With her debut EP due on April 13th, WWE’s Maria Kanellis has given Diva Dirt a short preview clip of the record’s first single, ‘Fantasy’.
As we expected, the teaser suggests that the EP will feature pop-rock with enough angst to fill a Twilight soundtrack — and given the Diva’s love of the series, perhaps that’s her ultimate goal?
Listen to the 30 second preview below:
‘Fantasy’ is expected to premiere in full later this month and will be followed by EP album, ‘Sevin Sins’ in April.
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February 3, 2010 at 11:04 am
Her voice is better than I expected for sure, yet what she was saying couldn’t reallly be heard over the loud music. Sounds more Emo/Rock than Pop/Rock yet good luck to her, that snippet wasn’t too bad.
February 3, 2010 at 11:23 am
Not too bad, im gettin a serious Evanesence vibe mixed with a bit of Hilary Duff and thats a good thing. Im very interested to hear the rest of the album.
February 3, 2010 at 11:25 am
OMG I actually like that.
February 3, 2010 at 11:33 am
I was expecting to cover my ears for a second, but its really catchy. Now I’m excited. Though regardless of how bad it could be I’ll probably buy it anyways just to show my support.
February 3, 2010 at 11:37 am
Even if I don’t like Maria; that’s not so bad ! Better than what I was expected
February 3, 2010 at 11:40 am
I echo everyone else’s sentiments, that was much, much better than I expected.
February 3, 2010 at 11:56 am
Let me say I am VERY VERY impressed.
February 3, 2010 at 12:02 pm
it’s okay nothing special at all.
February 3, 2010 at 12:05 pm
I heard her doing karaoke once and she was way worse than that…Still,she hasn’t an impressive voice…However not bad
February 3, 2010 at 12:15 pm
People…voice’s can be EDITED. If the cd voices were the real ones, we wouldn’t have that much people doing lip singing.
I kinda disliked it. It sounds like Paramore with corny lyrics and to popish voice. But I’ll wait for the whole song, to do a better judgment.
However, I admit I was expecting an avril lavigne vibe, so she gets a point in that. She actually surpassed my very low expectations, but is still not my time of songs. Guess the only WWE singer/band I will heard is Fozzy and…Fozzy.
February 3, 2010 at 12:17 pm
It’s okay, better then I expected, but I just don’t like it. Her voice sounds overly autotuned and messed with way to much effects, and I could barley hear her. The music seemed to be louder then her voice.
February 3, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Her voice was obviously edited, but still, even that can’t save some people. (Can it, Brooke Hogan?) I can’t speak for everyone, but I know I was expected bad and ended up being pleasantly surprised.
February 3, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Better than her karaoke, but still awful.
February 3, 2010 at 1:10 pm
I LOVE this!
February 3, 2010 at 1:29 pm
@Ana_Nattie_rules sorry but if you think that sounds like paramore you must be tone death or thinking of someone else, the lead singer in paramore has a powerful voice unlike maria
it sounded ok, it was hard to hear her
February 3, 2010 at 1:48 pm
If you had read correctly, you’ll see that i wrote that it sounded like Paramore but with a POPISH voice. So I wasn’t comparing Maria with Haley, I was talking about the music itself, not the voices.
So don’t put words in my text, or in this case don’t ignore great part of what I wrote.
February 3, 2010 at 1:54 pm
um i didn’t put “words in your text” as you put it, i simply said that it doesn’t sound like paramore at all, no need to get stressy
February 3, 2010 at 2:00 pm
I hasn’t stressed, I just has making my opinion even more understandable. Its not like I’m having a discussion, don’t worry xD. I usually don’t do that. At least not in the internet. I don’t like to have dramas over nothing.
February 3, 2010 at 2:05 pm
oh no problem, after reading my first comment it sounded rude so i apologies for that
February 3, 2010 at 2:10 pm
I apologize to. Sometimes I sound kinda harsh unintentionally xD
February 3, 2010 at 2:14 pm
yeah i have a habit of doing the same thing XD
February 3, 2010 at 2:24 pm
this was definitely auto-tuned (meaning her pitch was tweaked)… and she kind of swallows her sound… I don’t know… just some criticisms from somebody who has studied music for most of his life
still… definitely better than what i was expecting. good for her
February 3, 2010 at 3:03 pm
It’s not half-bad. It will be interesting to see if this translates into musical success.
February 3, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I’m pleasantly surprised. It sounds like the type of music I listen too. You go Maria!
February 3, 2010 at 3:38 pm
She’s my least favorite diva but I have to admit this is pretty good she sounds kinda like Evanescence.
February 3, 2010 at 3:40 pm
It’s so 80s to me, in a way (the strains of the chorus), though I love the 80s! If she puts her music on a Twilight soundtrack she’s set. This in particular, though (not necessarily the genre), is not my cup of tea BUT I’m all for a person living their dream!
February 3, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Saying it’s 80s is not a bad thing, though.
February 3, 2010 at 4:34 pm
@ Resi and Johnny: I was going to mention Evanescence too, yet didn’t want to compare Maria with Amy Lee, but I suppose it’s the music that sounds like Evanescence and not the vocal.
February 3, 2010 at 4:52 pm
@Zephyr5326 – Agreed, in regards to the music. I wanted to say “not the voice” but didn’t. I love Amy Lee’s voice.
February 3, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Not bad. I really can’t judge much from a thirty second clip, and her voice isn’t really my cup of tea, but it at least sounds catchy.
February 3, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Sounds overproduced to me.
February 3, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Well… at least her voice isn’t her bubbly pitchy voice she gets when she is playing “dumb downed” maria.. better than I expected. A lot of auto tune though.. which is a shame.. I’ll have to hear more to judge if it’s “good” or not lol, or my “taste”
February 3, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Omg, I really can’t see the comparisons you guys are making with Evanescence. I respect your opinions, but sorry, I dont see similarities at all.
Evanescence has a completely different type of sound, since the use of piano’s to violins, and way better guitar riffs. And the lyrics are so not Evanescence also. This sample of the songs, shows really basic lyrics. Amy’s lyrics are way more complicated, with amazing metaphors and words that some people might need a dictionary to understand. This as nothing to do with Evanescence: not in the musical composition and not even in the lyrics. Not going to mention the voices, because fortunately no one said that Maria singed like Amy.
February 3, 2010 at 5:50 pm
i like her voice, it’s really good. it may not be like mariah carey or kelly clarkson or taylor swift, but it’s good.
February 3, 2010 at 5:52 pm
i like her voice, it’s really good. it may not be like mariah carey or kelly clarkson or taylor swift, but it’s good. i wonder how mickie sounds.(:
February 3, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Are my ears deceiving me? Because that sounded horrible.
I guess I’ll wait and see what Mickie James is like.
February 3, 2010 at 9:36 pm
It sounded decent enough to me. I would like to hear the whole song though.
February 3, 2010 at 11:54 pm
lol was expecting crap but good, kind of to mellow for me, she is an okay singer nothing special i was really thinking that this would be like HEMME but nah.
February 3, 2010 at 11:55 pm
ISGH me to I am really looking forward to MIckie record cause its country and anyone can sing country my dog can sing country so yeah home Mickie record is better then this.
February 4, 2010 at 2:01 am
Is not bad..but it seens over produced to me..overdone in the studio if I was to say..I dont see any resemblance with Evanescence´s Amy Lee..her voice is more natural..and clearer than Maria´s and the music doesnt hold similarities at all..As much as I would like to support Maria I cant seen to like this..the lyrics are far to generic..they scream disney type audience to me..is not something I would listen to..I enyoy meaningful songs with some good words…is just the type of words that will fit perfectly in some Disney Princess´s movie..but I think they will fail to capture a more mature audience…though I guess is a great replacement for the Jonas Brothers..lol.
February 4, 2010 at 10:17 pm
What I heard wasn’t that bad,it was decent.I think the lyrics were corny as hell,though! XD
February 7, 2010 at 5:33 am
I liked it, But it didnt sound like her, I was realy hoping for an Angsty Avril based sound for her.