While Kehlani has fashioned themself into a contemporary R&B artist comparable to the likes of Jhené Aiko and Tinashe, the singer and songwriter has retained the charming, down-to-earth qualities displayed with their former group. When Kehlani was fronting the Oakland band Poplyfe during the sixth season of Americas Got Talent, judge Piers Morgan informed the young singer, 'I dont think you need the group.' Four years later, Kehlani had two independent solo releases on which to build: the eight-track Cloud19 (2014) and this album-length affair. A week after the latter was made available, major-label Atlantic announced its signing of Kehlani, one of the more promising artists of the mid-2010s. See what else Cole told us about the project and getting to work with Dierks Bentley on the song “Flatliner.When Kehlani was fronting the Oakland band Poplyfe during the sixth season of America's Got Talent, judge Piers Morgan informed the young singer, "I don't think you need the group." Four years later, Kehlani had two independent solo releases on which to build: the eight-track Cloud19 (2014) and this album-length affair. You Should Be Here is available for purchase now.
Best song wins and I think I’ve got the best 12 songs I could’ve had on this album.” I just wanted to record the best songs, you know? There’s five I didn’t write. In fact, five of the 12 tracks on You Should Be Here were actually written by songwriters other than Swindell.
It makes me feel good that the best writers in town are sending me their stuff now. You might have had a No.1 or played the Opry, done that, but that was a first for me to have somebody sit down and write a song because I used to do that for every artist in town, wishing they would record it. 1 for seven weeks on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and in September the same year, reached No. 1 for one week on the American Billboard Hot 100, No. “Honestly, that was a first kind of feeling, you know. 'You Should Be Dancing' is a song by the Bee Gees, from the album Children of the World, released in 1976.
“’Stars’ is a song I didn’t write on there that just got released on iTunes and that was a song that they sat down and said ‘let’s write a song for Cole today,’ he explained of the track written by Ben Hayslip and Chase McGill. One of the most exciting parts of this new journey was that he was having songs written and pitched to him. I’m impatient,” Swindell told Sounds Like Nashville recently. “You know, everybody, I think, is excited about their next album, but I think I’m just a little more excited than anybody’s ever been. Our favorite rising R&B powerhouse unleashes an album of emotional fireworks. The 12-song project is one the Georgia native has been anxiously awaiting. Today, May 6, marks a huge day for Cole Swindell… It’s the day the singer/songwriter released his sophomore album, You Should Be Here.
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