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"If \"Beautiful Soul\" has been blasting through your speakers since its release date 10 years ago, today is your lucky day: Jesse McCartney (AKA the shaggy blonde-haired guy who may have stolen your heart back then) is back at it with his brand-new album, In Technicolor. You might think his old stuff is unbeatable, but you're about to be in for a very pleasant surprise.\n\nThe former Dream Street bandmate changed his entire vibe with this album and traded in his signature pop feel for a catchy mix of slightly more significant sounds. \"I set out to make an album that was a reflection of what I was listening to when I was younger,\" Jesse says. \"That included influences like Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind &amp;amp; Fire, Frankie Valli. I felt like I needed to get back to the roots of music and I didn't want to put just anything out after waiting four years. I wanted to put something out that I was connected to and people could hear that I spent a lot of time on.\"\n\nIt's safe to say his fans are impressed. And after listening to \"Superbad\" (watch the video below to see his first-ever acoustic performance of it at Teen Vogue HQ!) and the rest of his new tracks, one thing's pretty clear: This guy knows what he's doing. From beginning to end, the voice we all know and love mis perfectly with everything from a Prince-y feel to soulful, R&amp;amp;B tracks...and don't even get us started on the ballads. Some songs will have you waving your phone around in the dark. Others will have you wanting to find a disco ball stat. But the best part is that you'll never get bored: Each track is a totally different sound.\n\nNow that the new album's out, Jesse's hitting the road on his In Technicolor Tour in just a few days. \"Performing live is really one of my favorite parts of going on tour,\" he says. \"Letting fans hear the new material is amazing. It's always great performing 'Beautiful Soul' and 'Leavin' and other songs everyone knows all the words to, but there's something really magical about singing songs for the first time and getting the reactions from the audience.\"\n\nIf you've been missing Jesse's (phenomenal) dance moves, don't worry\u2014those will be included on tour, too. \"It's going to be so fun. After dance rehearsal, I go to the sound stage and rehearse with the band,\" he says. \"I've been playing with these guys for a long time\u2014some of them over 10 years. They've all told me this is the most exciting record to play on stage. Everyone's been having such a good time.\" And as for that in-between time when they're not performing? Obviously they're going to be eating. \"We always check out which restaurants are the best in every city we're in,\" Jesse continues. \"We're all big foodies and we like to eat the local cuisine while we're there. I have a million favorites: There's Lombardi's in lower Manhattan, Voodoo Doughnut in Portland, Oregon. Then Pat's and Gino's in Philly.\"\n\nAs expected, a lot has changed since Jesse's boy band days. Even with a sparkly new album out and an exciting tour in the works, he'll never forget about how it all began. Mostly because the beginning really hurt. \"I remember 'Beautiful Soul' had just come out and I hadn't really done any appearances or acoustic shows,\" Jesse says. \"I showed up to the mall in Chicago to do a quick show, and they expected 300-400 people to come...8,500 showed up. We were walking out from a Build-a-Bear to get into the mall and we didn't have enough security, and the mall cops were all pretty old so they weren't very quick. They built this circle around me and we had to walk through the audience to get to the stage. The circle started collapsing, and this one girl reached up and pulled the long, blonde hair I had at the time and ripped it out. I was really excited, but I was also half crying because my scalp was bleeding. That was my first moment of thinking, 'So this is what this is going to be like.'\"\n\nAre you excited Jesse has new music out? Tell us what you think about his album in the comments below!\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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