Could Just Your Type Be the Next Big Boy Band?
Categoria: Musica
Hitmaker Freddy Wexler is behind the new group, which he says will only work "if it’s real.”
Por Billboard | 07/10/2026
The newly formed boy band Just Your Type is preparing for a major year ahead, bringing its members — Recker Eans, 16; Toby Green, 16; Caden Adamonis, 17; Bryan Chan, 18; Tyler George, 16 — to arenas and even malls (yes, really) on tour to help spread the word about the act signed to Wexler Records/Republic Records. As JYT refines its show, veteran songwriter-producer Freddy Wexler (Billy Joel, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande) plans to build the fivesome into “one of the greatest live acts in the world.” Related Republic & Freddy Wexler Sign New Boy Band JYT, Subject of Upcoming Docuseries Sam Smith Made a 'Nightmare' Mistake With New Album Title 'Hazel Eyes' After Beyonce Controversy, Charley Crockett and Gavin Adcock Are All Good Foundation The five members of JYT weren’t sure that the boy band route was right for them — until they heard what Wexler was building. Wexler auditioned more than 1,300 young performers in search of the next great group, with hundreds scouted on social media, which is how he found members Caden and Recker. From there, Caden brought in Tyler, who then tagged in Toby, while Recker welcomed Bryan. By July 2025, the quintet — which cites boy bands like Backstreet Boys, One Direction and BTS but also artists ranging from Prince to blink-182 as influences — relocated to Los Angeles from their homes in England and elsewhere in the United States for an intensive year of training. After spending 10 months together, where they turned their individual musical strengths into a cohesive live act, the members began to feel like a family. That feeling clicked into place during JYT’s first performance together at the SIX Compound yearly dance showcase in Los Angeles this April. “We were in training for so long that we didn’t get to really share what we’ve been working on,” Caden recalls. “As soon as we did, I was like, ‘This is it. This is the moment. We’re not messing around.’ ” Just Your Type performed this summer at Trail’s End Camp in Pennsylvania and Timber Lake Camp in New York. Courtesy of Trails End Camp Discovery JYT is taking a decidedly old-school approach to building its fandom. This summer, the band embarked on a tour of summer camps across New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, performing for more than 15,000 campers along the way — the tour wasn’t a walk in the park, though: The teenagers in the audience were without their phones for the summer, leaving JYT tasked with entertaining and winning over the notoriously skeptical demographic. “I’d watch kids [in the audience] with their arms crossed, and then by the end, [they’d] be up on their feet,” Wexler says. To wit, Recker’s favorite moment of the tour was when one camper who’d given the band a thumbs-down at the beginning of its performance later approached the members to say how “awesome” they were. Without social media to fuel buzz, word about JYT instead spread through letters sent back home and to friends at other cam