V V Brown Update: Touring with Maroon 5 and Brand-New Song (Very Good!)
August 23, 2010
V V Brown is just everywhere! After touring France and the U.K. (opening for Pink) and headlining a massive festival in Morocco, she has returned to the U.S. to gig together with Maroon 5 this summer at amphitheaters around the country.
Last week, she also hit the homepage of GRAMMY.com with her live performance at The Recording Academy in Santa Monica, CA earlier this summer. A little birdie told me that the GRAMMY folks abolutely adored her and she has definitely made new fans there.
The GRAMMY.com web site also featured a five-questions video interview with the singer in which she confides that it was absolutely a dream come true for her to be at The Recording Academy in the presence of so much music history. It is an incredible honor for her to featured so prominently on the GRAMMY homepage, and hopefully she will take home a few GRAMMY Awards early next year (even though that's up to its voting members).
I caught up with V V on Saturday in Atlanta, and it was so much fun to see her conquer a large stage after seeing her at club venues earlier this year (including LA's Spaceland for my Superfraiche Pop Night). She performed tracks from her debut album and also premiered a brand-new song, titled "Sleeping With The Enemy," which is very, very good.
It is the intended first single from her forthcoming second album that she has been recording between gigs. "Sleeping With The Enemy" points to a more electro-edged sound, while staying true to her distinct brand of stomping soul pop.
The song immediately resonated with the crowd who got on their feet to sing along to its instantly catchy chorus ("serial heartbreaker, serial heartbreaker"). I have no doubt that V V has a massive hit on her hands with this one.
It was a great to spend some time with her and her super fun band mates after the show and catch up. Combining style and substance, V V Brown is the real deal who brings an invigorating blast of freshness to the pop scene And I'm not just saying that because V V is a friend. The music and the performance speaks for itself. Can't wait for all of you the hear the new track. You will love it.