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Will.i.am signs with BMG, records Martian single
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 30 August 2012
Auto-tuned hip-pop astronaut Will.i.am has a brand new international publishing partnership with rights management company BMG.
The company will now manage the publishing copyrights created by the Black Eyed genius. “Genius?” you query. Well, BMG’s Venus Brown certainly thinks so, enthusing: “The word ‘genius’ gets thrown around a bit too much these days, but in the case of Will.i.am it’s undeniably true. Will.i.am’s range, cleverness and global appeal as a songwriter/producer are just a part of what makes him special and I’m so grateful that he has chosen BMG as his partner and home for his works”.
One such ‘work’ is a new project i.am has undertaken with NASA, whereby he has created a track to be broadcast from Mars via the Curiosity rover-bot gadget. Bearing the aptly astral title ‘Reach For The Stars’, it’s described as “a new composition about the singer’s passion for science, technology and space exploration”.
The track’s official Martian premiere, beamed live to earth from Curiosity, took place on Tuesday. Listen to an Earthly excerpt here.
