Last week, NBC’s The Voice kicked off the third stage of it’s vocal competition with the live shows. This week we find out which two members from Team Blake and Team Christina advance, as well as see Team Adam and Team Cee Lo take the stage for the first time during the live show.
Alison Haislip, The Voice’s Social Media Correspondent spoke with the press last week about how her role on the show is changing now that The Voice has gone live, how important it is for the contestants to connect with their fans via social media, and what she thinks about the reports on the lack of critiquing from coaches Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, and Cee Lo Green.
Haislip has a unique opportunity as the show’s Social Media Correspondent to connect with fans through Twitter and other social media outlets as a way to encourage their participation in building The Voice contestants’ individual fan bases, connecting with the contestants, and most importantly, voting. Haislip feels like the excitement to participate has grown, since fans realize that they can get their questions/comments shown on the air.
While the rest of the Glee cast is touring the United States, their TV teacher Matthew Morrison has been overseas promoting his new self-titled record.
During last night’s show in London, Morrison was joined onstage by *NSYNC’s JC Chasez to perform “This I Promise You” from the band’s No Strings Attached album.
Check out the video below!
Don’t mind me, I’m just over here all verklempt.
JC could always sing the hell out of that song. He needs another solo album out pronto. And also, LOL forever at the backing track being *NSYNC’s vocals. I hear you, Chris Kirpatrick!
Katy Perry released her new music video for her latest single, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” which features cameos from Glee’s Darren Criss & Kevin McHale, Rebecca Black, Hanson, Kenny G, plus Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson. Can you spot them all?
This video is hilarious! I love Kathy Beth Terry and her character of friends.
I think Katy Perry picked a great song to kick off summer with; I have no doubts about “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” becoming a huge hit. It’s a great song, and having a fantastic video can only be a plus!
What do y’all think about the video for “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” and all the cameos?
I had the opportunity to see Gavin DeGraw perform a private acoustic show early yesterday evening at Harlot in San Francisco. He performed a short set including, “Follow Through,” a medley of The Commodores’ “Easy” and Sam Cooke’s “Cupid,” “Chariot,” his new single, “Not Over You,” and “I Don’t Want To Be.”
Before he performed, he did a quick Q&A with one of the Alice DJs. Check it out below!
There have been a few extremely talented former American Idol contestants that have faded away from the spotlight after appearing on the show. For former contestants to stay on the fans’ radar, they have to really make a concerted effort, which is exactly what season 10 Top 24 contestant, Tim Halperin has been doing.
A lot of things have happened since I last spoke with Halperin earlier this year. He released “The Last Song” as a free mp3 download right after his run on Idol ended, which led to a unique opportunity with radio DJ, Kidd Kraddick. In between going on his Piano Tour and participating in Kidd Kraddick’s “Idol Got It Wrong” competition, Halperin raised $8,000 via Kickstarter to fund the intriguing and visually stunning music video for “The Last Song,” which premiered on June 6.
Watch Halperin’s music video for “The Last Song” below, and then check out my extensive Q&A session with the singer-songwriter which took place earlier this week about the making of “The Last Song” music video, his participation in “Idol Got It Wrong,” and what he thought about this season’s American Idol results.
How long ago did you actually write “The Last Song,” and how did it come to be the song to kick off your post-Idol journey with?
I wrote “The Last Song” about a year and a half ago. I was about three months out of a long term relationship, and I kind of came to that point where I was resolved to move. It’d come to that point where a lot of time you’ll see things or remember certain memories about that other person. Every day you’ll see certain things. So, it kind of got through that for a couple months, and I was finally ready to move on. I had that line going through my head, “This is the last song I’ll write for you,” because after being with someone for quite awhile you tend to write a lot of music about them. I had that line in my head and just started filling out different lyrics and different ideas for it.
That was one of the first songs that we recorded on my full length CD that will come out in the fall. It just turned out really well, and I think that that song gives people a good picture of who I am, and also that my music is very honest and straightforward. I like to throw all my emotions on the table, because I think people can relate best to honest music. That was kind of why I put it out first after American Idol. If you’re an Idol fan that maybe hasn’t heard my music before, you’ll get a good glimpse of who I am as a songwriter.
Did you always intend to turn “The Last Song” into a music video?
No, I hadn’t really thought about doing a music video. When I gave “The Last Song” out for free, in that first week it had almost 5,000 downloads. People really seemed to latch onto it, and it started getting radio play with this radio DJ in Dallas, Kidd Kraddick. It actually got enough radio play to put it on the Top 200 radio show, and it actually hit 148 a few weeks ago, which is really cool.
So I was like, “Man, people really relate to this song,” and so I called my buddy who did my music video for “She Runs” about a year ago. These two directors, my two friends Jonathan Combs and Joe Childress, I called them up and said, “I want to do a music video, I don’t have any money.” [laughs] Which they’re familiar with that, cause I didn’t have any money for the “She Runs” video. So, they started brainstorming and said that they wanted to do another video for me. They had a great concept, but they’re like, “This is going to take some money to do it.”
We decided to do a Kickstarter page where people could donate in return for different rewards like Twitter mentions and YouTube shout outs. And we raised the whole budget. I was so excited. We raised the $8,000 in less than 30 days.
Gym Class Heroes is back on the scene with their latest single, “Stereo Hearts.” Lending a musical hand to the track is Maroon 5’s lead singer, Adam Levine.
Take a listen to “Stereo Hearts” below!
I think Gym Class Heroes has a summer hit on their hands! The beat and the chorus are both really catchy. Adam Levine sounds fantastic. I think the summer sing-a-long has arrived!
Last night on The Voice, Dia Frampton from Team Blake performed an absolutely gorgeous version of Kanye West’s “Heartless” on piano. Check out her performance below.
As you may know, Kris Allen made himself stand out from the pack during Top 3 night on American Idol back in season eight with his stellar acoustic rendition of “Heartless.” Check out his performance below.
In the spirit of it being Kanye West’s birthday today, I thought I would ask y’all which “Heartless” cover do you prefer and why? Vote & comment below!
Bad Meets Evil just released the video for “Fastlane” moments ago. The song is featured on the upcoming Hell: The Sequel EP, which features Eminem and Royce da 5’9.
Check out the video below!
The Hell: The Sequel EP drops Tuesday, June 14.
For more info on Bad Meets Evil, check out their official site.
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