A British boyband you might not have heard of here in the States, calling themselves JLS, have just announced they’re breaking up after five years. The group, made up of four often shirtless blokes who became stars in the UK after coming in second on The X Factor back in 2008, will end their togetherness after a greatest-hits tour in December and a final single and album. So, relax, the breakup is not as imminent as threatened. (During the course of their tenure, by the way, the band had five number-one hits in the UK and earned two Brit awards.) If, like us, you were scratching your head over what JLS might stand for, we looked it up. It’s an initialization of the English expression Jack the Lad, and the boys added the S for swing. So it’s Jack the Lad Swing. In a message on their website they wrote, “We will always remain brothers and friends and we will always be your boys.” Pass the hanky and enjoy the eye candy while you can.
