'I've been to Singapore a lot actually, but all for work. What he hopes for in the near future is to see familiar faces and do familiar things when he's in town. At least I still have them and I knew they were going to support me no matter what.' He added: 'I learnt to find the silver lining in things. I felt a lot of discouragement but it's important to focus on the music and the people affected by it and that was what kept me going.' 'But sometimes, the industry can be 'un-pure', for lack of a better word. He said: 'I'm certainly not the only artist who has gone through this but it's tough because as musicians, we focus so much on music and music is really pure.

There were times when Chance thought his career was over. 'I kind of had to find my way back into the scene but that's why I'm so excited about this (new) EP and why it means so much to me - it's a body of work that I've been working on for a really long time,' he said. I really just wanted to figure out who I wanted to be as a musician and as an artist. 'I went through a really rough time when I was dropped by my label so I just took some time off and went back to Oklahoma. Because for a long time, I didn't know if I was going to be able to continue playing music. He said: 'I'm really excited about coming back (to Singapore) with my music. In 2010, Chance signed with Interscope Records but the partnership ended in 2013. While other youngsters were falling in love and getting their hearts broken during their high school years, Chance - who is currently not in a relationship - was working to get his career on track. It was a huge roller-coaster ride,' said Chance, who has shifted from uplifting pop music towards a more solemn R&B sound. 'My voice completely changed, which was really tough on me and I had to transition through it. 'I think puberty is a really weird time because you're super young and your hormones are going crazy, but you get through it.'īut Chance had to go through puberty as a musician.

He said: 'Right before puberty, I gained a lot of weight so I had really chubby chipmunk cheeks for a while that I remember being so self-conscious about. Like any typical teen, he had to go through an awkward stage. I still feel like a really geeky kid from Oklahoma so if someone were to tell me I'm hot, I will gladly take it.'Ĭhance, who first came to Singapore in 2011 to promote Hold On 'Til The Night and returned twice in 2012, will be back in town next monthfor an acoustic performance of tracks off Somewhere Over My Head at A Rooftop Affair 2016 at myVillage. He told M in a phone interview from Los Angeles, where he now resides: 'I think a lot of people will be surprised when I come back into town about how different I look now. Another EP, Somewhere Over My Head, is out on May 13.Ĭhance has transformed from baby-faced tween to bona fide 1.85m-tall hottie, with fans going gaga over his good looks. He has also released one studio album, Hold On 'Til The Night (2011), and one EP, Truth Be Told, Part 1 (2012). Six years later, US singer-songwriter Greyson Chance, now 18, has performed all over the world. He shot to fame in 2010 when, at 12, his performance of Lady Gaga's Paparazzi at a sixth-grade music festival went viral on YouTube.

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