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| Released |  December 4, 2007 |
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| Recorded | June, 2007—TBA | ||||
| Genre | Electronic Pop Soul |
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| Length | TBA | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Producer | BT, David Hodges, J. R. Rotem, Mike Elizondo, Ryan Tedder, Sam Hollander & Sluggo, Sean Hurley | ||||
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A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream) is the second album and the first studio album by Blake Lewis, the runner-up on the sixth season of American Idol. It's scheduled to be released in the United States on December 4, 2007.
Background
On June 21, 2007, Lewis disclosed in his blog at MySpace that on top of the American Idol tour, he has "been in meetings with producers and writers" for his album, though his record deal with Arista Records/19 Recordings was not announced officially until August 24.[1][2] Lewis has been recording his album in the studio "for all night long" since June 18.[3][4] As of August 9, he has already recorded eight songs.[5][6]
Lewis described some of the songs he has recorded on July 16, 2007:
| “ | I try not to be put in a box. I'm inspired by everything. I've got six tracks done. I've got a track that's very Erasure-sounding, a track that's Sting-meets-Neverending Story and a track that's very electro-poppy Depeche Mode. It's all over the map.[7] | ” |
The record, A.D.D. for "Audio Day Dream", is expected to be released with a 20-minute documentary which was shot by Ethan Newberry and Cisco McCarthy, Lewis' friends.[8][1][9][1] Gabrielle Revere shot the cover picture and Courtney James did the design work for the cover.[1]
Musical influences
Lewis has stated in several interviews that he wants his future album to have pop, electronic and jazzy hip hop feels to it, as he classified the sound as "electro-funk-soul-pop".[10][11] He has also listed his ideal choices of producers and collaborators for his album in various interviews, including "Father of Trance" BT, Darkchild, will.i.am, Pro J, DJ Shadow, Dan the Automator and Gnarls Barkley (the musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo Green).[10][12] In interviews with Entertainment Weekly magazine and Entertainment Tonight, he mentioned a collaboration with Doug E. Fresh, the hip hop/beatboxing legend Lewis beatboxed with to "The Show" in the Grand Finale of the sixth season of American Idol and received a standing ovation from the judges and the audience, as well as some of his musical influences, such as Maroon 5, 311, Duran Duran, Michael Jackson and Jamiroquai.[13][14]
Collaborations
In an interview with TV Guide on June 27, 2007, Lewis revealed that Doug E. Fresh "is in talks to beatbox on a song" and that one of his favorite producers, BT, has signed on to produce his debut album.[11][15] Moreover, he is "going to have four or five people beatbox between tracks”.[11]
Other collaborations that have been revealed to date include:
- Aaron Sterling, drummer;[16]
- Chris Richardson, fellow finalist on American Idol and singer-songwriter:
| “ | I have hopefully four songs on Blake's album that are co-written by me. For his first single, we're pushing for the one that me and him wrote together. I think it would do really good. It's called "What You Got to Lose". Hopefully that will spin out there in radioland, and it will build some credibility as a songwriter.[17] | ” |
- David Hodges, singer-songwriter and former member of Evanescence;[18]
- The writing team of Evan "Kidd" Bogart (music executive and songwriter) and J. R. Rotem (super producer);[19]
- Ivan Koumaev and Travis Wall, contestants on the second season of So You Think You Can Dance;[20]
- Josh Hoge, singer-songwriter:
| “ | Just wanted to pop in and say that I wrote 2 songs that he (Blake) just recorded for this record! I just got the versions of his and they sound amazing! Keep your fingers crossed that they make it, and you'll hopefully be hearing them soon![21] | ” |
- Louie Bello, singer-songwriter;[22][23]
- Mike Elizondo, record producer;[24]
- Rich Cronin, former member of the pop trio LFO;[22]
- Ryan Tedder, lead singer of the pop/rock band OneRepublic and record producer;[25][26][27][28]
- S*A*M & Sluggo, songwriter and record producer;[24][29][18]
- Sean Hurley, songwriter and record producer;[18]
- Steph Jones, singer-songwriter;[30][31]
Lewis has also been trying to get some guests for the album, as he stated in interviews:
| “ | I know that Doug E. [Fresh] and I are probably going to do a track. I'm trying to get my boy RA Scion of Common Market to do a track. I'm trying to get Black Thought and Chali 2na. I'm going to reach out and if they don't want to, that's cool. I'm just going to try to get some freestyle tracks that are completely organic and raw, true to The Fifth Element.[32] | ” |
| “ | I'm trying to get Chali 2na [of Jurassic 5], Mos Def, and my boy RA Scion from Common Market.[33] | ” |
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Blake Lewis' profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-06-22.
- ^ "Blake Lewis Sixth Season Runner-Up on 'American Idol,' Signs to 19 Recordings/Arista Records". PR Newswire (August 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
- ^ "Behind the Scenes: 'Idol Live' Tour Rehearsals" (video). MyFox Los Angeles (June 25, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Zepeda, Dana Meltzer (June 27, 2007). "American Idol's Blake Lewis Dishes on New Album". TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ "On-Air With Ryan Seacrest: Blake Lewis". 102.7 KIIS-FM (August 9, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
- ^ shellybean79 (August 9, 2007). "On-Air With Ryan Seacrest: Blake Lewis" (excerpts). Television Without Pity Forums. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
- ^ Guerra, Joey (July 16, 2007). "'American Idol' Fivesome Talk Music, M&Ms, Makeup". Chron.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
- ^ J Records: List of Upcoming Releases. J Records official website. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
- ^ Balta, Victor (July 27, 2007). "Blake's Back Home". HeraldNet. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ a b Barnes, Ken (May 20, 2007). "Blake Talks to Reporters". USA Today. Retrieved on 2007-05-22.
- ^ a b c Zepeda, Dana Meltzer (June 27, 2007). "American Idol's Blake Lewis Dishes on New Album". TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ Edwards, Haley (May 25, 2007). "Blake Talks About 'Idol' and Beyond". The Seattle Times. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
- ^ "Blake Lewis Plans His Debut CD!" (video). Entertainment Weekly (May 31, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
- ^ "Blake Lewis: 'Idol' Runner-Up". Entertainment Tonight (June 2, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
- ^ "Blake Lewis AIM Interview". AOL.com (July 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ Aaron Sterling News. Aaron Sterling official website (July 9, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
- ^ McDonald, Sam (September 13, 2007). "Q&A: Idol's Chris Richardson Talks About His Future, His Home". Daily Press. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
- ^ a b c Dave (September 28, 2007). "Blake Lewis Has An Audio Day Dream". American Idol official website. Retrieved on 2007-09-28.
- ^ Bolden, Janeé (July 23, 2007). "Player Watch: 50 Cent and Sean Kingston's Piano Man, J. R. Rotem". SOHH.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ "Travis Wall and Ivan Koumaev Exclusive Video Interview". movmnt (June 27, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-29.
- ^ Hoge, Josh (August 24, 2007). "Blake Lewis Gets Record Deal". ETrain (Official Elliott Yamin forum). Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ a b Beggy, Carol; Shanahan, Mark (August 11, 2007). "Boys to 'Manband'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
- ^ Louie Bello's profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
- ^ a b Graff, Gary (August 14, 2007). "Season Six 'Idol' Stars Prepping Debut Albums". Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
- ^ shellybean79 (July 6, 2007). "Ethan/Justin/Cisco Chat On BLM" (excerpts). Television Without Pity Forums. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Moist Cupcake!" (Cupcake official website). Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ Cisco McCarthy's profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ Ryan "Alias" Tedder's profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
- ^ Sam Hollander's profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
- ^ Steph Jones' profile. MySpace. Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
- ^ "A Day In the Life of Steph Jones" (video). YouTube (July 6, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-06.
- ^ Zepeda, Dana Meltzer (August 29, 2007). "On Tour with 'American Idol': The Blake Lewis Q&A". TV Guide. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
- ^ Stransky, Tanner (August 30, 2007). "Blake Lewis Has 'ADD'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
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