On the 16th of February, Lil Chris did not only appear in The Mirror, but also in both of the latest issues of Top Of The Pops magazine and Bliss magazine.

Chris appeared in The Mirror to give an interview on bullying, and about how he had been bullied in the past. He said that he was bullied because of both his short stature and surname, and he explained “I did not really cope with the bullies, I just went along with it.” He also said how they would beat him up, steal his books and make threats. I don’t think this is a way for anyone to be treated, and is so horrible, but to be honest, I’m glad that people can see that there is a way out of bullying from this interview. I mean, look at his success, and then look at the bullies. I’m sure they would never dare to touch him again. Lil Chris carries on being interviewed, and talks about how he is very ambitious, and how he is shy with girls! He states, “The girls are out there but I haven’t really seized the moment yet. I’m actually quite shy when it comes to chatting them up.” How cute! You would think someone like Chris would be confident, and someone with so much popularity to be somewhat cocky, but not Chris!

Also, being the resident blogger for the Bliss website, check out Lil Chris’ blogs http://blissoffice.thezpace.com/home/zview///5 .

What do you guys think about Lil Chris’ interview in the Bliss magazine?

From the 12th of January to the 17th or 18th, Chris was in sunny L.A recording the new video for Figure It Out. By the 23rd of January, Lil Chris’ debut album had already gone gold, and this is giving him great hope in reaching number 1 with his new single Figure It Out. Lil Chris speaks of the new video as “going to look amazing” and a “pure rock and roll video”. However, he could not give to much information away. Personally, I am greatly looking forward to seeing this video, and after looking at some pictures of the video, it simply looks amazing.

As for the song, I think it sounds extremely good and could be very successful. I agree it is more emo and rock than Checking It Out, however, the ch-ch-ch-checkin’ it out part of the Checking it out song is similar in this song, just replacing it with f-f-f-figure it out. Perhaps Lil Chris is going to start a trend with this similar line in his songs?

Do you agree that Figure It Out is more of a rock song? And what do you think the new video will be like?

First of all, Lil Chris helped out the Cato Trust, who is a young charity focused around the music industry in Britain. Basically, they ask for a small donation off guests who get into concerts for free. Lil Chris kindly did a gig for Cato Trust - even if he says it’s run by a “baldy ball bag”. Lil Chris also comments, “but a very georgeous collegue that runs it for that bald bloke.” Maybe Lil Chris has a crush eh?

 Also, Lil Chris gets involved with a charity called Fair Play For Children. They are a charity who in stead of asking for donations, simply ask for you to sign the petition to aware the government that more money needs to be spent on children’s hospices. I think that Lil Chris is again being kind in getting involved with this charity for children, and perhaps because of his age is the reason why, I mean, he may be picturing himself in their shoes and deciding to help. Lil Chris went off The Haven House Hospice in Essex to meet some children from the Fair Play For Children Charity suffering with life-limiting conditions. I think this is especially good for the kids, to be able to meet a star, and perhaps help boost their happiness.

Another charity that Lil Chris has helped is the Association of Children’s Hospices (ACH), which once again, is a charity which helps children with Life-limiting conditions. I think that Chris visiting the children in the Haven House Hospice touched Chris, and that perhaps this is why he has decided to help out another charity in which helps children’s hospices. Nonetheless, this is very kind and friendly of Chris and I feel that he is helping out a lot, which also helps to boost his ratings and publicity.

 So, what are you opinions on Lil Chris and charities? Do you think that Chris will help more charities to do with children hospices, or do you think he will move onto other charities - or perhaps stop? Comment with your opinions!

 With many of the teen artists who actually hit the charts being mostly pop artists, for example Jojo, Britney, and Jesse Mccartney, its unique and interesting to have a different kind of teen artist hit the charts. The good thing with Lil Chris is that he’s different to everything out there at the moment. He’s got some rock, some emo, some indie and some pop in him, but this mixture is a big hit with the country. I think this is because the mixture contains all of the main types of music that people generally like.

After talking to a friend of mine, also a Lil Chris fan, I found out that she actually thought that because a young emo artist had made it so well into the charts, some other similar types of artists would follow. Thinking about this, I agree. I mean, the closest thing we have had to Lil Chris is the charts before would be an emo band, or perhaps Ashlee Simpson. Knowing that people do actually appreciate the emo sound in music, and that they don’t mind whether the artist is a solo one or a band, I do think that it would inspire solo emo artists to gain confidence in their music, and possibly make it big into the music industry. In my opinion, I think it’s about time for some more emo to be hitting the charts, and Lil Chris is a good start.

So what do you think about more emo artists being in the charts? And do you think that we should see some teenage artists who have different music genres to just pop?

 At the beginning of his Checking it out song, his voice sounds far from emo. It’s only when the chorus begins that the song gets slightly more emo. He even has the little indie high-pitched squeaks in his song like other indie artists do. In my opinion, I really liked it, but whether that is because I’m a fan of indie music or not, I don’t know.

Also, listening to his song “Getting Enough”, I personally think it’s far from emo. His first verse again I think is really indie, and even his chorus.

Perhaps in the future, Lil Chris may start doing more indie music? What do you think?

I’d also quite like to know what fans of emo and rock music think of Lil Chris’ song Checking it out, whether they also liked it or perhaps were disappointed that the song was not more emo like it was made out to be.

Lil Chris is no stranger to this, having his own Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/lilemochris . I can imagine that Lil Chris was once not as popular as he is now on Myspace, with around 2000 fans and 5000 profile views, which really isn’t a lot. However, once Rock School came to Channel 4, the fans went up to 55,530 and are still increasing. Personally, I think that Lil Chris having a Myspace, which he regularly goes on, is a great idea. He keeps in touch with his fans by posting blogs letting them know about the life of Lil Chris and he made the whole profile page himself which must of taken him a lot of time. It also makes Lil Chris seem more like a person, rather than a celebrity, with the game Pacman on his profile and spelling mistakes all over his blogs, it reminds his fans that he is just a normal person, like they are.

There are many fakes on Myspace of Lil Chris, but this is the real thing - and he has a picture to prove it! A posing Lil Chris wearing a t-shirt clearly stating his Myspace URL shows that this is no fake, and I think that was really smart of him.

So, what do you think of Lil Chris’ Myspace? Is it a good idea? Or is it a bit to normal for someone as well known as Chris?

I saw the track listings:

1. Checkin’ It Out
2. Gettin’ Enough??
3. Is There Anybody Out There (Kickin’ Off)
4. Is She Ready?
5. I’ve Been Had
6. I Never Noticed
7. Figure It Out
8. Me & My Life
9. Fighters
10. She Dances On The Stage
11. Get Delirious
12. Rachel

But that’s been as far as i have had time to get. Hopefully will load it up on my iRiver and be checkin’ it out!

Scott Mills played it a lot on his show to begin with but it’s not gettin’ enough coverage (see what I did there? ) to do as much as the last one.

Still, I reckon it’s pretty good though. He has proved at least to me if not the UK that he has a lot more talent in him than just one hit.

How about a comment here Chris? I knows you looks!

BTW, you should check out Profile Coder to get your free Myspace Stuff to tweak your profiles.

It’s great to hear of anyone that can play and sign live and as ambassador for kids music I hope that he spawns more talent like him. Just so long as we don’t revert to the dark ages of when I was a kid and all was processed - hardly a single band that could actually perform live. It came close to killing music off!

Chris Hardman’s (Little Chris or Lil’Chris) single is a sure fire number one. Probably not worth a bet now though as I should think that just about the whole world has realised that!