Sky Tonia Ferreira was born on 8 July 1992, in Venice, Los Angeles, and was largely raised by her grandmother, who had been Michael Jackson's personal hairstylist for over 30 years. After she expressed interest in singing as a child and, with Jackson's encouragement her grandmother enrolled her in opera lessons. She began maintaining a Myspace profile where she uploaded demo versions of self-written tracks, and shortly before her 15th birthday, she wrote a letter to producers Bloodshy & Avant requesting that they offer her a recording contract, and in 2009 she signed to Parlophone and began finalizing the debut studio album that she says was first begun when she was 14 years old. In 2010, she ventured into the film and modelling industries after starring in the independent film 'Putty Hill', and also appearing in the magazines Dazed and Interview. After releasing the tracks '17' and 'One', the latter having peaked at number 64 on the UK singles shart, Ferreira announced that her debut studio album would be released on January 11, 2011, and its lead single 'Obsession' peaked at number 37 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. These plans never came to fruition, however, due to Capitol Records believing that the aforementioned singles were not commercially successful enough for an album release. This led to the release of the EP 'As If!', consisting of five songs which would have appeared on the scrapped album, and which received favourable critical reviews. At the same time she was also continuing her modelling career, featuring in the advertising campaign for the Calvin Klein "CK One" product line alongside Cassie Ventura, and the following year she appeared in the Adidas "Originals" commercial with rappers Big Sean and Snoop Dogg.
In November 2011, Ferreira announced that her debut studio album would be released in 2012, with a lead single planned to precede it that February, later revealing that the title of the album was to be 'Wild At Heart'. After releasing the music video for the track 'Red Lips' in June, she stated that she had renamed the record 'I'm Not Alright', but with her debut studio album still unreleased, she announced that her second extended play 'Ghost' would be released in October, and it peaked at number 71 on the Alternative Albums Billboard 200, with its second single 'Everything Is Embarrassing' being tipped as being the song which could well be her breakout moment. In June 2013, Ferreira starred in the short film 'IRL' playing Angel, and that month, she once again renamed her debut studio album, this time to 'I Will', and stated that it would be released later in the summer. One last name change occurred in October, and 'Night Time, My Time' finally appeared on 29 October on Capitol Records. On its release it received favourable reviews from music critics, and Rolling Stone listed it as the fifth-best debut album of 2013, noting its potent blending of synth-pop elements with a more grunge-inspired indie rock sound. It had been a long, hard road but Ferreira finally had an album to her name, but the previous two attempts weren't just idle rumours, as all the songs had been written and recorded for 'Cry Baby', which was the title of the 2011 record, and for 'Wild At Heart', and the tracks have leaked over the years, enabling us to hear for ourselves the build-up to what eventually became her first official album, 'Night Time, My Time'. I'll start by posting 'Cry Baby', housed in the cover that was shot for the actual album, but not including the five songs that were extracted for the 'As If!' EP as it's already 50 minutes long without them.
Track listing
01 One
02 First Base
03 Dynamite State
04 Touch & Go
05 17
06 Paper Doll
07 Sick Of You
08 Elevator
09 Too Many Boys
10 American Dream
11 Shiny Toy
12 Whatcha Gonna Do
13 Obsession
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