London rapper Chipmunk hooked up with Dutch songstress Esmée Denters and they have now premiered the video for the very radio-friendly Chipmunk's 6th single "Until You Were Gone," which is scheduled for a release on April 19, will be featured on Chipmunk's re-edited debut album "I Am Chipmunk," although it is not feature on Denters' debut album "Outta Here." The single was recorded in January 2010 with producer, Fraser T Smith.Denters and Chipmunk recorded the music video in an unknown London-based studio on March 4. The video is directed by Emil Nava. Denters made updates on her Twitter with pictures from the set. Chipmunk himself also notified he was shooting the music video with Denters on his Twitter. Despite the fact Chipmunk noted the video world have its nation wide premiere on April 16, the music video premiered on March 20 on T4.
For someone who's just 19-year-old Chipmunk has already achieved a lot - in 2008 he received a MOBO for Best Newcomer, and won Best Hip-Hop Act at the 2009 MOBOs, overcoming US megastars such as Jay-Z, Kanye West and Eminem. He has also received an Urban Music Award for Best Newcomer, and a nomination for Best Rapper at the American BET Awards, not to mention having racked up millions of plays across his MySpace and YouTube channels - and all before he'd even finished school.
Chipmunk's not new to the scene...at the age of 15 Chip started producing and self-releasing mixtapes, buying CDs in bulk and selling them to his mates at school. For his final mixtape, "League Of My Own," he came together with Alwayz Recordings, together they then went on to release the much talked about single Chip Diddy Chip, reaching number 21 in the UK charts. More recently he's been working and touring with N-Dubz and featured on their album Uncle B. He also put his MC talents to DJ Ironik's top 5 single Tiny Dancer.
The good thing about being a young British rapper is that it is impossible to 'sell out' - instead, you are simply 'taking over'. Listening to "Until You Were Gone" you'd have to agree that Chipmunk has well and truly taken over, and he sounds pretty good for it too.
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