Today's Pick

Giving a visual taste of what's to come on their upcoming fifth studio album, Coldplay released their simple, yet colorfully rocking video for their dance-friendly new single, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall." The track was released earlier this week on British alternative rock band's just-released the three-song collection EP and also will be the lead single on their still-untitled record, due out this fall. The song itself is full of life and energy, and the music video reflects the same feel.
It's an uplifting Coldplay track with some catchy guitar riffs and the lead vocalist Chris Martin was inspired to write the upbeat song after hearing the 90's classic "Ritmo de la Noche" by Lorca during a nightclub scene in Javier Bardem's film "Biutiful." Martin's lyrics are very much about the power his old records possess; they imbue ordinary life with the extraordinary. Just like Martin sings, every siren can be a symphony and every heartbeat can build a cathedral. The track has a shaky, excited energy and the sort of optimistic, romantic lyrics that have made Coldplay one of the world's most crowd-pleasing rock bands.
Coldplay touches up an abandoned building in their stop-motion paint animation for new track, the colorful clip shows the UK rockers dancing along to the upbeat jam, playing in front of various backdrops sprayed with colorful graffiti. In the video, the band fully embraces that influence with animated tags and drawings that mark the walls and ground around them as they rock out in a bombed-out industrial zone. Eventually the band winds up in a dark room lit by a strobe light, and then finally outside the building altogether, as the paint begins to color the dingy exterior of the rundown structure.
The video is wildly colorful and decorated with stop motion, graphics, graffiti, and street art, playing off of the single's artwork. It is a recurring theme in the band's upcoming album, and is a video that shakes you to life. Though "Every teardrop Is a Waterfall" may sound like the title to a somber ballad, the song and video are anything but. With "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall," Coldplay prove that they're always on message, even when they're making a glorious mess.

Shania Twain is back and revealing her first new song and gave fans what they've been longing for six years! After a self-imposed musical hiatus filled with personal setbacks, the happy newlywed returns better than ever with a new video featuring the country megastar rehearsing her new tune, "Today Is Your Day," which celebrates living in the moment. With personal footage of her days, the new video assures fans that the 45-year-old country-pop superstar is continuing her reign as best-selling female artist in country music.
The inspirational piano ballad encouraging song with uplifting message will serve as the lead single of her upcoming fifth studio album. This self-empowerment anthem, which she co-produced with Nashville producer Nathan Chapman is a singalong of jangly piano and kindergarten rhymes. The Canadian songstress debuted the song on the June 12, the series finale of her reality television show, "Why Not? With Shania Twain," and the tune finds Twain summing up her recovery in Hallmark-worthy slogans. A great Twain song was about the attitude and the story more than the poetry, but these lyrics feel a tad trite, even by her standards.
"I wrote this song in real time as the series developed," the songbird tells Perez Hilton. "I'm mixing the record now, and by the end of the series the song should be released. I'm so excited! I can't believe it!" Twain explained the inspiration for this song: "The purpose of writing 'Today Is Your Day' in the first place was self-inspiration," she said. "I was talking to myself and saying, 'Today is your day. You can do it!' But the decision to even write the song and share it was a big decision for me, to find myself as a songwriter again, independently, for the very first time after all these years."
Twain gives her fans a closer look at her everyday life in new video for "Today Is Your Day," which showing the singer looking better than ever. The country legend is seen busy writing song, recording it in studio, and doing interviews and promo appearances for the song. While she sings the opening verses of the song, Twain proves she is a strong woman in more ways than one, as personal footage of having fun in skydiving, rock climbing play and other adventurous activities. Twain is ready for a comeback, and "Today Is Your Day" will surely appeal to anyone going through a tough time.

Lady Antebellum have just premiered the new video for their current tender track "Just A Kiss," the lead single from the group's upcoming third studio album, "Own the Night," which will be released on September 13. Musically, the song is a country pop song set in common time with a moderately slow tempo country ballad whose lyrics speak of a love relationship between two newly-formed couples. It deftly captures that nervous energy that takes over your gut in the early stages of a budding romance.
The song is about a goodnight kiss at the start of a new relationship. Here's what the three Lady Antebellum members had to say about the tune, starting with Hillary Scott, who was dating drummer Chris Tyrell when they wrote this number. She said: "We love writing songs from personal experience, and this is definitely one of those songs. There is so much excitement at the beginning of a new relationship... all the butterflies and that optimistic feeling that this person could be 'the one.'" Dave Haywood: "One of the best things about writing for us is that we have the option to speak from both the man and woman's perspective because Charles and Hill can share lead vocals."
Charles Kelley: "The day we wrote this song was one of those days that renewed my faith in the bond the three of us have as songwriters... It came so easily, and it reminded me of the early days when we first started out, and we'd spend hours in my brother Josh's house writing songs. Everyone keeps asking if we feel pressure after the success of 'Need You Now,' and we are trying to not even think about the new album or these songs in those terms. We are just writing about what we are going through in our lives, and we hope that country music fans continue to connect with them."
The Shaun Silva-directed heart-pinching video follows the romantic journey of a young couple as they visit various beautiful cities. It begins with a young girl getting on a train in a foreign city. She pulls out an iPad with a video message from presumably her boyfriend. We can see Scott in the background, eyeing her. It's a subtle but powerful moment, as we are all voyeurs in this particular love story. The clip then cuts to the band members performing separately in a train station, and featuring things the young couple did together as tourists and as strangers in a strange land. The memories come to life, literally, as they gallivant through London and Paris. The couple actually meet again on a train at night. They share a kiss and then reality sets in. It turns out to be a dream or a fantasy that they were having while asleep.

Rapper Eminem falls into a deep hole over another wrecked relationship and decides to put a bullet through his head in his new video for his latest song "Space Bound," the fourth single from his year-old Grammy-winning album, "Recovery," which heralded the singer's return after a long period of elf-discovery, in which he kicked drugs. Once again Eminem is plagued by his inner demons in his new video for "Space Bound," only this time they manifest themselves in the form of his own evil twin. Blaming no one but himself for the pain that he feels is self-inflicted.
This acoustic ballad was written by Eminem with British songwriter Steve McEwan, and Florida producer Jim Jonsin, the latter having produced the track, it finds Eminem getting contemplative. The new song is catchy and even soothing, despite its painful lyrics. In an interview with Billboard, Jonsin said he went for a "soulful, Southern rock feel" for the beat and heard from Eminem's music manager Paul Rosenberg shortly after sending the demo. Within three days, Jonsin met Slim Shady in Detroit. "He had already done his vocals before I got there, so we just polished it up and tried out other song ideas," he said.
The video was shot in Santa Clarita, California by director Joseph Kahn and features former porn star and Hollywood actress Sasha Grey as Eminem's leading lady. The video is a look into another one of Eminem's tumultuous relationships, as he has been showcasing lately. It shows two sides of Eminem; one who is calm and loves his girlfriend and one who is aggressive and doesn't. Eminem has long had an obsession with death and violence, including the self-inflicted kind, and those themes are laced throughout the dark and dramatic video.
The clip opens with Eminem walking on a fog shrouded road at night, near a forest. Shortly after, he gets picked up by his love interest(Grey). Double visions of the rapper appear: one alone in the back seat, who is angry and hurling insults at Grey and one sitting in the car next to Grey who is quiet and calm. Eminem is driven over the edge when he finds out his girl has been cheating on him. The heartbreak is too much to bear. He increasingly loses touch with reality, becoming delusional as his opposing personalities clash. The only solution seems to be the gun. He puts it up to his chin and pulls the trigger. The video then rewinds fast, and everything plays back from end to beginning, causing us to have second thoughts about the true meaning of it all.

If you only catch one music video premiere this summer let it be this one. Punk rock band Rise Against has released a gripping new anti-bullying themed video for their single "Make It Stop (September's children)," the third song taken from band's latest sixth release, "Endgame," which debuted at No.2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The video was created in support "It Gets Better" campaign, which has sparked an outpouring of encouraging YouTube videos in a virtual support network for bullied teens.
Rise Against is well known for lending their voice to causes as well as their close relationship to their fans. The punk rock band doesn't avoid singing about hot-button topics. Throughout its decade of music-making, the Chicago-based group has taken some very public stands on issues ranging from the American military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan to climate change, even extending its music activism to the meat-processing industry. So the new video isn't entirely surprising. The anti-bullying anthem is dedicated to a string of teens who committed suicide in fall 2010 as a result of homophobic bullying in their communities.
"Rock culture is a sort of hyper-masculine place, and a lot of bands were unsure what to do about that. I hope that what we've done is spread this message to other bands in our scene. The song came out of a wake-up call from Rise Against's fans," the band' frontman Tim McIlrath said McIlrath said. The song and the video closes with McIlrath reading a list of names of teens who committed suicide as a result of homophobic bullying. It's a powerful moment that the band hadn't originally planned.
Directed by Award-winning director Marc Klasfeld, the video was filmed at Rolling Meadows High School, where McIlrath went to school. The video depicts the band performing the song in the gymnasium alongside moving scenes, which follows the struggles of three gay teens in a high school in suburban Chicago. All three consider killing themselves after being bullied by their classmates, but ultimately decide to try and work through their pain and keep an eye on the promises of the future. The result is a powerful clip that tackles these issues in a real and inspirational way.

Jennifer Hudson admits to her lover that she has been through some things but not to hold it against her as she presents her just-released new video for her latest piano driven soulful single, "No One Gonna Love You." The second single from her sophomore LP "I Remember Me," which sports a more contemporary feel than her eponymous debut in 2008, touting feel-good songs about life, love, and happiness. "I'm excited about this album because it's almost like a renewal for me, reflected through the chapters of my life," comments Hudson who may be a part-time author and a successful actress, but she is a singer at heart.
Chronicling what seems like a bittersweet love story, the album kicks off with this optimistic Rich Harrison production, which builds from a vamping piano ditty to a full-fledged anthem. On her new lovesick tune, Hudson looks back on relationships and promises that in spite of the blunders of the past. The track shows off Hudson's strong vocal talents and personality as she tells the man in her life why she's the woman for him. The Grammy and Academy Award winner opens her first musical offering since lost her mother in late 2008 tragedy with this song, which begins with a major understatement: "I've been through some things."
The 29-year-old singer doesn't look any worse for the emotional wear in the Diana Martel-directed video. Hudson showcases her wide range of talents in a white tank, tuxedo vest and flattering black trousers. But a killer video wardrobe isn't the only thing that's got Hudson singing, her new turn marks the first time she's gotten to move to her music. "This is the first time that I've had the chance to dance," she told Rap-Up. "It was probably the part I anticipated the most and I actually had a lot of fun. I thought I accomplished it. You be the judge."
While the visuals for "No One Gonna Love You" don't exactly start off like a Cinderella story, they surely end on that note. "You gonna be on time tonight?" Hudson asks her man, who answers back clueless, "Tonight? What's tonight?" While Hudson deals with the all-too-common universal forgetfulness that is men remembering their anniversary, her beau is actually one-up on her, planning something a little more special than just a romantic dinner for two. And while Hudson sings that she "doesn't mind you putting up a little fight," she looks ready to let her man have it when she gets home, until he surprises her with a diamond ring on her finger in the end.

Selena Gomez finally debuted the full video for her new single, "Love You Like a Love Song," the second single taken from Selena Gomez & The Scene's upcoming third album "When the Sun Goes Down," which is due out next Tuesday. As one of the many Disney Channel teenage stars who have gone on to successful music careers, 18-year-old Gomez follows the trend down to a tee, following up two gold certified albums with a third which will no doubt win the hearts of preteens everywhere while driving their parents up the wall.
The highly irritating up-tempo track kicks off with a stuttering synth melody that sounds like it came directly from a Cobra Starship song, and that's a compliment. An electric guitar riff energizes the opening verse as Gomez sings about looking forward to the evening after a long, tiring day. "I felt like this song is a sweet way of saying what everyone feels when you're in love with someone," she explained. "For me, it's like the honeymoon stage. 'Love You Like A Love Song' is about that first beginning and that rush and there's a fun techno beat to it."
From Japanese Karaoke goer to a 'let them eat cake' corset wearing Marie Antoinette to a space age beauty enthusiast, The "Ramona and Beezus" star sure is showing some range in her new video for "Love You Like a Love Song." But what the ponies left out Gomez certainly made up for her with her best 50's Pink Lady impressions and Bohemian romance novel recreations. In an interview with E! News, Gomez speaks of the inspiration for the song in her new music video. She says that the song is about her "...interpretation of the different styles of love... I think it's really fun and to just enjoy it."
And according to Gomez, this "fun" love song is all about her past and current flames. The "Who Says" singer hits a karaoke club and busts her own song while the screens flash her in different looks, and sports a beehive hairstyle and cat-eye sunglasses while hopping a convertible with a young guy, dances around in a bejeweled corset and mini frock, and ditches her high-fashion look to trade it with a boyish look. Okay, so most of these scenes have absolutely nothing to do with one another, but it's as good an excuse as any to put Gomez in some fun get-ups rather then dedicating a whole video to fit an 18th century Mozart theme. Meanwhile, Gomez's new movie "Monte Carlo," which is in theaters July 1.

Britney Spears is once again displaying her humorous side and poking fun at the press in her new video for "I Wanna Go," which dropped Wednesday and finds the pop princess doing battle with cyborg-like paparazzi. The track is the third single from her seventh album, "Femme Fatale." The Max Martin and Shellback penned up-tempo number is a dance-pop and Hi-NRG song that includes elements of techno and a heavy bassline. Accompanied with a Euro-pop whistle motif and stuttering vocals, the song's lyrics feature Spears sings about losing inhibitions.
"I Wanna Go" functions as a sort of formal declaration and mission statement for "Femme Fatale," and it is not an innovative song, but it is fantastically effective and endlessly enticing with its liberating and cathartic chorus, repeated words and typically saucy Spears lyrics. The song is a delightful lampoon of the Spears obsessed media. "I Wanna Go" offers a bevy of pop culture references meant to ridicule the rumors about the star and finally no "dancing." The video offers an alternative Spears from the dancehall queen image that she has undertaken in order to promote her latest album. The still sexy singer has upped her sass since receiving ample criticism for her lackluster dancing and continued penchant for lip-syncing.
The music video was directed by Chris Marrs Piliero and filmed in Los Angeles. It depicts Spears daydreaming at a press conference about a series of events, including being chased by paparazzi cyborgs and being rescued by actor Guillermo Díaz. Spears has touched on her relationship with the media in the past, but perhaps not with this much humor or self-deprecation. The new video is, like some of her past clips, an all-out affront to the pesky paparazzi that follow her every move. But, unlike any video she's done previously, this one tackles the issue with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
The promo starts with Spears fleeing a press conference after being quizzed by reporters, asking silly questions like is she being pregnant with Brad Pitt's love child and whether she hates puppies. Spears then launches into a foul-mouthed four-letter tirade at the journalists, leaving the press conference and flashing a hunky police officer, who then frisks the star. The 29-year old diva then takes to the streets, attacking the paparazzi with her microphone, before realizing that it was all a dream. "I Wanna Go" video is essentially one long dream sequence and that fact not only makes it pretty funny, but it sets it apart from most of Spears's other work. And though we've done pop-culture cheat sheets for her other videos, rarely have they been as much fun as they were this time out.

Folk rockers Noah and the Whale have premiered a music video in support of their latest single "Life Is Life," which is the third single from the British alternative indie folk band's successful recent third album, "Last Night on Earth." The record's title is a nod towards Charles Bukowski's poetry collection 'The Last Night of the Earth.' Lead singer Charlie Fink explained he was attracted to the sense of "loser's pride" in Bukowski's work. "In my head," he said, "there is a link between Lou Reed's Berlin, and Bukowski's poetry."
The Twickenham band's latest album "Last Night On Earth" has seen the quintet pull a remarkable U-turn from the bleak break-up songs of their first record, as now they're soaring euphorically towards a mountain top, with new single "Life Is Life," which is set for release on August 8th, representing their touchdown on the summit. "Life Is Life" is just too familiar, both conceptually and sonically. The synth and drum-machine Noah and the Whale have inexplicably adopted make the song sound like a mash-up of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" and The Knife's "Heartbeats."
This song's title is another Bukowski reference, tipping a hat to his poem The Laughing Heart - a verse whose final lines seem to sum up the record: "Your life is your life. Know it while you have it. You are marvelous. The Gods wait to delight in you." "I think its best that I don't say too much about this and just let your imaginations run wild. Either way I don't think I'm overstating things when I tell you that the new video we have shot for 'Life Is Life' is going to be THE GREATEST THING EVER," they said. "We shot it with Autumn De Wilde who, amongst many, many things, is responsible for all the photography for 'Last Night On Earth'."
Noah and the Whale bring their uplifting "Life Is Life" to the screen and want their fans just let their 'imaginations run wild' in the video for "Life Is Life" they worked with Autumn De Wilde. The video follows a young girl full of running, and daydreaming of being free and floating to the sky in a blimp. The band, meanwhile, are playing on the field with some cheerleaders, and front man Charlie Fink busting some impressive moves. The video upgrades the band's folk-indie sound with a dash of Lou Reed-esque vocals and a smattering of electro-pop.

Alela Diane has an exclusive premiere video on Spinner for her latest single "Desire," taken from Diane & Co.'s latest, self-titled record, "Alela Diane & Wild Divine," is available now via Rough Trade. The 28-year-old Diane is a homebody by nature. The Portland, Oregon-based, California-bred folk musician, though traveled the world over, is most at peace within audible range of a crackling fire and her cat's paws padding across the wood floors of her creaky Victorian residence.
Diane's latest single, "Desire," tells a heartache story that's common in music, only she does it with her unique, gentle touch. With a subtle Wurlitzer piano echoing each chord followed by a snare rim-click, "Desire" is an emotionally charged tune with a straightforward message: anyone can be overcome by their urges. "The song is about a woman I know who shall remain anonymous... It's not about me," the singer tells Spinner. "We shot the video in the Soho area of London. The close-up shots were filmed on a rooftop three roofs down from where Elton John allegedly wrote 'Your Song.'"
The new video for the song features Diane tells the story of a girl who's "lookin' like it's in a '90s-era get-up, complete with a sequined shirt, big black boots and red lipstick, wandering the streets of Soho as she walks through London and sits alone at a bar. For the bar scenes, Diane didn't opt for having iced tea stand in for booze. "I rarely drink whiskey, but I drank a little for the bar scene," she says. "I passed off what I couldn't handle to my husband, Tom."
After hunkering down and sufficiently nesting, with a wedding to bassist-turned-guitarist Tom Bevitori to seal the deal, the intensive tunesmithing commenced. Having found herself poised at a newly-acquired piano, Diane's words were fastidiously chosen and chords repeatedly changed, and all with utmost intention. Most of the lyrics were of borne of her sole observations, those concerning life, death and the unknown, but for the first time, she began co-writing with Tom; the tenderness of this situation is obvious. The song like "Desire" showcase the collaborative efforts of the couple.

You've already heard Dev on the hit track "Like a G6" by hip hop superstars Far East Movement, which sampled her debut single "Booty Bounce." But this singer is no one-trick pony. Dev has a slew of amazing tracks floating around the internet right now, including "Fireball," an eclectic forray into HipTronik, mixing electro with a touch of reggae. But her style and the song's dreamy interludes remind us of a rougher version of Uffie. The emotion spilling out of Dev's flow and the bass is enough to leave our head spinning. Her dreamy pop tune "Fireball" is not a track you can miss.
Hailing from Manteca, California and of Mexican and Portuguese decent, electropop artist Dev infuses her flow with hip hop beats and catchy verses. The Portuguese hip hop spitfire, who was discovered on MySpace by collaborative team The Cataracts, exudes a certain curious confidence in her music that won't fend you off, but somehow makes you more interested in her demeanor. Just like her Far East Movement-sampled mega hit "Booty Bounce", the irresistible beats of this old cut are undeniable, and pretty much the main reason why we can't wait for her new video "In the Dark," to hit in a couple of weeks.
In her new video, Dev is a "fireball," a phoenix rising from the ashes, cycling the Los Angeles bridges in stilletos, smoking a dangerous cigarette, throwing burning packages over bridges. Basically, everything she could legally do with fire. Maybe that's exactly what a fireball is, someone who's so red hot in burning up the charts, you can't take their eyes off of them. Though, we preferred thinking it was an analogy for how she rides her two-wheeler in that getup: fast, dangerously, and ready to hit something at any moment.
If you are going to kill someone, lament a lost love, or burn stuff, according to pop star music video fable, you are to do it on one of Los Angeles many bridges! For a girl who's proclaiming she has so much money that dollar bills are filling her tummy, we're not sure why she's not riding in a tricked-out taxi or even skimming the world's surface on a segway scooter with those two metallic men traveling behind on horseback. But, if Dev likes her stilettos on pedals and her two wheels in front and in back of each other, we've got a feeling that's exactly how they'll stay.

Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush, who built up some serious credibility after teaming with Snoop Dogg on their last single "Boyfriend," are borrowing heavily from the late '90s boy band aesthetic in their new video. Set to premiere during next week's "Big Time Break Up" episode, "Worldwide" is almost a shot-by-shot recreation of the 1999 classic Backstreet Boys' infamous "I Want It That Way," only replacing a fifth member with the presence of Kendall Schmidt's onscreen girlfriend Jo.
Would you travel "Worldwide"? The Big Time Rush boys, Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena, James Maslow and Logan Henderson slow things down a bit for this ballad. To all you Jo and Kendall supporters out there, Big Time Rush's brand-new video might just make your heart swoon and break all at the same time. The video teases the events of the upcoming episode, which watches as Jo and Kendall reexamine their relationship after she gets cast in a movie that's filming in New Zealand for three years.
Kendall told us exclusively, "We had so much fun filming this video. It was crazy, we shut down part of an airport! We hope everyone likes it as much as we do!" It's a big time break up indeed, as the video demonstrates. Big Time Rush's Kendall bids goodbye to Jo at the LAX airport, and band follow her as she heads to her gate, surrounded by the bright lights, the bustle of other travelers and the image of the boy she seems to have reluctantly left behind on her iPhone. Both she and Kendall emote expressively at their parting.
The video effectively captures airport travel, except we don't usually see cute boy bands performing perfectly polished pop songs in airport terminals while we're rushing to catch a flight! Be still our beating hearts. Big Time Rush would slow us down and force us to take a look, even if our cabin door was closing and we were about to miss a connecting flight. Hardly the first group to tap into the female love for airport romance this year, but Big Time Rush's white-on-white outfits and "dance moves" are also spot on with the Backstreet Boy's clip. We don't really think it's fair for boy bands to parody each other, so an homage is probably the better term here, save for "blatant rip-off."

Chris Brown has dropped the video with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber for their duet mid-tempo love cut "Next To You." The video starts out showing both artists interpret emotional determination with precision and struggle with their relationships in the video as the world falls apart behind them. It's the end of the world, and Brown and Bieber are dancing. Also, when not making mock Michael Jackson "Free Willy" era moves, saving their girlfriends from the flaming New York City streets.
The dreamy ballad pop love song, taken from Brown's fourth studio album, "F.A.M.E.," is a puppy-love declaration and it melted the pair's "angelic" voices, and trade verses assuring their ladies of their dedication. It finds the duo singing about their love for a lucky girl. Musically, "Next To You" is a R&B and pop number, with lyrics pertaining to the love between two in a relationship. Most music critics positively reviewed the song, complimenting the blending of Brown and Bieber's vocals. However a common criticism of the track was how it stood out in comparison into the more lyrically explicit music on "F.A.M.E.."
Brown returned the favor to Bieber when he added a part to the remix of "Up" on the Bieber's, "Never Say Never," the Remixes album. "Being able to collab with [Bieber] was great," Brown told MTV News. "He's a young, energetic cat, so being able to work with him, with the fanbase he has, was incredible. I know a lot of little girls are going to love this record. I wouldn't say [he's] my protégé. He's doing his thing at a young age, and I was doing mine at a young age, so being able to see him come up is dope."
This version is cleaned up and scaled back, but the epic love story, directed by Colin Tilley, the apocalyptic-themed clip features Brown and Bieber as the only two surviving residents of a chaotic town, and their history are reflected with each of them reminiscing on their girlfriends. The two pop stars face obstacles of apocalyptic proportions to keep their vow to always stand next to their ladies. Streets are crumbling below their feet, the sky is falling, but the two pop stars are determined to keep the promise they made in the song: "One day when the sky is falling, I’ll be standing right next to you."

Lady Gaga debuted her new music video for "The Edge of Glory" during Thursday's episode of "So You Think You Can Dance." The song is the third single from her sophomore album "Born This Way," and it features one of Gaga's childhood icons, E Street Band sax player Clarence Clemons, who suffered a stroke over the weekend. "In bed with Mommy thinking about Clarence," Gaga tweeted on Monday. "I can't wait for you to see the beautiful video we made together. He's a really special person." Smoke machines! Sax solos! Fake buildings! Gaga salutes the beauty of simplicity in her latest video, which looks like something straight outta 1987.
The song was inspired by the death of the singer's grandfather in late 2010, the 25-year-old pop diva revealed that she wrote this song at an emotional moment at the piano with her father. "My dad and I were going to say goodbye to him at the hospice, and I got out a big thing of agave tequila and my dad sat next to me at the piano and we started doing shots back and forth, and I wrote 'The Edge of Glory' on the piano and my dad and I cried. The song is about, how when I watch my grandpa die, I believe that he looks my grandmother and I realize that he was a champion in the life and that's when he's able to go to the edge of glory that represents being on the edge of that glorious moment."
The most ecstatic pop serenade Gaga has ever come up with, "The Edge of Glory" is a massive power ballad with heavy club beats that features Clemons wailing on his saxophone—but somehow it all seems totally natural when you actually hear it. There's an element of cheesiness to it, but it's totally captivating and incredibly catchy. If any of these new Gaga tunes demands to be a big fat hit this is it. The inclusion of Clemons is an inspired touch that amplifies the song's Eighties stadium rock vibe, but his actual performance is amazing and ranks among the best of his career.
It begins with Gaga slowly appearing from behind a building on a deserted street corner, the '80s-themed promo finds Gaga wearing a two-toned wig and barely-there leather getup, strutting her way through an abandoned New York City neighborhood in a silent night, and getting dirty on the edge of a fire escape and sitting on a stoop with the 69-year-old musician; just hanging out, saxing it up. Not to put down her previous over-the-top video releases but finally. A music video that complements the aesthetic that she's going for with the entire "Born This Way" album; balancing the best song on the record with the album's best music video.

Los Angeles-based Folk/Pop singer-songwriter Priscillia Ahn has released a new music video for her stand-out song "I Don't Have Time To Be In Love," a track off her latest sophomore album "When You Grow Up." The music video for her love song take you high in the sky. Ahn takes your through a musical journey of falling in love with someone, even when you claim "I Don't Have Time To Be In Love." It's another simple but elegant video that doesn't lose Ahn's grass-roots appeal.
Ahn was born in Georgia to a Korean mother and an American father, but she tries not to feel pressure to represent as one of the first Korean-American singers in the public eye. Only a few months ago, she was standing on a scenic Kauai bluff with her longtime beau, actor Michael Weston, and 10 of their closest friends, reciting spur-of-the-moment wedding vows. The 27-year-old musician wasn't planning on becoming a bride so soon. Ahn ponders love, play, creativity. She has a sweet, supple voice. and at home, she's secretly rather squirrelly.
Dovetailed nicely into the maturity-themed songs, "When You Grow Up," follow-up to her 2008's debut release "A Good Day," finds the singer-songwriter plumbing the theme of growing up, and its attendant eponymous pains, throughout its 12 acoustic-based songs, which thread a loose storyline through life's ups and downs with Ahn's angelic voice narrating experiences beginning with childhood, progressing through cycles of romance and heartbreak. "I Don't Have Time To Be In Love" ponders what it takes to be in a relationship.
The song was produced by UK studio whiz Ethan Johns, and recorded on his home turf of Bath and London. But don't take the track too seriously, cautions the lissome-voiced singer. It's a slow but soothing and a mesmerizing song with just a touch country sentimentality. With just bell-like keyboards, drums and voice, Ahn delivers a deceptively slow answer to the album's core thematic question that is also one of its catchiest and most radio-ready. Watch and listen along as her angelic voice on the romantic and intimate moments on this single, and it proclaims words of doubt and reason, swooning away for a love's truth. Chime in with the catchy chorus, and get swept away by this songstress' melodies.

The pop-country stylist Alissa Moreno released the music video for her penned "Every Day." The track is the chart-topping hit for Rascal Flatts. It went to No.2 on the country charts and was nominated for a Grammy, as well as getting over half a million hits on Youtube. The video was directed by Quattro, and Moreno has her emotions written all over her in "Every Day."
Born on a Navajo Indian reservation in New Mexico, she later moved to Hawaii where her jazz musician grandfather encouraged her to study music profusely, leading her to be an extraordinary musician. Over the following years, she moved to Los Angeles and and launched her career both as a vocalist and a composer of pop and rock songs. She released her debut album, "In Your Wake" in 2008 on her own Pi Records label. The first single, "Far From Here," is the theme to Lifetime's "Army Wives." She also co-wrote and helped perform the theme to ABC's sitcom "Hope and Faith," and among many others TV shows.
Talking about the story behind writing "Every Day," Moreno said "We were at a songwriting expo in Colorado, and Jeffrey Steele wanted to get together before his sound check. They had a beautiful piano, and I had had that music for a long time, but was not clear where to go with it. When I played him the hook, he said, 'I know exactly what to do with that. I've been thinking about this chorus for a long time.' From that point it was under an hour and we were off to the races with it."
Moreno is an "old hand" around the Expo, having performed at the event seven of our ten years! She is a renown piano and vocal talent, having worked on the set of "Hollywoodland" (Focus Features 2006) as vocal coach to Ben Affleck. She also is an actress, appearing in commercials, indie films, and creating and starring in Los Angeles Independent Film Festival short film "Superchicks." Moreno has been a busy gal, and she currently divides her time between the West Coast(Los Angeles) and in Music City(Nashville), keeping one foot in pop and one in country music.

Modern-rock mainstays Foo Fighters, clearly a band already known for their entertaining video delivery is back again, with a mini-film for their track, "Walk," the second track from American rock band's phenomenal new album, "Wasting Light," which has been tearing up the charts and causing critics to rally behind the band's raw, retro songs that are sure to be bumping in your car stereo this summer. Foo Fighters have fun with their "Walk" video, especially in the parts when the band's frontman Dave Grohl is stuck in traffic, and gets tazed to within an inch of his life. He have a really really bad day. Seriously...a terrible day.
"Walk" is more of the goofy antics we've come to expect from the guys. It's very catchy song. According to Grohl, he came up with the verse about "having a trial" after the time he was helping his first daughter Violet Maye on "learning to walk," and eventually she was able to walk on her own. The song was supposed to be on the previous studio album "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," but Grohl decided to put the final version as the last track of "Wasting Light" because it "sort of makes sense to the album's theme of time and second chances," and to "end the record on a positive note."
The video was directed by Sam Jones, and is, rather oddly enough, a heavily influenced by the 1993's intense crime drama "Falling Down." Sitting in his car stuck in halted peak hour traffic, tipped over the edge by the phrase "punk is dead" scrawled on a freeway underpass, Grohl loses his cool and abandons his vehicle and goes on a mad tear across the city. Although he may be dressed a mild-mannered office worker, Grohl does some damage to his bandmates, beating guitarist Pat Smear with a Slim Jim sword and turning a golf cart into a fatal weapon. Grohl flees from the cops before reaching the Foo Fighters performance space, even throwing in a few badass Pete Townshend-style guitar windmills before the cops come, as Grohl is tasered and arrested.
It is the first Foo Fighters music video to feature Grohl with the rare Gibson Trini Lopez Standard in Pelham Blue, the guitar his signature Gibson DG-335 in Pelham Blue is based on. The video contains a hidden phone number that prompts callers to tell the band their favorite part of the video. The "Walk" clip finds the Foo Fighters back to their costumes, characters and comedic hi-jinks, after a more straight-forward "Rope" video. I can't really think of a better "modern rock" band than Foo Fighters. The band's latest album, "Wasting Light" rules pretty hard, a fantastic collection of beefy, rockin' tunes.

Getting into character as her nerdy alter ego, Katy Perry transformed herself into Kathy Beth Terry by Rebecca Black for the wackiest new video accompanying her latest single, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" the fifth single off Perry's 2010 album "Teenage Dream," and it's easily her best yet, and she included a couple of random pop-culture phenomenons just for the fun of it. The pop star ends up turning into a '80s glam party animal in her wildly optimistic ode to a love of binge drinking, is proving to be as adept at comedy as her husband, edgy British comic Russell Brand.
Perry explained that this mid-tempo party anthem, which recalls all the fun nights gone by, had a purpose for being on the album: "There's a lot of substance, but also some no-brainers," she said. Perry added that she likens the tune to "I Gotta Feelin'" by the Black Eyes Peas. Perry was inspired to write this track after running naked through a park. She explained: "There's nothing better than an impromptu dance party with my friends. My track 'Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)' is a song about debauchery because I had one of those nights in Santa Barbara. We went out to this place called Wildcat and got crazy."
The 26-year-old added that despite drawing from her own experiences in the tune, the raunchy threesome mentioned in the track didn't actually happen. She admitted: "We had a couple of beers and danced until we died, then brought the party back to the hotel room. Most of that song is actual truth, apart from the ménage à trois... unfortunately! But, yes, streaking in the park, that's what we did, so we had to write a song about it the next day!" The whole thing is one big late '80s-early '90s fun throwback that most of us can likely relate to at one point in our lives or another.
The new video was directed by Marc Klasfeld and is truly a classic Perry video among fun, entertaining and humorous. In video, Perry takes on an '80s nerdy side as she wakes up in her bed wearing braces, a turtleneck and taped glasses after a (Friday) night of hard partying to find a bunch of strangers passed out in her room, her house a mess, and worst of all as embarrassing pictures of her posted on the internet. At first, it seems like just about every teenager's worst nightmare until Perry realizes that she's just had the greatest night of her life.

Disney starlet Bridget Mendler is ready to change the world! The 18-year-old talented who starred in "Lemonade Mouth" has premiered her first music video for the inspiring new pop/rock anthem, "We Can Change the World" on Disney Channel. The actress-singer is not usually the Yellow Team's skipper, but she's moreover the voice and co-wrote a song with Joacim Persson that will be the anthem for Disney's Friends for Change, which is a multi-platform initiative that helps inspire kids and families to join together and make a positive impact on their world.
As the anthem for Disney's Friends for Change initiative, "We Can Change the World" is Mendler's contribution in the effort to benefit global charities. The new anthem song aims to entertain and inspire to create positive change and raise money for a good cause! The song is the third Disney's Friends for Change anthem and will donate $250,000 dollars to Disney's Worldwide Conservation fund benefiting charities all over the world. Previous songs have helped raise more than $800,000 for conservation projects around the globe.
Mendler shared, "I love that Disneys' Friends for Change games pairs up with a musical project because I think music is a great way of spreading a message in a fun way that kids will listen." Mendler hopes the anthem will cause global change on a personal level. "The concept is really just to universalize the message that we can change the world. So, you have me singing the song and then all these kids from around the world, spreading the message of changing the world and doing their part. I hope people listen to the song and be inspired by it and also take action in your own way."
The "We Can Change the World" song and music video are designed to both entertain and inspire ways to initiate positive change. The video was directed by Art Spigel and filmed late last month. Mendler takes core theater on tip of a hill in the video, which sees Mendler and kids from around the world along with Disney Channel stars Valeria Baroni (Argentina), Jorge Blanco (Mexico), Olavo Cavalheiro (Brazil), Nicole Ishida (Japan), Murtuza Kutianawala (India) and Eve Ottino (France), are featured.

British singer/songwriter Patrick Wolf returns with a new video for the bubbly synth-pop ditty "House," the third single from his forthcoming fifth LP, "Lupercalia," is his strongest yet and will drops on June 20th. A mix of awe and anxiety, "Lupercalia" is the sound of a man coming to terms with who he is, and who he wants to be. "House" is featuring the joy and pain of love and blends soaring melodies and heartfelt lyrics with a pop sensibility, that's as happy being performed stripped down as it is with a big band.
The 27-year-old multi-instrumentalist is so unabashedly unique. Each one of his four albums so far has been unlike anything else I've ever heard, very distinctly him yet also distinct from each other. "I see this world living in black and white, I'm thinking about trying to make people feel again with music. There's so many forgotten and secret things in the world that I want people to know about, and if I can be a vessel for those things, just for one little moment of somebody's life, then I'm going to do that through my performance, through my visual as well, because it's all communication that shouldn't be wasted," he stated.
Wolf has been cutting a happier figure of late, with all the tracks thus far revealed from "Lupercalia" deals with love and relationships and demonstrating a new-found contentment with life. "It's in awe of the complexities of love -- love isn't simple, and as you get older you become more aware of the complex emotions, you have more sorrow and you have more happiness and you have more knowledge about yourself. You need a more complex type of love." The video for "House" elaborates on the lyrical themes of contentment in a home with a lover, as exotic plants take over his "paradise garden."
The Andy Bruntel-directed video was filmed in Los Angeles in April. As Wolf wore a bespoke "Rousseau" suit designed by luxury fashion house, Alexander McQueen, the video has an uplifting premise, much like the song. Wolf walks around performing the jaunty song in a house, as plants and tropical animals, such as lizards, toucans and monkeys make their way slowly overtake the place, sunlight filling every room. Despite the novelty of such events, Wolf doesn't seem too excited about the whole thing, instead choosing to brood, iron some laundry, and hang out in bed. Maybe it's just another day in the life of this musical prodigy.

Shakira certainly knows how to draw in viewers, and she has done it again with her giddy, rapid-fire Latin pop song "Rabiosa." In the song's newly-released video, the "She Wolf" songstress sports a short, dark and sexy brunette French bob wig, as she throws a party, attracts a cute boy and pole dances in some black lingerie. "Rabiosa" (English: "Rabid") is the third single from her third bilingual and seventh studio album, "Sale el Sol." Shakira has created a new merengue-rock hybrid that lays down bare horn riffs over a driving beat in a groove that is irresistible.
The catchy tune has a distinctive Latin flavor that's sprinkled with spices of Dominican merengue music. The fast-paced track features a sizzling horn section and a steady dance beat throughout. Musically, "Rabiosa" is a Merenrap/Dancehall reggae song with Latin and rap influences. It featuring rappers Pitbull's familiar interjections. It's exactly the kind of undeniably sexy song you'd expect from a Shakira/Pitbull collaboration, a smart and seductive dance mix that won't let your hips sit still. Pitbull's raspy raps mesh well with Shakira's sultry moans and invitations to "come get a little closer."
The 34-year-old Colombian tour hottie restyled herself as a voluptuous brunette and is cutting loose for the Jaume de Laiguana-directed video, which was shot in late April in Barcelona, Spain. It was described as having a "partying atmosphere" by those who took part in the shootings. The video starts off with the Colombian songbird entering a sexy dance party at a nightclub. Throughout the vigorous video, the camera leads Shakira through the festivities, as she sports a green mini-dress and short bobbed brown hairdo. The singer engages in a salsa dance with a male party-goer, crowd surfs above the masses, and gets playful in bathtub as she sings the lusty lyrics.
It's not long before we're reintroduced to blonde Shakira shaking her famous hips around a pole in black lingerie, continuing the fantasies that she started in her "She Wolf" video. Shakira has made possibly her raciest music video yet, stripping down to a teeny weeny black bikini and showing off her pole dancing skills. Only Shakira can transform a pole dance from trashy to awe-inspiring, as she moves her body in ways that most people can only dream of. She finishes big with a sideways split as the video fades out. As always, the Latin songstress brings the heat both musically and visually on this meringue-inspired track.

Dutch symphonic metal rock outfit Within Temptation have released a music video for "Sinéad." The video takes place at a nightclub where things soon get very dangerous. The irresistible, fan-favourite track is the second single from Within Temptation's fifth studio and first concept album, "The Unforgiving." Choosing to release "Sinéad" as the follow-up underlines the band's ambition to break down the walls between musical genres. "Sinéad" is the most catchy song Within Temptation have ever written; a euphoric disco-metal stomper with the potential to become the ultimate crossover-hit on the dance floors this summer.
It is the beginning of a new era for Within Temptation. With undeniable disco grooves, the band took this opportunity to further enhance the track's dance floor appeal; commissioning special remixes from four acclaimed dance producers. Already triumphant in rock and metal, Within Temptation now experiment further with the extremes of rock and dance, merging these seemingly disparate genres to create contagious new versions of "Sinéad," which is blurring the lines between rock, dance, pop, and metal music in an unprecedented way.
The band enlisted the help of trance producer Benno de Goeij, electro-industrial artists VNV Nation, and happy hardcore band Scooter to put together a remix with heavy dance influences, departing from their usual Gothic rock fare. "We thought it would be interesting to see what would happen if 'real' dance [artists] would remix the track," said the band on their website" "'Sinéad' has always been a favorite of all of us. She is a character with a lot of different opposite sides to her, just like the song. It is catchy and feel good but at the same time emotional and melancholic. So from the start it was quite clear that 'Sinéad' would be released as a single from this album."
Such dark subject matter abounds in "The Unforgiving." In a February interview with Metal Ways, frontwoman Sharon den Adel stated, "The story is about people who have done bad things not because they are bad, but because they made bad decisions." With such a somber overtone, it is difficult to imagine how "Sinéad" could be transformed into a dance song. Within Temptation have promised to keep fans posted. Adel's voice and the bombastic rock of Within Temptation are a truly unique mixture. Her voice always sounds incredible but, on this track, it reaches a whole new level of beautiful, intense, and fragile emotion.

American Idol Season 10 contestant Tim Halperin debuted a music video for his original tune called "The Last Song," Monday morning on 'Kidd Kraddick in the Morning,' a nationally syndicated radio program. The single is one of the songs that will appear on his debut album, which will come out in September. This 23-year-old from Omaha, Neb., has been giving away the song for free since early March, made popular after his premature departure from American Idol.
Simple piano melody, the song which he flawlessly performed during "Hollywood Week" on American Idol, was originally released on YouTube after Halperin was eliminated from American Idol on March 3. Halperin wrote on his Twitter feed that the video was independently created, and the $8,000 budget was funded entirely by fans. "The funding for the video came from fan donations, and it was all shot locally in Fort Worth," Halperin writes in an e-mail. "I think this video demonstrates the power of independent collaboration, apart from a major label or American Idol. We are hoping to get a million views on this video." So do help him get a million views so he could further his music career.
Directed by Jonathan Combs and Joe Childress, the video for the tune–a lush, big-chorused ballad is quite brilliant with visually intriguing, lyrically stellar, and vocally magical. Halperin climbs into his piano at the beginning of the video and spends the next few minutes of his dreamy pop song in an almost Alice in Wonderland meets The Lion, and a "Narnia-like" world. As he struggles to deal with a lost love, the video chronicles a world blinded by the complexities of love.
First, he is sitting on his bench trying to think how to write the words to help him heal. He folds a picture of him and his ex in half, opens the wooden piano, and ventures into a surreal world. He stumbles through a landscape of trunks, musical notes, cotton clouds, and swimming pools before coming back to reality. Upon the realization that his ex has moved on, he falls backwards into a cold pool of truth. He awakens from his revery to find himself at a wedding. He has finally come to his senses, and he is now able to move on. The real world sets in, and he climbs back out of the piano. Amazing stuff! How did this guy not go further than the Top 24? It is beyond me.

Mylène Farmer, often referred to as "the French Madonna," has just premiered a music video for another RedOne collabo and dancefloor pleaser, "Lonely Lisa." The electro-dance cut serves as the third single to be lifted from her 3x Platinum eighth record "Bleu Noir," in France and although I have no idea what the song's all about, it does sound the most rhythmic and catchy hits by Farmer. I may not understand everything that Farmer says, but the song is a wonderful dance pop affair, and I just love the video and enjoy her music nonetheless!
"Lonely Lisa" was written by French diva with the music composed by RedOne. Musically, the song has electro-oritented and dance sonorities. "Lonely Lisa" is by far the catchiest song on "Blue Noir." It's whirling synths, pulsing electronic basslines and huge catchy melodies take it to a level of perfection only a true pop icon can reach. It was generally praised in the media with a dynamic, rhythmic piece, and simple but catchy chorus. A potentially summer hit!
The Canadian born French singer is known for her creative output, both musically and visually. She gained fame with songs featuring shocking yet poetic lyrics, and explicit music videos. By the turn of the decade Farmer was a full blown superstar in France. The album seems to have surpassed even Farmer's standards of success. Despite being released in December it was one of the top ten biggest sellers of the year, and the formula of Farmer collaborating with big hitters Moby and RedOne seems to be a winning combination. With a record 11 number one singles in France so far, and the two previous songs from "Bleu Noir," and it will be interesting to see if this makes it 12.
The promo is surreal, but actually very tame for Farmer, who has a long history of crazy-looking clips. Shot in May, the video for "Lonely Lisa" was directed by Roy Raz, will no doubt spark the Lady Gaga comparisons. While the debate will rage, some no doubt saying Gaga was influenced by Farmer and borrowed her ideas, or that Farmer is borrowing some of Gaga's style to boost her career, what's certain is that Gaga's international success has probably made it easier for female artists to be heard, and ones with ideas like Farmer can certainly make the most of the opportunity. The video certainly keeps up Farmer's reputation for making videos that are an essential element of her art.

Kenny Chesney has jst released the music video during this weekend on CMT for "You and Tequila," the fourth single from his latest fourteenth album, "Hemingway's Whiskey." Written by Matraca Berg and Deana Carter, the ballad is closer to contemporary Americana than anything coming from the Nashville mainstream and a duet with the loamy vocals of alt-country singer Grace Potter, the leading vocalist of soulful, folk-rock band, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.
When Chesney was on tour in 2003 with Deana Carter, he heard the "Strawberry Wine" singer perform her song titled "You and Tequila" night after night. When it came time for Chesney to put together songs for his latest album, "Hemingway's Whiskey," he felt the urge to record the tune, asking Potter to duet with him on the song. "['You and Tequila'] is a struggle song," Chesney says. "There are some commonalities about getting someone out of your mind and drinking and trying to quit." It's a great track because it's a very poetic and acoustic way to describe how your favorite sins are the ones that do you in.
"You and Tequila" lives up to its expectations, without a doubt. It settles nicely into the acoustic vibe that Chesney has excelled in before, but still offers a little more than that. With a bit more color to his voice than usual, he convincingly sings about the struggles and temptations of wanting to see that one girl who drives him crazy. The lyrics are straightforward and direct, eschewing cute turns of phrase for understated simplicity. Potter's backing vocals give the feel of her echoing the same torturous sentiments, adding a wonderful amount of reciprocation.
The pair shot the video with director Shaun Silva mostly in Malibu, California. "That's the essence of the song, a very romantic setting. And the house where we shot it really lent itself to the song," Potter said. The video is just like the song, light, with a hint of sadness. The storyline has Chesney and Potter as ex's who have gone their separate ways, but still think about each other. The video is set up with shots of the pair having fun on the beach, on a hill overlooking the city, and drinking tequila together. Then, there are shots of them at separate times going back to those locations alone to reminisce about the relationship.