Tinashe – Songs For You

[stunnedout]

Her and these boring ass ballads lord....

[thezatch]

And "Fever" is such an OLLLLLLLLLD song. I would have been happy with her dusting off "Company" and doing that with the group of boys. But we're not that show's demographic so they were probably getting their life in front of the TV while she crooned "Fever".

[Zinc.]

http://instagram.com/p/Bqd0MzInvsD

Rumored RCA dropped her. She unfollowed them on IG as well.

[Deleted]

FREEDOM AT LAST YES
Also I'm gonna go check out these leaked songs 
I'v heard parts of Butterfly and Heavy, been wanting to hear them in full for sometime now

[Deleted]

I have never been so happy to hear someone got dropped

[SHOOTER]

Nov 24, 2018 22:42:26 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

I have never been so happy to hear someone got dropped

She probably begged to be released but either way I’m ecstatic for her.

[wavey.]

She's going to be in the live show of "RENT" on Fox.

[thezatch]

Nov 28, 2018 20:22:29 GMT -5 wavey. said:

She's going to be in the live show of "RENT" on Fox.

I just caught a commercial for it during Empire tonight. T looked good as Mimi.

[George]

Why 'Rent' Is Still Relevant: Vanessa Hudgens, Valentina & Tinashe Preview the Live Musical



On Jan. 26, 1996, previews for a new musical began in a small theater in New York's East Village. The show's cast -- though it included future stars Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs -- was largely unknown; its writer, 35-year-old Jonathan Larson, was a struggling artist like the characters he wrote. As for its subject matter -- gentrification, drug addiction and the AIDS epidemic -- and rock-driven score, both were far from typical for musical theater.

That show, Rent, turned out to be revolutionary. Though it opened off-Broadway under the shadow of tragedy -- Larson died unexpectedly of an aortic aneurysm the night before the first preview -- Rent transferred to Broadway within three months, attracting “Rentheads” who slept outside the theater and repeated the show's “No day but today” mantra as if it were scripture. It stayed open for more than 5,000 shows.

Over two decades later, a new generation will be introduced to the now classic play when, on Jan. 27, Rent Live! debuts on Fox. “It was the first musical to create a movement,” says executive producer Marc Platt, who has also overseen the network's acclaimed Grease Live! and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. “In terms of the life-or-death stakes, it's the forefather of reality-based musicals like Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen.”

But, more than perhaps any of the live TV musicals produced thus far, Rent's success depends on capturing the explosive energy of its cast. “The power of this show is in the relationships and how we share these lessons of love, forgiveness, loss, transformation,” says Brandon Victor Dixon, 37, who starred as Judas in NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar in April and will play the AIDS-afflicted philosophy professor Tom Collins in Rent Live!

“Rent has always been about the characters' psychology,” says the show's original director, Michael Greif, who worked in tandem with Rent Live! director Alex Rudzinski. “Jonathan wrote characters with beautiful insights and self-reflection. To get a group of people who could go there simply and deeply was exciting.”

Casting that group, just like in the 1990s, meant finding actors who could sing and dance, but -- more importantly -- telegraph a genuine youthful je ne sais quoi. The lead actors are an appropriately diverse group that includes stage-and-screen regulars like Dixon, Jordan Fisher and Vanessa Hudgens; seasoned pop singers such as Tinashe and Mario; and magnetic newcomers like drag queen Valentina.

“Honey, I'm ready for it,” says the RuPaul’s Drag Race star, 27, who plays drag queen Angel, a dancer and drummer battling AIDS. “Angel is iconic. He's a little beacon of hope when everyone's really going through it who shows you can live your best life no matter how s**tty it might be.”

Valentina, who is simultaneously preparing for the next season of RuPaul's All Stars, is enjoying the physical demands of playing Angel (“I'm trying to get my body real snatched”), but she emphasizes the serious significance of her role as well. “As a drag queen onstage, you throw your leg up high, the crowd goes crazy. On TV, you have to be believable,” she says. “Putting onstage, who was a triple minority [in the '90s], as a main character -- that sent a message. And visibility is important now more than ever.”

Like Valentina, many castmembers first saw Rent not onstage but in its 2010 film incarnation. Singer Mario, 32, who plays landlord Benny (the role Diggs originated), watched the original stage play on YouTube, and the story hit close to home. “As someone from Baltimore, growing up in a lower-income neighborhood with family members who used drugs, seeing gentrification, people close to my family contracting AIDS from drug use -- the movie touched me in so many ways.”

Tinashe plays Mimi, the charismatic HIV-positive junkie stripper whose romance with troubled musician Roger (Brennin Hunt) is at Rent's center. “So many musicals are period pieces, but it was cool to see this more modern approach,” says Tinashe, 25, who first saw a college production of Rent in middle school. “And it was exciting to see a cast full of minorities -- a more accurate representation of the world we live in.”

In a 2010 production of Rent at the Hollywood Bowl, it was Hudgens, 29, who played Mimi, but this time she'll tackle the charming yet narcissistic lesbian performance artist Maureen (who Menzel portrayed in the original production). “Vocally, emotionally, it's a tough part,” says Hudgens, who earned raves for her portrayal of Rizzo in Grease Live! in 2016. Adds Greif: “Vanessa really won this.”

More than any one character, the Rent Live! crew is hoping the show as a whole resonates. Though much of what made Rent feel so visceral and immediate when it premiered, from the daily specter of the AIDS epidemic in Manhattan to the needles in Tompkins Square Park, now feels like a distant memory, the team is betting on the fact that the core idea -- to find strength in community and “measure your life in love,” as its most famous song, “Seasons of Love,” says -- is one that's timeless. “Jonathan wrote about how he was living through a time of adversity and how the only way to overcome it was to unify, to address it together,” says Platt. “That's a battle cry for today. That's the spirit of Rent.”

[George]

[thezatch]

She looks great! I can't wait to see what she does with "Out Tonight" and "Light My Candle".

[SHOOTER]

Finally off RCA!

[Exclusive]

Thank goodness.

[Zinc.]

[Zinc.]

[Zinc.]

TV Ratings: ‘Rent’ on Fox Puts Up Lowest Ratings Ever for Live Musical

In the overnight ratings, “Rent” averaged a 1.4 rating in adults 18-49 and 3.4 million viewers. That is below previous last place holder, “A Christmas Story Live,” which drew a 1.5 rating and 4.5 million viewers for Fox in December 2017. It is also a far cry from the highest-rated live broadcast musical to date, NBC’s 2013 version of “Sound of Music.” That show drew a 4.6 rating and 18.6 million viewers.

Nevertheless, “Rent” was one of the highest-rated programs of the night in the key demo, with the show beating out its broadcast competition in each individual hour of its three hour run time.

The ratings also come after “Rent” cast member Brennin Hunt broke his foot just hours before showtime, forcing Fox to rely on pre-taped segments of the show recorded at a dress rehearsal on Saturday night.

Elsewhere for the night, “Celebrity Big Brother” (1.0, 4.8 million) was even on CBS, while “NCIS: Los Angeles” (0.8, 6.7 million) and “Madam Secretary” (0.6, 5.4 million) saw small declines week-to-week.

On ABC, “America’s Funniest Home Videos” (1.3, 6.5 million) was steady, followed by two new episodes of “Shark Tank” at 9 (1.1, 4.5 million) and 10 (1.0, 3.8 million).

On The CW, “Supergirl” (0.3,1.4 million) was up in total viewers while “Charmed” (0.3, 0.89 million) was up in the demo.

[Caviar]

ouch

[Exclusive]

I came into this thread expecting some positive news with the new title and all, but well...

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Yeah, i heard about the ratings and poor reviews on Inside Edition. It's too bad. I thought the show and the actors were pretty good.

[Deleted]

I didn't read any reviews, but I think news that it was partly prerecorded might have hurt the perception of it a bit.

If A Christmas Story Live is any indication, it doesn't seem that Fox's musicals get very high ratings in the first place; the ratings for Rent aren't that far off from ACSL and word that it wasn't all live probably accounts for most of the difference. Ultimately this is still a solid experience under T's belt and hopefully leads to more opportunities in the future.

[Linnethia Monique]

A lot of what happened when it comes to energy and singing could've been remedied if they just had an understudy for Brennin. That one 25th hour injury forced Fox to show the dress re-recorded dress rehearsal for a majority of the production. That also could've been a turn off for viewers as well that were promised a mostly live show. People that attended the actual taping on the day of said that the cast went full out but, we were not shown any of that footage.

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Jan 29, 2019 13:32:29 GMT -5 Linnethia Monique said:

A lot of what happened when it comes to energy and singing could've been remedied if they just had an understudy for Brennin. That one 25th hour injury forced Fox to show the dress re-recorded dress rehearsal for a majority of the production. That also could've been a turn off for viewers as well that were promised a mostly live show. People that attended the actual taping on the day of said that the cast went full out but, we were not shown any of that footage.

Many of the performances from that footage was uploaded on YouTube, but not a full performance.

[George]

[George]

Official Statement:

Tinashe Has Parted Ways With RCA

Tinashe is no longer signed with the record label RCA, according to her longtime manager, Mike Nazzaro.

Contrary to reports circulating on the internet, “she wasn’t dropped,” Nazzaro says. “We initiated for her to be released. It was a positive split for her. It’s giving her back creative control.” He says the exit “took a little while to figure out,” but has been final for “a month or so.”

RCA did not respond to repeated requests for comment. However, Tinashe is no longer listed on the label’s roster page on its website.

Tinashe publicly announced her RCA signing in a YouTube video in 2012. She released her major-label debut, Aquarius, in 2014. That album included her breakout single “2 On,” which eventually earned a platinum certification. Two years later, Tinashe put out the Nightride mixtape, and two years after that, she released the Joyride album, which included collaborations with both hip-hop stars (Future) and indie darlings (Little Dragon).

At times, Tinashe’s relationship with her label appeared fractious. In a 2016 interview with Rolling Stone, the singer cited unspecified “creative differences” with RCA. During an interview with Lena Dunham not long after, Tinashe alleged that her A&R once pushed her to record a song despite her protests: “I couldn’t, as an artist, get behind the lyrics.”

But Nazzaro says that Tinashe’s split with RCA has “been a respectful separation on both sides.” “Her relationship with RCA was a long-term relationship, but they needed space,” he adds. “It was time to part ways.”

“She’s excited for this next step in her career,” he continues. “We’re trying to decide now, if we want new partners, who the next ones will be.”

[stunnedout]

She is truly the new Christina Milian.

[vithor]

High demand among record labels. I had heard that. I just pray that whichever label she chooses will help her shine even more.

[Zinc.]

http://instagram.com/p/BuEzhCQlCxc

http://instagram.com/p/BuE5cowFB5J

[thezatch]

[SHOOTER]

IMO she’d be best off setting up an imprint via EMPIRE like Iggy and just releasing music without expectations for radio play.

[George]