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MIC's Fredrik Ferrier speaks about Binky and JP's baby. Last year he made his triumphant return to Made In Chelsea after taking a couple of years off from the E4 reality series.
But the show managed to entice him back for another run of episodes, and Fredrik Ferrier is once again a weekly fixture on our screens. His time off, however, has been far from fruitless; and the half Nordic/half English 2. Mail. Online what he's been up to. Scroll down for video'I've been in a great mood for eight months': Fredrik Ferrier unveils plans to release an album, signs with Select Model Management, and gushes about Binky and JP's baby. Fred has been using his Icelandic bone structure to land himself on the books of Select Model Management - who represent the likes of David Gandy and Irina Shayk - and has revealed that he plans to have a studio album out by the end of 2. I've got about six songs ready to go. Blast Vegas Full Movie Part 1 there. So, by the end of the year we'll be totally done.
But I want to do a summer song, with a summery vibe too,' Fred explained. I feel that I'm on the right path and that's amazing.'I love that I can spend 1. I've been at work at all!'This musical revelation won't actually come as much of a surprise to Made In Chelsea fans, who have followed the show - and, indeed, Fred - since 2. Busy boy: Fredrik Ferrier is once again a weekly fixture on our screens. His time off, however, has been far from fruitless; and the 2.
Mail. Online what he's been up to. Model behaviour: He's been using his Icelandic bone structure to land himself on the books of Select Model Management - who represent the likes of David Gandy and Irina Shayk. He has featured on the series as a life- long pal of Francis Boulle, a potential love interest (back in the day) for Millie Mackintosh, and has often been seen hanging athletically from climbing bars or entertaining Peregrine falcons. But amidst all this, Fred has given viewers a turn on his violin or been heard belting out the odd baritone trill.'I've been in music all my life, from the age of six,' he recalled.
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My parents started me on the violin, which I actually didn't like at the time, but I guess no child likes doing stuff at that age, other than standing around. Let's face the music: Fred has revealed that he plans to have a studio album out by the end of 2. Keeping it in the family: Over the last few months, the 6 ft 1 blonde has been honing his musical style along with his brother- in- law, who is also a musician; and as a result, he's on the path to releasing his first record. Smouldering: 'For the first time now, at the age of 2. I am pursuing this properly.
There's nothing better to me than writing songs, bringing people together, making people happy,' he said'I still play of course. But I also was a choral scholar. And singing is my passion.
It was a hobby, but it's started to gain traction, and now I'm using my skill seriously.'Over the last few months, the 6 ft 1 blonde has been honing his musical style along with his brother- in- law, who is also a musician; and as a result, he's on the path to releasing his first record.'My classical training has helped me, and my voice is a product of that classical training,' he said. Learning that way has given me a great foundation.'For the first time now, at the age of 2. I am pursuing this properly. There's nothing better to me than writing songs, bringing people together, making people happy.'Tinkling away: This musical revelation won't actually come as much of a surprise to Made In Chelsea fans, who have followed the show - and, indeed, Fred - since 2. PR tour to Cape Town]Strings attached: Fred has entertained viewers with turns on the violin or by belting out a baritone trill on Made In Chelsea in the past.
Pals: Julius [R] - his co- star and relative newbie to the show - has indeed launched a successful freshman single, and a follow- up, since first appearing on the series less than a year ago; which is something Fred hopes to also do. Fred's talent has caught the eye of musical stalwart Simon Climie, who he is working with on the new music. Climie launched Climie Fisher in the 8.
George Michael, Aretha Franklin and Pat Benatar on some of their best known tracks. He has now taken Fred under his wing, consequently putting the reality star 'in a great mood for the last eight months'.'It's all about having that break, chance encounters, it's such a tough industry, that's why now I am putting all my energy into it,' Fred said of the opportunity.'Music just fascinates me. I think that music comes first, and words follow. It's a universal language, lyrics aren't, people can sing along without knowing what the words are about; they can still get the vibe.'Man of many talents: He has featured on the series as a life- long pal of Francis Boulle, a potential love interest (back in the day) for Millie Mackintosh, and has often been seen hanging athletically from climbing bars or entertaining Peregrine falcons. Intense aspirations: Fred's talent has caught the eye of musical stalwart Simon Climie, who he is working with on the new music. What's emerged as a result is a sort of George Michael/John Legend/Michael Bublé type sound, not so edgy as to put people off but not so mainstream that it lacks identity. Insisting that this career path isn't about 'just writing hits', Fred addressed whether or not the music will eventually feature on Made In Chelsea, much like his past choral performances.'I'm not sure,' he said.
It's not totally up to me. I enjoy singing on the show. And look at how well Julius [Cowdrey] is doing now. He's doing a UK tour.
It's certainly a great platform.'Julius - his co- star and relative newbie to the show - has indeed launched a successful freshman single, and a follow- up, since first appearing on the series less than a year ago; which is something Fred hopes to also do. It's all about having that break': Fred explained - 'It's such a tough industry, that's why now I am putting all my energy into it'On the side of this, he's rebooted his modelling career, with Select.'I used to do a bit of modelling - but it was too sporadic.. I went to New York for stints but you don't gain momentum doing it that way,' he explained. Fred's new agent has embraced all aspects to his career, recently pushing him on stage after a five- course dinner with several fellow models and asking him to belt out an impromptu tune.'In this world, you can't say no to stuff like that.
You've just got to do it!' he said. Where MIC is concerned, Fred's back for the foreseeable future, proving to be a current talking point due to an unfortunate misunderstanding between him, girlfriend Olivia Bentley and new girl Mimi Bouchard.
Limelight: Fred's new modelling agent has embraced all aspects to his career, recently pushing him on stage after a five- course dinner with several fellow models and asking him to belt out an impromptu tune. Hunky blonde: Where MIC is concerned, Fred's back for the foreseeable future, proving to be a current talking point due to an unfortunate misunderstanding between him, girlfriend Olivia Bentley and new girl Mimi Bouchard. Jumping for joy: Fred considers himself one of 'the old guard', alongside the likes of Mark Francis Vandelli, Ollie Locke and Binky Felstead'When I left a few years ago, I left on good terms,' he said of his return. Then I got a call [from the producer]. It was a blast from the past. They asked "What are you up to?
We'd love to have you back?" It was great to come back. It was like returning back to a family.'Fred considers himself one of 'the old guard', alongside the likes of Mark Francis Vandelli, Ollie Locke and Binky Felstead. And of the latter, who is expecting the first MIC baby with co- star Josh 'JP' Patterson, Fred expressed how happy he is for the couple.'I have a great relationship with them.
I am so happy for them both, it really is a game changer, and JP is so excited about this new journey.
The Good Little Teams (And Chelsea): Our 2. Premier League Preview, Pt. As everyone knows, the best thing about the Premier League is its absurd depth. In England you have an entire country where practically every single town worships their local club with an intensity that makes Nebraska’s passion for Cornhusker football look like Nebraska’s passion for Cornhusker soccer. Because there are so many limey bastards who live and die with the sport they created, and because the ancestors of those limey, soccer- mad bastards conquered much of the known world and exported the sport they created, and because of the insatiable interest both domestic and global in these limey bastards’ home league, the Premier League is the biggest, most famous, most valuable soccer league in the world. All of which explains the unfathomable amount of money that pours into the EPL, which in turn makes each of the league’s clubs incredibly rich, which in turn allows the clubs to spare no expense in building up the best squads money can buy. The Premier League is good because it is rich, and it is rich because it is good.
However, not every Premier League club is created equal. Nor does money necessarily have a one- to- one correlation to any given team’s quality or entertainment value. There are a handful of clubs up and down the league table that do a good job maximizing their relative spending power on savvy player and coaching decisions, which allows them to meet or exceed expectations, whether those be to win the title (like Chelsea last season) or simply to avoid relegation (like last year’s Bournemouth). The flip- side of those smart clubs are the ones that fuck things up and do worse than they could, slipping further down the table than their assembled talent or budget would imply. Sunderland last season were a good example of this.) Then you have teams somewhere in the middle, where either through mismanagement or bad luck or the realistic limitations of their relative size compared to their competitors, they come up with good though slightly flawed teams that might be pretty fun to watch but usually aren’t quite running at optimum efficiency. This post is for those last kinds of teams. The following clubs vary pretty drastically in terms of history, economic might, and expectations for where they’ll finish in the table.
What they share is a similar level of entertainment value that puts them above the dregs of the league, but also certain weaknesses or flaws that prevent them from attaining must- watch status. Being that this is still the Premier League and thus full of compelling teams from top to almost- bottom, all of these teams are worth paying attention to this season. Just maybe not as much as a few others. THE DO BETTER BUNCHChelsea. I know that Chelsea are the reigning champions, and also that they are third- favorites to win the Premier League this season. I know that they have one of the game’s best managers, one of the EPL’s very best players, and a (recent) history of sustained success.
I would not be all that surprised if they won the league again this year, and I’m not saying that they are bad or boring or anything like that. However, Chelsea have had a very strange offseason, and if they don’t make any big changes in the near future, I don’t think they’ll be a particularly fun team to follow.
It’s hard to ignore the echoes in this Chelsea team of another Chelsea team of recent vintage. Just two years ago, the Blues were coming off a comfortable title victory, were led by a great manager, and were curiously passive in the summer transfer market, most likely believing that stability and continuity would pull them through and see them to another successful season.
What happened instead was one of the most shocking collapses in recent memory as the team got off to a horrendous start to the year and endured almost unceasing torrents of public criticism from a wounded and vindictive José Mourinho, which led to the players eventually more or less mutinying against their manager, getting him fired and themselves an embarrassing tenth- place finish in the table. The odds that this year ends as disastrously as that one are pretty small, but the risk of disappointment is real.
From a personnel standpoint, Chelsea really haven’t improved their roster this summer, and arguably have even gotten a little worse. They’ve strengthened their defensive line with good young center backs Antonio Rüdiger and Andreas Christensen, but they’ve failed to beef up the squad anywhere else. In midfield they lost Nemanja Matić and replaced him with Tiémoué Bakayoko. Bakayoko will probably be really good in the same way that N’Golo Kanté is really good, but his addition is sort of redundant when they already have Kanté.
Matić was a good combination of hard- working, strong, smart, and skilled at passing. Bakayoko is better at the defensive and physical aspects of the game than Matić but his lack of passing ability might limit the attacking prowess of a team that was already fairly uncreative in the middle of the field already. Either Bakayoko starts next to Kanté and Chelsea suffer attacking- wise, or Cesc Fàbregas comes in alongside those two or in place of one and the team suffers due to Fàbregas’s defensive shortcomings.
Either way, it’s not ideal. It’s the same story on the forward line. Chelsea did invest heavily up top by bringing in Álvaro Morata from Real Madrid, but he’s coming in to replace Diego Costa, who has been excellent for Chelsea. Costa is big and strong and fast and tricky with his feet and a tiger in the box and a bull with his back to goal while holding up the ball—all traits that made him perfect for the highly demanding role Chelsea manager Antonio Conte instructs his strikers to perform. Meanwhile Morata is certainly good, but since he’s never been a regular starter anywhere no one really knows if he can do all the big and little things Conte will request of him.
And from a sheer entertainment factor perspective, there’s no way Morata will be as diabolicallyendearing as Costa. On both functional and aesthetic grounds, Chelsea’s attack has almost certainly downgraded. The transfer window is still open, of course, and Chelsea’s shock loss to Burnley in their season opener might wind up being a blessing in disguise if it allows Conte to convince the moneymen at the club to cough up the dough to bring in the necessary reinforcements. They probably need another central midfielder, at least one more wing back, and could use another forward, too. Chelsea got away with riding their thin squad last year because they didn’t have European play to sap the legs of their regular starters. They’ll need more depth this season to cope with all the additional games that will come from Champions League participation, and if they don’t make the right moves fast, this season could be something of a replay of 2.
Newcastle United. Newcastle, comparatively one of the bigger teams in England and by proxy the world, got relegated from the Premier League two seasons ago in humiliating fashion, and it was very funny.
Then they paid out the ass to keep hold of most of their proven EPL- quality players and coasted to promotion. Now they’re back in the league where they belong with basically the same team that brought them there, hoping to reestablish themselves as safe midtable denizens.
It could probably go either way. If there is a star at Newcastle it is probably their manager, Rafa Benítez. He has proven his ability time and again as a pretty damn good tactical manager who nonetheless often runs the risk of pissing off either his players or his club’s higher- up types with his famously prickly personality. And for a good while now, Benítez has not even tried hiding his frustrations with Newcastle’s leadership. The problem, in the manager’s mind, is that the club hasn’t done enough to improve in the summer.