Grimes is my Club King!

New track from Tragik, directed by Kreayshawn, of Gucci Gucci fame, and featuring my girl Grimes, as well as Brooke Candy, Nikki Lipstick, Jesse Saint John, Uzi Uzi Uzi & Jocie.

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Beastie Boys, NOW!

The Beastie Boys Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win ft. Santigold from Beastie Boys

The Beastie Boys return in a fun new video, with a little help from Santigold, and director Spike Jonze, the rap superstars have gone all ACTION LEAGUE NOW! in their latest video, for the single Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win.

I LOVE Santi's knuckle-dusters...

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Guess Who's Back?

Back again? God, I never thought I'd be quoting Eminem of all people on this blog, but there ya go. Well yes after a shockingly 2 month hiatus I am back with a vengence, and with Summer coming up I plan on having lots of adventures to blog about.

In the mean time here's a little audio/visual treat, 100 Other Lovers, the first single from DeVotchKa's new album, 100 Lovers.



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She Follows Rivers.

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers.

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Ya auld Kent!

Kent - Berlin from They Will Never Catch Us on Vimeo.

I love this music video from Swedish group Kent. I wonder what Kent means in Swedish?

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Hercules gets his house in order

Hercules & Love Affair return with an amazing new track, accompanied by an amazing music and an even more amazing album cover. Basically its all amazing. I love the 90s MTV old school video, perfect for Hercules' new sound, I can't wait to hear the rest of the album, out the end of this month.

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Straight Up

Forget something Love?



I love this new ad for GHD adgebcy RKCR/Y&R. It's a edgy take on Cinderella, and is directed by the one and only Floria Sigismondi (The Runways, Christina's Fighter & Hurt, Marilyn's Beautiful People).

The music is pretty awesome too, the track Lucky You by LA-based band Le Rev, who have signed to advertising agency RKCR/Y&R's brand new record label, Two Black Cats. So this advert also doubles as a music video, which is pretty cool!

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Mark & friends....

So Mark Ronson had a new album out. To be perfectly honest I'm a lot more interested in his sisters than his music, but havin said that, his new song about Bicycles in pretty catchy, AND most importantly the advert for the album is kinda amazing.



Its very well done, and I LOVE a bitta stop-motion. The dolls look great too, especially Boy George. The making of (below) is pretty interesting too...


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Not Herself at all...

So if I had to say the one person I hate in the entire world would be Perez Hilton. I just hate him so much, hes just a nasty person. Inside and out!

Anyways I saw this on his site earlier (yes I read his site, he may be a horrible person but his site has all the latest news) how he compared Christina Augilera's new video to Lady Gaga. Its so ridiculous.




His fascination with Lady Gaga is really just going to turn people against her. Last week he called Grace Jones "washed up", and if anything Christina's new video is more Madonna's Human Nature rather than Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga did not invent red knickers, or holding your hand to your face.



As for Christina's video, it really not appealing. I much preferred her 50's CandyMan phase, rather than Dirrty Xtina. That worked 10 years ago, but now that shes married and a mother its really not a good look. And as for the Lady Gaga comparison, the only thing in common I could see was the product placement.




What do you think?

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Christina Aguilera // Not Myself Tonight from Musix Play on Vimeo.

we are all BORN FREE

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

So I watched the video this morning and all I can say is I really was not expecting that at 11 am! At 9 minutes long M.I.A's Born Free rivals Gaga's Telephone, but when it comes to shock and awe Gaga cant touch Maya's controversol video. Directed by French director Romain Garvas,it really is something to see. I wont give too much away but it all goes a little insane around the 4 minute mark. Segregation is no fun kids!

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Alejandro gets a director

Just weeks after releasing her nineand-a-half-minute “Telephone” music video, Lady Gaga is already on to the next.

The pop star is said to have enlisted fashion photographer Steven Klein to direct the video for “Alejandro,” the upcoming third single off her 2008 album, “The Fame Monster.” Known primarily for his celebrity and editorial work for French and Italian Vogue, Details and W magazine (including the Madonna shoots and the July 2005 issue featuring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a Sixties family), Klein has dabbled in video in recent years, directing a handful of commercials and short fashion fi lms and collaborating with Madonna on the background videos for her 2004 and 2006 concert tours.

While the choice of Klein is a departure for Gaga, who has opted for music-video vets such as Jonas Akerlund (“Telephone” and “Paparazzi”) and Francis Lawrence (“Bad Romance”) in the past, it makes a certain sense — “Alejandro” is about a tumultuous breakup and Klein is great at depicting sexual tension — just ask Brangelina.

(via WWD)


Are you excited? I Love the Klein! His shoots are always hyper sexual and I can definitely see the two of them working well together. At the concert when Gaga sang Alejandro she was in a church style setting with a silver angel statue that exploded with fireworks. So something like that? Although as its Gaga, we all know predictability isn't her thing.


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Your Love is Bittersweet!

I love the SEB! The new album, Straight To The Heart, is slated to come out around Summer time. Can't wait. And if your heading out tonight, Jodie Harsh's remix will definitely get you in the dancing mood. Check it out below.

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Sophie goes Bittersweet

New Sophie Ellis-Bextor is kinda uhmazing! Produced by the Freemason boys, it is pure pop, and sometimes that is just what you want!

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you're not gonna reach my telephone

The music video was filmed January 28, 2010 by director Jonas Åkerlund.[25][26] New York magazine reported that the concept of the video involved Beyoncé bailing Gaga out of jail. Published photos from the set portrayed Gaga and Beyoncé shooting for scenes of the video in the truck that Uma Thurman's character drove in Quentin Tarantino's 2003–2004 film Kill Bill, called the "Pussy Wagon". The video was shot outside Los Angeles on January 28, 2010 in Lancaster, California.[27] Other concepts of the video involves scenes at a diner, a cameo from singer Tyrese Gibson, and a prison shower scene. Gaga and Beyoncé will wear "destroyed denim pieces" by designers Frank Fernández and Oscar Olima.

On February 5, 2010, Gaga had an interview on KIIS-FM with Ryan Seacrest. She explained that the video is a continuation of the video for "Paparazzi", and like "Paparazzi", it will be a short film. The video picks up where "Paparazzi" left off; she's in jail for killing her boyfriend, but she's actually having a good time behind bars and doesn't want to leave. She is constantly getting phone calls, but refuses to take any until she gets the call she wants.[29] She further commented on the video saying, "I feel so bad for the ‘Bad Romance’ video ’cause the ‘Telephone’ video’s so much better. What I like about it is it’s a real true pop event, and when I was younger, I was always excited when there was a big giant event happening in pop music and that’s what I wanted this to be."[30] Semi Precious Weapons confirmed to MTV news that they have a cameo in the music video. They also revealed that in the video they die. The band's frontman, Justin Tranter announced, "Yeah, we are in the 'Telephone' video and we die in it, [...] And I think that's probably all I'm allowed to tell ... And, I think, what people have already talked about: It's very Tarantino-inspired, sort of like violent melodrama glamour."

On February 15, 2010, three film stills from the music video were posted on Gaga's website. The stills depict Gaga in three separate scenes: a kitchen scene where she wears a plastic chef's hat and a telephone made entirely of hair on her head and a wire across her head , a scene in a diner with her dancers where she is seen wearing a bikini and bandanna made from an American flag, and a black and white photo of Gaga wearing a hat made from multiple triangles, and corded telephones.[32] Originally, the video was slated to premiere in February 2010[33] but was pushed back to March 2010 instead.[34][35] Exactly one month after filming ended, Gaga announced on Twitter that the video "is coming", she explained that the video is not yet released because it is still being edited and that she wants it to be perfect.[36] The video will premiere on E! News on Thursday, March 11, 2010

Via Wiki


Seriously this video is going to be an event! Just hope it lives up to all they hype!

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Lets remind ourselves just what Gaga got up to in the Paparazzi video.

OK Go and get em tiger

My head explodes trying to get around just how this amazing video was put together, so I have given up thinking about it and just gone back to rewatching it. After the world wide attention OK Go got for their treadmill routine I'm sure they knew it would take something special and even more innovative to top it, and I totally think they did. If your mind is still boggling over how it was all done that you want watch the making of videos HERE

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M.I.A vs RIHANNA

So if you haven't seen it by now Rihanna's Rude Boy video (above) is very very similar to M.I.A's 2007 video for Boyz. So everyones has being calling Rihanna's version a rip-off and now Maya has got in on the action and retweeted something one of her fans said:



I don't know if @kNAneedsREEBOK is trying to copy M.I.A's writing style or just can't spell? Anyways below is M.I.A's Boyz video. On a sidenote M.I.A linked another tweet of hers to the website for her record label N.E.E.T Recordings although if you are anyway hungover then don't click on the link. It's very M.I.A i.e Mental!

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Imma Be on da next level...

Via DivaReport

The Black Eyed Peas become the first duo or group in 19 years to plate three Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles from one album, as "Imma Be," from the act's "The E.N.D.," beelines 3-1.

The quartet set a record last year withh 26 successive weeks at No. 1 when "Boom Boom Pow" (12 weeks) was followed by "I Gotta Feeling" (14 weeks) atop the chart. The Peas' third single from "The E.N.D.," "Meet Me Halfway" peaked at No. 7 in November.

Wilson Phillips was the last duo or group to score three No. 1s from an album, when its self-titled debut spawned "Hold On," "Release Me" and "You're In Love" in 1990-91.

After nine weeks at No. 1, Ke$ha's "TiK ToK" tumbles to No. 2, one week shy of matching Debby Boone's 1977 hit "You Light Up My Life" for most weeks at No. 1 by a female's debut single.

Young Money's "BedRock" rises a spot 4-3, as does Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (5-4). Lady Antebellum's "Need You Know" returns to the top five with a 6-5 upswing.

This song wrecked my head at first (like most Black Eyed Peas songs) then after a few listens and a few times on the dancefloor its really grown on me (again, like most B.E.P songs)

Sing it with me naw Imma Be, Imma Be, Imma Imma Be!

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POP ART

A few more promos for Gaga's highly antisipated video with Beyonce, Telephone. At first I wasn't sure of the yellow hair, but in these shots she looks like a Roy Lichtenstein painting, suppose Gaga is the closest thing we have to living pop art!

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Rude Boy

Rihanna's new video for Rude Boy is a bit of a mish-mash of, well everything really. It references Keith Harring, and Rihanna is looking abit Grace Jones herself. While the visuals are totally M.I.A circa 05, with a bitta Solange throw in. Havin' said that I still dig it, plus I can't help but hope that the "is you BIG enough?" a sly dig at Chris Brown.

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How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marina?

You Don't! Shes amazing! In case you dont know who this girl is, press play! and become an Emerald!

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