Greyson Chance stopped by The Morning Blend this AM to visit with Molly Fay and Tiffany Ogle.
While in Wisconsin for the ‘Dancing Crazy’ tour Greyson took time out to visit The Morning Blend where he and the beautiful hosts had a great chat about Greyson’s past, present and future. Things started off with Molly and Tiffany introducing Greyson, giving the viewers a little background on the thirteen-year-old singer. Greyson said that he really likes Milwaukee even though it’s cold; he woke up in his hotel room this morning to a cup of hot co-co as he sat in front of the fire place.
Greyson then talks about the video that started it all, the “Paparazzi” video which launched him to super stardom last April. One of the most surprising things we learned is that Greyson has only seen this video about two times!
One of the most common questions that is discussed when it comes to young singers is whether or not the parents have pushed them to do something they didn’t want to do. Greyson was asked this very question on The Morning Blend; his response was that he was never pushed. According to Greyson his family had an old piano in the house and one day he decided to start banging on it. Apparently Greyson’s mom was annoyed at this banging and told him to learn how to play…. he did just that!
One of the hot topics of discussion recently has been Greyson’s new song which we’ve talked about and named in a few recent posts. Greyson told us that he premiered the song in Kansas City, when he introduced it in Milwaukee last night he was super impressed that two fans in the front row already knew every word! (That’s a true Greysonator for ya!)
The next topic of discussion… girls! girls! girls! As of right now Greyson does NOT have a girlfriend, so ladies, good luck!
Switching gears back to the ‘Dancing Crazy’ tour, Greyson talks about who’s on tour with him. Greyson’s parents have been and will continue to take turns being with their teen prodigy throughout the tour. Also on the tour bus is Greyson’s personal school teacher and of course, his band.
On a personal note, Greyson talked about his upbringing and what things were like for him in school before the stardom. Greyson said that he was always a little bit of an outcast because of the music he listened to and the clothes he wore. Greyson acknowledged he has been teased in the past but joked that he would tell those bullies now to look where he’s at! A song on Greyson’s unreleased album entitled “Purple Sky” is actually about teen bullying and all the suicide related deaths as a result of bullying.
Greyson wraps things up by reminding all his fans to go out and buy his single which is out right now anywhere CD’s are sold! Be sure to check Greyson out tomorrow night at the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, Illinois.
Following the interview Greyson put on a min-concert for The Morning Blend viewers when he performed his cover of Augusta’s Fire and his single Waiting Outside the Lines. Checkout the videos of these two performances below!
Greyson Chance Interview on The Morning Blend
Greyson Chance Performs Fire on The Morning Blend
Greyson Chance Performs Waiting Outside The Lines on The Morning Blend
Greyson Chance appeared on the nationally televised TV talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres show this morning. We broke the news to you first that Greyson would be making an appearance on Ellen today, his third since being discovered by Ellen on YouTube many months ago. Courtesy of Skype, Greyson appeared live on the show thorough a remote video feed.
Lady Gaga has always been one of Greyson’s biggest idols and sources of inspirations since watching her perform at the Video Music Awards last year. This year Greyson had two opportunities to meet Ms. Gaga during her tour, once in Oklahoma City and once in Los Angeles. Ellen asked Greyson what it was like meeting his idol for the first time and why he looks up to her so much. Greyson said that both times meeting her was “incredible”. “As many records as she’s sold and as many shows as she’s sold out, she manages to stay the same” Greyson added. Through it all Greyson sees Lady Gaga as being “pure” and “genuine” and says that he’s officially one of her “little monsters”. (A little monster is a Lady Gaga fanatic!)
Ellen pointed out the fact that Greyson has spoken out against bullying asked him if he’s ever been the victim of it. Greyson told us that he has in fact been bullied in the past and thinks that it’s so important we speak up against it because it’s something that doesn’t have to happen and human lives are being lost as a result of it.
Did you know that nearly 1 in 3 students are involved in bullying? Did you know that while school violence as a whole is declining, bullying behaviors have increased by 5%? Did you know that kids who are obese, gay or have disabilities are up to 63% more likely to be bullied than other children? Did you know that last month alone, there were multiple suicide deaths as a result of bullying? These startling facts are the reason that Ellen DeGeneres and Greyson Chance have taken a stand against bullying and are speaking out against it.
So what is Cyberbullying? According to Wikipedia, “Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others.” Whether it is the continued harassment of someone on a social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace or an act of causing emotional harm to someone such as in Tyler Clementi’s case, Cyberbullying and bullying at any age is NOT okay.
Greyson Chance: This breaks my heart. We must stop bullying in our lives… Teens, I know. Gossip is a thing that is almost a necessity in Middle School. But we have to stop. Human lives are being taken away because of this bullying. Think about what you say before you say it. We know that it never feels good when we get talked about…so why do we do it to other people? This is something that we have to stop for the safety of the kids around the world. This is a cry for help…please stop bullying.