New Music: Ferras (feat. Katy Perry) - 'Legends Never Die'
Welcome back, Ferras. The LA-based
singer-songwriter who broke into the music scene back in 2008 with his debut
album “Aliens & Rainbows” and the moderate hit single “Hollywood’s Not America”
(reached the Top 30 on mainstream radio and was featured as the ‘exit song’ on
one of the episodes of ‘American Idol’ Season 7) is now pulling a comeback SIX
years later. That’s a lot of time, huh?. “Aliens & Rainbows” was released
under Capitol Records, and the new self-titled EP that Ferras just unexpectedly
released on iTunes today, June 17, is also distributed via Capitol Records. So
Ferras wasn’t fired from Capitol, but stayed within the label’s roster during
all these six years of hiatus with no new music. It’s unbelievable Capitol
would do something like this. Maybe he was indeed fired but has been re-signed
recently? It's intriguing.
Whatever the case, we liked Ferras’ vocals back
in 2008, and we are certainly loving them even more in 2014. The self-titled EP
he just dropped on iTunes consists of five songs but definitely there is one
highlight and that is ‘Legends Never Die’, a duet with labelmate Katy Perry! It
looks like Capitol has found new confidence on Ferras as pairing him up with
their most important artist (Katy) is a major thing.
‘Legends Never Die’ is a beautiful ballad where Ferras shows off his elegant and humid vocals (doesn’t he sound John Legend-ish in the verses?), and Katy attempts to reach Ferras' vocal quality level. The song narrates the eternal life of the so-called 'legends' (lovers?). Very nice song! Ferras has the talent. But will he find a spot in the current music scene?