well i wood have 2 say that jls r adoribul so they just made up jack the lad swing so if u r the ultimul jls fan u wood no this answer im a really huge fan so i wood say that is thir choice of their name so dont blame them and i luv jls and if aston merrygold cs this ur my insperasion i luv u lots i luv u more then everything in the world i luv u lots xxxxxxxxxx aston i luv u and i luv the hole of jls its just i luv aston the most out of u all no affence jb,marvin and oriste soz but i luv aston more than any of u but i still really like ya music and all that so soz any way jls should make up there own name its their choce also xxxx
In the book it says:
Jack the Lad is like a name for cheeky boys.
And new swing is the kinda music they were into.
So Marvin's ex-girlfriend came up with Jack The Lad Swing (JLS).
They were originally called:
UFO(Unique Famous Outrageous)
but Simon Cowell told them to change it in Bootcamp.
Glad to be of help! (:
Jack the lad is a really old saying meaning like a man who is a bit cheeky, has loads of girls that like him. Cool and like hangs around with his friends and has like a joke. And swing just makes it a bit more music like.
It explains it in their first book
new jack swing was a genre of music in the nighties and cuz thy'r 4 jack the lads (cheeky chaps), thy jus put th 2 together for jack th lad swing =)
