Colbie Caillat Tries To Write Optimistic Songs

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spoke with Boston Music Spotlight about her propensity to write happy music, how that attitude is influenced by growing up in Southern California, being able to play shows with crowds that now know the music on her new album ‘All of You’, and being a fan of the east coast.

“When I write songs, I do try to make them optimistic,” the 26-year-old said. “When I’m feeling sad or upset or a friend is going through a hard time, I write about it – I write about what’s going on. But I change it halfway through the song and try to make it how I want it to be or how it should be or how it can be if we make changes. I don’t like feeling that way for too long, so I want to turn things around as quick as possible and make them happy. And even if it doesn’t work for me or someone, maybe it will work for one person.”

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Songwriting Easy For Colbie Caillat & Boyfriend Justin Young

Colbie Caillat and her boyfriend Justin Young

tells the Journal Sentinel that her boyfriend and guitarist Justin Young creates some advantages during songwriting.

“We’re comfortable around each other and we’re always together, so we both can easily collaborate without worrying what the other person thinks,” the 26-year-old singer songwriter said. “It’s easy to write a song about a relationship with the person you’re in it with. We tapped into every moment and memory we had together from the beginning.”

Colbie released her third album ‘All of You’ in July on Universal Republic.

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Jason Reeves ‘No Lies’ Video Ft. Colbie Caillat

is out with the music video to his new single ‘No Lies’, featuring , off the Iowa City, Iowa singer songwriter’s new album ‘The Lovesick’, out now on Warner Bros. Records. Watch the Nathanael Matanick directed video below.

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Colbie Caillat ‘Brighter Than The Sun’ Video

is out with the music video to her new single ‘Brighter Than The Sun’, the second release from the Malibu, California singer songwriter’s third studio album ‘All of You’, out July 12th via Universal Republic. The song serves as the official summer song for the OWN Network and is featured in the trailer for Disney’s new movie ‘The Help’.

“This song is awesome because it just gets people started right away and interested in what’s next,” Colbie explained. “A different instrument leads into each part of the song. It never stays the same, which keeps listeners wanting to hear what’s next.”

The Emil Nava directed video was filmed in the sunny Playa Del Rey beachside community of Los Angeles. Watch it via Vevo below.

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Colbie Caillat ‘Brighter Than The Sun’ Video Behind The Scenes

just released a behind the scenes clip for her ‘Brighter Than The Sun’ music video, shot in Los Angeles and produced by Emil Nava. ‘Brighter Than The Sun’ is the second single from Colbie’s new album ‘All of You’, in stores July 12th on Universal Republic Records.

“The treatment for this video, ‘Brighter Than The Sun’, I wanted it to have a lot of movement and musicians just scattered around,” Colbie explained. “So I had this concept and I told it to the label and when directors submitted treatments, this one by Emil Nava I loved the most because he brought the outdoors inside. He made a grass bed and a lawn through the living room, and people are planting flowers and putting pots all through the house and there’s moss and vines in the walls and the bathtub with lily pads and water. It’s just really cool.”

Watch it via YouTube below.

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Colbie Caillat VH1 Best Cruise Ever Behind The Scenes

When prepared to hit the stage for the VH1 Best Cruise Ever from Tampa to Cozumel a few weeks ago, the singer songwriter brought Us magazine for some behind the scenes footage of the fun in the sun. Watch it via VH1.com below.

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Colbie Caillat ‘All Of You’ Album Photo Shoot

takes fans on the set of her photo shoot for her new album ‘All of You’, out July 12th on Universal Republic. Watch the clip, featuring her new single ‘I Do’, via Vevo below.

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Colbie Caillat Performs The National Anthem At The White House

checked in with her Twitter followers (@ColbieCaillat) after performing at the White House for the 2011 Easter Egg Roll. The singer songwriter, joined by her family, also got to meet President Obama for the second time this month after performing at a Chicago fundraiser. The 25-year-old, who cried when Obama won the 2008 election and has said she thinks “our country is in safe hands”, writes:

Yesterday I sang the National Anthem on the White House balcony standing next to The Obama family. It was 1 of the best moments of my life!

The Obama’s were so sweet, real, down to earth, & engaging. They are a solid family. Also tall & beautiful! My entire family got to meet em!

The President hugged my grand parents & @jusajus’s mom! Oh & their dog Bo is so cute! Getting a tour of the white house was amazing.

Watch her performance of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ below.

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Colbie Caillat’s Boyfriend Inspires ‘I Do’

is out with behind the scenes footage from her ‘I Do’ music video, directed Benno Nelson and featuring her real-life boyfriend Justin Young. “‘I Do’ I wrote with Toby Gad, and he’s an amazing songwriter,” Colbie explained. “We were writing and he asked me to explain what I was going through and I was telling him how in love I am with my boyfriend and it’s really fun for me to say that because for so many years I never wanted a boyfriend. I thought it was just annoying. I just wanted to hang out with my friends and family and boys kinda came last. Now I love this guy so much and I always want to be with him. I was expressing that to him and he wrote this fun song.” Watch the comments via Vevo below.

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Colbie Caillat Credits Boyfriend With Getting In Shape

Colbie Caillat 'All Of You'

gives credit to her boyfriend Justin Kawika Young, who is the lead guitarist in her band, with motivating her to get healthier. “Justin convinced me to go for a jog in Germany while we were performing there two years ago, and it felt good,” the singer songwriter says in Fitness magazine’s May issue. “I don’t know if it was because I was in better shape or because I was with this guy I was falling in love with, but it changed the way I looked at running and working out in general. I was no longer counting down the minutes until I was done. I was actually enjoying it.” Read more.

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