Today's Pick

Only a year and a half after the release of her sophomore album "Fall to Grace," Paloma Faith has come back swinging with funky new single "Can't Rely On You," serves as the lead single off the English soul siren's upcoming third studio album "A Perfect Contradiction," due out on March 3. As is always the case with the 'New York' maestra, she puts the music at the forefront of cause with the release of "Can't Rely on You," which is intriguing both musically and visually. The accompanying video is as visually sumptuous as we've come to expect from Faith.
Produced and co-written with former N.E.R.D.-boy Pharrell Williams, "Can't Rely On You" is funky pop jam and swings with a funky fresh groove that throws back to the '70s and filled with references to classic soul that effortlessly mixes Williams's trademark beats with Faith's always soulful distinctive vocals. It's a striking departure from the big, sweeping ballads of her last album, but a welcomed one as well. The song serves major throwback vibes, yet sounds undeniably fresh - A bold comeback! Top that with Faith's soul-shouter vocals and you've got a winner.
The 32-year-old Londoner laments feeling jealous of her lover in the funk-soul track "Can't Rely On You." The beat is so similar melody to Robin Thicke's ubiquitous "Blurred Lines." Williams clearly tried to disguise it all that he could, but in the end, it was inevitable for the "Blurred Lines" sound to surface. The intro in particular makes you think you've played Thicke's song by mistake. The accompanying "Blurred Lines"-esque video video, directed by Paul Gore, is a dazzlingly weird and left-of-center period piece that executes its high concept with impeccable attention to detail, contrasting the retro flavor of the song with lushly anachronistic visuals.
The clip begins with a French female voiceover about moving on from the end of a relationship, and the fiery red-headed, lingerie-clad Faith in bed with a lover. From there, Gore takes us on a bizarro-world ride filled with images of milk baths, a topless Faith wearing a white mask, women in religious-looking gowns, a stunned mustachioed gent, a black horse, and a chauffeured-driven vintage Mercedes that becomes driverless when he bails, leaving Faith in the backseat to fend for herself. It ends with the French narrator returning to inform us that "This is just a beginning." You've been warned.

If you haven't taken notice of Pia Mia before now then you'll want to very soon. Sure, she may have been introduced to the celebrity world as Kylie Jenner's best friend but the 17-year-old singer has more talent than E!'s reality household combined. With an incredible voice and her exotic looks, Mia already has Drake and Kanye West as fans with their cover of "Hold On We're Going Home," and not to mention that Madonna has also supposedly chosen Mia as the new face of her clothing line Material Girl.
The Los Angeles based singer-songwriter is of European descent from father and Oceanian from mother. She started off her singing career by doing covers of popular songs on YouTube. Early this year signed record deal with Wolfpack Entertainment and released first solo single "The Last Man On Earth." She became a little more popular after featured on the song "Bubblegum Boy" with the 'Shake It Up' actress Bella Thorne. Recently, the singer has released two more buzz singles: "What a Girl Wants" and "Shotgun Love."
Now, she's back with her first ever music video for her official debut stunning pop single "Red Love," which is a gorgeous, delicate and melodic power ballad that showcases Mia's impeccable vocal range and talent.
 The singer has a keen, deep and heartbreaking pop ballad in her hands. Her style may remind the American singer and actress Ariana Grande, but with a much more acoustic feel and less R&B. The song is an emotional roller coaster and Mia, once again, delivers a powerful performance that many teen gals in distress will find comfort in.
The video is directed by Damien Sandoval and finds the young singer sharing a special moment with her boyfriend in a desert. However, as the song unfolds it becomes clear that their relationship has dried up like the arid setting they're in. The video shows the leggy blonde strolling around the desert heartbroken over her first love after going to bed with him; in other words, this guy takes her virginity in a four-poster bed in the middle of the desert and then he leaves her behind. Whether the meaning of the video is meant to be that literal or not, it's still a nice - albeit, dramatic - introduction to Mia, the singer. Check it out, below.

Kat Dahlia is using her voice to speak out on an important issue. The beautiful and equally as talented Miami singer has been showing off her skills rather well over the past year, especially the past few months, and returns, plays a woman who's having an abusive relationship and tackles domestic violence with a brand new vampire-themed visual for the powerful number "The High," a cut off her recent standout mixtape "Seeds."
The 23-year-old Cuban songstress and rapper, is known for her "razor sharp" lyrics and her unique, aggressive flow, is currently working on her debut album, "My Garden", which is scheduled to be released later this year. The Miami singer has come through with music with a message through the song, "The High." which is a tough, relatable number that finds Dahlia speaking about love gone wrong. The video is a flawlessly representation of the track, as she addresses the issue of domestic violence and gives us a love affair turned violent in visual and lyrical form.
The up-and-coming singer isn't scared to touch on heavier themes in the Garcia-directed provocative clip, which was shot in Miami, and centers on the relationship between the singer and her on-screen partner as their intimate love affair turns violent when her vampire-abuser boyfriend starts to abuse her. At first, everything looks normal as the couple is seen making out passionately in the heat of passion. However, the seemingly healthy relationship suddenly turns abusive violent after the man physically hurts his lady.
As Dahlia looks vulnerable as she describes the pain of being with his man. "My arms, yea they're reaching for stones/ But they're covered in scars/ Oh baby you're the bleeding of my heart," she sings. There's plenty of blood sucking and fighting going on. The blood that's spilled on the floor is represented by red roses. Although visually provocative, the underlying message is the disturbingly that there are 4.8 million domestic abuse cases against women in the country each year. And it ends encouraging viewers to a website for the Speak Up Foundation, where women can go to seek help.

Jake Bugg has just released a music visual for his latest single "A Song About Love," the third release off Bugg's sophomore album "Shangri La." The Nottingham-based singer/songwriter is still only 19-years-old, yet here he is with his second album already and, on the back of the acclaim he achieved on his self-titled debut album, the speedy release of "Shangri-La" is a promising sign that Bugg is bursting with ideas and has no plans of sitting back on top of his one Mercury nomination.
To be blunt, none of "Shangri-La" ever really steps too far from the safety zone of his debut, but Bugg is being fast-tracked by his label into producing new material, which is probably why the new album sounds so recycled. Should he be given the chance to master his penmanship and emulate his peers' musicianship, Bugg could genuinely live up to his hype and his potential within his next few releases. On "Shangri-La," however, Bugg is still searching for that special something and. providing he manages to find anything at all by the time he begins working on album number three, he could very well validate himself as a serious performer for years to come.
Following a similar structure some of the softer tracks heard in his debut, the new tune "A Song About Love," is a slow paced love ballad, in contrast to his rocking "Messed Up Kids." Bugg wrote this love ballad with two bars that last one beat too long before the chorus. It gave the session musicians who played on it a lot of trouble to work out. The British rocker is mainly self-taught; his only music training was a music technology course at college that he dropped out from at the age of 16.
According to an interview with the NME, Bugg didn't realize when he wrote this song that it would be difficult for his backing musicians to play, as he's never learnt how to read music. A dose of heartfelt romance is provided with "A Song About Love," where Bugg's honest emotions seem to pour out of this melancholy song. Bugg's versatility is showcased here and "A Song About Love" holds up just fine. He can easily bounce from rollicking folk to somber love tunes and back again. It Showing a more emotive side and a softer side of the young indie rocker. The video, showing a more sentimental side than we usually see of the Nottingham teenager, as he laments in his heartachey tune.

The 'Glee' star Lea Michele is getting up close and personal as she channels her inner diva in her first ever solo new music clip for her debut single "Cannonball," the lead single taken from the singer/actress' upcoming debut studio album "Louder," which drops on March 4. The emotional features shots of the 27-year-old belting the powerful, Sia-penned chorus in what appears to be an abandoned room with boarded-up windows.
Michele recently spoke to MTV News about the piano-driven anthem, revealing that it helped her to heal after the sudden and tragic death of her boyfriend and 'Glee' co-star Cory Monteith. Initially, Michele didn't plan on having the song be a part of the album, which she'd finished recording last June; but after Monteith died in July, Michele put her album on hold and took a moment to think if there was anything else she needed to get off her chest. Working with songwriters Sia Furler and Benny Blanco, she recorded the track and the single became a mantra of survival.
The uplifting ballad finds Michele reaffirming her newfound inner strength. The lyrics about finding inner strength after a difficult experience mirror Michele's own life: "The minute I heard the song, I had a physical reaction to it. For me, it's been my strength," she said of the track. "I listen to it every day. I know it was brought into my life for a reason. It's really been so helpful for me and I hope it's the same for other people as it's been for me." The track is instantly memorable, but still, it's Michele's powerhouse vocals that take center stage on "Cannonball" as she deftly switches from her Broadway-trained belting and 'Glee'-honed pop chops: "...I'll fly like a cannonball."
The clip, directed by Robert Hales, finds a vulnerable looking Michele cold and lonely in what looks like an abandoned mansion with a broken piano, singing about losing her mind. Sun streaks through the windows as the 'Glee' star dressed in a flowing black dress, slowly finds her strength as the song crescendos. As Michele's confidence builds, the room she's singing in slowly starts to shift to something brighter and, finally, letting the light into her life as she sings about her vow to "start living today." By the end, Michele is smiling brilliantly amid a sea of colorful, electrifying lights, all ready for her "new beginning." She certainly has come a long way, and The simplistic but visually stunning video is totally uplifting an inspiring!

Eighteen months after she signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records, Lucy Hale finally debuted the stunning new music video for her debut single, "You Sound Good to Me," during Tuesday night's broadcast of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars" premiere and quickly hit the web. Directed by Taylor Swift and John Mayer collaborator Philip Andelman, the new video highlights a carefree and spontaneous day with friends. As if we weren't already itching for summer.
The 24-year-old 'Pretty Little Liars' starlet-turned-Hollywood Records signee participated in a Twitter Q&A to promote her currently untitled country album. Hale told MTV News to expect a "Taylor Swift/Carrie Underwood-ish hybrid" when it came to her musical style and when her debut album hit stores. "I'm going to do a country/pop album, and I couldn't be more excited," she said. "I grew up in Tennessee, so that's always been my heart and soul." The sweet, doll-eyed actress hopes listeners can put their preconceived notions about actors-turned-musicians aside and give her single a fair shot.
The rootsy pop-country track "You Sound Good To Me," written by Ashley Gorley, Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey, but the song was written for Hale. In other words, this song suited Hale's hopeful voice with country splendor. With Shania Twain and Faith Hill as influences, it makes complete sense that Hale made her big step into music to go through the doors of country. The American Junior alum added that the "cool thing about music is that you can find inspiration from anyone." Hale said on Twitter, "I want to create music as long as the world will possibly let me. I want to tour, see every place possible."
That ethos is also captured in the video for "You Sound Good To Me," which is showing off her country roots as the pint-sized songstress gettin' all kinds of country in her cowboy boots and a bunch of well-groomed friends as they take a road trip and have a bonfire in a trailer park. The visual lends itself to the song's lyrics: Hale flirts with her love interest as the two enjoy a road trip through the country side with friends. After goofing around in what looks like a truck stop, they get more serious by nightfall as they sit around a campfire and eventually locking lips!

You might not know Foxes by her name, but you definitely know her voice. She's the English singer-songwriter (aka Louisa Rose Allen) featured on Zedd's inescapable smash hit, "Clarity," and is now gearing up to release her debut album "Glorious," due out on March 4th via Sony Music Entertainment. the up and comer Brit-Pop sensation has just unleashed the fun and colorful video for new single, "Let Go For Tonight," a song originally from her "Warrior" EP that has been revamped as the next official single and sixth overall taken from Foxes' upcoming debut studio album.
Similar to her previous releases, Foxes' new offering, written by herself, is an inspiring mid-tempo pop tune and a wonderful synth-pop creation with loud, crashing production and an emphasis on her show-stopping acrobatic vocal performance. Foxes sings here about forgetting about your problems, and living your "present" the happiest you can. "Let go for tonight baby/ Let love in your life and be shown/ Let go for tonight baby, who needs sleep tonight," the 24-year-old British beauty sings.

With a soft, piano-driven intro, the single then kicks the energy into full gear as the four minutes roll on. "So I call your name, the only thing I know, is I need you here, will you be gone forever?", the singer questions before the chorus comes crashing in. The track is poppy, fun and inspiring. While the track holds fast to the worldly toned elements that her previous works are centered around, it also brings an explosive element to her sound that hasn't been showcased before. "Let Go For Tonight" may be her most gripping song yet. Sung with extraordinary heart, the lyrics propel over the gentle instrumental with such ambition that they quickly become the centerpiece in what is an overall fascinating anthem.
As for the Marc Klasfeld-directed video, Foxes does what she sings and lets go by taking part in a big mess at a dinner party after throwing colorful childish food fight at her friends. It opens with the singer sitting at a table in a pristine, all white room with a blank canvas, and triggering an epic paint fight, things get crazy as the song evolves. Surrounded by friends, Foxes seems to be having a carefree, good time as she gives a classy, yet sexy, performance and delivers the lyrics to her song in front of the camera before a desert scene is shown to end the visual on a high note. The concept fits the joyous message of the song perfectly.