7. Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), "Glee"
Mr. Schue is nearly a mirror image of Ben Wyatt—another flatly earnest, well-meaning Midwesterner with a penchant for smart ties, chinos and sensible vests. Oh, and cardigans. And embarrassing solo musical performances of Britney Spears songs. And, erm, fedoras. Still, as far as public high school teachers go, there's not one as well put-together as this Gleek God.—S.F.

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PopWrap: I know you and Matthew are good friends -- was that how you ended up collaborating on his debut CD?
JC Chasez: Yea, it was very nonchalant. The easy part is we were friends first, so every now and then he’d ask a few questions about entering music and starting up songwriting. Because essentially, when you first start writing you find out that everyone’s method is different. That just developed into the studio to see what came of it.

PW: How do you describe the song you wrote for his album, “Hey?”
JC: For me it’s fun and quirky. We were looking to do a song about the obvious but in a playful and kind of clever way. In the end, it came to us pretty easily.

PW: You're in very good company on this album -- Sting, Elton John, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kris Allen are all involved -- it seems like Matt spared no expense, huh?
JC: It wasn’t really about cost – it was about getting to work with the people Matt wanted to work with. He reached out to the people he found interesting or fun, he made the record he wanted to make, which is a very fortunate place for an artist to be in. He didn’t have to play ball – he could essentially make the kind of record he wanted to make.

PW: Same could be said for you -- reaching a place professionally where people come to you about collaborating.
JC: Look, I’m flattered by the fact he wanted to work with me – I think a lot of it has to do with the fact we get along so well and respect one another as people. Intellectually we’re on the same page as well, so I think that played a part and made the studio experience enjoyable.

PW: As is always the case, a bunch of tracks didn't make the cut -- can you recall any of your other songs that were left out?
JC: There was a song called “Just As Long As I’m Not Without You,” or something like that – it’s hard to remember exactly, it was so long ago. We recorded it with Kristian [Lundin] who did “Hey” and another song with Lindy [Robbins, who co-wrote JC's other song, "Don't Stop Dancing"], so I fiddled around with the same group of writers, and did two more in total. But we took the best ones for sure.

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Check out two clips from the VH1 Save The Music Foundation's Songwriter Series show that took place in NYC on May 16!

Summer Rain


Somewhere Over The Rainbow


Thanks a million to Nicole for sending these.

Update: more
Summer Rain & My Name


Somewhere Over The Rainbow & Still Got Tonight

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Heads-up, Canadians! Matthew will be at the Toronto Eaton Centre on Monday, May 30th at 4pm for a Q&A with ET Canada, followed by an autograph session!

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