Kina Grannis is out with the music video to her new single ‘In Your Arms’, which uses 288,000 jelly beans and took 22 months, 1,357 hours and 30 people to create. The song is off the American singer songwriter’s latest album ‘Stairwells’.

“The whole thing I was hoping for is I wanted to make a video that’s very unique and really creative and feels handmade. Something that stands on its own and would be interesting that people might want to share with people,” Kina said about the Greg Jardin directed video. “I was out to dinner one night and I get a call saying, ‘Alright, I got this idea’. Okay, what is it? ‘Have you seen these pieces of art made just out of jellybeans?’ No, but it sounds amazing. I’m like, ‘It sounds amazing. I don’t know if it’s possible.’ I didn’t really know what to expect. You can try to picture Jelly Bellys moving around and painting a picture, but nothing was quite like seeing what it actually turned out to be.”

Watch it and behind the scenes footage below.

Allison Hagendorf, host of the Fuse Top 20 Countdown, got tapped to participate in Nikon’s SXSW takeover and after hearing the buzz on Kina Grannis, caught up with the singer songwriter at the BMI Brunch.

“It’s just been so fun,” Grannis said about the attention she’s received for her music recently. “After wanting to share music my whole life and now I’m finally getting it out there and meeting people and touring. It’s just been amazing.”

Watch the clip, with Kina’s brief interview occurring 1 minute in, via Vimeo below.

Kina Grannis performed ‘World In Front Of Me’ with her latest YouTube video. The song is off her album ‘Stairwells’. Afterward, the singer songwriter talked about extending her fall tour with six additional dates in the midwest in November, while December sees her perform at El Ray Theatre in Los Angeles.

“I just finished my fall tour… that’s not true. I finished this leg of my fall tour,” Kina said after her performance. “I’m currently in Florida, and there are fourteen shows, and they’re all amazing and I loved meeting everybody so much, so thank you to everyone that came out. The exciting news is that I’m extending the fall tour, so starting in November, I’m going to be doing I think six more dates in the midwest… I’m very, very excited. I really haven’t been to the midwest much at all.”

Watch the update below.

Kina Grannis posted her latest YouTube cover, taking on ‘Baby’ by Justin Bieber. Afterward, Kina talked about the tour in support of her new album ‘Stairwells’, wished all the mothers a Happy Mother’s Day, and talked about heading to Japan with her sister.

“Happy, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there, and especially mine, because she happens to be the best,” Kina said about the holiday. “That was me. I’m sure all of you are wonderful mothers, but I love my mother a lot.”

As for the early posting of the cover, Kina explained, “So in case you noticed, the video is up early, which is weird because I usually put these up really late. It’s up early because I’m going to Japan tomorrow with my sisters for ten days, so I’m probably not going to be back online for the next few days if you are one of my Twitter followers or something. I haven’t died, I’m just in Japan with limited internet access. I’ll see you all when I get back. Have a wonderful next ten days and thank you all for everthing.”

Watch it below.

Kina Grannis performed her song ‘Mr. Sun’, which is off her recent album release ‘Stairwells’. The singer songwriter then discussed tour dates in support of the LP. Check out show details and purchase tickets at kinagrannis.com. Because of the unusually non-sunny weather in Los Angeles and a failed attempt to record the song outside due to sirens and helicopters, she drew the sky and sun on her wall instead.

“So give me one minute to explain myself,” Kina said after the performance. “So I wanted to play ‘Mr. Sun’ in celebration of springtime, and so I wanted to play it in the sun obviously outside, where it’s green and pretty. Living in LA, that shouldn’t be too hard, except the last week it’s been all gloomy and rainy and freezing, well, not freezing, 50 degrees. Anyways, it’s been not sunny, so that was feeling and yesterday it was sunny, so I went outside and I must have tried about twenty takes, but I swear to you that every minute there was either a siren, a helicopter, or a really loud truck going down my street, so it was a huge failure and my last resort was, okay, I’ll make a spring inside my house. I decided I’d cover a whole wall in blue Post-its, but apparently that’s as far as a pack of blue Post-its goes, so it’s not quite an entire sky, but it’s enough to give you the gist that is a ‘Mr. Sun’ and it’s the sky.”

Watch the performance and comments via her YouTube below.

The latest YouTube cover from Kina Grannis features the singer songwriter performing ‘I Believe In You’ by Tyler Hilton… and with the man himself. Kina wrote on her official web site blog:

A couple of weeks ago I got together with the amazingly talented Tyler Hilton and we did a little duet of his song ‘I Believe In You’. Such a great song! I also got a super secret copy of his EP coming out this month and it’s awesome. Perhaps we can look forward to more collabs with Tyler in the future, he’s quite entertaining :)

Watch it below.

Kina Grannis ‘Valentine’ Video

February 8, 2010 – Kina Grannis is out with the music video to her new single ‘Valentine’, which is available for free download at her official web site, kinagrannis.com. The song is off her upcoming album ‘Stairwells’, out February 23rd.

“I wrote ‘Valentine’ while killing time being antisocial the night before Valentine’s Day,” Grannis said about the song. “All my friends had gone out to a party and I opted to stay in and hang out with my guitar.”

Watch it via her YouTube below.

Kina Grannis Covers ‘God In My Bed’ By K’s Choice

January 29, 2010 – Kina Grannis was joined by her sisters Misa and Emi in her latest YouTube cover performance, taking on ‘God In My Bed’ by K’s Choice. “After MUCH back and forth with the manufacturer, I think we are finally going to press,” Grannis writes. “For a moment there I was worried they weren’t going to be printed in time. but it’s all good to go now. I’m kicking into gear now as there is LESS than a month before ‘Stairwells’ is released.” Watch it below.

Kina Grannis’ latest YouTube acoustic performance is a cover of Chris Brown’s new single ‘Crawl’. Kina apologized for not having a video up last week due to being sick and she previewed her show last night at the Troubadour.

“Sorry that I didn’t get a video up last week. I got sick and my voice was gross and I was freaking out because I had my big show this week, so I couldn’t really sing,” Kina explained. “I couldn’t really do much of anything, but I think I’m almost better. My voice is 75% right now. Hopefully it will be 100% by Wednesday. So yeah, Wednesday is at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. It’s an all-ages show. I’m super excited. I’m playing with my band and they’re amazing and we’ve been practicing a lot. It’s gonna be really fun.”

Watch it below.

Grannis Sisters Perform ‘White Christmas’

December 24, 2009 – Kina Grannis’ latest YouTube performance is a cover of the Big Crosby holiday classic ‘White Christmas’, featuring her sisters Misa and Emi. Afterwards, she reminded viewers about her ‘Stairwells’ album and the Troubadour gig on January 13th. Watch it below.

Kina Grannis Covers ‘Fireflies’ By Owl City

December 9, 2009 – Kina Grannis posted a cover of ‘Fireflies’ by Owl City as her latest YouTube clip. Afterwards, she talked about how her new album is called ‘Stairwells’ and will be out February 23rd. “I went through several names, and this one was just right,” Kina said.

“The other announcement is much more exciting, that is that I finally have a release date. I almost can’t contain my excitement here. I kind of never thought it would happen, but it’s happening and I’m scared and I’m pumped and I just can’t wait for it to be in your ears and in your home,” Grannis said before announcing the February 23rd release. “I cannot express how excited and slightly nervous I am. I’ve put so much into this album. So much time and so much everything.”

Watch the performance and comments below.