VBirds

VBirds
OriginUnited Kingdom
Genres
Years active2002 (2002)–2003
LabelsCartoon Network Music
EMI
Liberty Records
Mattel
Past membersWow
Boom
D:Lin
Bling

VBirds were a British virtual girl group, created in 2002 by a team of designers, producers and musicians. An animated television series of the same name, consisting of six one-minute episodes, aired on Cartoon Network between long-form programming. The band's only single, "Virtuality", was released on Liberty Records and reached No. 21 in the UK Singles Chart in early 2003.[1] A spin-off series of dance tutorials, VBirds: Perfect,[2] aired in 2003. Despite its success as a promotional tool to keep young viewers watching during ad breaks,[citation needed] no further singles were released.

The band's backstory revolved around them being exiled from their home planet of Planet V by its ruler, King He:Lin, for refusing to participate in the dance farms on their planet. They were shrunk down in size and put into a dance machine which was launched from the planet down to Earth, so the humans could play with them as long as they wanted. The story concluded with He:Lin's echoing words "Enjoy yourselves while you can, VBirds. For you will never escape your dance machine prison!"

The VBirds were interviewed on SMTV Live. In the interview, Bling and Wow compare their music to that of fellow girl groups Destiny's Child, Mis-Teeq and the Sugababes.[3]

  1. ^ "V-BIRDS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Richard Kilgarriff on Twitter: "@PencilPerson Yes i did. I produced it."". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ "SMTV Live {VBirds Interview Episode} Excerpt". YouTube. 3 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2020.