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| Birth Name(s) : Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap |
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Imogen Heap (IPA: /'ɪ.moÊŠ.dÊ'É™n hip/) (born December 9, 1977) is a Grammy-nominated English singer-songwriter from Romford, London, most famous for her work as part of Frou Frou and for her 2005 solo record Speak for Yourself.
Imogen Heap kept in contact with Guy Sigsworth, who had co-written and produced "Getting Scared" from i Megaphone. The initial idea was that Sigsworth would put together an album, featuring tracks written and produced by him alongside a singer, songwriter, poet or rapper, to be released under the name Frou Frou. Sigsworth himself was also having record label issues, as his band, Acacia, were being ignored. Heap explains that Sigsworth invited her over to his studio, to write lyrics to a four-bar motif he had, with one condition - that she include the word "love" somewhere. The first line she came up with was "lung of love, leaves me breathless," and the Details album track, "Flicks" was born. A week later, Sigsworth phoned her up again, and together they wrote and recorded "Breathe In" and it happened again and again, until nearly half the album was completed. In December 2001, they made the conscious decision to form a duo together. Their first official release as Frou Frou was a remix of "Airplane" (renamed "Aeroplane") - a track they had written together at the time of "Getting Scared," which was used as a B-side on the "Shine" single and on the Japanese re-release of i Megaphone.
In August 2002, they released the Details album and singles "Breathe In," "It's Good To Be In Love," and "Must Be Dreaming" (the latter two were not commercially available). The album - a full collaboration between the duo, with Heap giving vocals to tracks they had written and produced together - was critically acclaimed, but did not enjoy the commercial success that had been hoping for, and in late 2003, after an extensive promotional tour of the UK, Europe and the USA, the duo were told that their record label, Island Records would not be picking up the option for a second album. They were, however, open to signing Heap as a solo artist; she declined, unwilling to entrust them with her career after their mistreatment of Details. She says, "If you had taken a shirt into a dry cleaners and they burned it, would you then go, 'Thanks very much. I'll bring in my other dry cleaning tomorrow'? You wouldn't. So I didn't take the deal." Heap and Sigsworth remain firm friends, and have worked together since the project, including their temporary re-formation in late 2003, when they covered the Bonnie Tyler classic, "Holding Out For A Hero," which was featured during the credits of the movie Shrek 2 after Jennifer Saunders' version in the film. Frou Frou saw a resurgence in popularity in 2004, when their album track "Let Go" was featured in the independent movie Garden State. "Let Go" appeared again as a song in the winter holidays blockbuster The Holiday that appeared in the cinemas in 2006.
On December 7, 2006, Imogen received two Grammy nominations for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, one for Best New Artist and the other for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for "Can't Take It In". In early 2007, a Verizon commercial featured the instrumental of her song "Headlock". Heap announced in May of 2007 that she will not be making appearances for most of 2007 in order to complete the scoring for the Disney documentary and to work on her forthcoming third solo album that is due out sometime in late 2007 or early 2008. In the summer of 2007 Heap announced on her Myspace blog that she had dropped out of the Disney project in order to focus more time on her upcoming album. Heap announced on VBlog #8 that she has Two new songs titled "Black Sheets" and "Seat Covers"
Frou Frou's song "Let Go" was featured in the soundtrack to Zach Braff's movie Garden State, in the 2006 movie, The Holiday and in the second season of the reality television show So You Think You Can Dance, "Hide and Seek" is used for the top 6 contemporary group dance choreographed by Mia Michaels. "Just For Now" was also featured in The Holiday. In February 2007, the music from her song "Headlock" was featured in a Verizon Wireless commercial. "Can't Take It In" was featured during the closing credits of The Chronicles of Narnia. In June 2007, Apple started using an instrumental version of "Goodnight and Go" in its online demonstration videos to promote its upcoming Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" operating system. "Loose Ends" was used in an episode of MTV's The Hills. In 2007, Imogen Heap's "Speeding Cars" was used in the third installment of Fallen. Imogen Heap's "Goodnight and Go" was used on MTV's Newport Harbor. The song "The Moment I Said It" is used in the third season of So You Think You Can Dance for the top 10 contemporary group dance also choreographed by Mia Michaels.
Heap's "The Moment I Said It" was used in the closing scenes of an episode of the show "Criminal Minds." This is the longest amount of a song by Imogen to ever be used on TV. Almost all 6 minutes of the song was used.
The University of Northern Colorado used Hide and Seek in the regional premiere of the controversial new play "Flags" in 2007. |
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