Aerodynamic

### Producer (s)

Lynne Parr , David Guetta , Babyface , Deadmau5 , Will.I.Am , David Gamson , Bryan-Micheal Cox , Darkchild

## Singles Chronology

### 2.

Love Goes a Long WayReleased August 10, 2008

### 5.

He Couldn’t Take The HeatReleased February 5, 2009

## Albums Chronology

### Next

Indigo (2011)

Aerodynamic is the 8th studio album by american recording artist Lynne Parr. it marked the end of a period of disappointing album sales and underperforming singles. Lynne achived this by making amends with her touring company in 2007, which lifted the Radio ban she had from 2004 to 2008. she also left her longtime label Virgin Records due to creative differences. in addition, Lynne was inspired to take on a radically new and more electronic sound following the birth of her daughter in July 2007.

## Background

Birthday was lynne's previous album, released in 2006. it was her final studio album under Virgin Records. it was her worst selling album up to that point. and failed to get a top 10 hit. this is partally due to Virgin Records pulling support for the album in late 2006. Lynne still went on tour in 2006 but the tour was cut short in January 2007 after lynne discovered her pregnancy. now free from her deal she spent her pregnancy recording an EP, Cherish was the fruit of this labor and came out in July 2007, just weeks before she gave birth to her daughter Violet. it was released under lynne's own record company Unison Records. it unfortunately was a complete commercial failure. despite these setbacks, lynne remained hopeful for a comeback. in the fall of 2007, Lynne signed a record deal worth 80 Million Dollars with Epic Records. she flew to various studios across the globe to record the album. "what was so hard about being pregnant was staying home in bed for so long. at a certain point i started to miss the world. and so when time came to record the record i was everywhere" -Lynne with Vogue Magazine September 2008 issue.

Lynne recorded Aerodynamic in a variety of places including New York City, Miami , Los Angeles , Paris , Stockholm , Toronto , Milan , London , Madrid , Beijing ,Tokyo and Lyon. taking in the local dance scenes of each area and the culture. she particularly was invested in the French House scene in Paris and Lyon as well as the Deep House scene of Toronto. EDM music was also beginning to gain grasp in clubs across the globe. lynne was also very inspired by the fusion of R&B and Hip Hop with Electro-Funk with artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Olivia Narelle , Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado. she reached out to a pioneer of this movement, Will.I.Am early in Aerodynamic's production. the two met in London in the fall of 2007 and spent a week and a half writing and producing. the songs birthed from these sections included "Its Like That (Big Boom Beat)" , Direct Contact and First Class. however, first class remained unfinished for the time being. Will.I.Am and Lynne had met with Fergie and showed her the demo to which she requested to be on it with Lynne. Fergie had to leave to continue promotion for her own solo album The Dutchess with intentions to record them later. however, when lynne was putting finishing touches on the album and Fergie was busy with other affairs[1]. Lynne was in Los Angeles and happened to stumble upon Socialite and Singer Paris Hilton. she asked paris if she would like to be on one of her songs and paris excitedly agreed. "we saw each other at Starbucks and we spent time talking and like the next thing i knew i'm recording a song with Lynne Parr" -Paris Hilton on The View, 2011.

Lynne was also encouraged by her label to work with Bryan-Micheal Cox due to his ability to create strong Urban Contemporary ballads with R&B stars like Mary J Blige with her hit "Be Without You" and Mariah Carey with "We Belong Together". They met and were later joined by longtime Lynne collaborator Babyface and the trio produced four songs. Good For Lovin, Soar , Pull The Stars and We Found it Again. Lynne had wanted to work with Mary J Blige since the 90s but never was able to due to conflicting schedules. Lynne finally reached out to Mary’s team and the two met shortly before the album’s completion in 2008, she presented Pull The Stars to Her and Mary added her vocals to it.

lynne then reached out to David Guetta to help give her album a House influence. She flew to Paris to see him and they produced over a dozen demos. Only two made it onto Aerodynamic. Love Goes a Long Way and 1000 Thoughts. later on, She heard Canadian House music artist Deadmau5 performing at a club in Chicago and reached out to him. He initially turned her down on a collaboration but later changed his mind. They only spent a few days together but managed to create about 20 demo songs. Several have leaked online and the demo album is known by fans as “Fire n Ice”. Amongst the fire n ice demos, only one was included on Aerodynamic. Breaker. Later on, Deadmau5 produced a remix of We Found it Again which was included as a deluxe edition track on Aerodynamic.

Lynne at this point had more than enough material for a full album, but still felt there was something missing. She contacted Darkchild, a longtime friend and collaborator. To write a few songs. they came up with two songs. "Wishing" and "He Couldnt Take the Heat". with this, Lynne was preparing to finish Aerodynamic in early spring 2008. during the photoshoot for the We Found it Again single cover, lynne heard the Chaka Khan song I Want. she began singing the song to which a member of the entourage suggested she record her own version. Lynne liked that idea and then contacted David Gamson, a record producer who helped produce The Woman I Am, The mother album of I want. they quickly worked due to the tight time restraints. I Want was the final song recorded for Aerodynamic

## Release

We Found it Again was the first single, released on March 28, 2008 and it was immediately one of the most in demand singles. debuting at 42 on the hot 100, it was lynne's first single since Bad Girls to be widely sent to radio. since the radio ban on her songs was finally over, she was getting alot up attraction. the song peaked at number one in june. and brought Lynne back into the media circle, but noticably in a lighter more approving tone