ON SONGWRITING: Whenever I’m really feeling inspired, I think it’s important to stop and just think about what exactly is going on in your brain, and write whatever comes to mind. Sometimes I’ll just do the chorus first and I’ll create the song around that. A lot of times I’ll have a train of thinking and I’ll do the verses and I’ll create a chorus around what I’ve already been... [Read more]
I’ve always had a huge obsession with lip glosses. I don’t really know what it is but I have at least 10 of them on me at any given time, which is sort of weird. I just love all the different flavors and colors. It’s sort of girly and just very up my alley. I’m very into fashion and design and color is a big part of that. So any color that really appeals to me, I just have to get... [Read more]
Heart of America I actually did right after September 11th. My dad was in the Towers when it happened but thankfully he got out. I really wanted to make a song. It’s sort of a collection of three different songs put together, and they’re all patriotic songs. I really wanted to do something to help out the firefighters and the EMS down there, so all of the profits we made went straight to them.... [Read more]
I love listening to Bossa Nova. That’s a big musical influence for me and I listen to everything from Astrud to Joao to Bebel Gilberto to Antonio Carlos Jobim, and it always takes me back to Cape Cod in the summers when I was younger vacationing there. It’s just very relaxing. When it’s high stress and I’m running around the city going to shows or rehearsing, I love to at some point just... [Read more]
Lady Gaga Each week Girl2Watch features and up and coming actress with a new show or movie appearance and then helps fans connect with them in social media and around fun and exclusive content. Having announced Musician and Fashionista Alex Young as this week’s Girl2Watch, we’re celebrating female musicians who became fashion icons. Cher Madonna Cher Debbie Harry Marianne... [Read more]
I started out with Sesame Street. I was about six or so. I did a couple seasons as Keisha and I got to meet all of the awesome puppets and Snuffleupagus and Elmo and Big Bird and I saw behind the set. For a little girl that was just amazing because I used to watch it all the time. It was one of my favorite shows and I got to meet the people behind it. It’s funny, as a little kid it could be... [Read more]
Amazing is a collection of songs – and a lot of them are upbeat, very spirited and uplifting. I love to listen to the album when I’m walking across the park on a sunny day. I like listening to it- it takes you on a ride. Cold was so much fun to shoot. I shot it down in Miami in a Spanish monastery. They actually took the whole monastery from Spain and placed it brick by brick back in... [Read more]
Name: Alex Young Hometown: Montclair, NJ Sign: Virgo High School: Montclair High College: Sarah Lawrence College First Role: Keisha on Sesame Street, Daisy Mae in ‘Lil Abner, Cha Cha in Grease Current Role: Currently on a national Club Tour Hair color: Auburn Favorite Three TV Shows: Loved the pilot of “V”. Also think “Community” is hysterically funny. Favorite Three Movies: The fifth... [Read more]
Alex has a very active Myspace page, with her single “Cold” getting over two million plays! She also a Youtube channel that she updates frequently. She also has website coming soon, and has just started on twitter! Go ahead and Connect! Alex’s Myspace Page Alex on Twitter Alex’s Website Alex’s YouTube Channel Alex on itunes Other Links: White Diamonds International The... [Read more]
“It’s really dangerous to fall into what’s been done, falling into the trends, because there is so much to say for you starting your own lane” says Alex Young. From her early days on Sesame Street to having her first single “Heart of America” played on the radio at age fourteen, Alex Young has always created her own path. The first independent artist to receive distribution through... [Read more]
Welcome to Girl2Watch! After a great week with Sarah Hyland, we’re very honored to feature our first musician on Girl2Watch – Alex Young. Alex is only twenty, but is wise beyond her years. I think you be seeing and hearing a lot more of her in the future. Check out our profile, Introducing Alex Young, then Fun Facts in her own words. On Facebook, we’ll be updating our content... [Read more]
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I have to look good to be on stage. Right now I’m working with a boxing trainer. I used to box when I was in San Antonio, Texas. It’s like the best workout you can do. Right now I’m on a mission. He has these clips that go on your legs and you’re hanging upside down.It’s an ab workout and I’ve never had to do that. This is like even worse. It’s a mission for me that I... [Read more]
I would have to say Mexican men from Mexico are more hardcore in their ways, their roots, their traditions. They’re more like, “No, the woman is supposed to be home washing dishes, cooking this and that.” Whatever. And Mexican-American men, I think are more Americanized, more like, “Okay, yeah, you can have a job too. You can work. You can drop the kids off in daycare.” And the... [Read more]
There are many styles of music coming out of Mexico right now, each with their own style of hat. Luckily we had Jazmin explain it all to us. Banda – has all the brass, your string instruments, your wind instruments – like you were playing with a full band. It includes everything and it’s a little bit more. La Banda el Recodo – that would be one of the most popular bands in... [Read more]
We present our eighth official G2W Doodlecast, drawn and narrated by Jazmin Lopez. Simply sit back, press play, and observe the Girl2Watch at work. But make sure you listen carefully, as each stroke of the Girl2Watch’s pen may reveal complex insights into her personality that have yet to be uncovered. Or maybe it’s just a doodle. You decide. Jazmin Lopez brought to you by Livescribe Read More →
I’m a singer first, host second. Right now we just wrapped up the second season, so I’m pretty much free to focus 100 percent on my singing career. But they never conflicted with each other – they’ve always been hand in hand. We do the filming during the week and gigging on the weekends. If I ever have to do both, they work it into where I do all my filming during the day and I’m free... [Read more]
Bracketville, Texas is a very small town. Since my parents have businesses there, everybody knew us. The whole town knew we were the Lopez kids, and that my parents were Ignacio and Juanita. Anything we did, if we ever dared to do anything, we knew that somehow somebody was going to find out because everybody knew us. So we really couldn’t do much. My parents were very strict. We really didn’t... [Read more]
MTV Tr3s an extension of regular MTV, that is more focused on the Latino and Hispanic population. It focuses on pop music, regional Mexican music, everything that has to do with Spanish whether it’s pop, Latin, Dominican, Puerto Rican, whatever. It lets people know what’s going on in their own community and in their own culture. ReMexa is a first on MTV Tr3s. It’s the first time ever that... [Read more]
Name: Jazmin Lopez Hometown: Brackettville, TX Sign: Taurus High School: Brackett ISD Current Role: Host of Remexa on MTV tr3s Hair color: Brown Favorite Three TV Shows: Will & Grace, House, Fringe Favorite Three Movies: Legends of the Fall, Braveheart, Pretty Woman Favorite Music/What’s on your I Pod?: Pop, Country, Salsa, Merengue, Techno, Hip hop, Rap, Norteño, Duranguense,... [Read more]
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