How Today's Biggest And Best Musical Groups Chose Their Names

What's in a name? A lot, because a band by any other name might not sound as sweet (thx, Shakespeare). Musical group names give off a first impression and points us in a direction of what to expect from a group. Since there's so much riding on an audience name, I've taken a deep dive into how today's biggest and up-and-coming groups chose the names that stuck with 'em to the top.


Why Don't We


The guys of Why Don't We took inspiration from the question they kept asking themselves as soon as teaming up: "why don't we form a musical group In a interview with Sweety High, Corbyn Besson mentioned that the name "stuck because it applies to so several spontaneous situations we've experienced as a musical group Why don't we all stan Why Don't We?


Fifth Harmony


There was no easy path for Camila, Normani, Lauren, Ally and Dinah to find their name. Because the legend goes, the ladies were originally named LYLAS for "love you like a sister" while competing on season two of The X Factor, however had to change their name since Bruno Mars' sisters had a crowd with that name. They changed their name to 1432 for the quantity of letters in "I love you, also nevertheless viewer backlash led to Simon Cowell asking fans to tweet their own name advice. Imagine being the iconic fan beyond this tweet!


The Internet


Front woman Syd got the inspiration for The Internet's name from Left Brain, a rapper from the hip hop collective Uncommon Future that they both were both a piece of. As soon as asked where he was from, Left Brain would respond "I’m going to begin saying I’m from The world wide web Syd fancied the response, with The New York Times saying that it talked to the regionless of the group: they were "defined by a totally different geography, the social life and websites they spend their time on."


The 1975


Lead singer Matty Healy came up with The 1975's name soon after seeing the strangely-written date "1st of June, the 1975" within a diary he picked up while on vacation. Matty explained the full story to Independent Philly, saying he was unsure why they used the word 'the'" in the date, nevertheless it stuck with him and felt brilliant for a musical group name.


lovelytheband


As lovelytheband blasts into the mainstream, I'll be impressing all of the new stans with my in-depth knowledge of how they got their name. Mitchy Collins, Jordan Greenwald and Sam Price told a wild story of going to Joshua Tree National Park in California, using some ~illicit~ substances and coming up with the musical group name word by word -- one word for each member. How lovely!


PRETTYMUCH


Zion Kuwonu inspired PRETTYMUCH's name with a bizarre lil' soft-spoken voice he used with companions, routinely putting "pretty much" into their sentences for comedic effect. That quirk made its way to the rest of the PRETTYMUCH boys; they noticed it so funny that it became their name! You could hear Zion rock the voice in the video below.


One Direction


Harry Styles took credit for the band's name last year in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, although admitted that he can't quite declare what the name means: "I thought it sounded good." He mentioned they all pitched names yet whenever he mentioned One Direction, each person admired and it also stuck.


5 Seconds of Summer


There's not much meaning beyond 5 Seconds of Summer's name, which Michael Clifford came up with soon considering that all of the guys tried thinking of musical group names while in science class. He texted the idea to his bandmates and so they fancied it, revealing on 6o Minutes Australia that it was a higher class of name than one of their other ideas, Bromance.