Over, already? Mae has been a great month, but as all things, it's time to say goodbye. Lauriana Mae bids us adieu from the #MonthofMae with a video of her performing at a Hennessy event, and a song "Rob A Bank--" because she loves you so much, she'd do something wild! Stay tuned for the progression of this Atlantic Records performer.
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Lauriana Mae & #Month Of Mae/Homage To Arrested Development
Lauriana Mae opens for Tank in the Mid-Atlantic Tour.
May flew by fast, but Lauriana Mae put in #MonthofMae promo time each week with a webisode and song clip for the fans to enjoy. Footage as B.o.B's opening act surfaced previously, with a Soundcloud of the intense relationship angst of "Bring Me Back My Car." This week, a performance in Baltimore and Virginia featuring Tank, with the premiere of the song "Thank You," and a song drop: a rendition of Arrested Development's "People Everyday." It's called "All Time High," and it will have you shaking your rump in the middle of all the BBQ's this coming weekend.
This week's drop is above; For the previous drop, click "Read More."
#MonthofMae Is Upon Us: Lauriana Mae Gets Promo With New Video's/Downloads UPDATED
If you haven't heard of Lauriana Mae, now is an acceptable time to start. The jazz/pop artist is spreading the word with weekly promo videos and download drops. Last week was her video of her MGM Grand performance; this week, background clips with James Blunt. So watch above, and don't be late to get on the bandwagon. All aboard!
UPDATE: Lauriana has posted this week's song in her #MonthofMae series, "Shine;" it's below. Something good to gravitate towards.
NEW SONG: B.o.B. feat Lauriana Mae "Chandelier"
B.o.B.'s album is due out next week, and here's a new track from the energetic rap star and the lovely Lauriana Mae. It's called "Chandelier," and it will make you feel like you're stuck in a black and white movie...
B.o.B.'s album, Strange Clouds, drops this Tuesday, May 1. Guests also include Morgan Freeman, Taylor Swift, T.I., Chris Brown, Ryan Tedder, Trey Songz, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Playboy Tre. If you like it, you know where to put your bucks when the time comes.
ESTELLE TALKS "ALL OF ME" OUT TODAY!
@EstelleDarlings @AtlanticRecords
All of the fans who have been waiting for Estelle to drop All of Me in the US are officially satiated today, as the London-bred singer drops her latest album on Atlantic Records. When GBSTL caught up with Estelle a few weeks ago, we had a chat about the album, the fans waiting impatiently, and her international appeal. Read below.
Q: So how does it feel to have your album All Of Me come out after all this time?
A: It feels like, Jesus is on the main line, tell him what you want! Nah I’m joking. It feels good!
Q: We’ve been waiting for you.
A: I know. I was getting cursed out regularly on Twitter. People show their love in different ways, and a lot of the love was like, “You’re just a one hit wonder! When is your album coming out?” And I was like, “You’re just gonna shade me and love me in the same wave?” I’m a one hit wonder, where is my record, what do I say? Um, you know what? I take my time because I feel like, it affects people’s lives when I talk. It affects people’s lives when you speak and when you say things. This is something that goes into the universe and it gets played again, and again, and again and it can’t be wack, it can’t be fake. It can’t be, you know. And I’m thankful that I have a catalogue so I can just be like, hold this, hold for the love. Hold these mixtapes until the full package is ready. I’m thankful for that.
Q: What would you say All Of Me is about? It’s about falling in and out of love…
A: In and out of love, in and out of friendships, this is who the hell I am…and just becoming more a woman, becoming more a human, becoming more vulnerable. You know no one ever saw me be sad, ever, in my entire career on a record. I was the super positive tough girl. My management team was like, “You cry. We know you cry.” And I was like, “What? Where? Who told you that?” And the day I did they were like “FML she really cries!” Because I’m so positive, I believe there’s no reason to waste tears when you can find a way through it. There’s some days where, and I’m first to admit this, there’s some days where a good cry solves everything.
Q: When is the last time you cried?
A: Ooh a couple of days ago. [At my birthday] I had dinner with my team, and they got up and said speeches about me, and I was like “Is this my wedding? What are you guys talking about, what happened?" It was a moment. It was beautiful to hear good stuff about yourself when you’re not used to hearing it. And you're not used to people telling you it and believing them. And everyone else that has told you it never meant it. It was amazing. I was head down like, “Yo, you’re fucking up my make-up!”
Q: Can you talk about some of the features on your album? Rick Ross…
A: Rick Ross and Janelle Monáe are the main features. Chris Brown and Trey Songz are on a song called “International.” I love those two guys! They’re so young, they’re so amazing, and they’re growing into young men. I just love that about them. This world is hard. What they do isn’t easy. What we do isn’t easy. It seems it, but it isn’t. I’ve been watching them from [wen they were] babies. Mr. “I don’t wanna leave…” Mr. “Hey Girl [Excuse Me Miss]” Chris Brown’s first song to where he’s at now and where Trey is now, I respect that. And then to see them in places where I’m at. Like I’m an international artist. To see them pop up in Japan when I’m there and Australia where I’m there, it’s dope. It’s like, they’re getting it. I'm proud of them. The song is called “International” and [on it,] we’re just being cocky bastards. We're just talking about being everywhere at once, getting our life endorsements. It's hella fun!
Q: You are truly international now. Where do you reside now?
A: In between New York, and LA.
Q: What would you say is the biggest difference between LA and New York, and London?
A: It’s 24 hours out here. LA is actually slower. It’s closer to London in pace. New York is 24 hours. You guys have something going on every minute of every day. Literally!
Q: What time do stores close in London?
A: Like 12 AM, 1 AM. That’s like a late store. Everyone goes home and cooks and chills and hangs out. When I’m in town my people get upset. They’re like, “You’re going out every night?” And I’m like, “Yes! I’m going out every night!”
Estelle’s album, All Of Me, is in stores in the US now (and in the UK? March 12).
Girl Blue Recap: Carl Thomas and Friends Warm the SOB's Crowd
Anyone outside last night in NYC may have felt the chill. The temperatures dropped, but that didn’t stop SOB’s from keeping the venue sweltered with a sold-out show from Peter Hadar, Lauriana Mae, and Carl Thomas.
The packed house stood fast jamming with 98.7 KISS FM while sipping on cocktails and jamming to classics. Not long after the scheduled start time, Lil Nat from the station walked up to the stage to introduce the first performer, Peter Hadar.
He put on a short show citing some tech difficulties, but the audiences exhibited cheers for his soulful sound. Performing “Your Body” and contemplative “Purple Pills,” him and his background singer flexibly boogied to his tunes before giving the floor to the next act on the roster.
Lauriana Mae was up next. Wearing a navy pleated trim jacket, black sequined pants, a pearl bracelet with brooch, and diamond dangling earrings and headband, she bust out with “Money Mae” to head bops and side commentary (i.e. the girl standing beside exclaiming “I like this already!” 2 minutes in).
She crooned from the depths of her pain with “Love,” and slowed it down with "My Guy," uplifted with “Shine,” and ended with a “Like A Drum” that had her and the audience grooving it from side to side. After putting on a powerhouse performance, the audience was hype.
The charming Carl Thomas approached the stage soon after with his black suit, red handkerchief, and pearly whites and started off performing some oldies such as “Summer Rain.” Confiding to the audience, “I’m an Illinois boy but I became a man in NYC,” he offered the fans in his home away from home to “take it back before I take ya’ll up!” With “Make it Alright” he offered to right the wrongs of the last man, and he followed up by a convincing “Don’t Kiss Me.”
A few songs in, Carl was already full of sweat, as he performed songs from his latest release Conquer such as “Long Distance Love Affair” and “Round 2.” “My album is dedicated to the fans! This album is for you!” he exclaimed, following with “It Ain’t Fair” and the title track from Let’s Talk About It. He triumphantly closed with oldies but goodies “Emotional” and “I Wish.”
“That’s it for the hiatuses, is that alright?” Carl suggested, regarding his four year break from the biz. A question like that, you don’t even have to ask.
—GirlBlueSTL (TR).
The packed house stood fast jamming with 98.7 KISS FM while sipping on cocktails and jamming to classics. Not long after the scheduled start time, Lil Nat from the station walked up to the stage to introduce the first performer, Peter Hadar.
He put on a short show citing some tech difficulties, but the audiences exhibited cheers for his soulful sound. Performing “Your Body” and contemplative “Purple Pills,” him and his background singer flexibly boogied to his tunes before giving the floor to the next act on the roster.
Lauriana Mae was up next. Wearing a navy pleated trim jacket, black sequined pants, a pearl bracelet with brooch, and diamond dangling earrings and headband, she bust out with “Money Mae” to head bops and side commentary (i.e. the girl standing beside exclaiming “I like this already!” 2 minutes in).
She crooned from the depths of her pain with “Love,” and slowed it down with "My Guy," uplifted with “Shine,” and ended with a “Like A Drum” that had her and the audience grooving it from side to side. After putting on a powerhouse performance, the audience was hype.
The charming Carl Thomas approached the stage soon after with his black suit, red handkerchief, and pearly whites and started off performing some oldies such as “Summer Rain.” Confiding to the audience, “I’m an Illinois boy but I became a man in NYC,” he offered the fans in his home away from home to “take it back before I take ya’ll up!” With “Make it Alright” he offered to right the wrongs of the last man, and he followed up by a convincing “Don’t Kiss Me.”
A few songs in, Carl was already full of sweat, as he performed songs from his latest release Conquer such as “Long Distance Love Affair” and “Round 2.” “My album is dedicated to the fans! This album is for you!” he exclaimed, following with “It Ain’t Fair” and the title track from Let’s Talk About It. He triumphantly closed with oldies but goodies “Emotional” and “I Wish.”
“That’s it for the hiatuses, is that alright?” Carl suggested, regarding his four year break from the biz. A question like that, you don’t even have to ask.
—GirlBlueSTL (TR).
Shake that Money Mae-Ker...Lauriana Mae Releases "Love Mae" EP
Remember GirlBlueSTL's Recap on Sol Village? A petite NJ native, once on Diddy's Starmaker, who goes by the name of Lauriana Mae stepped up to the stage and surprised everyone. She donned a throwback outfit, some curly blonde locks (I googled her to get her name right when she hit the stage, and a long black-haired girl showed up in the results. Same person!) and her own traveling band--The Pains.
Her sound was throwback to the flapper era. A sort of loud symphony blowing towards the ear-drum. She told a story about shaking your tail-feather to a Money Mae-ker, then croon-cried to love lost and/or lacking, not specific, with the violin missing (that would be cliché). Then she spoke about beating it like a drum in the bedroom, and what it takes to be "her guy." Needless to say, nostalgic vibrato against hefty production had done her well.
Now she has released a gift just in time for Christmas: The Love Mae EP. Three tracks is more than enough to crossover the most stout opposer (One can imagine this opposer getting all the words stuck in his head and singing them at random times for reasons he knows not). The girl doesn't disappoint. So take a listen, and don't stray too far...because there's more where this came from. --GB
SOLLLL RECAP: NIKKI JEAN, BRIDGET KELLY, CJ HILTON & MORE ROCK SOB'S
CJ Hilton with the camera action!
Sol Village at SOB’s on Wednesday night in NYC was completely and utterly unexpected. That’s what one gets when venturing out to find the next big thing in CMJ week. The trial and error of it all would force some not to bet at all. To, in complete angst of the situation, stay home and turn on the radio, and frolic to the ones that have already made a cut. That would be a sad mistake.
Backed by the band The Collective, veteran Eric Roberson hosted. Among crowd warmers such as singing an impromptu tune with random words picked out by the audience ("pineapple," "crackhead"…), and belting a lady’s digits so that concertgoers could text her, he was well received.
First up was the colorful Yasinabdur. Wearing a neon ensemble, the artist brought in the positivity with “Fighting Love,” and “Angel.” Then, in “Cutthroat,” told the audience to “cut” their haters, or nix them with the hand motion that says “Ixnay.” The stage presence brought an new flavor, but the gear was a clincher.
Candice Anitra broke the mold with punk flavor packaged in a black lace dress. “Boy Crazy” was interesting to say the least, as Candice appeared slightly possessed, rolling her eyes into the back of her head as she sang. To top it off, she performed “Objectify Me,” a subjective song about being a fan of rough bedroom tactics; the title says it all.
When Lauriana Mae hit the stage, the audience was unsuspecting, but the slim and petite blonde-mane bombshell, in one foul swoop, smacked the entire audience with her first word. The sound is a throwback from the flapper era, mixed with a bit of 40’s/50’s groups like The Andrews Sisters. She performed songs including “My Guy” and another knocking boots tune, “Beat It,” before ending with “Shine.”
Bridget Kelly made Roc Nation proud (the fam was in attendance indeed). She performed songs off of her recently released EP, Every Girl. She fits the bill, with hard spitting lyricism that could interchange as a rap-- straight-forward, in your face, and concrete. After “In The Morning”, “Every Girl”, and after “Thinking About Forever,*" she sang the crowd favorite, “Seek and Destroy,” pointing to the audience, singing, “You better not f*** this up/ Or I’ma f*** you up!”
Verse Simmonds brought the appeal with “Buy You A Round (Up and Down)”, crooning “If you’re a single lady let me buy you a round!” Then sang a soulful “Love No Glove”, with a Soul For Real bridge of “Candy Rain.” “Boo Thang” was his last diddy, before he gave the stage to Nikki Jean.
When she hit the stage she took off her boots, and pressed the keyboard pedals with her bare toes. Then she sang “I Only Have Eyes For You” and “Million Star Motel" sans Lupe and Black Thought. Audience participation ruled “La Di Da Di Da” with a folk sound (Slick Rick anyone?*), creating a cross between the local light hits station and throwback classics.
Last but not least CJ Hilton worked an intimate crowd to his advantage, coming down into the audience and having one on one with the ladies. After the break up song "Cold Summer," he asked “Would you leave me?” to each girl in the front…and each giggled fervently and shook her head like a bobble like, “You? Never!” He crooned on his knees with "Tonight" and ended with a “So Fresh” that showed an impressive headliner mentality. End with a bang.
--GIRLBLUESTL, (TR)
*This has been a GB amendment.
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