5 fictional bands we're obsessed with

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Apr 17

Some bands are born from fiction but live rent-free in our playlists. They soundtrack iconic scenes and make us wish we could step into the movie just to see them live. These next five acts might be fictional, but our love for them is 100% real!

Lemonade Mouth from Lemonade Mouth (2011): A band born from detention, a broken lemonade machine, and five teenagers. Lemonade Mouth was one of the biggest Disney Channel bands, and we mean that in the best way. With empowering lyrics and hits like “Determinate” and “She’s So Gone”, they weren’t just a band: they were a movement. And here we are, 14 years later, still waiting for that reunion.

August Moon from The Idea of You (2024): They’re shiny, dreamy, and perfectly choreographed: August Moon is the ultimate boyband fantasy. They’ve got British charm, harmonised vocals, and the kind of fanbase that would camp outside arenas. They’ve also got Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine) and with that I said everything. One Direction walked so August Moon could, well, break our hearts

Willamette Stone from If I Stay (2014): Moody. Indie. Brooding. Willamette Stone is the kind of band you’d discover on Tumblr in 2014 and never recover from. Fronted by Adam Wilde (Jamie Blackley), their songs are an emotional rollercoaster like “Heart Like Yours” that hit hard and stays with you for the rest of your life. Painfully beautiful, and beautifully painful.

Pink Slip from Freaky Friday (2003): One word: iconic. Lindsay Lohan leading a punk band? Yes, please. Pink Slip gave us everything: angsty lyrics, fierce girl energy, and Take Me Away, which deserves a Grammy in our humble opinion. If you weren’t lip-syncing in front of a mirror to that finale, were you even a 2000s kid? Garage band dreams, eyeliner, and teenage rage = magic.

Christopher Wilde from Starstruck (2010): He’s not technically a band, we know, but there’s no way we’re leaving Christopher Wilde off this list. The fictional pop idol had everything a real pop star needs: catchy songs, glossy hair, and the classic “fame vs. love” storyline. Hero was the moment (and still is). If you never dreamed of being Jessica Olson, you’re lying.