NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Talay Riley - 'Make You Mine'

Talay Riley gets shot by cupid in the music video for his new single 'Make You Mine'.

Not a bad track.

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Talay Riley ft Scorcher - 'Good As Gold'

Talay Riley has released the music video for his next single 'Good As Gold' featuring Scorcher.

'Good As Gold' is out May 30th.

CONCERT REVIEW:Trey Songz At Hammersmith Apollo

If there’s anyone that knows how to get a crowd of females going crazy, it’s most definitely Trey Songz!
Trey performed to a sold out crowd at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo on Tuesday night.

The night started with performances from warm up acts Luke Bingham and Talay Riley who did a great
job of getting the crowd amped for Trigga. Talay Riley became a hit with the ladies as he sang a cover of
Beyonce’s ‘Halo’, hitting notes that not many male singers are capable of reaching.

"Mr Steal Yo’ Girl" himself finally took to the stage for a full hour and 45 minute set accompanied by his
live band. The singer had the crowd going wild as he opened with his hit record, ‘I Invented
Sex’, before taking it back with tracks like ‘Can’t Help But Wait’ and ‘Can’t Stop Missing You’.

Now, a Trey Songz concert isn’t a Trey Songz concert until a fan has been pulled on stage to receive
the full Trey Songz treatment; this show was no different! After teasing fans by taking off his vest.
(and revealing his perfectly chiselled body), the ladies man selected two special females to join him on stage, where things started to get quite hot and steamy for the two ladies as the three of them became
extremely close...need we say any more?!

The stand out performances for the night had to be ‘Black Roses’ and ‘Neighbours Know My Name’
which saw the talented star showcase some impressive vocals in a fully energised set; any true fan of
live music would have found it difficult to keep still.

Trey ended the night with his Nicki Minaj featured track ‘Bottoms Up’, but not before bringing out
the UK’s very own Chipmunk. The pair made a toast to each other, each armed with a bottle of Ace of
Spades, before Trey invited an army of pre selected females on stage for his finale.

Review by Casey Elisha

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Talay Riley - 'Sergeant Smash'

Talay Riley is back with a brand new music video for his second single 'Sergeant Smash'.

SOCIAL WRITERS MEET......Talay Riley

We talk to the voice behind the electro-pop track 'Humanoid', Talay Riley. We ask Talay about his collaborations with Chipmunk, touring with N-Dubz, and Taio Cruz.

What made you want to pursue a career in the music industry?
Watching MC Hammer on the TV when I was young and just seeing people’s videos like Missy Elliot, she always had great videos in my opinion. Watching artists like Michael Jackson and I thought I just wanted to be that, or to do what they were doing. The artists were like superheroes on my TV and I wanted to be that.

Who were your musical inspirations when you were growing up?
MJ, MC Hammer, Marvin Gaye….there was that girl group Cleopatra, I really liked them, I used to wake up in the morning and sing to their song.

How did the collaborations which Chipmunk come about?
I worked with these guys, for six years before all of this came about, called Parker and James who produced ‘Oopsy Daisy’, we had done loads of songs and ‘Oopsy Daisy’ was one of them. Chipmunk knows one of them and he came to the studio one time and said “What do you guys have?” and ‘Oopsy Daisy’ was one of the songs that got played to him and he loved it.

It was sitting there for ages and her took it and changed it up a bit, put down his verses and took the song to number one. That’s how it came about and from then me and Chipmunk stayed in contact and then we worked with Harmony and did ‘Look For Me’ and then other songs on the album ‘Beast’ and ‘Lose My Life’ with N-Dubz came as well so that was quite cool

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NEW KID ON THE BLOCK: Talay Riley

Talay Riley is a new Urban-pop act from the UK who is making a huge buzz on the music scene as a music act. Having already toured with N-Dubz earlier this year along with performances at Wireless festival and the Underage Festival, Talay has started out on his own headline dates across the UK.

Riley is no stranger to the music business - he co-wrote Chipmunk's #1 single 'Oopsy Daisy', and also co-wrote another track on the rapper's album.



Check out the music video for Talay Riley's debut single 'Humanoid', which is released on 4th October.  'Humanoid' is a perfect taster of what is to come from Talay Riley. It is a dark and edgy urban pop track that merges robotic beats, cutting edge production and a killer chorus to create a song that is instant and exciting.

His debut album is scheduled to be released in 2011,  and we have a feeling it will definitely be an album worth purchasing!