Vienna Rose Dare (born January 9, 1989), is better known by her
stage name
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V. Rose, is an American
Christian electronic dance music
Christian electronic dance music, also known as CEDM, Christian EDM, Christian Dance Music, CDM, or Christian electronic music is a genre of electronic dance music and Christian music. Its musical styles closely mirror non-Christian EDM; however, ...
singer. Formerly signed to Clear Sight Music, she released two studio albums under that label, ''
V. Rose
Vienna Rose Dare (born January 9, 1989), is better known by her stage name V. Rose, is an American Christian electronic dance music singer. Formerly signed to Clear Sight Music, she released two studio albums under that label, ''V. Rose (album) ...
'' in 2011 and ''
Forever After'' in 2014, the latter of which charted at No. 28 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Top Christian chart, and No. 16 on the
Heatseekers
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. ''V. Rose'' was re-released with a bonus disc in 2013 and titled ''The Electro-Pop Deluxe''. She currently is signed to
Inpop Records
Inpop Records is an independent contemporary Christian music record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. It was launched in July 1999 by Australians Peter Furler, Dale Bray, and Wes Campbell. The name was derived from the idea of wanting ...
, where they released, ''
Young Dangerous Heart'', on April 22, 2016.
Biography
V. Rose was born Vienna Rose Da Re on January 9, 1989, in
Sacramento, California
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At age six, V. Rose started singing, but by age eight asked God to help her compose music.
In her teenage years, V. Rose and a childhood friend started a group called Harmony. When V. Rose was 15, producer SPEC signed the group to Spechouse Media, but Harmony soon folded in 2005.
After the disbandment of Harmony, V. Rose signed to Spechouse as a solo artist, and she eventually appeared on two songs by
FLAME
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on his album ''Captured''.
She was subsequently signed to FLAME's Clear Sight label, releasing her
self-titled debut album on August 16, 2011; however, the album did not garner any commercial charting successes.
It was well received by music critics, with ''
CCM Magazine
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'' calling the album an "upbeat pop production set to spiritually-grounded lyrics."
On the other hand, V. Rose's sophomore studio album with Clear Sight Music, entitled ''
Forever After'' and released on May 20, 2014, met with greater commercial success, charting on both the
Christian Albums and
Heatseekers Albums
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charts at Nos. 28 and 16 respectively, for the charting week of June 7, 2014.
On February 18, 2015, the website
Rapzilla reported that V. Rose has signed to the Nashville-based
Inpop Records
Inpop Records is an independent contemporary Christian music record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. It was launched in July 1999 by Australians Peter Furler, Dale Bray, and Wes Campbell. The name was derived from the idea of wanting ...
.
Musical style
V. Rose's musical style has been labeled as a mixture of
pop
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
,
hip hop,
R&B,
rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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, and
electronic dance music.
Jesus Freak Hideout in a review of ''V. Rose'' stated that the pop, R&B, and rock sound on the album's opening track is used much throughout the entire release, and said that V. Rose "should soon find herself among the elite in that great radio-play-type of girl-power-pop sound."
New Release Tuesday considered ''V. Rose'' to range from "rock to pop to R&B to rap to straight-up, old-school
Gospel
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."
Rich Smith of Louder Than the Music reviewed a re-release of ''V. Rose'', entitled ''The Electro-Pop Deluxe'', that featured six extra tracks. In keeping with the title, the extra tracks feature an
electro pop
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a r ...
sound, and three of these were in the
EDM vein.
Smith found the original part of ''V.Rose'' heavily pop-oriented, slightly
teen pop in places, but with some dance and more soulful elements.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
* ''
Hearts Up EP
''Hearts Up EP'' is the first extended play from V. Rose. Inpop Records released the EP on October 30, 2015. It is her first release with the label. She worked with Broken City and Spec, in the production of this album.
Critical reception
Award ...
'' (October 30, 2015,
Inpop
Inpop Records is an independent contemporary Christian music record label based in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. It was launched in July 1999 by Australians Peter Furler, Dale Bray, and Wes Campbell. The name was derived from the idea of wanting ...
)
* ''It Ain't Christmas Without You EP'' (December 8, 2018)
Guest appearances
* "Surrender" –
Flame
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* "Beautiful Life" –
Trip Lee
* "Thank the Lord" – Mission
* "We Need You" -
Propaganda
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References
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1989 births
Living people
American women singers
American performers of Christian music
Musicians from Sacramento, California
Songwriters from California
Rappers from California
American dance musicians
American synth-pop musicians
West Coast hip hop musicians
Performers of Christian electronic dance music
Performers of Christian hip hop music
Synth-pop singers
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American women musicians
21st-century women rappers