Bonnie McKee

[rubytuesday 222]

American Girl

 

 

Bonnie's been writing for tons of artists the past four years, Katy Perry, Britney, Ke$ha ect. and now she's coming out with her second album - this is the lead single American Girl. The video isn't the final, but she's managed to get some of the people she's worked with involved. Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Carly R Jepsen, Macklemore, Jewel ect.

 

She got signed at 16 and recorded her debut album Trouble which was released in 2004. Her label's marketing strategies backfired and she sold hardly any iirc. The label dropped her in 2007 and after that she started writing songs for other people. Her big break was Katy Perry's Teenage Dream, where she wrote several including the title track. Since then she's been pretty much dominating the charts, she works with Max Martin and Dr Luke a lot and her own album is supposed to be coming out sometime this year.

 

I love her, been a fan for ages, even though I'm not 100% sold on the new sound, I guess she needs a break though. Hope this gives it to her, she really deserves it, Trouble is beautiful and she gave all those singers so many #1s.

[TIARNZUS 4,596]

The song does nothing for me, however the video is kinda cool.

[Baby V Alex 2,859]

The guys from KISS are the best part of the video tbh

[Jord 3,481]

I am still surprised at how Bonnie managed to get so many established and worldwide famous artists to feature in her music video.

[Baby V Alex 2,859]

I am still surprised at how Bonnie managed to get so many established and worldwide famous artists to feature in her music video.

 

She's friend with all of them

[greymillenium 541]

ugh, did she really have to use Adam Lambert in that video?

[Baby V Alex 2,859]

ugh, did she really have to use Adam Lambert in that video?

 

Adam Lambert is free of every flaw, you bitch   

[pinupgirls 1,056]

In case you don't know who she is, she has basically written a ton of top tens for Katy Perry, Taio Cruz, Ke$ha, and tons of other big celebrities. She herself though, has been constantly trying to make it, yet for some reason hasn't. She has one multiple awards and have written 10+ number one singles....and the song "American girl" which is her lead single is pretty catchy and I love it a lot, even though the lyrics aren't great. I don't get it! I mean she is promoting the single in the spring of 2014, but how hasn't she already became huge if shes helped so many other people become huge? 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uh6VZF0R5U

[Heaux 1,400]

should have been a blog post

 

No ones interested in her because she doesnt have a set style or a gimmick

 

also wtf was she thinking, she signed the same deal that Kesha did with Dr Luke..lmao poor girl

[naachoboy 7,993]

i think is because she doesnt stand out from other girls? :S

[drewby 9,247]

Being shunned would indicate no one cared which the video of a bunch of celebrities lipsynching it proves they do

[rways 405]

it's because she doesn;t stand out. She needs something special to stand out

[European 289]

Maybe it's because she naturally sounds like the artists she has written for?  "American Girl" could easily be a Katy Perry single, and to be honest, I find that Bonnie McKee's voice is close to ordinary. She's got her techniques in tact, but I don't think her voice is specifically chart-appealing. If you look at her counterparts Rihanna, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, etc. They're all easily recognizable, whether it's a unique voice, auto-tune gimmick or easily chewable bubblegum pop. 

 

It's hard to judge by one single only, but I think Bonnie McKee has about the same chances as every other trying to follow the footsteps of those who succeeded. 

[StealingTheMoonlight 278]

She got a fighting chance with American Girl because I heard it playing on the radio and it was on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown over the summer at one point. While this isn't the super stardom she was probably looking for, it's a pretty good start because her name is getting out there. I also recall hearing an ad on the radio saying she's performing somewhere so it shows that people probably like her music. She's getting a start but she only has one single out, apart from the other stuff she's released in the past, I think once she releases an album it COULD  be a different story.

[trayertrash 7,211]

Because she's almost 30 & sings/dresses/writes like a 15 year old. 

[Baby V Alex 2,859]

Because she's almost 30 & sings/dresses/writes like a 15 year old. 

 

It worked for Perry

 

 

I'm so sad that she isn't getting all those #1's that she deserve, I mean sleepwalker it's flawless.

[Hellish 488]

I dont get it either.

Well............ to be honest..... .....

With Katy Perry already being as big as she is WITH Bonnie's songs.... Bonnie is going to be fighting an uphill battle to separate herself from her own songs (if that makes sense)

She has to pull a drastic move, or something.

[301 294]

Is anyone else bummed shes NEVER releasing SLAY

 

and if anyone wants to hook a sis up with songs my pm's are wide open

[301 294]

Jenny's got a boyfriend tea:

It was late 2012, and my friend Cory Nitta said bonnie mckee wanted him to redo one of her songs so she sent him an acapella and an instrumental track .. i scrapped the instrumental track and wrote all new chords and beats underneath the acapella and then Cory tightened up the production and mix.. 
i was a little shocked how easy and fun it was to write over her vocals - anyone who can sing and write like that has a lot of my respect - anyways i went to a couple parties at her house and she seems pretty cool. i remember there was like an ASCAP award for "teenage dream" above her piano in the living room and i was like damn .... So .. we sent this back to her and she loved it but nothing ended up happening with the song cos (NOTHING EVER ENDS UP HAPPENING WITH ANYBODY'S SONGS COS THERE IS A SMALL OLD DAVID LYNCH-IAN MAN IN A DARK ROOM SOMEWHERE IN THIS TOWN CONTROLLING EVERYTHING AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT)

 

https://soundcloud.com/sam-mehran/bonnie-mckee-jenny-got-a-boyfriend

[drewby 9,247]

So is that not the version Bonnie intended to release or?