Hello everyone! Sorry about the seeming lateness of this post, but I have been very busy with classes this quarter! Let's cut to the chase.
David Archuleta, Archie, Elder Archuleta, that guy from American Idol season 7, however you know him, has a brand new album of original songs that came out on March 26, 2013!! Yes, he is still on a mission, but being the wonderful person that he is, he has planned more surprises than us fans can ever hope for before his departure. When Kari, his manager, announced this through his official twitter on January 31st, I was having a quick lunch and hurrying off to prepare for a presentation for English class when I received the tweet. Let me tell you, it was very difficult to hold in the spazzing and my nervousness regarding the presentation until class was over. According to David's official website, the album will include songs previously unreleased (officially in the U.S. I think) and NEW RECORDED MATERIAL!!! *SPAZZZZ* ASKJKDFJHEGK;LJFGH. Anyways, the single off the new album is "Don't Run Away", which became available on iTunesand Amazon on February 12. You can listen to the whole song on the SoundCloud player below: Tracklist: 1. Nothing Else Better To Do 2. Everything And More 3. Don’t Run Away 4. Tell Me 5. Love Don’t Hate 6. Wait 7. Heart Falls Out (only song new to me*) 8. Notice Me 9. I’ll Never Go 10. Forevermore
*track 1 was a Japanese bonus track for The Other Side of Down (2010). *tracks 2, 5, 6, 8 were previously released in The Other Side of Down: Asian Tour Edition. *track 3 was leaked around November 2012 and is the current single. *tracks 4, 9, 10 are covers of OPM songs previously released in Forevermore and Forevermore: Expanded Edition in the Philippines. You can purchase this amazing album online here: Amazon kmart Sears Target WOW HD (free shipping!) ~In Store (& online) Barnes & Noble Best Buy Deseret Book Walmart
If you cannot afford the album or the single, please do not download illegally! Contact all the lovely Archies on twitter and fan sites and they'll do their best to help you out! The album will be released under Entertainment One. This post will be updated as more information becomes available. Thanks for looking! ~Rinnie
Wow! Can't believe it's been 4 years since the release of David Archuleta's self-titled debut album! How does it feel to have a 4-year-old child, David? ;) It doesn't feel that long ago to me, to be honest. Seems just like last week (yesterday's too recent)... I remember on the morning of 11/11/2008, my mom and I went to Target with a family friend. I immediately darted toward the CD section and found a row of David's face on the shelf and grabbed a copy...not before I've checked for scratches and cracks on the case like I had OCD or something though. The family friend asked about the CD and David and my mom explained. He then said that he should probably get a copy for his daughters too, but you know what my mom said? She said that we can just burn a copy for them! I was so mad but couldn't show it while he was there! Later, I told my mom that I wanted his album to do well and sell more, so she should have let him buy it haha! However, that's not yet the end of my David adventures for that day. After I got home, I immediately went on YouTube trying to listen to all the iTunes and Walmart bonus tracks. I was getting increasingly anxious as I couldn't find a couple of the songs, which was so dumb of me since the album just came out. Anyways, after that, I put the album into the CD slot of our super old stereo system, and it kept spitting out the CD! I had to keep pressing the close button every time, but the 50 times it spat out the CD sure gave me enough time to read David's 3,000-word liner notes! The player eventually accepted the CD, thank goodness! I remember thinking "Barriers" was weird, but it has grown to be one of my favorites. I really wished I could have bought the iTunes copy with bonus tracks, but I was just a poor high school sophomore LOL! It sure was an eventful day and I was so glad that I didn't have school because of Veteran's Day. My favorite track on the album: A Little Too Not Over You My favorite bonus tracks: Waiting For Yesterday, Works For Me, Somebody Out There The album (released under 19 Entertainment/Jive Records) has since been certified gold by RIAA (as of January 2009) and the lead single, "Crush," has since sold over 2 million copies (yay double-platinum!). p.s. when I went back to Taiwan the next summer, I made sure to look for it! I liked their cover better because he was smiling, but taking off the outer case, the actual CD still has the same cover lol. My brother asked if I was going to buy it, but I said no because that was the only copy and I wanted someone to have a chance to discover his music too :) ~Rinnie
On October 19th, David's manager, Kari, tweeted us through his account that something special is coming soon in the form of "Forevermore- Expanded Edition"! It's an expanded edition of the March 2012 Philippines release. At first I thought the photo attached would be a screencap of the upcoming "Rainbow- remix" music video, since we've been anticipating that for a while. Well, I guess I was half right, since this special release does include it. Here's the photo she actually tweeted:
Isn't the album cover lovely? I think so! This time, soon does mean soon! Kari tweeted that the album will be released after 10/31 but before 11/21 (it's already being manufactured!). Oh my goodness, David and Kari are too good to us fans! And here's the album's contents that she tweeted on the 25th:
Looks like the only new things are the music videos, the "Rainbow" remix, and some extra minus-ones (the Rainbow minus-one seems to be missing, guess they didn't want to overwhelm us with quadruple rainbows haha!). But guess what? I'll be getting it anyway! If you don't live in the Philippines and are interested in getting a copy too, here are places you can order from online (Available since 11/14/2012): Amazon WOW HD For more information, visit David's official site. ~Rinnie
Sorry this is a day late, I was busy watching a Taiwanese drama yesterday and didn't even turn on my personal computer LOL! But I did watch this video right when I saw it yesterday morning. Anyways... In this new video from David's official channel (theofficialarchuleta) recorded, I think, the day before his departure, David explains the significance of the album title "BEGIN." in his own words. Fun tidbit, this video was uploaded exactly one month after the album's release, which I doubt is coincidental. The meaning is basically what I and many others guessed, that this album represents the beginning of a new chapter in his life, a new journey, and the desire to take us with him and let us understand. I am not amazing at explaining either, so I'll let the video do the talking. It's so amazing to hear David's voice again, explaining his choice in his words. Also great to see his dogs haha! I miss him so much! p.s. I'm still curious about the capitalization and the period. ~Rinnie
21-year-old singer David Archuleta's 5th pop album (7 total), "BEGIN.", is in stores today! This is a cover album with 1 original song, Broken (lyrics: Jon Hunt music: David Archuleta). Here are some places where you can purchase it: Amazon (online) Amazon MP3 (online- digital) Astroplus (Philippines, in stores) Barnes & Noble (online/in stores) Best Buy (online, free shipping) books.com.tw (Taiwan, online) Costco (in stores) DeepDiscount (online) Deseret Book (online/in stores) Discópolis (Spain, online) Ensign Books (in stores) Fry's (online, free shipping) FYE (online/in stores?) Gramophone (Singapore, in stores) Harvest Books (in stores) iTunes (online- digital) J&R (online) kmart (online) MyMusic Store (Philippines, online- digital) Newbury Comics (online) Overstock.com (online) Seagull Book (online/in stores) Sears (online, $0.99 shipping) Speedy Video (Malaysia, in store) Walmart (online/in stores) WOW HD (online, free shipping anywhere) The Taiwan edition of the album comes with 4 additional postcards while supplies last. Sold in Taiwan and Hong Kong! ~ If you can't afford to buy one, please see my last post for suggestions on how to get one gifted to you! Illegal downloading is NEVER the answer. Haven't decided if you want to buy it yet? Here are some reviews for the album that might help you make up your mind. This list will be updated as more reviews roll in: Creative Disc (Indonesia, reviews the song Broken) Rating: 9/10 Idol Chatter Rating: B- MUSIC IS MY OXYGEN WEEKLY Rating: 3.5/5 The Washington Times Rating: 2/5 Entertainment Tonight Rating: Positive Jacob Elyachar Journalist Rating: A- Elizabeth Rosalyn Rating: Positive AllMusic Rating: 2.5/5 Salt Lake Tribune Rating: C Book Giveaways Rating: Positive (enter to win a copy!) HPfanRinnie's Rambles Rating: A- Soul David Rating: Positive Deseret News Rating: Positive Dear Music Appreciators Rating: 4/5 Teen Ink Rating: Positive Tuned In Rating: 3.5/5 The Preston Citizen Rating: Positive Inquirer Entertainment (Philippines) Rating: Positive Manila Bulletin (Philippines) Rating: Positive Some of the reviews claim a lack of emotional connection (& even contain some personal attacks), which, if you're familiar with David and his singing in general, is almost never true. And believe me when I say, his voice easily soars over the production :) For a special message from David regarding the release, click here. For more information such as snippets, what David himself says about this album, and tracklist, see this post and the links below. Thank you guys for supporting! David Archuleta's Official Site Official Twitter Kari's (manager) Twitter Official YouTube Official Facebook Official Myspace ~Rinnie
Hey everyone! BEGIN. is coming out in 5 days! So exciting! I was going to put this with the last post, seeing as that one was all information on BEGIN., but I'm sure it would make that post way too big and hard to navigate. So I guess, branching off of that... First: Just wanted to remind you all to support David by legally obtaining BEGIN.! I know it might not be possible for everyone to afford one, since I myself could just manage to pre-order 1 copy! However, this does not make illegal downloading the answer. This is a very wonderful fanbase (more like a huge family!), and there are many generous fans out there who have extra copies or can afford to buy more and are delighted to help you out! So ask around on Twitter, Facebook, fan sites, etc. Here's a list of fan sites, just to name a few: Fans of David* FanScene* The Voice David Beyond Borders SnowAngelz (Canada) Archuleta Philippines And don't worry if you don't live in the same country as your donor! Many fans are willing to gift anyway! They can also gift through iTunes if your iTunes accounts are from the same country. So depending on where your donor is from, getting an account from that country if you can is probably a good idea. If you want to be a donor, even if it's just 1 copy, e-mail Fans of David at fodfrontpage@gmail.com or FanScene at janeySA79@gmail.com. *known gifting program available
Second: In addition to getting a legal copy of the album, there are additional ways you can help! As you know, Broken is already available on the U.S. iTunes store and people have already posted it on YouTube. Though some posts might say "do not download," that would not stop anyone determined enough. So please leave a comment and message these users by politely asking them to remove their video or replace it with an incomplete version. If people want the song, they have to go buy it! The same goes for all the other songs when the album comes out, since there will surely be videos of those as well! UPDATE: Some even have posted download links for the entire album on their YouTube videos, and those need to be removed! Please ask them to do so politely and explain why. They need to understand!
Third: PROMOTION! This is an essential part of sales. I know David doesn't really care too much, but he really deserves all the success and more. Remember when The Other Side of Down came out and half the fans didn't even know about it until a year later? Let's make sure that doesn't happen again! Deseret Book and Kari have already done an amazing job with the promotion, but we can do our part too. Post about the album on social networking sites, work it into a conversation with someone (I did!), and if you have a twitter account...twibbon! It adds a little logo to your avatar to show off your support. Click here to add one created by AnnieDAFG!
That's all for now and thank you all for reading! Can't wait for to hear the full album after August 7!! This post will be updated regularly.
Hello! In the last couple of days, David's tour manager, Kari, has granted us previews to the covers from his upcoming album "BEGIN."! I personally haven't listened yet (except for Somewhere Only We Know) because I want everything to be new & fresh- a surprise- when I finally have the album in my hands. Take a listen if you are interested!
