Vita Chambers
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Even pop stars are clumsy, just ask Vita Chambers, the Barbados singer about to tour for Lillith Fair this summer. "If you come to one of my shows you will see me trip, unplug a microphone or something funny like that," Chambers said with a laugh in a phone interview. Despite her onstage mishaps, we're sure she's being modest about her shows -- especially since she's also touring with Justin Bieber this fall. "I opened for him at Pop-Con and I felt like I lost my hearing when he came on stage," she revealed, "I can't even begin to describe it. It was crazy!"
Vita Chambers' Bieber fever experiences will increase to new heights on July 28, 2010 in Kansas City, MO, where the tour begins. "I'm so excited and I feel so blessed," Chambers gushed. "My band and I are counting down the days. It's been bliss since the day we found out." To the public, Chambers' career has been filled with fun, "bliss" and pink ballons like the ones from her "Like Boom" music video, however, the teen star's rising success comes with a lot of hard work and some sacrifices.
After moving to the U.S. with her parents from Barbados last summer, she said it felt like vacation at first, to be living in White Plains, New York after signing with Universal Motown Records, but in the fall, her new life became real. Vita Chambers had been singing for years, but says she failed every music class she's taken. Despite this, she's always loved singing and decided to pursue formal training as a teen. Chambers spent eight months writing four songs and then created a MySpace page last February. A week later, the record company flew down to meet her in person. Since then she's toured with her band and parents, making music videos and studying with her private tutor. "I get to go to school in my PJ's," she said giggling, "but I miss being in a big class and being with my friends."
Luckily, with Facebook, Skype, texting and summer break in full swing -- Chambers manages to keep in touch with friends just like a normal teenager. And she maintains that status pretty well, despite being so far from home and spending 10 hours a day in the recording studio. "I want my songs to have a message of empowerment -- that was my main goal," she said of her songwriting. To connect with Vita Chambers yourself, and to find out what it's like on her tours she'll be tweeting from the road @vitachambers. Don't worry, she assured us: "It's really me!"
—Christa Fletcher
Vita Chambers' Bieber fever experiences will increase to new heights on July 28, 2010 in Kansas City, MO, where the tour begins. "I'm so excited and I feel so blessed," Chambers gushed. "My band and I are counting down the days. It's been bliss since the day we found out." To the public, Chambers' career has been filled with fun, "bliss" and pink ballons like the ones from her "Like Boom" music video, however, the teen star's rising success comes with a lot of hard work and some sacrifices.
After moving to the U.S. with her parents from Barbados last summer, she said it felt like vacation at first, to be living in White Plains, New York after signing with Universal Motown Records, but in the fall, her new life became real. Vita Chambers had been singing for years, but says she failed every music class she's taken. Despite this, she's always loved singing and decided to pursue formal training as a teen. Chambers spent eight months writing four songs and then created a MySpace page last February. A week later, the record company flew down to meet her in person. Since then she's toured with her band and parents, making music videos and studying with her private tutor. "I get to go to school in my PJ's," she said giggling, "but I miss being in a big class and being with my friends."
Luckily, with Facebook, Skype, texting and summer break in full swing -- Chambers manages to keep in touch with friends just like a normal teenager. And she maintains that status pretty well, despite being so far from home and spending 10 hours a day in the recording studio. "I want my songs to have a message of empowerment -- that was my main goal," she said of her songwriting. To connect with Vita Chambers yourself, and to find out what it's like on her tours she'll be tweeting from the road @vitachambers. Don't worry, she assured us: "It's really me!"
—Christa Fletcher
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