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Discs1
GenreRock
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Released2017-04-07
Record labelVerve Records
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AddedMarch 8th, 2017
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AboutHopeless Romantic is the upcoming third studio album by American singer and songwriter Michelle Branch, scheduled for release on April 7, 2017, through Verve Records. The album is Branch's first release with Verve after leaving her previous label, Reprise Records, and having her original album material scrapped. Hopeless Romantic will also be Branch's first full-length album to be released since Hotel Paper (2003), and first overall release since Everything Comes and Goes (2010).
After divorcing husband Teddy Landau, Branch began dating Patrick Carney, who co-wrote and produced songs on Hopeless Romantic. The album is expected to have a "laid back, rock & roll" sound, with lyrical content dealing with both her divorce from Landau and relationship with Carney.
The eponymous lead single from the album premiered on Billboard from her Vevo account on February 2, 2017, and was released digitally on February 3, 2017.
In early 2001, Michelle Branch signed with Maverick Records under Warner Bros. Records and released her second studio album, The Spirit Room, in August of that year. The album produced three commercially successful singles, "Everywhere", "All You Wanted", and "Goodbye to You", has sold 2.5 million copies and has been certified double-platinum. In 2002, Branch collaborated with Santana and recorded a song titled ″The Game of Love″ that went to became a international success, earning Santana and Branch both a Grammy Award. Later in 2003, she released another hit ″Are You Happy Now?″ and released her second major-label studio album Hotel Paper in summer 2003 that went to become certified Platinum by the RIAA.
In 2004, she married her bass player Teddy Landau and formed a country duo with Jessica Harp known as The Wreckers. In February 2008, it was announced that The Wreckers duo had split for Branch and Harp to focus on their respective careers. Prior to this, in October 2007 she announced that Branch was working on a new solo album titled Everything Comes and Goes that was slated for a June 2008 release, but due to personal and professional struggles the album both went to become unreleased and scrapped.
Branch released an EP titled Everything Comes and Goes in June 2010. In 2011, Branch attempted a return to music with a pop rock album West Cost Time, which also went unreleased due to restructuring within her record labels Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records. In June 2011, she released a single ″Loud Music″ as it served as the lead and only single from the then upcoming release of The Loud Music Hits EP that was released that August through Reprise Records. With the stressful situations of having her albums being unreleased, contentions and dire situations with her record label, wasting three years of her life writing new material for her former country duo, and motherhood, Branch was on the verge of officially discharging from her music career. In February 2015, Branch filed for divorce from Teddy Landau after eleven years of marriage, Branch has requested a joint custody of their daughter, Owen Isabelle. In June of that year, Branch announced via social media app Instagram that she has signed a recording contract with Verve Records. In some time in 2015, Branch began dating Patrick Carney from the band The Black Keys and co-wrote with Carney for a new album, which would later be revealed to be Hopeless Romantic.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Branch's current sound for the album is "laid-back rock & roll."; of her new-found sound, Branch said, "Patrick was like, 'This is your record, it has to sound like you,'" "It was the first time that someone pushed me to figure it all out on my own." The album is expected to be very personal and feature some songs about the breakup with her ex-husband Teddy Landau and about her new relationship with Patrick Carney.
To promote Hopeless Romantic, Branch performed at New York City's Bowery Electric, performing songs from the new album as well as her past hit "Are You Happy Now?". The album's lead single, "Hopeless Romantic", was released digitally on February 3, 2017. "Best You Ever" was released as a promotional single from the album on March 3, 2017.
After divorcing husband Teddy Landau, Branch began dating Patrick Carney, who co-wrote and produced songs on Hopeless Romantic. The album is expected to have a "laid back, rock & roll" sound, with lyrical content dealing with both her divorce from Landau and relationship with Carney.
The eponymous lead single from the album premiered on Billboard from her Vevo account on February 2, 2017, and was released digitally on February 3, 2017.
In early 2001, Michelle Branch signed with Maverick Records under Warner Bros. Records and released her second studio album, The Spirit Room, in August of that year. The album produced three commercially successful singles, "Everywhere", "All You Wanted", and "Goodbye to You", has sold 2.5 million copies and has been certified double-platinum. In 2002, Branch collaborated with Santana and recorded a song titled ″The Game of Love″ that went to became a international success, earning Santana and Branch both a Grammy Award. Later in 2003, she released another hit ″Are You Happy Now?″ and released her second major-label studio album Hotel Paper in summer 2003 that went to become certified Platinum by the RIAA.
In 2004, she married her bass player Teddy Landau and formed a country duo with Jessica Harp known as The Wreckers. In February 2008, it was announced that The Wreckers duo had split for Branch and Harp to focus on their respective careers. Prior to this, in October 2007 she announced that Branch was working on a new solo album titled Everything Comes and Goes that was slated for a June 2008 release, but due to personal and professional struggles the album both went to become unreleased and scrapped.
Branch released an EP titled Everything Comes and Goes in June 2010. In 2011, Branch attempted a return to music with a pop rock album West Cost Time, which also went unreleased due to restructuring within her record labels Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records. In June 2011, she released a single ″Loud Music″ as it served as the lead and only single from the then upcoming release of The Loud Music Hits EP that was released that August through Reprise Records. With the stressful situations of having her albums being unreleased, contentions and dire situations with her record label, wasting three years of her life writing new material for her former country duo, and motherhood, Branch was on the verge of officially discharging from her music career. In February 2015, Branch filed for divorce from Teddy Landau after eleven years of marriage, Branch has requested a joint custody of their daughter, Owen Isabelle. In June of that year, Branch announced via social media app Instagram that she has signed a recording contract with Verve Records. In some time in 2015, Branch began dating Patrick Carney from the band The Black Keys and co-wrote with Carney for a new album, which would later be revealed to be Hopeless Romantic.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Branch's current sound for the album is "laid-back rock & roll."; of her new-found sound, Branch said, "Patrick was like, 'This is your record, it has to sound like you,'" "It was the first time that someone pushed me to figure it all out on my own." The album is expected to be very personal and feature some songs about the breakup with her ex-husband Teddy Landau and about her new relationship with Patrick Carney.
To promote Hopeless Romantic, Branch performed at New York City's Bowery Electric, performing songs from the new album as well as her past hit "Are You Happy Now?". The album's lead single, "Hopeless Romantic", was released digitally on February 3, 2017. "Best You Ever" was released as a promotional single from the album on March 3, 2017.