From ‘1 Thing’ to ‘You Will Do Great Things,’ singer-songwriter Amerie has a few new things on the horizon.
While longtime fans have pined for more music from the GRAMMY nominee (as she’s not released a body of work since 2018), it seems they’ll have to wait a little while longer as the diva’s traded in her songwriting pen for authorship.
Having transformed her social media handles to a popular book club, the 42-year-old’s Instagram has become a go-to spot for people wanting reviews on the hottest novels of all genres to hit the shelves.
Already a best-selling author herself, Amerie is looking to expand her growing oeuvre by adding her first children’s picture book to the mix of those hot new offerings. Details inside.
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Taking to IG Tuesday (August 9), Miss Rogers stunned her 439,000 followers by announcing she’d teamed with Macmillan Children’s/Roaring Brook Press to publish her first children’s picture book, ‘You Will Do Great Things.’
‘Things’ comes as a tale about “a young boy’s imagination takes off as he gazes at family photos, whisking him off on a fantastical journey. Along the way, the boy tries exciting and bold new things, ventures into unexplored worlds, and forms deep connections with his multicultural heritage and the ancestors who imbue him with the strength and courage to make a difference.”
Featuring illustrations by Raissa Figueroa, ‘Things’ will land on shelves March 28, 2023. It’s already available for pre-order.
Click PLAY on the video above to hear the announcement from Amerie herself.
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Amerie is the latest R&B diva to announce a foray into the realm of children’s books.
Just last month Ashanti unveiled the empowering ‘My Name is a Story‘ book (as we reported here). Before her, Kelly Rowland won rave reviews for her latest children’s tale ‘Always With You, Always With Me.’
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She’s multitalented.. great writer. I’m sure this book will be nice.. But it just makes me sad how she totally ignored her debut album’s 20th anniversary. All I Have album (entirely produced by Rich Harrison) was released on July 30th, 2002. It’s a classic and both Amerie and producer should have acknowledged 20 years from its release. I was hoping for it to be released on a vinyl or at least a Spotify anniversary edition of it. With a bonus track or something..
Classic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Her album is a classic.
That’s right, here’s a real rnb lover.
You pretending to by Jynkx now bitchass? You finally given up on Fancy?
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1 Thing is the one of the most annoying songs ever!!!
I don’t understand why people likes her music
Do you really find her good???
Then why Beyoncé used it to create Crazy In Love? Why J.Lo did the same too? They all stole her musical style, how come?
Babe you are delusional.
Every normal human being with a minimum of good music taste will find this song and her voice annoying as F.u.ck!!! It’s the 00’s “Gangnam Style” 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@DaAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Drag it.
Shayla never tired of using fake accounts, you already know girl 💁♂️
Shayla is funny i like her
Thank you boo 🤣💋
Shayla praising herself through a fake account and she’s still not smart enough to make it credible 😂 the timing doesn’t match as usual, sorry girl.
Babe stop thinking every one here is her
It’s called schizophrenia
I have no connection to her and i think i even checked her in the past about Beyonce and Kelis so you can go throw the comments of this site, find it and relax.
Than you should call a doctor and have an appointment to fix your bad taste in music.
With love,
DAAAAAAAAAAA
Well since she proved everyone again and again that she can emulate others account and create fake ones, why don’t talk with her about mental issues? Or talk to yourself, since you got a big mouth you should use it to start a therapy.
Babe stop it
We all need therapy in this world ain’t no shame in it.
Don’t say i have a big mouth that’s racist 🤣 you need to wash your mouth before you see the doctor who will try to fix your bad music taste.
To say you have a big mouth is racist? How? 😂 stop embarassing yourself and get that therapy you need 😘
Of course, as some others said, her first album is a classic and she’s the original flavor of some thiefs.
I was talking about the “article”
You made it personal
Like you did with Shayla
Make it fun babe
Nothing is that serious
But you do have a bad music taste 🤣
Don’t worry honey, I’m asking TGJ to bring some receipts to show us the IP addy attached to every comment so everybody will know the truth about your mental issues 😀 too late for being soft.
Jynkx, TGJ don’t cate about your annoying ass💅🏾 Just GTFO no one likes you🖕🏿 Oops! Did Shayla Queen and her servants hurt your feelings…. Go cry about it!
Yaaaaaaaaaaas Diva! Go team! 👑👠
Since you’re nothing but a just une cagole I will smile about that comment 😂 how come you don’t want TGJ To expose the IP of the comments? Are you afraid to be expose? 😂
Of course I want them to be “expose” you freak
Really? Then ask the same thing as me now 😀
I was answering to Diva but thank you for proving once again that it’s the same as Shayla, wrong account once again 😂
I miss her on the music scene, I still have my physical copies of her first albums. Beyoncé was inspired by her and the song One thing to create Crazy In Love, Amerie is the original flavor.
WRONG! Crazy in Love was 2003, 1 Thing was 2005. True, Rich Harrison first worked with Amerie in 2002 and expanded on HIS sound when he produced Crazy in Love for Beyoncé, but 1 Thing was two years after Crazy in Love. Producers always have their own sound and work with different artists. Was he supposed to ONLY ever work with Amerie? Also, Crazy in Love was nothing like Amerie’s debut album. But 1 Thing IS similar to Crazy in Love so clearly he gave Amerie the bargain remake.
Gosh, you didn’t try to emulate me this time to play the victim? AMAZING Shayla. You’re wrong honey, you’re talking about the release date, I’m talking about behind the scene 😉 Amerie did release One Thing is a rush because Beyoncé wanted her sound, come back when you will what you are talking about.
Again, WRONG. Amerie LEAKED 1 Thing to radio before the label could give it to Jennifer Lopez who wanted it for her Rebirth album. Rich then gave Jennifer Get Right instead, which was previously an Usher song with different lyrics.
PS : my bad, Beyoncé was inspired by Amerie first album to create Crazy In Love and then expressed interest in One thing so Amerie released it in a rush because she knew what was about to happen when the thief is around.
I already said about JLo earlier, you’re late girl. All this night trying to emulate ou account didn’t help you.
She was in “such a rush” to release it to stop Beyoncé “stealing her sound” that she waited two years AFTER Crazy in Love had ALREADY been released? You get dumber and dumber. “come back when you will what you are talking about.”
No, you didn’t say Jennifer tried to steal the 1 Thing song, you said Beyoncé tried to steal 1 Thing’s SOUND. Again, DUMB.
Tell me about dumb after you’re been exposed that much so easily? 😂
JynkxAugust 11, 2022
Then why Beyoncé used it to create Crazy In Love? Why J.Lo did the same too? They all stole her musical style, how come?
You need to sleep mama
Keep deflecting. I’m right, you’re wrong. Move on. The entire scenario has been well-documented and spoken about for the last 17 years.
And still you’re a psycho that emulates others account, talk bad about your own fake baby that doesn’t even exist just to play the victim. And you’re not even smart enough to make your scenarios credible 😂 sit down girl, you don’t have the back to have such a bit mouth.
You have been schooled and are now dismissed. Have a blessed day! 💋💋💋
You have been exposed and now nobody will be fooled by your lies. Receipts will always be there, have a blesses day 👄👄👄
@Shayla Queen™ 👑 just burned @Jynkx real bad 🤣😂🤣😂. That’s right @Shayla Queen™ 👑 educate you little dog Jynkx, they/them can’t stop following you around.
You can’t burn nobody Shayla, you’ve been exposed like never so what you gonna do now?
@Fancy BISH
Ugh I know. And he’s a real smelly dog at that lmaoooooooooo 🤣
Weak trick Shayla, you will need to find something better because actually you are the one sticking at my ass because this is MY comment 😂 didn’t I tell you many times that you don’t have the I.Q that’s required?
The song Theftyawnce stole from would be that greenlight song where she blatantly stole Amerie’s ad lib style. No one is actually arguing that Theftyawnce is original right?? We are at least on the same page with that I KNOW.
Drag It Shayla! These girl always wanna claim B stole something but they timeline never adding up. They can’t even decide what song was stolen and when it was lol. How B steal Amerie’s gogo sound when she had it before her! Ain’t not one damn song on Amerie debut album that has a gogo reference so save it! Bey had the sound first. Next Case!
Amerie is the original flavor That Beyoncé and others have been inspired about to create their own music. She deserves so much better recognition, sad industry that puts innovators in the shadows and thiefs in the light.
SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE STANS OF THE THIEFS IN THE BACK
Damn right! Reading those Bishyonce stans praising a thief like she was a goddess is HILARIOUS 🤪
For TGS :
TDE’s Punch addresses the long wait for SZA’s new album: “We know exactly when it’s coming out”
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tdes-punch-addresses-the-long-wait-for-szas-new-album-we-know-exactly-when-its-coming-out/
I think everyone is Shayla because I’m obsessed with her and wish she’d let me sniff her drawers
You should get a therapy
Yes I should
You play the same old trick everytime you hit a wall Shayla 😂 you are the one sticking at my ass on MY comment, and here you are emulating my account, again 🤣 somebody got burned hahaha
Hunnie, you’re NUTS! Completely LOCO! Who’s asked to log in and out between accounts? Just shut UP!
Are you done playing your comedy? 😀 how can you ever believe your cinema could be believable for any smart person? 😆
Give us a new album and call it a soundtrack for this book if you have to.
It’s great seeing her and how she still looks like a 10! Her indie EPs were cute and Because I Love It was majorly overlooked and it’s a crime.
HOWEVER the only person Amerie ever called out for “stealing” her craft was JLo. Let’s stop with the false narratives
There was a time people thought she called out Beyoncé. It was even more specifically about the use of similar vocal arrangements. Amerie implied that other another singer(s) was copying the way she does her “oh” on songs. For instance in ‘one thing,’ she sings “my high heels are clicking towards your door-oh-oh-oohh-oh” she does it repeatedly in between the lines. Then on ‘freaking dress’ Beyoncé does the same thing. “Get your freakum dress on—oh ohh ohh.” But looking back she could have also referred to j.lo who does the same thing in ‘get right’
Freakum dress*****
Greenlight was the one that was noticed. Amerie addressed it on a mixtape intro back in the day. Theftyawnce is the blueprint for how to steal and bully the industry from holding you accountable. Did she do it through witchcraft? Not sure