If music appeared in color, Ester Dean’s would dazzle in eye-popping neon.
Look at her logo: her name, sprawled in WOW! POW! font typically used to detail exploits of comic book heroes. Consider her hyperkinetic first single, “Drop It Low,” and its corresponding video, an over-the-top explosion of Technicolor, candy-coated youthful exuberance.
“I’m young and I’m fresh,” she exclaims. “My music is energy. It’s like a freaking wave. Whatever I come with, it’s full force. I should have been on Ritalin when I was younger.” Indeed, Ester proved she was a maverick early. Growing up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, she was influenced by her church-singing mom and the blues she played around the house. One day, Dean flipped through the Yellow Pages, looking for a studio.
“When a guy took my call, I blurted out, ‘I can sing’.” And she sang, over the phone. Soon, she was shuttling between school and the recording studio. By high school, she was singing and freestyling with local rappers. Soon, her ambition outgrew her surroundings, and she dropped out. (CONTINUE READING)
IN ADDITION, ESTER DEAN IS A CREDITED WRITER ON RIHANNA'S NEW HIT SINGLE "RUDE BOY"
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