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Blake Lewis is "stoked!!!!!"
Bothell resident plans multiple appearances to hype new album
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I've got to plead ignorance on this one.
Not only am I new to the Pacific Northwest, but I did not follow "American Idol" last season. I had no idea Blake Lewis, a Bothell resident, was a big deal in this area until, like, Friday.
Tuesday, his new CD comes out. It's called "Audio Day Dream," which cheekily abbreviates to ADD, as in attention deficit disorder. I probably should have scored a copy and reviewed that. Again: I plead ignorance.
So far, it's doing OK with critics. According to the AP, "The radio-friendly fantasy begins with some hip-hop stained songs that, at least musically, are as curiously pleasing as the blond boy wonder's streaky dye job. The album's lyrics, which seem like they're all directed at one woman (or several women, perhaps), are primitive yet passable for inoffensive pop."
The Seattle Times, however, said the album "doesn't differentiate him from the herd of MTV mall-pop."
Lewis' official Web site hypes the new record as being "a spectacular hodgepodge of styles as varied as synth-pop, alterna-funk and old school hip-hop."
"I wanted to make a record where every song sounds like it could be on the radio, but my radio," said Lewis, 26, who appeared on "American Idol" last season.
Lewis plans to play the Tacoma Dome at the KISS-FM Jingle Bell Bash Tuesday night. Tickets, starting at $25, are still on sale.
Earlier Tuesday, he's scheduled to sign autographs outside the Tacoma Dome, from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., at the Fred Meyer booth, next to the KBKS live broadcast booth.
He promoted a secret show through his MySpace page. According to posts, Lewis listed his mood as "stoked!!!!!" He said the "secret show, with secret people, doing secret things, singing secret songs, being very secrety," is at 8 p.m. Tuesday night. Are the secret show and the KISS-FM show one and the same? Maybe. After all, Lewis was recently added to the KISS-FM bill.
On Thursday, Lewis plans to premier his new video, "Break Anotha", on Yahoo!, and on Friday, he's scheduled to hit "Live with Regis and Kelly."
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