Taylor Swift Releases 'Style' Video

Swift is showing us what it's like to fall for a guy who looks like James Dean. Turns out, it's not easy. It actually kind of plays with your mind. Traipsing through the grass barefoot, projecting memories of their best moments and using mirrors as windows into her not so perfect love affair, Swift looks a little heart sick in this rather surreal clip.

It definitely shows the mark an again, off again relationship can leave on a girl. But while fickle boys will never be a thing, Swift's red lip classic look, we can promise, will always be in style.

Watch it here.

Is Drake's New Release A Way To Leave Cash Money?

But the biggest one, asked by Drizzy's most ardent fans: did Drake release it the way he did to fulfill his Cash Money contract? While it's not known for sure how many albums Drake is signed up for, it is known that Lil Wayne-who's going through a very public with Cash Money, including a $51 million lawsuit-has a four-record deal and that seems to be the norm for the label, something that many are claiming is the same for Drake but could not be verified at press time.

One thing is clear: If You're Reading This It's Too Late isn't a traditional album. At 17 tracks, it's way too sprawling. Plus, Drake has already outlined his next album, Views from the 6, which is scheduled for a 2015 release.

It seems much more likely that If You're Reading This It's Too Late is a mixtape, which could be supported by the fact that P. Reign and Toronto Raptors forward DeMar DeRozan have both said that Drake has a mixtape coming in January. Yet, mixtapes are commonly released for free. So if it is a mixtape why would Drake charge for it?

To be done with Cash Money, many are speculating. Read more here.

Kayne West Feels Sorry For Those That Don't See His 'Vision'

Didn't like it? Didn't feel it? West has some choice words for anyone who wasn't all about his first Adidas line. "For anyone who reviews the collection poorly-not even to put that energy out there-if they do, I really feel sorry that they don't have a vision of what the future holds, because you just saw the future," he told MTV backstage at the presentation.

For West, the collection is what he imagines everyone wearing, from his wife to high school kids. "If I was the 14-year-old me, I'm going to high school everyday [and] I'd want to look like the guys in this show," he said. "I would like my wife to go to the gym in full pantyhose and a sports bra. That's my proposition."

While 'Ye addressed his detractors, he was just as quick to embrace those who've stood behind him, like Adidas. "They had to support all of my crazy ideas and visions," he continued. "They were an extremely, extremely supportive company. This is only the beginning of the possibilities we can do together. They're an incredible tech company, a cultural company, and I think that I'm learning how to present these ideas in a forward way-proposition of proportions from a street sensibility." Read more here.

Gucci Mane Finally Releases His 'Brick Factory 3' Mixtape

For one, it has single "Heart Attack" on it. Not only that, but it also features plenty of other Young Thug appearances, including the previously released "Down on That" and a couple of tracks that feature Thug along with Lil B. In fact, about half the songs on the tape have guest spots from Young Thug.

The prolific rapper remains incarcerated at this time, but that has not stopped his output in the least. You can stream Brick Factory 3 in its entirety here.

Bob Dylan Clarifies MusiCares Speech Merle Haggard Comments

Now, Dylan is clarifying some of the talking points of the speech, specifically the point at which he seemed to call out Merle Haggard, an artist he toured with in 2005, saying in the speech that he'd rather have Buck Owens' respect than Haggard's.

"I wasn't dissing Merle, not the Merle I know," Dylan said to Bill Flanagan. "What I was talking about happened a long time ago, maybe in the late '60s. Merle had that song out called 'Fighting Side of Me' and I'd seen an interview with him where he was going on about hippies and Dylan and the counterculture, and it kind of stuck in my mind and hurt, lumping me in with everything he didn't like.

"But of course times have changed and he's changed too," Dylan continued, echoing his own song lyrics. "If hippies were around today, he'd be on their side and he himself is part of the counterculture� so yeah, things change. I've toured with him and have the highest regard for him, his songs, his talent-I even wanted him to play fiddle on one of my records and his Jimmie Rodgers tribute album is one of my favorites that I never get tired of listening to. He's also a bit of a philosopher. He's serious and he's funny. He's a complete man and we're friends these days. We have a lot in common."

Read more here.

Natalie La Rose Releases 'Somebody' Video With Jeremih

La Rose is set in various real life places (the stoop of a sorority house, the street, a public garden in an urban city center) that are given the club treatment. For some reason, everywhere she goes there is a pink twilight with a smoke machine and lasers. If creating perfect lighting is her superpower then Wonder Woman had better look out.

The main point on display through the video is that La Rose has tight dance game. Her choreography is old school but sharp and she executes. Clearly the point of this video is to make that a huge part of her calling card-that and wearing white ribbed body suits with a turtleneck, something not seen on a woman since the very early '90s. Message received: this girl likes to have good, clean fun.

Also notable in this non sequitur of a video: those giant hoop earrings you've got to take off before you fight are back. Consider yourselves on notice from pop's potential next big thing. Watch the video here.

O.T. Genasis Teams With Chris Brown For New Version of 'CoCo'

After sharing a second rendition of the track last week with Meek Mill and Jeezy, O.T. has now released a third. This time Chris Brown lends a verse to the track.

It's not like any old verse of his, though: On it, Brown gives his best Jamaican patois impression. He starts off with a raunchy opening, midway through the track, where he sings "I eat the p-y for breakfast/ All of my b--s have a-s," before trying to pull off a new accent. Listen here.

Sturgill Simpson Performs 'Long White Line' on 'Letterman'

David Letterman obviously likes what Simpson is doing, too. He had the country artist back on The Late Show last Thursday night (Feb. 11), where he performed "Long White Line."

Traditional country music fans were immediately drawn to his record, with his voice being compared to Waylon Jennings. But his lyrics were pretty, well, 'metamodern'-in other words, different than most other songs in country, or any other genre, for that matter.

When we profiled Simpson for our New Music To Know series, he told us he wasn't quite sure he lived up to the hype of the critical acclaim he was getting. "A lot of people have said it's progressive and groundbreaking-I didn't think it was that progressive," he said of the beloved opening track, "Turtles All The Way Down."

"I mention a few hallucinogenic substances, but outside of that I don't think it's all that cutting edge. I was shocked that a lot of journalists put that spin on it." Although he did acquiesce this point: "I doubt anybody's ever talked about DMT in a country song." Watch the performance here.

T-Pain Talks NASCAR, LeBron James And More

That's just one of the sports-related revelations made by the recording artist whose singular, hit-filled career has seen him pioneer the use of Auto-Tune and then get called out for using it as a crutch, before ultimately silencing his critics with an outstanding 2014 NPR performance showcasing his immense and obvious talents.

He's adamant that NASCAR is indeed an actual sport, having been inside one the cars ("just the endurance alone that you need, that's very athlete-like"), and prefers golf to ping-pong, because it's less stressful and has better pants.

T-Pain prefers basketball to football if only because you're less likely to have your head bashed in playing basketball ("there's many less concussions"), and chooses college football over pro.

See where he stands on bowling versus tennis and his pragmatic reasoning when deciding between ice skating and gymnastics in the full video interview here.

Tyga Lashes Out at Drake After Kylie Jenner Diss

If you recall, back in October when Tyga covered Vibe, he said in his interview,"I don't like Drake as a person. He's just fake to me. I like his music; you know what I'm saying? I think his music is good, but we're all different people. We were forced together and it was kinda like we were forcing relationships together."

He also added that he doesn't get along with Drake's BFF Nicki Minaj either, and that he's "tryna go independent." Well, Drake finally responded to Tyga's call-out on his recently dropped project, If You're Reading This It's Too Late. In the track "6PM in New York," Drizzy fires back, "I heard a lil lil homie talking reckless in VIBE/ Quite a platform you chose, you shoulda kept it inside/ Oh you tried, it's so childish calling my name on the world stage/ You need to act your age and not your girl's age."

That last line, if you were wondering, is in reference to Tyga's underage girlfriend, Kylie Jenner. Obviously, Drake touched a nerve and Tyga responded early Friday morning, according to MissInfo, writing, "@Drake u still a b--. All that sneak dissing is weak. Just pull up. I know where u live and u know my address�U been ducking the fade from Brown." Read more here.

Singled Out: Fly Away Hero's Hercules

The writing/recording process of our song "Hercules" was an interesting and unusual one. Most of the songs on our EP Lost and Found were just written my me, and selected by the band and the producers of the EP, but Hercules was a different story.

I wrote the song with my good friend and previous band mate Will Jay. The band that we were in was touring with a dance convention at the time, and we were stopped in Las Vegas for a show. I normally write songs by myself, but I was compelled to show Will an early rough draft of Hercules. He and I went back and forth on it for a while and what we came out with was the song that's on "Lost and Found".

When we were picking songs for the EP, I didn't think that Hercules was even an option. But once the band and the producers heard the song they told me that they wanted it on the record! In the end I'm really glad that they decided to bring it back, because it's become one of my favorite songs from Lost and Found.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself here and learn more about the EP and the band right here!

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