SKY FERREIRA

Listening now to Obsession in good quality through headphones and there's enough interesting stuff in the production to distract from the fact it's a pretty shitty single.

When is Ryan Tedder going to be hauled in and tried for crimes against humanity?

"He had this song called obsession that he originally pitched to a whole bunch of other people at first, but people put it down, it didn't seem right...It was pitched to like Rihanna, Adam Lambert, like all these huge people. Whatever, another man’s trash is another person’s treasure."
“I had to compromise with it. I mean, love the song and it’s very poppy and stuff, but you know, I think I just wanted to try something a little different at first, but, you know, I have to do what I have to do to get out. I mean, I don’t, like, hate the song — well, some parts of it I don’t really like.”

lol

haha

I like how it's just one of the songs tacked onto the end of the new NOW! compilation. I hope it goes nowhere and no one ends up associating it with her and that it doesn't make the cut for the album's tracklist.

the sad thing is that even as an 'album only' track on the now compilation, it is still easily outselling "one" (not quite sure why these compilations still sell this much)

lmao at the quote though

wish "one" had done a little better in the uk btw

You are famous now JF!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4972034674_86ba69e2d8_b.jpg

awright!

looooooooool

hahaha

My year just got made!

haaaaaaaa! A+++++

lollllllllllll

umm apparently this is how they are choosing to get the single "out there" into the public's radar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYV_tu_IJXw

lol I just left a reply on her Facebook page to her post about "Obsession" being the song of the day on some site or something, but it was deleted for some reason. To paraphrase, "I love everything you do, but I kind of hope 'Obsession' flops for no other reason than it might make people stop paying Ryan Tedder money to do things. Anything."

Guys, that song is really SO BAD.

The video for Obsession is up. In it, Sky is a crazy Michael Madsen fan.

http://www.mtvu.com/video/?vid=577965

The chasm of quality between the video/song One and the video/song Obsession is inconceivably vast.

cool object of obsession/concept but what exactly are they doing with her? what is she supposed to be? A mash-up of Robyn and Katy Perry music stylings?

...but it was deleted for some reason.

lol, no kidding!

the video is a little strange but i think the kiddies who are somewhat spaced out but still think they're a little too cool for school will "identify with her" and whatnot in a lavigne-esque way

Album clips (maybe):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyv1JKG2Xb4

I posted this one by mistake on the pop thread, it's a good one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEYbnMB0ksk

album sampler is gone already, shux :\

It was just a collection of all the junk already circulating online. There's no way her cover of Stand Back is getting on the album I would think.

Ooh, "Elevator" is great!

Why the label thinks "Obsession" is better than either this or "One" is a complete mystery.

Apparently it won't even be on the album!

Why am I not surprised?

haha. i wonder if "obsession" will even do well. on one hand i would like her to be relatively non-obscure so that "one" has an actual chance of being promoted on the radio. on the other, though... i just don't want to hear "obsession" on the radio at all ever. i think it goes for adds soon, will be interested to see how often it will be played + how much it will sell.

just saw this

Okay.My album is no longer coming out on 1-11-11...unfortunately.It was done,but things/people constantly change within ALL record labels & in life (DUH!). I am now recording even more material for the record because I feel like I've grown (musically) since when I was 15-16 years old. All of the songs will eventually come out because they are all important to me. I'm trying to push for an EP to come out in February too. It's been extremely frustrating,but you know "these kinda things happen for a reason".Thank you for the support and I'm glad I can CLARIFY what's going on...Keep your eyes peeled for some big things happening this winter...STAY TUNED!<3

PS .I am still on EMI

P.P.S. Shutup forum ********* (I'd curse but my 12 year old cousin is on this page) I haven't even started yet.

P.P.P.S I love you.

i guess it is safe to say "obsession" has tanked? i wonder what they are trying to do with her now

Surely it has. Did "One" do well in the UK/Europe?

i looked her up on one of those chart data compilation sites. it lists her only chart entry anywhere as "one" debuting and peaking at 64 in the uk. :\

That's about 63 spots too low.

these have mysteriously appeared on the internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_cBKhV5l_U

http://soundcloud.com/skyleaks

i like "first base"!

That Frankmuzik one is really a case of the producer casting a shadow over the song.

"American Dream" is actually pretty decent, but I can actually hear Brit's version being better.

wow. looks like even more have been leaking by the minute since i posted.

even more interesting are some of the notes attached to the songs (when you click on them):

"I did this song when I was like sixteen. The stuff I sent to Christian.Before.i GotSigned. This is all old stuff before.I started working with Dallas."

"I DONT WANT THE FULL ONE OUT I WAS LIKE.15."

whoever is posting these wants people to think he/she is sky ferreira. either that or that person IS sky ferreira.

...and it's gone.

has there been any new news about her album?

Ferreira will release an EP titled As If! on March 8, 2011 in the US.[12] According to Ferreira's official Facebook page, it will feature producers and co-writers Bloodshy & Avant, Greg Kurstin, Nicole Morier, Klas Åhlund, and Colin Munroe. [13] This EP is intended to be a completely different entity than her now-delayed debut, which was pushed back until further notice, as Ferreira reported in late 2010. [14]

New single "Sex Rules"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXMv7SSgDn4

eh

ugh @

sex rules/use yr god given tools/i pity the fools

i'm a little upset that it has been given the "lyric video" treatment

amazon has clips of the ep tracks, btw

LOL I never knew Skye herself big-upped yr video, JF hahaha!

Yeah, that was one of my highlights of 2010.

As for the ep, first two tracks "eh" last three tracks "YES!"

the ep just came out.

"sex rules" is "sex rules" and "traces" sounds like something from a pastiche of a disney princess movie, but the last 3 are pretty impressive imo. "108" has nice, typically klas ahlundian melodies.

haters anonymous is a jam

<3 108!!!!!

So we're all on the same page that the first two songs are weak and the last three are hot, right?

i quite like the whole ep on one listen! much better songs than i'd heard from her before. also realised why i found appealing before, despite the substandard material - it's that too-cool-for-school LA snottiness in her voice.

Her voice is really starting to remind me of someone, but i can't quite place it.

I liked As If! from start to finish, although the last three songs are the pick of the bunch. She sounds a little more comfortable with a stronger electro/club sound.

http://soundcloud.com/skysoundcloud/song-1-snip

ok so this sounds like it could be really good

Hard to evaluate, but it's got that Gary Glitter beat like "Obsession" and that kind of thing is forever tainted in my mind with regard to her. Actually, it doesn't sound bad like "Obsession," but it's such a short snip that I really can't tell.

Sounds a bit like Goldfrapp circa Supernature. Not a bad thing I guess... still not enough to tell.