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Post by Envoirment on Oct 11, 2016 20:31:48 GMT -5
Update: Leona's now finished her role as Grizabella in Cats and has been in the studio. Leona will be featuring on Alesso's next album/EP - likely the material they worked on earlier this year. Pitbull's album was pushed back to October 28th so a couple more weeks for "Only Ones To Know". Leona will be featuring for 2 nights a the Hollywood bowl this week. Kygo is playing two nights and she recently followed him on twitter. So looks as though she may have some stuff with Kygo coming up. More good news is that Ryan Tedder has said that he would love to work with Leona again. I would love Leona/Ryan to be in the studio again and it looks very likely. The Hans Zimmer album should be out Friday I believe as well? Lots of exciting things happening with Leona. Pitbull, Alesso and now possibly Kygo collabs, as well as the door being wide open to work with Ryan Tedder again. Leona's been branching out a lot more it seems!
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Post by Envoirment on Oct 28, 2016 17:40:04 GMT -5
Leona recorded her singing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" to mark 10 years since winning the X-factor:
Her voice sounds so beautiful and angelic! Her stint on Cats has really gotten her voice into a great place once again.
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Post by George on Nov 7, 2016 23:21:08 GMT -5
Nice seeing Leona on tonight's Dancing with the Stars performing "Memory":
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Post by Envoirment on Nov 29, 2016 11:08:04 GMT -5
Leona's in what is likely the best shape of her life right now. She's even posted herself in a bikini on instagram and never thought she would do: Looking stunning <3 Really cannot wait to see what's in store for 2017. She's currently on holiday. Leona will be performing in Budapest on December 10th.
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Post by George on Nov 29, 2016 15:42:00 GMT -5
I'mma need for "One More Sleep" to become a Christmas staple. Any word if she'll be doing any holiday TV performances?
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Post by Envoirment on Nov 30, 2016 15:03:19 GMT -5
I'mma need for "One More Sleep" to become a Christmas staple. Any word if she'll be doing any holiday TV performances? It looks like it's becoming a staple in the UK which is great. No holiday TV performances this year it seems. Or at least not yet. Hoping she'll promote OMS in the future and the rest of her Christmas album. Perhaps even re-release it if her label get the rights for it or if she is back on a Sony label at some point.
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Post by Envoirment on Dec 14, 2016 15:48:41 GMT -5
Leona's cover of "Now We Are Free" from the Gladiator soundtrack has been put on youtube:
It'll be on Hans Zimmer's upcoming album. Beautifully done!
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Post by Envoirment on Jan 15, 2017 14:55:55 GMT -5
Some news/info tidbits:
Leona may be performing with Hans Zimmer at Coachella - nothing confirmed but seems likely as she will be going to the festival and Hans is confirmed to be performing there.
Leona was in the studio with Jake Gosling in December, who's done a lot of work with Ed Sheeran among some others. A song they've been working on is called "Saved" is apparantly an R&B/Pop song. *_*
She's also been in the studio the last week and recorded two songs, with Brandon Buttner who helped mix JT's "Can't Stop The Feeling" and some other songs. Should mean her newer material will be mixed/of a higher production quality than the songs on I Am.
2017 seems like it'll be a good year for Leona.
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Post by Envoirment on Jan 18, 2017 12:51:32 GMT -5
So happy she's branching out into modelling! Hopefully it'll help raise her profile a bit. :)
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Post by Envoirment on Mar 15, 2017 14:51:54 GMT -5
Update: Leona's been in and out of the studio the last couple months and has been in the studio with Kygo previous! She attended NY Fashion week and has started a vlog channel about her new lifestyle - she was diagnosed with Hasimoto's disease last year (and had other health issues) and has changed her lifestyle to help accomodate for the disease and other health issues. That could've had negative affects on Leona's voice, so her being treated for that now should help her voice a lot I hope!
Leona said in a recent interview said she hopes her next album will be out this year! Excited for that. Her collab with Pitbull - "Only Ones To Know" will finally be available to download and stream this week with the release of Pitbull's album! Here's a clip:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 9:28:40 GMT -5
Did she cheat on one of her boyfriends? I recently realized that she has released two singles (Forgive Me and Trouble) with this uncommon theme. 🤔
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Post by kmbgs on Apr 13, 2017 9:33:38 GMT -5
Outta My Head should have been a huge single. I'm surprised the US gays never discovered it
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Post by Envoirment on Apr 17, 2017 11:44:30 GMT -5
Did she cheat on one of her boyfriends? I recently realized that she has released two singles (Forgive Me and Trouble) with this uncommon theme. 🤔 No. She broke up with her long time childhood boyfriend in 2010 (they were together for 10+ years). Her current boyfriend is Dennis Jauch - a Dancer/Choreographer who's career has been going from strength to strength in recent years (he's one of the extra dancers on Dancing With the Stars! in the US). They've been together for about 3-4 years now. :) Leona's been in and out of the studio a lot recently and she's been attending Coachella the last few days. She said in an interview there's no deadline on the album - she's said that for the last 2 albums. Hopefully we'll have some more solid info about it in the near future!
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Post by Envoirment on May 24, 2017 21:14:23 GMT -5
Continues to be in and out of the studio. She recently started following Jermaine Dupri on twitter - so perhaps she's been in the studio with him?
She recently posted a studio snippet on twitter:
Sounds quite R&B. Would love for Leona to produce an R&B album!
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Post by Envoirment on May 27, 2017 12:16:46 GMT -5
Leona's working with Walter Afanasieff once again. He did a lot of the producing/arrangements and such on Spirit and has worked extensively with Mariah Carey, as well as Whitney Houston. Leona looks like she's going back to R&B/Pop once again and I'm quite excited!
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Post by lancey on Jun 20, 2017 1:49:01 GMT -5
I miss her, IMO she was and is the closest thing to Mariah... I think her voice is a million times better than Ariana's...
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Post by leonagwen on Aug 6, 2017 14:54:15 GMT -5
Possible new single in a couple months and new album next year.Can't wait!!
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 14, 2017 18:11:41 GMT -5
Leona's been in and out of the studio constantly over the last few weeks. Apparantley there's some exciting news in regards to Leona's next album and it appears that it may be that the lead single will be dropping very soon. Definitely looks like we'll be getting something from Leona very soon!!
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Post by beach1 on Aug 15, 2017 1:15:44 GMT -5
I've been getting into her last album recently. I'm excited and anxious about new music from her!
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 16, 2017 15:00:52 GMT -5
Leona tweeted a BTS video of a photoshoot she recently did. She looks great and can't wait to see the pictures!
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Post by Envoirment on Dec 5, 2017 18:14:06 GMT -5
Can't believe I haven't updated this in so long. But here's a bunch of updates;
Leona continues to be in and out of the studio. Her boyfriend posted a gym session of his on instagram and used one of Leona's tracks. It sounded really good. Was more of an electronic/dance song *_* Sadly I can't find the clips anymore - they were all taken down :(
Leona's done a couple of private gigs since I last updated. She's been sounding really good! Here's a bunch of videos from them, she even did "Homeless" in her Bali gig and she's giving strong Spirit vibes tbh!
Leona will be performing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on A Night for the Emergency Service in the UK. It'll air on December 20th on UK TV. Perhaps it'll have an indirect effect on "One More Sleep". Speaking of which, OMS has been doing really good in the UK this year. It's managed to go top 50 on spotify already (#48), which is higher than it has done the last 2 years on Xmas eve/day! All signs are pointing to it going top 40 this year!
In addition, Leona recorded an acoustic version of the song for amazon music and is avaiable to download & stream there. I hope it'll be available on other platforms as well in the near future. You can listen to it here;
https%3A//soundcloud.com/amazon-music/leona-lewis-one-more-sleep
Leona also performed at the Kennedy Center Honours, honouring Lionel Richie with covers of All Night Long and Say You Say Me. I believe the All Night Long performance was a group performance and Leona opened it and was joined by Stevie Wonder & Quincy Jones (amongst some others possibly?). It'll air on CBS on December 26th.
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Stunning!
Another thing to add is she has collabed with Dinah from Fifth Harmony on a Xmas surprise from the both of them! I believe it's a medley of Christmas songs that they will sing together. That's a nice treat!
I have a good feeling about Leona's next album. It seems she's networking and doing a lot of events she wouldn't normally do. Cannot wait for next year as I have good feelings about 2018 for Leona. :)
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Post by George on Dec 6, 2017 13:00:51 GMT -5
Loved the new acoustic version of "One More Sleep"!
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Post by Envoirment on Dec 7, 2017 11:33:05 GMT -5
Here's Leona's collab with Dinah - I really like it!
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Post by Envoirment on Dec 27, 2017 8:15:34 GMT -5
Leona gave a couple TV performances over the holidays. One was singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on UK TV and the other was doing a Lionel Richie tribute which was aired on the Kennedy Center Honours yesterday. She looks and sounds great, love how she's got her confidence back and more!
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Post by BDGeek on Dec 27, 2017 9:49:28 GMT -5
Watched her on the KC Honors last night. She sounded fantastic! I miss her being at the forefront of pop music.
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Post by Dreams on Dec 27, 2017 10:37:21 GMT -5
That was a great performance honoring the legendary Lionel Richie! I can't remember the last time Leona's voice was sounding as great and open as it did here, not to mention her stage presence was on point too. She seemed so into it.
Needless to say, I listened to her Christmas album so much this year too. She has the best collection of original Christmas songs since Mariah's MCIIY. Also, enjoyed the acoustic version of "One More Sleep". Hopefully she serves us some great, new music next year.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Dec 27, 2017 13:10:28 GMT -5
Blown away that this is her SIXTH album. There are two that exist for me. After that...Tumbleweeds & Crickets Vols. III-VI.
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Post by Envoirment on Jan 23, 2018 16:04:50 GMT -5
Leona tweeted about new music this year:
Looks likely the album or some songs at least will be released. She had a couple weeks off and is back in the studio/has had meetings with her management.
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Jan 24, 2018 12:52:32 GMT -5
Honestly, there's been so many big mistakes in her career. 1st not releasing Outta My Head from Echo, but the biggest was not releasing Glassheart (the song) in the US... that song could've smashed so hard.
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Post by Troublemaker on Jan 24, 2018 12:57:29 GMT -5
Honestly, there's been so many big mistakes in her career. 1st not releasing Outta My Head from Echo, but the biggest was not releasing Glassheart (the song) in the US... that song could've smashed so hard. I think her people got nervous after Echo didn't perform as well as Spirit...
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