Quick Style or The Quick Style and also known as the Quick Crew, is a Norwegian hip-hop/urban dance group founded by two Norwegian-Pakistani twins, Suleman and Bilal Malik, and their Norwegian-Thai childhood friend Nasir Sirikhan. The group is notable for having won Norske Talenter, the Norwegian edition of the Got Talent franchise, in 2009. They have also participated in NBC's World of Dance and other dance competitions.[2]
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| Also known as | Quick Crew | |||||||||
| Origin | Oslo, Norway | |||||||||
| Genres | Hip hop dance | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
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| Origin | Oslo, Norway | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 3.11 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 774.61 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 17 August 2023 | ||||||||||
History
editQuick Style was formed in 2006 by the twins Suleman Malik and Bilal Malik, and their childhood friend Nasir Sirikhan.[3] The Malik brothers are of Pakistani descent, while Sirikhan is of Thai heritage with partial Pakistani ancestry.[4][5] They had an interest in music and dance since childhood and started to take dance classes at X-Ray, a local youth club in Oslo.[6]
In early 2007, the twins' elder brother Ibrar Malik joined the team as their manager. They started to participate in and win local and national dance battles and competitions.
In 2008, they began to represent Norway in international dance competitions organized by the International Dance Organization / IDO. The same year the three of them participated in the IDO Hip Hop World Championship in Bremen, Germany. The group competed in the adult male solo category and secured a spot in the finals. They also competed as a duo and achieved the first position becoming World Champions for the first time.
In 2009, the whole crew competed again at the IDO European and World Championship event as a solo, and the group as a duo and achieved spots in the finals with the group taking second and third position respectively, and Suleman taking second position as a male solo.
In the same year, they also won "Norway's Got Talent" or Norske Talenter on TV2, winning a prize of 500,000 NOK, which also resulted in Sony Music signing them as their first artists which were not musicians. After this win, they toured the whole country and performed at some of the biggest events around Norway such as "VG Lista Top 20". They also started to get a lot of views and subscribers on their YouTube channel where they often posted their dance routines, which led to invitations from international events to perform, judge, or teach.
In 2010, they attended the IDO Hip Hop World Championship one last time, where the twins once again became World Champions in the Adult Duo category, and all three members achieved spots in the finals as Adult Solo, and Suleman once again took a second position. They have since then worked with major international brands like Samsung, Redbull, Puma, Monster, and Nike, and performed at big World stages and TV shows in countries like USA, Japan, China, Dubai, and Korea.
In 2017, they participated in the American dance show, NBC's World of Dance[2][7] and BBIC Korea.
In 2020, they competed on the second season of America's Got Talent: The Champions but were eliminated in the preliminary rounds.
In July 2022, a video of the group performing at Suleman's wedding went viral on social media. The full version of the video posted in their YouTube channel on 19 June 2022 has garnered over 100 million views as of February 2023.[8]
Quick Style is currently involved in artist management, shows, teaching classes, and workshops. They have two working dance studios and judge international dance events and competitions.
Notable Projects
editStrawhatz
editA concept which started out as a fun project was what really drew international audiences to Quick Style. Strawhatz allows for the blending of different cultures into urban dance to create a unique style with both fusion visuals and sound.[9][10]
- Strawhatz X Yinglee:
- Strawhatz: Koto
- Strawhatz ft.: Kimono
- Strawhatz X Jinjo Crew: Heroes
- Strawhatz X Samsung Galaxy S5 Norway Official Release
- Strawhatz X Toyota, Japan
BTS and Big-Hit Entertainment
editQuick Style has worked thrice so far on choreography for BTS' songs in collaboration with Keone Madrid, BTS' choreographer Son Sung Deuk[11] and Team Quick Style MG.[12]
- Save Me
- Blood Sweat & Tears
- Boy With Luv
West Meets East
editA 5-part documentary-based travel series presented by Quick Style filmed by director/filmmaker Christian Bastiansen. It takes the viewer on a journey through 5 different cities in China through the eyes of Bilal, Suleman and Nasir (Quick Style). It covers dance, travel, cultural experiences and interactions, and also gives an insight into the personalities of all three members. In these episodes, they also dance free-style to music by the Shanghai Restoration Project [1].
Television appearances
editQuick Style has appeared on various TV shows as contestants, judges and guest performers.
- Shall We Dance – TV5 Philippines
- “Star Game”
- Norway's Got Talent/Norske Talenter
- (2009 – winner)
- (2015 – guest performance)
- (2017 – guest performance)
- (2015 – guest performance)
- (2009 – winner)
- “My Dance Crew”
- Chinese New Year Special - Hunan TV China
- "Battle Ground" (2016) in Malaysia
- World of Dance on NBC judged by Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo and Derek Hough and hosted by Jenna Dewan.[13]
- "Senkveld TV2"
- Indias best dancer season 3 2023 as a guest performance
- Dance Plus pro 2024 as a guest performance
Aside from these, they have appeared in a number of shows in France, Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b "About TheQuickStyle". YouTube.
- ^ a b Davidson, Denton (21 June 2017). "'World of Dance' episode 4 recap: How did the show's first duels play out?". GoldDerby.
- ^ Yuan, Jada (10 July 2018). "The 52 Places Traveler: Keep Oslo Weird". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
Soon enough, though, the hero dancers had come over to say hi.
- ^ Rehman, Sonya. "Quick Style Dances Its Way To Karachi!". Forbes. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
Founded by Pakistani-Norwegian twin brothers, Suleman Malik and Bilal Malik, along with their childhood best friend, Nasir Sirikhan in 2006...
- ^ "Coke Studio - Quick Style - Pakistan". Coke Studio Pakistan. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023 – via YouTube.
My name is Nasir Sirikhan and I'm born and raised in Oslo, Norway but my family are Thai and partly Pakistani.
- ^ Halkidis, Anna. "Three Norwegian Performers Stun With Their Original Dance Routine". LittleThings. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Norske Talenter-dommeren hylles av Jennifer Lopez". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 12 June 2017.
- ^ "FAMOUS WEDDING SHOW (FULL) 2022 - Quick Style". TheQuickStyle. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Dance Show: 'Strawhatz' by Quick Crew". VnExpress.
- ^ "You won't be prepared for what these three dancers in straw hats are about to do". Rare. 7 June 2016.
- ^ "BTS Says Choreography For "DNA" Is Their Most Difficult Yet". Soompi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "BTS's Choreographers, The Quick Style Crew, Are So Handsome They Could Be Members". Koreaboo. 19 May 2018.
- ^ ""World of Dance"'s Duel Round Proves No One is Safe". Dance.com. 21 June 2017.