The quartet of David Maclean (drummer and producer), Vincent Neff (singer and guitarist), Jimmy Dixon (bassist) and Tommy Grace (synthesizer operator) met at Edinburgh College of Art, and formed Django Django in London in 2009.

[4][5][6] Maclean and Grace are Scottish; Neff is originally from Northern Ireland while Dixon hails from Yorkshire.

[1] "Our name has absolutely nothing to do with Django Reinhardt" wrote the band (nicknamed djangovideo in their account on YouTube) beneath the video post for their track WOR.

Their song "Hail Bop" was featured in the football video game by EA Sports, FIFA 13 and "Waveforms" in Grand Theft Auto V. The album received considerable critical acclaim,[14][15] and featured in the end-of-year lists of both Rolling Stone [16] and the NME.

[19] Their song Tic Tac Toe also featured in the EA Sports soccer game, FIFA 18.