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This week's video is Shut Up by American singer Skylar Simone. Her full name is Skylar Star Stecker and her dad  is former American football player Aaron Stecker.

Skylar started her singing career as a pre-teen, by performing the American National Anthem at sports events. As of 2015 she had sung it more than 100 times. In 2013 she started uploading cover videos on YouTube and went on to release the digital album Uncovered, Vol. 1 in June 2014.

She released her debut single Rooftop in June 2015 and her debut studio album This Is Me in September 2015,  aged 13 (under Cherrytree Records). Another version of the album came out the following June, called This Is Me: Signature Version. 

After becoming an independent artist, Skylar released her 2nd album Redemption in March 2019. She has also brought out 4 EPs- Uncovered (2014), Firecracker (2015), Earth Signs (2021) and Shiver (2024). 

Her singles include Sweet Dreams with JX Riders (a cover of the 1983 Eurythmics single,  Only Want You, How Did We (all of which reached No.1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, hate that for you, What's Good featuring American singer Tone Sith, Shiver, Shut Up and Permission.

Skylar was named Radio Disney's Next Big Thing in 2017. She has released a mixture of  R'n'B, pop and dance music, although I think these days she's mainly concentrating on R'n'B. This year she signed to Def Jam and released her debut single with them, Shiver, in May.

Random fact: Other Radio NBT winners/runner ups include Jaz from sister duo 2XO and Coco Jones.

In addition to singing, Skylar is an actress. Her acting credits include the American sitcom Super Fun Night in 2013 and the Disney TV show Austin & Ally in 2015.

Shut Up is from Shiver, Skylar's latest EP which was released in August. It came out in July and is a smooth R'n'B song. I also like the video, it's simple but fits the vibe of  the song. It's reminiscent of early 00s music videos/

 

 

Also check out the visualiser for Skylar's latest single I Wish I Lied (released on 20th September): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRivqCCGJbY

Read more about the Shiver EP here: https://earmilk.com/2024/08/16/skylar-simone-releases-engaging-shiver-ep/

And stream/buy it here: https://skylarsimone.lnk.to/Shiver-EP

 

For more on Skylar visit these links: 

Official site: https://www.skylarsimone.com/ 

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@iamskylarsimone

Social media links: https://skylarsimone.komi.io/




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