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{{Short description|French synth-pop band}}
{{About|the French synthpop band|the American doo-wop group|The Teenagers}}
 
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Teenagers
| image = The Teenagers.jpg
| image_size = 250
| landscape = yes
| caption = The Teenagers performing in [[Mandurah]]|Mandurah, Western Australia]] in December 2008
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Paris]], France]]
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Synth-pop]]<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news| url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2223080,00.html | publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited| title=First Sight: The Teenagers| date=2007-12-07 | accessdate=2008-03-12 | location=London | first=Caroline | last=Sullivan}}</ref>
* [[indie pop]]<ref name="Independent">{{Cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-teenagers--dedicated-followers-of-frivolity-795352.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-teenagers--dedicated-followers-of-frivolity-795352.html |archive-date=2022-06-20 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | publisher=Independent.co.uk| title=The Teenagers - Dedicated followers of frivolity| date=2008-03-14 | accessdate=2008-04-06 | location=London}}</ref>
* [[Electro (music)|electro]]
* [[New wave music|new wave]]
* [[indie rock]]
* [[post-punk revival]]
* [[alternative pop]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[Electronic music|electronic]]
* [[Rock music|rock]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
* [[electropop]]
}}
| years_active = 2005–present2005–2020
| label = {{flatlist|Merok Records<br>[[XL Recordings]]<br>Summer Lovers Unlimited
| current_members = * Michael Szpiner▼
* Merok
* [[XL Recordings|XL]]
* Summer Lovers Unlimited
}}
| website =
▲| current_members =
* Michael Szpiner
* Dorian Dumont
* Quentin Delafon
| past_members =
}}
'''The Teenagers''' arewere a French [[synth-pop]] bandmusical trio formed in late 2005, originally as a joke.<ref name="Gigwise">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=41281 |publisher=Gigwise.com |title=The Teenagers - Reality Check review |date=2008-03-05 |accessdate=2008-03-11 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305215230/http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=41281 |archivedate=2008-03-05 |df= }}</ref> They achieved some degree of notoriety with the song "Homecoming", both for its catchy sound and for its explicit content.<ref name="Drowned in Sound">{{Cite web| url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2951325 | publisher=DrownedinSound.com| title=Triple X Teens: down and dirty with The Teenagers| accessdate=2008-03-11| archive-date=2008-03-04| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304105458/http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2951325| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Gigwise Korova">{{Cite web| url=http://www.gigwise.com/contents?contentid=31574 | publisher=Gigwise.com| title=Wednesday 09/05/07 The Teenagers @ Korova, Liverpool| date=2007-05-11 | accessdate=2008-03-11}} {{Dead link| archive-date=October2022-03-10| 2010archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310060953/https://www.gigwise.com/contents?contentid=31574|bot url-status=H3llBotdead}}</ref> Their debut album ''[[Reality Check (The Teenagers album)|Reality Check]]'' was released in the UK on 17 March 2008<ref name="NME album release">{{Cite web| url=httphttps://www.nme.com/news/the-teenagers/33352 | publisher=IPC Media| title=The Teenagers announce debut album details| date=2007-12-21 | accessdate=2008-03-11}}</ref> and 18 March 2008 in the rest of Europe and the United States. On October 12 2020, the band announced<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Teenagers - Facebook Post|url=https://www.facebook.com/theteenagers/posts/197011145316250|access-date=2021-06-23|website=Facebook|language=en}}</ref> that they were no longer active and had not been for some time, and posted a link to a farewell song titled "Do You Remember".<ref>{{Citation|title=Do You Remember|url=https://soundcloud.com/user-870049295/do-you-remember|language=en|access-date=2021-06-23}}</ref>▼
 
▲'''The Teenagers''' are a French [[synth-pop]] band formed in late 2005, originally as a joke.<ref name="Gigwise">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=41281 |publisher=Gigwise.com |title=The Teenagers - Reality Check review |date=2008-03-05 |accessdate=2008-03-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305215230/http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=41281 |archivedate=2008-03-05 |df= }}</ref> They achieved some degree of notoriety with the song "Homecoming", both for its catchy sound and for its explicit content.<ref name="Drowned in Sound">{{Cite web| url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2951325 | publisher=DrownedinSound.com| title=Triple X Teens: down and dirty with The Teenagers| accessdate=2008-03-11}}</ref><ref name="Gigwise Korova">{{Cite web| url=http://www.gigwise.com/contents?contentid=31574 | publisher=Gigwise.com| title=Wednesday 09/05/07 The Teenagers @ Korova, Liverpool| date=2007-05-11 | accessdate=2008-03-11}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Their debut album ''[[Reality Check (The Teenagers album)|Reality Check]]'' was released in the UK on 17 March 2008<ref name="NME album release">{{Cite web| url=http://www.nme.com/news/the-teenagers/33352 | publisher=IPC Media| title=The Teenagers announce debut album details| date=2007-12-21 | accessdate=2008-03-11}}</ref> and 18 March 2008 in the rest of Europe and the United States.
 
==Critical reception==
The ''[[NME]]'' praised the bands "self-aware, smart sentiments, played out against a backdrop of lush, danceable, huggable pop."<ref name="NME Love No review">{{Cite web| url=httphttps://www.nme.com/reviews/the-teenagers/9513 | publisher=IPC Media| title=The Teenagers - Love No review| date=2008-02-26 | accessdate=2008-03-11}}</ref>
They have been said to "sound like Kraftwerk doing the soundtrack to a porno film"<ref name="Teenaeger">{{Cite web| url=http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/artist/live-music-1414/the-teenagers-14066/| publisher=Spoonfed| title=The Teenagers - Love No review| date=2008-09-02| accessdate=2008-09-02| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901162844/http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/artist/live-music-1414/the-teenagers-14066/| archive-date=2008-09-01| deadurl-url=yes| dfstatus=dead}}</ref>
Their music is a mix of an [[electropop]] sound, comical lyrics and potent melodies. Their quirky fashion sense is inspired by the eccentric [[East London]] style, and copied by their cult fanbase.<ref name="Teenagers, artists of the day">{{Cite web| url=http://blog.spoonfedflavour.com/ | publisher=Spoonfed.co.uk| title=The Teenagers, artists of the day | date=2008-09-02 | accessdate=2008-09-02}}</ref> The track "Homecoming" was elected 4th best song of 2007 by NME.
During 2008 The Teenagers toured the globe (25 countries, 100 cities) to promote their debut album "Reality Check" and they are now {{when?|date=October 2018}} writing new material. They played at the ''Reading Festival'' (UK), at ''Glastonbury'' (UK) and ''Summersonic'' (Japan) and have been invited as a support band by Vampire Weekend in the US and Europe.
 
==Discography==
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*"Made Of" (2010)
*"Secret Crush" (2012)
*"Do You Remember" (2020)
 
===Remixes===
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*[[Kate Nash]] – "Kiss That Grrrl" (2010)
*[[Alizée]] – "Les Collines (Never leave you)" (2011)
*[[Solomun (DJ)|Solomun]] – "Forever" (2012)
 
==References==
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