{"id":2108082,"date":"2025-10-22T12:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2108082"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:09:20","slug":"bad-boy-chiller-crew-were-ready-to-give-it-up-after-the-worst-time-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bad-boy-chiller-crew-were-ready-to-give-it-up-after-the-worst-time-of-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Boy Chiller Crew were &#8220;ready to give it up&#8221; after &#8220;the worst time of our lives&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bad-boy-chiller-crew\">Bad Boy Chiller Crew<\/a> have revealed that they considered breaking up amid \u201cthe worst time of our lives\u201d, following their return with new music.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><b>Read More:<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/big-reads\/bad-boy-chiller-crew-cover-interview-2021-reality-tv-show-documentary-3081833\">\u00a0The <em>NME<\/em> Big Read \u2013 Bad Boy Chiller Crew: \u201cWe\u2019re not a proper boyband. There\u2019s nothing normal about us\u201d<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Bradford rap trio, who were\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/brit-awards-2023-nominations-revealed-3379762#:~:text=Representing%20the%20worlds%20of%20pop,Boy%2C%20Kendrick%20Lamar%20and%20Lizzo.\">nominated for Best Group at the BRITs 2023<\/a>, shared their new single \u2018Niki Lauda\u2019 last Friday (October 17) via Irish label Greenback Records.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, the song ushers in \u201ca new beginning\u201d for the band after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bad-boy-chiller-crew-sue-record-label-over-400k-in-unpaid-royalties-3821496\">they sued their former record label, House Anxiety<\/a> \u2013 claiming that they were owed approximately \u00a3400,000 in unpaid royalties.<\/p>\n<p>A judge confirmed in July that a deal between the band and the label had expired (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c20z0e4v3kzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>BBC News<\/em><\/a>). Part of the case against House Anxiety is still ongoing, and the company continues to \u201ctotally\u201d deny the BBCC\u2019s claim that the group is owed money.<\/p>\n<p>During a new interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c20z0e4v3kzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>BBC Newsbeat<\/em><\/a>, Kane Welsh\u00a0recalled the trio feeling like they were \u201cjogging on the spot\u201d when they were unable to release new music amid the legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Bad Boy Chiller Crew even considered splitting up, with Gareth \u201cGK\u201d Kelly explaining: \u201cI was ready to give it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cWe didn\u2019t earn a living. What we had left got thrown into solicitor and court fees. It was the worst time of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bad Boy Chiller Crew - Niki Lauda (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u8uZ4RXaeyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Welsh said they had been waiting to release new material that was ready and sitting on hard drives. \u201cWe were putting all this work and effort in, eight hours a day, making music that we couldn\u2019t even release,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly added: \u201cBut what we\u2019re trying to do is bring the old sound back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kane remembered that Bad Boy Chiller Crew had been in Magaluf when they found out they were able to share new music. \u201cWe\u2019d just missed our flight. We got a FaceTime call, found out the good news and the flight had been forgotten about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The group then acknowledged the rapidly changing trends within the music industry nowadays. \u201cI feel like we took what we had for granted,\u201d Kane said. Kelly explained: \u201cNow, when we perform, you enjoy it a lot more. We\u2019ve got each other and that\u2019s all we\u2019ve ever needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10wcwg8-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<p>As <em>BBC News<\/em> reports, House Anxiety considers itself an \u201cartist-friendly\u201d label and denies any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>The trio documented the legal battle on their summer 2025 single <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8Rv16VJR8TU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Royalties &amp; Loyalties\u2019<\/a>, before releasing another new track called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iO1_KPsNj8U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Party Time\u2019<\/a> last month. Details of their next album are yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<p>BBCC released their mixtape\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-radar\/bad-boy-chiller-crew-full-wack-no-brakes-review-radar-2759644\">\u2018Full Wack No Brakes\u2019<\/a> (2020) through the independent House Anxiety. Its follow-up, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/bad-boy-chiller-crew-disrespectful-bmw-review-radar-3157846\">\u2018Disrespectful\u2019\u00a0<\/a>(2022), and 2023 album\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bad-boy-chiller-crew-share-new-song-memory-and-annuonce-new-album-details-3524238\">\u2018Influential\u2019\u00a0<\/a>both arrived via Relentless Records and Sony Music Entertainment UK under exclusive license from House Anxiety.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bad Boy Chiller Crew on Vengaboys, Leeds Festival &amp; the first song they ever wrote | Firsts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YP1UL7kD8Ik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10wcwg8-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<p>In June 2024, Bad Boy Chiller Crew independently released an EP called \u2018Summer 24\u2019. However, the project was later removed from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/brands\/spotify\">Spotify<\/a> after House Anxiety claimed it was in breach of its contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Disrespectful\u2019 reached Number Two in the UK albums chart in 2022.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/bad-boy-chiller-crew-disrespectful-bmw-review-radar-3157846\"><em>NME<\/em>\u00a0gave the project a four-star review<\/a>, writing: \u201cBad Boy Chiller Crew clearly just want to keep making songs that purposefully and brilliantly celebrate the hedonistic corners of life \u2013 and that desire should be embraced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey locate their power not just in the recording booth, but on stage, the race track and the dancefloor, fully self-aware and seemingly unstoppable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Boy Chiller Crew have revealed that they considered breaking up amid \u201cthe worst time of our lives\u201d, following their return with new music. 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