Posts Tagged: hot chelle rae

INTERVIEW: Hot Chelle Rae Influenced By Taylor Swift, In More Ways Than One

If you’re still not convinced that Taylor Swift possesses a pretty good amount of clout these days, look no further than Ryan Follese, the lead singer of Hot Chelle Rae. Ryan used to go by R.K. (his middle name is Keith). Then, Taylor Swift tweeted. “Taylor Swift called me ‘Ryan’ to her 8 million followers,”… Read more »

WBRE ‘PA LIVE!’: Hot Chelle Rae, Outasight, Scotty McCreery

I stopped by WBRE’s “PA Live!” for my weekly segment, “The Ralphie Report.” This week, I recapped his Skype interview with Hot Chelle Rae guitarist Nash Overstreet and talked about a new Pepsi commercial that features music from the emcee Outasight. I also broke down Scotty McCreery’s big week a top the charts with his… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Hot Chelle Rae’s Nash Overstreet Riding the Wave of Successful Year

Sure, “it was a really, really messed up week” for Hot Chelle Rae as per the opening of “Tonight Tonight.” But since that single climbed the top of the charts, it’s also been a really, really great year for the Nashville-based quartet. “Dude, I’m absolutely loving it, every minute,” guitarist Nash Overstreet told me via… Read more »

VIDEO: 2011 MTV Video Music Awards Black Carpet News and Notes

There were three big changes this year to the MTV Video Music Awards: no host, the red carpet went from white to black, and all of the arrivals were inside at the Marriott, which is next door to the Nokia Theatre. Save those, it was another star-studded event in Los Angeles, which set a network… Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: Armed Robbery, Physical Altercation Lead To Hot Chelle Rae’s ‘Really Really Messed Up Week’

Hot Chelle Rae’s “Tonight Tonight” opens with the line, “It’s been a really really messed up week.” In another example of life imitating art, it was an awful week for the Nashville, TN band. The lead guitarist was the victim in an alleged armed robbery and the lead singer was physically removed from a Nashville… Read more »