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This week there was a huge amount of music releases that we are super excited about! British artist Sam Smith released his second studio album titled, “The Thrill Of It All”. Smith opened up in an interview with a New York Times journalist about the inspiration and meaning behind his new album. Smith stated that his new album was based off of the ending of a 5 month relationship. “The Thrill Of It All” is full of breakup ballads and love songs belted out by Smiths iconic soul voice. Smith will be going on tour for his new album and coming to Canada on June 18th, 2017.
Another album release comes from Americas Got Talent winner Grace Vanderwal. Grace Vanderwal is a 13 year old singer/songwriter who has take the music market by storm! After winning Americas Got Talent Vanderwal released her first EP titled “Perfectly Imperfect” featuring songs she wrote and performed on stage during the show. After the positive response from her EP, Vanderwal has released her first studio album titled “Just The Beginning”. Vanderwals album is full of poppy, folky, and heartfelt songs all written by Grace Vanderwal and is available to stream on Spotify and Apple Music
A highly anticipated album release that is coming on November 10th, is Taylor Swifts “Reputation”. Swift has released 4 tracks from her new album, the most recent being titled “Call It What You Want”. Swifts new album “Reputation” has been a huge transformation in Swifts career, demonstrating a new sound and image. Swift and other celebs including Ed Sheeran have been promoting her new album and we anticipate its going to break the internet when its released. Just recently Swift posted on her Instagram account a picture of her face with the title tracks written on it. Heres the picture for you guys!
In other music news, Miley Cyrus performed tracks from her new album on this weeks Saturday Night Live. Cyrus turned her new tracks acoustic in front of a live stage audience. Cyrus performed her hit tracks, “I Would Die For You” and “Bad Mood”. Coming up on November 12th is the European Music Awards hosted by artist Rita Ora. The line-up for performances include some big names like Demi Lovato, Shawn Mendes, Kesha, Rita Ora, French Montana, Travis Scott, and many more. Some awards we will see include best song of the year and best artist of the year. Nominees include Ed Sheeran, Dj Khaled and Rhianna, Shawn Mendes, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Ariana Grande, and so many more!
Speaking of international stars, the Australian singer Sia has taken to Twitter to slam the paparazzi. While the singer was on vacation the paparazzi snapped a nude photo of her and was intending to sell it. Before the paparazzi could embarrass her Sia tweeted the nude photo with the caption, “Save your money, heres the photo for free, Everyday Is Christmas. Not only did Sia curve the paparazzi creeps, she was able to do some self promoting for her new Christmas album titled “Everyday Is Christmas” which will be released on November 17th!
Disney is coming out with the childhood classic “The Lion King” as a live action film and some big names are going to be apart of it! The Queen herself, Beyonce Knowles, is going to be playing Nala while Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino is playing Simba, and Canadian comedian/actor Seth Rogan is going to be playing Pumba. The film is said to be released in 2019.
Actress/writer/comedian Mindy Kaling opened up in an interview about her pregnancy that has been kept under the radar. A month ago Kaling announced that she expecting but did not give much detail about it. Kaling has kept her pregnancy low-key in the Entertainment world. Kaling stated in an interview that she was super excited to become a mom and was ready for this aspect of her life.
One Tree Hill Star, Bethany Joey Lenz, who was known for her role of Hayley in the hit show is joining the Greys Anatomy team! It is not yet decided how many episodes she will be featured in but fans of both shows have shown extreme excitement.
Ed Sheeran posted a photo on Instagram of a ski hill with the caption, “Official music video for ‘Perfect’ coming tomorrow morning. Its a big one.” So keep your eye out for that new video coming from Ed Sheeran.
Thats all the news in the Entertainment world this week. Thank you for tuning in this week, Here are some of the top songs we played. See you all next week!
Song List:
- Call It What You Want – Taylor Swift
- Escape My Mind – Grace Vanderwal
- Palace- Sam Smith
- Perfect- Ed Sheeran
- Change of Time – Josh Ritter
- Water Under The Bridge- Adele