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Cynthia Littleton Business Editor A birthday ritual at her daughter’s preschool gave Cindy Chupack the inspiration to write her first children’s picture book. When her daughter Olivia was a toddler, Chupack, a veteran TV and film writer and two-time Emmy winner, was invited to read a special picture book to the preschool class to celebrate Olivia’s birthday. As she turned the pages, Chupack quietly struggled with lines like “You were in my tummy” and other references that did not reflect her experience of starting a family through adoption. “I remember wanting to have something that would address all the different ways that families are formed,” Chupack told Variety of the spark that led her to write “We Waited for You: Now We’re a Family,” with illustrator Emily Hamilton. “I wanted something that would be validating to parents who have gone through a lot to get their child.”

San Mei premiered the sunny music video for her latest single "Cry" on Tuesday (March 24), exclusively to Billboard.In the clip, the up-and-coming artist, born Emily Hamilton, ditches her job as a down-on-her-luck waitress, stealing a car to hit the beach and play games in an arcade. "You're wishing all your time away/ You wanna feel something else/ Do you have enough to give away?/ Just wanna feel like someone else/ I know, I/ I know you don't wanna cry/ I know, baby, I/ I know that you still cry," she sings on the hazy, synth-driven chorus."'Cry' is about longing, daydreaming, wishing for more and for a better day," Hamilton tells Billboard.