for the third season of The X Factor Australia in 2011, singing Mike Posner's "Cooler Than Me".[1] They eventually progressed through to the live shows and were mentored by Ronan Keating.[1] Young Men Society were eliminated from the competition on 18 October 2011.[2]

Young Men Society performed the following songs on The X Factor:[1] [3]

2012–present: Record deal and debut single

Following their departure from The X Factor, Young Men Society did not receive any offers of recording contracts from record labels.[4] They decided to record their first single titled "We Own the Night" as independent artists and filmed their own music video for the song.[4] In an interview with The Music Network, Tahta stated "After the show we actually didn't have any kind of [label] options, there was a point in time where we were really down, but we just told ourselves, 'Let's just keep going, let's make this track, let's just keep recording, let's do a video for it".[4] Sony Music Australia were impressed with the single and its accompanying video, and decided to sign Young Men Society to their record label.[4]

During January and February 2012, Young Men Society were supporting acts for Justice Crew's Sexy and I Know It Tour.[5] The single "We Own the Night" was released via iTunes Stores on 16 March 2012.[6] It debuted and peaked on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 28, but failed to impact the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.[7] In April 2012, Young Men Society were supporting acts for Reece Mastin's New Zealand tour.[8] The group are no longer signed to Sony Music Australia.[9]

Discography

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positions<--! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"Certifications-->Album
AUS
[10]
NZ
"We Own the Night"201228Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Music videos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The X-Factor Australia Performers – Young Men Society. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925080737/http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/performers/article/-/10269133/1/young-men-society/. dead. 2011-09-25.
  2. Web site: Davies. Rebecca. Australian 'X Factor' eliminates another act. Digital Spy. 2011-10-18. 2012-06-23.
  3. Songs performed by Young Men Society on The X Factor:
    • Live show 1: Web site: Tonight's Songs Revealed!. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://www.webcitation.org/61oFfOfb1?url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/news/article/-/10292066/tonights-songs-revealed/. 2011-09-19.
    • Live show 2: Web site: Party Anthem Songs Revealed!. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://www.webcitation.org/620Qz7LPP?url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/news/article/-/10353900/party-anthem-songs-revealed/. 2011-09-27.
    • Live show 3: Web site: Are you ready to rock?. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://www.webcitation.org/629aKJjrj?url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/news/article/-/10390321/are-you-ready-to-rock/. 2011-10-03.
    • Live show 3 (bottom two): Web site: Third time unlucky for Jacqui. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://www.webcitation.org/62C1r4myC?url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/news/article/-/10399140/third-time-unlucky-for-jacqui/. 2011-10-05.
    • Live show 4: Web site: Tonight's 90s songs revealed. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://www.webcitation.org/62K9zKu9h?url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/news/article/-/10437118/tonight-s-90s-songs-revealed/. 2011-10-10.
    • Live show 5: Web site: Number 1s: Tonight's songs revealed!. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://www.webcitation.org/62UpXfFAO?url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/news/article/-/10484096/number-1s-tonight-s-songs-revealed/. 2011-10-17.
    • Live show 5 (bottom two): Web site: YMS leave the show!. The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. https://www.webcitation.org/62XdkXc8v?url=http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/news/article/-/10492961/yms-leave-the-show/. 2011-10-19.
  4. Web site: Lucas. Victoria. Young Men Society: Owning the night. The Music Network. Peer Group Media. 2012-06-12. 2012-06-23.
  5. Web site: X Factor Finalists Young Men Society Join Justice Crew on 2012 Tour. Take 40 Australia. MCM Entertainment Pty Ltd. 2012-01-09. 2012-06-23.
  6. Web site: iTunes – Music – We Own the Night – Single by Young Men Society. iTunes Store (Australia). 16 March 2012. Apple. 2012-06-23.
  7. Web site: Discography Young Men Society. charts.nz. Hung Medien. 2012-06-23.
  8. Web site: Young Men Society to support Reece Mastin in NZ. 3 News. 2012-03-20. 2012-06-23.
  9. Web site: Local Roster – Featured Artists. Sony Music Australia. 2014-12-01.
  10. Web site: Discography Young Men Society. australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. 2012-06-23.
  11. Young Men Society – We Own the Night. YouTube. 2012-04-24. 2012-06-23.