Debut album Aaron Carter.
The second album, Aaron's Party (Come Get It).
Third album "0h! Aaron》。
Not long ago, another post-80s "youth memory" in the European and American music scene returned with the latest album - he was once the "little prince of pop" Aaron Carter.
As the younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, Aaron Carter was destined to be different from everyone else from his first day in show business 20 years ago. However, as the originator of the teen idol, Aaron Carter released his fourth album " Another Earthquake " since 2002. After that, there were few new trends in musical works.
On February 10, 2017, Aaron Carter released a 5-song EP, LØVË, and a year later, he finally developed the EP into a complete album with 15 songs (including 3 Remix), again under the same name. Many music fans lamented that the idols of their youth have finally returned.
1 Dazzling child star
Aaron Carter was born on December 7, 1987, at The Children's General Hospital in Florida, USA, just minutes before his birth, his twin sister Angel died. The twins were welcomed by their older siblings and older siblings, including Nick Carter, who later became a member of the Backstreet Boys.
At the age of two, Aaron Carter began to learn to sing and dance, and he once recalled: "I learned how to sing when I could talk, and I would sing while dancing around the house." At the age of seven, he formed his first band, DEAD END. Two years later, the lead singer parted ways with DEAD END because he wanted to make more and better pop music.
Aaron was fortunate to have an older brother as a role model, and Nick's success in the backstreet boys undoubtedly opened up a good road for Aaron. In 1997, the Backstreet Boys held a concert in Germany, and ten-year-old Aaron became the only special guest, and his blonde hair and blue eyes and full of youthful vitality quickly blew a whirlwind. While other children of the same age were playing electric, watching movies and riding bicycles with their classmates, Aaron Carter was rehearsing with hundreds of staff members including lights, sound, dance groups, musicians, or singing to tens of thousands of live audiences with superstars such as Britney Britley Andreastie Andross.
2 Comeback
In 1998, Aaron Carter released her first album, Aaron Carter. After the album was released, it quickly landed on the charts of various countries around the world, and also received gold record sales in 12 countries. His second album, Aaron's Party (Come Get It), took him number 4 on the Billboard album chart. Third album "0h! Aaron earned him the Best Male Vocalist Award at the third Teen Choice Award.
Aaron said he made $300 million on songs like "I Want Candy" and "That's How I Beat Shaq" at the age of 12, and he is the youngest singer in the history of American music to have five consecutive top ten hits, known as the "Little Prince of Pop." However, the superstar went astray in the early 2000s, and he has not released a full album since 2002. Aside from a stint at the rehab center and an unwise reality show, "Carter House," he has largely faded from view.
And now, he's trying to make a comeback. Aaron says he spent 10 years learning how to make an album from scratch. Over the years, he has accumulated a wealth of musical knowledge and production skills that he did not acquire during Aaron's Party (Come Get It). For example, between 2011 and 2013, he performed for a time in An Extra-Broadway production, Fantasia, which taught him how to better master music. "I don't want to give up music," he says, "and I have some fans who support me, and I want to prove myself — I'm not just an entertainer, I'm a musician, a composer, a conductor, a arranger." ”
3 Continue to prove
Aaron experienced many financial difficulties over the years, and eventually, he filed for bankruptcy protection. So, it was also difficult for him to get outside money to make music, so he began to learn how to make each link a little cheaper.
Going from a 14-year-old pop prince to a 30-year-old pop star is not easy. Aaron said he wouldn't mind if fans were still willing to associate him with his teenage "Come Get It" and "I Want Candy" instead of the latest song, "Fool's Gold."
"That's me," he said, "but there's a way to connect them." That is, he tried to bridge the gap with his old songs, such as making an electronically remixed version of "I Want Candy" or doing a sequel to "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "The Afterparty.""
"I have something to prove," said Aaron, who wanted to make music that he still prided himself on in his old age, and that he didn't care about money. "I drove the Lamborghini version 6.0 when I was 12 years old, we had 12 cars, 12 houses, 5 dogs, two 70-foot yachts, 20 golf carts... But these things have nothing to do with me. Love is important to me. "LØVË is important to him.
【About the new album】
Moving away from the pure Teenpop era, Aaron Carter added a lot of EDM elements to this album. "Fool's Gold" is the first single from the new album, released on April 1, 2016, and the sixth song on the album. Fool's Gold, literally translated as "fool's gold," is actually a form of pyrite that is often mistaken for real material because it resembles the color of gold. But because pyrite is relatively worthless, it has this term. In an interview with the media, Aaron Carter said: "From production, songwriting, mixing, photography, music video, packaging and distribution, everything is a collective participation of a team, I like to call it the team's Fool's Gold. ”
The second single, "Sooner or Later", was released on January 20, 2017. The song tops the Billboard Spotify 50 chart at number four. The third single, "Don't Say Goodbye," was released on December 8, 2017, the day after Aaron's 30th birthday. Finally, on January 30, 2018, the full album was finally officially released. Later, Aaron would post the title of a song every day through his Instagram account. To celebrate Valentine's Day and promote the album's upcoming release, Aaron released the latest Remix version of "I Want Candy" on February 14, 2018, a song that was also his top ten hit singles of 2000.
Written by/Yang Chang