Bradley Simpson

The lead singer of hooky U.K. pop group the Vamps, Bradley Simpson adopts a more discontented tone and dingier indie sound as a soloist. The boy band went platinum with Meet the Vamps in 2014 and then went all the way to number one in the U.K. with 2017’s Night & Day: Night Edition and 2020’s eclectic Cherry Blossom, which took on a more assured tenor as the onetime teen stars reached their mid-twenties. While the Vamps released a series of stripped-down “ReVamped” versions of songs from their ten-year-old debut throughout 2024, Simpson took this maturity further on his first solo single, the brooding alt-rocker "Cry at the Moon." His full-length debut, The Panic Years, followed in February 2025.