The artist I have chosen is Calum Scott. I believe that this artist is good due to the song being quite slow but yet easy to lip sync to. It is also a good song to chose as the genre of music falls into a category which music videos are filmed on basic streets (stereotypically). Therefore this makes it easy to create a music video that fits into the typical music video for this type of music. I will need to make sure the person lip syncing in male however, due to the lyrics being about love, it may involve a girl in the music video that he is chasing. These scenes will be simple to create in a town or a street as the music video needs to be quite basic and slow so that it fits in with the song genre.
Calum Scott
Calum Scott made his career from being on the X Factor. He didn't win however, the song 'Dancing On My Own' was performed on one of the episodes which caught him a lot of attention. He was born on the 12th October 1988 in Hull, England. He is an English singer and songwriter who came tow worldwide attention when he appeared on the X Factor. His single 'Dancing On My Own' reached number 2 on the UK Single Chart becoming the first solo singer from Hull to have a top 40 single since 1960. He began as a contestant in the X Factor in 2011 and won a local competition, Hull Daily Mail Star Search in 2013.
Dancing On My Own
This single was released in March 2016, it is a pop song that reached number 2 in the UK Single Chart. It became a sleeper hit, first hitting number 40 in the charts in May despite little radio airplay apart from on West Hull FM. In August 2016, it was certified Platinum in the UK having sold over 600,000 copies. He signed a record deal with Capitol Records on the 24th May 2016 to his debut album.
What Else Has Been Released?
Calum Scott has also released a promotional single called 'Transformar' with Brazilian recording artist Ivete Sangalo as official theme of the 2016 Paralympic Games. They performed the song at the closing ceremony of the Paralympics on the 18th September 2016. It was revealed in September 2016 that 'Dancing On My Own' was the most downloadable song of the summer in the UK of 2016.
Interviews
Calum Scott has carried out many interviews with various different websites, news channels and celebrities. Many of them talk about the single Dancing On My Own as this is his biggest hit. An interview is placed below:
