Today is a moment many of you pop heads have been anxiously waiting for. After the release of her 2009 critically-acclaimed debut "Travelling Like The Light," British singer-songwriter V V Brown announced today that new music and much more is coming very, very soon. In fact, the singer not only annouced her new single and new album today, but also, yes, a North American tour this upcoming November.
The first single from her new LP, titled "Children," will be released next week Tuesday and will give us a taste of what V V has been up to for the last 12 months. The song will feature Capitol Records label mate Chiddy (of Chiddy Bang) and was produced by Ne-Yo collaborator Chuck Harmony. "The song was written about a generation that has uninspiring aspirations and believes material wealth is what happiness is," V V explains in a press release.
She adds that the song feels particularly topical given the summer riots in London. "You have to give people a voice," she says. "Everyone has to be heard, because otherwise they will make themselves heard.'
While recording, V V stepped away from the retro soul pop sound that marked the overall aesthetic of her first album and immersed herself in classic punk and experimental electronica to provide her sound with a progressive new edge.
Together with writers like Evan Bogart (Beyonce) and Jean Baptiste (Black Eyed Peas), V V gave her new songs an expert pop gloss to fit a mainstream presentation.
VV explains that starting fresh felt incredibly liberating during her creative process. "I felt like I was maturing as an artist. I set up a studio in my flat, with just me and my engineer, and started going a bit mad with music. It was all part of the process of getting to where I am now. I had to re-program and learn who I was again. I was going to the kind of experimental place I hadn't been before," she says. "It felt like growing up. I felt freer."
Details about the album's title and release date will be revealed via a web series debuting on her web site starting today. V V will be on tour in North America this November. Catch her tour dates after the break.
Sexy, sassy and immensely talented, Wynter Gordon is one of the most exciting new voices in pop to keep your eye on. After stirring up a storm with "Dirty Talk," the New York singer released a new EP earlier this summer that is filled some finely-cut pop gems, including the very, very good "Still Getting Younger" that was co-produced by Empire Of The Sun's Nick Littlemore.
Gordon is currently putting the final touches on her full-length debut album that includes many more unexpected but potentially incredible collaborations. One of the new tracks to look out for is her collaboration with Starsmith, titled "White Lies."
Wynter Gordon got her first big break writing the title track on Mary J Blige's multi-platinum, Grammy nominated album "The Breakthrough", and has since written for other A-List artists such as David Guetta and Jennifer Lopez Her latest single "Til Death" made a Hot Shot Debut on the Billboard Club Play Chart a few weeks ago, where it reached number 3 with a bullet on the charts.
Shot in Los Angeles by director Bec Stupak, the video for her new single "Buy Me Love" has a fitting retro touch with Gordon invoking memories of '80s Diana Ross and Jody Watley. It's a totally fun video for the for the playful pop tune. "There's a million ways to show your devotion, so many ways to sway my emotion. Don't hesitate to buy my love," Gordon suggests while dancing around trying on some new clothes together with Tristan Wilds of 90210 and Zelda Williams. Watch it after the break.
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