Thisis50.com’s Jack Thriller recently sat down with Chrisette Michele. The R&B singer talked about the meaning behind her new single ‘I’m A Star’, calling her sound of music rock soul, what she can do without in the profession, her musical inspirations, the best and worst advice she ever received, why she cut her hair, putting out a mixtape, her new album ‘Let Freedom Reign’, album sales and more. Watch the interview via YouTube below.
Chrisette Michele Discusses ‘Epiphany’ With CNN
Chrisette Michele tells CNN’s Shanon Cook how she reacted when new her album ‘Epiphany’ went No. 1, and why she eats lots of grapes. Asked how the new CD demonstrate how she’s progressed as an artist, Michele responded, “One way is that I didn’t write some of the songs. Pride destroyed! Ego smashed! Pens, pencils thrown across the room! It was so tough at first. But then I started working with Ne-Yo. Ne-Yo is the easiest person to talk to, and he made my experiences come to life with his lyrics. I was afraid that if somebody took the pen and the pad that it would suddenly turn into somebody else. But he did a wonderful job of capturing Chrisette Michele and it was a beautiful experience.” The interview video at Turner.com has since been removed.
On TV: Lionel Richie, Chrisette Michele
R&B acts on television this week include:
Lionel Richie, who performs on the finale of ‘American Idol’ (FOX) on Wednesday and ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ (NBC) on Thursday.
Chrisette Michele, who performs on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ (NBC) on Friday.
On TV: Ciara, Chrisette Michele, Jennifer Hudson
R&B acts on television this week include:
Ciara, who performs on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ (NBC) on Monday, ‘Jimmy
Kimmel Live’ (ABC) and ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ (Syndicated) on Wednesday.
En Vogue, who perform on ‘The View’ on Monday.
Chrisette Michele, who performs on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ (CBS) on Tuesday.
Jennifer Hudson, who performs on ‘Today’ (NBC) on Friday.
Chrisette Michele ‘Epiphany’ MySpace Release Party
Chrisette Michele celebrated the release of her new album ‘Epiphany’ with thousands of fans at BB Kings on April 28th in New York City. Fans not only got to watch her perform new songs, but from her previous debut as well. Watch highlights of the MySpace Release Party below.
Chrisette Michele At Giant Magazine Photoshoot
Chrisette Michele checked in from the photoshoot she was doing for Giant magazine last week. The singer offered a tour of the place she was at and chatted with her team. Watch it via YouTube below.
Chrisette Michele ‘Epiphany’ Countdown
Chrisette Michele is starting a countdown to the release of her new album ‘Epiphany’, which is only 24 days away. The R&B singer had no makeup, lost her voice, hadn’t eaten yet, and was tired.
The message at Chrisette’s YouTube channel has since been removed.
Chrisette Michele ‘Epiphany’ Video
Chrisette Michele is out with the video to her new single ‘Epiphany’, off the Long Island, New York R&B singer’s second album ‘Epiphany’, out March 31st via Island Def Jam. Watch the video and footage of Chrisette checking in on the set of the video on her YouTube channel below.
On TV: Chrisette Michele, Alicia Keys, Lloyd
R&B acts on television this week include:
Chrisette Michele, who performs with The Roots on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ on Monday.
T-Pain, who performs ‘Shawty Get Loose’ with Lil Mama on ‘Total Request Live’ on Monday.
Alicia Keys, who performs on ‘The Late Show’ on Tuesday and visits TRL’ on Wednesday.
Estelle, who visits ‘TRL’ on Tuesday and performs on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Friday.
Lloyd, who visits ‘TRL’ and co-hosts ‘106 & Park’ on Wednesday.
Mary J. Blige, who performs on ‘Today’ on Friday.
Pick Chrisette Michele’s Next Single
Chrisette Michele posted the following message to fans on her blog at MySpace (@chrisettemichele) on Monday (August 6):
Hello my Darlings!
I’m on tour and OMG am I having a total blast! I’ve met so many of you! Mz. Lady Boo, Omar, Jahaziel…just to name a few. It’s so exciting to come out to your cities and get to personally shake each of your hands! Thank you all so much for your support! I’m so glad I have you!
Okay….so here’s the deal! I need a huge favor. The Label is giving me so much liberty in what I’m doing. They let me write every song on the album, they let me help write my video treatment for “Best of Me”…they even gave me cash to pick out my own outfit for the Late Late show!!!! How kewl is that?! Well they’ve asked me to do something else but I feel like I’ll need your help.
THEY WANT ME TO CHOOSE MY NEXT SINGLE!!!!!!!!
GULP!Okay so here’s what I need you to do. As soon as you get a sec. I need you to comment to me or write me a letter telling me what song you think should come next.
Write:
PICK MY NEXT SINGLE!
in your subject and heading and then…
Copy and paste this to your letter to me:
Name:
Age:
City:
Next Single:Fill in all the blanks…then send, send, send away!
The song that has the most votes will indeed be my very next single.
I thank you you once again for your support. It’s my desire to include all of my beautiful new friends in every step of the way so I CANT WAIT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK!!!!!
Love you all gallons!
Chrisette Michele
