VBirds

VBirds were a British <a href="/facts/Virtual_band/6mAjInPL">virtual</a> <a href="/facts/Girl_group/vtW3HEoH">girl group</a>, created in 2002 by a team of designers, producers and musicians. An animated television series of the same name, consisting of six one-minute episodes, aired on <a href="/facts/Cartoon_Network_(UK_%26_Ireland)/wdFcuA0j">Cartoon Network</a> between long-form programming. The band's only single, "Virtuality", was released on <a href="/facts/Liberty_Records/df3oBB1E">Liberty Records</a> and reached No. 21 in the <a href="/facts/UK_Singles_Chart/s2yyGUlD">UK Singles Chart</a> in early 2003. A spin-off series of dance tutorials, VBirds: Perfect, aired in 2003. Despite its success as a promotional tool to keep young viewers watching during ad breaks, no further singles were released.
The band's backstory revolved around them being exiled from their home planet of Planet V by its ruler, King He:Lin, for refusing to participate in the dance farms on their planet. They were shrunk down in size and put into a dance machine which was launched from the planet down to Earth, so the humans could play with them as long as they wanted. The story concluded with He:Lin's echoing words "Enjoy yourselves while you can, VBirds. For you will never escape your dance machine prison!"
The VBirds were interviewed on <a href="/facts/SMTV_Live/ou1EfKaK">SMTV Live</a>. In the interview, Bling and Wow compare their music to that of fellow girl groups <a href="/facts/Destiny%27s_Child/DL7PMfx4">Destiny's Child</a>, <a href="/facts/Mis-Teeq/SEWkn69k">Mis-Teeq</a> and the <a href="/facts/Sugababes/BWJTB4Ab">Sugababes</a>.

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