Day in Pop Report for 03/09/2015
Crosby was the following question on Twitter, "@thedavidcrosby opinion on kanye's music, impact as an artist?" And Crosby replied "Music ?.. He's an idiot and a poser....has no Talent at all." Another person asked Crosby "Why do you think Paul McCartney would waste his time recording with Kanye West?" and Crosby replied "To Widen his audience." A lot of rock stars reacted to West's drama at the Grammy Awards and an interview he gave following the show where he insulted Beck and said he should give his Grammy to Beyonce. One of the acclaimed classic rock stars to question West's musical talent, was Michael McDonald of Doobie Brothers fame who said, "When Kanye gets to a point where he can actually put a couple of notes together either vocally or two bars of valid music playing an instrument, then he might have a right to criticize somebody else. Until then, I think he's just talking to hear the sound of his own voice."
Among the release's 16 tracks includes the recent single, "The Blacker the Berry," but conspicuously absent is the hit "i," which is the official song of the NBA 2014-2015 regular season. The album will be the followup to Lamar's GRAMMY-nominated 2012 full-length Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, which famously lost the Best Rap Album award to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' The Heist. Read more here.
Prince and his band, 3RDEYEGIRL, hit venues like Ronnie Scotts, Electric Ballroom and Shepherds Bush Empire. This yeah, Prince is bring the concept, dubbed the Hit & Run tour, to the U.S. The first stop is Louisville, though the exact venue in the Kentucky city is not yet announced. What we do know is that tickets go on sale on March 9 at 10 a.m. local time, and that the concert will be held on March 14 in honor of 3RDEYEGIRL member Hannah Welton, a Louisville native. Read more here.
To celebrate, he has released his very last Spring Break song, fittingly titled "Spring Breakdown." "I've watched this crowd grow/ I swear y'all don't know what you mean to me/ It's been something to see," he sings. On the track, Bryan gets nostalgic, saying goodbye to his annual Spring Break concerts and fans in Panama City. In the video, Bryan is shown in the studio recording the song while picturesque footage is shown from his shows in Florida each Spring Break with him performing, throwing beers and meeting fans. "Let me buy you one last round as I Spring Breakdown," he sings. "Spring Breakdown" will be featured on Bryan's upcoming album Spring Break'Checkin' Out. The final release of his Spring Break EPs, the album will be available on March 10 with five new songs and all six songs from last year's EP. Watch the video here.
Anticipation for her third album is something of a constant among fans and the music industry alike. According to a posting on Amazon Italy, that release might be coming sooner than we think. As pointed out by DIY, the site had a pre-sale listing for a deluxe edition of a new Adele album, entitled 25, which has since been taken down. The listing didn't include an ever-important release date, but it did boast a cover art image of the artist's name and the number 25. Read more here.
On it Zac Brown sings about his best friends down the street and on this night he was surrounded by his seven bandmates, giving fans a taste of what they'll see when his band kicks off their latest tour on May 1 in Nashville, TN. Brown has been mum about what his band's new album sounds like, saying only, it will have "things that people will expect and things that they won't." But, this track has all the trappings of a good Zac Brown jamboree, from a little banjo to a lot of guitar. It gets hard not to start clapping along when Brown starts singing, "I've got everything I need/ And nothing that I don't." The band's second song though, delved a little deeper into the rock realm, and warranted a different kind of hat from Brown. Literally--this one was a top hat with a feather. The new song "Heavy Is the Head" featured Soundgarden's Chris Cornell on guitar and some lines about "Smoke on the Water." It also makes it clear it's not easy being in charge, as Cornell sings, "Heavy is the head that wears the crown." We'll assume this is more of the Mr. Hyde side of the upcoming record. Read more here.
Many assumed she was blatantly calling out the Bangerz singer. But, we all know what happens when we assume, right? During a game of Plead the Fifth, host Andy Cohen asked Clarkson about the tweet. But, she did not choose to stay mum, instead she owned up to the comment and politely chastised those who took her tweet and ran with it. "I never said Miley Cyrus," she said. "The fact that I tweeted 'pitchy stripper' and people said Miley Cyrus is not my problem." Adding, "I'm just saying. I never said Miley Cyrus, my man. Everyone else said Miley Cyrus. I'm not saying who it was." As for who the real "pitchy stripper" is, Clarkson, whose new album, Piece By Piece is out now, did plead the fifth on that one. She however did admit to dating American Idol runner-up Justin Guarini, blaming it on a certain From Justin To Kelly ballad. "We didn't date during Idol," Clarkson said. "We did date. I feel like we weren't dating through the movie [From Justin to Kelly]. We did date a little bit. I think any two people who were thrown together that much� guy, girl, you put 'Timeless,' that song from From Justin to Kelly, you can't fight it!" Watch the video of Clarkson on Watch What Happens Live! here.
Comedy Central already announced that Kevin Hart would be the emcee of the night, but now it's been revealed that Snoop Dogg, Ludacris and Shaquille O'Neal will be there to make jokes at the Biebz's expense. Others who will bring their best material at the Bieber roast include comedians Hannibal Buress, Chris D'Elia, Natasha Leggero and Jeffrey Ross, who just helped make Bieber's worst nightmare come true. Not to mention Martha Stewart, who is definitely good at a certain kind of roasting, a different kind of roasting, so we'll see if she can tell jokes. Read more here.
Last week (March 5), Rihanna teased her new song "American Oxygen" in a spot for NCAA March Madness. RiRi is looking all-American in the clip, which has her looking phresh off the runway in a white T-shirt, leather jacket and blue jeans--all in front of a huge American flag. Fans only get a small taste of the track, which has her singing, "Breath out, breath in, American oxygen," before proclaiming, "Young boy hustling, trying to get the wheels in motion." Read more here.
Madonna's next project doesn't appear to be her own, though. Madge's music will be on the new Kanye West record So Help Me God, joining an already confirmed all-star cast that includes Paul McCartney, Sia, Vic Mensa, Rihanna and many more. But it will be as a songwriter that Madonna appears, after her and West worked on a few songs from her own new record. "He ended up only working on four songs, and then we wrote another song together, which is going to be on his record," Madonna said to Complex. She also may be collaborating with another rap star. Find out who here.
"We're done, I did my year and I had a good time." Pinkett saying good bye to Fish Mooney but reassuring fans she is going to go out with a bang, "The show is gonna be an awesome finale." Jada not giving up to much on her last episode, she did say, "You never know what Fish might have up her sleeve." The actress grateful for her time on the show, "I've always been a comic book fan so it was definitely a dream to be able to participate in an origin story of Batman with an original character, who would of thought in a million years that I would have the opportunity to do that." Up next for Pinkett, "Magic Mike XXL," playing a club owner with Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello reprising their roles as strippers. Read more here.
Jepsen first met Hanks by chance at the 2014 wedding of her manager Scooter Braun, who she likes to call "Scoots," and who is also a longtime friend of the Hanks. When Hanks wasn't dancing to the Montell Jordan party staple "This Is How We Do It"--thank Justin Bieber, who also makes a cameo in Carly's video, for capturing that moment on film--he was apparently trying to help free a very small bird. "There was a hummingbird in one of the wedding tents getting caught and everyone was trying to free it," Jepsen explains. "I guess Tom had gone to get a broom to open up the tent so the bird could escape, but in my mind--it was a wedding, I had had a cocktail or two--I was like, 'That man is going to hit that hummingbird with that broom!' And I didn't know who it was, so I ran over and I was like, 'Don't hurt the bird!' And I grabbed his arm and he turned around and I was like, 'Tom Hanks!'" Even now she can't help but laugh at the idea of her manhandling Tom Hanks as he tried to save a hummingbird. "He's just the most super enthusiastic, easygoing, charming man!" Hanks proved this to her once again when he offered to star in her new video, where he dances through the streets of New York City, lip syncing her song. It was actually his idea. "I had been sent 15 different treatments [for the video] and I was reading them all and they were so romantic and sweet, and the song was already so sweet and romantic that I really wanted to have a flavor of like comedy or just a little to the left so Scoots and I were talking and were like, 'What if it's a guy who sings it? A really unexpected man to just lip sync the entire thing and I'll make a cameo or something' and I loved the idea," she says. "I started stalking a few people who I loved and Scoots was telling this story to Tom Hanks at dinner�and Tom's like, 'Why didn't you guys ask me? I would do it.'" Read more and watch the video here.
"All Day" is the new single off So Help Me God, West's upcoming album. The record, his seventh, does not yet have a release date, though a few other songs have been revealed, including "Wolves" and "Only One." According to Complex, those who were in attendance for the premiere were sent there via a hallway into the venue, where the video was playing. Though the full video has not yet surfaced online, clips have been posted via Instagram and other video services. See them here.
Country artists Hank Williams Jr., Sam Hunt, Randy Houser and Lee Brice have also been announced as performers. The outdoor Toadlick Music Festival will be held in Dothan, Ala., on April 23-25. Festival organizer Chris Gilbert told Billboard the key to success for their fest is keeping things affordable and the people happy. "Money is tight. It's hard for a family to come out to these things for three or four days and spend the kind of money that they are demanding. But we try to keep it affordable," he said. Read more here.
A song he wrote with friends Westin Davis and Justin Weaver, Moore spoke with Radio.com during last week's Country Radio Seminar in Nashville about the song, and why having a radio hit with Davis is so important to him. Moore tells us that he wrote "I'm To Blame" while going through a frustrating time in his life, both personally and musically. He then gets serious and begins speaking about his father, who has since passed away. "My dad has always been such a�." He pauses, catching himself speaking about his father in the present tense. "He was just a very gritty, down and dirty, no bulls-t kind of guy, but he was so kindhearted at the same time. Being around him so much and looking up to him, he was so charismatic. I think a lot of that grittiness rubbed off on me." Getting back to the song, Moore goes on to explain that we're in a day in age where no one wants to take the blame, and instead we point the finger at others. That is very different from the sentiment on "I'm To Blame," where Moore places the blame squarely on himself. "People are so concerned with fitting in and being part of the in crowd. Nobody wants to ruffle any feathers. I've just never cared too much about that kind of stuff," he admits with a serious tone in his voice. His answer also adheres to the "gritty" quality he claims to have picked up from his father. "I stayed true to who I am, and I don't apologize for that," he continues. "I care about other people's feelings and I respect other people's feelings, but I'm going to always go by what I feel like I'm supposed to in my heart." Moore says that "it was essential" to have "I'm to Blame" be part of his upcoming album. "It set the tone for what's coming." Moore could not have written the song, though, without the help of his friend and frequent cowriter Westin Davis, a Nashville songwriter whom Moore first met over a decade ago. As Moore explains, it was Davis who came in with the first line of the song, "If it ain't broke, you can bet that I'm gonna break it." "I just looked at him and grinned," Moore recalls of the moment when Davis came up with that lyric. "I was already singing the melody. When he said that line it just kickstarted the whole thing. We ran with that whole song really fast." Read more here.
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