LITTLE VOICE: Brittany O’Grady on Bess’ Journey to Musical Validation, Finding Creative Partners in Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson

After spending three years playing singer Simone on Fox’s STAR, Brittany O’Grady wasn’t specifically seeking out another musical series for her next project.

“I was just excited to explore different characters,” she says. But then LITTLE VOICE “kind of fell in my lap—and I was pretty excited.”

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LITTLE VOICE: Listen to the Music From Season 1

Apple TV+ debuted its new musical drama LITTLE VOICE with three episodes on Friday, July 10, and with it came some incredible music—a mix of covers and originals for the show.

“The songs came in different ways,” LITTLE VOICE co-creator Jessie Nelson previously shared. “Sometimes I would have an idea for what I wanted an episode to be about, and I would ask [co-creator] Sara [Bareilles] to write a song that sort of spoke to the theme of the episode. And then other songs Sara had written a while ago. One song she’d even written 20 years ago, the [theme] song ‘Little Voice,’ she wrote for her original album, and they wouldn’t let her put it on it. So it existed for us in a little time capsule of who she was when she was 23. So that was a very organic process of seeing which songs fit in which episode and how we wanted to kind of tee them up.”

Enjoying the show so far and want to play the songs on repeat? They’re available to buy on iTunes and to stream below… Read more

LITTLE VOICE: Love and Music Collide in the Season 1 Trailer

LITTLE VOICE, the new Apple TV+ show from co-creators Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson, explores a young woman’s journey to discover herself—as she juggles life, family, love, and a potential musical career.

The series (which is named after Bareilles’ first full album, though it isn’t an autobiographical show) stars Brittany O’Grady, Sean Teale, Colton Ryan, Shalini Bathina, Kevin Valdez, Phillip Johnson Richardson, and Chuck Cooper. J.J. Abrams is also an executive producer on the series, which is a half-hour musical and features original songs from Bareilles.

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LITTLE VOICE: Watch First Teaser for the Sara Bareilles-Produced Series

With Apple TV+’s LITTLE VOICE launching next month, the streaming platform released two new videos: an official teaser for the show (mixed with co-creator Sara Bareilles performing the theme song) and the full theme song for the show. (LITTLE VOICE is named after Bareilles’ first full album, but the song was never officially released until now.)

The series—which is from Bareilles, J.J. Abrams, and Jessie Nelson—is a “love letter to the diverse musicality of New York starring Brittany O’Grady, Sean Teale, Colton Ryan, Shalini Bathina, Kevin Valdez, Phillip Johnson Richardson and Chuck Cooper. LITTLE VOICE follows Bess King, (O’Grady) a uniquely talented performer struggling to fulfill her dreams while navigating rejection, love, and complicated family issues. This is a story about finding your authentic voice—and the courage to use it.”

Watch the new teaser and listen to the show’s theme song now! Read more