#flack x lovato

[loluy]

"Bitterness is a paralytic. Love is a much more vicious motivator."

CSI: NY (2004 – 2013)

[janeykath318]

The bitter feeling when you search for a ship in your fandom tag and get two results: One being a bait and switch, and the other unfinished.

Stop tagging non-endgame ships!!! You get our hopes up and then destroy them. If necessary, put the non-endgame pair in the Additional tags or Author’s notes.

[twopoppies]

I'm reading the July/August issue of Vanity Fair and it has an article on Love island and Caroline Flack. It starts off with "...Flack, a former x factor host who'd dated the the most famous Harrys in England, Prince and Styles..." It's been over a decade, and his name is still brought up with hers. Not to age discriminate but a 17 year old teenager with a 31 year old? Give me a break. No one would be having it if the sexes were reversed. Anyway, I know everyone is waiting for DWD to be out so the relationship can end and we can move from Olivia but this doesn't mean we'll be rid of her. Everytime they'll write about her, they'll bring up Harry. And she's "deeply in love" 🙄 she's gonna use every opportunity to name drop Harry in whatever subtle way she can. And if they have a bad break up, she's not gonna keep quiet about it. Look at what she's saying about the father of her children. I hope they have contracts in place to stop her from talking about him. God I hate this stunt so so much.

Haroline is giving Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama vibes. Big yikes. I can’t believe the media talks about it like it’s no big deal because he’s a guy, and that makes him a stud. Fucking gross.

And yes, Olivia will be linked with him forever and she’s going to milk it forever. It’s the highlight of her career.

So even when they finally “break up”, we’re really not going to be rid of her. It’ll be at least as bad as H*ylor. If not worse. And that’s saying something.

[omdaily10]

UP

Guest Artist: Demi Lovato

Writers: Wayne Hector, Daniel Davidsen, Maegan Cottone, Peter Wallevik, Mich Hansen

Producers: Cutfather, Daniel Davidsen, Peter Wallevik

Album: Never Been Better

Release Date: 04/01/2015

B-Side: Up (Live Acoustic Version) (Credits as above) / 'Dear Darlin’' (Live Performance at ITV Special)' (See 'Dear Darlin’' entry for writing credits)

Chart Positions: #4 (UK), #3 (Ireland), #3 (Slovenia), #5 (South Africa), #6 (Austria), #8 (US), #8 (Hungary), #9 (New Zealand), #14 (Australia), #15 (Belgium), #15 (Italy), #17 (Germany), #22 (Czech Republic), #28 (Switzerland), #29 (Slovakia)

Sales: 600k (UK, Platinum), 140k (Australia, 2x Platinum), 50k (Italy, Platinum), 15k (New Zealand, Platinum)

Nominations: ‘Best British Single’, BRIT Awards 2016

No sooner had 'Wrapped Up' charted - and foundered in its quest to give Olly another lead number one single from a new album - then plans almost immediately moved onto the single that was to follow it. And for only the second time in his career, it was to be a track that he didn't have a hand in writing.

An early demo of 'Up', written for the main part by one of his long time collaborators, Wayne Hector, and produced by the legendary Danish pop producer Cutfather - who had been behind countless UK and international chart toppers over a twenty year plus career - was put forward in the initial recording sessions for the 'Never Been Better' album.

A rousing, almost country esque mid-tempo thumper about rekindling the spark in a relationship gone awry that called to mind Lady Antebellum’s ‘Need You Now’, it was clear that Olly had recorded a sure-fire smash, but he felt that it needed another presence on it to elevate it to another level. Chiefly, in contrast to his other collaborations to that point, it needed a female vocal. Numerous different names were touted and approached - amongst them, Nicole Scherzinger, Cheryl and Ellie Goulding. But for his US label Columbia, keen on building Olly's Stateside profile after the success of the 'Right Place Right Time' album, they had their eyes on a much bigger star.

Enter Demi Lovato. A child star from the age of 10, she was one of the big breakout stars from the Disney fold like Britney Spears, Hilary Duff and Miley Cyrus before her, best known at that point for her role alongside Jonas Brothers in the 'Camp Rock' films for the Disney Channel. She had already successfully crossed over to a contemporary pop career, and was relatively well known to British audiences, having hit the UK top 10 with the hits 'Skyscraper' and 'Heart Attack'. However, her success here was a drop in the ocean compared to what it was Stateside, where she was absolutely huge – and in a further tie with The X Factor, she was also a judge on the US version of the series.

It made sense therefore, to have her on board for 'Up'. Demi flew over to the UK to film the video with Olly in November 2014, which saw them go hell for leather, Aerosmith style, around an old apartment, literally tearing down walls and smashing up instruments to find each other. She returned just a few weeks later at the start of December, when Olly and Demi debuted their first – and to date only - performance of the single together on the final of that year’s X Factor at Wembley Arena.

Even though the single didn’t officially appear until the new year, the impact of the performance and the song had clearly crossed over in a big way, as just on sales of the track as an album cut, it raced into the top 5 for Christmas that year, eventually settling at a peak of #4. It was still on the chart and all over the airwaves three months later, when Olly’s next single we’ll meet in our next review made its debut.

The plan had been to push ahead with this as a summer single in America following the release of the album Stateside in January 2015 and the conclusion of his UK arena tour in May. However, several changes of circumstance meant that this wasn’t to be, chiefly the availability of Demi for promotional commitments, but also with some developments in Olly’s career back in Blighty.

Regardless, it became a top 20 hit in fourteen other countries, and also earned Olly his fourth nomination at the BRIT awards for the ‘Best British Single’ trophy at the 2016 ceremony, and even now remains one of his most popular songs on tour, with everyone from Ella Eyre to former member of girl group legends The Saturdays, Vanessa White, joining him on occasion to perform Demi’s section. It also proved that even if it didn’t hit the top of the chart, a song like ‘Up’ proved that Olly was still one of pop’s most consistent hitmakers.

OTHER THOUGHTS

A live acoustic version was the main B-side of the digital bundle and Europe only CD single, recorded around the same time as the video for the song. UK fans also had a treat in store on the digital bundle, in the form of a stripped back mix of ‘Dear Darlin’’, first performed for his 2014 TV special for ITV, A Night In With Olly Murs. The show was an hour-long entertainment and variety show showcasing performances of tracks from the ‘Never Been Better’ album, as well as sketches with John Bishop, Shane Richie and Caroline Flack.

[loluy]

Just collecting my winnings.

CSI: NY (2004 – 2013)

[loluy]

Well, it won't be easy connecting the dots without knowing Rita Lowman's real name. - Mac That's why Flack's going to help me. And since I still don't have a desk, looks like we'll be using yours. - Lovato I like her. - Mac Join the club. - Flack

CSI: NY (2004 – 2013)