She & Him is a musical band that consists of Zooey Deschanel and M Ward. Even though I have never found their music to be 'good', they apparently have a fan base. They 'debuted' at #6 on the Billboard charts. Grizzly Bear once charted at #6. Remember when Vampire Weekend debuted at #1?
The final new arrival in the top 10 this week belongs to She & Him with its second album, fittingly titled "Volume Two." It starts at No. 6 with 47,000. That trumps the peak and best sales week of the duo's first set, "Volume One," which topped out at No. 71. (Its best sales frame -- 10,000 -- came a week earlier when it debuted on the list at No. 81.)
She & Him sold 200,000 less copies than Justin Bieber.
Is Joanna Newsom 'pissed' that her album didn't sell as well as Zooey Deschanel's?
Did She & Him see a 'Ben Gibbard bounce' via Death Cab fans trying to 'buy a way into his soul'?
Did M Ward inspire some of these album sales? Does he have fans?
Is She & Him a 'good band'?
Should they still be ' covered' by the indie blog media?
I feel like She & Him probably benefits from not having any fans who know how to illegally download albums.
Do u know any She & Him fans?
Is She & Him music for 'campy bitches'?
Should Zooey Deschanel ditch that bro and 'go solo', and get into Pussy Cat Doll-esque shape?
Will pitchfork 'pan' She & Him?
Would u rather spend the rest of ur life listening to the new She & Him or the new MGMT?
Zooey Deschanel is an actress turned indie songstress in the mediocre buzzband She & Him.
Zooey Deschanel is in a band called She & Him with some bro named M Ward. For some reason, they have indie credibility, I think because she has cute bangs, and because she is married to the Prince of Indie Music, Benjamin Gibbard. In She & Him's video for "In the Sun", you can tell that they are jonesing for mainstream traction. They utilized several different visual gimmicks to attempt to subconsciously appeal to the mainstream music fan.
Even though the song itself is sorta honky and her voice is 'interesting' in a way that you could say might be negative, it seems like it is in the perfect position to 'cross over' and end up on the mainstream radio. Feel like there are a few flaws with the video. They should not have let the bro from the band play the love interest because he looks like he is a 40 year old high schooler. In addition, the dancers aren't graceful enough.
Sorta feel like this video 'ripped off' the contextual setting of Britney Spears' hit debut video "Baby One More Time."
Do yall prefer skanky backup dancers?
Or some bro in a lil scarf?
Video: Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"
I think the ultimate goal of this video might be to brand the band as something similar to Feist. The video for "1-2-3-4" confirmed that cute indie girls also have to be whimsical dancers who are just looking to be 'free spirited' in a some what surreal context.
Circular imagery + crane shots seems important.
Feist's pre-iPod brand was definitely aided by her desire to 'just dance' [via Lady Gaga]
Does Zooey Deschanel need to go for upmarket Feist audiences, or 'shorten that skirt' and go after the Britney Spears fans?
Is She and Him a 'good product'?
Is Zooey Deschanel a relevant alt female?
Did Joanna Newsom teach us that "they can't all be Feist"?
Will Zoey Deschanel have a Britney Spears-like breakdown and bitter divorce from Ben Gibbard that alt blogs use to fuel content for 1-2 years?
Is She & Him's target audience male or female?
Hit Me Zooey 1 more time.
Zooey Deschanel is an actress turned indie songstress in the mediocre buzzband She & Him.
