With a lot of promise, experience in the entertainment (already), and help from A-List duo The Dream and Tricky Stewart, four girls (Kyndra "Binkie" Reevey, Lesley Lewis, Naomi Allen and Sarah Rosete) form a sizzling R&B girl group, going by the name of Electrik Red.
Electrik Red is comprised of two sets of childhood friends, Reevey and Lewis from New York City and Allen and Rosete from Toronto. While working as back-up dancers for Usher in his 2004 Confession Tour, Reevey and Lewis asked Rosete if she wanted to be a part of their girl group. Rosete agreed to join, but requested that they meet with her best friend, Allen, who they "fell in love with". The group moved to Los Angeles where they began working with different producers, including Shannon "Slam" Lawrence and Rodney Jerkins. Electrik Red was formed finally in 2005.
The group signed a record deal with Def Jam Records in 2008 by record executive L.A. Reid. After a meet and greet with The-Dream, the girls were co-signed to his Def Jam based label with Trciky Stewart, Radio Killa Records.
Their debut album, How to Be a Lady: Volume 1, has already spawned three singles and was released today, May 26, 2009. The group explained they named the album as a "play on the stereotype of what a lady is supposed to be, how she is supposed to act and what she is supposed to say. We're bringing a new age woman to the world." The group wanted to show that it was "okay to be different".
Personally, I think these girls are promosing. They can sing and their dancing is definitely on point. Not only those two things, they have a great production team right behind them. The-Dream has written and produced some of today's biggest hits. Let's give these girls some love while their being the ladies that they are.
