Long before the VMA performance seen around the world, Miley Cyrus gained a bit of controversy for the music video for her first "Bangerz" single "We Can't Stop." The music video, full of the former Disney star writhing around on a bed, twerking and partying with her friends was quite scandalous but at least I was heralded as an original idea. Now, former White Girl Mob rapper Lil Debbie is claiming that Cyrus ripped off ideas for "We Can't Stop" from her own music video "Ratchets." Read More »
It’s been a month and a half since Jay Z released his hugely anticipated album “Magna Carta Holy Grail” and a few weeks since the first single for the album, the Justin Timberlake-assisted “Holy Grail” hit radio. Now, Jay Z has finally released the official music video for the lead single, premiering first on Facebook: a first for the social networking site. Read More »
Ariana Grande's debut album "Yours Truly" isn't supposed to be heard in full until Tuesday, Sept. 3, however, the record from the "Sam & Cat" star has now leaked and can be streamed in full. Read More »
It does, in fact, seem like 13 is an unlucky number for "American Idol." The Fox reality singing competition is having so much trouble finding a third judge for its upcoming season that production on the show may have to be delayed. Read More »
Last night, boy band One Direction took their "This Is Us" media tour to the reality competition show "America's Got Talent." To promote their upcoming behind-the-scenes film, they performed "Best Song Ever" and spoke briefly about the movie, which apparently includes shirtless band members. Read More »
It's been a little while since indie rock band Franz Ferdinand has made an album. Their last record, "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand" was released in 2009, which was more a less a completely different world. President Barack Obama was still a young new whippersnapper of a leader. Twerking was kept underground. "50 Shades of Grey" was just something painters thought about. Now, it's a whole new place out there. Read More »
Though fans are just now getting used to Lady Gaga's first "Artpop" single "Applause," it seems as though another new tune from the Mother Monster is on the way. Yesterday (Aug. 28) on her official YouTube video, Gaga posted a video of rehearsals from her iTunes Festival performance, and a new song "Swine" was revealed in a minute-long snippet. Read More »
Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" dominated not only the VMAs but continues to dominate the Billboard Hot 100. The genre-bending, controversial earworm of a song sits at the top spot in the country for the 12th week in a row, according to Billboard. Read More »
Luke Bryan has crashed the Billboard party for a second week in a row. The country crooner's fourth studio album, "Crash My Party" sits atop the Billboard 200 for the second week, besting new releases from John Mayer, Jimmy Buffet and Earl Sweatshirt. Read More »
It seems as though the news about Miley Cyrus and twerking just can't stop. This time, however, it's not about the infamous VMAs performance. In fact, a new song called "Twerk" by Lil Twist leaked today (Aug. 28), and it features both Cyrus and Justin Bieber. Though the song itself is fine, it brings up a deeper problem with Cyrus in her "Bangerz" era and even with Bieber. Read More »
It's only six days until the US release of Ariana Grande's debut album "Yours Truly," and after giving a stellar live performance at the 2013 VMAs, the "Baby I" singer has debuted another new song via Rolling Stone. This time, "You'll Never Know" has gotten a full-length stream, and the happy little love song adds some youthful pop flavor to what shaping up to be a mature, R&B first record. Read More »
The world may still be talking about Miley Cyrus' twerk-heavy performance of "We Can't Stop" and "Blurred Lines" at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, but that doesn't mean the pop star has stopped doing her proper job, which is making music. And it seems as though the former Hannah Montana has two big collaborations in the works. She has reportedly been in the studio with Kanye West and Britney Spears! Read More »
Kevin Jonas and wife Danielle Deleasa announced they were expecting their first child together in early July. Now, the "Married to Jonas" couple are ready to announce the sex of the child on Thursday, Aug. 29! Read More »