Richard Abidin Breen (born 29 June 1979), better known as Abz Love, is an English singer, rapper, and songwriter.

He was raised on a council estate in Hackney, East London, where he was brought up until he left home at 16 to join boyband Five.

Love and fellow Five members Jason "J" Brown and Sean Conlon were involved in writing many of the band's hits such as "Everybody Get Up", "Keep On Movin'" and "If Ya Gettin' Down".

In 1997, Love auditioned for Five, a new boy band-style group with "attitude and edge" and was eventually selected to be part of the band along with Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Sean Conlon and Jason "J" Brown.

After he was fired from Sony in December 2003, he changed his name to Abz Love and took a long hiatus from his music career.

[11] Brown didn't want to rejoin the group and Five announced that they were considering a new fifth member for the comeback, but withdrew to continue with the original four-member lineup.

[14][15] Love said he agreed to join the reality show because he was financially broke and living with his aunt Wendy.

[16] In August 2014 Love left Five, citing creative differences – years later he said he was unhappy just singing the hit songs and not recording new material.

[23] From 2019, Love was a member of the supergroup Boyz on Block, along with Ben Ofoedu from Phats & Small, Dane Bowers from Another Level and Shane Lynch from Boyzone.