POP

article placeholder

Carly Rae Jepsen Second New Single Out; Is She One-Hit Wonder? (listen!)

Carly Rae Jepsen is facing the one question all singers face with a hit record. Is she a one-hit wonder? The second single off her upcoming album Kiss is out. So how does it measure up to “Call Me Maybe?” Sadly, it doesn’t. Her latest tune is produced by LMFAO’s RedFoo falls in the same category as her first single off the album–pop pablum. Jepsen’s boyfriend, singer-songwriter Matthew Koma also had a hand in crafting the song, but it’s as saccharine as it gets. ...
article placeholder

Pink Gets Party Started on Ellen DeGeneres; Flashes Panties! (video)

Pink is back. How did the party ever started without her? She sat for a raucous interview with Ellen DeGeneres Monday (Sept. 10) that included some mommy talk, champagne toasts, a ribald song and surprise appearance by U.S. Olympic gymnasts. Ellen is definitely loosening up the format now that she faces major competition from Katie Couric’s new daytime talk show. Pink, real name Alecia Beth Moore, just turned 33 last weekend and has spent the past 15 months giving birth to, and raising, daughter Willow, who was also featured on the show in photos....
article placeholder

Carly Rae Jepsen, Justin Bieber Duet on 'Beautiful' (Listen!)

Carly Rae Jepsen continues to get a big push from mentor Justin Bieber, who duets on her track “Beautiful,” released over the weekend on YouTube. But is the song too close to One Direction’s “What Makes You Beautiful?” The song will debut on her new album Kiss, set to be released Sept. 18. But is the song too close to One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful?"...
article placeholder

Carly Rae Jepsen Hot Cute on Today Summer Stage (watch!)

Carly Rae Jepsen sang the song of the summer “Call Me Maybe” on the “Today Show’s” Summer Stage this morning. She got the Rockefeller Plaza crowd on their feet and rocking to the catchy tune, which began as a YouTube viral sensation. Jepsen, 26, is a protege of fellow Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber, who also got his start as a YouTube phenom. “Call Me Maybe” is the first song by a Canadian artist to reach the top of the digital chart since Bieber’s “Baby” in January 2010. ...
article placeholder

Lady Gaga, Taylor Kinney Have White Wedding Day (photos, video)

Lady Gaga turned performance art into a dry-run for her wedding day with boyfriend Taylor Kinney standing in as the groom. The video, the fifth in her series of fashion films, is set to her song “You and I.” Move over Bride of Frankenstein. Gaga, 26, started out in bondage gear and ripped fish nets writhing on the floor and tossing her unwashed hair unrepentant. Then the scene cuts to Gaga in a white dress and back again to her leather straps, halter and ripped stockings. ...
article placeholder

Adam Lambert Crafts New Look, Stunning Tattoo (photos!)

Adam Lambert has always had a flair for the flamboyant, to say the least, and he’s ever experimenting with his look. He showed off two different styles on twitter just this week, plus a new tattoo. Lambert, 30, who was the runner up on American Idol’s eighth season in 2009, finishing behind Kris Allen. Some critics say his over-the-top gayness cost him the crown....
article placeholder

Sacré Bleu! Madonna Irks Paris Fans After Walking Out of Show

Madonna cut short a special performance in Paris last night (July 26) and was roundly booed and hooted by the audience made up mostly by her most ardent French fans. Sacré Bleu! The show was meant to be an intimate peformance in the l’Olympia club, a 2,700 seat venue. On her current tour the Material Girl, 53, has been playing to large arenas....
article placeholder

Lana Del Rey Ode to Love Lost on Summer Sadness Video

Lana Del Rey stars in another dreamy, sepia-toned video that’s a symbolic portrayal of her song “Summertime Sadness.” The tune is based on a supposedly true story about two lesbian lovers who taken their own lives. Del Rey looks stunningly fashionable as she plunges off a bridge. The images of her could have been culled from a high-fashion photo spread. Although the video has a story line, it’s more a collection of images or video postcards. Jaime King stars as Del Rey’s lover; her husband Kyle Newman, a filmmaker co-directs with Spencer Susser, who belongs to the Australian filmmaking collective Blue-Tongue Films....
article placeholder

Pink in Scandalous See-Thru Top to Tout New Album (watch!)

Singer Pink hasn’t made a record in four years, but she’s up on the latest pop star trends. She announced her sixth studio album in a YouTube video in revealing see through sheer top that exposed her breasts. Her modesty was only protected by some strategically placed tape in two big crosses across her nipples. She also wore a white tuxedo jacket with skinny black lapels....
article placeholder

Willow Smith Dials It Down in 'I Am Me' Video (watch)

Willow Smith, daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, has released a new video for her song “I Am Me,” and for once she was age appropriate throughout. Smith, 11, unveiled the video for the simple ballad at the BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles over the weekend....
article placeholder

Usher Maintains Cool at Full Speed in Scream Video (watch!)

Usher draws heavily from his Off-Broadway musical Fuerza Bruta for his new video for song “Scream.” It’s vintage Usher with high-energy, yet cool smoothness. Looking dapper in a white suit, Usher paces back and forth as he works through the lyrics of his song. Occasionally, he twitches a dance move....