Rising young pop artist Jake Miller will release the digital version his debut EP for Warner Bros. Records, entitled Lion Heart, on iTunes on November 4th. A physical CD will follow in stores at F.Y.E. on November 24th. Lion Heart features five tracks, including "First Flight Home," "Ghost," featuring Nikki Flores, and "Dazed and Confused," featuring Gym Class Heroes' Travie McCoy. Miller will be supporting the physical CD release with several in-store signing appearances at F.Y.E. locations around select tour dates. "Ghost" premiered exclusively on Perez Hilton on Tuesday. Listen here.
In addition, MTV has announced that Miller (an "Artist To Watch" artist) will co-host its 2014 MTV EMA U.S. telecast along with Nick Cannon and Molly Tarlov. The Miami native will also perform on the show, which airs live from Miami's Klipsch Amphitheater on Sunday, November 9th, beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Miller has announced a string of live shows in November in support of Lion Heart. Please see below for all upcoming dates.
Ever since Miller began posting his original songs on YouTube a few years ago, the 21-year-old Miami-born pop artist has been building a virtual army of fans. His social media community followers call themselves the Millertary and come to his concerts wearing camouflage and greasepaint under their eyes. Miller has independently released two EP's: 2012's Spotlight and 2013's The Road Less Traveled, which debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Hip-Hop chart. His full-length album, 2013's Us Against Them, sold over 33,000 copies and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Rap chart. One of MTV's 2014 "Artist to Watch" artists, Miller has shared stages with Mac Miller, Flo Rida, Sean Kingston, Asher Roth, Jason Derulo, Cody Simpson, Austin Mahone, and Sammy Adams at various radio festivals, including Y-100's Jingle Ball and the Calle Ocho Festival in Miami, where he performed for a crowd of more than 200,000 screaming fans. He also sold out a 43-city House of Blues Tour before a major record deal, driven primarily by his incredible social-networking presence. The video for "First Flight Home" has racked up more than 1.6 million views on YouTube.
The track-listing for Lion Heart is as follows:
First Flight Home
Party in the Penthouse
Ghost (feat. Nikki Flores)
Dazed and Confused (feat. Travie McCoy)
Lion Heart
Jake Miller on tour:
10/28 San Francisco, CA Slims
10/30 Seattle, WA Neptune
10/31 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
11/01 Denver, CO Marquis
11/03 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
11/05 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
11/08 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
11/11 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/12 Freehold, NJ iPlay of America
11/17 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
11/30 Dallas, TX KHKS Dallas Jingle Ball - Verizon Center @ Grand Prairie
12/1 McAllen, TX KVLY 107.9 Mixmas @ State Farm Arena
12/02 Seattle, WA 106.1 KISS FM's Jingle Ball @ WaMu Theater
12/07 Indianapolis, IN WZPL Jingle Jam @ Fairgrounds Colisseum
12/10 Philadelphia, PA Q102 Philly Jingle Ball Pre- Party @ Wells Fargo Center
12/13 Poughkeepsie, NY K104's Not So Silent Night @ Mid Hudson Civic Center
12/19 Buffalo, NY WKSE 98.5 Kissmas Bash @ First Niagara Center
12/21 Miami, FL Y100 Jingle Ball @ BB & T Center
12/22 Tampa, FL 93.3 FLZ Jingle Ball @ Amalie Arena
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