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Post by Admin on Nov 8, 2019 18:02:34 GMT
In the latest episode of the Billboard video series "Quizzed," Zooey Deschanel visits New Girl superfan Grace VanderWaal at her soundcheck to test her knowledge when it comes to trivia related to all things Jessica Day & Co. to find out if she is, in fact, the world’s biggest New Girl fan.
Sitting at a table on the stage at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, Deschanel and VanderWaal are surrounded by props from the show that any New Girl fan would love to get their hands on, including some knitting, Jess Day’s glasses, and that adorable sparkly tiny hat that she wore (and VanderWaal gets to wear the glasses and the hat for the duration of the episode).
Billie Eilish Proves She's the Ultimate 'The Office' Fan as Rainn Wilson Quizzes Her on Show Trivia: Watch Broken up into three different rounds, the first round consists of true or false questions, such as whether Jess broke up with Robby because they found out they were second cousins, if the name of Schmidt’s councilwoman girlfriend was Elizabeth, and if Winston interrupted Cece’s wedding by playing the “Cha-Cha Slide.”
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2020 0:58:39 GMT
Singer-songwriter and ukulele phenom Grace VanderWaal takes us through her favorite music videos and explains her creative process from developing early concepts to watching her vision come to life.
Watch as Grace reveals her favorite moments from ‘I Don’t Like You,’ ‘Waste My Time,’ ‘Stray,’ and ‘Today and Tomorrow’ from Disney’s ‘Stargirl’ and responds to comments from her fans on each video.
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Post by Admin on Apr 17, 2020 6:45:09 GMT
Grace VanderWaal hosted her Billboard Live At-Home concert1 on Thursday afternoon (April 16), raising money for My Friend's Place, which assists and inspires homeless youth to build self-sufficient lives. Ukulele in hand, plants in the background and her dog Frankie snoozing on the bed, the 16-year-old set up an atmosphere to bring viewers zen amid an anxiety-inducing coronavirus crisis. "I've been in a super peaceful mood today, really mellow," she explained. "I'm sorry for people who don't really want the mellowness--this probably isn't the live for you, because this is going to be a very mellow, calming live." "It's the vibes, you know? I have candles burning, my dog is sleeping, so I'm just in that mood." Colbie Caillat & Gone West Bandmate/Ex-Fiance Justin Young Team Up for Billboard Live At-Home Concert The songstress went on to perform stripped-back renditions of "Ur So Beautiful," "I Don't Like You" and her Stargirl track, "Today and Tomorrow." She ended her 20-minute performance by serenading viewers with "Moon River," originally written by Henry Mancini and made popular by Audrey Hepburn in VanderWaal's “favorite movie,” Breakfast at Tiffany’s. 1. www.facebook.com/Billboard/videos/513087182906147/
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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2020 3:43:21 GMT
‘AGT’ winner Grace VanderWaal is sporting a new look on Instagram. The 16-year-old singer shaved her head and also opened up to her fans about healing her past. http://instagram.com/p/CIcRlV_DFeR Grace posted a clip on Instagram singing with a very heartfelt caption. In the video, Grace sported a new bald look with hoop earrings and a graphic t-shirt. “I’m sitting in a shower.. but I’ve felt a release lately. I feel like I’m finally coping with years of resentment and mental battles” she captioned the video. http://instagram.com/p/CIZiCM5DLNK “I feel like I’m ready to better myself and actually help myself. I’m ready to not be angry anymore” she continued. “And somethings I’m not ready to forgive and heal. Some things I want to still hurt and be angry at and that’s okay. Something light put it’s hand on me recently.” http://instagram.com/p/CIcL0-cjB9k
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Post by Admin on Mar 5, 2021 0:39:28 GMT
I’m that person now,” she says. “I think everyone should do it.”
Midway through quarantine, the now 17-year-old singer found herself at breakfast with her sister having, as she puts it, the conversation that she's had too many times with other women: Should she shave her head? Every time she’d considered it before, she’d come up with an excuse; it wasn’t right the time, she’d do it in a year, etc. etc. But sitting there that morning, she suddenly had an epiphany. “When guys shave their heads, it’s literally not a big deal,” she realized. “We don’t even talk about it, and it just grows back for them. But we have the same hair, and yet I feel like it’s a much bigger deal for us. But it’s like, why? So that same day, I just went home and I shaved my head.”
She recounts this now over Zoom from her South Carolina bedroom, sporting a close-cropped pixie cut, adorned with a number of mismatched hair clips. She’s growing it out for her role in Disney’s upcoming sequel to the 2020 film Stargirl but is already dreaming of the day when she has the option to shave it all off again. “I could definitely see myself shaving it again, but I never know what I’m going to do,” she says. “So we’ll see what future Grace does.”
For the fanbase that’s been following the singer-songwriter since she won America’s Got Talent at age 12 in 2016, though, shaving her head was a sign that future Grace, or at least Grace in her truest form, has officially arrived. On Friday, she’ll release her first new music since 2019’s EP Letters: Vol. 1, the single “Don’t Assume What You Don’t Know,” a catchy rock jam that sees VanderWaal trading in her signature ukulele for an electric bass. The music video, also out Friday, depicts a similarly edgy VanderWaal, her buzzcut fashioned into makeshift devil horns, in full-on rock star mode.
VanderWaal originally wrote its lyrics, which tell the story of a young person navigating the industry in Hollywood, as part of a writing session over a year ago. It was put on the back burner at first, but VanderWaal knew it was something special — after all, it was a topic she knew well. “The song is all about the fantasies of Hollywood and how I’ve personally witnessed the debunking of all those myths,” she explains. “People put fame and beauty on such a pedestal, as if that’s the answer to life and all of that. I want people to take away [from the song] that your life is awesome, and my life is awesome, and everyone just makes the best of what they have and can find their happy sh*t in their own sh*t.”
From the get-go, the song had a more rock-leaning sound than any of her prior music; her newfound love for punk — and, in some sense, its aesthetic — followed. “It was rock from the beginning, which was very shocking because I wasn’t even really into alternative or rock at that time. And it just pooped out that way, which is so weird,” she says. “Then during this break, I got so into [rock]. ... I was subconsciously already gravitating toward it. And so then I started consciously really liking it. I’m really into Black Flag.”
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