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The first news of 2011 was very exciting, Esmée moved to London to work on her second album. The first new music we heard in 2011 was the collaboration between Esmée and Aggro Santos: “Do You Believe“, the song was featured on Aggro Santos album AggrosSantos.com. She continued working in the studio for her second album and worked with producer Efexx in January.

In December of 2010 Esmée joined Tumblr but she really started posting actively early 2012. Just like the fall/winter 2010 collection Esmée was face and spokeswoman of B’Tempt’d and the brand gained success when Esmée was the model.

Esmée’s first appearance was the MTV Staying Alive Foundation Dinner. She came out to support Kelly Rowland, who she met at the beginning of her career. She also performed during the fundraiser. Her first appearance was also her public debut of her new hair-do: Esmée went from brunette to blond! New hair, new music!

Early February we got a nice suprise: Esmée had an interview and editorial in the dutch Vrouw Magazine with a brand new photoshoot. Esmée also showed us her amazing fashion sense during London fashion week; she rocked a ‘geek chick’ look during the first day of fashion week and looked stunning in red during the second day.

Early March the B.Tempt’d campaign for the spring officially started along with the campaign: “Get Breast Cancer Outta Here” to raise awareness for breast cancer. In mid March Esmée attended the premiere of Anuvahood and PPQ and Office launch in London.

In April Esmée and B.Tempt’d hosted two instore performances to promote the brand and Esmée’s music. She visited London and Manchester. She also had a meet and greet with some fans afterwards. She also debuted a brand new song called “All Around the World” which will probably end up on her second album. She also had a few interviews during the in store events including with Sky Living and Manchester Finest.

Early May Esmée came out to support her friend Chipmunk with whom she collaborated on “Until You Were Gone” during his album release party. She continued working on her upcoming second album and enjoying her life in London. The dutch band Adlicious performed Esmée’s single “Love Dealer” during one of the X-Factor Live shows, it was not the first time one of the contestants of a big talent show performed a song of Esmée. Her song “Outta Here” was covered a lot during the dutch Popstars 2009.

In mid May Esmée gave us a nice surprise, she uploaded a brand new cover via her youtube account. She performed “Someone Like You” by Adele and her producer Ben Cullum played the keys. Early June Esmée attended a dinner hosted by Keri Hilson who she first met on tour with Ne-Yo.

Esmée continued working on her second album and kept her fans up-to-date with little updates on the album via her facebook and twitter. Early June she teased us with possible album tracks via her official twitter account and also revealed one of the photos of the artwork. She joined Spotify early July were she shared her favorite playlist.

Different rumors about a possible first single and album release date followed while Esmée continued working in the studio for her second album. We even got a possible track list in the beginning of August. Esmée also made her television debut with a cameo in the dutch series “Zie ze vliegen” and revealed the album title of her second album: “Screaming Out Loud“.

In September Esmée posted a new cover of her singing “Tears Dry On their Own” as a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse. Late September Esmée attended London Fashion week to check out the spring collection of David Koma. Esmée producer Karl Gordon released the first remix of Esmée’s first single “City Light” of her second album “Screaming Out Loud“. The first single will officially release early 2012.

On Halloween Esmée released another cover via her official youtube account, this time she covered David Guetta and Usher with their smash hit “Without You“. She later revealed she will also release the cover on her second album ““. In November it was announced that artist Lauren Bennett would release “I Wish” as first single, Esmée and her US manager Billy Man wrote the song together. She attended the MTV Staying Alive Foundation Fundraiser late November to show her support for the Staying Alive Foundation.

To wrap up the year Esmée announced that the release of her second album will be (early) 2012 and she is currently still in the studio to record and finish songs for it. She also released her last cover of 2011: a cover of Bruno Mars’ “It Will Rain“. She also had a really short live chat to give us a preview of the acoustic version of “City Light” which will be her first single.

Esmée hosted different Q&A (questions and answers) via her social media accounts through out the year. Her fans could send in questions, and she answered a few of them. Her first Q&A was via Tumblr in late February. A second one followed in mid May via twitter. She hosted her first facebook Q&A late June and her second one follow in October and her last one in December.

Favorites of 2011

Here are our favorites of this year, do you agree with them or not? If you have other favorite or additions be sure to comment below:

Best Red Carpet Look
Our favorite red carpet look was her very first appearance of 2011; when she officially revealed her new blond hair-do. We loved the dress and the styling in total.

Best Photoshoot
Sadly Esmée did not have that many photoshoots, but our favorite is the shoot she did for the dutch “Vrouw” Magazine. She looked stunning.

Best Interview/Magazine Feature
Our favorite interview and magazine feature is her interview for the dutch “Vrouw” Magazine. She talked about her career, music, childhood and more.

Best Quote
Our favorite quote is from her Manchester’s Finest interview to promote her B.Tempt’d campaign.

It [Youtube] is an amazing platform to create your own fanbase. It gives every artist the power to share their talents to the world no matter where they are from. There really are no limits. Isn’t it amazing?! Because of the internet an artist can build a strong connection with their fans which is why I love it so much. With their love and support I feel like I can take on the world.
-Esmée Denters, on Youtube and the internet

Best project
That’s not really hard since Esmée completely focused on working on her second album “Screaming Out Loud” we have to pick her upcoming second album. It’s set to release next year, and with everything Esmée gave away so far we think it will be worth the wait.

Best Performance
It’s honestly hard to pick her best performance since we loved all the youtube covers she did this year, it really showed us how much she has grown vocally over the past few years and made us more excited for her second album release. We can’t really pick, but our favorite performances are her cover of “Someone Like You” by Adele and “Without You” by David Guetta and Usher.

2011 was a good year for Esmée, and we are so excited for next year with the release of “Screaming Out Loud“. This year we celebrated the site’s 4 Year Anniversairy and we hope many more years will follow. Have a safe New Year’s Eve and we will see you next year!

• She introduced Ben Cullum, he is one of the producers of her upcoming second album “Screaming Out Loud“. He is playing the keys on Esmée’s latest cover, including her latest cover “It will Rain“. She is currently working in the Sunhatch studios of Ben Cullum.
• She is currently working on the acoustic version of “City Lights” and she is back in the studio to work on “Screaming Out Loud“. She revealed earlier she is going to working on a few more songs for the album.
• The album is going to be “amazing once it’s done“.
• She sang a little bit of “It will rain” and gave us an exclusive preview of the acoustic version of “City Lights“.
• She also confirmed new music is coming soon. She will shoot the first music video of the second album soon. She recently confirmed new music will come early next year so we hope we will get the first single “City Lights” then.

The live chat was short because she had to go back to work since she is still working in the studio. At the moment you can still see Esmée working in the studio with Ben and her manager Jonathan since they are still doing a live chat without sound. Go to this page to join the chat.

Short Livechat but effective. I might put it on later on witout sound so you guys can see what we do in the studio
-6 December, 2011

On her music/career:
Erika Endriukaityte: Will your song ”Do you believe” be released on iTunes in the future? If not, when can we expect your next album or single?
You guys will hear new music at the very beginning of the new year

Alisha Prajapat: What is your favourite thing about being in the music industry?
The music and touring.. anything else is bullshit lol

On the (possible) upcoming tour:
Esin Erdil: Are you coming to Denmark one day?
I will tour the world soon.. I am expecting to see you , love you 2 mwa x

Various
Chris Tubritt: Do you Miss Holland alot when your away? and miss days like SinterKlaas
I do miss it.. But I love living in england too

Adina Eden Haffeez: Your favourite part of the Netherlands?
Amsterdam

John Cahillane: Who was your inspiration in music when you was trying to break through? Who did you look up to?
Stevie wonder.. love him..

Esmée will do a live chat tomorrow in the studio (we assume Ben Cullum’s studio) and she also teased she might give us a sneak preview of the acoustic version of “City Lights“.

I am going to a live chat tomorrow in the studio.. who’s going 2 be there? You might here a short clip of the acoustic version of “City Lights”
-December 5, 2011

Esmée also confirmed herself her first single is going to be “City Lights“, she said: “Can’t wait for you guys to hear my first single ‘City Lights’ you are in for a treat“. She recorded the acoustic version of the song today in the studio with Ben Cullum. Be sure to keep an eye on Esmée’s official facebook and twitter page tomorrow to find out when the livechat is held.

Esmée wrote: “December is almost here see you really soon” and Jester/Patrick Jordan-Patrikios wrote back “look 4ward to work miss“, so we assume they will work together this month for Esmée’s upcoming album “Screaming Out Loud” especially since she recently revealed she will be back in the studio to record more songs for the album. Jester worked with Pixie Lott, JLS, Il Divo and the dutch Leonie Meijer.

You can follow Jester @jester_music. Esmée already confirmed she worked with Ben Cullum, K-Gee, Efexx and Flipz R1. We will update the information page for her second album as soon as possible with more current information on “Screaming Out Loud“.

Update: Jester tweeted Esmée saying they will meet next week. So I guess it’s official they will be working together.

Just going into the studio today to get a few more songs on my album. I am telling you this album is the most important thing in my life and i gotta make sure i deliver something awesome. Nothing but te best for my fans!!
November 29, 2011

I know we, as fans, want new music as soon as possible but I think it’s a good sign she is back in the studio. It means she is working really hard to get the album absolutely perfect, I really hope we will get the first single early 2012 and the album spring/summer of 2012! We can also expect a new cover soon since she recently announced she will cover “It will rain” by Bruno Mars.

We would also like to thank Esmée, because she recently gave us two (!!) shout outs via her official twitter to wish me a happy birthday and to thank us for the the fansite. She said the “website esmeefans.org means the world to me!” and she checks our fansite every day.

It means so much to me to get the positive support of Esmée (and her team/family) since the day I started this site (which is over 4 years ago)! I still support Esmée and her career and I really hope this site will go on for many more years. She is truly one of the nicest, most down to earth and talented artist out there. She proves dreams can come true and hard work will bring you a long way!

Next song I am covering is Bruno Mars “It will rain” Like this post if you want to hear it.
November 26, 2011

In the studio recording. This is zen to me lol.
November 26, 2011

We are so excited she is going to cover a Bruno Mars song and “It Will Rain” is one of our favorites. Keep an eye on Esmée’s facebook and twitter because we are pretty sure she will upload the cover and update the link next week! And also keep an eye on our site, because we will be the first to update you with the new cover.

You can listen to the original song, performed by Bruno Mars below:

You can listen to the song below, we are not sure Esmée wrote it during her recent trip to New York or during the “Outta Here” era but we are happy someone else picked up one of the song she wrote.

We absolutely love the remix, it’s so catchy and fun but also shows Esmée’s vocal abilities. If you want to download the track be sure to download the MP3 by clicking on this link. We can not wait to hear the studio version, does anyone know who does the rapping part in the track? What do you think of the remix?

You can listen live by clicking on this link (if you are not from the UK just randomly search a post code; you can use this one: CB7 4NB). The show starts tonight 10 pm London Time (which is 11 pm for the dutch fans). London is 8 hours ahead of San Francisco (US).

Still no official word of Esmée about the first single of “Screaming Out Loud” but we are assuming “City Lights” will be the first single. Stay tuned because Esmée will upload her cover of “Without You” on Monday.