So this whole 'Whip My Hair' video thing happened yesterday but we were still mulling over how exactly to feel about it. There were a number of considerations that we had to take into account before passing any sort of judgment, including but not limited to the following:
1. Willow is NINE and as such had little or no control whatsoever over the creative process, except for maybe saying 'can we have a part where Dora The Explorer comes in and dances' to which "her people" obviously (and, perhaps, sadly) said "no."
2. The video is both brilliantly flashy and "new" and also tragically dated and unhip - it kind of looks like what would happen if Lady Gaga's handlers did a Cleopatra video. (seriously, go watch 'Cleopatra's Theme' on YouTube now...we'll wait)
3. She is NINE
4. There are wigs and bejewelled appendages and that is generally VERY GOOD
5. NINE
6. The whole thing looks a bit like a Will Smith video
7. 'Independence Day' was pretty shit, wasn't it
8. 'I Am Legend' was alright though.
9. NINE
Cheryl Cole has a new album coming out, in case you haven't heard, and we think everyone should come together and just agree right now that it is the MOST BRILLIANTLY NAMED RECORD in recent memory. It is called 'Messy Little Raindrops' and that's all we really need to say about that.
We've already talked about how happy we are that Rihanna ditched the dark-and-brooding look-at-me-being-a-serious-artist thing she did on 'Rated R' and decided to embrace pure pop again, and while all of that still applies, we have to say we're actually more impressed with the video for 'Only Girl' than the song itself.
While 'Only Girl' already sounds a bit played out just a couple weeks after it hit the radio waves, the video is fresh and colorful and nice looking in a way that truly befits a BONA FIDE SUPERSTAR. Sure, it looks like it was shot with an iPhone 'Hipstamatic' picture app, and okay, it's really nothing we haven't seen before at all, but there's a certain gloss and finish to it that shows that even if a million people have done it before, you can still make it look totally unique if you do it VERY WELL.
Also, whoever dwas in charge of putting a bunch of pastel-colored props in the middle of the desert really deserves to get more work. Good job, champagne all around, etc etc
'Only Girl' is out next week in the UK, and out now most everywhere else
So apparently every time Robyn releases a touching, stripped down ballad, we can all count on it being rereleased a few weeks later in the form of an EPIC PULSATING SINGLE that will, in that way that only a Robyn single can do, reduce each and every one of us to tears as we thrust our hips around the dancefloor wildly sloshing vodka/crans all over the bachelorette party that is taking up the whole corner even though they have no business being in a gay bar anyway.
Yes, it's that time again - Robyn's third installment of the 'Body Talk' series is being readied, and to promote it she (her people) have chosen (made the arbitrary decision) to rerelease the tender orchestral ballad 'Indestructible' from Body Talk pt 2. It's pretty much par for the course, as she did the same thing with 'Hang With Me,' but 'Hang With Me' was amazing so she gets a pass.
As for the album itself, it will break away from the format of 'Talk' parts 1 and 2, by including 5 songs from each past installment and 5 brand new tracks. So, in essence, we've all really just wasted our time with the whole 3-part thing because come November 29 we can buy all the best tracks from the first collections and 5 new (likely QUITE GOOD) songs all in one go, but whatever we're fine with it.
Nicole has had a tough time of it since leaving-but-not-leaving the Pussycat Dolls. Her first solo singles all failed to make any dent whatsoever on the charts in her home country, and her debut solo album was shelved completely after being pushed back THREE TIMES. After a recent stint on the UK's 'X-Factor' and a hit single with some mole-less guy named Enrique, she's ready to try again - this time with MORE AIRBRUSHING and LESS CLOTHING and songs that SOUND MUCH MORE LIKE LADY GAGA SO THE GAYS WILL BUY HER RECORDS.
It seems Nicky may have finally caught a break, though, as relaunch single 'Poison' - based on this 1 minute sample that appeared online a while ago, at least - may actually be a COMPLETELY BRILLIANT in an off-the-rack-comeback-track kind of way. Sure it's not going to change the world, but it will still look great filling up the space in your iTunes closet.
"And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and h(er) feet were like those of a bear, and h(er) mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him h(er) power and h(er) throne and great authority. 3 I saw one of h(er) heads as if it had been slain, and h(er) fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; 5 There was given to h(er) a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies; 6 And (s)he opened h(er) mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven"
Here is Real Housewife Kim's new song.
Pray hard, ScopiSubjects. For the hour of judgment is near.
Pink is rad for a lot of reasons. For sticking around the pop scene this long, for telling "the suits" to go f*ck themselves, for continually striving to be better at her craft, for being named Pink, and most importantly, for 'Just Like A Pill.'
After 5 studio albums, it's high time she put out a greatest hits record, and this November she will do just that. A week prior, however, will see the release of 'Raise A Glass,' the Max Martin-ified lead single from the collection and is one of three brand new tracks. It's all Pink-y guitars and drums and rockiness, but we're not 100% sold yet. Luckily, though, even mediocre Pink is still better than most pop music out there, so we'll take whatever we can get.
Duffy has had quite the past couple years. She rose from obscurity (we're talking serious obscurity too - the girl's Welsh, for chrissake) with her post-Amy Winebox jam 'Mercy,' and took the world by storm with her debut album and endless concerts during which she did things like set herself on fire by accident and then cry about it.
But even the most successful debut artist has to stare down that most daunting of pop milestones - the dreaded SOPHOMORE ALBUM OF TERROR. Usually this plays out one of four ways:
1. The artist changes nothing about their sound or image, the whole thing is a COMMERCIAL DISASTER, everyone says 'they should have changed everything' and then a bunch of record executives get fired
2. The artist changes everything about their sound and image, the whole thing is a COMMERCIAL DISASTER, everyone says 'they shouldn't have changed anything' and then a bunch of record executives get fired
3. The artist changes nothing about their sound or image, the whole thing is a COMMERCIAL TRIUMPH, everyone says 'this is wonderful but it would have been better if they changed everything' and a bunch of record executives get fired
4. The artist changes everything about their sound and image, the whole thing is a COMMERCIAL TRIUMPH, everyone says 'this is wonderful but it would have been better if they didn't change anything' and a bunch of record executives get fired
Let's see which Duffy has gone with then, shall we?
So that'll be either 1 or 3. We'll keep you updated.
EDIT: yes we know this isn't her ACTUAL second album, but it IS her second album as a SUCCESSFUL PERSON so it still totally counts
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