it looks like everybody is trying to get a piece of the twilight action, including musicians. with the success of the first movie's soundtrack and editing beginning on the new moon sequel, some of today's top (and not so big) acts are angling for a spot on the soundtrack. earlier this year, justin guarini (american idol season 1 runner up) released a song onto the internets in hope of getting some twilight attention. here's his attempt, entitled "i can't live." the mop-topped tv guide reporter def went for the dark-vibe, but it seems too tailored to twilight. and i don't know if anyone is really interested in hearing guarini - are you? plus, any song lyrically driven is probably going to end up on the credits sequence - they're going to go for a big name. i.e. last year's flick enlisted paramore, who had just had mondo success with "misery business," for their song "decode." plus, the band was probably an easy nab - they still aren't big enough to headline a tour on their own; they're opening for no doubt this summer.
and, now, justin's final two counterpart and from justin to kelly costar kelly clarkson is throwing her hat in the twilight music rink. a single reportedly written exclusively for new moon (and sounding like a track straight from 2007's debacle of an album my december), "empty as i am" has hit the web. it's a bit moody for my taste, but so is the whole twilight franchise. i say clarkson is a safer bet over guarini - and i'm sure guarini is pissed as hell. he was the only "artist" out there to have publicly released a song specifically for the film. check out kelly's song below.
and, in more moody music news, a track selena gomez recorded "for fun" a couple years back, entitled "head first," has made its way to youtube this week. selena took to her mytwitface (she used all three social networking sites) to deny rumors that the song has anything to do with her romance with jobro nick, but did say the song was about a childhood crush. it's disney pop at its best, to say the least. the thing i don't understand is that, in the beginning of her mouse house career, selena said she didn't want a solo singing career, but a band instead. it seems like her tune has changed; s go is set to release her debut album in the near future on disney-owned hollywood records (home to fellow disney starlets [and friends/frenemies] miley cyrus and demi lovato).
selena also recently hooked up with dallas-based (selena is from the area) pop-rock band forever the sickest kids for a reworked version of their song "woah oh," similar to leighton meester's recent duet with cobra starship. this is def a radio friendly (and not just radio disney) jam that's perfect for summer. if this is any indication of what gomez's debut will be, she'll be pushing the disney envelope to the most rock it's been.
and, in related disney music news, here's a snippet of "before the storm," miley cyrus' collaboration with former boyfriend nick jonas, to be included on the jobros' new disc lines, vines, and trying times. so nice that these two could work things out. or, at the least, disney could negotiate a contract for them to sing together. i smell a megahit, at least in the tween universe.
miley tweeted today that she and nick were "writing" another song together while they recorded a new eco-friendly promo for the disney channel, alongside selena, demi, and nick's brothers.
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