Kid Rock Goes Majestic In "Born Free" Video

"Born Free" is the lead single and title track from American Southern rock/hip hop artist Kid Rock's eighth album, his first album since 2007's Rock N Roll Jesus, hits stores November 16, promises to be the Detroit rocker's final departure from the rap-rock hybrid that he used to establish himself at the turn of the millennium. “Born Free” is in many ways a transformational album for Rock and fans can expect a collection of traditional rock tunes full of country flourishes since it featuring several high profile artist from rock, country and rap. Rock described it as "very organic blues based rock and roll." The record was produced by Rick Rubin whom MTV called, "the most important producer of the last 20 years."
Rock described this song as being about, "how lucky each and every one of us are, no matter where you're from, to be born in a country that's free." He told MTV News that while this is a patriotic song, he didn't write it solely for an American audience. Rather, he hopes its message will be heard by people the world over. "I think that song already has kinda gotten a little bit construed that it's just this big, patriotic American song, which it is in its own right, but it first came to mind to write something like this when I was on one of my trips to Afghanistan, Iraq, playing for our soldiers," he said. "I started to just think about no matter where somebody was born in this world, how lucky you are just by the grace of God to be born free."
While Rock's got major Motor City pride, "Born Free" is an open letter to the world, and it's a love letter to America. Rock's more than a Michigander. He's a born patriot. "Born Free" is his "God Bless the USA." And it's a patriotic powerhouse, and the accompanying video is all sweeping shots of aerial America. Raging rapids, craggy cliffs, open roads, green farm lands, picturesque peninsulas, blustery beaches and solo scenes. Directed by Marc Klasfeld, the video is everything there is to love about non-urban America, and everything there is to love about Rock's love of America, from the signature hat and fringed jacket to the vintage cars and motorcycles.
The just-premiered video is in total keeping with that transition. The clip features Rock in nature on the beach, driving through the forest, standing in a wide, green field while singing about the glory of freedom. With a guitar in hand, Rock poses on a majestic cliff, on a peaceful beachfront and in the middle of a wooded area to reflect the song's grandeur. And, because he wouldn't be a Motor City artist without a few nods to the auto industry, Rock also is seen riding a motorcycle and cruising in a tricked-out vintage car. "Born Free" has been a Detroit success story and Rock is finally "Born Free!"

Fefe Dobson wants you to get caught 'Stuttering'

Fast on the heels of "Ghost" resilient pop rocker Fefe Dobson is back with her new Alan Furgeson-directed video for her third single, "Stuttering," off her soon-to-be-released official sophomore album, "Joy," will hit stores November 22 in Canada and November 30 in the US via 21/Island Music. "Stuttering" is catchy, upbeat and fun, as well as depressing and sad all at the same time. The song is great, and so is the video. Take a look at confused Dobson as she tries to remember what happened on the night she had a wild party with some friends in a motel room.
The song, co-written by Claude Kelly and comes from production hands of J.R. Rotem, and its music video tell a story, as you would probably guess by the title, of lying and cheating. This time she trades in the guitar for a slick beat and a catchy chorus. Over trickling piano chords and mid-tempo percussion, Dobson confidently confronts her possibly unfaithful guy who is so guilty about lying about a misdemeanor that he starts stuttering. The Canadian singer/songwriter is so enraged when suspecting her man is cheating on her. But she gets confused when the guy, she thought was her boyfriend, does not even recognize her. The video, at least the beginning, matches the song perfectly. Dobson initially is stalking her boyfriend whom she thinks is cheating on her, only to find out it's not her boyfriend.
"Stuttering" is a very good upbeat song, and it is radio-friendly and remix-friendly. So I won't be surprised if this hits top ten territory', and that remixes of this song will hit clubs everywhere. As a solid pop track, the entire melody line and rhythms are deeply and wonderfully derivative: The chorus is reminiscent of Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These Hazel Eyes," the delivery style is similar to every Jordin Sparks song you've ever heard, and the verse melody reminds me of Iyaz's "Replay." And she is the self-proclaimed influence to Rihanna's style.
The 25-year-old Island Def Jam artist is finally embracing her roots, with a no-holds-barred collection of full-throttle rock & roll that spotlights her skills as a singer, songwriter and performer. The Joy-ful singer is counting down the days until her new album "Joy" hits shelves and she's sharing her secrets. "I am woman, hear me roar. Aren't we all animals at the end of the day? I like to show that side of me, but in a respectful way. I'm just expressing myself. It's all about feeling good and confident about yourself, and not letting anyone else tell you what you can or can't do."

Natasha Bedingfield Released Uplifting "Strip Me"

British star Natasha Bedingfield has premiered the music video for her uplifting "Strip Me", the title track and the official second single from her upcoming third studio album "Strip Me," out November 9 on Epic Records, and was written and produced by the lead singer of OneRepublic, Ryan Tedder. The song is also features prominently in the trailer for upcoming Rachel McAdams movie "Morning Glory," will be forthcoming in conjunction with the film's release on November 10. Recorded in Los Angeles, "Strip Me" reminds us of the gift Bedingfield has for creating smart, substantive pop music.
Harboring a mid-tempo tune, that little by little builds into a powerful chorus, it would seem as if Bedingfield would have all she needs to create some noise in the States. The song preaches individuality and independence in a world that occasionally promotes conformity and subservience. It continues to climb the Pop radio charts on the strength of its incredibly buoyant and catchy refrain and its empowering and timely lyrics about being who you are and making sure you allow your voice to be heard.
According to Bedingfield herself, through her twitter account, she went back to her hometown London to shoot the video for the song with photographer and director Kathie Rankin. The Grammy nominated singer may only be one voice in a million. But as her "Strip Me" video shows, no one's taking that away from her. She appears to be going through an identity crisis in the video, as various bodiless hands reach out and dress her in a variety of fancy outfits. But, fear not-she assures us in the song's lyrics, "If you strip it all away, I'll be alright!"
Bedingfield's music serves as an extension of herself with her albums "Strip Me" displaying transitions in her life as a musical diary of the affairs of the heart. Each song on "Strip Me" evokes the innate desires, needs and fears which people feel in these most troubling times. Although the title of the album is provocative, the songs Bedingfield writes underscore the things that are important to her. 28-year-old pop star explained the album title to Shelley of Goom Radio "I named it 'Strip Me' because it's a little contrast to the stuff that's out there that's very gimmicky. It's much more real and raw musically." Bedingfield's message is clear. Don't get caught up in material things. Don't be afraid to be loved, to be supported, and to be touched. Believe in yourself and follow your heart.

Josh Groban Unveiled Video For "Hidden Away"

Josh Groban has unveiled his brand new music video on AOL for "Hidden Away," the first new original song from internationally renowned vocalist and songwriter's fifth studio album "Illuminations," which will be released on November 15 via 143/Reprise Records. Groban, who is Billboard's 14th top-selling artist of the 2000s" was free to express himself at his fullest by tapping into a new range of expression and emotional connection with lyrics drawn straight from the heart."
The song was recorded live with Groban singing and playing piano. It finds Groban making a heartfelt plea not to hide true love or one's true self. He wrote the cut with the former leader of the band Semisonic, Dan Wilson, who won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year along with the Dixie Chicks. So what message does Groban want his friends to take away from the song? "It's about people needing the kind of life shaken out of them," Groban explains. "It's about people who are waiting for that release. It could be somebody coming home from work, a friend, but the song itself is about people who need to be woken up inside."
As for the video, his first in more than four years, the 29-year-old Los Angeles-born singer wanted to convey that feeling without getting too intricate. "It's not overly complicated, but follows the stories of a few different people who are just simply waiting for that wake up," he says. "So I think the video represents that feeling, people seeing themselves the way others see them." Fans should expect more videos for tracks off "Illuminations." "I think these songs really lend themselves to music videos," he says. "They're very personal stories for me and so my quest in making videos in the future is try and make videos that visually more and more match the mood of the song."
Releasing albums around the holiday period has traditionally been good for Groban. For his latest album "Illuminations," Groban was working with famed rock 'n' roll producer Rick Rubin, and it took three years. A statement says Groban and Rubin stepped out of "their respective zones to come together and create an entirely new zone where art meets intimacy, immediacy meets timelessness." The result is a more personal album. "I'm definitely anticipating some questions from people in my life, whether some of these songs are about them. The first single and video for "Hidden Away" is one such example. "I can definitely pinpoint one or two people, at least in my life that I felt the song is for," he says. "It's also for myself as well. I think sometimes we sing songs that we'd like to hear ourselves and so in that way it can be very cathartic."

McFly Debut "Shine A Light" Featuring Taio Cruz

British four-piece band McFly have debuted a music video in support of their latest single "Shine a Light", an enjoyable ballad and the second single of McFly's "Super City" era, featuring R&B sensation Taio Cruz, off the pop rock band's forthcoming fifth studio album "Above The Noise," which is set to arrive in the UK on November 15.
At the exclusive launch for "Above the Noise," The band frontman Tom Fletcher described the process of the creating the song "like working backwards." Rather than working from a piano, creating a complete song before adding the various bells and whistles, they built up the song from beats, bass lines and drum sounds. It has more punch than a school disco, a soaring high-pitch vocal in the verses and a massive Shine a light on if anybody sees her chorus. It also sounds like a song containing hidden gems that are the reward for repeat listens, but the quality of the production, the vocal delivery and the song's dynamic and exciting form lift it far past this and personify the passion and ambition that the boys claimed led the creation of this album. The first step on a long journey to be the world's biggest band.
The poppy, boy-band sounding "Shine A Light," is one of those songs we like to listen to and daydream that someone is singing it about us. We even like to re-enact our very own music videos, that normally end in us tripping over a hairbrush just as things get a bit enthusiastic and dramatic. We're detecting a note of old school McFly cheesiness combined with that aforementioned new sound. And to prove just how much they've changed, they've even roped in Cruz to funk up the whole track. "Shine A Light" boosts a typical boyband chorus – a midtempo, electropop track that oozes with Cruz's synths and a catchy 'Eh Eh' squirming around the background. At first, you may kind of think that this pair won't work but the result is quite convincing and we're loving every minute of it.
Together with Cruz, Fletcher and his bandmates pump up the crowd gathering outside the cage. The video was shot in a secret location in London last month. McFly got together with Phil Griffin who called upon their mammoth fanbase to help out with the shoot at Three Mills Studios in East London. "It was different because we live web-streamed the whole day as a clue to the band's location," says Phil. "By keeping an eye on the web stream, the fans could follow clues and find the shoot. It was a bit mad but worked. The fans then started uploading their own favorite bits of the day to Youtube. The finished video has been up a week and taken over 350,000 hits. I think it was interesting because we invited the fans into the process - made them a part of what made the video."

Pink Salutes The Underdogs In "Raise Your Glass"

Pink is releasing her the lead single "Raise Your Glass" with the forthcoming "Greatest Hits... So Far!!!" set, drops on November 16 and she's moving full-steam ahead with the music video to the track. The anthemic upbeat song was produced by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin and co-written by Pink and raises a glass to all the "dirty little freaks" out there, who are "wrong in all the right ways."
"Rosie the Riveter" represented the American women who worked in factories during World War II and famously used the slogan "We Can Do It!" Pink explained to Alex James on the UK-based radio show In: Demand that this song is a celebration for those who feel left out from the popular crowd. "I had been on the road for two years and I hadn't written anything and I wanted to write a song about underdogs. Instead of going and becoming a cover girl and endorsement girl and popular girl and having No.1s, I kind of just hit the road and pounded the pavement and became a touring artist," she said. "You don't have to be popular when you're a touring artist, you just have to be good, and this is just a celebration and a thank you."
Raising one's glass towards someone or something and then drinking is a low key form of a toast, a traditional ritual in which a drink is taken as an expression of honor or goodwill. Proposing a toast dates back to religious rituals practiced by the ancient Greeks, where at ceremonial meals they poured out drinks for both their gods and the dead. A vessel of wine would then be lifted in the direction of a member of the dinner party and the words "It is to you" would be said. The container was then handed to whoever had been toasted to drink from. The 31-year-old spunky pop star is hard at work filming a video. Instead of having a toast with her glass, Pink raises her right arm and shows off some muscles as she channels "Rosie the Riveter" in this first look shot; She represents a hard-working woman, dressing up as "Rosie the Riveter" with a red bandanna on her hair.
The Dave Meyers-directed video is an ode to the underdog and the video itself is based around one of Pink's real-life experiences, and features a celebration of gay marriage, expressing her views that people should not feel any differently towards gay marriage than normal marriage. Pink commented on the video in an interview for MTV: "I threw my best friend's wedding in my backyard - she is gay and she married her wife, and it was absolutely beautiful. At the end of it, her mom said, 'Why can't this be legal?' and started crying. It was just the most heartbreaking thing I've ever seen, so that's why I'm doing it in my video."

Sons of Sylvia Premiere Video For "I'll Know You"

Sons of Sylvia recently caused a a huge buzz after their American Idol performance, as a pop/country crossover sensation. Between releasing their debut album "Revelation" this summer and spending the last eight months on the road with Carrie Underwood, They found time to film a new music video for the song "I'll Know You," the band's second single. After guesting on "What Can I Say" from Underwood's third album, "Play On," "she kind of took us in like stray puppies," band says with a laugh. If you were lucky enough to see Underwood in concert this year, then you were also lucky enough to see Sons Of Sylvia in concert since they've been on tour with her this year.
Originally from the small town of Rocky Mount, VA, Sons Of Sylvia is an American pop/country music trio composed of three brothers with the surname Clark: Adam (guitar, mandolin), Ashley (lead vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Austin (background vocals, resonator guitar). All three, along with their three other brothers Aaron, Andrew, and Alan, originally comprised a sextet called The Clark Family Experience. Their unique sound is a blend of their upbringing – and in any Sons Of Sylvia song you'll hear country, rock, bluegrass and gospel.
Sons Of Sylvia are hoping that "I'll Know You" will build on the showing of their hit track "Love Left to Lose," which made its way into the Adult Top 40 chart. Ashley says "The song is beautiful. It's a very strong love ballad, and it's really about that hope and that dream of finding your true love and never giving up hope and knowing she's out there - or he's out there - somewhere. It's a common them of you can't give up and eventually you will find that person. And when we do it live it comes across well. It's so passionate and so moving."
The song wasn't written in a hour. "We all got together and collaborated with [producers] Brian Howes and Catt Gravitt," Austin tells The Boot. "[My brothers Ashley and Adam, and I] had all talked about how we wanted to write something emotional, like finding your true love and never giving up and knowing she is out there. Every song is different but this one didn't take long either. We all got together in the studio in Vancouver, Canada, and wrote it. Then we walked into the next room and recorded it." Asked who had the idea for the song, Ashley hesitantly replies, "Well, I don't want to take credit for it, but ... [laughs]." Apparently, the tune's subject matter also reflects the current romantic situation in which Ashley finds himself. Asked if he's currently searching for love, he responds, "Always," with another laugh.
Sons Of Sylvia frontman Ashley describes the band's experience thus far as "surreal" and a "crazy road." Their debut album, "Revelation," has only been out since April and is just the beginning of a newly-charted course for Sons Of Sylvia, but will no doubt lead to success. The sibling trio is already chomping at the bit to start working on a sophomore set. "We have always wanted to make a record that comes from our heart. We want to inspire people with our music. We want to send a message of hope." For now, the band is finishing their run on Underwood's "Play On" tour through the end of the year.