Neon Jungle were a British girl group consisting of Shereen Cutkelvin, Amira McCarthy, Jessica Plummer, and Asami Zdrenka.
The group was formed by music manager David Cooper of Eye of the Storm,[1] who began a three-month process of auditions in November 2012.
Amira McCarthy and Jessica Plummer were initially scouted separately while shopping in London, while Shereen Cutkelvin and Asami Zdrenka were found via their solo YouTube videos.
[2][3] Cutkelvin, McCarthy, Plummer, and Zdrenka were told in February 2013 that they had made the line-up, and the same week the group began recording material in the studio.
[6] According to Plummer, "it’s like neon is bold, bright, strong individual characters and then the jungle part is the madness".
[8] During October, the group supported Jessie J on select dates of her Alive Tour, and the following month they performed alongside Taylor Swift at the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in the US.
Welcome to the Jungle features songwriting and production contributions from Charli XCX, CocknBullKid, Cassie Davis, Fear of Tigers, Snob Scrilla, and soFLY & Nius.
She has said that the moment she realised that the route she wanted to go down was music as opposed to acting or dancing was when she took part in a singing competition at her school Westminster Academy.
Similarly to Plummer, McCarthy was scouted to be in the group, found in Westfields Shopping Centre, west London.
Her musical idols include Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Jessie J. Plummer was discovered through the group's manager in Brick Lane, London, and from there was invited to auditions.
[31] Following Neon Jungle's split, Asami is working on solo material, and released a video series entitled A Cover Trilogy.