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The album was a drastic change in style for Blackery as her previous EPs<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Blackery#Extended_plays</ref> were mostly centred around the "[[Pop-Punk]]" genre. While some were quick to dismiss this change as her 'selling out', the album has received critical acclaim from fans around the world, hitting #2 on the Australian Pop charts.<ref>https://twitter.com/ViktoriaSquires/status/1035317147554041857</ref> Blackery described the album as the story of the stages she had gone through the previous summer (anger, defiance, reflection, distrust).<ref>https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1022789662203674624</ref>
The album was a drastic change in style for Blackery as her previous EPs<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Blackery#Extended_plays</ref> were mostly centred around the "[[Pop-Punk]]" genre. While some were quick to dismiss this change as her 'selling out', the album has received critical acclaim from fans around the world, hitting #2 on the Australian Pop charts.<ref>https://twitter.com/ViktoriaSquires/status/1035317147554041857</ref> Blackery described the album as the story of the stages she had gone through the previous summer (anger, defiance, reflection, distrust).<ref>https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1022789662203674624</ref>

Blackery released her first [[LP record]] ''Villains'', on 31 August 2018.<ref name="Lisa">{{cite web |url=https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/08/emma-blackerys-new-album-villains-is-deeply-introspective-and-conceptual/ |title=Emma Blackery's New Album 'Villains' Is Deeply Introspective And Conceptual |author=Lisa Hafey |website=Essentiallypop.com |date=30 August 2018 |quote=It's a rollercoaster of a listen, but it'll appeal to both fans and the casual listener alike. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225141730/https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2018/08/emma-blackerys-new-album-villains-is-deeply-introspective-and-conceptual/ |archive-date=25 December 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Phan">{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/emma-blackery-youtube-musician-villains-album-uk-tour |title=How Emma Blackery went from YouTube fame to IRL music career |date=10 August 2018 |author=Chris Stokel-Walker |work=Music |publisher=[[Wired UK]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329123753/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/emma-blackery-youtube-musician-villains-album-uk-tour |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The album contains songs written in collaboration with [[Toby Scott]], Maxwell Cooke, and Peter Hutchings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-villains/ |title=Album review: Emma Blackery – 'Villains' |date=1 September 2018 |author=Katrina Rees |website=CelebMix.com |quote=Emma has declared 'Third Eye' as her favourite track |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403091832/https://celebmix.com/emma-blackery-villains/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/villains-mw0003185586 |title=Emma Blackery Villains |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |year=2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402204445/https://www.allmusic.com/album/villains-mw0003185586 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[BroadwayWorld]] noted that "Petty" "flirts with [[tropical house]]",<ref name="broad" /> and the ''[[Express & Star]]'' cited elements of [[power pop]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/birmingham-entertainment/2018/09/18/emma-blackery-villains---album-review/ |title=Emma Blackery, Villains – album review |author=Leigh Sanders |date=18 September 2018 |work=[[Express & Star]] |quote=The big synths and invasive percussion in the chorus are enough to get anybody flailing limbs in a dance frenzy. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403104937/https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/birmingham-entertainment/2018/09/18/emma-blackery-villains---album-review/ |archive-date=3 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Lisa Hafey, praising "Third Eye{{"'}}s "upbeat disco sound" and "nice ABBA-y vibe", called ''Villains'' "a bit of a feminist album."<ref name="Lisa" /> In June Blackery performed "Third Eye" live at the [[VidCon#2018 (9th annual VidCon US, 2nd annual VidCon Europe/Australia)|9th VidCon]] Night of Awesome.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://girlscoutsnow.com/2018/07/03/girl-report-vidcon-2018/ |author=Hailey Mim |date=3 July 2018 |title=Girl Report {{!}} VidCon 2018 |publisher=[[Scouting in California#Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council|GSSGC]] |accessdate=4 January 2019}}<!-- vidcon.com/vidconus2018/ is a weird slideshow with 3 search hits for Blackery --></ref> Blackery then partnered with [[HMV]] for a UK tour. ''Villains'' reached number 24 on the Official UK Charts<ref name=":0" /> and number 18 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Heatseekers#Albums chart|Heatseekers Albums]] chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/2018-09-15 |title=Heatseekers Albums |date=15 September 2018 |work=[[Top Heatseekers]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913012415/https://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums/2018-09-15 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cute" />


==Singles==
==Singles==

Revision as of 21:45, 6 January 2020

Villains
Studio album by
Emma Blackery
RecordedOctober 2017 - April 2018
StudioVarious
Genre
Length39:24
LabelRWG Records
ProducerToby Scott

Villains is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Emma Blackery, released on August 31, 2018 under her RWG Records label.

Background and recording

All of the songs from the album were previewed in some form prior to its release. Blackery's YouTube series 'In Pursuit Of A Dream'[1] (IPOAD) showcased occasional glimpses of the recording of vocals for the album as well as the production as she worked primarily with producer Toby Scott. Also, she premiered 3 songs from the album ("Fake Friends", "Petty" and Third Eye") at a mini-concert at Vidcon US 2018.[2]

The album was a drastic change in style for Blackery as her previous EPs[3] were mostly centred around the "Pop-Punk" genre. While some were quick to dismiss this change as her 'selling out', the album has received critical acclaim from fans around the world, hitting #2 on the Australian Pop charts.[4] Blackery described the album as the story of the stages she had gone through the previous summer (anger, defiance, reflection, distrust).[5]

Blackery released her first LP record Villains, on 31 August 2018.[6][7] The album contains songs written in collaboration with Toby Scott, Maxwell Cooke, and Peter Hutchings.[8][9] BroadwayWorld noted that "Petty" "flirts with tropical house",[10] and the Express & Star cited elements of power pop.[11] Lisa Hafey, praising "Third Eye"'s "upbeat disco sound" and "nice ABBA-y vibe", called Villains "a bit of a feminist album."[6] In June Blackery performed "Third Eye" live at the 9th VidCon Night of Awesome.[12] Blackery then partnered with HMV for a UK tour. Villains reached number 24 on the Official UK Charts[13] and number 18 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[14][15]

Singles

On 16 March 2018, RWG Records released "Dirt", produced by Toby Scott, in FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) format on 16 March.[16][10] The song, on Spotify's New Music Friday UK playlist,[17][18] was described by Record of the Day as a "slick combination of Scandi-pop" and "sassy American pop";[16] Blackery described "Dirt" as "best served cold".[19] She also released "Agenda" that month with a lyric video on Vevo,[20] followed by"Icarus" and "Take Me Out."[10][21][22][23]

Villains Tour

To celebrate the Album's release, Blackery embarked on a separate UK-only tour with HMV, on which she held seven in-store album signings and performances of tracks from the album. The mini-tour began on August 31, 2018 in Southend and concluded on September 6, 2018 in Belfast.[citation needed]

The European Villains Tour planned for March 2018 was postponed until October.[24][25][26] The three-week tour began at Oslo's Parkteatret on 4 October, followed by performances in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Sugarfactory (Amsterdam), Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Academy 2 (Manchester), O2 Institute2 (Birmingham), The Garage (Glasgow), Tramshed (Cardiff) before ending at KOKO in London on 25 October.[27][28][29] A Never Enough Notes reviewer at KOKO saw "angst, passion, and energy in every word" and wrote that Blackery has "a knack for live shows; full of attitude, high energy and a phenomenal vocal performance".[30]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicDedication1Length
1."Villains Pt. 1"Emma BlackeryFor My Captor3:37
2."Dirt"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the Judas3:18
3."Agenda"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the Excluders3:16
4."Fake Friends"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the Narcissist3:36
5."Icarus"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the Fool3:36
6."Take Me Out"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the Suspected3:06
7."Petty"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the Big Mouth2:48
8."Third Eye"Emma Blackery / Maxwell CookeFor the Manipulator4:24
9."What I Felt With You"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the One I Loved3:52
10."Burn The Witch"Emma Blackery / Toby ScottFor the Purge of Hatred3:11
11."Villains Pt. 2"Emma Blackery / Peter HutchingsFor the Worst Of Them All4:47
Total length:39:24
1: The album's vinyl artwork features messages telling the listener what or who each track is about.

References

  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QOn_cYv8TY&list=PLcli6enEWp-sRU1YYMqrqzhCuAENBL6Me
  2. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VidCon#2018_(9th_annual_VidCon_US,_2nd_annual_VidCon_Europe/Australia)
  3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Blackery#Extended_plays
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/ViktoriaSquires/status/1035317147554041857
  5. ^ https://twitter.com/emmablackery/status/1022789662203674624
  6. ^ a b Lisa Hafey (30 August 2018). "Emma Blackery's New Album 'Villains' Is Deeply Introspective And Conceptual". Essentiallypop.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. It's a rollercoaster of a listen, but it'll appeal to both fans and the casual listener alike.
  7. ^ Chris Stokel-Walker (10 August 2018). "How Emma Blackery went from YouTube fame to IRL music career". Music. Wired UK. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
  8. ^ Katrina Rees (1 September 2018). "Album review: Emma Blackery – 'Villains'". CelebMix.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Emma has declared 'Third Eye' as her favourite track
  9. ^ "Emma Blackery Villains". AllMusic. 2018. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b c TV News Desk (22 June 2018). "Emma Blackery Releases New Single 'Icarus'". BroadwayWorld. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Emma is forced to consider her own part in her downfall
  11. ^ Leigh Sanders (18 September 2018). "Emma Blackery, Villains – album review". Express & Star. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. The big synths and invasive percussion in the chorus are enough to get anybody flailing limbs in a dance frenzy.
  12. ^ Hailey Mim (3 July 2018). "Girl Report | VidCon 2018". GSSGC. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ "Heatseekers Albums". Top Heatseekers. 15 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference cute was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ a b "Dirt". recordoftheday.com. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Her previous releases have clocked up over 6 million combined streams
  17. ^ Joanna Turner (22 March 2018). "Emma Blackery Releases New Single Dirt". TenEightyMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
  18. ^ Annemarie Cutruzzola (19 March 2018). "Emma Blackery Returns With Sassy New Single "Dirt"". CelebMix.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
  19. ^ "We Talk Music in Our EXCLUSIVE Interview With Emma Blackery!". TrendingAllDay.com. March 2018. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. The cover art of you holding a lemon is honestly iconic
  20. ^ Emma Blackery – Agenda (Lyric Video) on YouTube, 2018.
  21. ^ Katrina Rees (23 June 2018). "Emma Blackery releases new single 'Icarus'". CelebMix.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  22. ^ Jon Stickler. "Emma Blackery Shares New Song Take Me Out From Upcoming Debut Album 'Villains' – Stereoboard". Stereoboard.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  23. ^ Rafael Jóvine Frometa (10 August 2018). "Emma Blackery releases new single 'Take Me Out'". Ventsmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  24. ^ Beth Jefferies (28 November 2017). "Emma Blackery Announces European Tour". TenEightyMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  25. ^ Felix Goth (29 January 2018). "Spotlight05/18: Emma Blackery". Eventim (in German). Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  26. ^ Beth Jefferies (12 February 2018). "Emma Blackery Postpones European Tour". TenEightyMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018.
  27. ^ "Emma Blackery European Tour 2018". wizpro.com (in German). 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Plus Guest Lilly Ahlberg {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  28. ^ Helen Payne (4 May 2018). "Emma Blackery Unveils New Single Agenda". stereoboard.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  29. ^ "Emma Blackery - Beta". dancedeets.com (in Danish). 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  30. ^ Amy Butcher (19 November 2018). "LIVE | Emma Blackery at KOKO, London | 29 October 2018". neverenoughnotes.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2019. Emma Blackery's live performance delivered intoxicating synth melodies and passionate vocals at London's KOKO
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