Day in Pop Report for 05/06/2015
Smith is obviously not very happy about this current state, taking to Instagram to post a very brooding photo, along with an apology to his fans. He also let them know that he is now seeking treatment for the injury. "Very upset about Japan and Manilla dates," he wrote. "I've just left Australia and I'm on my way to the states to see a specialist to see what to do from there� This is f-ing horrid." Days before making the announcement of cancelled dates, Smith let fans know how serious his injury was, telling them he hadn't "spoken in three days." In that message, he also gave fans a taste of what he was up to, "I'm gonna go back to my black and white movies and pretend I'm Judy Garland for a few more days." Read more here.
He's been locked up ever since, and he's facing added charges after he became embroiled in a jailhouse fight. According to the Statesboro Herald, he's been charged with with battery and causing a riot in a penal institution after he allegedly fought another inmate on Saturday. All three Migos were charged with marijuana possession, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, carrying a weapon in a school safety zone, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and, in Offset's case, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Read more here.
CNN is reporting that the victim in the incident is declining to press charges. "The victim alleging that he was battered by recording artist Chris Brown has told LVMPD detectives that he no longer wants to go forward with criminal charges," police said in a statement Tuesday. Speaking through a publicist, Nicole Perna, on Monday, Brown claimed to be uninvolved in the altercation, and presented a different view of the incident. "He has a suite at the hotel that has a basketball court and invited friends to come play. An unruly individual showed up uninvited and was removed from the premises. Chris was not in an altercation with this person." Read more here.
Black sang lead vocals in place of Gary Cherone while Fallon handled guitar duties and backup vocals originally performed by Nuno Bettencourt. "More Than Words" appeared on the Boston band's second album, 1990's "Extreme II: Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale)." The project put Extreme on the map as the tune hit No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, selling more than 500,000 copies. The album peaked at No. 10 on the US Billboard 200 on its way to double-platinum status for 2 million copies sold. Watch Fallon and Black's version and the original video here.
'We started a year ago with Jesse and we were focused on the homeless youth in L.A. and different support groups in San Francisco," Cyrus told GMA in an interview announcing the foundation's launch. 'Now, we're going bigger and wanting to take on America. And by the end of it we're going to be taking on the world." Cyrus revealed that she's going to post Backyard Sessions on her Facebook page with a donate button next to them, with benefits going to Happy Hippie. She has filmed sessions on her own and with Joan Jett and Ariana Grande. Read more here.
The Barbershop franchise has been on hold for over a decade: the first one came out all the way back in 2002, and Barbershop 2 followed shortly after in 2004. Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer will both be reprising their roles from the original series. Minaj, meanwhile, will join them in the new role of Draya, a young hairdresser with a job in the barbershop's beauty parlor. She won't be the only big-name rapper joining the cast: Common and Eve will also appear, making this the movie guaranteed to feature the most rapper star power in 2015. Read more here.
"Looking at youth, I think that's kind of a feeling I think that a lot of young people have," singer Kellin Quinn told Radio.com. "A lot of kids go to college and spend a lot of getting degrees and get out of school and have no idea how to get a job, or can't get a job� It goes back to having that belief and positive feeling in yourself. The idea behind the lyric isn't necessarily the person saying that you'd be nothing but kind of really putting forth that power of, "But I am! [going to amount to something]" and just having that self belief rather than relying on other people to make you feel a certain way." Produced and directed by Sitcom Soldiers, the video was the second shot in the UK utilizing real fans. The first of which was Kick Me, which featured fans lip syncing the heartfelt lyrics. Watch the video here.
Passersby were certainly happy to catch the band performing their 1988 single "Angel of Harlem." They didn't coordinate their location with the song title. Instead, U2 set up at Grand Central (boy, did they go deep into the system). Though they did dress the part, wearing uncharacteristically bohemian clothes. U2 also played three songs on the stage set of the show, including their "Angel of Harlem," newer song "Song for Someone," and "Beautiful Day." Read more here.
At the Aussie singer-songwriter's hands, Swift's high-stakes, love-conquers-all ballad is transformed into a folksy slowburner. Gone are the crashing beat and harmonies, and replacing them is Joy's haunting voice set to his acoustic guitar. Joy's cover is somewhat of a reciprocation as Swift gave shine to his standout track "Riptide," helping it to soar to No. 1 in Australia and No. 17 in the United States when she covered it for BBC Radio 1. Check it out here.
Being that their last album is more than a year old, 2014's Pop Psychology, the band seems to think new music for the tour is appropriate, and have offered up a new single, titled "Songs I Can't Listen To." The track, which plays on the idea that music is tied to ex-lovers in a way that most of us can relate to, is available for stream and for sale on iTunes, with the upcoming June tour promising to be a chance to hear the song debuted live. Check out "Songs I Can't Listen To" here.
The Desired Effect is out on May 18--"I Can Change" is the fourth song he's shared off the project, coming after "Lonely Town," "Still Want You" and the lead single "Can't Deny My Love". "I Can Change" delivers a heavy dose of Flowers' sugar-rush falsetto, imploring a lover that he can "bend," "break" and "shift [his] shape" in order to win her back. The driving, uptempo production comes courtesy of pop wizard Ariel Rechtshaid. Read more and check out the song here.
The song, a sure stadium pleaser with its "nah-nah-nah" singalong, sounds a lot like early Green Day, no surprise for the guys who have never denied their love for the recent Rock and Roll honorees. On the track, the guys promise they're going to take over your radio stations and become the voice of the generation. And as the chorus goes, "I'm doing fine/ I know I'm out of time, so let's sing this one time/ It goes destination, permanent vacation." Check out video here.
And it isn't all just random. The app, called TayText, begins with 11 themes, and then goes from there choosing from what you've already typed. The 11 themes are Just Beginning, Into You, Over You, Missing You, It's Over, Trouble, Growing Up, Haters, Party On, Preach and Random. And if you think this sounds familiar, well, it does, as a similar app for Drake lyrics already exists and was the prototype for which TayText was built. Read more here.
In the riff-off, the competing teams are hosted by David Cross. The Bellas face off against their arch-enemies from Germany, as well as the Treblemakers and Bumper's (Adam DeVine) new aca-group. Oh and the Green Bay Packers, who are apparently an "aca-sensation" and definitely rip their tux coats off'to the dismay of everyone. Director/producer/star Elizabeth Banks explains that the aca-camp scenes had a very particular use. "We always knew we wanted to find a way to bring Anna Camp back," Banks said. "But also give the Bellas an excuse to go out in the woods and be really physical." It's no joke: the girls do a mud obstacle course, water sliding, zip lining and something amazing on a float that sends everyone flying into a lake with apparently no stunt people around. Watch the footage here.
'It's close, close, close," Kimberly Perry said. 'Depending on which one you ask I say 75 percent there on the song. He says we're 90 percent there [referencing her brother] ' so 80 something? 80 percent. We're close." She added that the band took time off from the road to work on the new album. 'We've been working feverishly and nonstop, you know," she said. 'We really have never taken time off the road to make an album. We usually have been touring and kind of making it in between dates, but this time we really took a lot of time off to be in the studio and we can't wait for you guys to hear it." Read more here.
"The two have been dating for several months," said an unnamed source that is reportedly close to the couple. "They met at one of Travis' concerts and the sparks flew from there." The couple was most recently seen together this February ringside at a UFC fight in Los Angeles. Barker's children were present for the photo op. Celeste also popped up with a friend backstage at Blink-182's first public performance Matt Skiba at The Roxy in March. Read more here.
The answer is to have stand-ins for their essence. Moroder, an Italian himself, is represented by a young man who appears to be living a life of deja vu, constantly returning to a hotel for a liaison with a woman in a short blonde wig. Anyone with even the slightest awareness of Sia knows she herself dons such a wig often and likes to employ stand-ins for herself in her own work with a similar style. And so the daily adventures in love go, until it becomes apparent the blonde woman is not simply one woman, but several. The wig symbolizes the Italian man's interchangeable view of all of these women--and they are pissed. The video paints a powerful moment when they all rip their wigs off, revealing their individual identities, and chase him down the hall. Moroder makes a cameo as the cab driver who retrieves him from one of his moments of deja vu in the disco infused track. Watch it here.
One thing hasn't changed though: the album is every bit as funky, smooth, and stoner-ready as Snoop said it'd be. The first song, "California Roll," features the lyric "get yourself a medical card," delivered as a come-on. The album features almost no rapping, dropped in favor of bubbling bass-lines and crooning funk vocals. It sounds like a timeless aggregate of ornate '70s funk and early 2000s N.E.R.D. Which makes sense: Pharrell played a large part in producing the album, and his lush sonic fingerprints are all over it. Read more here.
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