Music Monday!

Two great songs came online today, Kelis' 4th of July the HQ version and Robyn's Dancing on my Own. Both songs are amazing, well I'm bias, but still you can't deny it!

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Before you, my whole life was Acapella

Wahey the new Kelis video is here. And it's really good. and it includes her baby boy who has the cutest little feet. Anyways watch it below. Can't wait for Flesh Tones.

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Kelis goes animal

Kelis has released a tiny teaser (seriously tiny, its like 9 seconds) for the video for Acapella. You can see a longer teaser clip at Kelis' website www.iamkelis.com Directed by superstar photographer and founder of Dazed & Confused magazine, Rankin. The video has a total tribal neon vibe to it, its looks pretty fucking cool. The video premieres Monday, March 29th.

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Kelis is bringin' us back to the yard!

I really can't wait for the new Kelis record, Flesh Tones. Above is a promotional shot for the album, photographed by Rankin. Very cool. And shes working with David Guetta, Boys Noize and the Major Laser boys, Diplo & Switch. Thats very cool.

These days, Kelis is pulling double duty as a new mother and veteran songstress. With her four-month old infant Knight in tow, the 30-year-old Harlem native is stepping back in the booth for her fifth album. Only this time, she’s talking about life’s intricacies rather than her “milkshake.”


Her first single, the techno-infused “Acapella,” is replete with personal and uplifting sentiments. “It’s about my son, it’s about the love of God,” she reveals to Rap-Up.com. “It’s kinda about the power of life, really.” David Guetta, the track’s producer, initially approached Kelis for another project. “He wanted me to be a part of his record, [One Love], and it just didn’t end up working out,” says Kelis. “Then I fell in love with some tracks that he had sent me. I ended up writing ['Acapella'] for my album.”

Though she’s the sole star shining with no guest appearances yet to speak of, Kelis did tap several well-respected producers to round out her fifth opus. “I worked with Boys Noize, Jean Baptiste, Diplo and Switch, Burnz, [and] this cat named Replay,” she states. “I have a nice, eclectic group of guys there.”

One song to look forward to is the Jean Baptiste-produced record “Carefree Americans.” According to Kelis, “super-size me” is the motto of the nation. “It’s kinda like the back and forth between what we know that’s wrong with Americans and being in America, yet the things we love about it,” she continues, “and at the end of the day we don’t really sacrifice that much. I put myself in it as well; we are Americans and we like everything super-sized.”

For an album housing tunes designed for the dance floor, fans are guaranteed to perspire. “It’s an album you can get sweaty to,” Kelis says with a laugh. “[The album is] called Fleshtones. But don’t hold me to that. I’ve been feeling animalistic and kind of carnal in my approach to things lately. It sort of seems fit.”

Kelis’ tentatively titled fifth album, Fleshtones, is set for a spring 2010 release

via Rap-Up


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Kelis. That rhymes with Release

Its not gonna be on Kelis's new album, Chris Brown has already recorded it as a bonus track for his shit album, but if this is the new direction Kelis is going in im very excited!

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One Year and 500 posts later...

and WHAM is still going strong! I was gonna do a highlights of 2009 post, but everyone does that so heres what im looking forward to in 2010! I have a feeling its going to be a great year!

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Get fit, and not just Wii Fit, like actually fit, its kinda a cliche but its on my list...



I also want, well actually I kinda need to learn how to drive... Hopefully my driving instructer wont look like Peter Phelps.



Another plan for 2010 is to move to Cork next September, Im gonna try do my final year in CIT, I think after 3 years ive had just about enough of Athlone...



Fun things to look forward to in 2010 are new music from Roisin, cant wait!



Sex and the City2 out in May!



Tom Ford's A Single Man is out in Feburary! Its gonna be so stylish...



Lady Gaga's Monster Ball storms into Dublin Feburary 20th, as my mate Andy put it, "Its not just a gig, its going to be a fashion and music instillation!"



Crookers album is going to be out in March, Roisin, Yelle, RyeRye, Major Lazer, Kelis and a heap of others all help out...



Clash of the Titans is out in March just before my birthday and I cant wait! My inner geek is dying to see this film!



BBC's excellent sitcom Miranda is coming back for a 2nd series! Miranda Hart is amazing, she reminds me a little too much of myself!



Im really looking forward to hearing more from I Blame Coco, shes the daughter of Sting and Trudy, and her 1st single features Robyn, which is never a bad thing...