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MTV: Inside Jonas Brothers ‘Like it’s Christmas’: Songwriter Freddy Wexler Breaks down the Festive Bop
Principal and CEO of The Brain, Freddy Wexler, breaks down how the Jonas Brothers’ hit song ‘Like it’s Christmas’ was written and how it almost didn’t make it into the hands of the band. Read more >
Just Jared: Cara Delevingne Is Homeless in Powerful Music Video for The Spencer Lee Band’s ‘River Water’ – Watch!
Cara Delevingne stars in the music video for “River Water” by The Spencer Lee Band, which you can watch now! The music video finds Cara waking up homeless and begging for change, based on the band’s frontman, Spencer Lee, and his experience when he was homeless in Los Angeles. He was discovered by Scooter Braun who signed him to Republic Records in 2017. Read […]
W Magazine: Cara Delevingne Plays a Homeless Drifter in Her First Music Video Role in Three Years
Well before Cara Delevingne made her big-screen debut, in 2012’s Anna Karenina, she was a music video star: She made her tiny-screen debut in 2010, in Bryan Ferry’s “You Can Dance.” But not since her turn in the Taylor Swift revenge fantasy “Bad Blood,” in 2015, had Delevingne lent her talents to another musician’s song (her own […]
Paper: Cara Delevingne Delivers Powerful Performance in ‘River Water’
Before Spencer Lee got his big break as the frontman of his eponymous band, signing with superstar manager Scooter Braun, he was homeless. Sleeping on a blown up mattress in the back of his car, Lee wrote the lyrics to his song “River Water,” when he was living on the streets of LA. “Fuck being […]
Billboard: Cara Delevingne Is a Homeless Drug Addict in The Spencer Lee Band’s Harrowing ‘River Water’ Video: Watch
Cara Delevingne brings awareness to homelessness in The Spencer Lee Band’s new music video for their song “River Water,” released Wednesday. The video stars Delevingne, 26, as a homeless drug addict fighting her inner-demons on the streets and struggling to reclaim her life. “River Water” is extremely personal for the band’s frontman Spencer Lee, who wrote […]
People: Cara Delevingne Sheds Light on Homelessness in The Spencer Lee Band’s ‘River Water’ Music Video
The Spencer Lee Band is painting a vivid picture of frontman Spencer Lee’s past days of living on the streets of Los Angeles in their new music video for their single “River Water,” where his experience is portrayed by model-actress Cara Delevingne. “I was homeless in these L.A. streets when I wrote ‘River Water,’” he […]
Billboard: Jackson Penn’s ‘Babylon’ Video: Kanye West, Selena Gomez Co-Writer Breaks Out on His Own
After co-writing songs for the likes of Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Post Malone, DNCE and others, Freddy Wexler is introducing the world to another artist — Jackson Penn. Who also happens to be Wexler himself. Penn — whose new single “Babylon” is premiering exclusively below via its video — is the artist […]
New Video: Spencer Lee’s voice is already classic on “With A Little Help From My Friends”
Spencer Lee has a big voice out of little Fort Scott, Kansas, and the major backing that will get it heard. We spoke on the phone last week — now 25, he was raised in a small town and literally scouted as a teen: after someone saw him perform at a local talent show, they called up […]
CLASH: Jackson Penn’s ‘Babylon’ Speaks Eloquently Of Loss
Jackson Penn is the pen name for songwriter Freddy Wexler, one of pop’s true hidden talents. Freddy has co-written songs for, Selena Gomez, Lil Wayne, Wyclef Jean, Kanye West, Demi Lovato, Martin Garrix, Steve Aoki and more, a dexterous but instantly recognisable voice. Working on solo material as Jackson Penn, he refuses to be hemmed in, with […]
This video will make you move to L.A.
L.A.’s Jackson Penn, aka successful songwriter/producer Freddy Wexler, manages to capture a pretty magical love story in the video for his song “Streetlights on Mars.” It features the singer and his real life wife Olivia on a cozy L.A. date featuring some weed, burgers, and — plot twist — a stolen car. The video, which […]
New Video: Eric Wortham – Behind The Scenes | Yamaha ALL ACCESS
Watch on YouTube Join us behind the scenes with piano virtuoso Eric Wortham at his Yamaha All Access photo shoot! Check out Eric’s artist spotlight feature in the new All Access Summer 2017 issue: http://bit.ly/2uGj51j
Yamaha Entertainment Group: Eric Wortham – The Soul of Simplicity
Eric Wortham is a piano virtuoso of the highest order, skilled in both classical and jazz playing. Yet he feels no musical limitations performing pure pop on tour with Adele. Continue on yamahaentertainmentgroup.com
Pitchfork: Chance the Rapper Coloring Book
Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book is one of the strongest rap albums released this year, an uplifting mix of spiritual and grounded that even an atheist can catch the Spirit to. Continue on Pitchfork
Rolling Stone: Watch Kanye West’s Tearful ‘Wolves’ Video Starring Balmain
Kanye West has partnered with fashion house Balmain for the video for “Wolves,” a track off the rapper’s forever project, The Life of Pablo. Unlike West’s controversial “Famous” video, which starred waxy models of Taylor Swift, Donald Trump and others… Continue on Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2016
On her most political album to date, Alicia Keys sings from the perspective of a black everywoman with undiminished optimism. Her subjects on Here are many: the angry, struggling woman at the center of the heartbreaking “Illusion of Bliss,”… Continue on Rolling Stone
Complex: Ty Dolla $ign Goes “Stealing”
Only a week after releasing “3 Wayz,” Ty Dolla $ign is letting out yet another song from his upcoming album Campaign. On Thursday night, he unleashed the ballad “Stealing.” This is the fifth song Ty has put out from Campaign. Continue on Complex
Philly.com: How Philly jazz pianist got his dream gig touring with Adele
As a boy, Eric Wortham II – the Philadelphia pianist who has spent 2016 touring the world in Adele’s backing band – went to a church convention in Baltimore. Singing in the choir, he happened to be standing with a view of an organ player who was working the keys and pedals of a Hammond […]
TODAY: Dierks Bentley performs ‘Somewhere on a Beach’ live on TODAY
Before heading out on tour, country superstar Dierks Bentley rocks the TODAY show plaza with his performance of “Somewhere on a Beach,” the lead single from his upcoming eighth studio album, “Black.” Continue on TODAY
Rolling Stone: 10 New Artists You Need to Know
Once again, we talked to 10 of the hottest artists who are climbing the charts, breaking the Internet or just dominating our office stereos. This month: New Orleans rapper Young Greatness, Scandinavian EDM star Zara Larsson, Brooklyn alterna-punks Big Ups, Kendrick Lamar collaborator Terrace Martin, Justin Bieber tour opener Moxie Raia and more. Continue On Rolling […]
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NME: Listen to Robbie Williams’ reflective new single ‘Forbidden Road’ from ‘Better Man’ biopicNovember 24, 2024 - 11:15 am
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Producer Freddy Wexler Breaks Down Creating Latest ‘Emily in Paris’ Original Song “Beautiful Ruins”November 9, 2024 - 10:44 am
RETROPOP: Robbie Williams ‘eyeing Oscars success’ with new biopic song Forbidden Road (Co-Written by Freddy Wexler)November 8, 2024 - 12:07 pm
NETFLIX LIFE: Ashley Parks sings new original song by Freddy Wexler and Elliah Heifetz in Emily in Paris Season 4 Part 2 FinaleSeptember 14, 2024 - 7:26 am
CNN: Freddy Wexler and Billy Joel on Joel’s stunning new music videoMarch 6, 2024 - 2:27 pm
