Listen To This: Every Once In A While
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We're always a bit worried when an actor attempts to "transition" into the music world, but Emmy Rossum is the real deal!
She has released an EP on iTunes - a precursor to a full length album in the fall - and it's good. The songs are really good!
Rossum began her career in opera and learned to play piano before she was five. She also wrote every single song she recorded, and in many ways she has more cred than Avril Lavigne.
Emmy's sound is angelic, which is right up our alley. But it's not too pretty. The songs are meaningful, especially Slow Me Down, which we've been listening to non-stop since we bought the EP on iTunes.
If you like Imogen Heap, then you will love this. It's totally a similar vibe to the Brit's exquisite song Hide & Seek.
Enjoy Rossum's Slow Me Down below, then CLICK HERE to listen to more songs from Emmy!
FIRST mothafuckaaaaaaaaaas…
hey!
5TH
third!!
she is soooooooo beautiful
First
ew
Wow I love it. It's a nice cross between enya and imogen.
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Christ, you really need a fucking editor, and a stylist, get it together gaylord.
wow she's really fucking good! awesome. going to buy it on itunes right now.
TENTH!!! LOL
I love it. Good for her.
she sounded pretty in phantom
Overproduced much?
I'm sorry, but that is a carbon copy of Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek". There is no originality to that what so ever. She should find her own style and not copy.
she's not that bad…
the song sucks but i loved her in the phantom of the oprah she is sp pretty
I like it, it's very relaxing and plus she's gorgeous
um. im not 45, who wants to listen to this on the radio?
Ugh.
To whomever said this is a carbon copy of Hide and Seek…..No.
Much like tori amos . . . and sounds more like amos or maclaughlan talent which is a lot more than others who don't write their own . . .
this is total bullshit…this is a imogen rip off completely, from the lyrics to the looping of tracks to the crack in her voice. so really, she's just like avril.
i like this whore hope she wears underwear….around hollywood.=]
boring. *yawn*
Um….in love.
complete rip-off of imogen heap. lame.
I loved her in the Phantom of the Opera. She's beautiful and has an incredible voice.
I was skeptical but WOW that was actually good
LOVE it!
Umm, is it just me or does this chick's song sound overexposed like paris hilton's crappy music, they can't actually sing so they overdubb everything so it sounds different. I've never heard of her as a singer or as an actor, she should go back under the rock she crawled out from.
I love love love this song. Thanks Perez!
# 16- i agree with you
She's got nothing on Imogen. The only similarity between them is that they both have vaginas.
I say boo, let Imogen kick ass and just give up, Emmy.
sounds a little like enya..
I can tell she has talent and I'm sure there are really good songs on her album. However this is not one of them. I HATE it.
I love emmy rossum! She was so perfect in phantom of the opera, and the music for her new cd is very fresh and different from the other brainless songs on the radio right now. Her music at least means something, which is more than what most popular artists right now can say. Just because she's different doesn't mean she's bad.
this is definitely not emmy! what i mean by this, is you can tell that she sat down with the record execs and asked what would sell, the convo prob went something like this:
"well, emmy, see we don't want any granola singersongwriters and we don't need anymore edgy suicidal poets, but this imogen heap woman, with her breathy and technopop is really hip."
"ok"
don't get me wrong, i love imogen, but this is just a crap imitation of her. and it sounds so electronic, like we know emmy is talented, but it doesn't come off at all from this computerized ripoff.
This pic looks nothing like her
she's like fake enya.
That doesn't even look like her. She does have an awesome voice. Phantom of the Opera anyone?
wow, that was truly amazing…
this is way to similar to Imogen Heap's song, at first I didn't realize there was a differnce…hopefully the rest of her songs are a bit more original
but all said, imogen is great. so yes her song is catchy…just not really her own
Wow. That is such a blatant (and poor) Imogen Heap rip-off. I didn't think anything could make me dislike this girl (who has been in what, exactly, other than that one movie?) more than her fake, sickly-sweet, one-foot-in-the-air red carpet poses, but this music did it. I can't wait for her to go away.
Horrible song and really terrible, horrible, craptastic voice. wow! she sucks more than Mandy Moore.
Oh dear god that is crap
dude i saw emmy and perez eating dinner out the other week. perez is only doing a favor for his "friend" who is trying to be a musician…she sucks and her music is worse!!! when i asked emmy how she made it in hollywood at such a young age…she said, "when i got on the elevator it went straight to the top!" dumb whore!
i love imogen, and this just sounds like a watered down version. girl's got talent though
it's way too similar to imogen heap for me. imogen is in her own playing field and i am just not digging this track.
emmy should go back to singing appalachian folk tunes like when i first heard of her in the movie "songcatcher." she duets with dolly parton!!!!
156th (really - who wants to be first…)
What an Imogen Heap rip off. The little whore.
It sounds more like ENYA than Imogen Heap!
This sounds like Enya.
This is actually all her voice on this track. Every "layer" of voice is hers. She did a lot of musical experimentation on this album to really push voice and see where it could go. Good luck with this one Emmy.
@ #52 - Dano says:
156th (really - who wants to be first…)
Uh…ME!
thank you, Perezcious…you kinda rock
Hear me out, but wasn't Emmy Rossum a singer, starting from the age of a child, before she ever broke out into acting?
it's missing an orchestra though- totally better with one- she sounds wonderful
dude, her voice sounded weak and strained and shrill in phantom and this…this is like a super '80s style enya rip-off! seriously, with all the effects and shit that has been used to manipulate her voice, you can't even tell what her voice really sounds like (though, as I said, what I have heard of just her voice has been kinda shitty anyhow). moreover, I think someone else said this already and I totally agree–unless you are a 45-year old soccer mom, who's really gonna listen to that shit on the radio?
So I was listening… yes i like this song… hmm nice tune..nice… and the i heard 'getting nowhere'
I froze.
THAT sounded exactly like Imogen Heap.
Crazy scary.
"If you like Imogen Heap, then you will love this." What? No, Perez. Love you, and I'm with you most of the time, but NO. This is a total carbon copy of Imogen. Not to mention the fact that this style seems so unnatural for her. The album cover gives off a completely different vibe.
duet with imo would be amazing
Wow this really sucks. Totally retarded lyrics and yes, it's a crappy rip-off of Hide and Seek. So cliche, Emmy.
This song sounds NOTHING like "Hide and Seek" and for anyone who thinks it does, must be deaf… This song doesnt even compare on any level to "Hide and Seek" or Paris Hiltons breathy music for that matter. As for some people saying they have never "heard" of her, sure she might not be an A list actor, but her performance in Phantom of the Opera was breathtaking and the fact that she sang the original songs in the movie, makes it even better. She picks her parts carefully and doesnt take any role offered to her, shes a classy young woman with a lot of talent and I personally love the song. Its completly different than anything that has been on the charts lately, and this world needs some change. Even Justin Timberlakes songs are starting to sound the same. Originality at its best!!
I've loved her since Songcatcher, but I'm not sure I get this sound. It's almost too polished … she doesn't sound real.
Does anybody have a download link for her 3 songs? I can't find it in limewire
ugh. this is horrendous. a VERY poor man's imogen.
omg
what?
somone should call imogean heap & tell them they have a thief stealing their style.
You are so right on Perez!! I cannot get enough of that song, slow me down. I even put it on my myspace profile.
"It’s totally a similar vibe to the Brit’s exquisite song Hide & Seek."
Which also means RIPOFF
But she's so hot that I don't care. Song is great though.
yeah, she sounds great but it's a little too much like Immy. Did she produce it or something? Cause if she didn't she should ask for royalties or something!
Mmm… goob trying…
It sounds like Imogen Heap
I can't stand it! It's too… whimsical.
That pretty much sounds EXACTLY like Hide and Seek.
WOW this is REALLY GREAT. Good for her….she sounds genuinely talented and not to mention she is gorgeous! I wish music would go more in this direction than hip-hop crap!
She sounded better in the Phantom…I loved the movie
Hmm. It does sound like Imogen Heap.
I wouldn't know what her voice sounds like, I didn't watch Phantom of the Opera.
I can't say if I think it's too "polished" or if it's not her "style". (How can you say it's not her style? Phantom was a MOVIE, but not necessarily her style of music anyway.)
Regardless of all these things, I LIKE the song. That's all.
sounds a lot like enya
I love imogen heap so as you said i sooooooo love this! Im so glad she didnt go in the pop direction. that song is sooo beautiful.
Thanks perez!
I like her sound…something different and she has a classy public image.
Perez you're such a fucking idiot!! Emmy was a singer first, very well brought up in opera and studied it her whole life. Then she got into acting. Do some research first, oh, wait…that would make you a true journalist and we all know that's not true!!
NO ONE CAN BE COMPARED TO IMMI.
seriously don't ever say anything like that again.
way out west comes close with don't forget me. thats it.
LOVE YOU IMMI!!!!
Just beautiful I love it I listened to all three songs and the third called lullbye made me think of my daughter and how much I love her. Thanks Perez for the listen.
i loved it, dont really care if its close to imogen, whom i love also. both great voices, and if shes writing her own stuff, more power to her. go emmy
ohhh SO good. sounds so much like immy! LOVES it
she should marry moby
they would make a good musical couple
This song in particular reminds me of the kind of music Enigma and Enya put out. She has a beautiful voice, but the type of music she created for this album is best consumed in small doses
WOW..what a BEAUTIFUL picture!!! Who is the photographer?
GORGEOUS PICTURE!!!
Perez,
This sucks. It sounds like techno air-blown popcorn, bubblegum, shite. Pull your head our of your rather plump, hairy ass. When are you going to support people who play REAL music? WHEN? Dumbass.
SIMILAR to Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek"?!!!! It is a total copy of that song. She stole it. No originality.
Where have you beeN? Under a rock, perhaps? Emmy Rossum has been more than an actress for some time. She sang in the movies, "The Songcatcher" and "Phantom of the Opera". So I do not understand your surprise that she is transitioning from acting to singing.
Gee, the Perez does not know it all after all!!
Doesn't matter whether she studied Opera her whole life or whatever, Perez is clearly stating that she had a big time acting career before she tried to break out as a musician. When I heard this I immediately thought of Enya, then Imogen. I like the song, but want to hear something more original. As for attacking Perez for not being a true journalist . . . if that's what you really care about then why are you even reading this gossip blog. There's obviously a difference between blogs and periodicals.
Her boyfriend, if she's still seeing him is VERY rich!!
He's a Wildenstein- the gallery owners… billions!
Love her. Love her voice. Love the song.
Perez.. can u send me the link for the full version? i love it!
What a beautiful voice!!!
She said she recorded 150 different parts for this song, but it all just sounds computerized…
and as for those comparing this to her performance of "The Phantom of the Opera," that wasn't much better. They should have had a real broadway actress do it or someone with the right timbre of voice. Hers was too poppy.