Stream John Lindahl’s Soulful ‘A John Lindahl Holiday Album’ | New ‘Cuddled Up’ Visual
John Lindahl is a singer, songwriter and dancer from Southern California. Today he officially rings in the yuletide season with “A John Lindahl Holiday Album.”
A fresh collection of standards and originals available today via Def Jam Recordings. In support of the release, today also marks the premiere of, the sultry visual for “Cuddled Up” featuring Guamanian singer, songwriter, actress and Republic artist Pia Mia. The clip follows up last week’s release of the aptly titled single, “Quarantine Christmas.”
“I wanted to create an album that was rooted in nostalgia but also pushed the needle forward with (hopefully) new holiday classics. This album has eight original songs along with two covers and it was written/produced/arranged/engineered and performed by me … a true John Lindahl experience.“
John Lindahl was the first artist signed by Grammy®-nominated, multi-platinum seller Logic to his BobbyBoy Records joint venture label with Def Jam. Soon after the signing was announced in June 2019, Lindahl released “All Day” in August, his soulful, energetic first single.
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Born in Silver Spring, Maryland (he coincidentally shares Montgomery County roots with Logic), John was raised in Southern California’s Orange County, in a house filled with music. Growing up, he assumed everyone could sing. “I thought that all kids could match pitch because I could naturally do it,” he says. His mother put him onto Michael Jackson, but it was the singing, dancing, piano playing, and choreographed acrobatics of the classic MGM musical Singin’ In The Rain that sealed the deal for John, especially Donald O’Connor singing “Make ‘Em Laugh.” At age five, he was cast into local musical theatre productions.
By the time he hit his teens, it was time to level up. He auditioned for The X Factor, met music exec L.A. Reid, and was signed to Epic Records. But stardom proved to be elusive, even after performing with Ed Sheeran at the Grammy® Awards at just 18. Justin Timberlake saw John‘s potential and had begun working with him, telling him at sessions, “You have too much talent to be this insecure.” But Timberlake was too busy with his own career, and the big break again eluded John.
The third is always the serendipitous charm though, and in John‘s case it proved to be a session with engineer/producer Bobby Campbell, who introduced John to Logic. The two immediately struck up a friendship, and after signing with Logic’s then indie label, John drew attention with appearances on Logic‘s “Flexicution” and “AfricAryan.” When Logic announced his joint venture with Def Jam through his BobbyBoy Records imprint, John was singled out as its flagship artist.
