Pop Singer-Songwriter AJ Smith is Ringing in the New Year with 'Confetti'

Pop Singer-Songwriter AJ Smith is Ringing in the New Year with 'Confetti'
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NEW YORK: Up-and-coming, award-winning artist AJ Smith celebrates the release of his latest single 'Confetti', available worldwide onwards December 14th. Upbeat and lighthearted, this quirky jam is bursting with a joyous soundscape, which consists of his nostalgic, Pop vocals and self-composed, concert piano riffs. The music video, directed by Whitney Wolanin, accentuates the catchy beat with its whimsical, bottom-half of the body perspective of a vintage-themed party. Just in time for the holidays and to ring out 2020, "Confetti" promises to be on repeat this New Years!

"Confetti" commemorates holiday spirit, in addition to the meaningful victories of all shapes and sizes that AJ Smith and his listeners have experienced this year. While he was on his pre-COVID tour, AJ Smith was hospitalized after having an anxiety attack. Two days later, he wrote the piano instrumentals for "Confetti" on the plane back to New York. Despite his usual optimistic nature, AJ Smith has struggled with depression and anxiety, which he expresses through music. He realized that he hardly wrote upbeat music that matched the joy that he experienced when he could talk himself into overcoming these tough moments, and he wanted to change that with "Confetti."

"I wrote "Confetti" as an anthem for celebrating those little and big victories," he explains, "I produced it with sounds that make me happy in mind— I grew up around the circus (My dad ran away and joined Barnum & Bailey after he graduated back in the day), so I wanted it to have sounds of carnival with bouncy, quirky fun. And music and piano have been my saving grace many times in my life. It's jovial, dramatic, lighthearted, and thematically, it lets me get out of my head and share the joy of those high moments. And after a year like this, it feels good to take a moment and smile, feel a sense of relief as we move forward."

"Confetti" is AJ Smith's follow-up single to his previous release "Billy Joel," which is dedicated to the piano man himself. With a flair for dramatic Pop that is reminiscent of the past iconic decades, he has earned recognition from some of the greatest artists of all time— namely Billy Joel and The Eagles. As he continues composing new music, AJ Smith relentlessly inspires us all to appreciate the big and small victories.

Check out the music video for "Confetti" HERE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maG6Gg0Mmjk)