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Colbie Caillat released a 5-track EP today, which consists of the first 5 songs of her next album! She details her reasons for splitting the album into two halves below in a Billboard article:

 

"I think 12 songs is too much to listen to all at once," says Caillat, who will release the rest of her new album later this year.

 

On Monday (June 9), Colbie Caillat surprised fans by releasing five new songs as a standalone EP, "Gypsy Heart Side A," that preludes the official follow-up to her 2011 album "All Of You." The five new tracks, which include the empowering single "Try," will be rounded out by seven more tracks to form "Gypsy Heart," to be released later this year on Republic Records.

 

"The reason I wanted to do the EP is because, right now, I think everyone's attention spans are very short," Caillat tells Billboard. "I think 12 songs is too much to listen to all at once. When I buy a record, I get to the fifth song, and then I don't get to really hear the rest of the record. People can listen to the first five songs, fall in love with them, get to know them, and then a few months later, have the rest of the record available for download."

 

"Gypsy Heart Side A" follows a two-year writing and recording process for the pop singer-songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hits "Bubbly" and "Fallin' For You." After her third studio album, "All Of You," sold 331,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan but failed to spawn a radio smash, Caillat released the holiday album "Christmas In The Sand" in 2012 and promised fans to deliver a new album by the fall of 2013.

 

"I wrote a full record last year, and then my label and I thought maybe we should keep working and see if we got anything better," says Caillat. The response frustrated Caillat, who says she was told to return to the studio and find a "new sound" for her fourth LP. "To be told that your work isn't good enough -- to do better, to be more like those pop artists out there that dress sexy and use Auto-tune on their voices -- to be compared to someone so different, it hurt," she says.

 

"Try," which was co-written by R&B legend Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, resulted from a "venting experience" for Caillat, who translated her disappointment about her scrapped album into a message of self-love aimed at women. "You don't have to try so hard," Caillat sings on the refrain, in an effort to bestow young girls with a stronger sense of self-worth.

 

"It's exhausting being a woman," says Caillat. "This song is not to say that we should never wear makeup, but to say that, sometimes, it's okay not to."

 

The lyric video for "Try" will feature female fans and celebrities like Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Sara Bareilles, Christina Perri, Hayden Panettiere and more appearing without makeup, to help prove Caillat's point. "I have a couple celebrity friends that would be more impactful for everyday people to see what we look like normally," says Caillat, who will unveil the lyric video during an appearance on NBC's "TODAY" on Tuesday (June 10).

 

In addition to Babyface, Caillat worked with producers like Max Martin, Johan Carlsson and Julian Bunetta on "Gypsy Heart." An official music video for "Try" -- which is currently being offered as a free download on iTunes -- is in the works as well.

 

 

I'm listening to the EP now, it's very pleasant so far and I think it's gonna be quite a grower :D Really looking forward to the rest of the album, All of You was such a great feel-good album.

Try is gorgeous :wub: omg. The structure of the verses really reminds me of another song and it is really bugging me :lol:

EDIT: Things That You Say by Jon McLaughlin :wub:

 

I am hoping to see some Jason Reeves involvement with this album :smoke:

Edited June 10, 201411 yr by Regina

Loving Try :wub:

 

All Of You was great, if a step down from from Breakthrough and especially Coco. I love her voice, but honestly I forgot that nothing ever came of Hold On and an album didn't follow :lol:

I saw the EP on iTunes and was so surprised, thank goodness she finally released something. I previewed it on iTunes this morning and downloaded Try! Didn't realize it was picked as a single but it's the best song there IMO so great choice! A couple of weak tracks on side one but it was worth checking out, and since it was only 5 songs that made me more willing to do so.

My favourite track on the EP is If You Love Me Let Me Go. A really interesting and fresh production style that I've not heard before, very ear catching. Gorgeous anthemic melody too.

 

So bizarre that she just put out half of her album like that but I'm not complaining at the half Beyonce :lol:

The whole EP was very pleasant, I love her sound in general. Never Gonna Let You Down was my favourite I think, what a great track :wub:

She's way too underrated in general. Coco is one of my all time top five favourite albums, it's absolutely perfect.

Slightly saddened that Live It Up was not a cover of the legendary hit by J-Lo :( fab EP though. Agree with gooddelta about If You Love Me Let Me Go <3

Try has grown on me so much, the verses are GORGEOUS and amongst her absolute best. The chorus isn't all that but it's not too big an issue as it's not supposed to be a huge pop song or anything.

 

Get your shopping on at the mall, max your credit cards :wub:

Jason Reeves is indeed involved on this EP *.* 3 of the 5 tracks no less, including Try. Now if he would hurry up and release some more music of his own please.

I downloaded this EP yesterday and it's great - especially for just £2! I love the idea of giving us a few tracks now so we can appreciate them individually first before giving us the rest of the album.

The full album is released on September 30th and the track listing is as follows:

 

1. Live It Up

2. Blaze

3. If You Love Me Let Me Go

4. Try

5. Never Gonna Let You Down

6. Land Called Far Away

7. Nice Guys

8. Floodgates

9. Just Like That

10. Break Free

11. Never Getting Over You

12. Bigger Love