Kyle Andrews

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Kyle Andrews
Born (1982-05-22) May 22, 1982 (age 42)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres Indie rock
OccupationRecording Artist
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active2006–present
LabelsBadman Recording Co., Elephant Lady Records, Stay U
Website http://www.kyleandrews.com

Kyle Andrews is an American indie rock songwriter and performer born in Chicago and based in Nashville, Tennessee. [1]

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Career

Andrews has released albums on Portland's Badman Recording Co. as well as his own Elephant Lady Records imprint. [2]

His 2010 song "You Always Make Me Smile" (co-written with friend Neil Mason) was featured in a worldwide Holiday Inn ad. [3] Andrews worked with students from the BYU AdLab and ad agency McCann Erickson to concept a music video for the song. [4] The resulting music video was filmed in Provo, Utah, [5] [6] featuring Andrews singing in the middle of an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest water balloon fight with 3927 participants and 120,021 water balloons. [7] The video went viral. [8] [9]

His interactive video for "Sushi" (directed by Dennis Liu) was made from 1.4 million tiles, and thousands of unique YouTube video stills.[ citation needed ] In 2010 it was shortlisted for the Guggenheim's YouTube Play Exhibit. [10]

His music has been used in other TV shows and commercials, including a worldwide television ad for Dell ("We Were Colors") [11] and a national television ad for Doritos ("Bombs Away"). [12] [ unreliable source? ] "You Always Make Me Smile" also appeared in an episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy. [13] [ original research? ][ failed verification ]

Although Kyle performs as a first-name/last-name artist, and self-recorded the majority of his discography, he plays live with a full band.

Andrews' fifth album, Robot Learn Love , was released August 16, 2011. [14]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Kyle Andrews Music News & Info | Billboard.com". M.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Kyle Andrews". AllMusic. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  3. ↑ "What's That Song From the Holiday Inn 'Stay You' Commercial?". Spinner. 2010-07-26. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  4. ↑ ""Cougar Cooldown" breaks water balloon fight record". News. 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  5. ↑ "Weapons of Mass Hydration". Y Magazine. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  6. ↑ "Huge water fight planned to make BYU a cooler summer option". Deseret News. 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  7. ↑ "The World's Biggest Water Balloon Fight Will Make Anyone Smile".
  8. ↑ White, Charlie (2010-09-08). "Top Viral Videos of Summer, 2010 | Tech Goes Strong". Tech.lifegoesstrong.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  9. ↑ Lazar, Shira (2010-09-05). "Lazy Sunday: Top 5 Viral Videos of the Week - On The Scene With Shira Lazar". CBS News. Archived from the original on January 20, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  10. ↑ Samuel Axon 5 (2010-09-20). "Watch the Guggenheim YouTube Art Exhibit Finalists [VIDEOS]". Mashable.com. Retrieved 2011-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "What's That Song From the Dell Inspiron Commercial?". Spinner. 2010-11-24. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  12. ↑ "Kyle Andrews Featured In Spots For Doritos & Holiday Inn | Terrorbird Media". Terrorbird.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  13. ↑ "Grey's Anatomy - Music Lounge - ABC.com". Abc.go.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  14. ↑ "Kyle Andrews". kyleandrews.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
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