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Oct 5 2011 02:52 PM ET

Kelly Clarkson debuts new song 'What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)': Listen here!

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Kelly Clarkson dropped a new single on her official website today, a straightforward pop anthem called “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger).”

The tune, which may or may not be the title track of Clarkson’s upcoming October 24 album—iTunes simply calls the song “Stronger,” but her website uses the longer title—falls right into the American Idol‘s belty pop/rock wheelhouse, and it should please fans who love that sound.

Personally, I’m more partial to the understated, sassy-but-soulful vibes on current lead single “Mr. Know It All,” but there’s chatter around the EW Music Dept. that Clarkson might have been better off releasing “What Doesn’t Kill You” as the first track from Stronger.

Take a listen below and decide for yourself. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 05:11 PM ET

Kellie Pickler deals with daddy issues, gets 'Tough' in new music video: Watch it here!

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Kellie Pickler may have collaborated with Taylor Swift on the poppy “Best Days of Your Life,” but on her new single, “Tough,” she sounds like she’s headed in a more Miranda Lambert-ish direction. (Of course, it helps having Lambert’s producer, Frank Liddell on board!)

The just-released music video for “Tough” tells the story of a girl trying to connect with her incarcerated father, which reflects Pickler’s upbringing. Throughout her childhood, Kellie’s father was in and out of jail, and her mother, after abandoning her daughter when she was 2, eventually lost custody of Kellie, who was raised by her grandparents.

All that familial drama helped make Pickler “Tough,” and now she wants you to know it. “The way I see it, the hand of fate did me a favor with the hand he dealt my way,” she sasses while slinking through a hallway in a tight white tank top (She must be a Dierks Bentley fan!) Watch the clip below: READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 02:32 PM ET

Scotty McCreery set to tour with Brad Paisley in 2012

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Talk about a vote of confidence!

Just a week before the release of Scotty McCreery’s debut album, Clear As Day, country superstar Brad Paisley has announced that the American Idol winner will be joining him on the road in 2012.

On Sunday, as part of an encore performance during the final show on his H2O II: Wetter & Wilder World Tour, Paisley surprised audiences by bringing McCreery out on stage with him. “Do you want to go on tour with me?” he asked. When the North Carolina-native nodded “Yes,” Paisley responded, “Great, I’m going to take you out next year!” and later tweeted the above photo of the pair.

Details on the tour will be released soon, but it’s safe to say that McCreery is already excited about it. “it’s really humbling that somebody like him would invite me to tour w/ him,” he tweeted. “I just hope i’m ready for any pranks he throws my way.”

While it remains to be seen whether Scotty will enjoy true career longevity, the deep-voiced country crooner has certainly gotten off to a good start. Since Idol wrapped, his exclusive Wal-Mart disc, American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery EP, has sold 185,000 copies, and his coronation single “I Love You This Big,” reached number 15 on Billboard‘s Country Songs chart.

On top of that, this summer’s American Idols Live Tour proved extremely successful, selling out — or almost selling out — nearly every arena it visited. (That’s a big step up from Season 9′s tour, which only played to about 60 percent capacity.)

Are you ready for McPaisley? Will you be buying tickets to the show? And what do you think Paisley’s decision to tour with the young star says about McCreery’s future in country music?

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Sep 26 2011 05:58 PM ET

'American Idol' alum Stefano Langone signed to 19 Management

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American Idol Season 10 contestant Stefano Langone has signed to 19 Management, the same company which represents fellow Idol alums like Pia Toscano, Haley Reinhart (both of whom are signed to Interscope Records), and James Durbin. He will be co-managed by Red Light Management.

Currently, Stefano isn’t signed to a label, but according to a source at 19 Entertainment, he is “in the studio” and working on music.

While he never seemed like a major contender for the Idol crown during his run the show, Stefano did seem hipper and more stylish than most contestants, and with the right production team he could fit right in with the MTV crowd.

 

Do you think Stefano will be able to parlay his Idol success into a legitimate recording career?

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Haley Reinhart sings ‘God Bless the Child’ in dim New Orleans jazz club: Watch it here
Daughtry releases new rock single ‘Renegade’: What do you think?
‘Idol’ alum Brooke White releases debut single as Jack and White, ‘Gemini’ — EXCLUSIVE
Scotty McCreery’s new single ‘The Trouble With Girls’: Listen to it here!

Sep 20 2011 05:34 PM ET

Haley Reinhart sings 'God Bless the Child' in dim New Orleans jazz club, scats with a trumpet player: Watch it here

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Please let this be a sign of things to come!

Interscope recording artist Haley Reinhart (typing that will never get old) was recently down. In New. Orleeeeans. with her fellow Season 10 American Idol contestants — and while there, she stopped by Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse to coo a smooth 11-minute rendition of “God Bless the Child” with Irvin Mayfield and his band.

The laid-back session features some astonishingly high runs, bluesy growls, and an extended call-and-response scat session with a trumpet; check out the video (uploaded by Casey Abrams…) below:

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Sep 15 2011 04:01 PM ET

Daughtry releases new rock single 'Renegade': What do you think?

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Chris Daughtry may sell millions of records, but his band has always taken quite a bit of hate from music fans.

Not only did lead singer Chris Daughtry get his start on the oh-so-mainstream American Idol stage, but his band has tended toward lite, adult-contemporary singles like “Home” and “Life After You,” which have given the group an almost Nickelback-ish stigma.

So perhaps the band’s new song, “Renegade,” which was released today on their official website, is seeking to quiet that criticism. “Don’t you want to feel like a rebel?” Daughtry asks, “A renegade on the run?” The song, a straightforward hard rocker, makes me wonder if that sort of break-free mentality will permeate their new album, which arrives on November 21. Is Daughtry trying to rebel against the decidedly safe sound prescribed to them by the music industry?

Honestly, I hope so. Daughtry’s appealing howl ‘n growl sounds as strong here as it did on Idol, when he sang a different “Renegade,” (by Styx) and it would be nice for the band to step out as a real rock troupe.

Readers, what do you think of the new song?

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Aug 30 2011 12:04 PM ET

Scotty McCreery releases new single 'The Trouble With Girls': Listen to it here!

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American Idol winner Scotty McCreery may have just released a music video for his coronation song, “I Love You This Big,” but the deep-voiced country teen has already unveiled a second single.

McCreery debuted “The Trouble With Girls,” a lovesick ode to the entire female sex, from his debut album Clear As Day (out on October 4), this morning. You can stream the track below: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 16 2011 01:16 PM ET

'Idol' alum Brooke White releases debut single as Jack and White, 'Gemini': Hear it here! -- EXCLUSIVE

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Over two years after the release of her post-American Idol record, High Hopes and Heartbreak, sunny Season 7 American Idol alum Brooke White is back, but no longer as a solo artist.

White now sings alongside Jack Matranga in a duo they’ve named Jack and White, which formed earlier this year after the two met for a songwriting session for White’s own album. “Everything we started writing started sounding like its own thing,” White explains to EW. “This wasn’t a Brooke White record, this was a collaboration.” And so, the duo was born.

A few months later, Jack and White are set to unveil their debut EP, Gemini, on August 30. The disc, currently available for pre-order on iTunes, has a “modern folk-pop” sound according to White. The singer, in true songwriter fashion, also describes her duo’s sound with an image: “Horseback riding down the Pacific coast—that’s what it is!”

EW has the exclusive stream of the pair’s debut single, “Gemini,” a luminous track that, as the lyrics state, walks “a fine line between darkness and sunshine.” Check it out below: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 9 2011 02:52 PM ET

Pia Toscano's new 'This Time' video: Sexy or robotic? Watch it here and decide

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Pia Toscano may have finished in ninth place on American Idol last season, but with the amount of promotion she’s gotten since the show wrapped, you would almost think she’d won the whole contest.

Interscope signed the raven-hared balladeer in early July and released a debut single, “This Time” a week later. Despite heavy promotion and Pia’s recent performance slot on last week’s So You Think You Can Dance, the track has yet to take off on the charts, though.

So I’m sure both Interscope and Ms. Toscano are hoping that the the just-released music video for “This Time” will give the single some much-needed momentum. Check out the clip below: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 9 2011 11:20 AM ET

Scotty McCreery releases 'I Love You This Big' video: Watch it here!

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American Idol Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery has released a music video for his debut single, “I Love You This Big,” which currently sits at number 18 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart.

The video—like most Idol videos that are shot while the kids are on tour—is pretty straightforward. It features the North Carolina teen singing his ballad on a park stage, while loving couples intertwine fingers and smile at each other in front of a firework-lit summer-night sky.

Although his crazy eyebrows have taken a break, Scotty performs “I Love You This Big” with all his other typical mannerisms (hand on his stomach, microphone cocked sideways, arms stretched wide), and those gestures look much more organic in this down-home picnic setting than they ever did on Idol‘s pageant-ish stage.

Check out the video after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

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