Summary: <p>Growing up in Louisiana, music was Aaron Carpenter’s entire world. Raised on everything from classic country to pop-punk to the Stevie Wonder records his grandmother often spun for him, Carpenter took up drumming at age 11, later teaching himself to play piano and guitar.</p><br><p>Showing off his effortless charm, Carpenter’s debut single “Attitude” is an instantly catchy soul-pop confection, all shiny hooks and slinky grooves. But while the track marks his first official release, Carpenter’s charisma will come as no surprise to his nearly 4 million followers on Instagram, where he began posting covers in 2015. A year later, Carpenter headed to L.A. and immersed himself in music, and soon landed in sessions with A-list songwriters. Spending nearly every day in the studio for an entire year, Carpenter scored a deal with Capitol Records in February 2018, then moved forward with the making of his upcoming debut project.</p><br><p>In each new song he creates, Carpenter finds himself rediscovering the strong emotional hold that music’s always had on him. “When I hear certain pop songs from the 2000s, it immediately puts me back in the skating rink on a Friday night in junior high—just this moment of total mindless fun,” he says. “I’d love to do that for other people with my music: to take them to a place where nothing else matters in the world, and they can just have a good time.”</p><br><p>Follow Sidewalk Talk:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=BUGW8Qg7ENs&redir_token=8o8ScRILwraFbpqSDwG4EC5O0n18MTU2ODYwOTEzMUAxNTY4NTIyNzMx&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fsidewalktalkshw" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/sidewalktalkshw</a> (all updates)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=BUGW8Qg7ENs&redir_token=8o8ScRILwraFbpqSDwG4EC5O0n18MTU2ODYwOTEzMUAxNTY4NTIyNzMx&q=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fsidewalktalkshow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/sidewalktalk</a>pop</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
