Gaga who? Lana Del Rey, who may have picked up a taste for trolling the public after her Saturday Night Live caterwaul that befuddled even Brian Williams, has released a video for “National Anthem” wherein she plays both Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy–and depicts John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
President Kennedy, here, is played Read More
In her new lyric video for “Wide Awake,” pop singer Katy Perry uses the Facebook timeline as a visual motif to convey the myriad successes she’s had since the release of her last album in 2010. (All that success stacked up upon itself is sort of a kiss-off to her ex-husband, Russell Brand, as their Read More
Onetime pop star Justin Timberlake–whose most recent album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, is nearing its sixth anniversary–is to make music once more after an extended period during which he focused on movie acting. The music he is making, though, is a score for the just-announced film The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea, which is to star Read More
In advance of Fiona Apple’s new album–her first since 2005, and bearing a characteristically unwieldy title–the singer has released a new single. It’s called “Every Single Night,” and with its twee plinkiness and scatty, anxious vocals, it’s no huge departure, which is precisely what any fan of Ms. Apple would hope for.
Joining luminaries like John Mayer, Anthony Bourdain, and new Bravo reality star Julia Allison, Beyonce has joined Tumblr. (Hat-tip to every single person we follow on that site for alerting us to the existence of the Beyonceblr.) The site is an elegantly designed vertical column of photos, each one bordering the Read More
He’s back IN the game–with new producer Mark Ronson. And he sounds strangely… country?
Michael Jackson spoke before the Oxford Union in 2001, and now Lady Gaga is to rip off another pop star by speaking at Harvard. Kidding! Her speech is to address bullying and self-confidence in the launch of her nonprofit Born This Way Foundation before a crowd that’s set to include Secretary of Health and Human Read More
Madonna’s second single released from the upcoming MDNA album (after the dispiriting chart performance of the Super Bowl-premiered “Give Me All Your Luvin”) is “Girl Gone Wild”–which seems, from its housey beat to its references to DJs and 808 drums, to the Joe Francis-iness of its title and “bad girl” posing, like Madonna’s chasing Read More
In a year that has seen famous-on-the-Internet acts Lana Del Rey and Karmin get Saturday Night Live bookings, there’s a certain cachet to getting an artist on the record before they either blow up or flame out–and before they learn how to talk to a reporter.
Rapper Kreayshawn, of the status-anxiety-evoking “Gucci Gucci,” comes Read More
Last night–the evening of pop singer Rihanna’s birthday–she released two remixes of existing album tracks. From her album Talk That Talk came a remix of “Birthday Cake” featuring Chris Brown’s vocals; from Mr. Brown’s upcoming Fortune came “Turn Up the Music” featuring Rihanna’s vocals. The star-crossed, or something, musicians had been hinting through Twitter about Read More
