Today's Pick

Breakout British folk/punk/rockabilly purveyor Jake Bugg is back on the scene, and the much-hyped indie guitar-rock bloke has returned with a brand new video for his punked-out song, "What Doesn't Kill You," the lead single to be taken from British singer-songwriter's upcoming sophomore album, "Shangri La," follow-up to last year's self-titled debut, will be released on November 18. Bugg spoke about the LA based Shangri La and the decision to name the new album after it: "It feels like its cut away from civilization." He added that it "felt right" to name the album after the studio.”
Speaking about the new album, the 19-year-old Mercury-nominated star explained that it was tracked live. "I think you capture a bit of magic doing that, something you can't explain," said Bugg. He also spoke about the swiftness with which the second album has followed his first. "It came quick but, for me, music's what I do to get away from stuff... Even though its been crazy, when I have time to myself, it's me picking up my guitar… I traveled lots and had some crazy experiences, so I had a lot to write about!"
Written by Bugg along with Iain Archer and produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin. "What Doesn't Kill You," is a guitar heavy energetic explosion recorded live in the studio that gives young performer's prior acoustic sound an electric jolt and gives us a snippet of just what is around the corner. The track is a speedy power-pop punch clocking in at just more than two minutes and is much rockier affair, in comparison to what we've heard from Bugg on his debut as the Nottingham star tries his hand at a more punk, straight forward thinking style of rock, which is a great refresher for today's music scene, filled with over-pop back tracks.
Bugg explains the streetwise inspiration behind the tune, referring to "stabbings in car parks" before delivering a first verse detailing a tale of everyday mugging. Tough new single provides taste of muscular second album. The video is a simple black and white clip that features Bugg rocking out in a sparse, white room, the video is direct and matches the febrile intensity of the song which, musically speaking, sits somewhere between the Arctic Monkeys at their most poignant and The Only Ones at their most romantic. Bugg himself is clad in a black biker leather jacket, his collar raised – seemingly against the world.

The Killers offer a brief, but beautiful modern-day Cindrella story in their starry video for the gleaming new single "Shot At The Night" as the first single off of American rock band's upcoming 10th anniversary first greatest hits compilation, "Direct Hits," due out November 11. As the cautionary adage goes, what happens in Vegas stays in The Killers' new video and Sin City is their home base after all, and what better way to continue immortalizing their city than with lots of shots of the Strip, an unlikely dalliance between two attractive actors, and a maze of reflective glass surfaces.
Produced by the French electronic musician Anthony Gonzalez of M83, this glitzy synth opera "Shot At The Night," is a soaring synth-pop song and one of two new tracks that feature on their best-of collection "Direct Hits." The other fresh cut, "Just Another Girl," was produced by longtime collaborator Stuart Price. The album also include singles from the band's four studio albums to date Regarding the album's release, vocalist Brandon Flowers noted, "This record feels like a great way to clean everything up and move onto the next thing."
A neon-lit love story comes to life and Las Vegas romance blooms in the Roboshobo-directed clip, which begins with scenes of daily drudgery as a hotel maid (played by Bella Heathcote, Dark Shadows) makes beds and vacuums casino carpets inside the palace-like Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, mindlessly going through the motions of what appears to be a daily routine. She goes home alone where she rests before returning to work the following day, and nearly hits a cute pedestrian (Max Minghella, Ides of March) with her car at a crosswalk while daydreaming.
She goes about her housekeeping duties, when fate once again brings them together and Minghella and his friends convince the dutiful Heathcote to blow off work for a night on the town. Interspersed are reflected profile shots of Flowers singing the dreamy song from a high rise hotel, the two enjoy Vegas, riding a motorcycle down the Strip, watching a poker game, holding hands and kissing against the wall of a building, and just like any Las Vegas love story. The video ends after the enamored couple watches others get married at a typical Vegas wedding chapel. It's well after midnight, and he kisses her tenderly as the sun rises before she rushes back to work.

Danielle Bradbery has released the first official music video for her debut single, "The Heart of Dixie," after being crowned the winner of the fourth season of NBC's American Talent Show 'The Voice' this year, becoming the youngest contestant to come in first place. With fields of flowers and butterflies, a cozy cabin and a weekend of art classes, Bradbery's storyline of the video is simple but sweet and very fitting for "The Heart of Dixie" lyrics and Bradbery’s youthful style.
Hailing from the Houston suburb of Cypress, Bradbery had never had a vocal lesson or sang in front of a big crowd before entering the competition. The 17-year-old Texan nabbed 'The Voice' crown on June 18 and signed with Big Machine Label Group  the following day, so she moved quickly into the first phase of her post-'Voice' professional career, striking while the iron is hot and while her name is fresh in people's minds and on their tongues. One of the main criticisms of reality singing shows is that the winners wait too long after their big wins to release albums and Bradbery is avoiding that trap.
Bradbery has been in the studio with songwriter Brett James, who has worked with Kip Moore. James co-wrote the track with fellow songwriters Troy Verges and Caitlyn Smith. The trio penned the song in the studio that Verges and James share on 19th in Nashville. "Brett and I have been writing together since the very beginning, and we've both been working with Caitlyn for a few years now, too," Verges told Roughstock: "We started the song working from the title and the intro/turnaround lick and wrote it pretty fast. We wanted to write a song that had hope and empowerment in it, but to do it in a way that didn't come off as preachy, so we decided to make 'Dixie' a character and write it as a third-person song."
In the rustic clip, Bradbery tells the empowering story of "Dixie," but unbeknownst to her, she later cross paths with the woman as Bradbery singing the empowering tune in the rustic fields of a quiet inn. The storyline jumps back and forth between the 1960s and modern day to tell the story of Dixie, a woman who possessed an inner strength nobody knew about when she jumped into her car and started a new life. Directed by Shane Drake, the whimsical video was filmed at Butterfly Hollow, a butterfly farm an hour outside of Nashville that offers the perfect setting for the young singer's whimsical imagery.

Jason Derulo goes through the motions of proposing to his real-life love affair with his girlfriend Jordin Sparks in the new music video for his upbeat love song, "Marry Me," the second single in the US Market (third overall) from his just-released third studio album, "Tattoos." The 24-year-old R&B crooner seems to be reflecting what may come true in real life as he's shown shopping for a wedding ring, which his 'ring for Jordin may look' like. It's sexy and it's sweet.
During an interview with On Air with Ryan Seacrest, the Miami-born singer pop revealed that he wrote the love song back in 2012 and, it's an ode to his girlfriend Jordin Sparks, as he said: "'Marry Me' is one of those very pulling heart strings kind of record, it's very different than 'The Other Side'... Basically it's talking about getting ready for that moment when I ask you to marry me." Derulo has simultaneously granted the world its next top wedding tune and given girlfriend Sparks good reason to go shopping for a fancy white gown.
"Marry Me" neatly shows off Derulo's vocal chops and poignant songwriting savvy. It's a heartfelt, hook laden and soaring melodic ballad with a proper stomp that drives home the key message of the song. Speaking on the red carpet of the 2013 MTV VMAs, Derulo also told E! News the melodic ballad was written about his partner. He revealed: "It is about Jordin, actually, and it's talking about how amazing it will be when I get down on one knee and it will be the greatest moment of my life." Derulo gushed: "You can't fake anything because true love is true love, and that's the basis of our relationship."
The musical couple make expert use of their natural chemistry in the new video. Cuddling in bed, they eventually get hot and heavy, kissing passionately. They even get seductive in the kitchen, playing with food in between more caressing and smooching. But he really gets down to business when he sings a romantic song about lasting love and matrimony, "Will you marry me?" to Sparks while in bed. He even selects the ring he'll propose to her with as he may eventually do in real life. Their natural attraction for each other is apparent in fervid, playful displays that have a can't-keep-your-hands-off-each-other, almost giddy appeal.

Mike WiLL Made It filmed a sexy, smoky, high-school-themed video for the silly, fun, insanely listenable "23," the lead single from American record producer's upcoming debut album, "Est. in 1989 Pt.3." The track is a homage to Michael Jordan and his signature Nike sneaker, and features Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J rapping like they just got a shoe deal. The title is a reference to the basketball legend's shirt number, which he wore as it was half (then rounded up) of his brother, Larry's number 45. When Michael was at high school, he believed that he only had half of Larry's skills and wanted to be at least half as good.
Wiz's and Juicy's verses were recorded first; Mike WiLL wanted a female to record the remaining verse. After he and Miley completed her single "We Can't Stop", he played Miley "23." Miley liked the song and immediately recorded the verse. Mike WiLL was originally hesitant to have Miley on the song, but after hearing her record the verse he approved of it. "23" features a midtempo beat and is the first song recorded which features Miley rapping. Its lyrics refer to Air Jordan sneakers, and in the chorus Miley raps about recreational drug use.
The '90s gave birth to Miley Cyrus, and now she's returning the favor by paying homage to the decade of Cross Colors and Saved by the Bell. Cyrus told MTV News why she was so eager to get on the cut. "He had had this track '23' with Wiz and Juicy already, and it's just on some cool like old-school J s**t and that's what's really cool about it," she said. "And like people wouldn't expect me to be on a song about Jordan... right now all they really see of me and Juicy is me at his concert way too twerked up, they haven't seen what we can do when were together and when were together it's this crazy kind of vibe because it's not what people would really expect."
Filmed in Brooklyn, the high school-themed video was directed by Hannah Lux-Davis, and it opens with the school principal leaving his office and Mike WiLL entering and playing the song on a Beats Pill. In the video, the 20-year-old "Wrecking Ball" songstress changes into a Bulls-inspired minidress, a bikini styled like a Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls basketball singlet with the number 23, and uses the foam hand which featured in her performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. Wiz raps his verse in a chemistry lab, and Juicy's verse is given in the school trophy room and is intercut with a school pep rally.

Cher Lloyd is at risk of reigniting her feud with Cheryl Cole again, after seemingly stealing her look in the restaurant-themed video for her latest blast of pop fun track, "I Wish," featuring rapper T.I., serve as the lead single from her as-yet-untitled sophomore studio album, will be released in the UK on October 13 via Epic Records. The new collection sees her preserve the spunky, slick sound millions fell in love with, while getting a bit deeper and more intimate at the same time.
The 20-year-old former 'X Factor' contestant builds her self-confidence and has her eye on the "King of the South" in her latest vibrant video for "I Wish," as the British bombshell plays the role of a waitress at a posh nightclub, where she's serving up cocktails to a handful of rude women that treat her like a second-rate individual. She's super annoyed with some girls who think they're so much better than her, but once she gets over the fact that she's not like them, she totally owns it and nothing can stop her from getting what she wants!
Lloyd wishes for a big butt and a rack, but ends up getting more than that in the playful video, as she waltzing around in loads of cool clothes, using a phone that she's most definitely not advertising in any way shape or form and finding alternative uses for vegetables. When T.I. comes through with a group of girls, the sassy Lloyd tries to impress him by doing things out of her character. But she eventually gives up on the flash and decides to just be herself. It goes over well with T.I., who leaves the groupies behind and hangs with her, while drops in all sunglasses-cool to spit a quick verse.
It seems as though that wish has been granted. In her signature style, Lloyd makes goofy faces at the camera, reflects the song's lyrics by miming bell peppers as bigger breasts and swings her hips back and forth. Though not as outwardly quirky as, say, "Want U Back," "I Wish" still shows off Lloyd's fun-filled personality. Not much of an evolution from the quirky-sweet style of her first visuals, but a nice continuation of that vibe - lively and jubilant. It is as fun-filled and quirky as anything Lloyd has done to date.

The rising EDM star Zedd and Paramore's frontwoman Hayley Williams play two young lovers who express attraction and separation between each other using contemporary dance in brand-new music video for their piano-driven electro-pop song "Stay the Night," the first single from the 24-year-old German/Russian electronic dance music producer/DJ's new deluxe edition of his debut album "Clarity", in stores today. The song features Williams singing, "Are you gonna stay the night?" over one of his signature club beats.
"I love building a track around a vocal," said Zedd. "It enables me to marry the melodies and harmonies together so they fit like a glove which is what I tried to do with 'Stay The Night.' Hayley sounds amazing on the record, she really brought it to life with her emotion and attitude." According to Zedd, the original idea was to have a guy singing lead. "We had the topline written and we needed a singer, and we were kind of brainstorming on who would be a good fit; at first we thought it might be better to have a male singer," Zedd told MTV News. "But then, since I know Hayley's voice, we had the idea to use her for the track. I kind of think it's more sexy and interesting with her singing it."
Zedd told MTV News that Williams' soulful vocals fitted well as he has a lot in common with Paramore's rock sound. "Although my music is electronic, it has a lot of influences from my past, which is all sorts of genres; I've been in a rock-metal band for a longtime, and I still feel like, personally, I have a lot of influence from that," he said. Williams wrote the lyrics about a couple breaking up but staying together for one more night of passion. She finished them in a Paris hotel room, the day before she recorded her vocals. "I was actually getting into the shower and it just happened," she explained to Radio.com. "The words just came to me and I got out immediately and wrote everything down."
Directed by Daniel "Cloud" Campos, the clip sees Williams looking flawless with her new short hair belting out the lyrics of the song, and Zedd playing the piano, as a couple perform a contemporary dance routine around a sofa. The storyline is a pair of troubled lovers, who know they're no good for each other, yet cannot deny (or ignore) the chemistry they share. The clip shows the couple tries to get past those awkward couch moments and find a true connection and the only thing that'll spark romantic bliss is the will to dance. Love doesn't always work out, no matter how much we want it to, we all know that to be true, though it takes a truly deft touch to express it. Especially without saying a word.

J. Cole sends a message about the government's war on drugs, and specifically those innocent victims who are lost in its battle in the visuals for his TLC-featured single "Crooked Smile," the second official single from his sophomore studio album, "Born Sinner," which is split into two halves as the 28-year-old North Carolina rapper explained to Hartford, Connecticut radio station Hot 93.7: "The first half is depressed and like hell. The second half is like heaven. 'Crooked Smile' is the theme song for the second half of the album. It is like making it out of the depression and celebrating it."
Samples Jennifer Hudson's "No One Gonna Love You," this piano-driven banger "Crooked Smile" is an uplifting ode to all those who continue to self-love, hold their heads up, especially women, and the importance of inner beauty. Produced by Cole himself, the song finds him counseling women to embrace their inner beauty and what God has already created with his paint brush. "It's a very empowering song," Cole said of the track at a London playback of the record. "I don't have that Colgate smile and people keep reminding me about it. People are always looking to criticize you and I started to feel self-conscious about it - it takes you back to high school."
The song features Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas from iconic R&B girl group TLC singing on the track's hook. Originally a trio, along with the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, the R&B threesome recorded a string of hits in the 1990s. Though Cole really does have a crooked smile, he said that the tune's message is bigger than his own imperfections. "The song is bigger than just my thing, it's about everybody's thing," he said. "Society tries to tell you there's something about you that makes you inferior to the images they're trying to put out there. [The song] is really me embracing my [imperfections] and trying to get other people to embrace theirs."
In the video for "Crooked Smile," there's nothing to smile about when watching the heavy narrative unfold. The song is a pleasant bit of self-empowerment, but the video has an even bigger message, taking on racial profiling and the war on drugs. Dedicated to Aiyana Stanley-Jones, a 7-year-old girl who was shot and killed during a police raid on her house in Detroit back in 2010, the Sheldon Candis-directed clip features a plea from Cole at the end: "Please reconsider your war on drugs." Though the track, which depicts two family stories that converge during a raid. Midway through the song, as tragedy unfolds, the song drops out and echoing the sentiments of Cole's "Miss America."

Union J have unveiled an brand spanking new music video and take over a shipping yard for their uplifting ballad, "Beautiful Life," the second cut to be lifted from the four-piece British boyband's forthcoming self-titled debut studio  album, which will be released on October 28th via Sony Music Entertainment, RCA Records. The song is a cross between One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" and Emblem3's "Chloe (You're The One I Want)." Which means your self-esteem will skyrocket after one listen.

If anyone thought boys - George Shelley, Josh Cuthbert, JJ Hamblett and Jaymi Hensley - were going to just sit back and accept being the third wheel of boy bands, guess again. After finishing in fourth place on the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, they began recording the album in early 2013 and features input from Dr. Luke, Bonnie McKee, Toby Gad and Darkchild. Talking about their upcoming first studio album, Hensley told the Daily Star: "It's pop music but there's some stuff that people wouldn't expect. There's some funky summer vibes, some dance music, some ballads and a Californian vibe to it."
The impressive, mature sounding pop ballad "Beautiful Life" is the follow up to their debut single "Carry You," which was released back in June and reached number four in the UK earlier this year. Still unknown who wrote the new song, it definitely has mass appeal with both its lyrical content and superior vocals. Unlike their idols One Direction, the focus group in "Beautiful Life" is not just girls; it's everybody whose lonely and hurting. Cuthbert later said "Beautiful Life" is a mid-tempo song that "builds throughout."

Director Naroop presents the Union J boys' tender side as they inspire their fans to break out and see that they're beautiful. Lovely. The video takes the concept of letting some light into your life literally. The members of Union J chilling, performing "Beautiful Life" on board a ship moored to a shipping yard before troubled teens emerge from cargo containers, getting their feet back on shore to support with their beautiful voices those who feel depressed and have fun in the sun. It's cute and well-intentioned. What more do you need?

Hot on the heels of a sizzling summer track, Cody Simpson is back with a super cute New music video for his sweet song, "La Da Dee," the second single and opening track off 16-year-old Australian teen sensation's sophomore album, "Surfers Paradise," which debuted at Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 200. And since the song is also featured in the the upcoming Sony Pictures animated adventure sequel film, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2," out in theaters on September 27, you can catch glimpses of the upcoming flick throughout the video.
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" follows inventor Flint Lockwood, who thought he saved the world when he destroyed his most infamous invention - a machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Lockwood soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals - "foodimals!" Now, Lockwood and his friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save the world - again!
"La Da Dee," has a laid-back vibe to it and a catchy, upbeat acoustic-pop melody that was practically made for bobbing your head, as well as heart-meltingly cute lyrics - just another reason to swoon over the blonde crooner. It is reminiscent of a quintessential Jason Mraz tune. Summer might be making its casual exit, but that doesn't mean we can't still bask in the final days of above-70-degree weather. Unlike most pop stars these days who go to extreme measures to gain attention, Simpson stays true to himself as an artist and keeps his music videos fresh and clean, where he allows his singing, dancing and instrumental talents to do all the talking.
The clip is set in an old-school diner named "Cadillac Jacks," where a flirty red headed waitress keeps on bringing Simpson food to the point where his whole table is filled with meals. Dressed to impress in a buttoned-down black shirt and a neat haircut, the heartthrob is seen strumming his tiny ukulele and showcasing his dance moves outside the diner. The video also features hilariously cute clips from the animation itself, which are a real treat, since it makes the viewer feel as if the pop sensation was a part of this animated film. It's cute, colorful and quintessentially Simpson and you will spend the rest of the day humming the sunny tune under your breath.

After the punk blast of "Mind Your Manners," American alternative rock band Pearl Jam comes back with a live performance video for their gentle, very melodic ballad, "Sirens," the second single from the Seattle group's tenth studio album, "Lightning Bolt," which comes out October 15th, is going to be a hell of an album. Grunge legends Pearl Jam's poignant poetic beauty defies the gravity they carry. "Sirens" is a soaring bittersweet love song and the new video shows the band, starkly lit, performing the song in dramatic shadows.
With an acoustic guitar and piano base, the song unfolds at a leisurely pace. The frontman and rhythm guitar Eddie Vedder is such an intense singer that when he lays back behind the groove a little bit here, it's such a pleasure to hear him hold back, while sacrificing nothing emotionally. And make no mistake, there's a lot of emotion in "Sirens," as he sings about the possibility of losing the woman he loves to another man or to his "going away." If that happens, it's vital that she know he always loved her, as he stirringly sings, "When I see your face, the fear goes away.”
Pearl Jam has no shortage of lovely ballads and this one has the same graceful beauty as "Backspacer's," "Just Breathe," but there's something melodically about Pearl Jam's emotional, gorgeous new single, "Sirens," especially with the layered harmonies and Vedder's vocal performance here, his best work in a decade, marrying earnest emotion with a poetic spirit that doesn't drown in melodrama that will grab you by the throat before you realize it. Plus, there's a lived-in feel to the lyrics and an emotional acceptance that I'm not sure Vedder could have pulled off before he got into his 40s. "It's a fragile thing, this life we lead,” he sings. Vedder had never sounded so lovely.
The stark clip, directed by collaborator and filmmaker-photographer Danny Clinch, finds the Seattle heavyweights playing the mid-tempo power-ballad on a moody, dramatically lit stage. It's a sharp contrast to the chaotic "Mind Your Manners" video (also directed by Clinch), which featured images of massive explosions and falling missiles. Clinch has a long history with the band, having also directed their 2007 concert film, "Immagine in Cornice." In addition, to Vedder and drums Matt Cameron, there's also a spotlight for guitarist Mike McCready who busts out a second guitar midway into the clip to bring some electric licks to the track.

French electronic music duo Daft Punk have teamed up with American singer Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers hold their liturgy to funk and disco in the new retro video for their disco-tinged "Lose Yourself to Dance," follows "Get Lucky" as the second single from the robotic-DJ duo's latest fourth studio album, "Random Access Memories." The new video is the shimmering ode to the health benefits and human-spirit lifting qualities of coming alive on the dance floor, and that feels like a lost outtake from "The Midnight Special" circa 1975, it's pretty straightforward.
"Lose Yourself to Dance" is a disco and funk song as Daft Punk expressed that this ode to the dance floor was the result of a desire to create dance music with live drummers. The band's half member Thomas Bangalter elaborated that they wished to redefine dance music as "something lighter or something more [primal]," and that the song is meant to evoke the sense of being unified and connected on the dance floor. The French duo also told Le Nouvel Observateur that they are proud that "Random Access Memories" features strictly live drums, with the exception of one track.
The sturdy funk track features Williams's trademark falsetto whilst Chic songwriter and axeman Rogers does the business on the guitar. Williams likened the track to David Bowie's classic mid-'80s cut with Mick Jagger,"Dancing In The Street," as he told Vibe magazine: "'Lose Yourself To Dance' makes me feel like walking down the street in the middle of the night in London and it's 1984, 1985. I don't hear '70s in that at all. For me, it doesn't sound at all like a Bowie record, but I feel like David Bowie would have loved that record. He could actually sing it."
The new video for "Lost Yourself to Dance," is a pretty simple affair, especially compared to past Daft Punk productions which opens with the album's title in glowing cursive, the clip then segues into a Soul Train-esque performance of the old-skool, funky on an elevated stage. The robotic duo as well as Williams and Rodgers are decked out in glittering jackets and wield clear instruments as they perform the song for a lucky group of dancers who are in fact, losing themselves to dance. The audience undulates below, clad in '70s-style gear, their dancing bodies lit red by the pulsating lights of the space-age club.

Canadian indie rock duo Tegan And Sara have premiered the music video for their song "Goodbye, Goodbye," the synthy twin sisters' Polaris Prize-nominated Essential pop album, "Heartthrob." We have experienced deep connections with people through the exchange of emails and texts, only to discover later that a false sense of intimacy can leave a relationship wildly out of balance when you're finally face to face. The new video captured the blur of communication that often leaves us feeling disconnected and isolated from each other. So many miscommunications, so little time!
Of course there is a ton of motivation to correct the equilibrium when you're getting into a relationship, but it is far more challenging and frustrating when you're getting out of one! Falling in love is easy, breaking up is hard. Tegan And Sara's new love anthem "Goodbye, Goodbye," was originally penned by Sara. Tegan recalled to Under The Radar that it was a song that she and producer Greg Kurstin "loved almost immediately, but we also didn't feel like it had a big enough chorus." She added: "All Greg did was change the chords underneath the chorus and all of a sudden it popped, it was insane. It was in my head for months after Sara wrote it."
Sara tells HuffPost Canada Music about the song and accompanying video directed by Natalie Rae Robison: "'Goodbye, Goodbye' is a sound off about rejection and the empowerment of shutting someone out after a break-up, but it's also an acknowledgement of the distorted nature of intimacy that comes from communicating complex emotions through a cell phone or email. In a way we learn more about ourselves than each other when we interact this way. Our phones and computers are just mirrors for us to reflect again and again."
Once upon a time, we used phones to speak into and written words could take days, if not weeks, to reach someone. The evolution of technology, from texting and chat to email and Facebook, has utterly changed the way we communicate with each other, including how we deal with being broken up when your ex is but a keypad-push away. That's the theme of Tegan And Sara's new quasi-lyric video, which documents the drafting of various "Dear John" messages, all sent via text, email, or Facebook. Some heartbreakers actually grab a pen and paper, others opt for word magnets - anything so long as face-to-face interactions are avoided.

Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer Avicii premieres the official music video for his upcoming smash, "You Make Me," the second single from the 24-year-old DJ's debut studio album, "True," which is out now in the UK and today in the US through PRMD Music/Universal Island. Underpinned by a driving electronic beat, this bold and bright anthem is more of a traditional House music track than the Swedish EDM artist's previous chart-topping worldwide hit, "Wake Me Up," which blended Country and Dance elements.
The song features a vocal from Salem Al Fakir, the Swedish Soul-Pop singer who sang on Avicii 's 2012 dance tune "Silhouettes." Al Fakir is best known in his home country for his Top 3 hit "Keep On Walking," which was runner up in the 2010 Melodifestivalen final, the Swedish national selection for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. The song is catchy, and has the words 'commercial success' and 'club smasher' written all over it. The beat is a tad generic, but it's exciting, though. The auto-tune applied to Al Fakir's vocals in the choruses in the electro-pop song is also kind of nice, in the sense it goes well with the atmosphere created.
As for the "You Make Me" music video, a hospitality industry romance turns into a full-blown love story that features Pairs love and rollerskates and ends with a twist, tells the story of tragic love triangle, with a battle for love taking place in a roller-skating club. Avicii isn’t known for big budget video extravaganzas but that's about to change with his new "You Make Me" visual. Imagine Saturday Night Fever on roller skates with some cheesy Kung Fu moves thrown in for good measure to get some idea of what's in store for you. It's a cute concept and completely ridiculous but extremely well-executed and lots of fun.
In his new video for "You Make Me," Avicii hits a New York rollerrink for a showdown of slick dance moves and fierce fighting. The story follows high-rolling Henry as he fixates on the object of his desire Mercedes, a waitress serving up drinks. Henry hits the floor to strut his stuff and Mercedes is impressed – too impressed for her jealous ex-boyfriend Chang's liking. Chang and his cronies storm the floor for a fight, and the rink becomes a ring as the opposing crews battle it out. Will Henry win out and the good times resume?  It's an age-old question of love, sound-tracked to Avicii's poppy new single.

Set in the very near future of 2014, Empire of the Sun brave Los Angeles' public transportation in their characteristically grandiose "DNA" video, making their way out to the San Fernando valley to raid a convenience store. The Australian duo ditch the bus for bikes, pick up a posse, and wind up at a house party before the cops show up. So much for a brave new world. It seems like the year 2014 and the San Fernando Valley are about to get a big surprise. Two aliens have descended onto the town in the form of Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore.
"DNA" is the second single from their latest sophomore album, "Ice On The Dune," that was released back to June 17th. From the first single “Alive” and now “DNA”, it's looking a bit sketchy that Empire of the Sun will be able to match the impact their debut had. Musically, "DNA" is a relatively downtempo effort for the EDM-influenced act, with verses driven by acoustic guitars and melodic synth lines before bass-heavy chords lift the chorus onto the dance floor. "Take me away, so far away," Steele sings on the bridge - a love letter to the Metro?
This song only evolved gradually. Frontman Steele told The Sun: "Everyone loved the chorus but the verses weren't right. Then we went to Westlake studios in California where Michael Jackson recorded Thriller. We did the verses and it was like picking up pieces of puzzle - like building an ark." Aussie dance-pop duo Empire Of The Sun have gone all operatically ridiculous for their new album "Ice On The Dune," and their new video for “DNA” gets the overblown absurdity f their whole act just right in ways that their too-serious "Alive" video couldn't manage. Alien royalty, perhaps?
Throughout the Emmett Malloy-directed clip for "DNA," the alien Aussie duo, in full-on glammed-out space-pirate uniform, are seen commuting alone on a deserted bus, partying their way through the more desolate edges of near-future Los Angeles, hijacking bikes to ride in vacant parking lots, and winds up at a house party and Empire of the Sun are surrounded by ladies and whipped cream on a couch. This isn't exciting enough, though as there's a pool in the backyard. As the sun rises, the duo are arrested while the party-goers look on confused. After all, it's not every night in the San Fernando Valley that aliens visit.

Swedish electro-pop screamers Icona Pop teams with Absolut pays tribute to New York's underground drag scene and host a 'Paris Is Burning'-esque vogue-off in their latest video for their sensational new single, "All Night," which finds the Icona Pop duo of Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt shout-singing in unison about partying. "With love this deep, we don't need no sleep. We can do this all night," they proclaim on the beat heavy anthem.
In all, "All Night" basically transports you to a world of on-point dance moves, infectious pop music, fabulous drag queens, and all-rhinestone-everything. The Icona Pop girls are no strangers to working with brands. So, having the help of a major brand like Absolut helping back the next single is a bid to ensure the group goes beyond any one-hit wonder status, especially as their debut, "This Is...Icona Pop," is due September 24th on Big Beat/Atlantic.
If you've ever seen the wonderful 1990 documentary "Paris Is Burning," you'll immediately recognize the scene from Icona Pop's video for "All Night." An iconic documentary that chronicled New York City's '80s ridiculously photogenic ball culture - a vogueing competition has performers swirling down a makeshift runway while the Swedish popstresses performing at a club showdown, and sing "All Night" that is surprisingly as catchy as their much-loved, much-screamed-at-the-bar debut, "I Love It."

Its new video, from director Dori Oskowitz, takes the song's kineticism and really does something with it. The video was filmed in New York and inspired by the city's "house ballroom" culture, Icona Pop is seen hosting an intense, stylish dance party where bottles of the new Absolut Tune are generously flowing out drinks. The video is the first part of a new partnership between Icona Pop and Absolut to support the national launch of Tune, a sparkling Sauvignon Blanc-and-vodka product that was rolled out in select markets earlier this year.

Madison Beer, a YouTube sensation, who was discovered by Justin Bieber, makes her musical debut with cutest music video of all time for her ridiculously catchy first single, "Melodies." If you haven't heard of Madison Beer yet, prepare yourself now because we have a very good feeling that we're going to be seeing a lot of her soon. Not only the up-tempo pop track she describes as fun and young, but the video for the track featuring her pop star mentor, pink balloons, dreamy boys, and all of our favorite things crammed into 4 minutes of super sweet fun.
Young up-and-comer Long Island native is got such a Millennial Cinderella story: Bieber discovered the fresh-faced now 14-year-old on Twitter just over a year ago when he came across Beer singing a cover of Etta James' "At Last." He tweeted the video out numerous times, and directed a few tweets to Carly Rae Jepsen, his last protege, and Bruno Mars, showing them how talented Beer was. So he instantly decided he wanted to make her a star. That time is here, and he's even appearing in her first ever video!
"I remember watching Justin's first video and now Justin is in my first video and it's just weird that I'm even saying that," Beer tells MTV News. The video begins of Bieber and his longtime pal Ryan Butler sitting on a couch listening to "Melodies." "You hear that Ryan? That's a smash. She's gonna be a star, trust me," Bieber says to Ryan who answers with, "I think I love her, bro." After a laugh, Bieber says, "hey, watch this." He signs a pair of purple headphones, sticks them in the box and adds a note that reads, "put these on, love Justin."
The megastar then signs a note and puts a set of headphones in a red box with a purple bow. Cut to the smiling and adorable Beer's opening the gift. And with her lucky gift from the Bieber, she is ready to start singing her song. Upon wearing those autographed bright purple headphones and red high-top Converses, she takes it to the streets, starts dancing through the neighborhood with friends, singing her song out loud, which attracts a crowd of followers and gets lost in her own little musical world, totally unaware that a sizable crowd of kids have begun to follow her Pied Piper-style, ending with an explosion of confetti and a potential love interest.

Following her booming Bollywood outing in "Bounce," Iggy Azalea heads to Sin City, turns it up a few notches and is quirky charisma on full display in the stylish, sleek and very sexy cinematic video for her catchy new single, "Change Your Life," which features a guest appearance from her mentor T.I., and served as the second American and third international single taken from the 23-year-old Aussie rapper-model's forthcoming debut album, "The New Classic," which is expected to be released worldwide later this fall.
"The New Classic" is a record that's been long in the making and is a culmination of Azalea's hard to work and perseverance to take it from small-town Australia to the top of the global rap charts via Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles and London. Always straight up and to the point, the lyrics of "Change Your Life" express some of the experiences that drive her passion and ambition. "I'm a new classic/upgrade your status," she raps. "From a standby to frequent flyer." Azalea admitted that "Change Your Life" is one of the most poppiest moments on the album (alongside "Bounce"). She even decided to sing for the first time on "Change Your Life" to give the track some extra shine and sizzle.
The rising star continues to display her penchant for provocative imagery. Inspired by the 1995's critically-panned Paul Verhoeven-directed cult classic movie "Showgirls," the video has all the makings of a movie and shows Azalea sassing up the scene with a non-stop parade of sexy looks and spitfire rhymes that perfectly amplify her unique brand of hip hop. The visuals opens up with Azalea in her Nevada back-yard bungalow, entered the fray with the blonde bombshell models several glamorous looks and exposes her breasts in the provocative garment as she lies on a springboard over a pool, beauty rest with a baby tiger and T.I. neglecting only a tie. She is later seen playing a hard night Vegas dancer surrounded by a bevy of platinum-wigged dancers, while T.I. acts as the club owner. After some passionate love making on the hood of his vintage Mercedes, she ends up taking his money and torching the vehicle before being dragged off in handcuffs. Viva Las Vegas!

Ellie Goulding sweetly caresses our eardrums once again with a suitably sorrowful music video for her brilliant new ballad, "How Long Will I Love You," which features on the official soundtrack of the new British romantic comedy movie, "About Time." The science fiction film revolving around time travel where a young man tries to change his past to have a better future. Written and directed by Richard Curtis (well-known "Love Actually"), and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. The film has already released in the UK last Wednesday and is scheduled to be released in the US on November 1st.
The simple proclamation of undying love is Goulding's delicate cover of The Waterboy's classic gem, "How Long Will I Love You," that originally appeared on their 1990 album, "Room to Roam." The lyrics have also a simple playground rhyme quality to them: "How long will I love you/ As long as stars are above you/ Longer if I can/ How long will I need you / As long as the seasons need to/ Follow their plan." The song's vulnerability is further heightened when these words are coupled with the almost music box-like fragility of the instrumental.
It's funny how Goulding's vocal styling isn't all that different in a mellow tune like "How Long Will I Love You" than it sounds in one of her heavier hitters like "Burn." Switching so effortlessly from soft to loud and back again and that's definitely not an easy feat to pull off. Standing in stark contrast with past club bangers like "I Need Your Love," and "Lights," Goulding's new music video for "How Long Will I Love You," is a lovely piano ballad that's tender and gentle enough to be included on the "About Time" soundtrack.
Serves as the perfect backdrop for a video that promotes both the song and film, the Mike Sharpe-directed video finds the 26-year-old British songbird looking sincerely into the camera, staring wistfully through a window, walking alone by a beach, staring off into a gray horizon and contemplating life in a beach side cottage interspersed with bittersweet montage of excerpts from "About Time." The "Burn" singer eventually walks down to the water with an appropriately wistful look on her face. The accompanying video is simple and short, but super duper sweet and heartfelt. Much like the song itself.

Eminem flexes in front of a super-sized boombox with Kendrick Lamar, Rick Rubin, Kid Rock in a clever VHS-inspired promo for his celebrate old-school hip-hop tune, "Berzerk," the first single from Eminem's upcoming eighth studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," which is due out on November 5th, and making it a sequel of sorts to 2000's "The Marshall Mathers LP." Of course, The 40-year-old inimitable and unmistakably rapper has released several albums since then, including his last effort, 2010's "Recovery," but hasn't managed to capture his former glory.
Marshall Mathers returns in rabid, pop-hook-baiting form. With both Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin on board, the song "Berzerk," promises to "take it back to straight hip-hop / and start it from scratch." Fittingly, this metal-rap rant has an old-school feel that evokes the late Eighties and especially samples Billy Squier's "The Stroke", as well as the Beastie Boys' "The New Style" and "Fight for Your Right," both songs taken from their 1986 debut album "Licensed to Ill," which Rubin had also produced. The punchy, guitar-and-beats driven song starts with a blast of static, hard guitar and Eminem roaring out of the gate sounding like the long-lost, fourth Beastie Boy.
Eminem delivers the lyrics with his familiar staccato flow, winding circles around the beat and building up to the hook, in which he declares, "Life's too short to not go for broke." The word 'bezerk' is used to describe a person who is acting in a wild rage or in an uncontrolled and irrational manner. It derives from the Old Norse word berserkr meaning "bear shirt" and was used for Germanic warriors who had the reputed habit of wearing a kind of shirt made from the pelt of a bear during battle. According to Old Norse literature these bezerkers were fierce warriors, who fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury.
The Detroit native reaches back to earlier days for the song's new video, which was filmed in Eminem's hometown Detroit, Michigan and directed by Syndrome, as Eminem raps "Let's take it back to straight hip-hop and start it from scratch," in front of a super-sized boombox to celebrate old-school hip-hop, with shoutouts to new-school labelmate Kendrick Lamar, triple-entendre punch lines and a mob-chant chorus. Eminem also sports vintage Detroit Pistons gear amidst snippets of found footage, short clips of backyard wrestling as well as short clips of the official music video of Billy Squier's "The Stroke." It's nice to see Eminem publicly tip his cap to the Beasties since they undoubtedly paved the way for him, and seems he's having plenty of fun after his "Recovery."

Miley Cyrus strips down while lamenting how hard she's been wrecked by love in the just-released video for the heartbroken counterpoint "Wrecking Ball," that is sad and raunchy. The singer, who is best known for twerking as of late, momentarily offering fans a more vulnerable side with tearful eyes as she sings of lost love in a very passionate manner before returning to her raunchy ways. The 20-year-old singer's video has one clear message: "Don't you ever say I just walked away/ I will always want you."
This big emotional breakup ballad was released as a promotional single from Cyrus' upcoming "Bangerz" album. Cyrus penned the synth-driven track with Canadian composer Stephan Moccio. "I can't live a lie, running for my life/ I will always want you." Love on the rocks? The lyrics seem directed at her on-again-off-again love with fiancé, actor Liam Hemsworth. With its stark close-up shots of Cyrus weepily delivering lyrics about love's destructive properties, "Wrecking Ball" seems also to be the singer's attempt to prove she's not just a controversy magnet.
A barely clothed Cyrus sports a a cut-off white tank top and panties with maroon laced boots in Terry Richardson-directed video, which begins with a somber Cyrus standing in front of a completely white backdrop and crying while performing the song. For a second, the viewer may forget about the tongue contorting, outrageously dressed twerker she's been lately. But it's not long before the "We Can't Stop" singer returns to her raunchy maneuvers, even while crooning about love loss. "I came in like a wrecking ball/ I never hit so hard in love," she sings while appearing in a cut-off white tank top and panties with maroon laced boots and holding a sledgehammer. "All I wanted was to break your walls/ All you ever did was wreck me/ Yea you wreck me."
The clip then sees Cyrus proceeds to ride a wrecking ball like a swing in her white cotton attire before ditching the clothes altogether and free flowing in the air in her birthday suit. "I came in like a wrecking ball/ I never hit so hard in love," Cyrus croons. Her sexual innuendos are visible throughout the video as Cyrus rides the wrecking ball like it's a sex swing and licks her sledge hammer in a move that can't be anything but sexual. Cyrus' tearful ballad paints a different picture - one of a heartbroken young woman trying to find a way back from a devastating ending of what she thought was true love. Cyrus wasn't kidding when she said she can't stop!

Madonna has released a sizzling live performance of "Vogue" from her recent 'MDNA World Tour,' and to get us whipped into a frenzy, the Material Matriarch let slip this performance of "Vogue" from the show. The footage was unveiled ahead of her 'MDNA Tour' DVD, which is out tomorrow, September 10th. The show was originally aired on US network EPIX in June this year. While album sales were tepid, MDNA was the most successful tour of 2012 and helped make the 55-year-old 'Like a Virgin' hitmaker the highest-paid celebrity of the year.
"Vogue," the lead single from Madonna's Dick Tracy-inspired 1990 soundtrack album, "I'm Breathless," was arguably one of her crowning artistic achievements (both song-wise and video-wise), one of the biggest all-time house music hits (spending three weeks atop the U.S. pop charts), and her second proper U.S. maxi-single release. It became the world's best-selling single of 1990, selling over six million copies. The Queen of Pop was inspired by vogue dancers and choreographers Jose and Luis Xtravaganza from the Harlem "House Ball" community, the origin of the dance Vogue, and they introduced "Vogueing" to her at the New York City club "Sound Factory."
"Vogue" is an upbeat dance-pop and house song. Noted to contain influences of deep house, it is a contemporary track which followed the trends of dance music in the 1990s; nevertheless, it has strong influences of 70s disco within its composition. Lyrically, the song is about enjoying oneself on the dance floor no matter who one is, and it contains a theme of escapism. Later on, the song has a rap/spoken section, in which Madonna names numerous "golden era" Hollywood celebrities. This new video, the first glimpse is all the proof you'll ever need that Her Madgesty's still reigns supreme!
The brand new remix video for Madonna's "Vogue" featuring incredible outtakes and sequences that have remained hidden from the public for the last 21 years. The original clip, which was directed by longtime Madonna collaborator David Fincher before he went on to make Hollywood blockbusters, was released in 1990 in support of the singer's "I'm Breathless" album. The new video, set to what is called the "World of Color" remix and features outtakes and extra footage not shown in the original including a playful Madonna wore a reinvented cone bra designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier, chewing on her hair piece, getting her makeup touched up, and breaking into fits of laughter in between takes. Madonna is still in vogue!

Vietnamese-American singing sensation Viennie V released the music video for her latest single, "5 Alarm" to YouTube on Thursday. The dark clip shows Viennie tearing up an abandoned firehouse with some party people. Viennie is a fresh new rising pop singer hails from Southern California. With a sultry new Pop Rock sound, intensified by strong vocals, she has garnered many views on YouTube with her past music videos and "5 Alarm" is looking to do the same type of damage.
Viennie's debut album "Nightmare or Dream" is already proving to be an over night sensation, as her first two music video singles "Thinking of You" and "Nightmare or Dream" ended up finishing No.5 and No.8 on the YouTube music charts in 2011. In addition, Viennie's official YouTube page also received acclaim as the No.1 most popular Music Channel of the Week. The combined music videos have surpassed a staggering 2.4 million views, with a huge amount of positive feedback. Although she hasn’t toured in Asia, her songs dealing with love, relationships, and heartbreak have been a huge hit at venues throughout the United States.
Written by herself, Viennie's latest single is a grimy, EDM-inflected track. Over stuttering synthesizers, she reaches out to the fire marshals for all the hot and heavy action on dance floor. "I'm calling in a five alarm," Viennie sings with power on the fiery club track. A fresh new artist has stepped on to the pop scene as she signed with Aurora Records Inc. Could this young Diva be the first Asian-American singer-songwriter and dancer female to make it to the top of the pop charts? So far so good, as both of Viennie's singles hit the top of the YouTube Music Charts when they were released.
Directed by Tani Ikeda, the dark clip for "5 Alarm" shows Viennie heating up with a group of party people hit up an abandoned firehouse to dance the night away. Things end up getting too hot with all the sensual choreography going on that Viennie sets off the sprinklers. Like Britney Spears' "I'm a Slave 4 U" video, the group cools down after tearing the place up. With this current heatwave the U.S. is experiencing, "5 Alarm" couldn't have come at a better time.

Ariana Grande continues her debut album release celebration and takes a time machine back to 1993 and throws a block party in her sunny visual for her new single, "Baby I," the second single from her newly-released debut studio album, "Yours Truly," which premiered at No.1 on last Tuesday by Republic Records. The 20-year-old entertainer is channeling mid-'90s R&B sweetness on her new single, which is all about not being able to fully express how much you are crushing on that special someone.
Follow-up the huge success of her debut single "The Way," the breezy Babyface co-written and produced fun track is an uptempo R&B and pop song that features Grande's big vocals over another snap-worthy R&B beat with its more sophisticated edge as Grande singing, "Baby I got love for thee, so deep inside of me I don't know where to start." It definitely shows off Grande's vocal range and the video matches that. Lyrically, the song is a confession on Grande's behalf admitting a special love for someone and how she can't formulate her strong feelings into words.
The '90s R&B music influence demonstrated in "Baby I," which has also musically present on the rest of her debut album. Additionally, '70s disco energy is also present in the song like Mariah Carey gone retro. In an interview, Grande opined that "Baby I" was more sophisticated and mature than her previous hit single "The Way," which was part of what made her excited to release the song. With her deftness with the blue-eyed soul genre, Grande sings as though she is wise beyond her years, and succeeded in meeting the bar where she set it with her debut, while her extraordinary vocal performance runs as nothing short of everything.
Travel back to the 90s, Grande takes fans for a ride on the "Baby I" Express down Nostalgia Road in her summery clip in which shows the 'Victorious' alum in a variety of settings including dancing in the streets, riding on top of a white convertible, commanding a choreography on a rooftop, and partying on a bus cruising around town, and hanging with friends while showing off some cute fashions and sporting some choreographed dance moves. The Florida pop singer looks stunningly beautiful as she soaks up the sun's rays, and melts hearts smiling to the camera, while wearing both sexy and old-school fashion outfits in the colorful visual.

Just one day after it was announced her new single "Roar" finally roared its way to giving her eighth career No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Katy Perry becomes 'Jane of the Jungle' for the day in the "Junglescope"-filmed music video for the inspiring and catchy pop song, the lead single from Perry's upcoming third studio album, "Prism," is due out on October 22. While the empowerment anthem is a variation on the theme of finding one's voice and being true to oneself, the video is a squandered opportunity: a pseudo-feminist muddle that's less "I am woman, hear me roar" than "I am woman, give me a makeover."
"Roar" is a midtempo, synth-driven power pop song contains elements of folk rock, arena rock and glam rock. Lyrically, the song is an "empowerment anthem" in which Perry stands up for herself, having "discovered the power within herself," as Perry said about the track: "It's a song about standing up for yourself, who can be the biggest bully in the equation is yourself and can get in your way and it's a song about speaking up for yourself and having the strength." It is personal, it is powerful, and, with its combination of sonorous hooks and searing sentiment, it is certainly one of the more perfect pop songs to come down the pipeline in quite a while.
If the song's self-empowered sentiments didn't already serve notice of the fact, well, its video most certainly does: Perry's no longer interested in playing the victim. Say farewell to the blue-wigged dreaminess of Perry's "Teenage Dream" era, and welcome to the fierce, monkey-assisted "Prism" age. This one's going to be a whole lot of fun, as she swings, she strugs, she sings, she stylizes with palm fronds in just about every way, this new video is a blast. Perry's main inspiration seems to be Sheena, Queen of the Jungle who thrilled a generation of Post-War boys by swinging through the jungle in a leopard-skin bikini, and it's a perfect fit for Perry.
Directed by Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi, the "Lost"-meets-"George of the Jungle" clip begins with a timid Perry staggering away from a plane crash; the Indiana Jones-esque dummy next to her takes a quick selfie before getting mauled by a tiger. Fortunately, the pop star is stronger than her male counterpart: she conjures a swarm of fireflies during the first chorus, and from there, she begins to dominate the wildlife around her. By the end of the "Roar" clip, Perry is painting an elephant's nails, fashioning spears out of black heels and goofing around with a monkey. Perry's latest masterpiece gives a whole new meaning to 'jungle love!'

Eliza Doolittle has unveiled the video for her brand new track, "Let It Rain," the third promotional single taken from British singer-songwriter's upcoming sophomore studio album "In Your Hands" that's scheduled for release on October 14 via Parlophone Record, and it's a new grown up sound from Eliza that we've heard since she burst onto the scene with her flirty, bubble-gum, pop hit singles "Rollerblades" and "Skinny Genes." The video which premiered over the weekend came into prominence in fluorescent fashion already garnering close to a half million views.
Eliza soldiers on campaigning album No.2 "In Your Hands" with "Let It Rain," which is a string-packed, uplifting, feel good song with a bit of a Disney feel that with no doubt confirms' her status as an exciting artist in the UK pop music scene. From being on Disclosure's hit single to "Big When I Was Little," Eliza has expanded her musical horizons. No longer is she the bubbly and pop-y UK gal everyone's come to love, she's more than that. "Let It Rain" is a little of old, and a lot of the new Eliza Doolittle.
Really liking this, it's a more mature song than we are used to from her. "Let It Rain," will be released alongside the album and is the perfect example of what makes Eliza such a remarkable modern pop star and generational role model. Hearing her soulful voice, Eliza seems like an old soul trapped in a 25-year-old's body. But it's her youth she has to thank that makes her songs sound fresh, mixing breezy folk with vintage pop melodies. One listen to her infectious tunes and powerful voice will have you hooked and wanting more.
The performance based video was directed by Elliott Sellers, who grabs your attention early with a torrential edit effect, but lays out other beautiful shots and some really effective VFX as the video rolls on. The video begins inside a dimly lit house, but the walls soon are ripped away and Eliza is found in the middle of the sun-baked desert where Eliza allows her talent and imagination to unleash. As the video progresses, there's a dark storm cloud rising from the desert floor and the raindrops threatens to sweep over Eliza and she takes the energy in her performance up a notch as she dances through the rain.

All Time Low have teamed up with Pierce The Veil's frontman Vic Fuentes unveiled the new video for their brand spanking new single, "A Love Like War," taken from American pop punk band's upcoming expanded reissue of 2012's fifth full-length studio album, "Don't Panic." The new version of the album called "Don't Panic: It's Longer Now!" includes four brand new original songs as well as three bonus acoustic tracks, is slated to arrive on September 30th via Hopeless Records.
After watching All Time Low and Pierce the Veil's co-headlined Spring Fever Tour, fan realized how similar the two bands really are in terms of stage presence and energy. While the two bands have similar energies, they have different styles musically which is something that really excited about their collaboration. As soon as the guitar started playing in "A Love Like War," you will hear the intro didn't sound too much like All Time Low or too much like Pierce the Veil but rather represented a new sound entirely. The first verse is solely Alex Gaskarth, and Vic Fuentes enters during the refrain, really adding a lot to the sound.
Our favorite part about the song is the second verse which starts out with Gaskarth and then Fuentes is added in harmony with Gaskarth which gives the verse a really full and solid sound. The only thing we hoped would happen in this song is an addition of Fuentes' classic scream. There was a glimpse of it when he screamed "Let's Go!" or during the final chorus when he sort of screamed "Feel my bones ignite." All in all, I think All Time Low could have pushed the envelope a tiny bit more and used Fuentes' powerful scream, but maybe they didn't want to give away all their secrets right away.

The nearly-four-minute video sees the band performing the track inside a theater, as the band keeps singing the song while a black-and-white film is played on the big screen behind them. The video also gives glimpses at the band members messing up the whole place by throwing their pop corn at each other. It's probably fair to say that fan have been pretty much obsessed with All Time Low's "Don't Panic" album ever since it first penetrated our oh-so-grateful eardrums last year. We know every twangy guitar riff and we know every fit face Jack Barakat pulls performing it live. Check out the video below. It's the most fun had in a cinema!

Lawson dress up in 1920's gangster style in their new music video for latest single, "Juliet," the second single from British pop rock band's upcoming repackaged version of their "Chapman Square" album, which will be released on October 13. The "Standing In The Dark" four-piece are set to follow-on from their huge success with B.o.B featuring single, "Brokenhearted" with a brand new video which sees the guys - Andy Brown, Adam Pitts, Joel Peat and Ryan Fletcher - are only bloody back with the help of model/presenter/friend of Keith Lemon Kelly Brook and her ladyparts.
The song, "Juliet," a guitar-twangy tune that sounds a little bit like Maroon 5 and a little bit good, was penned by frontman Andy Brown with Swedish songwriter Carl Falk who has co-written many of One Direction's hit tunes, as well as working with Westlife, Gavin DeGraw, The Wanted and Taio Cruz. "We're really excited for everyone to hear 'Juliet'," Brown said, while teasing the new song. "I ad a lot of fun writing it with Carl Falk in Sweden earlier on in the year and it's great that it's going to be our 6th single. It's got an awesome energy to it and we can't wait to play it live on tour later on in the year."
The Carly Cussen-directed video sees Lawson the boys getting all retro on us and take on 1920s gangster roles, while Brook vamping it up and playing a Jessica Rabbit-type sizzling femme fatale, a social climbing temptress and lavishes money and pearls and smoulders in a tight red dress as she goes on a killing spree while being serenaded by Brown and the other Lawson boys as they performing their pop hit with one of those weird massive microphones, suiting up and yapping on about Juliet and her 'al-e-gations' in a Saturdays-esque Jamaican accent.
Unlucky-in-love Brook, who has found a positive new outlook on life after her video appearance and latest Lynx adverts in Turkey. Flaunting her best assets in a cleavage busting red dress, the 33-year-old former Celebrity Juice contestant and model-turn-presenter channels old Hollywood glamor in the Betty Boop style frock with her hair styled into sexy waves and a stroke of scarlet lipstick, oozes sex appeal as she goes on a seductive rampage drapes herself around a nightclub before finding her target over the Lawson boys.