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Bridgit Mendler announces her new album 'Wildfire' on GMA
Bridgit Mendler just appeared in Good Morning America to share exciting news and announce her upcoming sophmore album, a follow up to 2012's Hello My Name Is..., which was released by Hollywood Records. Bridgit was smiling all the time, because she was so happy about the news.
'I'm so happy to announce my second studio album, and it's called... Wildfire! On the album there is also a track called like that, and that song inspired title of album. I can't wait for everyone to hear it on October 29th, when it'll be officially out on iTunes. On the album, there is eleven different songs about what I've been doing and experiencing during this last year, from last October to now. It took me whole year to record and write this album.
So the album is basically made by my two close friends and two guys that literally creates everything for me, and they're Eman Kiriakou and Andrew Goldstein, they both produced my last album, and I've decided to work with them again, with this album now. I think they're both great and professional, and creats masterpieces together, when they unite for some project. But this time around, I asked more producers to collaborate with me, and that's why collaborated with Dr. Luke, Stargate and Calvin Harris. They're all dance or EDM music producers, but that doesn't mean that I'm dance music artist now, not at all actually. They all did something for my album, and it's all dance, but that's why I asked Eman and Andrew to work with my music again, they know my sound, and even if I have dance track, they somehow can mash-up dance genre with pop/reggae genre, and that's the best thing about them.
I'm really happy about this album and I'm so proud of it. I evolved as an artist and my style evolved to, it changed, I'm not that pink bubblegum pop singer, now it's a bit more mature sound, and I'm happy that I can decide what sound I'm going, my label is letting me to do whatever I want with my music, and that's best thing to be honest.
For my album, I've collaborated with Cara Delevingne, Ke$ha and Calvin Harris. All of these tracks are so amazing and are my favorites, but I think I'm mostly excited for Cara collaboration, because she is my inspiration and I think she's amazing. When I first recorded Jukebox, I was like 'this is nothing like my style', and I expected it to not pass the cut for final version of album, but when I met Cara, and when we recorded it once again, I was like 'album can't be out without this song'. Cara literally changed whole song, and I think she is really talented and amazing, because she always has this vision, like how the song should sound, because when we were recording it, she was like 'producer, make the beat louder, make the guitars less repetitive, and that bass, yes, it should be included in chorus too' and she basically made the song of my dreams real. She is so talented.
And then I have a collabs with Ke$ha and Calvin. Dancehall is a fun song, and Ke$ha almost wrote it, she is talented, as a singer and as a writer. And I'm so proud of Calvin collaboration, but I'm afraid, because it's whole dance, it doesn't sound like me, at all. But it's amazing track. Can't wait to share it with all my fans and see how they actually reacts, because I want to see what are they thinking about me changing my music style. I'm not doing it soon, but I just want to see how they reacts to a... different me.
The cover is really old, to be honest. I did a photoshoot for it in early June. It is actually a really funny story, because I was following really good photographer on Facebook, Dimitri Caceaune, and I'm a big fan of his photoshoots, and so I was like I need a really beautiful photoshoot for this era, and then I saw him on my wall and literally the same minute booked tickets to Romania. It's his home country, it's a small country in Romania. So I went there and I did a beautiful shoot there. Actually, it was like my summer break, I loved spending time there, it's a nice place. And the cover was made by David Gal, he's also from Romania and he does DOPE single/album covers. So I collaborated with them on my cover.
My album is already on pre-order, so go on iTunes right now and pre-order a copy of my upcoming album, Wildfire, out October 29th. See you soon guys and thanks to Good Morning America, who always treats me right and lets me to come back anytime."
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Kelly Clarkson was today on Katie. The singer sat down and talked about her album Red Lips/White Lies which is out since Tuesday. She also talked about working with Jennifer Hudson, Miguel and her experience with Bruno Mars (her last tour).
She also confirmed that she has a tour on preparation, and also confirmed that the Music Video of Red Lips was coming this week.
Kelly talked a bit of her Nashville appearance and said that acting was something fun and new for her.
And the singer confirmed her involvement with the ABCF this month and encourage women to get checked before it's too late.
She then performed her last single Red Lips on the show.
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X Factor Spain (tuesday)
Ke$ha is shown wearing gold/silver/black outfit. Her hair is tied up.
She sings the Cold Hands Zedd remix. She dances during the chorus.
Her back-up dancers lift her up during the breakdown, throw her up into the air, and catch her.
Three of them go to one side of the stage and the other three go to the other side.
They start tossing her like a ball but Ke$ha keeps singing while she's in the air.
Right before the last chorus starts, the three dancers accidentally drop Ke$ha.
Ke$ha is lying on the ground, she doesn't look badly hurt.
The music continues playing while Ke$ha is being taken away by the paramedics.
At the end of the performance, the dancers bow and leave the stage.
Ke$ha is in hospital, she only has a couple of bruises so it's not that bad.
The performance is critically acclaimed
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Cara Delevingne @CaraDelevingne
I watched @BridgitMendler Live on @GMA this morning! she was so nice! get ready for JUKEBOX!
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But I already snatched x factor uk!
Stuff reserved for me today: alan carr, the graham norton show
Tomorrow: le grand journal, x factor france, on n'est pas couche, the voice france/la voix
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Cara Delevingne UK @CaraDUK
LEAK: cara to have bruno mars featured on her album
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Originally posted by HausOfCarlos
But I already snatched x factor uk!
Stuff reserved for me today: alan carr, the graham norton show
Tomorrow: le grand journal, x factor france, on n'est pas couche, the voice france/la voix
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that was meant to be The Voice UK
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Bridgit Mendler @bridgitmendler
@caradelevingne thank you sweetie, you are the best! can't wait for everyone to hear Jukebox! it's gonna be epic
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(yesterday's promo):
Bridgit brings Light Of You to X Factor US
Bridgit Mendler performed her latest single Light Of You on X Factor US show. She was wearing beautiful loose sweater and black, thight shorts with some pair of black martens shoes. Bridgit was rocking out her favorite hairstyle - messy, curled up hair. She looked flawless and, as youth would said, very hipster-y.
Her performance started off with Bridgit playfully walking down the stairs to main stage, smiling and waving at everybody while live band played 30 seconds long intro. When she hit the main stage, live band started playing the real song and Bridgit began singing first verse of the song. At first, you could tell, her voice was a little bit weak and you could even hear that she was nervous and trying to do her best while failing a little bit, but during first chorus, she got herself and tried just to have fun and not try to do her best, because simplicity is the key to perfection. Also, during first chorus, her twelve dancers came on the stage and started dancing doing really beautiful choreography, which was created by Ian Eastwood, who also does choreographies for famous singers and dancers. Bridgit even danced with her back up dancers a little bit, which looked quite playfully and nice, and that actually showed that Bridgit is having fun with this performance. During the bridge, Bridgit REALLY showed, what she can do with her voice, because she really perfectly hit those high and low points amazingly, you can tell, that she's been practicing her vocals lately, because if you would compare her vocal abilities now and then, when the first album was released, you would see a big big difference. She also did the longer and extended bridge version, that wasn't included on final studio version. Extended version consists of extra lyrics and a bit slower and more emotional instrumental. After her performance, Mario Lopez said that Bridgit Mendler is one of the best singers out there right now and told to viewers and audience to pre-order Bridgit's upcoming sophmore album, a follow up to Hello My Name Is..., Wildfire, which comes out by the end of October, on October 29th.
After her performance, instantly, all of the judges tweeted out for Bridgit on Twitter, saying that she rocked the performance and ligthed up whole evening with her playful performance, and also promoted Light Of You by saying to their Twitter followers to get Bridgit's single on iTunes as soon as possible. Also, Bridgit Mendler and #BridgitXFactorUS both trended on top of worldwide trends on Twitter.
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Originally posted by Eglė
(yesterday's promo):
Bridgit brings Light Of You to X Factor US
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Great performance!
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Great performance!
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thanks sis
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OMG just noticed that Bridgit is releasing her album one day before Cara!
omg that's gonna be competition
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Originally posted by HausOfCarlos
OMG just noticed that Bridgit is releasing her album one day before Cara!
omg that's gonna be competition
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oh my God really, I was looking out to see if anyone is releasing that week, and I didn't saw anything
I hope I can snatch #3 at least
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Ke$ha performas on the All Ireland Talent show (yesterday)
Ke$ha begins the performance by singing Wonderland.
She is standing beside a microphone and has a guitar in her hand.
She sounds a bit nervous in the first verse but her vocals are at her best in the chorus.
Ke$ha sings a new third verse that will feature on Wonderland - Remixes coming out today!
Next, she sings the deconstructed version of Cold Hands.
This version is on Cold Hands remixes part I.
The Voice of Germany (includes human piramid)
Ke$ha appeared on The Voice of Germany on the 10th of October.
She was wearing a gold t-shirt and black shorty pants.
The performance began with Ke$ha's back-up dancers carrying her to the middle of the stage.
They handed her a microphone and she sang Cold Hands.
Ke$ha then surprised everyone, during the second chorus, she let her back-up singers sing for her and started to make a human piramid with her dancers!
It actually worked, she song at the top and came back down when the song finished.
Host: (in German accent) 'Ke$ha has just performed her new single Cold Hand, (looks at Ke$ha) when is your new album coming out?'
Ke$ha: 'Gladiator is coming out on the 20th of October'
Host 'Make sure to pre-order it on iTunes and get Cold Hands for free!'
Ke$ha is proven innocent!:woopaty:
Ke$ha went to court after Perez Hilton's 'family' pressed charges because Ke$ha almost killed him in self-defence.
She hired Olivia Pope - best lawyer in the country - as her lawyer.
She easly won the case thanks to Olivia Pope, it was obvious that she did it in self-defence.
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I'm working so hard today but I still have 12 articles to do
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I have to write 13 articles tomorrow... At least I planned out what I'm doing, I just need to write articles.
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by the way, who wants to tour with good sis Bridgit?
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Ellie Goulding on Japan's Got Talent and China's Got Talent
Japan's got Talent (Tuesday)
Ellie is hanging upside down, about ten meters from the ground.
She sings Under Control. Her Vocals are surprisingly better unside down
She is lowered down after the first chorus, her back-up singers help her up.
Ellie looks a bit dizzy but her singing is just fine!
Lease My Love is next. This performance is much better.
Ellie no longer looks dizzy and her voice sounds much better.
She steals the show with a perforamnce of Dreaming Again.
China's got Talent
Ellie visited China and sang her newest single, Under Contol on China's Got Talent
She wore a beautiful black dress with big silver earrings.
She sang her single Under Control.
Instead of the original, she sang the Icona Pop, Zedd remix mash-up.
At the end of the performance, the host of the show walked over to Ellie.
He asked her in Chinese : 'How do you feel about you album Animal being #1 worldwide?'
Ellie replied in Chinese (no one knew she could speak Chinese) : 'I feel honored and I'd like to thank all my fans!!!'
Unknow Records pays 1,000,000 $ for an Under Control radio deal
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