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Bonnie McKee hopped on TikTok to reveal how Katy Perry inadvertently helped her write “Hold It Against Me” for Britney Spears. The songwriter and “American Girl” singer has amassed an extensive portfolio crafting hits for the likes of Perry, Spears, Kesha, Adam Lambert and Christina Aguilera. She previously spilled tea about working with Perry on songs such as ”Teenage Dream”
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Usually artists metaphorically duke it out to see who will go home with trophies at award shows like the MTV Video Music Awards. However it looks like the 2021 VMAs almost started off with a literal fist fight on the red carpet. Machine Gun Kelly and Conor McGregor allegedly had a heated exchange when they encountered one another ahead
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Chloe Bailey and Normani deserve all the awards for the performances they put on at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday (Sept. 12). Since its first show in 1984, the VMAs have been renowned for churning out culturally iconic and star-making moments. Think about when Madonna rolled across the stage in a wedding dress at the
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Every so often, a one-hit wonder comes along from an artist or band whose career is so brief, you wonder if you actually imagined it as part of your childhood. That may be the case with Prima J, but we’re here to remind you the pop act’s success was very much real in the late
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The 2021 MTV Video Music Awards winners will soon be announced, and we can’t wait to see who takes home the Moon Person trophy for Video of the Year! Just Bieber leads this year’s nominations with an impressive seven nominations, including Video of the Year and Artist of the Year. Megan Thee Stallion is the
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It is all but impossible to dislike Ed Roman’s new single “Happiness”. The popping creativity audible throughout this song has a contagious positive feel, an infectious optimism that, nevertheless, isn’t Pollyanna fluff. Ed Roman’s target audience, consciously or otherwise, are music devotees rather than casual listeners and his past songwriting reflects this. Cuts such as
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On Thursday, Ed Sheeran released “Shivers,” the second single from his most recent album. Originally intended to be the album’s lead single, he revealed: “It was originally meant to be the first single but I just didn’t see a world where ‘Bad Habits’ existed if it didn’t come out in the summer. Shivers always felt
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Fall Out Boy claimed to save rock and roll on their fifth studio album in 2013, but their joint Hella Mega Tour alongside Green Day and Weezer proved that rock is nowhere near dead, and that any person of any age can enjoy the genre. Sept. 1 marked the official kickoff to Milwaukee’s Summerfest, the
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Congratulations to Laura Mvula, whose single Got Me has won the 2021 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize. In fairness, it’s a great single. Twenty quid (cash) on its way to Mvula Towers. More details on the voting tomorrow; for the time being, here’s the best British-and-Irish pop single of the last twelve months. [embedded content]
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Did Katy Perry take Christy Carlson Romano‘s record deal? The former actress has been uploading storytime videos to her YouTube channel. In one of this week’s episodes, she revealed how she and the “Teenage Dream” singer’s paths crossed while they were both trying to get signed by a record label. While most people know Carlson Romano
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With Prix6 and Charles King in the booth for good measure, Monsieur Job redefines the parameters of a slick Latin hip-hop groove in the song “Ese Tumbao – Remix,” but much as it is in the more rock-inspired “Malevo Maleva,” the vocal harmonies are a bit more transcendent than the percussive frills are. “Da Funk”
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Rapper Nicki Minaj is hitting the studio to write and record new music, and on Wednesday, she reached out to fans on social media for help. After previewing a new track on Tuesday, she asked fans on Wednesday for their help with the vocals: “Barbz: ask Keke, Tamar & Brandy to redo this. That’s what
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Why Don’t We claimed that their production team mentally, emotionally and financially abused them. On Thursday (Sept. 9), Why Don’t We members Daniel Seavey, Jonas Marais, Corbyn Besson, Jack Avery and Zach Herron, released a lengthy statement about their current legal battle with their former management. The members explained that they at first didn’t want to
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After seven years, The Wanted is reuniting! On Wednesday (Sept. 8), Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes made the reunion announcement in the form of a comedic video.  The clip shows all of the lads accidentally run into each other at a hospital. The band announced that they will be reuniting for Parker’s
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The MTV Music Video Awards have given us countless iconic moments over the years, and anticipation is high as this year’s show looms. The VMAs return to New York City in 2021 and, after staging last year’s event across various locations to promote social distancing, the 2021 VMAs are back in one centralized spot. Over the
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If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power debuted atop the Billboard Album charts this week. Halsey’s newest album, her third to top the charts, sold 70,500 copies to easily beat the rest of the competition. Halsey’s chart-topping powerhouse was produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and received critical acclaim. The first single “I
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