Cynthia Erivo, the London-born, Grammy and Tony Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter, has released her debut album of original music, Ch. 1 Vs. 1, on on Verve Records. Erivo is also an Academy Award nominee, and won her Grammy and Tony Awards for her work on The Color Purple. “In storytelling, chapter one and verse one is the way you always begin, and because I believe I’m a storyteller, that’s what I wanted to do with my music,” says Erivo. “That’s what this is about, just starting [and revealing] the human parts of me that you don’t often get to see.”
The 12-track Ch. 1, Vs. 1 is a window onto Erivo’s emotional landscape, revealing the person behind the stage and screen image, high fashion red carpet gowns and extravagant nail art. “Just as me, Cynthia,” as she puts it. She has co-written every track on the record, which she describes as “a duty to tell people something” at a time of such global uncertainty.
The album has co-writing and production contributions by Jamie Hartman, Sean Douglas, Kaveh Rasteghar, Shakka Phillip, Harold Lilly (Beyoncé, Brandy), and Jack Splash (Alicia Keys, Kendrick Lamar), among others. “It would be a wasted opportunity to not express all that I am,” notes Erivo. “This is probably one of the first times I’ll get to just be myself, and be myself fully.”
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Brand | Verve Records |
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