ʻO ka XX he hui pop indie Pelekane i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2005 ma Wandsworth, Lākana. Ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i kā lākou album mua XX i ʻAukake 2009. Ua hōʻea ka album i ka ʻumi kiʻekiʻe o 2009, e piʻi ana i ka helu 1 ma ka papa inoa The Guardian a me ka helu 2 ma ka NME.
Ma 2010, ua lanakila ka hui i ka makana Mercury Music no kā lākou album mua. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā lākou album ʻelua ʻo Coexist ma Kepakemapa 10, 2012, a me kā lākou album ʻekolu I See You saw the world 5 makahiki ma hope o Ianuali 13, 2017.
2005-2009: Hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo The XX
Ua hui mua nā lālā ʻehā ma ke kula ʻo Elliott ma Lākana. Ma ke ala, kaulana kēia kula no ka hānau ʻana i nā mea pena a me nā mea hoʻokani pila i ka honua, e like me: Burial, Four Tet and Hot Chip.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Oliver Sim lāua ʻo Romy Madeley-Croft i ka hui ma ke ʻano he duo i ko lāua piha ʻana he 15 mau makahiki. Ua hui pū ʻo Guitarist Bariya Qureshi ma 2005 a 1 makahiki ma hope mai ua komo ʻo Jamie Smith i ka hui.
Akā ma hope o ka ha'alele 'ana o Baria i ka makahiki 2009, 'ekolu wale nō lālā o ka hui pop i koe - 'o ia 'o Oliver, Romy a me Jamie.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā hōʻike mua ma muli o ka luhi, akā ua ʻae ʻo Oliver Sim ma hope mai ua hoʻoholo nā kāne o ka hui iā lākou iho:
"Makemake au e hōʻole i kekahi mau lono ... he nui ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka hui. ʻAʻole naʻe. He hoʻoholo wau, ʻo Romy lāua ʻo Jamie. A ua pono ia hana.
Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Madeley-Croft i kēia "māhele" i kahi hemo ʻohana.
2009-2011: XX
Ua hui ʻia ka album mua o ka hui XX me ka hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi a loaʻa iā ia kahi helu "universal acclaim" ma Metacritic.
Ua kiʻekiʻe ka album ma ka helu ʻekahi ma ka papa inoa o nā hui kiʻekiʻe o ka makahiki, e kau ana ma ka helu 9 ma ka papa inoa ʻo Rolling Stone a me ka helu ʻelua ma ka NME.
Ma ka papa inoa 50 NME The Future 2009, ua koho ʻia ka XX i ka 6th, a ma ʻOkakopa 2009 ua kapa ʻia lākou i kekahi o nā hui MTV 10 kiʻekiʻe ʻo Iggyc Buzz (ma ka CMJ Music Marathon 2009).
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā lākou album ma UK label Young Turks ma ʻAukake 17, 2009. ʻOiai ua hana mua ka hui me nā mea hana e like me Diplo a me Kwes, ua hoʻoholo lākou e lawe i kā lākou hana ponoʻī. Wahi a nā mea hana kiʻi iā lākou iho, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka album XX ma kahi hale kaʻa liʻiliʻi i ʻāpana o ka studio Recordings XL.
No ke aha ma laila? No ka mālamaʻana i kahi manaʻo kūikawā a me ka moku'āina. ʻO ka manawa pinepine kēia i ka pō, kahi i kōkua ai i ke kūlana haʻahaʻa o ka album.
I ʻAukake 2009, hoʻolaha ka hui i kā lākou huakaʻi ola. Ua huakaʻi ka XX me nā mea pena e like me Friendly Fires, The Big Pink a me Micachu.
A ʻo kā lākou kūleʻa mua i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia i ka Crystalised hoʻokahi. ʻO ia ka mea i paʻi iā iTunes (UK) ma ke ʻano he "hoʻokahi o ka pule", e hoʻomaka ana mai ʻAukake 18, 2009.
Ua hōʻike nui ʻia nā mele mai ka album ma ke kīwī a ma ka pāpaho e like me: 24/7, Person of Interest, NBC's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games; i loko o nā manawa o Cold Case, Suits, Mercy, Next Top Model, Bedlam, Hung, 90210.
Eia kekahi, ua kiʻi ʻia lākou no kahi pāʻoihana E4 i Malaki 2010 no 90210, Misfits, Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2011 fashion show, Waterloo Road a ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo I Am Number Four.
I Ianuali 2010, ua koho ʻo Matt Groening i ka hui e pāʻani ma ka All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, āna i hana ai ma Minehead, ʻEnelani.
Eia kekahi, ua hoʻokani ka hui i ʻelima mau ʻaha mele kaulana loa o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau: Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza a me Austin City Limits.
I Mei 2010, ua hoʻohana ka BBC i ke mele Intro e uhi i ke koho balota 2010. Ua alakaʻi kēia i ka pāʻani e hoʻokani ana i ke mele ma kahi hanana o Newsnight.
Ua hoʻohālike pū ʻia ke mele ma Rihanna's Drunk on Love mai kāna album Talk That Talk. Ua hoʻohana pū ʻia no ke kiʻi hope loa ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni 2012 Project X, a ua pāʻani pū ʻia ma mua o nā pāʻani UEFA Euro 2012 ma nā kahua pāʻani ma Polani a me Ukraine.
I Kepakemapa 2010, ua lanakila ka album mua o ka hui i ka makana ʻo Barclaycard Mercury, lanakila ʻo British a me Irish Album of the Year.
Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ola ʻana o ka hanana, ua piʻi ka album mai ka helu 16 a i ka helu 3 ma nā papa mele, a ʻoi aku ka pālua o nā kūʻai.
Ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka hoʻolaha kālepa o XL ma hope o kēia lanakila nui. Ma muli o ke kaulana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo XL Recordings ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma luna o 40 CD i nā lā ma hope o ka Mercury Awards.
Ua wehewehe ʻo XL Managing Director Ben Beardsworth, "Me ka lanakila o Mercury ... ua hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻia nā mea a e hele ana ka hui e hōʻea i nā poʻe lehulehu me kā lākou mele."
Ua koho ʻia ka hui no "Best British Album", "Best British Breakthrough" a me "Best British Group" ma ka 2011 BRIT Awards, i mālama ʻia ma 15 Pepeluali 2011 ma O2 Arena ma Lākana. ʻAʻole naʻe lākou i lanakila ma kekahi o nā māhele.
2011-2013: Leʻaleʻa i nā ʻahaʻaina
I Kekemapa 2011, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Smith ua makemake ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu i kahi album lua. "ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea aʻu e hana nei i kēia manawa ʻo The XX a ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻopaʻa. Manaʻolana e hana i ka manawa no ka hapa nui o nā ʻahaʻaina i ka makahiki aʻe no ka mea he mea weliweli ia!"
Hoʻi mai lākou mai ka huakaʻi, hoʻomaha iki a hele mai i nā ʻahaʻaina. Ma kahi ninaninau, ua ʻōlelo lākou: "I ko mākou 17 mau makahiki, ua poina mākou i kēia ʻāpana o ko mākou ola i ka wā e leʻaleʻa ai nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻohuli maoli ʻia ka mele Club i kā mākou album lua."
Ma Iune 1, 2012, ua hoʻolaha ʻia e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album lua a Coexist i ka lā 10 Kepakemapa. Ma Iulai 16, 2012, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i nā ʻānela ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi no Coexist. I ʻAukake 2012, ua hōʻike ʻia ka XX ma ka uhi o #81 o ka makasina The Fader. Ma muli o ka hype, ua puka mai ka album ma mua o ka palena manawa a lākou i kau ai. Ma ka lā 3 o Kepakemapa, me ka hui pū ʻana me Internet Explorer The XX, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi album lua piha.
Ua hoʻomau ka bana i ka hoʻokani ʻana i nā ʻahaʻaina. A ma ka la 9 o Sepatemaba 2012, i mua o ka lehulehu loa, ua hoolaha aku ka bana e alakai ana lakou i ka lakou huakai huakai mua o Amerika Akau, e hoomaka ana ma ka la 5 o Okatoba ma Vancouver (Kanada).
Ma 2013, ua mālama ʻo XX i ʻekolu mau ʻaha mele ma ke ʻano o ka ʻahaʻaina "Night + Day" ma Berlin, Lisbon a me Lākana. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā ʻahaʻaina i nā hana a me nā hoʻonohonoho o nā DJ i hana ʻia e ka hui, me ke Kindness a me Mount Kimbie.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻahaʻaina me ka ʻaha mele pō a ka hui. I kēlā makahiki hoʻi, ua koho ʻia ʻo The XX no ka Brit Awards no ka Best British Band, ʻoiai ua eo iā Mumford & Sons.
I ʻApelila 2013, ua hōʻike ʻo The XX i ke mele Together ma ke mele mele no The Great Gatsby. A ua hoʻohana ʻo Fox Broadcasting i kā lākou track Intro e uhi i ka World Series.
2014-2017: Hana ma I See You
Ma Mei 2014, ua hoʻolaha ka hui e hana ana lākou i kahi album studio ʻekolu. E kōkua ʻia lākou e ka mea hana ʻo Rodaid McDonald ma Marfa Recording Studios ma Texas.
I Mei 2015, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jamie he "manaʻo ʻokoʻa loa" ka moʻolelo ma mua o kā lākou album mua. I ka makahiki 2015, hoʻomau ka hui i kā lākou hana a hoʻolālā e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ma ka hopena o 2016. Akā, i mea e lilo ai nā mea a pau i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe, ua ao aku lākou i ka lehulehu e pono lākou i ka manawa hou.
I Nowemapa 2016, ua hoʻolaha ka XX e hoʻokuʻu ʻia kā lākou album studio ʻekolu, I See You, ma Ianuali 13, 2017. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i ka hoʻokahi On Hold. Ma ka lā 19 o Nowemapa, 2016, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo XX ma ke ʻano he malihini mele ma ka Pōʻaono Night Live. Ua hoʻokani lākou i nā mele On Hold and I Dare You. Ma Ianuali 2, 2017, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ka lua o ka album alakaʻi, ʻo Say Something Loving.
Ua kaulana loa ka hui a hiki i kēia lā. I kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻaʻole ia e hoʻemi i ka helu, akā hoʻonui wale.
