Today's Pick

Electro-pop singer Dev has team up with Enrique Iglesias released the new video for their collaborative sultry track "Naked." The sensual/infectious The Cataracs-produced party-ready cut will serve as the third single only features on the US edition of her debut album, "The Night The Sun Came Up," and the second single from Iglesias' upcoming album, "Reloaded."
Dev's honeyed, cavity-causing voice snakes and slithers around Iglesias on their sultry duet. The dance-beat song will have your blood surging through your veins and to your nether regions. It's a Eurodance-inspired club banger with thumping backbeats and synths. That's as authentic as it gets. If it was both singers' intention to get people hot and bothered by their song, starting things off on the dance floor and finishing them in the bedroom, then mission accomplished. It's an upbeat, uptempo rump-shaker.
Iglesias's sultry vocals do well with Dev's ability to talk dirty and make it sound oh so good. The techno elements of the song is what Dev has come to be known for in her tracks. It's a sweet pop song about a star-crossed love immaculately produced for the dance floor by the Cataracs. In this song "Naked" is a feeling not a physical reality. That is a nice twist that might provoke a few smiles from listeners. Also, Dev has fashioned a sweet, memorable, romantic pop tune that also works for the party and the club. The pair generate pleasing romantic heat.
Filmed in late February, the duo play star-crossed lovers in the BBGun-directed sultry visual, which takes us to a late night at the Planet Hollywood hotel in Las Vegas where Dev is getting ready for a night out, while a perfectly coiffed Iglesias just checked in to try his luck at the roulette table. The Las Vegas mega hotel and casino is the perfect backdrop for a song about rolling the dice, a chance meeting and taking a risk with a stranger no matter what others think of it. They actually do not appear together until the very last scene in the hotel elevator just when the doors are about to slide to a close. And it exactly fuels the song's narrative.

Ahead of tonight's "Braxton Family Values" reunion show, Toni Braxton just dropped her brand new video for her latest dance anthem, "I Heart You," the lead offering from the diva's upcoming seventh Lp, "Heartstrings & Synagogue Vibes," which she hopes to release in May. The Grammy Award-winning singer looks great as she dances to her self-produced fierce tune.
Finally making a comeback to music, the 44-year-old R&B veteran, who produced and wrote the uptempo cut "I Heart You," where Braxton's singing about her dancing all her troubles away, and showcasing her signature sultry vocals over a electro beat. The track is flawless! "When I wrote this song I was thinking about the feeling you get when you walk into a club and you hear the melody," Braxton said of the single. "You feel the beat and you just know it's going to be a good night."
Braxton previously said she was considering giving up music for good to focus on being a mother to her sons. After label woes, health and financial issues and a divorce, it's understandable that her music would take a backseat. However, I'm so glad she's had a change of heart. Welcome back! Braxton has previously told news that the song evokes hints of "Last Dance," the massive Donna Summer track. Braxton singing romance lyrics to a male suitor and sings of her urges to find happiness.
The Dancing With The Stars alum turns up the heat with a troupe of dancers, showing off not only her dance moves but vocals and body in her clubby new video, which was directed by Bille Woodruff. She rocks a variety of looks in the video, appearing first in a pink negligee, in an all-white room, contemplating a topless dude, with a fan tussling her wig. The visual takes a dramatic turn when the beat comes in, however, shifting to a dark club setting with a DJ and dance troupe, as Braxton sashays in a revealing tan dress, rocking garters, a jeweled headpiece, and later, a sequined bodysuit.

Lionel Richie and Shania Twain reunited to film a beautiful video for their "Endless Love," the lead single from Richie's just-released country collaborations album "Tuskegee," which has poised to notch his best sales week since his highest charting album in 1986. "Endless Love" was originally recorded in 1981 as a duet between Richie and fellow soul singer Diana Ross. Richie has re-recorded his legendary by inviting Twain to sing him with in a new updated version of the song. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another.
Born in Tuskegee, Ala., the 62-year-old funk-R&B-pop balladeer has "gone country" on his latest collection, "Tuskegee," which finds him hooking up with Twain, in country duet makeovers of his greatest hits as a solo artist, as well as with The Commodores. "Lionel Richie is not going country, I've always been country, I lived in the country," said Richie, "It was a stretch for me to go pop. It was a stretch for me to be an R&B singer. I'm not a soul singer. I'm a storyteller."
Twain, 46, hadn't released any new music in five years and was suffering from a vocal condition called dysophonia. She was struggling with her voice at the time, and Richie had to go to her in the Bahamas to record the duet. She is slowly comeback after revealed her new single "Today is Your Day" during the show "Why Not? with Twain on the Oprah Winfrey Network." If you missed that episode, you also missed Twain's emotional performance with the legendary Richie.
Set at a beach side home in the Bahamas, the clip is pretty much everything we've always wanted in a romantic duet: A serene beach, a white baby grand, and of course, a horse. Twain closes her eyes and lets her emotions do the work; Richie spends much of the video inside the home, watching moving pictures on the wall of Twain on the beach, riding her horse and spending time on the dock. The light colors throughout the video and the easy, carefree relationship shown between the two when Richie emerges from the house to meet her on the beach bring the song's timeless lyrics to life.

East L.A. hip-pop outfit Far East Movement team up with LMFAO's Redfoo dropped a new video for their Justin Bieber-assisted fist-pumping jam "Live My Life," the lead single from the Electro Hop and Hip-Hop quartet's upcoming fourth studio installment "Dirty Bass," coming out on May 8th. The group has bridged the gap between underground party records and mainstream hip-hop and pop since 2003.
The RedOne-produced party anthem is grinding and a little dirty. "We're thrilled to have Justin be a part of Dirty Bass," rapper Kevin Nishimura told RollingStone.com about the club-busting collaboration. "Far East Movement has always focused on unexpected collaborations and mashing up musical genres, which keeps making music exciting. 'Live My Life' is a song we think both Far East Movement and Bieber fans will enjoy together." Talking about the song, he gushed, "We [wanted] to make a song that bridges that gap between the young audience and our audience, and the club audience that pops bottles and gets crazy."
Shot in Amsterdam earlier this month, and Redfoo making his directorial debut, was the man behind the lens. Features dance thumper tune and its "Party Rock remix," the clip follows Far East Movement and Redfoo as they throw a street party and lead a troupe of people to do a flash mob with a bunch of fans in the new video, which carries on the Party Rock vibe, and lots of bright colors and zebra print, and plenty of G6-like shenanigans, but Bieber is nowhere to be found in the visual.
"Word spread quickly that we were shooting the music video around the city. Kids were out of school because of a teacher strike," said Nishimura, who kicks off things by looking over one of the city's many bridges before turning on his boombox and walking the streets to pick up one of his favorite girls. From there, he runs into his electro hop group members, who hit a switch in their mini car and transforms it into a party bus and it's on from there. They're having so much fun that they even get a cranky old man to join in on the party.

Kerli made a successful transition from creepy art-popper to rave diva last year when her electro-pop hit "Army of Love" topped the Billboard Club charts. Now she's back with a new video inspired by manga to support her official follow-up single, "Zero Gravity," which is out now on iTunes, offers a first taste of what we can expect from the 25-year-old's long-awaited second album due later this year.
Co-written and produced by Scandipop duo Svante Halldin and Jakob Hazell, "Zero Gravity" is about as typical as club music gets in 2012. It's packaged with nostalgic '90s piano riffs, huge Ibiza-style synths, and even a Bubblegoth dubstep breakdown. Kerli serves up intergalactic metaphors galore over the song's euphoric production, using the limitless reaches of space to sing about a new romance. The lyrics of "Zero Gravity" are actually written in the honor of Air spirits - sylphs.
"I know it sounds like a love song and that's intentional but it's actually about merging with the spirit, becoming all love," she said. The Estonian songstress hasn't really tried to do anything new with the genre. But on the other hand, Kerli's generic new tunes are so irresistibly catchy and danceable that chastising her for the genre hop isn't just pointless, but also completely unfair. Kerli may not be as original as she once was, but "Zero Gravity" is proof that sometimes a move to the mainstream ain't always such a bad thing.
With her unique brand of bubblegoth pop magic, the soaring single comes complete with an eye-popping video, beaming us up to a colorful wonderland in the sky. "I'm as light as I can be / You got me feeling weightless," the Estonian chanteuse sings in a variety of vibrant costumes, and you're likely to feel a bit giddy yourself. In clip, Kerli is portrayed as a cocoon hanging upside down on a tree branch before blossoming into a beautiful angel. "The Zero Gravity video is about transformation," she explains. "I tried to mix all this super angelic stuff with some more cyber/techno stuff."

Canadian rock heavyweights Nickelback return to tug at your heart strings with their melodramatic new music video for their ballad song "Lullaby," the third single from the Canadian rock band's latest 7th studio album, "Here and Now," noticing that the song was the second most charted single off the album so far, just behind the lead single. This is a tear-jerker of a video but some people like to have their tears jerked.
This sweet tempered Country-tinged ballad was penned by Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger with Nashville songwriters Chris Tomkins, Craig Wiseman and Rodney Clawson. The pop-flavored song is a tribute to the boyfriend of Chad and Mike Kroeger's babysitter, who died in a motorcycle accident. The new cinematic video shows a dad learning to connect with his baby after the mother dies in childbirth - its sad but uplifting at the same time.
Shot in a factory in California, the clip was directed by long-time friend Nigel Dick, who's worked with the band on eight previous clips as well as their live video, "Live at Home." When things go wrong during the delivery, the father is tasked with raising the child alone. Clearly overwhelmed by parenthood, the father briefly considers adoption before he decides to "Just give it one more try / to lullaby," as the song's uplifting message conveys.
The video is a dramatic look at life and death, despair and hope. From the outset, Nickelback's contribution to the story is minimal, the band positioned in a separate scene, a warehouse lit under glittering flood lights. In clip, you see the story of a young couple expecting their first child cut together with shots of the band playing. It even showcases Chad Kroeger doing the "straight talk pose" - where you turn your chair around to convey the seriousness of the topic at hand.

Hot Chelle Rae debut music video for their latest single, "Honestly," the third single from the buzzy pop rock band's sophomore studio album "Whatever," which Hot Chelle Rae have been on a roll with, is a streak that's likely to continue with the release of "Honestly," a catchy new single in which frontman Ryan Keith Follese sings about getting dumped but quickly moving on and having fun again.
Sample lyrics from the Blink 182-esque breakup song, "Honestly" jumps right into the relationship drama with no instrumental intro. A lively acoustic guitar accompaniment appears as the song opens into its chorus, which finds Follese picking up the pieces much faster than most reasonable people would. Maybe he's in denial, or maybe he was never really that into her, but either way, Follese and Hot Chelle Rae have created a tell-off tune for anyone whose young love doesn't work out as planned.
The music video was directed by Marcus Raboy and filmed in Los Angeles. It features a cameo from Ashley Benson, star of the ABC Family hit "Pretty Little Liars." Benson plays Follese's on-screen fuming girlfriend with a storyline about a relationship gone sour. Talking about the party scene they shot for the video, Follese gushes, "It was madness, there's icing all over my blazer..." The lead singer adds, "It was an amazing day -- one of the best videos, if not the best video we've ever done."
Navigates their break up, the clip sees Follese ignoring Benson's desperate attempt to gain back his attention at the party. The frontman has to deal with not-fun stuff, and pulls a devil-may-care attitude when she constantly tries to infuriate him. He simply shrugs her off and plays a matchmaker for her when she brings another guy to a party to anger him. That's what young love is all about - dodging bullets and getting outta dodge, to mix a metaphor. It's also about trying not to let the heartache overwhelm you.

"The X Factor" runner-up Chris Rene has debuted the video for the mid-tempo pop jam, "Young Homie," the first single of Rene's unnamed Post-X-Factor album. After nabbing third place (behind the champ Melanie Amaro and Josh Krajcik) for the inaugural season of the American X-Factor series with this original composition, the 29-year-old launched his professional singing career with the debut of his first music video. "It basically just depicts a really good day in Santa Cruz," Rene said.
Originally performed on the show and used to blow away the judges during his audition, "Young Homie" is a celebration of the singer's turbulent life that helped catapult him into the national spotlight. "Chris Rene's unique voice and identity constantly communicate his heartfelt message of love, positivity, and an overcoming of personal adversities," said the song's producer JR Rotem. "You can't help but be inspired by his energy and touched by the genuine and natural quality of his voice."
"Me representing love through my music is the main thing for me," Rene says. "If the world is ever gonna get a chance to see Chris Rene and see what he's about, or see what's going on, this is the song that will capture that...this is me. This is what I like to do, what I love." Rene reintroduces himself to fans via his new clip that highlights his past struggles as he emphasizes a bright and successful future, as well as he reassures a group of tough-looking guys that they can turn around their lives, if they focus on positive things.
Directed by Jeremy Rall, the clip was filmed in Rene's hometown of Santa Cruz and beautifully depicts the people, the places and the streets that inspired him to pen the original record. We see Rene roaming the streets of his youth, bumping into some old friends and throwing up some mad peace signs. Later, Rene strolls through the town's record store, he pops by the skate park and finally ends his visit with a live performance for the entire town. The clip gives viewers a snapshot of the singer's hometown, the places and people he grew up with and the inspiration for the song.

Katy Perry dumps her cheating boyfriend, cuts off her hair, binds her chest and signs up for the Marines in the new pop-military video for her latest single "Part Of Me," the lead (seventh overall) single from the expanded edition of her album, "Teenage Dream," debuted at the Billboard Hot 100's top spot in February, after the 27-year-old premiered the track at the 2012 Grammys.
This dance-pop and pop rock empowerment song finds Perry declaring herself unbreakable after a break-up. "I wrote it two years ago when I was writing and recording Teenage Dream,[but] it didn't feel right on the record," says Perry. The song puts the brakes on the frothy, confectionery, lighthearted lyrical fare the blue-haired diva is known for. Perry encases a rather venomous, yet self-empowering message in a synth heavy, looped beat pop song and she never passes up the chance to take a swipe. It's a different side of her on the lyrical and vocal level; the studio treated sonics are quite familiar.
"Part Of Me" is a dancefloor rave-up and brings to mind Jessie J's "Domino," chugging along to a similar treadmill-ready groove and riding a guitar hook. And we think this storyline works pretty well with the message of the song. The lyrics are meant to be empowering, and there is something inspiring about Perry striving to make a positive difference in the world after her heartbreak rather than crumple into a heap of tears. Plus, how often do you get to see a pop diva go through boot camp?
It's an unusually somber clip for the pop princess, but the intense tone makes some sense, given that the song is intended as a perfect breakup anthem. Perry was sore and exhausted after shotting "Part Of Me" video, "I know how to carry my weight a little bit more," she says of military training for the Ben Mor-directed clip, which starts with Perry sitting on a car, spying on her boyfriend and rushes in his office and starts arguing with him. Then she drives down to the gasoline station and buys in a convenient store where she saw a note on bulletin board saying, "All Women are Equal, Then Some Become Marines." I guess you knew what's next.

Right on schedule, the Atlanta rapper Bobby Ray, aka, B.o.B. presents the latest music video for his new single "So Good," the third single from the Former XXL Freshman's upcoming sophomore studio album, "Strange Clouds," will be in stores May 1st. The 23-year-old has been showing a lot of growth with "Strange Clouds" thus far, and "So Good" is no exception as it has the ability to catch the ear of pop, R&B, and hip-hop fans alike.
The track, produced by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, is a feel-good song with a lighthearted, piano-driven beat. On the effervescent track, the rapper gushes about the amazing girl he fell in love and all of the places and sites that he wants to see with her. B.o.B. described this cut during a listening session interview with Mack of Sound-Savvy as a, "victory lap song with a big sound that a lot of people will gravitate towards." In concept and sonically, it reminds me of OneRepublic's current single "Good Life," but has quite a few differences. Not a rip by any means. I could hear it as a feel-good summer single for the pop stations.
The track is already pretty upbeat, but this clip adds a little more flavor with B.o.B.'s lover boy ways, and it looked like he was spending a lot to keep her around all over the world and caters her to the finer things in life, so far so good? Directed by Justin Francis, and Shot in ultra-high quality and filled with egotistical lines about pleasing ladies with his life of luxury, "So Good" is the type of performance heavy clip we have come to expect from B.o.B. Nothing new, nothing fancy, but great for anyone that is already a fan. The visual is also available in 3D, exclusively on Nintendo Video.
Throughout the jet-setting video, B.o.B. continuously spoils the lucky lady travel the globe with exotic trips and luxurious gifts, escorting her to places like Buenos Aires and Paris. Marble halls, museums, city streets, cafes, the Trevi Fountain and palm trees highlight the pair's adventures across the world, and the feel-good visual perfectly matches the mood of the Ryan Tedder-produced song. In a recent interview B.o.B. described the video saying, "It's basically me taking my significant other around the world to these different places and it really illustrates that in a very artistic way."

After bestowing "Give Me All Your Luvin'" with a Super Bowl-sized debut, Madonna has unveiled a brand-new stylish video for her dance number "Girl Gone Wild," the candy-coated second single from her forthcoming twelfth studio album, "MDNA," album that fits right in with the current crop of contemporary dance-pop music, out next Monday. Exclusively obtained by E! News, Madonna's latest production features the Material Girl showing all the guys and girls how it's done.
The mid-tempo funky party dance track is undeniably dance, but with stronger electro-pop than house markings, with a driving beat and propulsive hook that recalls her 2005 single "Hung Up." Lyrically, the song addresses to a "good girl gone wild" singing about her "burning hot desire" to have some fun. In "Girl Gone Wild," which opens the album, harsh and sintetic sounds and distorted rhythms are put together with a central part which is more dreamy and easier to listen to, more pop/disco.
Madonna is trying too hard to cling to her youth on "Girl Gone Wild," and doing what she does best for turning up the heat on the dance floor, and it's the sound of a woman who hits the dancefloor for restoration more than craziness. Given its similarities to what's currently being played on the radio, "Girl Gone Wild" is a safe choice as a single, its title notwithstanding. This is definitely not the boundary-pushing Madonna we came to love in the '80s and '90s. At the same time, Madonna makes it clear that she's at a point where she just wants to have a little fun.
The greyscale clip, directed by fashion photographers Mert & Marcus, is a fast-paced throwback to the legendary pop diva's earlier glory, and see's the 53-year-old singer pays homage to her '90s style headline-making endeavors, including "Vogue," "Erotica" and "Human Nature," with a modern twist, and a hot, shiny black skintight number, sexing it up in chains, smoking a cigarette and cavorting with her scantily dressed male dancers. The tightly shot clip also includes women in full leather and bondage equipment. Steamy!

Lana Del Rey unleashes her sensual side in the monochromatic new video for her cowgirl anthem "Blue Jeans," the third cut taken from her major-label debut ablum, "Born to Die," which debuted at No.2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The lush-lipped singer and songwriter, has been making headlines since the release of her "Born To Die," and as the release of her latest single, "Blue Jeans," approaches, it appears that the young songstress hasn't lost her ability to stir up controversy.
This sleazy, gangsta track finds Del Rey singing of her love for her blue-jeaned James Dean-lookalike boyfriend. "You fit me better than my favorite sweater," she sings. Her heart is crushed when he walks out on her. The newly released sees the 25-year-old instead in a classic one-piece bathing suit, flashing her patented blend of emotionless allure as she devotes her heart to and then laments the breakup with a pursuant swimmer. Black and white and pulling focus throughout, the video rocks like a boat floating on a calm sea, better to peer deeply into Del Rey's unblinking eyes.
Like many of the songs on "Born To Die," this was inspired by an actual relationship that went sour for the singer. She said in an interview: "It's not my fault that love went bad. I met this person I was going to spend the rest of my life with. We were both clean and sober. We lived together and then he started getting into trouble, and he had to leave. There's a lot of facets to my life, they don't all seem like they would come together. It's been a strange ride."
Del Rey teams up with director Yoann Lemoine and Actor/Model Bradley Soileau again for her new slick black-and-white clip, in which the sultry singer cavorts around a pool in a retro '50s-era one-piece white vintage-looking bathing suit, still looks good. She is pursued by a pair of alligators and heavily tattooed model Soileau. Maybe it defies the laws of nature, but the New York-born singer's red-hot rise will suffer no cool down from the watery dive in her new video. The latest move is just another polarizing ploy by the young singer that has many in the media gawking over her ability to garner attention.

James Morrison has unveiled a brand new music video for his new single "One Life," the third to be taken from his current platinum selling album "The Awakening," which has been a very personal journey for him, he recently said: "'The Awakening' is such an intensely personal album to me, I'm just pleased people are sharing that and enjoying it so much, and the fans are giving me such incredible feedback and support."
Follows the mid-tempo Top 5 single, "I Won't Let You Go "and his collaboration with Jessie J, "Up." The "One Life," a powerfully reflective ballad and a charming and heartfelt meditation on 27-year-old Morrison's life, was written just prior to his father's tragic death, its underlying message is positivity. The chorus, "I got one life, one life, one life and I'm gonna live it I got one life, one life, one life and I'm gonna live it right" is a clear and uplifting message.
Before it's release, the BRIT Award-winning English singer/songwriter stated that "I've sung too many love ballads. I want to do a bit deeper than [before] and find more substance". So with that in mind, 'One Life' focuses on how life should be lived and every moment should be cherished. His maturity as an artist shows, and Morrison has been able to show off his songwriting progress, as he says, "it's richer than just a silly old love ballad."
The video looks simple, nice and is equally inspiring. It sees Morrison singing while strumming his guitar with cuts to footage of him performing on stage and exploding fireworks, with classic images flashed across the screen: he throwing stones into the horizon, crooning with guitar out in the open air, and of course plenty of extreme close ups of our man looking pensive. Morrison is currently on a world tour - presently finishing a run of sold our UK dates before moving onto a sold out European tour in March. He will then play shows in South East Asia, Japan and Australia in Spring, moving onto the USA in early Summer.

Proving to be at the top of his game, Gavin DeGraw returns with a new video for "Sweeter," the second single and title track from DeGraw's fourth, and most recent album. If this new album proves anything, it's that producer Ryan Tedder has some warmth buried somewhere within his icy soul, but it's enough to expand and freshen his bearded blue-eyed soul, making it feel not quite so studiously stodgy.
"Sweeter," has a pop-funk kind of vibe, which DeGraw thought was a great way to kick off the album. The chugging guitar and piano combination provides the track with real drive, and when you add DeGraw's strong and soulful vocals on top, it all makes for a purposeful opening. The song finds DeGraw fantasizing about another guy's girl. He told Billboard magazine many of the songs on the album "ride the vulnerability spot." While experimenting with new sounds, it resulted in a "potent, swaggering strut, both musically and lyrically, on sexually charged songs like the R&B-infused "Sweeter."
The 35-year-old singer had to balance up writing about emotion and hoping to get "a reaction from the female listener" without chasing the men away. "There is always that risk and trying to get that correct is a fine line. Some people will hate you for sounding vulnerable at all, so you can't win 'em all, right? You have to accept that stuff... The things that make writing challenging are things that make it the most enjoyable," DeGraw talking to Billboard about the song.
DeGraw also told VH1 News that the Lenny Bass-directed clip is about a girl being "Under-appreciated by her man. She decides she's going to get out of the place and grab me on her way out." It features Sports Illustrated model Genevieve Morton. It begins in a bar setting where DeGraw woos Morton away from a less than enthusiastic boyfriend. Fortunately, he fares a little better and gets the girl, and they take off on an afternoon adventure together, and speed off in her Mini-Cooper. They end up at a seedy motel, rolling around on a bed while Morton ends up blindfolded in black lingerie.

J. Cole dropped the visuals in support of his latest offering "Nobody's Perfect," the third single from his debut LP "Cole World: The Sideline Story," which he made big waves last year and just one month after his appearance at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards for his Best New Artist nomination, he's rocking the waters once more with the video for "Nobody's Perfect," featuring Missy Elliott.
The self-produced track samples Curtis Mayfield's song "Think," and features Cole reflecting on the way his life has changed for the better since signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation label. It also features rapper/singer Missy Elliot singing on the hook. Cole said that he wrote the chorus for her after she became familiar with him through his sampling of her song "Best Friend" on his "Friday Night Lights" mixtape.
Cole and Elliott seek perfection as they vibe out in their conjoining rooms in the Collin Tilley-directed video, as Elliott plays a wise therapist who is deal with his anxiety and assures him that he needs no worry because everybody has their own flaws. Tilley employs a series of clever animations combine images like dead fish, flashing cameras and the standard shot of a busty lady with miniature figures hopping off a boat, to move the song's narrative, and also uses broken letters from a computer keyboard to spell out the song's lyrics and then flashes them onscreen on cue.
The clip opens with the 27-year-old highly critical rapper holes up in a hotel room, rapping about his upgraded lifestyle as a number of video cameras capture his every move, from every angle, while chills out in the room next door. Sure, that doesn't sound all that exciting, and yet the clip takes a turn for the absurd with a handful of trippy visuals. The new video is drastically different from Cole's "Work Out" and "Can't Get Enough" videos. The expectations for Cole's "Nobody's Perfect" video weren't very high but it was certainly a pleasant surprise to see how well it was put together.

Eight years after "Second First Impressiont," Daniel Bedingfield returns with fresh music. The New Zealand-born singer and brother of Natasha Bedingfield has independently unveiled a brand new music video for his comeback single, "Rocks Off." which is expected to appear in his upcoming self-titled mini EP album, due this month, with hopefully a lot more to come, he has at least three albums ready for release.
Once upon a time, in the early 2000's, it was Daniel making a name for the Bedingfield family on the music scene, and any mention of his sister Natasha would have been met with a "Natasha who?" Now, of course, more fans are familiar with the "As Long As We Got Love" songstress than Daniel's UK garage hits like "Gotta Get Thru This." Daniel never completely strayed away from music during his hiatus. He co-wrote song for David Archuleta and worked with Pixie Lott.
The singer has gone indie for the edgy new track, which bumps with in-the-red drums and a sing-along hook that borrows one of our favorite Ke$ha rhymes. The infectious new song "Rocks Off," is short but sweet clocking in at two minutes, a simple stomper that's quite a departure from Daniel's UK garage-flavored heyday. But it sure is catchy! The 32-year-old is expected to release more new material as the year progresses, though there has been no official album or EP announcement as yet.
But that may change, with Daniel poised for a 2012 comeback, apparently following his sister's "Strip Me" advice, the video for "Rocks Off" makes getting your clothes torn off by a bevy of beautiful ladies look much more ferocious than you might imagine otherwise. The "If You're Not the One" hitmaker can't escape a horde of wild women who all want to get a piece of him in his new video, which starts with Daniel trying to lay down the track in his bathtub, before having his pajamas torn off by a bunch of aggressive females. He is kissed, clawed and stripped down naked by the ladies while he himself acknowledges their attack.

Ashanti makes a grand return after her 4-year hiatus and cranked up the push with a music video for her big comeback single, "The Woman You Love," the lead single from her next studio installment "Braveheart," hits stores April 17th. The Jerry Wonda-produced track featuring rapper Busta Rhymes as Ashanti looks stylish while suffering through a breakup and gets galactic as she sings about the love she tried to keep but had to let go in this Sean Coles-directed Sci-Fi inspired video.
Produced by Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, the track definitely targeted towards the R&B/Hip-Hop crowd and features a thumping beat and a grooving bass line with hard-hitting rhymes over her broken heart lyrics about a failed relationship with no reconciliation in sight. The song features a pulsating backdrop, and Ashanti singing about a love interest who wasted her time, despite her trying her best to make him happy, while Rhymes caps off the song by admitting the man's guilt and looking for a second chance, before insisting that he's gone for good if he leaves.
It's been years since Ashanti was at the forefront of the R&B world and the 31-year-old Grammy winner's first indie release, Ashanti's taking it back to basics. She says that she has experienced many of the same struggles the characters in the film had to deal with. "The Woman You Love" harks back to the hard-edged hip-hop of the 90s, and it should please Ashanti stans and urban listeners alike, but it may be a little too edgy to crossover like the diva's past records have. The R&B diva combines drama with Sci-Fi as she blasts into space and looks back upon a failed relationship.
The music video follows a tortured soul who floats into the future and learns to deal with her heartache the best she could. Ashanti is a time traveler who seeks refuge from her broken heart and called on actor/model Marcus Patrick to serve as her disgruntled lover in the clip, which is hoped will give the track the boost it needs. The "Foolish" hitmaker is floating into the future while remembering her doomed relationship with a boyfriend and learning that "the only way to heal is to accept and let go of the past."

The R&B soulful crooner John Legend is back and turns up the heat in the steamy video for his latest classy seductive turn "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)," the lead single from his forthcoming fourth album, currently untitled. The project is set to debut this spring and will feature production from Kanye West, Bink and Paul Epworth. The LP serves as a follow-up to his 2008 solo studio album "Evolver."
Featuring Southern rapper Ludacris, the bedroom banger is a soundtrack for upcoming movie "Think Like a Man." Some scenes including the steamy makeout session between Taraji P. Henson and Michael Ealy are previewed in the newly-premiered music video courtesy of Essence. The song's lyrics certainly suit the title of the movie with lyrics. With the help of Essence, Legend stepped from behind his piano and ripped off his shirt and gets frisky and flirting with a woman who has caught his eye.
With a shirtless Legend is "thinking like a man" in his new video, suggestive lyrics throughout, and assorted sensual imagery going on. The 33-year-old Ohio native seduces his love interest with his sultry lyrics and promises her that he will be the best she's ever had. He sits on a bed and flaunts his frame and gets close with his lady, caressing her as she returns the favor, while a shades-wearing Ludacris charms his lady with his equally seductive verses, giving the refreshing R&B track some hip-hop edge.
The sparse video definitely exudes Legend's sexiness as he remains shirtless for the majority of it. The Grammy Award winning singer is trying to shed his polite guy image with his latest video, which turns a night at home watching movies into a sensual romp, and gives Legend the opportunity to try his hand at being a sex symbol. Its TAJ directed visual should go some way in aiding that cause, especially as it sees the usually coy crooner flash some flesh. Something we're sure his legion of fans will not be complaining about.

Just turned 29, Carrie Underwood has premiered a music video on Entertainment Tonight for her new single, "Good Girl", the lead cut from her forthcoming fourth studio album, "Blown Away," which she has said will feature songs with a "darker storyline," due in stores on May 1. Underwood is primarily a country artist, but here, the 'American Idol' alum heads into territory that straddles three genres. While you can still hear instrumentation from her country roots.
The song, which Underwood co-wrote with Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano, shimmies and shakes with 1980s style hand claps and a pop-leaning melody while the lyrics is about Underwood warning a good girl about her boyfriend, saying that he is actually no good, and that she is better off without him. While the song isn't remotely 'traditional country' and isn't too far removed melodically from the rhythmic pop songs that are dominating pop music airwaves right now, there's also no denying the fantastic vocal delivery Underwood provides on "Good Girl."
Underwood debuted the song in a live performance during the annual Country Radio Seminar event in Nashville last month. The Joan Jett guitars and uptempo drum track crackles with rock guitar and vocal fireworks while encouraging audience participation with a singalong chorus that is pure pop. The country cutie shows off her fabulous voice and witty lyrics and without a shadow of a doubt this is the best uptempo vocal that Underwood has given country radio. Underwood shows she's capable of brandishing her weapon only when needed, and always with cool efficiency and power.
Filmed in Los Angeles, the Theresa Wingert-directed clip is sexy and sassy to fit the uptempo tune's lyrics, but doesn't feature a storyline. It's really just a collection of Underwood in various fashions strutting her stuff and flaunting her stunning looks as if her stunning voice wasn't enough, Underwood proves she is also one heck of a dancer and fashion model. Underwood channels her inner good girl as well as an edgier side that matches the grit of the song. Her two sides even sing/debate at each other, suggesting that the titular 'good girl' getting warned about a lying, no-good man might just be Underwood herself.

Australian DJ, Havana Brown always planned on being a singer, has just dropped a new video for the remix of her sizzling debut club-pop single, "We Run The Night," featuring a guest vocal appearance by rapper Pitbull. The original version was a huge hit when it was released last year. Now the remixed track is repeating history, having already reached the number one place on the Hot Dance Club Songs Chart in the US. The pair back up their claim by owning the dance club in the new video.
The quite catchy autotune is an ultra-ferocious club banger built around a universally appealing hook, and it saves this femme fatale from what would otherwise be a disastrous release. "We Run The Night" is as epic as it is euphoric, with an insanely infectious breakdown that's guaranteed to throw the crowd into overdrive, and the track is the perfect introduction to the talents and tastes of Brown. The dance-club beat, the lyrics, the flashing lights, and of course the brilliance of Pitbull, combine together producing one club-ready "must have."
"It's created for both the clubs and the radio," Brown reveals. "That was really important for me and it was very difficult to pull off. As for the track, it's about how music makes me feel." Brown says her vast experience as a DJ playing other people's tunes has also had a huge impact on how she approaches her own. After working the club circuit for three years, Brown became the first female DJ in Australia to sign a major label record deal with Universal Music in 2008, released her first mix CD, "Crave," and topped the year off opening for the Pussycat Dolls on their promo tour.
Directed by Benn Jae with Tony Prescott and shot in Miami, the video begins at a private party where young people, elegantly dressed, are moving in time with the music. The beat begins, the music starts, and with Pitbull introducing the song, all the excitement commences. Brown now begins to do what she does best: she sings, she moves, she looks into your soul. It is no wonder that dance floors overflow when these two team up. Together they exude pizzazz. The clip shows off this special excitement as these two world class DJs do their stuff. Brown even shows off her mixer-desk skills sliding the controls while singing.

Elen Levon unveiled a brand new sultry music video for her second single "Like A Girl In Love." The 17-year-old has already been generating a lot of buzz on the Australian pop scene, as well as internationally, with her dancey debut single "Naughty." An artist like Levon does not come along very often; with a voice that carries power and thrust beyond her years, along with fashion sensibility and dance moves to boot, Levon is on the fast-track to becoming one of the nation's most talked about pop sensations.
Produced by Rogue Traders' James Ash and penned by Melinda Appleby and Jamie Appleby, "Like A Girl In Love" is a sizzling hook-heavy summer track with a thumping bass line and wailing hypnotic vocals. Levon is steadily moving away from her previous "Naughty" pop sound to more electro-oriented tunes, and her thumping new electro-pop jam "Like A Girl In Love" shows that she'll be blasting into the clubs this year.
Filmed on a really stunning location in Cambodia, the moody visual is polished, slick, eye-catching and providing an unmistakable ethnic and exotic feel. It plays out a bit like a Southeast Asian version of Rihanna's "We Found Love" without the sex, drugs and nudity. The video features Levon running wild across the beautifully rugged landscape with male amour, through small towns and a creepy abandoned amusement park with accomplice in tow while she sports a US-inspired bikini ensemble, before roaming around the Asian wilderness on the back of a truck.
Unlike the "Naughty" visual, "Like a Girl In Love" actually does justice to how hot Levon is. She's been totally weaved-up and sexed-up, racing around a burned-out village in booty shorts and barely-there tops. I particularly love the beautifully filmed scene on the world's shabbiest Ferris wheel. It's apparent her label was going for an edgier, more adult style while staying age-appropriate and it works. The American flag outfit is hot and the exotic location makes it unusually atmospheric.

Usher is tempted to steal back the woman of his life from his love rival and lets his emotions get the best of him in his latest moody visual offering for the ultra-sexual song "Climax," the lead single from Usher's upcoming seventh album, features juicy scenes in which he makes love to the camera and is so passionate and full of rage he nearly bursts through the screen and places Usher in a difficult position as he battles heartbreak.
This slow break-up jam finds the 33-year-old R&B superstar in lover mode as he croons in his falsetto, "Where are you now, when I need you around?" over Philadelphia producer Diplo's rippling synths. "It's odd that people view 'Climax' as a sexual song," he said in an interview. "It's not. It's not even about sex. It's really about the ultimate experience or finale of an experience of love and life." The song was released via Twitter on February 14 as a Valentine's Day present for his fans. It's a doubly satisfying departure from Usher and Diplo's respective strains of club-ready fare!
As if Usher's single "Climax," which details the struggles of loss and yearning when a relationship goes south, wasn't dramatic enough, the music video adds a whole new dark element to the song. Directed by Sam Pilling, this dramatic, highly-suspenseful and attention-gripping clip was shot in Atlanta, and visually captures the energy and extreme intensity of Usher's game-changing and "Sexxxxxxy" (Rolling Stone) single, as Usher looks suitably anguished throughout the promo while he croons and takes us through a few twists and turns of a very complicated situation.
Sitting outside his love interest's house in his car contemplating his next move with a gun loaded before he reaches his climax. Usher mentally goes through all the possible scenarios that can go down if he tries to get his girl away from another man. Though the video's narrative is a little muddled, but it essentially features bits and pieces of a forbidden relationship and allows Usher to really live in the pathos of the song's heartbroken lyrics, and it is difficult to look away from Usher when he sings so passionately. Unlike true Usher style, the clip is a purely cinematic affair that casts him as a jealous spurned lover.

Florence And The Machine have posted their new video for "Never Let Me Go," the fourth single from English indie rock band's latest second studio album "Ceremonials," an album absolutely packed with big, grand ballads. In its new video, a newly gothified frontwoman Florence Welch indulges in a bit of ice-rink romance, and things don't turn out too well. Upon the release of the video, critics praised Welch's gothic look and the video's dark atmosphere.
Musically, "Never Let Me Go" is a downtempo power and piano ballad with elements of R&B and pop music. It has a piano-led instrumentation accompanied by thumping drums while backing vocals repeatedly sing "never let me go" throughout the song. Many critics noted similarities between the song and materials by other artists including Enya, Evanescence and Ryan Tedder-produced songs. The song received mostly positive reviews by critics who praised Welch's vocals and its balladry nature.
Lyrically, the theme of the song revolves around the sea and the ocean, and the song also talks about sin and redemption. Speaking about the song, Welch told Digital Spy, "The gospel thing comes from my obsession with hymns. I'm drawn to anything that has a hymnal quality, be it Spiritualized or dusty old albums by Georgian choirs." Welch takes us to the dark side in her latest video, and this isn't the video for you if you like closure and certainty.
The promo was directed by Tabitha Denholm and stars 'The Twilight Saga' actor Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays Welch's love interest. The clip match the almost supernatural tone of the song and sees Welch in a black hoodie as she enjoys a good time with a boy she met in a dark place. The pair together skating and shots of a dirty water trickling down Welch's face and hands are shown. The joy ends as soon as it starts, leading her to be covered in black gooey substance, and pouring from her mouth before she appears to melt away to nothing.

Nikki Reed and Paul McDonald are madly in love in a newly released video to support their love-lullaby duet "Now That I've Found You" on MTV's Hollywood Crush, and it's clear the couple is head-over-heels in love. The Twilight star, 23, and the American Idol alum, 27, released their single in November, right before the release of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1." The newlywed lovebirds give their fans a quick peek at their blossoming relationship, which they started a year ago.
"I'm always walking around the house with a guitar, and I'm always writing songs and stuff like that," McDonald told Hollywood Crush about their labor of love. "Nikki's a great writer and she always kind of sings along with me. I'm like, 'Dude, you have a great voice. Why don't we do something?' When we were on the way back from France, this song kind of happened on the plane. We just got together and wrote it."
The video was directed by Whitney Dean with Reed, who initially wanted to shoot a June Carter/Johnny Cash-esque clip, but she later opted for a simple and sweet story that tells the story of two people, and have it be more about the atmosphere. "I don't know if you notice, but there's a very specific choice in there with cuts and specific shots that are partial and you can only see parts of our mouths and hands. I don't want to dwell on the shots of us for too long," She explained.
The video shows the gorgeous couple walking through the forest, gazing lovingly at one another and provides a look at the couple's romantic life together. It also features shots of them getting lovey dovey in an empty field, singing together atop a rusted-out Volkswagen Beetle and Reed stares longingly into McDonald's eyes and as the folk music plays, we can almost see their adorable babies running barefoot on the beach as the two parents prepare an organic dinner. They enjoy a warm sunny day in what looks like a cornfield, gazing lovingly at each other while hugging and holding hands. We put a call into the couple to talk about their labor of love.

You Me at Six have unveiled a music video for their song "No One Does It Better," the third single off from English alternative rock band's latest third full length record, "Sinners Never Sleep." The five-piece will release "No One Does It Better" on April 8th, straight after finishing up their massive UK tour, and it's a bit more dramatic than some of their previous offerings.
The group is from Weybridge, Surrey and formed back in 2004 and since then has been producing plenty of hit songs. The new album "Sinners Never Sleep" sees You Me at Six exploring their most mature sound to date extending the band's scope wider than ever before. Heavier tracks such as Radio One A listed lead single "Loverboy" and new "Bite My Tongue" merge into the melodies of "Jaws On The Floor" and "Reckless." Whereas new single "No One Does It Better," "Crash" and "When We Were Younger" sees the band a little quieter and more introspective.
You Me at Six, who stormed into the charts at number three with their fast approaching Gold-selling third album "Sinners Never Sleep," show their more melodic side with the release of "No One Does It Better," as the band wanted to mix stuff up as "Loverboy" was rock. Reinforcing their crossover from underground heroes to mainstream contenders, You Me at Six have sold out their forthcoming biggest headline tour to date.
The video was shot during the band's current US tour in some desert back in February, and shows the band out on the open road, having some bonding time, and enjoying the sunshine. The video highlights those darker themes of life: hinting towards addiction, depression, regrets and mistakes, but brings the whole thing full circle by revealing the importance that friends, family, and lovers make in pulling us through. At least, that's how we've interpreted it.

Fourteen years after topping the charts with their Grammy-winning hit "The Boy Is Mine," Brandy and Monica are back and better than ever in the Chris Robinson-directed video for "It All Belongs to Me," is written and produced by Rico Love and will appear on Monica's upcoming seventh album "New Life," due April 10, and Brandy's RCA debut "Two Eleven," coming this June. The song shows the stronger and much more adult versions of them, with Brandy keeping the track measured and Monica hitting the high notes as always.
Musically, "It All Belongs to Me" is a midtempo R&B ballad that draws influences from pop music. Lyrically, the song is a female empowerment anthem in which both singers claims their belongings as they leave their abusive boyfriends behind. Rico Love told Rap-Up.com the collaboration was originally Monica's idea, and he set out to pen a hit single for the two R&B femmes. "It's a very soulful R&B song with pop sensibilities," he said. It marked the first pairing of the two '90s R&B hitmakers since the then-teenage duo's 1998 mammoth hit single "The Boy Is Mine."
The fierce females were back in black as they reclaimed their pricey possessions from their exes. But unlike the first time around, there was nothing but love between the co-stars. "This business is all about competition. They forgot about what is the most important, which is two talents coming together," said Brandy. "It's just great to come back and do something with [Monica]. This is definitely a blessing." "It is not anything like 'The Boy Is Mine,'" Monica added. "At this point, this is where you're taking your power back and we gon' come together. This is totally different than that era and I hope it speaks to all the people who are making diss tracks and going hard on each other. Come together and watch the numbers move."
Filmed at a luxurious house in the Los Angeles area, the two starlets are decked out in black leather in the new 'explosive' clip, dedicated to the memory of their mentor Whitney Houston, which was inspired by the films "Thelma & Louise" (1991) and "Waiting to Exhale" (1995), and portrays the singers in dysfunctional relationships and helping in both situations. They're no longer the feuding teenagers from the '90s. The divas join forces to kick their no-good men to the curb, reclaiming their pricey possessions including cars, clothes, and computers.

The electro-hop pop artist Dev has official released, even though it leaked in last September, video for "Take Her From You," the fifth track taken from Dev's upcoming debut album "The Night the Sun Came Up," which was suffered several delays due to Dev having a baby and will comes out March 27. Dev steps back 'in the dark' for her latest clip which is a wild world away from the whimsical hip-POP melodies she's been dropping as of recent but this rock-star production just goes to show how versatile Dev can be.
It sounds like the music I'm guessing Ke$ha would want to make on her upcoming album, a heavy rock edge on a POP record. Between the 90's vibes and the catchy whistling. The delay was revealed hot on the heels of her pregnancy announcement. She's expecting a baby girl with her best friend Jimmy. "Being so busy and wrapped up in my career, I never thought I'd fall in love or have a family," Dev said. "I thought I was going to be a lonely touring soul till I was 50... I knew how much Jimmy and I loved each other and I thought we'd do amazing at loving this baby."
New motherhood isn't slowing Dev down! Since the start of 2012, the 22-year-old Californian singer has released videos back-to-back-to-back. First Dev premiered the sultry duet "Naked" with Enrique Iglesias, followed by the dance track "In My Trunk." The new song "Take Her From You," is a little more rock in sound, with some heavy electric guitar riffs, a slower tempo, and a catchy whistling section. It differs completely from the electronic soundscape of the album, as it is inspired by rock and roll music.
Visually, it's dark, edgy and quite the disturbing piece. Shot in a moody black and white, the singing/whistling star croons to the camera as she takes a long trip from her home and out into the city. The camera follows the "Bass Down Low" singer as she hides a corpse in a trash bag and tries to get rid of it. Dev drags the "package" around the town before loading it in a stolen car, and drives away to a secluded place to bury it for good. The mystery baggage, which is ripped open in a surprise reveal at the end of the video.