Jungle

Whether it’s on a videogame soundtrack, in a television commercial, or going viral on TikTok, London-based duo Jungle’s music is omnipresent. Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland make modern music for old souls, blending electronic, funk, pop, and beyond into something eclectically fresh yet nostalgic. Jungle’s impact upon its 2013 debut was immediate: Soulful, textured singles “Platoon” and “The Heat” and their choreographed videos—now a catalog staple—earned the group a shortlisting on BBC Radio 1’s prestigious Sound of 2014 poll. Before Jungle even released its self-titled debut album in 2014, it had already hit the U.S. late-night-television circuit with breakthrough hit “Busy Earnin’.” The duo lyrically and creatively pushed itself further on 2018’s For Ever and 2021’s Loving in Stereo, emerging with introspective yet universal songs about love and loss, healing, and liberation, and for the first time inviting featured artists into its world.