Sway House

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Sway House
FormationJanuary 4, 2020 (2020-01-04)
FoundersMichael Gruen
Josh Richards
Bryce Hall
DissolvedFebruary 2021 (2021-02)
PurposeEntertainment
Location
Origins TikTok
Parent organization
TalentX Entertainment

The Sway House, also known as Sway LA or simply Sway, was a TikTok content house, consisting of internet personalities who resided together to produce content. [1]

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Formed in January 2020, it was noted for its rivalry with The Hype House, another content house. [2] [3] The group officially disbanded in February 2021. [4]

History

Sway was created on January 4, 2020 by Michael Gruen via his company TalentX Entertainment, [5] with founding members of the group Josh Richards and Bryce Hall. [2] The group originally resided and produced their content in a rented 7,800-square-foot mansion in Bel Air, Los Angeles. [1]

Cosmopolitan described the house as "eye-roll-inducing", [1] while Business Insider noted it as resembling a fraternity group engaging in controversies and feuds, and having supporters akin to those of boy bands from the 1990s. [6]

Often referred to as "the One Direction of TikTok", [7] [8] the group consisted of nine members – Richards, Hall, Jaden Hossler, Griffin Johnson, Kio Cyr, Anthony Reeves, Quinton Griggs, Blake Gray and Noah Beck. [9]

In May 2020, Hall and Hossler, were arrested on drug-related charges. [1] This incident created instability in the group as it disrupted a business deal for its members. [4] Later, Richards and Hall released a single titled "Still Softish" as a diss track in response to a public feud they had with Hype House member Chase Hudson. [1] [4] [10]

Later in the year, Richards announced he was taking a hiatus from the group due to difficulties adapting to the lifestyle in Los Angeles. [1] Shortly after, Hossler left the group to focus on his music career under the stage name "JXDN". [2] [11] Following the exit of Hossler and Richards, the group split into smaller groups, with Griggs and Johnson forming Sway Gaming, [12] and Hall, Gray and Beck remaining as the core Sway group. [4] The three members later moved into a 8,500-square-foot rented mansion for their content production. [13] In August 2020, the city council of Los Angeles disabled the electricity for their house, citing "irresponsible highly-infectious disease spreading", as Hall had hosted a party there a few days prior during the COVID-19 pandemic. [14]

In February 2021, Gruen confirmed to People that Sway House was officially dissolved, [15] [16] [1] stating: "if you view Sway as a content collective that lives together and is with each other every day, then yes, it’s over." [17] Despite disbanding in February 2021, Johnson revealed the group had separated as early as December 2020. [18] Several members of the group continued to work with each other for other projects of Sway, such as Sway Fitness, a workout supplement brand, [19] The Sway Life, a reality television show that premiered on March 29, 2021 on Facebook, [20] and Sway Stories, a game developed by Playco. [21]

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