Cole Whittle

Bassist and keyboardist for DNCE. Met the lead singer Joe Jonas on accident through a mutual friend. When Joe asked him to be in DNCE, he agreed to do it and said that would be his life as a bassist and keyboardist for a band.

DNCE started in 2015 because Joe’s solo career album in 2011 didn’t get as much as fame as his brother Nick’s albums and singles. It consisted of Joe as lead vocals, JinJoo Lee, Jack Lawless on drums, and himself on bass and keyboard. They had released their first song “Cake By the Ocean” in September 2015. A month later, they had made a four-song EP called “SWAAY” with “Cake By the Ocean” as the lead single. A year later, they had released their self titled debut album consisting of 14 songs with a new single in September 2016 called “Body Moves” as the lead single. In April 2017, they made a single for their first release after their album called “Kissing Strangers” featuring American rapper Nicki Minaj. They had released their second EP and in June 2018 titled People to People. This was also their last project before the band went on hiatus on December 31, 2018, the second before the New Year started. In late February 2019, it was announced that Joe’s other band the Jonas Brothers were reuniting and Joe was reuniting with his brothers, so Joe and Jack went back to the Jonas Brothers.