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Azealia on Conan
To further promotion of the just released album, The Dying Stars, as well as the lead single Metamorph, Azealia appeared on Conan O'Brien's tv show where she talked about everything from how the album came to be to the meaning behind each of the music videos she released as part of the The Dying Stars visual release. Azealia's appearance on Conan drew great attention from critics who complimented Azealia's honesty throughout the interview and her complete candid attitude. Azealia's vocals through the performance were also heavily complimented as a huge strength of hers and that she should use them to her best ability at all times when able to. Azealia spoke about her excitement to appear on Conan's talk show by saying the following about her appearance on the late night TBS tv show "I am more than excited to be performing and being interviewed on Conan's show. Conan O'Brien is a legend within the late night talk show region and for me to have the ability and blessing to perform on his show is more than an honor. It's such a privilege to be able to go on the show. It's something most people in their life won't be able to experience, going on Conan's show to be interviewed and perform. I will be sure to put in all my effort and make this performance no different than all other performances I've given in the past. No one will be able to stop me during this performance as I have been preparing for weeks" Azealia's performance on Conan's show consisted of a mash up of Metamorph, Fly, and Space Oddity, all of which are released songs on the album, regular single or promotional single. During Azealia's interview, they discussed things such as "Why did she ride a camel on tv?" and "What was it like to make a directorial debut?" All questions and more were discussed in the interview.
During the performance portion of the night, Azealia had been preparing for this moment for weeks, taking time to rehearse for the night every day of the week making sure this performance would be more than perfect for the television audience that watched from home. When asked about her preparation for this show and different shows Azealia said the following "Well this performance is different due to the fact that I will be performing all three songs with no break. A huge ten minute performance and it is a one time thing only like I can't just say 'Oh well there's next time' that's not the case here. Everyone sees your performances and you have to always be on point and never mess up. That's the difference. It's that way with all live performances and that's why you must always be totally and more than prepared every time you are about to take the stage to perform." During Azealia's performance on Conan's program she wore a Valentino lace robe, all rose pink. Beneath the robe Azealia adorned a black silk leotard and tall black boots as well to finish off the complete look, all designed by Valentino. Azealia's hair had been done and formed by professional hairdressers who gave her a 40s pinup look with bright red lipstick which she had on during the performance. Azealia's dancers were seen with matching leotards, four girl dancers in total. They all had their hair in loose curls which bounced with every step they took. Azealia's dancers all had large ostrich feather fans which were very large and extravagant. Azealia started out the performance as violins and harps played. She looked into a mirror she had in hand and fixed her hair as the dancers walked across the stage with the ostrich feather fans. Azealia began to throw down the mirror, then picking it up to reveal it was a microphone. She began to then sing Metamorph in a jazzy tune to fit in with all the violins and beautiful instrumentals happening. After the performance of Metamorph, Azealia began to perform Fly, she ripped off her pink robe and let her hair fly as she shook it out. Wires then lifted her up as she flew threw the audience and began to sing Fly without skipping a beat. The last song Azealia performed was Space Oddity. During the Space Oddity she had landed in the back of the audience. She grabbed a glass bowl from someone and put it on her head, resembling a space man's headgear. She performed Space Oddity with the head gear on her head as the audience oo'd and aah'd at Azealia's ability to never skip a beat as she sat in the aisles of the audience performing Space Oddity with a large space helmet on her head. The crowd was in shock and was in love with the performance, giving a huge round of applause people from Africa could hear. Along with that, she got a standing ovation. Azealia smiled and was in overall joy at the positive reaction from the fans. After multiple commercials advertising The Dying Stars, Azealia was back on Conan and ready to be interviewed.
Azealia's interview on Conan was heavily drawn attention to and got Azealia's name trending on Twitter multiple times, all talking about and letting it be known of what Azealia had been saying. The interview has now been uploaded numerous times on Vine, YouTube, and Instagram where people have made jokes about things Azealia said throughout the piece. During the interview, Azealia was called out by Conan and she was clapped and cheered on by the audience members before she went to take a seat in the hot seat where Conan began firing questions towards Azealia's way. Azealia was first asked about what she did to come up with the album and be in that specific state of mind in which she had for the album's formation and release. When asked about all of this, Azealia responded with a slight skip in her step saying the following "Well creating the album was something else. It's not something anyone could do. It's not your average album anyone could pop out a week before release. The Dying Stars is a work that takes effort, which some never seem to put in. The Dying Stars was a work of art. I'm not trying to be cute or funny. I believe it is a work of art that deserves appreciation. While making The Dying Stars, I went to go live in Senegal, which is the most western area of Africa. Such a beautiful culture and land. Their entire culture is so heavily underrated. Well, anyways. So I went to Senegal where I studied their culture and got in touch with the tribes and got them to help me. They all helped me find my inner soul and spirit. They truly built up who I am today. Their knowledge and strength helped me come to the realization that I must find who I am besides "Azealia Banks" I need to get in touch with the world around me. I need to get in touch with the stars. So I studied thoroughly the beauty of the stars and all the constellations out in the night sky. It was an intense study and I believe it's all coming to fruition as I believe the album is so perfect the way it is and I wouldn't change it. I can only thank the beautiful tribes of people in Senegal for all that has happened to me as of late. Thank you, everyone. Thank you." The crowd applauded Azealia at this response and all nodded their head. People in Senegal have all become great fans of Azealia, acknowledging her by having her top their local charts for the past few weeks, having Azealia break multiple records within the beautiful African country.
After the discussion of how the album, The Dying Stars, came to be, Azealia went on to discuss even more about the album and its beauty of how it came to be. When Conan asked about the visual portion of the album and how it felt to direct something so serious and huge, Azealia responded to Conan's questioning of the visual portion of the album by saying the following "Creating and directing the visual part of the album was crazy. See I directed Metamorph as well but creating all those videos. Wow. Truly hard work and something I am very proud of. Each video I released has such a special and beautiful meaning that I want the world to see and I would love to share an in depth discussion as to how each came to be some time in the future. I feel that after the Space Oddity video and the Fly videos are released, I will be able to discuss this in more full. I am very proud of the beauty I have created though. I am more than happy at the fans' response to how it has all come together. Thank you guys." After Azealia's interview on Conan, she went on to hug Conan and they both stood together in front of the roaring audience and revealed that everyone in the audience would go home with a signed copy of The Dying Stars signed. The crowd went crazy as Conan signed off and Azealia waved goodbye. Be sure to buy The Dying Stars today and be sure to look out for what Azealia is going to do next.
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Christina releases special edition album of Truth Pill
Yesterday morning, the special edition of Christina Aguilera's 8th studio album - Truth Pill - was officially released after being headed by the revered record label Catalyst Fall Records that the voice of our generation has been signed onto for three years. This doesn't come as a surprise because the impending release of this special edition had already been announcing the week before which was also quite coincidentally the album release for Truth Pill. With this special edition, Christina aims to target those who haven't purchased the album yet to go out and buy this one for a "good deal" while also luring those diehard fans out there who believe anything that Christina touches turns to gold. This is a clever marketing ploy which isn't regularly utilised in today's worsening industry although Aguilera's expected to "make waves" with this release as she tears up the charts while doing it. Christina expressed her excitement at the possibility of Truth Pill being successful just hours before: "So finally glad to share this body of work with you guys. My little dreamers out there! Everything has just come full circle and it truly makes me feel so very fulfilled. I thank you. #WeAreUnbreakable". The tweet garnered a lot of outside support and drove the sales for her album even moreso. Truth Pill is right up there with Christina other highly-successful records and could experience a lot of the same prevail in various award shows throughout the year, such as the Grammys and the VMAs. Even after just a week's release, Truth Pill is already blowing up on many social media platforms as the slogan - #makeawake - is a frequent trending topic on Twitter. The special edition of the 2015 release is set to be in motion as copies are being shifted across the world. There's currently a high demand in store for Truth Pill and we predict that it'll only keep getting better from here on out. Be expectant of Christina's faced being plastered everywhere in the coming weeks! We can't wait to find out what else Christina probably has up her sleeve. This era is going to be a good one.
In the actual special edition album itself are three bonus tracks alongside what has already been pre-packaged in the standard and deluxe issues of Truth Pill. These three extra tracks are: Waves (feat. Kendrick Lamar), The Naked Truth (Live) and What If. Only one track is an original song - What If - although they're all pretty much exclusive bonus content that any true fan of Christina Aguilera would get for themselves. In addition to that, exclusive DVD footage of the first leg of Christina's The Naked Truth Tour will be available inside the special edition as well. Bonus footage backstage and of Christina in the studio will be included too. The official DVD release of Christina's The Naked Truth Tour is expected to coincide with one of the later singles during the Truth Pill era. It's not yet known which song it will be or when that might occur although it is practically confirmed it won't be during Amethyst Bleach's cycle and could happen during the break that Christina has planned between the second leg and the third leg of her concert worldwide.
One of the other tracks that are included in this special edition is Christina's official remix single from her remixes EP for lead single Waves which was released way before Truth Pill was even "a thing". Their remix together is the only track officially released from the remixes EP and did fairly well; charts-wise. It was included on the special edition of Truth Pill due to popular demand and Christina felt obliged to. Christina also did an extensive photoshoot with a bunch of indie photographers especially known for their abstract style and approach to things. This photoshoot spread will be extensively featured in the booklet of the special edition and is expected to be a collector's item for sure. It won't be published anywhere else for quite some time although a worldwide release of this highly anticipated photoshoot will coincide with a high-profile magazine next week of which Christina will be covering for that specific issue. The fourth single from Truth Pill is also expected to coincide with the release of this yet to be identified magazine although we will report more details on this side project as soon as more details come up, don't worry!
An interesting fact about this issue of Christina's 8th studio album - Truth Pill - is the fact that it was already in the hands of a very special little girl. Eleanor; a 10 year old girl who is a mega fan of Christina Aguilera and is diagnosed with a severe case of autism was the first person in the country to get ahold of this special edition of Christina's latest album. In fact, Christina visited Eleanor at the Make-a-Wish Foundation where she frequently stays at and also told Eleanor's to keep in contact with her whenever something arises. The special edition of Truth Pill was a gift to Eleanor from Christina herself and they even embraced when Eleanor told an extremely personal story as to how Christina literally saved her life. This was a very generous thing to do and there's absolutely no doubt that Eleanor is probably still marvelling over such a prestigious specimen which has been added to the rest of her Christina Aguilera collection.
The artwork for this special edition of Truth Pill has remained relatively the same in order to market the album as "one identity" instead of several others. This is quite a new approach to things because artists usually take advantage of having more than one normal release by switching it up on the album cover aspect. Having said that, it's been alleged that Christina wants everything to stay as true to the concept of what she had already envisioned in her mind. Truth Pill is potentially Aguilera's most ambitious and out there projects yet and is definitely her most experimental record in recent years. The album aims to present Christina in various different lights while maintaining the reputation she has build up for herself throughout her career, ever since her formidable debut on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Get a copy of Truth Pill - in stores now!
Buy tickets for Aguilera's The Naked Truth Tour HERE.
Xtina's third single, Amethyst Bleach, is now available for PURCHASE.
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Xtina partners up with Amazon
This evening, it was pleasantly revealed by CEO official of Amazon that Christina Aguilera will indeed be partnering up with the American electronic commerce company who are known for shaping the retail world with online shopping and other such things that Christina isn't that experienced in due to growing up in an era where eBay did not exist. This business deal comes as a welcome surprise since it finally feels like Aguilera is actually investing some time into making sure she's on top again with her 2015 release Truth Pill which was executively produced by the well respected beatmaker Paul Epworth; known for his orchestraic style. Amazon was the first of the two parties to issue a fully fledged statement on the matter and the one who actually brought this business relationship between Christina and the company to light. They explicitly said: "We are indeed embarking on relations with the remarkable and formidable Christina Aguilera. She has been on our list of business ventures for a while now and it's extremely settling and comforting to know that she's fully on board with the prospects we have in mind for the near future. Expect a lot from us in the coming weeks and we hope to continue to have your indescribable support. Christina sends her wishes too. Thank you and always shop at Amazon!" This was the primary source of the reports that Amazon approached Christina on a business level. However, it's now being said that the two parties both agreed and had a mutual formation and get together of sorts a few weeks ago. Aguilera is definitely becoming a shrewd businesswoman and entrepreneur in the industry and this also gives that statement even more legs with Amazon being a great juggernaut in this day and age. Christina truly struck gold with this one here!
This business relationship with one of the most successful companies of all time could mean a lot of things for Christina Aguilera. The company; founded by their CEO - Jeff Bezos - has the potential to completely revive Aguilera's quite obviously struggling musical career and that would mean she wouldn't just have to rely on The Voice for economic relief anymore. We are glad for Christina and for Amazon too as this could also bring in a lot of revenue, not just on Christina's part, but for Amazon's pleasure as well. To her respect, Christina Aguilera does have quite a substantial following in pop culture and this could help Amazon in their long awaited quest to size up that specific demographic and broaden their horizons in terms of who they're trying to target and how that affects the stock in which they're trying to market and eventually sell. Frankly, Apple is currently leading the media sector with their highly accessible and hugely successful digital download platform - iTunes. With that being said, Amazon has been holding steady with their very own mp3 database of stock although that completely pales in comparison to what Apple has been heading and dominating ever since the inclusion and introduction of such a thing a near on decade ago. This unprecedented business relationship that Amazon and Aguilera has concocted together could have the potential to lead on to do bigger and better things. Even to the extent of bumping Apple off. To be fair, Christina is extremely clever to strike up a deal with such a company as Amazon. The same could be argued the other way round.
In terms of music, it's undeniably certain that Amazon will put Christina's releases first and foremost especially if they aim to maintain such business projects for quite a substantial time rather than just a one year or a two year send off. This will be applied as soon as the remixes EP (which was confirmed by Christina's team yesterday) for her third single - Amethyst Bleach - off of Christina's 8th studio album is released this coming week. The motivation driven by Amazon might just be what Christina is looking for to gain traction and momentum throughout the Truth Pill era. It's also been said that Christina will exclusively release bonus content through Amazon only although that has not yet been confirmed by either party as of yet. There will also be ads placed in Christina's name as she takes on the huge and prosperous responsibility of being the central spokeswoman for Amazon. They, of course, will expect her to only ever say great things about the company but we all know she isn't used to being dictated in that way due to having an immense unfiltered approach in nature which could spell some trouble for the business deal. However, we have no doubt that Christina will pull this off like she always manages to do in ever aspect of her career and personal life.
It's been reported that an official commercial is in the works. Christina will apparently appear in the commercial which is expected to introduce a whole new line of products funded by Amazon and also include a sleek new interface in order to keep up with the changed made to the official Amazon website a few days ago since they went down for maintenance just recently. Moreover, Christina Aguilera currently has an autobiography out which was released under her publishing deal with worldwide publishing company - HarperCollins. It's not yet fully known whether this will play in effect with how Amazon has gone from strength to strength to make sure their presence is known in the publishing world with the release of the e-reader, the Kobo, which is an essential Amazon product manufactured by themselves. Christina's autobiography could be making a few appearances as an official press conference is lined up for next week detailing what Amazon aims to do in 2015, extending until the middle of 2017 where everything that they have done up to that point will be reviewed by the CEO officials that observe the overall system that the company revels in. Moreover, Christina has plans to release some merchandise over the coming months which will coincide with the release of another album but this time it will be an EP. Nothing's set in stone except for the deadline of the EP being dropped in April so definitely be sure to keep an eye out for that!
Get a copy of Truth Pill - in stores now!
Buy tickets for Aguilera's The Naked Truth Tour HERE.
Xtina's third single, Amethyst Bleach, is now available for PURCHASE.
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Oh and will the aftereffect thingy still be in place?
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There was something in the formula Egle sent called the after effect, but I wasn't sure what that was, so I just kind of included the revised version of it I made in the base formula.
What did Egle describe the aftereffect as?
EDIT: Never mind. I figured it out. Yes, that's still in place.
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Ignore what I said about single "debut risks" and that stupidity; here's an idea I just got from someone via PM:
Would you guys like to see a bonus given to albums on their first week? Like, they receive a bonus (Perhaps I take their original sales, then multiply it by 1.2 for example) on their debut week but then that bonus isn't given for the rest of their chart runs?
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Azealia on the Today Show
Azealia's apppearance on the Today Show was highly regarded by critics as one of Azealia's better interviews and appearances in the history of her career as a whole. She appeared on the program this morning where she helped bring her album The Dying Stars further to the forefront of everyone's mind. After the appearance on The Today Show, Azealia's album The Dying Stars increased in iTunes sales by over fifty percent. While on the Today Show, Azealia performed three separate songs off of the album in a concert format. Each of those songs were Fly, Metamorph, and Space Oddity. Two of which are promotional singles and the other one is not a promotional single, it is a regular single, the lead single off of the album The Dying Stars. After Azealia's performance on the Today Show, she was interviewed by the eccentric and well known hosts of the Today Show where they were heavily intrigued by Azealia and her overall style and aesthetic with fashion and music as a whole. They asked Azealia multiple questions, all of which were answered honestly throughout the interview, Azealia did not and made sure not to tip toe around answers as she is always very upfront and real with her answers. Questions discussed during the interview on the Today Show were things such as the making of The Dying Stars, the new tour Azealia has embarked on the Gemini Tour, future singles after Space Oddity, and that rock era everyone has been scratching their heads at. Azealia was sure to answer all those questions and even more during this candid interview on the Today Show. Both the performance and the interview were uploaded onto YouTube immediately following televised airing.
Before being interviewed, Azealia performed three songs for the crowd to listen to. These three songs were heavily promoted by Azealia and team as they are the three pre-released songs. Two of which are promotional singles which are being planned for legitimate release to radio and all formats in the future. For now though, these two are available digitally. These two songs are Fly and Space Oddity, both very heavily promoted and profiled promotional singles off of The Dying Stars, Azealia's brand new album which she released this past Saturday. Azealia performed both those two songs as well as Metamorph while on the Today Show, making sure to please fans of each and every song. During the performance, Azealia wore a beautifully intricate well fitted tailor made suit designed by Yves Saint Laurent. It was a beautiful shade of a red-peach color with light blue pin stripes, the color of the clouds on a beautiful day, going down the sides of the suit. Beneath the blazer which was adorned with strong shoulder pads, Azealia was wearing a very high fashion lace top contraption, light blue to match the pin stripes. Azealia's very high profile dancers wore all similar outfits, each wearing a peach colored suit to match Azealia's. Rain fell on the stage as Azealia and her four fellow dancers walked on stage in heels and large vinyl umbrellas as a bass hit with each step the girls took in sync. Azealia closed in her umbrella and revealed her face to the screaming audience of thousands of fans. She smiled as the fans reached up towards her, wanting to just be able to touch the rap queen. Azealia touched some of their hands before flipping her hair and picking up a mic and began singing Metamorph as the live band made the instrumental. Azealia was then seen tucking the mic in her bra as she got prepared to dance for her life as the dancers were with her, no one missing a single beat. After the heavily choreographed performance of Metamorph, Azealia went on to perform Fly, the song featuring Childish Gambino. Due to his inability to be at the show, Azealia performed Fly solo. She held the mic as the dancers exited the stage and Azealia was standing soaked in the hard hitting rain still performing Fly to the loyal fans. After the performance of Fly which left the audience in awe, Azealia went on the perform the final song, Space Oddity. Azealia's performance of Space Oddity consisted of David Bowie actually joining Azealia to perform on stage where they sang the song together. At the end of the performance of Space Oddity, Azealia was seen jumping into the audience, stage diving as everyone was grabbing at Azealia to be able to touch the huge celebrity before them. After many commercials advertising The Dying Stars, Azealia was ready to be interviewed in the warm and not rainy indoors.
After standing out in the soaking rain while performing the hottest songs off of her album, Azealia was ready to be interviewed, Azealia came in soaked in water, crawling up and propping herself in the stool, still ready to be interviewed and not letting the wet and cold effect her in any way. The first question that was asked to Azealia was about the making of the album and how it all came together to be what we know of today as "The Dying Stars" Azealia gave a pretty length explanation as to how it all happened by saying the following "The making of this album was insane. I've told this story a million and a half times, I know, but it's a good story to tell about how this came to be what we know today. So I went to Senegal where I got to get more in touch with who I am as a person and study myself and my inner soul. I studied the stars and my surroundings as a whole which helped me become more aware. I became more aware of what was all happening around me and within me. This thoroughly inspired me. Senegal's culture thoroughly inspired me. I wondered what it would be like if I combined Senegal's music with the music of today and yesterday. That's how I came to bring up what we know of as The Dying Stars. I am so proud of how it all happened and how it just came to me so organically. I mean I don't think I can top this or anyone can really, it's truly a work I can be proud of and no one will be able to tell me otherwise about the quality of the work as it is something that I can only think of as amazing and an art piece. After going to Senegal, I ended up going to London where I recorded all the music I wrote down while in Senegal. I wrote so much music and I felt that I needed to record it in another place as it needed to be a worldwide piece and I felt that where I recorded and wrote would effect the overall feel and sound and it really did. The sound and overall outcome of The Dying Stars is exactly how I wanted it. It's crazy how I recorded the album in such a short period of time but it is what it is, you know?"
Azealia continued to be interviewed by the hosts on the Today Show and they asked a number of filler questions such as the history of Metamorph and others. However, one specific question that had everyone talking was the question about Azealia's expansion of the Gemini Tour which she embarked on earlier this week, already performing 4 dates thus far. Azealia talked about the tour by saying the following about it "My very first stadium tour! I am so happy with how it's been going so far even though it just started. It'll only get better from here and I hope to be able to tour Europe after a few more weeks in the US. I love touring and having the ability to perform for such a large audience of people. I am more than happy to perform for all my big fans in the world. it's truly a pleasure on my part. I love touring. The Gemini Tour is such a beautiful tour as it is all about astrology and the whole stage is set like a beautiful night sky with LED screens on the floor that have shooting stars and twinkling stars. There's screens behind me that also have images of night skys, all fitting the overall theme of the album which it is accompanying. After the tour I definitely plan to release a tour DVD and a live album. That's something I want to be able to have for the world to enjoy and add to their extensive Azealia collection they already have. I am so excited to continue the tour!" When Azealia was later on asked about the rock album she's been talking about she said the following "I always talk. Who knows if it'll come together. That was just what I was feeling at the moment and plans are always coming in my head and I really just want to put out my best material, whatever that may be. Hopefully my fans like it, that's all I want" When asked about more than three singles off of The Dying Stars album Azealia said "Well I don't really know. See I want to move on and not stay locked in a specific era. Who knows. I might release four singles but hey, three is already a lot of singles for me. I just want to release the music I want and when I want and I'm blessed to have that ability." After the interview, Azealia hugged her interviewers and she then revealed that everyone in the audience of thousands would go home with a signed copy of The Dying Stars and tickets to the Gemini Tour. Azealia then signed off with the hosts and smiled as the audience applauded her. Be sure to buy The Dying Stars today.
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Ignore what I said about single "debut risks" and that stupidity; here's an idea I just got from someone via PM:
Would you guys like to see a bonus given to albums on their first week? Like, they receive a bonus (Perhaps I take their original sales, then multiply it by 1.2 for example) on their debut week but then that bonus isn't given for the rest of their chart runs?
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Ignore what I said about single "debut risks" and that stupidity; here's an idea I just got from someone via PM:
Would you guys like to see a bonus given to albums on their first week? Like, they receive a bonus (Perhaps I take their original sales, then multiply it by 1.2 for example) on their debut week but then that bonus isn't given for the rest of their chart runs?
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Maybe if, on your album release week, you send in a separate promo list of about 10 things from other weeks that you think would boost sales.
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Maybe if, on your album release week, you send in a separate promo list of about 10 things from other weeks that you think would boost sales.
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Actually... This might work. But I'll need to think about it.
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Justin Bieber’s impact and success in the music industry has been undeniable since debut, arising him to become a Pop Icon. After his successful debut album 'Thrill Seeker', record-breaking album, 'The Complete Dream', and previous studio album 'Crossing Paths' with many other additional projects along the way spawning #1's and sales, many thought the singer-songwriter couldn’t possibly grow to be any more successful, that how successful he was in that timeframe was a humongous peak that'd eventually have to him. The unexpected would happen as Justin Bieber returned back to the scene with 'The Collection & More'. A greatest hits LP, so far spawning #1 single 'Memphis' and going Platinum just 2 weeks after release -- with growing sales this week, both weeks selling over 500,000 units each. 'Thankful and cherishing' are just some of the feelings the worldwide Pop Star feels when receiving this news.
MTV Canada was happy to get a call-in interview with the Pop Sensation on their show, 'MTV Live'. Justin discussed the new album + the 2 singles that have been released, as well as the success of the era saying 'all the success so far all over comes from my global community, including the home Canada. I'm so thankful, as this week -- my expectations were blew even further in sales. It's just crazy to know my fanbase refuses to give up. It's exceptional, honestly' continuing 'I know I say it all the time, like most Pop Stars as to who talk about their fans -- but I'm gonna keep doing it, because it's honestly so truthful and words can't even express how much I mean it neither can saying them a few times. It's amazing to me. I just cannot grip the support at sometimes. It mind boggles me'. Justin also answered a few fan submitted questions, as well as telling MTV about future hints at working with the network on some specials. He also talked about the TRL Special, which previously aired last week -- a huge MTV event, also including the premiere of the music video 'Memphis'. As the end of the show came, he said 'Let's welcome back out Justin Bieber....closing the show with the new single in stores now, 'Too Good to Lose'. Justin came out, and this time he performed the song with a band that performs with him on tour every once anda while. They were at their instruments while Bieber was singing, it was a little acoustic, but it had a full out band -- so it was more of a normal performance. Justin's vocals were top-notch, and ofcourse the band added a new flavor. It'd been immediately named one of the best performances of the single yet, and much of the fans were pleased with the newly done instrumentals by the band, 'The Psychics'. Justin's new album, 'The Collection & More' is in stores now -- pick up a copy at your local shopping centers.
Justin Bieber was once again the center of morning news attention throughout Canada. Returning this month with a 2nd successful appearance on a morning news show for a performance, he performed the newly released single 'Too Good to Lose'. The single, which is a duet with Country-Pop Star Taylor Swift, recently lit off to success and acclaim when announced this week as a single by Justin & Taylor + their labels. Already, bags packed and performances done properly the duo has lit the single off to a nice taste in the mouths of Pop music listeners. 'My performances nowadays, I feel are more creative -- I definitely take bigger risks, and try to reach out and do things that I normally don't do' commented Justin Bieber, after performing the single on CTV Morning Live. The performance, watched by thousands live outside from CTV Studios was broadcast to all of Canadian citizens this morning, as well as live online on CTV's website to accompany the global fanbase of the singer. 'Performing this single to me, is so fun -- because there's so many ways you can interpret this song. You guys will see the music video, and have already seen with both of our contributions to the studio track' Justin said. The performance was in a misty Canadian morning, on a stage with the CTV + Justin Bieber banner over it. Announced at the end of the show by the host, 'give a warm hand to Justin Bieber. The international Pop Star, as well as Canada native is performing his new single 'Too Good to Lose' exclusively now'. Justin started the performance on guitar with the approval and applause from the audience, with a cold and yet solid vocal range. Midway through the performance, Justin stopped at the guitar just singing -- touching the hands of the fans in the ice cold weather, saying 'Y'all are just too good to lose, too good to lose'. Justin's performance in total was 5 minutes, and was ended with the a guitar solo. Despite the fact Justin was performing 3 other songs for the crowd, that would be shown off-air they screamed for an encore -- and he did just that. He performed 'Memphis', to which he also gave the free-style he rapped off on a previous televised performance in the void of Big Sean's verse. Afterwards, the setlist continued off-air and Justin then exited tweeting 'It was a nice breezy day, and nice breezy fans. Nothing like Canada'. Justin's performances were additionally all added to CTV's official YouTube account, retweeted by him. Justin's performance this morning was apart of his promotional stint back in Canada for the 2nd single of the new album, 'The Collection & More'. The album is the singer's first compilation, released under Hyped Music Records containing his past 20 singles, along with 4 demos, and 6 new tracks -- 2 of those being the hits, 'Memphis' & 'Too Good to Lose'. The Platinum album is available in all stores selling CD's and music Worldwide.
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...I'm just going to keep aiming for 500 words and 15, maybe 20 articles. Don't know how y'all do it
What are the tracking weeks now? Do they still end on Saturday at noon?
Edit: Mess, I meant to center-align this. But it's cute so I'll keep it.
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TAYLOR SWIFT & JUSTIN BIEBER X BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT
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Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber have been making headlines since landing in the United Kingdom from New York City. The two have been all over London, visiting radio stations and going to studios where they would film interviews and performances for two whole days. We’re told that the only time the singers have had to sleep were on trips to different studios and radio stations. They’d then finish off the night around twelve at midnight before finally getting to rest, having to get up at six in the morning to do the same thing all over again. Charlotte Montgomoery, the leader of Swift’s management label, Tigerlily Management, talked to the press about their intense promotional schedule. “It’s a very grueling schedule. We offered Taylor a really cut down version of it, one where she’d do two or three visits to a radio session a day and be done by six in the day. But she didn’t want that. She wanted to do as much promotion as she could for the song. The song is one of the very few I’ve seen her be so excited about. You can tell her heart’s in it and that she really wants this song to do the best it can do. That’s all she really wants for the track I think. I don’t blame her. It’s an amazing song.” The promotion would proceed as the two would perform on Britain’s Got Talent tonight giving an explosive performance that was instantly marked their best performance of the song to date.
Before going on stage, the two would be seen giving advice to the contestants on the show about how they could go on to win the show if they wanted. They also gave the contestants great advice about how to win the competition or at least do their best. “Don’t think about every little thing that can go wrong up there. Lose yourself in the moment, let your heart do what your mind does. Don’t think at all. Just feel what the music is telling you to do. If you’re as passionate about this as I think you are, each and every one of you can win this. It’s going to be a tough competition so just go out there and give it your all. Don’t worry about losing or whether i was good enough. You-you just need to go out there and prove to them that you belong up on that stage. Sing for your life. Sing like it’s the last time you’ll ever perform on stage. Embrace the inner diva in you and just go out there and kill it alright? I believe in you all.” The contestants would all hug Taylor before she’d leave the hallway where they were all gathered to go get ready for her performance. The results would then air as following a commercial break Taylor and Justin would be announced out to stage.
The performance would start off with the two singing on two platforms on the opposite side of the stage. Slowly but surely they’d move toward each other, stretching out like a bridge almost as the two would then sing in front of a huge monitor that would consist of strobe light flashes as the two would sing to each other. When the platforms finally collected, the two would sing to each other with passion, getting a little up close and intimate before ending the performance with a belt that they executed well. They’d then talk about their single with the host before leaving the stage and studio, finishing their promotion for the day.
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Taylor Swift was live on NRJ radio with Justin Bieber this afternoon where the two would be interviewed following the release of their second collaboration released together, ‘Too Good To Lose’. The song has been one of the most successful singles in France of the year, hitting the top spot on iTunes following the release of the song to iTunes when Justin Bieber released his greatest hits album ‘The Collection & More’ ( Taylor would release her greatest hits album titled ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ just a week after, which too debuted at the top spot on the album charts this week, selling over seven hundred thousand copies in it’s first week, granting Taylor the biggest opening of the year and her biggest opening weeks sales in her career to date. She also launched a ninth number one single from the album, the Max Martin and Shellback produced miami vice inspired track, ‘Style’, a song that is nearing the platinum mark). The song has already been met with success just upon it’s release. With major promotion, an entire promotional campaign behind the song, it doesn’t look like the song will be anything but a massive success for the most successful female and male in pop music and music overall right now.
The interview on NRJ radio would start off by Taylor talking about her collaborators (meaning producers and writers) on the Greatest Hits album and if she had to choose one song to release over again out of her catalogue, which she’d choose. Her answer was simple and straightforward. “Most of the stuff I did at the beginning of my career I did alone or with Nathan Chapman. Then gradually as I started making more records, I fell in love with the idea of collaborating with many producers and writers. So I did that for awhile on albums like Coven 13 and Coven: The EP. Eventually, I challenged myself to write every song on my album alone. So I did that again because you all know I wrote every song by myself on Speak Now, but yeah. I think in this moment in time, I have this whole independent songwriter thing going on. I’m doing everything alone. The production, the writing, the melodies, all of that is me. I think that’s the way it’s going to be with this upcoming record. I want to really prove to everyone that I’m never deteriorating lyrically.” About her favorite single she’s released to date and would release again, the singer chose ‘Gunshots’. “Gunshots was a song that I still to this day love so much. In a way its in the same vein as ‘Too Good To Lose’. It’s just a song that’s really poetic, heartbreaking, yet addicting in a way. It’s pop perfection with a really strong R&B flare if you get what I mean. So I’d definitely release that one again. Plus, I loved promoting with Zendaya. It’s a whole lot of fun being with her.”
Taylor and Justin would then be live in the studio to perform a special and exclusive performance of their song ‘Too Good To Lose’. Instead of the full production, they’d sing in their seats with their guitars, playing a special acoustic version of the song. Following their appearance on the radio show, their albums would occupy the top ten on French iTunes. ‘The Collection & More’ and ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ are available for purchase now on iTunes and retailers.
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Taylor Swift has been promoting her brand new single with Justin Bieber entitled Too Good To Lose all this week, the two embarking on a promotional tour each on their own in order to get as much promotion for the song they can get done as possible. The two however would join together for some of the major performances, joining together for performances on late night shows such as Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Chatty Man Alan Car, Graham Norton, and most notably and recent performance on Good Morning America, a program they’re both familiar with when launching new material or announcements. The two would arrive in the United Kingdom almost simultaneously, the two both arriving in very high fashioned outfits, both making the best dressed lists on line on fashion blogs and such. The two would then split up that morning to do solo promotion before they’d meet each other that very night at BBC studios for an appearance and performance on Chatty Man Alan Carr. The two would then the next night film a performance and interview on The Graham Norton show as well. But before that, the two would visit Jonathan Ross for an interview and a performance.
The interview would be be just around eight minutes long, making it one of the quickest and shorter appearances of an interview the two have done together. They’d both start off the interview talking about their older material. Jonathan would play a song from their previous records. The first song he’d play for Justin would be one of his earlier singles ‘Casanova’. Justin would cover his face in embarrassment before vibing out to it a little bit with Taylor who’d been dancing in her seat as soon as the song began playing in the studio. “Wow, this is an old track.” Jonathan would ask him how he felt about it and Justin would laugh. “I don’t really love it as much as I did then but I still enjoy the track. I appreciate all it did for my career. That’s one of the singles that I think really helped me transition from that teen star image into this full on pop male force thing. It’s a track that even though I’m not that keen about anymore, I still love it because of how big it was for me at the time.”
Jonathan would play one of the album tracks and later made singles from her album RED, called ‘Begin Again’. Taylor would smile, a wide one as she would look out at the audience who were quietly singing along. Justin would smile at Taylor who would then start speaking after the clip of the song ended. “It’s been almost three years since I wrote and released that song. Wow. I actually still love this song, actually even more than i did then when I wrote it. It’s one of the best songs I think I’ve ever written. It was so heartfelt, so tragically beautiful. I still sing it on almost tour I do. I think I will for tours to come to. Because it really is a song that captivates and enchants an audience really. It’s also a sound that really matches the kind of music im writing right now, so.” The two would then leave stage to go get ready for their performance.
Taylor and Justin would then perform ‘Too Good To Lose’ on stage, shortening the performance down by cutting the second verse out and just heading straight into the bridge. The performance was one of their least exciting vocally but they made it up with their charisma and stage presence on stage. The two’s greatest hits albums are on iTunes now and in stores across the United Kingdom and Europe.
TAYLOR & JUSTIN X ALAN CARR
Taylor Swift arrived this morning in the United Kingdom in nothing but utter style. The singer songwriter would arrive in nothing but utter style, wearing an outfit that was very high fashion compared to what the American singer usually wears when arriving in places for promotion. She’d appear almost ecstatic, greeting fans with a smile and seeming to enjoy the attention from the fans who were waiting for behind a wall which was set up to keep them restrained and from overcrowding the singer. After about thirty minutes, she would hop into a black suburban before fleeing the scene, heading to BBC Studios where she film an appearance on Alan Carr along side Justin Bieber who arrived just an hour or two after Swift. The two would perform their brand new single at the end of the show, sending it to the top of the UK iTunes chart, all the way from it’s position of number fifteen due to it not having a radio date for the song. The interview was full of humor and laughter, Justin and Taylor coming off just as funny as Alan, the three having phenomenal and amazing chemistry when together and talking.
A funny moment from the show included Taylor and Justin talking about their contemporaries in the music industry. “You two are definitely the most popular artists in music. Have you come across any artists who’re the epitome of delusional or any that have come off catty towards you? Do you guys ever get in any beef on the twitter?” Justin and Taylor would look at each other with a grin, trying to to laugh. “Not me. If someone is at’ing me on twitter or throwing shade or some ****, I just ignore them. Half the time they have my success divided by eight so. Haters are something I dealt with back in like 2008. In a year’s time these artists’ careers are going to be nonexistent. Get back to hustling the streets in the Queens or some ****.” Taylor would let out a laugh before giving a sly smirk. “I definitely had a lot of contemporaries who don’t like me simply because of my chart success. And you know usually I’d be like “why don’t you like me? i never did anything” but really, but really I do not care. I don’t like to be arrogant but like literally do not come for me. I won’t give you the time of day or the free promotion because god knows some of these people need it, you know? I’m just over it.”
When talking about her love life, Taylor spoke about it going into detail about stuff such as affection, even talking about sex with Alan a little. “How is the sex, Taylor. Tell us about that.” Taylor would blush with embarrassment before answering honestly. “The sex is... the sex is mind blowing, good lord. How often it happens? Since he’s been here traveling with me, I’m not going to lie and say every day. If apart, we’re both dying of thirst. I love sex. God, you don’t even know. One time, Justin and Vanessa even walked in on us one time. It was entirely embarrassing but they weren’t like offended by it. It was great. The look on their face was just funny as hell. I think how much we were into it was funny to them.”
Taylor and Justin would then perform the song live, filming a performance for the song that had some of their best vocals and looks like it came straight out of a film by the way it was shot. Their greatest hits records are available for purchase now in stores and on iTunes in the United Kingdom.
TAYLOR X DAYBREAK
Taylor Swift’s been all over the world promoting her brand new single ‘Too Good To Lose’, which featured Justin Bieber. The Dev Hynes produced track is taken off her first ever greatest hits album titled ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’. The album made a huge impact on the charts last week, scoring Taylor her fifth number one album this decade and making it her biggest first week sales with sales of over seven hundred thousand copies, just from one retailer. That retailer is the retailer that Taylor’s often teamed up with in the past for exclusive deals and editions of her album. Instead of just choosing the retailer to give an exclusive edition, Taylor Swift decided to do an exclusive of the album just to Target only in the United States. Physically and digitally the album was only made available through the website’s store or in side Target stores in general. It wasn’t until Monday this week that the album would be made available on other retailers, including the digital retailer iTunes along with Amazon MP3. The album would hit the top spot on iTunes, taking down some of the other albums released by some other people this week. It looks as if the album could do over two hundred thousand copies this week, possible even getting Swift past the platinum mark in less than fourteen days.
Taylor would arrive in London, England this morning to do some promotion this morning on the British morning television show called ‘Daybreak’. The singer songwriter would appear dressed in a dress with a black and white print, with pink almost water colored roses on the fabric of the dress. Her lips would painted in a layer of pink lipstick and she’d come out wearing nothing but a smile. She’d fill the room with her positivity and optimism as she wasted no time to greet everyone in the studio before joining the couch where she’d start her interview. It’d start off with some girl talk including Swift’s view on love and how she is currently with her lover.
“My opinion on love hasn’t changed much over the years. I’m still as romantic and as much of a hopeless romantic as I’ve ever been. I’ve always said love was a game where you can’t plan your moves. You just have to let go and let the tides take you where they will take you. You can’t go look for love, a love that will last forever, you have to let fate and such bring it to you. That’s how I’ve always looked at it. And as for my love life currently, it’s great. I’ve went through some past events that have only made me stronger, not just me but my relationships with him stronger. We’re happy and right now I’m just enjoying it rather worrying about where it’ll end up or if it’s going to last forever.”
The singer songwriter would then take to the stage to perform the song, changing outfits. She’d this time on stage would wear a black sequined crop top with her slightly straightened but her bangs out of her face. She’d serve slight sex and hotness, her vocals serving rasp and such. Swift’s greatest hits record is available now along with her brand new single featuring Justin Bieber, ‘Too Good To Lose’.
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Justin's appearance on popular television talk show 'Backchat', in UK was all the talk to the British press today. The international hit-making Pop Star, behind the songs such as 'Memphis', 'My Everything', and 'Trainwreck Paradise Island' sat down for a 45 minute interview with the show -- his first appearance on the show, ever. Justin opened up on his personal life recently, along with ofcourse, talking about the new music -- as done on every promotional spot, for a musician and one of his caliber with such strong work to promote. The interview on 'Backchat' was announced 2 weeks ago by the show, and received a daily reminder on their Facebook + Twitter page, the interview would be their first with an international star this season on the show. Justin already previously talked about more involvement for the first time with European promotion last week, even promising the tour to make quite the stops around the continent.
Below is a segment of the interview, to see the full interview tune in tonight on Backchat and catch reruns broadcasted throughout the week.
Backchat: So, this new single 'Too Good to Lose'. Tell us the history behind it?
Justin Bieber: Basically, me and Taylor have been close friends for years now. It's almost...amazing, because in this industry honestly people do change overtime -- especially compared to when I was a teenager. She's a cool person, and we working on our projects and discussing together and she eventually proposed the idea. She's an amazing artist, so yes, ofcourse I agreed and we got together.
Backchat: How long did it take to record this?
Justin Bieber: Actually a few weeks. On top of that, additional time was spent producing and mastering to make it good enough. We had so many revisions and new ideas... so yeah, we went back and forth and changed stuff overtime. We wanted it to be the perfect collaboration to highlight an album. In my opinion, it's truly that collaboration.
Backchat: So, the music video -- what's it gonna be like?
Justin Bieber: I don't wanna spoil it, but it's amazing! There's two sides to everything. That's all I'll say for now regarding the music video. It's well worth the wait. Infact, I really wanna do something special to premiere it if I can find a way -- like how the 'Memphis' video got a TRL Special behind it. I don't know, but I want it to be as fun and amazing.
Backchat: What's the deal with you and Vanessa, speaking on the topic of things too good to lose?
Justin Bieber: Haha, this is always so funny when she's brought up. 'Cause like...really, we're just a normal couple. People think we have like these secrets or surprises, not really. We're just private about our relationship. But yeah, everything is well. I think our exclusiveness is what's apart of the reason, so let me keep it at that haha.
Backchat: So, this your FIRST time as a guest on our show -- we just wanted to thank you again, but also ask will we ever get you to sit down again?
Justin Bieber: You know what, I think so. I'm particularly promoting in Europe quite some more for the rest of this album, and coming back around during the tour. So, you know, it's definitely a possibility. I've had a nice time here, and I'm sure my team would be quick to squeeze me back in the schedule. I'd be down for it, to say the least.
* Full interview on Backchat *
Justin finished promotion in UK this week for Night 1 on The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton announced last week as an announcement along with The Graham Norton Show (Justin will be performing tomorrow) that Justin Bieber would be performing on both shows, and possibly doing more in store. Justin's sit-down + performance on Graham Norton was advertised in commercials on the show's network the whole week. After his promotional spot on Sunrise's morning news, Justin and his team set up and went to Studio 10 right after. Justin was there from the beginning of the show, with them announcing 'Let's begin today's show special...Justin Bieber is sitting right here with us, so let's talk to him about his appearance here and his new music' they said as the camera flashed to Justin sitting in a chair, and the audience applauded. 'So.. why has it taken so long for you to come see us on this show? What the hell!'. He replied, 'I know, I know. Doing this promotion for the new album has made me realize I've stayed in the same places for awhile now. But luckily, I'm FINALLY here'. The interview continued when asking about new single 'Too Good To Lose' and how the recent announcement of it becoming a single. 'We decided the first 2 singles from the era would be 'Memphis' & 'Too Good to Lose' from the beginning. Before 'Memphis' was ever even announced or released, or anything was. We just knew the comeback would be a lead single that was genre-dabbling and had a nice hook. Then for the 2nd single, it would be a pull in with a push having Taylor team up on amazing collaboration. Each era, I really like to throw a collaboration out there and give it that spin. Collabs can be an amazing thing, and this one in particular came out well'. After talking for a minute, the show dabbled to a commercial break and Justin returned at the end to perform 'Too Good to Lose'. The performance actually featured Taylor's backing vocals, and a little bit of a new version in which his verses controlled the song more. It was also done in a breath taking acoustic like way, just him & the microphone + a guitar. The fans were watering in tears and breath taken in the audience, screaming his name multiple times during the performance. Justin performed the song additionally, also performing 'Da Vinci' as a surprise. The performance of 'Da Vinci' didn't use the guitar, but he still managed good vocals and a nice tone -- which sat well with the fans, and afterwards he went back over to Jonathan's desk to say a goodbye and do the sign out for the episode. The fans loved the episode, as a result #JustinOnGrahamNorton went #1 on Twitter and the UK Fans pushed 'Too Good to Lose' in a surge in sales in the country. Justin's performance of the 2 songs is available on Graham Norton's site.
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...I'm just going to keep aiming for 500 words and 15, maybe 20 articles. Don't know how y'all do it
What are the tracking weeks now? Do they still end on Saturday at noon?
Edit: Mess, I meant to center-align this. But it's cute so I'll keep it.
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Well, bonuses for article length aren't going to affect you that much unless you end up writing some 20k word thing.
I also have no clue when the week starts or ends since I haven't been paying much attention. Someone fill me in. And I'll stick with the same tracking week Egle has in place.
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Nobody releases a single this week because they're afraid of Justin and Taylor.
Also, whatever the song is theyre pushing won't be as iconic as Gunshots
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TAYLOR SWIFT X ON DEMAND RADIO
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Taylor Swift arrived in the United Kingdom earlier yesterday morning where the singer would begin a long and grueling forty eight hours of extensive promotion. The promotion didn’t go to waste as the singer songwriter had just left the United States to come and promote her single which features long time collaborator and friend, Justin Bieber. The track’s success in the United Kingdom had been limited compared to the United States due to it’s lack of radio airplay and it being an album only track on Justin’s record. As soon as the restriction of the track being an album only track was lifted, it would shoot up iTunes, making it into the top 10 in just one update. The song would later top the iTunes chart after a performance on Graham Norton. Though Justin and Taylor are promoting together, the two have been splitting up to visit radio stations. Visiting OnDemand Radio was the one and only Taylor Swift, who recently scored her fifth number album ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’, selling a massive seven hundred thousand copes first week. Her song ‘Style’ also did exceptionally well, scoring her a ninth number one and is nearing platinum hastily.
Taylor would perform her single ‘Too Good To Lose’ acoustically for OnDemand radio but before that they would have an interview where the DJ would ask Taylor about her new album, making Too Good To Lose, the music video for the song, and if she’ll be attending the CALMA awards. All questions would be answered in the interview.
OnDemand: ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ is your brand new album. Which debuted at number one all around the world. Congratulations on that. What I want to know is, if this album marks sort of a new chapter or section of your career? We all know you aren’t leaving music, at least anytime soon. But tell us, what does this album really mark for your career?
Taylor Swift: This Greatest Hits album is really just a huge reflection of the career and success I’ve had in pop music. Just pop music in general. That’s why some of my older hits like ‘Love Story’ and stuff aren’t on there. The albums following this album will not be pop, at least not completely. The two records that I have done, I’m including the one I’m writing now of course, are so different from my other albums. The lyrics, the melodies, the sound. It’s like a complete one eighty from what I’ve done before. So this does mark a new chapter and direction for my career.
OnDemand: How did Too Good To Lose come about? How was the creative process?
Taylor Swift: It sort’ve just happened. Justin had played me some of his new stuff he was working on earlier that week. I’d just finished some new tracks for my scrapped or album that’s on “hold”. It’d only been like ten minutes after that phone call when he showed up. I totally wasn’t expecting him to be there so quick so I’d picked up a guitar and just started writing whatever was on my mind in that time. He heard it from the doorway, all the way up to the second verse. He grabbed his guitar and helped me write the rest. It was a really natural and cathartic process for us both.
OnDemand: What will the music video for it be like?
Taylor Swift: It’s going to be really sleek, and sexy. It has a really cool and weird color effect going on it so I think that’ll definitely interest a lot of people. The song is sang from two different perspectives so the video’s going to be split in two parts. One being my perspective and one Justin’s.
OnDemand: What we want to know is if you’ll be attending the CALMA awards?
Taylor Swift: The CALMA awards? Uh-oh! Right now we haven’t really thought about it due to everything going on here and with the single. I’m not exactly sure. They’re this weekend, I heard and I have it off so maybe. If I don’t go I may just enjoy my days off on Vancouver Island.
OnDemand We hear that new artists are being signed to your label? Who are we going to get new music from?
Taylor Swift: There’s this one artist I’m excited about. She’s absolutely gorgeous and her songwriting is very beautiful. She has the most angelic voice too. She’s very cute and small too so. I’m excited for her. She’s been working on amazing stuff from what I hear.
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