When: Thursday,
October 20, 2016, 5:00 PM
Where: Top
Of ONE WORLD TRADE OBSERVATORY in New York, NY
The New
York-based artist's 1st Future Throwback single "Nintendo" single hit
#1 on the Billboard Twitter charts, garnering platinum status on Spotify, and
generating 1 Million YouTube Views. The song received national airplay on
various iHeart Radio stations and quickly became a viral hit. Follow-up singles
"Light Her Up" and "Ready" are currently in rotation on
Sirius/XM radio.
Simultaneously,
Todd has become a social media force - leading to recent branding partnerships
with Southwest Airlines and Oreo. His 1 million twitter followers have become
accustomed to an unprecedented personal relationship.
Todd
previously hit the top forty iTunes charts with his EP release After the
Morning After. In support of his debut album, Watching Waiting (Universal/Fontana),
he played over 250 dates?with sellout shows in the midwest?dazzling audiences
with his pop song smarts, masterful guitar playing and exuberant stage
presence. Carey has toured nationally and performed on stage with such diverse
artists as Fall Out Boy, Andy Grammer, The 1975, John Mayer, Jason Mraz &
O-Town. His music has been featured in various MTV shows, (The Real World),
several Liftetime movies, and the feature film "Palo Alto". In 2015
Todd co-wrote the Megan Trainor song "3am" from her debut
"Title" album, which subsequently became the biggest selling female
record of that year.
Future
Throwback is the culmination of all this past work and the album feels like a
celebration of self-realization. It?s Todd Carey in Technicolor?the purest and
most vibrant representation of his live show, charming, flirtatious, frisky and
bubbling over with good vibes.
The leadoff
single ?Nintendo? is the invitation to the party. On it, Todd flows sugary
rhymes and, with 1980s retro whimsy, name checks Captain Crunch, Battleship,
and shoes with pumps. ?We wanted to keep things sexy with the grooves and beats
and fun with those throwback lyrics,? Carey says of the tune?s intent. ?Those
references, mixed with the modern sensibility of the track, create a really
cool modern/retro juxtaposition that lives throughout the record.?
Overall,
it?s an assured and expansive album. Carey emancipates himself from genre
confines and applies his refined songcraft to a mix of beat-driven pop, brawny
rock riffage, intimate singer-songwriter moments and a potpourri of
urban-flavored blends. He smolders on the R&B-flavored mid tempo ?Dead and
Gone,? eases back with balmy reggaeton on ?Light Her Up? and swanks on the
stadium rocker ?Forget Ya.?
During the
writing process, Carey found a complimentary talent in top-line writer and
lyricist K Nita. The two were introduced via Kanye West recording engineer Ken
Lewis and forged an instant connection. ?The ?eureka? moment was writing ?Light
Her Up? together in 30 minutes. We knew we had something great and just kept
collaborating after that,? he explains. ?Together we brought out the melody,
humor, pocket and style necessary to create the body of work I was looking
for.?
Though
Future Throwback is meticulously modern, its origins are old school organic.
Each track Carey wrote in the studio, he would debut live to gauge its potency.
He thoroughly road tested 70 songs and carved out an eleven-song album from the
tracks that had that instant jolt of artist-to-audience electricity. Taken has
a whole, the album is refreshingly eclectic, a distinct m?lange of urban bounce
and pop-rock strut. To make his vision seamless, Carey oversaw production
duties alongside varied but compatible producers Adam Smith (Jason Reeves,
Jordin Sparks, Danny Gokey) and Aaron Johnson (Secondhand Serenade, Katie
Herzig, Eve6, The Fray).
Source:
toddcareymusic.com
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