"Pretty Shining People" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra. The song was written by Ezra and produced by Cam Blackwood. It was released as a digital download on 2 March 2019, as the first promotional single from Ezra's second studio album Staying at Tamara's.[1][2][3][4] The song peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart and number 40 on the Irish Singles Chart. On 8 March 2019 it became the fifth single from the album.
In a review for NME, Nick Reilly said, "Opener 'Happy Smiling [sic] People' sees Ezra anchoring an infectious chorus around dark and world-weary lyrics: "What a terrible time to be alive if you're prone to overthinking", he croons, before offering a message of upbeat and hearty resilience ("Hey pretty smiling people, we're alright together")."[5]
Music videoedit
A lyric video to accompany the release of "Pretty Shining People" was first released onto YouTube on 2 March 2019 at a total length of three minutes and forty-one seconds.[6][3]
The official music video, directed by Michael Cumming, was released on 8 March 2019.[7][8] It begins with Ezra sitting nervously in a room labelled as "Record label HQ, London" while holding a white disk with "Pretty Shining People Demo George Ezra" written on it in permanent marker. A young girl then approaches Ezra, shakes his hand and takes him to another room. Ezra then begins auditioning the song in front of a table of young children who begin to take notes and appear to look unimpressed with Ezra's performance. The children then begin to softly lip sync the song. As Ezra begins performing the chorus, the scene changes to a young child in a suit presenting a presentation to the children from the previous scene. The presentation covers topics such as Ezra's interests; these are jigsaws, metal detecting, trains and badminton, Ezra's genre and Ezra's personality, which is labelled as "BORING". The scene then returns to Ezra looking confused that the children aren't impressed by his audition. The scene then changes to Ezra in a suit and two children in a room called the "smile chamber" where Ezra is shown a card with different smiles that he has to then copy as photographers take photographs of him. Similarly to his audition, the children are not impressed with Ezra's efforts and one child begins to help him adjust his smile. The scene then returns to the presentation, this time about Ezra's image with a bar chart with the labels "catchiness" and "edginess". The bars begin to increase and decrease melodically and the word "EDGINESS" appears on the presentation screen. The scene then changes to Ezra trying on different outfits as two of the children continue to lip sync the song and look unimpressed by Ezra's original clothing. He then comes out wearing a camouflage tracksuit which is approved by the children. The scene is then changed to a room called the "Dance Zone" where Ezra, in the tracksuit, is dancing to the song with some of the children. It then returns to Ezra's audition, where the children are still not impressed. Slowly, however, the children get into the song and eventually get up and begin jumping, singing and dancing. The scene then changes repeatedly between Ezra's audition, Ezra taking a selfie with two girls, a young boy showcasing some possible Ezra album cover ideas and two young boys dressing Ezra with a man bag. Ezra's audition then ends and the children applaud him. The video then ends with a short clip of Ezra signing a recording contract.
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^"Here's 'Pretty Shining People', the new single from George Ezra". NME. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^ ab"George Ezra does karaoke in his video for new song 'Pretty Shining People'". DIY. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^"George Ezra has dropped a lovely new track called 'Pretty Shining People'". Dork Magazine. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^"George Ezra - 'Staying At Tamara's album review". NME. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
^"George Ezra – Pretty Shining People (Lyric Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^GeorgeEzraVEVO (2019-03-08), George Ezra - Pretty Shining People (Official Video), retrieved 2019-03-08
^"GEORGE EZRA SHARES VIDEO FOR 'PRETTY SHINING PEOPLE'". DIY. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^"George Ezra – Pretty Shining People" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^"George Ezra – Pretty Shining People" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
^"ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 201942 into search. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^"Irish-charts.com – Discography George Ezra". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 20, 2019" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
^"NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
^"Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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Pretty Shining People is a song by English singer songwriter George Ezra The song was written by Ezra and produced by Cam Blackwood It was released as a digital download on 2 March 2019 as the first promotional single from Ezra s second studio album Staying at Tamara s 1 2 3 4 The song peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart and number 40 on the Irish Singles Chart On 8 March 2019 it became the fifth single from the album Pretty Shining People Single by George Ezrafrom the album Staying at Tamara sReleased8 March 2019Recorded2017Length3 32LabelColumbiaSony MusicSongwriter s George EzraProducer s Cam BlackwoodGeorge Ezra singles chronology Hold My Girl 2018 Pretty Shining People 2019 Come on Home for Christmas 2021 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Music video 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 Release history 7 ReferencesCritical reception editIn a review for NME Nick Reilly said Opener Happy Smiling sic People sees Ezra anchoring an infectious chorus around dark and world weary lyrics What a terrible time to be alive if you re prone to overthinking he croons before offering a message of upbeat and hearty resilience Hey pretty smiling people we re alright together 5 Music video editA lyric video to accompany the release of Pretty Shining People was first released onto YouTube on 2 March 2019 at a total length of three minutes and forty one seconds 6 3 The official music video directed by Michael Cumming was released on 8 March 2019 7 8 It begins with Ezra sitting nervously in a room labelled as Record label HQ London while holding a white disk with Pretty Shining People Demo George Ezra written on it in permanent marker A young girl then approaches Ezra shakes his hand and takes him to another room Ezra then begins auditioning the song in front of a table of young children who begin to take notes and appear to look unimpressed with Ezra s performance The children then begin to softly lip sync the song As Ezra begins performing the chorus the scene changes to a young child in a suit presenting a presentation to the children from the previous scene The presentation covers topics such as Ezra s interests these are jigsaws metal detecting trains and badminton Ezra s genre and Ezra s personality which is labelled as BORING The scene then returns to Ezra looking confused that the children aren t impressed by his audition The scene then changes to Ezra in a suit and two children in a room called the smile chamber where Ezra is shown a card with different smiles that he has to then copy as photographers take photographs of him Similarly to his audition the children are not impressed with Ezra s efforts and one child begins to help him adjust his smile The scene then returns to the presentation this time about Ezra s image with a bar chart with the labels catchiness and edginess The bars begin to increase and decrease melodically and the word EDGINESS appears on the presentation screen The scene then changes to Ezra trying on different outfits as two of the children continue to lip sync the song and look unimpressed by Ezra s original clothing He then comes out wearing a camouflage tracksuit which is approved by the children The scene is then changed to a room called the Dance Zone where Ezra in the tracksuit is dancing to the song with some of the children It then returns to Ezra s audition where the children are still not impressed Slowly however the children get into the song and eventually get up and begin jumping singing and dancing The scene then changes repeatedly between Ezra s audition Ezra taking a selfie with two girls a young boy showcasing some possible Ezra album cover ideas and two young boys dressing Ezra with a man bag Ezra s audition then ends and the children applaud him The video then ends with a short clip of Ezra signing a recording contract Track listing editDigital downloadNo TitleLength1 Pretty Shining People 3 32Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2018 19 Peakposition Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 9 15 Belgium Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia 10 11 Czech Republic Radio Top 100 11 99 Ireland IRMA 12 40 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 13 28 New Zealand Hot Singles RMNZ 14 15 Scotland OCC 15 12 Slovakia Radio Top 100 16 70 UK Singles OCC 17 25 Year end charts edit Chart 2019 Position Belgium Ultratop Flanders 18 65Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales South Africa RISA 19 Platinum 20 000 United Kingdom BPI 20 Platinum 600 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history editRegion Date Format Label United Kingdom 2 March 2018 Digital download ColumbiaSony Music Australia 14 June 2019 21 Contemporary Hit RadioReferences edit Staying at Tamara s George Ezra Tidal Retrieved 2 March 2018 Here s Pretty Shining People the new single from George Ezra NME Retrieved 27 April 2018 a b George Ezra does karaoke in his video for new song Pretty Shining People DIY Retrieved 27 April 2018 George Ezra has dropped a lovely new track called Pretty Shining People Dork Magazine Retrieved 27 April 2018 George Ezra Staying At Tamara s album review NME Retrieved 27 April 2018 George Ezra Pretty Shining People Lyric Video YouTube Retrieved 26 April 2018 GeorgeEzraVEVO 2019 03 08 George Ezra Pretty Shining People Official Video retrieved 2019 03 08 GEORGE EZRA SHARES VIDEO FOR PRETTY SHINING PEOPLE DIY 8 March 2019 Retrieved 13 May 2019 George Ezra Pretty Shining People in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved 21 June 2019 George Ezra Pretty Shining People in French Ultratip Retrieved 31 May 2019 CNS IFPI in Czech Hitparada Radio Top 100 Oficialni IFPI Czech Republic Note Change the chart to CZ RADIO TOP 100 and insert 201942 into search Retrieved 22 October 2019 Irish charts com Discography George Ezra Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 27 April 2019 Nederlandse Top 40 week 20 2019 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 18 May 2019 NZ Hot Singles Chart Recorded Music NZ 25 March 2019 Retrieved 22 March 2019 Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 30 March 2019 CNS IFPI in Slovak Hitparada Radio Top 100 Oficialna IFPI Czech Republic Note insert 201940 into search Retrieved 8 October 2019 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 27 April 2019 Jaaroverzichten 2019 Ultratop Retrieved 20 December 2019 South African single certifications George Ezra Pretty Shinning People RISA Retrieved 3 December 2023 British single certifications George Ezra Pretty Shining People British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 6 July 2020 1241 Singles to Radio The Music Network 14 June 2019 Retrieved 18 June 2019 nbsp This 2010 single related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pretty Shining People amp oldid 1188131322, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
