The Jonas Brothers are officially a thing of the past. The now grown up heartthrobs took a hiatus and returned last summer with a new album, new tour and a whole new look. Their newly revived popularity was short lived though. With loads of rumors circulating, the brother finally broke down and formally announced that the Jonas Brothers are over.
The trio started off as just the youngest brother, Nick, launching his solo career. Soon after, his older brothers Kevin and Joe joined him to form the Jonas Brothers trio. Soon after the release of their first album, It’s About Time. The brothers’ angelic voices and squeaky-clean image appealed to Disney owned record label, Hollywood Records, who signed the brothers. After signing with Hollywood Records, the trio quickly gained fame and were introduced into numerous Disney shows, movies and other Disney artists, like Miley Cyrus. Their fame continued to rise with the release of the Disney channel movies, Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2, with Joe Jonas as the main character with appearances by Kevin and Nick as well. Soon enough, the brothers were gracing the covers of big-name magazines such as People and Rolling Stones.
However, their quick rise to fame was short-lived. In 2009, Nick decided to go solo and create Nick Jonas and the Administration; the eldest brother, Kevin, also went his own way and go married to longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa. The brothers then took a four year hiatus while Nick gained fame in his solo career and Kevin lived in wedded bliss. This was the beginning of the end of the Jonas Brothers.
In 2012 the boys returned from their hiatus for their Jonas Brothers World Tour and their Jonas Brothers Live Tour in 2013. The boys came back with new singles including, First Time and Pom Poms, from the V album. With a new look and new musical style, many believed the brothers had come back to regain their title as “teen heartthrobs” from One Direction but only a few months into their 2013 tour, the rumors of their split began to grow. Die-hard Jonas Brothers fan senior Kelcie Chandler has been to five Jonas Brothers concerts and was planning on continuing to attend their future concerts before their cancellations.
“I am extremely sad about the Jonas Brothers breaking up,” Chandler said. “I have been a fan for a long time.”
The Jonas Brothers officially confirmed their split to People magazine in a recent interview. Lighthearted brother, Kevin seemed optimistic saying that the split was a “unanimous decision” and that it was over “for now”; Nick was more serious and upfront about the situation saying he felt “kind of trapped” in the band.
However, the sudden break up is not expected to be all Nick’s fault, it is said that middle brother and wild child, Joe is struggling with drug addiction. Since the formation of the trio, Joe was dubbed the “wild child.” Taylor Swift’s popular song, “Better Than Revenge”, was a jab at the middle Jonas after he broke up with Swift to be with actress Camilla Belle. He was also the first to take off the ever-famous, Jonas brothers purity ring. The opposite personalities of the brothers is what ultimately caused the cancellation of their 19 date tour.
Although fans are devastated by the break-up, they are still behind the boys’ decisions to split up. “I understand and respect their decision to do projects on their own,” Chandler said.