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Hailee Steinfeld Watches Fan Covers On YouTube | Glamour

On this episode of “You Sang My Song,” Hailee Steinfeld watches YouTube fan covers of her songs “Most Girls,” “Love Myself,” “Rock Bottom,” and “Starving.” Fans then react to Hailee watching their music:

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Hailee Steinfeld Talks ‘Pitch Perfect 3’, ‘Bumblebee’ and Her Upcoming Album

In the following interview with Hailee Steinfeld, she discusses her love for music, how her role in Pitch Perfect 3 changed during development and the difficulties in playing someone like herself. In addition – Steinfeld talked about shooting the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee and writing an upcoming album. For the full interview, read below.

Do you have a personal favorite musical?
I don’t know that I do. I find that I’m drawn to anything with music involved, which is why I remember seeing [Pitch Perfect] and calling my agent, saying ‘There’s got to be some movie like this that’ll be made now.’ Sure enough – it was the sequel.

What started that love for music?
It was always there and always part of my plan. I started making music – writing and recording – around the same time I got into acting, which was… young. The acting just happened first and a lot faster, so the music became a side project over the years. I always wanted to make music though. When the films were in their own groove, I wanted [music] to happen through [them] so that it would make sense and wouldn’t be a matter of ‘dropping an album’. I felt like, for my own sanity, if I did it through a movie I could see if I liked it that way. Sure enough with Pitch Perfect 2, I was given the opportunity to sing and show people that it was something that I loved. Then after that, I signed a record deal and I’m making music now.

It seems like Emily’s arc in Pitch Perfect 3 is very similar to that, where she’s struggling between writing music and her work. Did you sense that parallel?
Steinfeld: The dynamic was very similar. I think even going back to the first time she meets the Bellas, [Emily’s] completely enamored by them, overeager, overexcited, and just super earnest. I shared some of those qualities when I walked in having been such a huge fan of the first movie.

Do you find it easier to play someone like yourself versus the complete opposite?
Sometimes I think it might be easier to play someone completely different. With a movie like this it’s fun because you get to go and be the weirdest version of yourself possible. That’s completely and fully accepted and embraced and wanted. For this one, it was fun to go to set every day and just live and be me and do my thing. I like to think that I’m a little cooler than this character though; but I’m very similar. Obviously it’s nice to feel that you’re making a real departure. You can leave and focus on whatever it is that you’re doing. Sometimes it feels easier to achieve that so you don’t get confused with it feeling too much like you personally.

Do you have any say in what direction Emily goes in the sequel? Did you have any conversations about that?
Brief conversations. I knew that I wanted her to have more of a place in The Bellas and more of a voice. In [Pitch Perfect 2], she fought to be heard in that sense. Trish Sie, who directs this movie… We sat down early in the process to make sure Emily had a clear point of view. Trish made that a priority for all the characters because there’s so many of us, it’s easy to get lost in everybody’s story. Continue reading “Hailee Steinfeld Talks ‘Pitch Perfect 3’, ‘Bumblebee’ and Her Upcoming Album”

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December 19 – Instagram Video

PITCH PERFECT 3 IS OUT IN 3 DAYS!!! If your weekend plans don’t include seeing the movie, I’ll send you that cryptic text we all hate getting: “We need to talk…” ? shot/edited by @eriklauer

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Charlie Puth Announces Summer 2018 Tour with Hailee Steinfeld!

Charlie Puth and Hailee Steinfeld will be going on tour together this summer! The tour is titled The Voicenotes Tour and Hailee is listed as Charlie‘s special guest.

The tour kicks off on July 11 in Toronto and they will be playing shows all across North America until September 1 with a final show in Florida.

Pre-sales for the tour kick off on Tuesday, December 19 and tickets go on sale to the general public starting on Friday, December 22.

See more of the dates below:

JULY
11 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
13 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
16 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
19 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun
21 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
22 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
24 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
25 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap Center For The Performing Arts
27 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
28 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park @ Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
31 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion

AUGUST
2 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
3 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
5 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
6 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
8 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
9 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
11 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
12 – Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl Concert Theater
14 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
15 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
17 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
18 – Stateline, NV – Lake Tahoe Harvey’s Outdoor Arena
20 – Chula Vista, CA – Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
21 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
23 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion @ Irving Music Factory
24 – The Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
26 – Rogers, AR – Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
28 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
29 – Alpharetta, GA – Verizon Amphitheater
31 – Tampa, FL – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

SEPTEMBER
1 – West Palm Beach, FL – Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre

Presale starts 12/19 at 10am local time. Get more info at HaileeSteinfeldOfficial.com

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After Pitch Perfect 3, Hailee Steinfeld Contemplates Heading to Broadway

At just 21-years-old, Hailee Steinfeld already has a career that entertainers thrice her age would be envious of. She was nominated for an Academy Award—at 14-years-old, no less—for her breakout role in True Grit, and starred in a string of box office hits ever since—and just so happens to have a wildly successful pop career on the side. It’s hard to believe that it wasn’t so long ago that Steinfeld was just a teenager, embarrassed to be going to the movies with her parents to see the acapella comedy Pitch Perfect. Cut to just five years later, and Steinfeld is starring in the film’s third installment, after a leading role in the sequel in 2015. But despite all her successes, Steinfeld remains delightfully grounded—a quality she attributes to her parents—and still geeks out on certain things just like your average college age girl—namely, the hit Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Here, Steinfeld talks Pitch Perfect, her love of Paula Abdul, and more.

When did you see the first Pitch Perfect?
I distinctly remember seeing the first Pitch Perfect in theaters with a friend of mine and my parents actually, and at that time it was a little cooler to sit in a different row than your parents. So I was with my friend, and if we weren’t singing along to a song that we loved, my parents were, and I just thought like “How great is that a movie like that can bring every one and anyone of all ages together.” I was obsessed with it and immediately thought, “If there is ever another movie like this, I have to be a part of it,” not even realizing that there would be a sequel at that point. The minute I found out that it was a thing and that it was happening, I called my agent and said “I don’t even know if there’s a part in this for me, but I want in.” So that’s where it started.

Your singing career came before that second movie came out—were you always planning to have the singing career, or did Pitch Perfect sort of jumpstart you?
Singing has always been a part of my plan, and as an actor, I always wished and hoped that it would happen through a movie so that it wasn’t a matter of “Here I am dropping an album and this is now what I wanna do,” but instead it would make sense, and the timing was right. It became the perfect opportunity to segue into music.

Do you get to sing more in the latest film?
I do sing a bit more. It was cool, obviously coming into the third one as more of an artist than I did with the second one, and music in the movie is awesome.

And last year you were nominated for a Golden Globe for your role in The Edge of Seventeen. What was that like?
Going as a nominee was pretty incredible. I mean, just to be there alone, period, and having gone before, that was enough for me. It’s really incredible to be in a room with people that you admire and aspire to be like, and just to be in their presence. It’s really crazy. I was nominated for my film The Edge of Seventeen which means a great deal to me, and I’m very proud of that performance. To be recognized in that way was quite an honor. I have yet to fully comprehend it. Continue reading “After Pitch Perfect 3, Hailee Steinfeld Contemplates Heading to Broadway”

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December 16 – Celebrates her 21st birthday at the Nice Guy Club in West Hollywood


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