Yael Naim rides the wave of Apple’s ubiquitous MacBook Air commercial
Saturday, February 02, 2008 - 10:28 AM EST"You'll have to forgive Yael Naim if she's at a loss for words. After all, she's still trying to figure out how all this happened," James Montgomery reports for MTV News.
"Born in France, raised outside Tel Aviv, Israel, she's already logged time in the Israeli Defense Forces, done a turn as Moses' sister in a musical version of 'The Ten Commandments' and had one nightmarish run with a major label. And now she's somehow wound up as the voice of Apple's new MacBook Air, thanks to a near-ubiquitous commercial featuring her song 'New Soul.' So, really, please pardon her if she's still a little dumbfounded by the sudden attention she's receiving," Montgomery reports.
"'It's all kind of a mystery, honestly' she laughs. 'We don't understand how something we made in my apartment could end up in Apple's ear,'" Montgomery reports.
"Yet, somehow, 'New Soul' did just that, and now Naim appears to be next in line for the same shot of fame that came to Leslie Feist, the Canadian chanteuse whose song '1234'" was featured in advertisements for Apple's iPod Nano. Pre-Pod, she was a critically adored, commercially ignored singer/songwriter. After? Well, she's sold more than 500,000 copies of her album The Reminder and scored four Grammy nominations. So is Naim expecting to get much of the same? 'Soul' is already one of the most-downloaded songs on the iTunes Music Store ... but, aside from that, she's not really sure what will happen," Montgomery reports.
"'This whole thing is very special, because of the way we made the song, and so we didn't have any dreams about big commercial success. So we are happy and surprised and amazed by how it grow and grows,' she said," Montgomery reports.
Full article here.
Get the song via iTunes Store: Yael Naïm - New Soul
Apple's 30-second MacBook Air commercial featuring "New Soul"by Yael Naïm:
Direct link via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLb7EVF6-Jc
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Ampar" for the heads up.]
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not really my style, but good for her.