Greyson Chance has been telling us that one of his favorite new songs is entitled Purple Sky so it was a bit of a surprise when we didn’t find it on the track listing for his new album, Hold On ‘Til The Night which will be released on August 2nd.
One of our very observant community members, Love4Greyson let us known on the forum that she stumbled across a possible answer and the expected release date! According to Amazon.com, Purple Sky will be released the same day as Hold On ‘Til The Night (August 2nd)!
Purple Sky is a song about teen bullying and teen suicides. Back in October on the Ellen DeGeneres show Greyson said, “The whole meaning for the song is when kids are feeling horrible things… I want kids to late at night when they’re crying and they feel so low to listen to the song and just be like it’s going to get better!”
You can preview a sound clip from the song over on Amazon.
Greyson Chance stopped by The Morning Blend this AM to visit with Molly Fay and Tiffany Ogle.
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!
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 Chance stopped by the What Teens Want conference in Los Angeles Tuesday shortly after performing his new single “Waiting Outside The Lines” on the Ellen Show.
Greyson Chance made his fourth appearance on The Ellen Show Today but he wasn’t just there to debut his new single, “Waiting Outside the Lines”. Greyson and Ellen DeGeneres took a few moments to talk about bullying as well.
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.
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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.