McLean | My Name (New Music Video Single)

Modern soul has a new name… Widely tipped as one to watch in 2010, McLean releases his first single ‘My Name’ via Asylum Records on March 8.

Hailing from Dagenham, McLean
has fought his way up through the UK urban scene working with Chase
& Status, Tinie Tempah, Ironik, Tinchy Stryder and N-Dubz along the
way.

McLean’s voice is uniquely soulful – producer Fraser T Smith describes him as:

“The modern day Marvin Gaye”

‘My Name’ showcases this voice, prompting a host of media to predict that McLean will be a major breakthrough act this year (including Radio 1Xtra, RWD, Metro and The Daily Star).

Originally produced by Slick and Magic in London, ‘My Name’ was perfected in LA by Dylan ‘3D’ Dresdow. Dylan is Will.I.Am‘s long-term studio accomplice having recorded and mixed every Will.I.Am
or Black Eyed Peas’ record since Elephunk, including the recent global
hits Boom Boom Pow, I Got A Feeling and Meet You Halfway. Remixes come
courtesy of arch-grimesters Scorcher and Boy Better Know (featuring
Skepta, JME, and Shorty) with Ian Carey delivering house mixes.

‘My Name’ follows last years magical trailer record ‘Broken’. Leaked to media in September, ‘Broken’
has amassed: 5 Million YouTube views; 20 Million views across Myspace,
Bebo, Habbo, Last FM; a plethora of copy-cat cover versions from fans;
whilst residing for 16 weeks in the Shazam Tag and TV Airplay charts.
It also enjoyed incredible support from key urban stations including
Choice, Kiss, Radio 1Xtra, AKA, Kiss TV, Flava and MTV Base.

After writing and appearing with Chase & Status on their More Than A Lot album, McLean
teams up with an A-list team of collaborators for his own debut album –
due summer 2010 – including producers: Fraser T Smith (the UKs most
successful producer of 2009, with 3 Number 1s and Top 10 smashes for
Tinchy Stryder, Taio Cruz and James Morrison), Naughty Boy (Chipmunk,
Wiley), Simon Franglen (Leona Lewis, Michael Jackson, Avatar), Nate
‘Danja’ Hills (Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Timbaland, Britney, Pink,
Nelly Furtado), Manny Marroquin (Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Rihanna),
Dylan ‘3D’ Dresdow (Black Eyed Peas, Missy Elliot, Alicia Keys), and
Phil Tan (Leona, Usher, Rihanna, One Republic, Snoop, Jay-Z).

Other McLean facts:

Video
director Nick Bartleet enlisted original Entrapment choreographer Paul
Harris to reinvent his laser sequence from Catherine Zeta-Jones’
blockbuster for the video to ‘My Name’.

McLean recently lent his vocals to the Young Soul Rebels Top 10 smash ‘I Got Soul’.

McLean
is son of Lovers Rock legend John McLean (If I Gave My Heart To You),
cousin of Bitty McLean (It Keeps Raining), and brother of current
Peterborough United striker Aaron McLean.

Live: dates will be announced shortly.