Thursday, June 30, 2022
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Samantha Jade debuts on the "Independent Label Singles" chart in Australia for the first time
"Dance Again" debut at #5 on the "Independent Label Singles" chart in Australia this week.
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
"Dance Again" #1 most downloaded and streamed song by australian radio stations on "Daily Play MPE"
"Dance Again" was the #1 most downloaded and streamed song by australian radio stations on "Daily Play MPE" for the week prior of june 24th 2022.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Thursday, June 23, 2022
24/06/22 - Samantha being interviewed for the website ''Yahoo! Australia"
How Samantha Jade plans on celebrating 10 years since "The X Factor Australia" win.
In the 10 years since winning season four of "The X Factor Australia", Samantha Jade has released four studio albums, won herself an "ARIA Award", branched out into acting and even returned to reality television on "The Celebrity Apprentice Australia".
Now, she is preparing to embark on an australian tour to celebrate her new music, as well as the major milestone in her career:
“Tour is my favourite thing in the World to do because singing live is just my everything”, she tells "Yahoo! Australia", “We're planning a tour for september / october because it's been 10 years this year since i was on "The X Factor Australia" and we want to do a really cool 10 year reunion show and do all the songs from the decade.”
Speaking about the time that’s passed since her appearance in the singing competition, Samantha admits it’s a “weird feeling” reflecting on how much has changed:
“In some ways, it feels like yesterday because I'm like: ‘Oh wow, it’s gone so fast, there’s so much that has happened”, she says, “But then i look back and i think: "Oh sweetie, what was that hair? What was i wearing?" and all of those thoughts and i'm like: "That was a long time ago because i would never let that happen now. It feels like a long time ago in the way that i know myself so much better now, but it feels like yesterday with how much has gone on.”
Most recently, Samantha has released her new single "Dance Again", which she wrote by herself while locked down in Sydney away from her family in Perth.
She explains that she drew inspiration for the song from her late mother, who passed away in 2014 after battling breast cancer, and the fact that australians “weren’t allowed to dance" due to COVID-19 restrictions:
“My mum was a dancer from when she was three, she danced her whole life. She loved to dance and it was what singing does for me, just like a relief”, she details, “When she got sick, basically the cancer kind of went through her whole body and she couldn't walk anymore, she couldn't use her legs and so she was bedridden for six months until she passed away. And i just remember she would still dance in her little bed, just the top of her body and she'd make me dance around the room. She would still put music on and we'd have little dance parties. And i thought, you know, God, what am i complaining about that i can't go out dancing? At least i can dance around the room, she couldn’t. So i wrote this song about when you're going through moments and you're sad and things seem like the world's going to end, it takes one thought or one thing to turn that around.”
"Dance Again" follows a string of upbeat tracks Samantha has released in the past few years, which she plans on bundling together for an upcoming two-part project:
“This time we're going to do two EPs, like volume one and volume two”, she says, “Because i feel like i have a lot of things that i wrote that are very moody and in that kind of vein of what we were going through at the time and then i have the bops. So i’ll put them on two different separate records. I never have a structure with that sort of stuff. I never go like: "It has to be an album and it all has to be cohesive". I just love good music and whenever i go into the studio and feel like writing, i write and then it just goes from there.”
Samantha Jade’s new single "Dance Again" is available on all streaming platforms now.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
22/06/22 - Samantha Jade being interviewed for the website ''7News.com.au''
Samantha Jade on how her late mum’s "shining light" inspired new song.
The aussie pop star drew on her mum’s passion for dancing to create a song about the power of positivity.
Singer, songwriter and actress Samantha Jade knows how much the power of music and dancing can lift a person’s spirit, even in the darkest times.
It’s been 10 years since the "ARIA Award" winner took out "The X Factor Australia" and there have been a lot of of highs and lows in the ensuing decade.
Two years after that win catapulted her into the pop spotlight, Samantha’s beloved mum, Jacqueline, died of cancer.
Among the many gifts her mum gave her before she lost her cancer battle in 2014, one in particular has stayed with her and inspired everything she has done since.
It’s even in the name of her new single, "Dance Again" - the message that song and dance can help you feel positive and get you through, even when the going gets tough:
“My mum was a dancer - she’d been dancing since she was three,” Samantha told "7News.com.au", "She loved to dance, and she would always tell me and my brothers: "Just put on music and dance, and you’ll feel better". And you really do, you feel better afterwards. It expresses things that you probably can’t say, so you can just put music on and do it through just dancing it out. I’ve always kind of known that, and singing does the same thing for me. When i was writing this song, it was literally the time when we couldn’t go out and dance - we couldn’t go to nightclubs or pubs or dance at parties - I was thinking of that, but i was also thinking of my mum. When she got cancer, she was bedridden, she couldn’t really move any more, and she couldn’t dance - that ability was taken away from her. But she still always saw the light in the dark; she always saw the glass as half full.”
Draw the curtain, feels like it’s all over now / Try to pick myself up, but i’ve lost my ground / But there’s a voice inside me saying you know how / How to fight, how to be alive:
“She’s always my inspiration; everything i do now is with her in mind, and for her”, Samantha said, “We were so close and she was such a "light" It was really tough, and it still is.”
The "Bounce" singer, originally from Perth, rode out most of the pandemic lockdown periods from her home base of Sydney with her partner Pat Handlin, walking their new puppy “three times a day” and rearranging the house, “like a lot of other people.”
She stayed in constant touch with her western Australia-based dad, Kevin, with whom she is very close, describing him as her “moral compass”:
“When i was little, i was always saying: "I want to be a singer!". It’s all I’ve ever wanted to be and my dad was never like: "Go get a real job!", she said, “I was so lucky - my dad understood that that’s what i wanted to do and he just backed me. He’s always there and he’s my moral compass. He’s not just a great dad, he’s a great human.”
Samantha told "7News.com.au" she wanted "Dance Again" to have an uplifting, anthemic feel - to remind people that dark clouds can have a silver lining:
“I really wanted to put out something with some heart and some substance”, she said, "There’s been so much craziness with COVID-19, so it’s been a weird time in the industry. I’ve been in the studio and i’ve been doing the other side of the job, the recording process, so i’d forgotten how it feels to have a song out there in the World. It’s an exciting time though because you can feel this shift now, this passion for music and for seeing people performing live. For a lot of people, music really helped get them through COVID-19, through lockdowns.”
Rather than being apprehensive about getting out amongst the public and performing live again, Samantha is ready and raring to go:
“For any artist to tour, it’s the most fun, you get to perform these songs that you’ve created and dreamt of performing for so long”, she says of the long hiatus during COVID-19, "Get me out there! It’s been 10 years since "The X Factor Australia", so it would be wonderful to do something around that. There is something about singing live that is just so rewarding and there’s a feeling i get from it that i literally don’t get from anything else. It truly makes my soul happy.”
When the World’s too much and i’ve had enough / And i’m ‘bout to break / I remember there’s so much more to this / And my heart’s awake / And i’m gonna dance again
Samantha has also dabbled in acting, playing Isla Schultz in "Home And Away" and taking on the role of Kylie Minogue in "Never Tear Us Apart: The Untold Story Of INXS".
She’s still open to acting “if the right project comes along”, but making music remains the main focus.
As for "Dance Again" - a taster for an EP to be released later this year - she had one simple goal: “Just to have people sing along”:
“You know, you’re in the car and you’re driving and singing along to the radio, or you’re at home and you put on your favourite song”, she said, “Or you’re at home and you’re putting on your makeup, or cleaning the house. i wanted that kind of anthemic, singalong vibe - just for it to be uplifting and for it to make you feel good.”
Samantha Jade’s new single "Dance Again" is out now.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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Thursday, June 16, 2022
17/06/22 - Samantha Jade being interviewed for the website ''HushHushBiz.com''
Australia's sweetheart and ''ARIA Award'' winner Samantha Jade is releasing her brand new single ''Dance Again''.
Thursday, June 9, 2022
June 2022 - "Dance Again" single promotional photoshoot
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
08/06/22 - Samantha Jade performing at Benji Marshall's one-off event ''The Testimonial'' at ''Doltone House Jones Bay Wharf'' in Pyrmont
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"Bring It On Home To Me" (Sam Cooke cover - acoustic):