Listen Up! "Free" possibly on the radio

[john]

Click here to hear Free on Soundcloud uploaded by Interscope

Hat Tip to makeFigure8s

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Haley Reinhart - Free by Interscope Records via #soundcloud

ETA: I think the quality of what we have already is better.

ETA2:

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@haleyscoop It's probably the studio version but reduced quality (mono only, reduced frequency range); the final version will be even bettr

Probably.

[john]

Judging from the comments on various sites it seems that a lot of people initially find the song pleasing, but it is only after a few listens that they fall in love with it. Someone on MJs site remarked that it "grows on you." I can see that same thing happening when the single is released. People who are initially indifferent will find themselves singing along when they hear it playing in the background somewhere. And before they know it, they'll have on repeat.

[Miguel]

it is only after a few listens that they fall in love with it.

I think "Free" will strike a chord immediately with people who can relate to the lyrics.
It will probably end a few relationships.

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figure8 found this PopDust review:

The first post-Idol single is when former contestants have to prove their following exists outside the built-in audience and controlled situations that Fox gives them. It’s when they become either a viable (if possibly midlist) recording artist or someone mentioned only by recappers. Which will happen for Haley?

[song sample]

To “Free”‘s immense credit, it actually sounds like a Haley Reinhart song, not something a songwriter rummaged up from his demos folder. The latter is depressingly common. Early front-runner Pia Toscano’s debut single, “This Time,” while performed well enough, sounded less like Pia than what you’d get if you fed “midtempo pop-R&B track” and “woman scorned” to a songwriting machine. It flopped. Country kids Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina’s singles did better, but they too seemed rehashed–in Alaina’s case, literally; “Like My Mother Does” was originally a Kristy Lee Cook album track.

“Free,” on the other hand, doesn’t make Haley more anonymous but more distinctive. The track’s jaunty piano and torchy vocals are closer to say, Fiona Apple, Adele or possibly a funkier Jason Mraz than nameless radio fodder. No, these aren’t exactly outre or uncommercial artists; Apple and Mraz are both either currently having or poised for comebacks, and Adele’s commercial appeal is so seemingly boundless that finding the “next Adele” is almost mandatory for talent scouts and singing competitions. But Reinhart happens to do this jazzy, slightly retro thing well. On “Free,” she gets to growl a bit, coo a bit, and trip along the syllables in the bridge in a way that’s close enough to scatting. She gets off a pretty good hook, too, with her delivery of “want to be, want-you-to-be… free.” As a showcase of Reinhart’s vocal strengths, the single could hardly be better.

...the percussion’s a bit tinny, the production a bit too slick; the backing vocals don’t enter for the chorus so much as butt into the mix. “Free” is most compelling when Reinhart gets to emote unencumbered on the verses or–again–the bridge.

...there’s nothing stopping Reinhart from stripping things back down live. She’s at least got one song that can stand alone.

http://popdust.com/2012/03/14/haley-rein...ng-review/

They gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars but tweeted:

Popdust ‏ @Popdust
@HaleyReinhart Popdust thinks "Free" might be the best Idol single to date (ever)... http://bit.ly/yNJAtC

[Miguel]

I liked this tweet Melinda Doolittle made 7 hours ago:

]Melinda Doolittle ‏ @mdoolittle
Dear @HaleyReinhart, thank you from the bottom of my heart for this... http://bit.ly/wHckOf Gorgeous!!!

[Tusk]

I liked this tweet Melinda Doolittle made 7 hours ago:

]Melinda Doolittle ‏ @mdoolittle
Dear @HaleyReinhart, thank you from the bottom of my heart for this... http://bit.ly/wHckOf Gorgeous!!!

Jason Averett has to start next week's Idology with a few chords from 'Free' doesn't he?
I can't imagine M Doolittle, Sleezak and Averett not making any mention somehow? They are some of the biggest Stan's Haley has of the Idol bubble reporters/web personalities.

[john]

PopCrush review:

Haley Reinhart, ‘Free’ – Song Review
by: Scott Shetler 1 hour ago

Haley Reinhart FreeHaley Reinhart wants to be ‘Free’ on her new tune, a breath of fresh air that adds mild jazz influences to a retro-sounding pop song.

A bouncy piano intro builds up to a sweeping refrain in which the Season 10 ‘American Idol‘ finalist sings about a relationship in which both partners can’t live with or without one another:

“We don’t let go, we can’t get close / I still need you, when you still need me / This tug of war can’t go on anymore / Nobody wins from this misery, free / Well can’t you see, I wanna be, I want you to be free.”

The track is built around the elegant vocals of Reinhart, who sounds more mature than her 21 years. She recently told The Hollywood Reporter that she feels like she should have been born in an earlier decade, adding, “There has to be a reason for me to be here now — to bring it back, slip through the cracks and get people to listen.” Let’s hope so, because ‘Free’ is a song that’s worthy of people’s attention.

Reinhart will perform the track live when she returns to ‘Idol’ on March 27. Her debut album ‘Listen Up!’ arrives on May 22 and is available now for pre-order on her website.

http://popcrush.com/haley-reinhart-free/

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Perez Hilton:

American Idol's Haley Reinhart Releases First Single, Free
It's been a year since American Idol introduced us to 21 year-old songbird, Haley Reinhart, and now she is ready to debut her FIRST single!

Haley's song Free is available for download on March 20 … and in the video (above) for you to listen to right now!

You can also catch the former third place finalist when she returns to the Idol stage to perform the single on next Thursday's show!

Girl's going places! Such an exciting time for her!

http://perezhilton.com/2012-03-14-americ...2Et93n0-So

[Miguel]

Jason Averett has to start next week's Idology with a few chords from 'Free' doesn't he?
I can't imagine M Doolittle, Sleezak and Averett not making any mention somehow?

I'm sure they can work in "Freeeeeee..." somehow.

[My Alter Ego]

PopCrush review:

Haley Reinhart, ‘Free’ – Song Review
by: Scott Shetler 1 hour ago

Haley Reinhart FreeHaley Reinhart wants to be ‘Free’ on her new tune, a breath of fresh air that adds mild jazz influences to a retro-sounding pop song.

A bouncy piano intro builds up to a sweeping refrain in which the Season 10 ‘American Idol‘ finalist sings about a relationship in which both partners can’t live with or without one another:

“We don’t let go, we can’t get close / I still need you, when you still need me / This tug of war can’t go on anymore / Nobody wins from this misery, free / Well can’t you see, I wanna be, I want you to be free.”

The track is built around the elegant vocals of Reinhart, who sounds more mature than her 21 years. She recently told The Hollywood Reporter that she feels like she should have been born in an earlier decade, adding, “There has to be a reason for me to be here now — to bring it back, slip through the cracks and get people to listen.” Let’s hope so, because ‘Free’ is a song that’s worthy of people’s attention.

Reinhart will perform the track live when she returns to ‘Idol’ on March 27. Her debut album ‘Listen Up!’ arrives on May 22 and is available now for pre-order on her website.

http://popcrush.com/haley-reinhart-free/

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Perez Hilton:

American Idol's Haley Reinhart Releases First Single, Free
It's been a year since American Idol introduced us to 21 year-old songbird, Haley Reinhart, and now she is ready to debut her FIRST single!

Haley's song Free is available for download on March 20 … and in the video (above) for you to listen to right now!

You can also catch the former third place finalist when she returns to the Idol stage to perform the single on next Thursday's show!

Girl's going places! Such an exciting time for her!

http://perezhilton.com/2012-03-14-americ...2Et93n0-So

The PopCrush review is nice, except for the wrong date of her Idol return.

[john]

Pop2it

Haley Reinhart's new single, 'Free': Listen here!
Haley Reinhart might've gotten unjustly booted from "American Idol" during Season 10 before taking her rightful place as the title-holder (um, is our bias showing? WE LOVE HER.), but thankfully the singer got a deal with Interscope Records anyway.

Reinhart's debut album, "Listen Up!," comes out May 22, and the singer has released her first single, "Free." We can't stop listening to the piano-based tune, which is jazzy and poppy at the same time -- a great showcase for her bluesy voice.

She'll perform the song on the stage where she came in third last year, debuting it on the "American Idol" results show March 22, before performing it in an appearance as herself on The CW's "90210" March 27.

Take a listen (or five) below:....

http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/03/ha...-here.html

[My Alter Ego]

Jason Averett has to start next week's Idology with a few chords from 'Free' doesn't he?
I can't imagine M Doolittle, Sleezak and Averett not making any mention somehow?

I'm sure they can work in "Freeeeeee..." somehow.

Given the fandom from the 3, it seems unlikely that something won't show up -- maybe with Jason's confetti shower for her again?