Today's Pick

Gabrielle Aplin has just released her brand new video for her original composition, "Home," the fourth single from from debut studio album, "English Rain," and the title track from her third EP, "Home," which might suggest something dreary and dismal, it's only because, as a songwriter, she explores the dark side of love. At the age of 20, this YouTube phenomenon and English rose has proven that she has the voice to do great things and with a voice as elegant as hers and with a knack for crafting dynamic pop tunes, you probably won't hear too many people complaining.
The "Home," is a prime example, basking in warm nostalgia while gradually unraveling to a background of tender acoustic strums and hushed drum beats. The lyrics seem to tell Aplin's present story, painting the picture of someone who loves her home dearly, but knows she can't stay there if she is ever to find herself. The track's lyrics capture the sentiment perfectly, proving that Aplin is just as effective on paper as she is on a microphone. It is this type of maturity that may lead you to believe that she is older and has more experience, but the realization that she still has her entire life (and career) ahead of her only raises her figurative ceiling.

"The song isn't about the house you live in or where you're from. For me it's about being with people you love, and appreciating it, even when its far away. I wrote 'Home' when I moved away and felt lost" Aplin explained about track. Aplin is one who thrives under pressure. Especially on "Home," she never seems pressured to do anything besides what she wants to do, thus resulting in one of the most refreshingly unforced sounds in modern day pop. In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Aplin said about the updated version of the track: "I'm also excited for people to hear the new recording of 'Home' - it's slightly bigger-sounding than before and it's exactly how I wanted it to be in the first place."
The accompanying music video begins with a nervous looking Aplin walking back to her car before being mugged by a group of boys, who take her keys. The talented singer is then forced to walk throug the desert in order to reach home. Struggling through the days, Aplin takes to hitching rides, washing cars, and staying in motels, before reaching her destination and buying her beloved guitar to busk on the streets of Los Angeles! Don't worry guys it has a happy ending.

British indie singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin has finally given us something else to hold onto while we anxiously wait for the release of her debut album with a beautiful new version music video for her track "Panic Cord," the third single off the 20-year-old's upcoming debut, "English Rain" due on May 13. "Panic Cord" written by herself, and the original version of the track was taken from her 2011 second EP, "Never Fade," which document four things that have happened to her and she owes the complete honestly and detail in return for the amazing support she have received.

Aplin post on her blog: "'Panic Cord' is the ONLY song on the EP that is about a relationship, and we weren't even officially' together but the situation still really got to me. I had never ever felt guilty for turning someone down before and it was the first time I had experienced it. 'Panic Cord' is pretty much about when someone likes you more than you like them. But to the extent where they'd literally do anything for you and as much as you want to, you just can't do it back. I was so frustrated and angry with myself for letting down someone who was perfect, and was finding it hard to live with the temporary guilt of throwing someones feelings back at their face after they had completely spilled themselves out to you.
During turning this person away, it got weirder. Where they were doing everything in their power to keep me and I just didn't understand why, I felt like a complete witch and found myself getting bored of all the lovely things this person was doing for me. I just couldn't comprehend how or why someone would do something amazing for me, and get no reaction from me and still enjoy doing it and carrying on. He told me that he had 'kept a box of our memories' (we're just a box of souvenirs...) in the hope that it could change my mind. I was so confused and it really opened my eyes. I had no memories of this person in my head, but to them we were something amazing. I was so hurt by the fact I had to let someone down, and almost felt as if i was to blame for their sadness, even though i was completely honest the whole time."
The accompanying music video sees Aplin hanging out with her boyfriend, but later shows her falling out with him. As Aplin going through a relationship she had that has now turned into "a box of souvenirs." Throughout the track she tries to figure it out saying "Maybe I'm the one to blame" because "Maybe [she] pulled the panic cord." Her light and airy vocals make this song a little happier than what it is about but it totally works somehow. The fresh tone to her voice is something that hasn't been heard in a while and is a welcome change.

British singer Gabrielle Aplin has rush-released a new video and put her own spin on her piano-led tender and haunting reworking of the Frankie Goes To Hollywood's classic, "The Power of Love" and has make its debut on the John Lewis Christmas advert called 'The Journey' during Derren Brown Friday tonight. Coincidentally, the single is likely to make its chart impact almost 28 years to the day after the song's original release on November 19 of 1984.
Aplin told The Independent: "For those of you who know me you'll know that I'm a massive fan of the adverts. I started crying in Tesco when I found out [I had been chosen]. It was a big deal." The youngster, who has gained a following from her Youtube videos has also been tipped for this year's Christmas No.1 with this track, which has been described as "haunting." However, being chosen for this means Aplin has had to postpone her debut single, "Please Don't Say You Love Me" from November 18th to February 10th of next year.
Asked to record the song by Lewis, Aplin was initially hesitant that she could bring her own alchemy to a track that was already quite perfect, but she's put an incredible twist on the track. The 20-year-old unsigned YouTube star explained that “The lyrics are so strong and powerful but the song is so intricate and beautiful, I was fascinated with the juxtaposition of it,” Aplin commented. “What I really wanted to do was strip the production away but keep the energy of the song. And I wanted it to be minimal and wintry."
Following in the footsteps of Ellie Goulding and Slow Moving Millie who recorded covers of Elton John's "Your Song" and The Smiths's "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" for the department store's 2010 and 2011 Christmas commercials respectively, the clip for Aplin's beautiful cover of "The Power of Love," is pretty much how you'd imagine it to be. Stark piano balladry, an absolutely stunning and feather-delicate vocals, tastefully done, for sure. It actually gives me chills, certainly. The self-taught pianist, who says she normally shuns the industry madness, and she hopes her version doesn't disappoint grown-up 80s pop fans, a demographic John Lewis consistently targets.

English singer/songwriter Gabrielle Aplin has unveiled an official music video for her debut major label single "Please Don't Say You Love Me." The track is another wonderful tune from the Bath folk-pop songstress, and is due for release on November 18th, and serves as the lead single from her upcoming as-yet-untitled album, set for release in early 2013. The talented teenager's dreams are slowly but surely becoming reality.
Aplin has come a long way from the days when she first made a stir online and covered a song by the American Pop-punk band Paramore, called "My Heart" on YouTube in 2008. With beautiful vocals and a raw talent for song, she has since released three successful EPs displaying her remarkable multi instrumental skills, and though still only 19, she's self taught, insanely talented and her music feels like it's about something far more personal, far more human, more close to heart.
"Please Don’t Say You Love Me," is a sweet and simple love song with a guitar-driven folk/pop sound. Aplin's soft vocals reflect the vulnerability of the lyrics, and after just one listen, the chorus of this track will stay with you. She's outdone herself with this acoustic-driven ballad, drawing on her incredible capacity for writing emotional and relatable songs, as well as that enchanting voice of hers. If you like something a bit more mellow, you should definitely check out the floaty, folky Aplin, but only if your prepared to sway about in a dreamy haze for the next half an hour.
The singer breaks down in her car en route to a party in the clip, which accompanies a track narrating a haunting yet beautifully frank take on the uncertainties of life and the dreaded heartbreak that comes with it, featuring Brit actors Ophelia Lovibond and Iain De Caestecker as a young couple in love struggling through problems in their relationship. The clip showing us that this girl refuses to live in the shadow of the likes of Laura Marling and Lucy Rose. Naturally, we love it!