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Candy Apple Blue - If Anyone Falls (ft. Apollo Rogers and Nick Bramlett)
It's a real thrill for Hoyt and I to get the chance to record with Apollo Rogers and Nick Bramlett on our cover of the classic Stevie Nicks song "If Anyone Falls." Recording this song as a duet has given it a completely different vibe. We wanted to take it in a new direction.
This release has been a long time coming. We've been Stevie Nicks fans since before we were teenagers. When "If Anyone Falls" came out I was only 11 years old and Hoyt was 9. I remember watching the music video on MTV and being vastly impacted by her visual and vocal performance of the song.
Stevie's music, both as a solo artist and with Fleetwood Mac, has tremendously influenced us as songwriters. Even though we have a wealth of our own original material to record, we thought it was the right time to pay homage to one of the best romantic poets to ever walk the earth.
When we were laying down the vocals on Sunday, Apollo reminded me of something that I had long forgotten. He said, "A duet is a conversation." And that really resonated with me. Good music is and should be about connecting with people. It's my greatest wish that you connect with the music we make.
We hope you will enjoy our cover of "If Anyone Falls" as much as we enjoyed the process of recording it.
Moving Out of Town: The Music Video World 🌎 Premiere!
We cordially invite YOU to come set your reminder now to join us for the music video world premiere of our LGBTQ+ Pride 🏳️🌈 anthem Moving Out of Town! Summer might be ending but honey we are queer all year! 🦄 🏳️⚧️
Our release makes its big hot 🔥 shot debut this New Music Friday on August 30th. Hoyt, Nick, and I will be live in the chat room at 1 PM. So join us and let's watch the premiere together!
"Moving Out of Town" is a dance-pop song by Candy Apple Blue about the LGBTQ+ experience of moving to big cities to find love, acceptance, and live authentically. The song's writers, Hoyt and Carly, drew from their own experiences, having moved to New York City themselves. They wanted to write about this experience in a universal way. The song has a strong message of gay empowerment.
A Fading Brunette™ Film, LLC. Carly Emerick produced, filmed, and edited the music video. Fading Brunette™ Films camera & lighting assistants: Bradley Schmidt, Betty Stolar, Shannon McGill, and Hoyt Emerick
Music video theme: A 1980s aerobics-styled short focusing on a high-spirited fitness group and Nick Bramlett's performance of the song.
Starring the "Candy Apple Blue Crew": Nick Bramlett, Hoyt Emerick, Carly Emerick, Ross Kinsey, Whitney Love, Marilynn Fuchsia Raye Phoenix, Matthew Chance, Miley Rheagan Michaels, J.R. Daniels, Samuel Eugene, Shannon McGill, Haley Colaizzi, Marcy McKenney, and Darin Mullins
Filmed at Art & Style Dance Studio in Pittsburgh, PA. https://www.artandstyledancestudio.com/
Moving Out of Town is dedicated to both Matthew Shepard (1976–1998) and Brandon Teena (1972–1993) and the thousands of others like them who never made it out of town alive because of homophobia, transphobia, and hate.
Verse 1: Lately, all I think about is leaving This town has torn me inside out, I'm bleedin'
Lead In: I'm gonna find my tribe I'm gonna get out alive Nothing or no one can make me stick around
Chorus: I'm movin' out of town, in search of safer ground Movin' out of town, where allies can be found
Verse 2: Breakout when the moment's right you'll know it You can live your life with pride and own it
Lead In 2: I know I'm born this way Yas queen! Today we slay! Riding rainbows that lift me off the ground
Chorus: I'm movin' out of town, in search of safer ground Movin' out of town, where allies can be found I'm movin' out of town, where love is all around Movin' out of town, it’s time to claim my crown
(Guitar Solo) Yeah!
Post Chorus: (He's really movin') Moving out of town!
Spoken Breakdown: I've been living here too long where I don't belong And I’m not gonna stay!
Lead In: I'm gonna find my tribe I'm gonna get out alive Flying unicorns that lift me off the ground
Last Chorus: I'm movin' out of town, where love is all around Movin' out of town, it’s time to claim my crown
I’m moving out of, moving out of town Moving out of, moving out of town I’m moving out of, moving out of town Moving out of, moving out of town I’m moving out of town (He's really movin') Moving out of town!
It is with great PRIDE 🏳️🌈 that we deliver to you our most anticipated release of the year. In the enduring magic of gay anthems, our forthcoming single "Moving Out of Town" sits right up there with the best of them! (i.e. "I Am What I Am", "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", "It's Raining Men", "Smalltown Boy", "I Will Survive", "Y.M.C.A", "Dancing Queen", "Believe", "I'm Coming Out", and "Born This Way")