Today's Pick

The Colombian stunner Shakira is back with a brand new steamy music video for the provocative "Can't Remember To Forget You," and this time the Bajan beauty Rihanna has also come along for the ride. In spite of the song's title, the Caribbean ladies get up close and personal, and make for a sizzling combination, and, naturally, it is hot and fierce! The post-breakup duet is the first single from off of the "Voice" coach's upcoming self-titled inaugural album with Sony label RCA, her first since 2010, hits shelves March 25.
Co-written by the singers with Swedish singer-songwriter Erik Hassle, "Can't Remember To Forget You,"  is an uptempo New Wave track with Ska elements, finds the two stars lamenting on their inability to forget lovers who are bad for them. "Working with Rihanna was utopia. She's the sexiest woman on the planet," the 36-year-old Colombian singer said in Glamour magazine. "And at the end of the day, we're both just basically Caribbean girls. The chemistry was so good and so real. She taught me dance moves. She was a sweet teacher."
Shakira's relationship with Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique, was definitely not an inspiration for the track. She told Ryan Seacrest: "I'm going through a completely different experience right in relation to the song. The song is about that guy that just gets under your skin and you can't leave alone. I think every woman has been through that. This song is not exactly a reflection of my personal life right now." She also noted working with Rihanna, "You know, we're both from the Caribbean so I always thought we had that common ground, but this song is pretty Reggae. I honestly thought it would never happen... She heard the record and she loved it and she said she was onboard and I was the happiest girl alive."
Shot in a Los Angeles mansion, the Joseph Kahn-directed clip begins with Shakira romping around on a bed as she sings about the mistakes she's made in love before the 25-year-old Rihanna even makes her appearance. The duo then cozy up, smoke cigars, cuddling, make smoldering facial expressions and writhe around together on a bed in revealing outfits as they sing of a post-breakup longing and their mutual addiction to a man who is no good for them, they indulge in a dance off, with a wall separating them, showing off their coordinating choreography which gets progressively raunchier. Things heat up as they return to the cabana by the pool and caress each other with Rihanna placing her hand on Shakira's pert posterior.

Despite his recent run-in with the law and amid all of the controversy lately, Justin Bieber is still feeling pretty "Confident" in his new slick video. Bieber refuses to take no for an answer in his six minute "Confident" video. The 19-year-old lurking through a factory with a sexy new girl of his dreams in the epic visual and pursues her until she, rather inevitably, falls for his charms. That's the clip in a nutshell but there's also some great choreography, a cool party and the superstar's flawless hair.
The Canadian headline-grabber ended his strikingly somber "Music Mondays" series with this tribute to a confident girl who has got 'it.' Like the rest of those songs it features on his already forgotten "Journals" LP, the Chance The Rapper-assisted gem was the highlight of Bieber's "Music Mondays" promotion as Bieber explained to MTV News' Christina Garibaldi this is a song all about "sexual romancing." Backed by a beat that demands you find the closest open space and begin dancing immediately, the ballads and tongue-in-cheek duets from Bieber and Chance talk about being transfixed on the most confident woman in the room.
Awash in moody blue light and using hip-swaying dance moves, the Colin Tilley-directed video finds Bieber pursuing the newest object of his affection outside a gas station. As Bieber follows the lady into the station, uncovering a dimly-lit catacomb of a convenience store. He tails her to the checkout counter, where she's making a purchase of Takis chips. It's from where Bieber tries to pick her up by making a really awful pun. "Well, I'd like to Taki to you on the phone," Bieber tells her. She laughs, but he's rejected.
She hops on her motorcycle and drives off. But wait! It just so happens that they end up at the same dance club! This time, Bieber goes for a different approach. Instead of talking, he just goes in for the kill, as Bieber admits to Taki ignorance, pays homage to Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" stalk-fest with smooth choreography, singing about how into her he is, and give Chance his biggest-yet opportunity to show up in front of kids' eyeballs. In the end, Bieber surprises his love interest with a sensual kiss that was so intimate it almost made us blush! He asks her, “Can I have your number now?” And she breathlessly answers, "Yes."

Krewella has just released the official music video for "Human," the third international single and sixth overall taken from the popular EDM trio's latest hit debut album "Get Wet," released last September via Columbia.
 The emotional record is scheduled to impact Top 40 radio in early-February. This time, the electronic music trio, consists of sisters Jahan Yousaf, Yasmine Yousaf and 'Rain Man,' opt for a more soft and delicate production. Moving away from the strength of their previous singles and focusing on a dance piano ballad with touches of dubstep.
The road to the top of electronic music charts has been a long, yet rewarding journey for Chicago producer trio Krewella. Millions of adoring fans around the world have committed themselves to "Krewlife" as the breakout electro / dubstep group achieved stardom with successive hit singles. Krewella kicks off the New Year with the release of an emotionally charged music video for their inspirational dubstep single "Human," its emotion is just so raw and powerful. Well, the new video for their chillstep ballad was really no different. Krewella reminds us all that no matter what, We're only "Human."
With all the smoke and mirrors involved in the entertainment industry, it's incredibly refreshing to see that Krewella isn't afraid to show the world their true colors. This four-minute video is merely a snapshot of their journey to superstardom over the past two years, but it still manages to say everything about who Jahan, Yasmine, and 'Rain Man' are as people; anger and joy, sweat and tears, good times and bad, these are all parts of being human no matter who you are, where you're from, or what you do for a living. It's a recap video of two full years of touring and other shenanigans and the emotional shots of Krewella  in candid moments of sadness, loneliness, and exhaustion in contrast to some heartwarming moments of joy and togetherness.
The clip that fits perfectly with the song and really drives home the "I am only human" chorus, as director and videographer behind many of Krewella's visuals, Miles Evert, truly captures the humanity of these artists. It opens up with a quote: "This video was shot during our last two years of touring. It is dedicated to you, our Krew...the ones that make this dream possible." The clip featuring the trials and tribulations Krewella has faced on the rise to fame: A drunken hotel argument! A wedding proposal! Teary breakdowns on the road! An elimination round in which one of the members is kicked out of the band. Fans will see the hardships Krewella goes through to make their dreams possible.

Following the release of her single "Replay," Zendaya drops the brand-new swag-tastic visuals for her Bobby Brackins-produced track "My Baby." The song was recently remixed by Cali rapper Iamsu and singer/producer Ty Dolla $ign. While Zendaya let her killer dance moves rule her video for "Replay," this time the singer is a bit more relaxed, letting her hip-hop swagger speak for itself as she bounces to the beat. In fact, it's kind of hard not to notice that Zendaya is channeling her idol, '90s R&B star Aaliyah, in the video.
Like 2 Chainz, Zendaya's different. The talented 17-year-old actress/singer proved that she's not your average Disney diva with '90s R&B-flavored debut single "Replay" and hammers the fact home with bouncy urban jam "My Baby." It's a cute change of pace that shows another side of the Disney starlet's bubbly personality. The follow-up urban-pop track taken from her self-titled debut album released last September, was recently also remixed by rappers Ty Dolla $ign, Iamsu and Bobby Brackins.
In the months prior to the release, the singer opened up about embracing both pop and hip-hop in her music. "I'm kind of creating my own music and I'm kind of creating my own zone, my own lane as an artist. I want to do rhythmic pop," Zendaya told MTV News last year. "It's not necessarily your average pop song. It has some kind of urban edge, some kind of more hip-hop-ish tones to it that kind of edge it up and do something a little different so it's not just your stereotypical pop music." Zendaya promised us a while back that she was "gonna swag it out," and with her new video, she keeps that promise.
Zendaya is bringing the '90s back in Stephen Garnet-directed video, as she flaunts her personal style, shows off several different cutting edge styles, and rocks everything from a Diamond Supply Co snapback and teal lipstick to a gothic-looking black cloak and epic fingernails. The Oakland homegirl loves the Raiders Varsity jacket, as she's said before, and she proudly dons the NFL team's gear head-to-toe while singing along to the urban-flavored track. With all the wardrobe changes, "My Baby" is similar to her "Replay" music video. But it's a new look for Zendaya in a couple of different ways, and all eyes are on her.

With the Grammys going on for 3½ hours Sunday night, I'd like to review some of nominees for Best music video. Capital Cities, an Electro-Rock duo from Los Angeles comprising Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian, had a big 2013, vaulting to the top of the Alternative Songs chart and Billboard's Hot 100 top 10 with their infectious debut hit "Safe and Sound." The genre-bending single shot into the public conscious in large part due to its music video, which earned the duo a nomination for best music video at the 56th GRAMMY Awards, and the video has racked up over 66 million views on YouTube, as Capital Cities knew right off the bat it potentially had something intriguing on its hands.
The song was actually created back in 2011, before Merchant and Simonian were known as Capital Cities, when the Los Angeles pair were earning their corn composing music for advertising campaigns. "It started as a little idea we came up with - it wasn't a fully fleshed-out song, per se," Merchant told Billboard magazine. "We noticed that, when we showed it to people, there was this unanimous feeling that there was something special about this music, and we started to develop it."
"It took 10 different versions before we finally came to what you hear on the radio now, where we decided to add a trumpet for the main bridge part, which I think was one of our best decisions on the song. And we brought out this vintage keyboard that provides the foundation for the song. So the song really took a long time to get right, because we knew it was such an important song for us." Regarding the track's meaning, Merchant noted to Billboard magazine: "The song is an anti-doomsday song in some ways - expressing the idea that every generation thinks that the end of the world is right around the corner, but it never comes to pass."
The Grady Hall-directed clip is a rapid tour of the history of dance through the decades. There are more than 40 dance sequences, each representing a different style or era. "When we started working on and developing ideas for the music video, we felt like we were onto something special," Simonian told Billboard magazine. "The day of the shoot was at the Los Angeles Theatre, which was this historic, beautiful theater in L.A., and we brought 60-70 dancers that we discovered on Craigslist [which is] how we met. So all these dancers came in, and some semi-professional, some were amateurs, some were pro and it was this really cool cultural clash happening during the video shoot, so we felt like there was something there."

Big city dreams don’t always go as planned. B.o.B issues a cautionary tale of addiction to the fast life in the Priscilla-assisted thought-provoking video for "John Doe," the fifth single off his newest third album "Underground Luxury," is in stores now. B.o.B has his theatrics on point with this one, as he narrates the story of an actress on the come up in his new concept flick. As the visual jumps back and forth from B.o.B to the actress, the clip tells the tale of a struggling girl trying to make a living by any means.
When you finally break through after years on the hustle, it's tough not to overindulge in the pleasures that success has suddenly placed at your disposal. Take B.o.B; though he started out doing it for the love, his ascent to stardom kindled a powerful lust for liquor, drugs and promiscuous sex. On new single "John Doe," the A-Town hitmaker takes a long, hard look in the mirror and he isn't sure he likes what he sees. Unlike some of the previous singles from the album, this one takes a more introspective turn and looks at the concepts of handling addiction and the pressures of fame and the limelight.
"John Doe" is a more somber, 'meaningful' song on the album, but at the same time it definitely catchy. Producer Geoffro Cause provides a crossover-friendly backdrop for Bobby Ray's introspective bars, and saccharine vocals from Priscilla with her more edgy look, might we add. The song's topic is drug abuse on the first verse and he flips it to dealing with getting caught cheating, and spending time as an "underground artist," on the second. "John Doe" fits the Pop record meets rapper aesthetic Atlantic Records has a knack for creating. Lush chords, sweeping instrumentation and power vocals will not have you thinking Bobby Ray is back on his rappity rap grind, though.
The 25-year-old shows that sometimes big plans can have shallow endings in the K. Asher Levin-directed powerful visual, which takes a look at the false narrative of moving to Hollywood to become a star, we see a small-town young aspiring actress, starring porn star Skin Diamond, who dreams of being an actress and will do anything to make it to the top in the "City of Angels," only to find herself getting involved with the wrong type of crowd, slowly succumbs to the seedy underbelly of the big city, compromising herself just to get by and a life filled with drugs, sex and alcohol.

Kelleigh Bannen is getting her revenge in her new vibrant video for her dynamic new single "Famous," after walking in on her boyfriend with another woman, she hits the road with the intentions of making him 'famous.' She wants everyone to know what he did. Back to 2012, Bannen released an interesting, well-written single called "Sorry On The Rocks" and it showcased the previously indie singer/songwriter's strong and powerful vocals in this catchy tune, as well as sense of melody, but for some reason the single failed to ignite with radio stations.
All of this should change with her new single "Famous," the lead single from Bannen's upcoming new debut album via EMI Records Nashville, is a good old-fashioned revenge song set to a very contemporary beat so catchy it might need a virus definition all of its own. The melody mixes a percussive beat and mandolins into an infectious bed that backs up strong lyrics which find Bannen singing about the various ways she's gonna make a guy famous in a small town for how horrible he treated her and about the lies and cheating ways he had. With her effervescent personality and country charm, Bannen might very well remind you of the girl-next-door.
Written by Sara Haze, Troy Verges and Gordie Sampson, "Famous" certainly is a 180 from the singer's previous material and that might get some 'traditionalist' fans who were behind her early self-released album to wonder if she's chasing 'trends,' but when a song's this good does it really matter? "What first attracted me to the single was the angle," explains Bannen. "You cheated on me, you hurt me – so I'm going to make you famous. It's not just revengeful, there's a little smile and wink to it – and I love that!"
Filmed in Palmdale, California, the visually stunning video was directed by London Alley's Hannah Lux Davis, showcases Bannen as the feisty heroine in the story alongside powerful performance footage from the up-and-coming star. While we've all seen the revenge plot played out in music videos before, director Hannah' adds an additional layer to "Famous" by focusing both on the revenge storyline and on the pain Bannen's boyfriend has caused her. It's always fun to see a cheater get what he deserves, but it makes a better story to reinforce the reason he deserves it, and Hannah does this all the way up to the very final moments of the video.