Video: V V Brown - Children (Behind the Scenes) ft. Chiddy Bang

PHOTO CREDIT: Paul Kalirai One of my favorite artists to emerge over the last couple of years, V.V. Brown , recently dropped a new single and announced details from her forthcoming sophomore record, Lollipops & Politics . FINALLY ! After hearing her for the first time in the summer of 2009, it's been a fast road to obsession for me. I've seen her live twice in Boston (once as the [...]

Long awaited details about V V Brown 's sophomore release on Capitol Records are taking shape and the record's title and track-list are official. Lollipops & Politics is the next album from the British singer-songwriter. Now this 27-year-old dynamo, who hails from Northampton, England, is back with her second album which finds her taking a major stylistic leap by bending herself into experimental musical shape. V V Brown to release second album + November 2011 tour dates [...]

Details about the forthcoming album, Lollipops & Politics , by V V Brown has been revealed. The follow-up to the British singer-songwriter's debut, Travelling Like The Light, will feature collaborations with many well-known artists. The track “Children” was recently released and features rapper Chiddy (of Philadelphia’s Chiddy Bang) and produced by Rihanna, Mary J Blige, and Ne-Yo collaborator Chuck Harmony (whom V V worked with on five of the album’s tracks). Other highlights on the album include “Be Yours,” a Ronettes-style ballad introduced by a wall of drums and a dream-like killer [...]

Last week, British singer/songwriter V V Brown finally unleashed her much-anticipated new single " Children ." Building from a soothing nursery rhyme to a stirring alt-pop stomper, the song is a powerful call to action that the singer wrote to open people's eyes to a few issues she deeply cares about.p V V Brown explains in a press release,p"['Children']pwas written about a generation that has uninspiring aspirations and believes material wealth is what happiness is." The song feels particularly topical given the summer riots in her hometown of London. "You have to give people a voice," [...]