User:Ian Streeter/Jessie and the Toy Boys

Jessie and the Toy Boys is a project created by front member Jessie Malakouti. Members of the group include Malakouti and her "disco dolls". Malakouti stated that she was in a band (Shut Up Stella) that left her feeling like she needed to break out of her comfort zone and gather new perspective and experience, so she went to the United Kingdom and went alone.

Background
Malakouti rose to fame as Jessie and the Toy Boys with her single "Push It". Malakouti decided that she wanted to be in a band, but just because she was a "control freak", she didn't want to have a band that would argue about the opinions in music, fashion etc. She wanted full control, but she also wanted to feel like she was in a band. Malakouti wanted a band where there was mannequins, which she called "toy boys".