Who wants to see the new video for Kelly Rowland's storming new dance track? Watch a preview now!

Kelly Rowland looked quite down and out for a while.  Second fiddle to Beyonce after Destiny's Child disbanded, she had a couple decent hits and the pop world readied to put her out to pasture.  Non-charting singles, C-list TV appearances and cruise ship concerts awaited.  Enter David Guetta, who made the soulful singer over into a dance diva, and in the process rejuvenated a career that so easily could have ended with a 'Where Are They Now' camera crew visiting her at a Georgia Wal*Mart.  'When Love Takes Over' became a smash US dance hit, a chart topper worldwide, and served as the sound of the summer for many a slightly fey gentleman. 


That single coincided with her departure with both her manager and her label, and since then Kelly has signed with Universal Motown.  Somebody at their offices knows what they're doing, as Miss Rowland's new direction capitalizes on her newfound club popularity.  'Commander' is a pulsing club banger, again produced by David Guetta, and joins the Kylie and Kelis releases in making 2010 the year dance was well and truly back. 

As songs tend to do, 'Commander' has received a video treatment.  Filmed in the beginning of May, it was directed by Masahahi Muto (behind some very awesome adverts and clips), and it looks to be QUITE GOOD.  One insider said about the clip, ""Kelly’s look in this video is just utterly sexy. It’s like a jungle feel. I feel like we’re in Avatar somewhere, running through the woods, minus the blue paint." 

Check out the preview now - are you looking forward to seeing the finished product?




Out to download tomorrow the 18th of May. 

Scissor Sisters fight 'Fire With Fire' in new video - watch now!

We're quite liking the Scissor Sisters' reinvention as a less-falsetto-y, less Bee Gees, still camp-as-Christmas rock dance (rance?) collective.  The first single off their new album hits our sweet spot, and though some have decried the fact it's slightly less danceable and a lot less kitsch than previous tracks, ScopiSat thinks it's a great representation of a band that is growing musically.  The video matches this pared-down, more organic sound, trading in the crazy outfits and makeup for a nice, low key tour around New York City. IN A GIANT LIGHT-UP BUS.


Scissor Sisters - Fire With Fire from Blair Cameron on Vimeo.

Out June 20.  Buy please.

The new Kylie is AMAZING - listen to the radio debut now, as we say 'told you so'

I think we can all agree that everything we said up to this point about the Kylie 'All The Lovers' track is very, very true.  



Yes.

Ke$ha says 'Your Love Is My Drug' in new video - watch the premiere now!

One of ScopiSat's golden pop rules is "the less said about Ke$ha the better" but - fair warning - we're going to break it today.  The Unwashed One has a new video out for 'Your Love Is My Drug,' and it's actually....watchable.  The world isn't going to stop spinning and we're still not going to excuse her obvious aversion to bathing, but could this signal a new era in ScopiSat's relationship with Ke$ha?  Stay tuned.  We know you are dying to find out.

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Jennifer Hudson and Leona Lewis duet for Sex and The City II - listen first here!

We love Leona Lewis.  We love Jennifer Hudson.  We love Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson.  We also love their new song.  Their new song TOGETHER.

This slow jam is in aid of the Sex And The City II movie that comes out in a matter of days, and although it isn't terribly "AIRPLAY RECORD BREAKING CHART TOPPER" it is still very very good.  What do you think, dear readers?



The soundtrack is out May 25.

A quick thing about how we just heard Kylie 'All The Lovers' in full - our review

So it totally wouldn't be proper for us to share our 'source' with you, but we've just managed to hear Kylie's 'All The Lovers' in its entirety and, in case any of you were worried, it is AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN everyone has been saying.  It's a little old, a little new, and a lot 'I Believe In You' if it was bigger and better and more "hands in the air poppers o'clock." There is a soaring anthemic chorus and ridiculously catchy verses and a part where all the music drops out and Kylie just says things and then everything comes back in and everyone on the dance floor jumps right at that moment and SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENS.

Kylie delivers the track to BBC Radio 1 first thing on Friday, May 14, which will go down as a red letter day for pop that will be talked about for generations to come.

Now, we would be really worried about overselling it, but to be honest we're NOT SURE THAT'S ACTUALLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT IS AMAZING. 


The end.

The new Katy Perry sounds like a Ke$ha B-Side :( - listen to the premiere of 'California Gurls' now!

We love 'Hot and Cold.'  We really do.  We even liked 'I Kissed a Girl' for a few days back in '08.  And even if 'Waking Up In Vegas' was the aural equivalent of a root canal performed in a back alley, at least Katy Perry's "Katy Perry-ness" came out in it.  Unfortunately that's not something we can say about her new track 'California Gurls' (yes, with a "u" instead of an "i" because she is "hip" and "sTrEeT," and also because that's how she spelled it one day and since she's famous no one wanted to correct her). 

'Gurls' (shudder) does update Perry's sound a bit, adding in the rave-y 90's synths that are becoming all the rage, but at the same time somehow loses any sense of identity in the process.  In fact, if we heard this and didn't have any background or source identification, we'd guess it was a Ke$ha track. 

Still, there are worse things we could be listening to.  There could be a new Black Eyed Peas album, for instance.  Or something from Nickelback.  So we'll take this mediocre slice of crowd-pleasing paint-by-the-numbers pop, but with the hopes that Miss Perry's new album skews a little less obvious, and includes a little more of the personality that made her a star. 

Let's take a little listen, shall we?



Ugh, never mind, it's kind of good. 

Dammit.

Out to radio now, to download soon (the radio date had to be moved up because of leaks so the download date is a bit in limbo), and an album will follow in August.

STOP EVERYTHING AND LISTEN TO THE NEW KYLIE LEAK - pic from the video set and clip of the song WITH VOCALS!

It was bound to happen, as much as we're sure Kylie's "people" were hoping it wouldn't.  After releasing a tantalizing 30-second vocal-free clip of her new single "All The Lovers," the next big step was to have Miss Minogue hand-deliver the track to Radio 1 on the 14th for its first play.  Lucky us, we don't have to wait that long to get an idea of just how brilliant the song is, thanks to some crafty homosexuals in LA.  Kylie is shooting the music video for the song there on an open set in the middle of the street (see the picture above that indicates that the video will be VERY GOOD), meaning that anyone with a recording device can record the playback of the song.  The result?  Low quality Youtube clips, in which it is ABUNDANTLY CLEAR that "All The Lovers" is the ACTUAL comeback of PROPER KYLIE, for which 'X' was just a warm up.  Not that 'X' wasn't good, mind you, just that, as Kylie has said herself, it wasn't really fully formed and wasn't the vehicle to really relaunch her after her bout with cancer.  Instead, it seems, it was more of a "bridge project" to tide her fans over while she conquered America and set up to be back and bigger than ever. 

Yes.  It's that good.



"Hrnk!"