On The Outside
Artist
As Dr Seuss famously stated, “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple”. Why has there never been a pop/country boy band? The answer is simple and, of course, musical in nature. Timing.
Never before in history have genres blended so seamlessly and pop culture lines been so blurred. What was once the exception is the new normal. Thanks in large part to artists like Taylor Swift and Florida Georgia Line, pop/country is dominating the charts. Taking a cue from the playlist generation, OTO seamlessly combines the best elements of pop with the Nashville song craft of country music. The result is truly unique and undeniably fresh.
On The Outside’s first single, ”How Did You Know”, was co-written by Grammy winner Hillary Lindsey (Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Lady Gaga), Steven Lee Olsen (Keith Urban, Craig Morgan) and Mike Shimshack (Britney Spears, Laura Bell Bundy) and was released on June 28, 2019.
OTO consists of Devin Hayes (20), Dawson Huckabee (17), Sam Jenkins (19), Jon Klaasen (21), and Andrew Bloom (21). Collectively, the 5 members of OTO have amassed in excess of 1.6 million followers on social media and a base of fans known as #Outsiders. Hayes, Klaasen and Bloom met in 2017 while filming the ABC TV show, Boy Band. 2.4 million viewers tuned in weekly to watch them perform for judges Timbaland, Nick Carter and Emma Bunton.
