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Behold! A 30-second (well, 33 seconds for all you detail obsessives) sneak preview of the new video "Little Secrets," from Brooklyn indie-electro favorites, Passion Pit.

The torn-paper aesthetic of their wonderful clip for "The Reeling" (taken from their 2009 Manners album) established them as a force to be reckoned with in the realm of music videos. So we've been waiting with ever decreasing patience for them to return to the screen.

"Little Secrets" starts out with the familiar Passion Pit video trope of a girl walking. Over the buoyant, '80S keyboard-drenched melody, a woman does a little shopping and wanders into a Passion Pit performance taking place in a dark warehouse full of people wearing paper bags on their heads. Might sound a little creepy, but it actually looks pretty snazzy. And it looks like we're in for another winner here.

Check out the sneak peek below, and enjoy another trip around the proverbial block with "The Reeling." Keep your eyes peeled for the full-length video, coming soon.

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It's New York Fashion Week, and you can keep your models and models falling. The real Fashion Week insanity takes place off the runway. Case in point: this photo of the diminutive Christian Siriano, and the larger-than-life Amber Rose. When you're dealing with Amber Rose, photos like this only come along once in a lifetime, but the above photo of Amber Rose and Christian Siriano backstage at his show is a close second. I love that a.) Amber's wearing violet contacts (people still wear those!), b.) she looks like she's growing out of and towering over Christian, and c.) even though her dress covers a lot (for her), there's still a healthy heap of her humps. You could fit four Christian Sirianos in there.

Second favorite photo: Daphne Guinness at Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti NYC show.

Lots more Fashion Week at Style.com, The Cut Blog, and Refinery29.com.

Tags Amber Rose, Buzzworthy Style Files, Christian Siriano

We already know two things about the Bay Area punk rock six-piece Set Your Goals: 1.) Their mosh-ready video for "This Will Be The Death Of Us" (the title track from their 2009 album) rules, and 2.) They are do a mean kazoo-fueled cover of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance."

But that's not enough, right? Right. So we sat down with Set Your Goals to learn five more things about the band. Luckily we have a platform for such investigations; it's called "The 5."

In this episode of "The 5," Set Your Goals talk about their humble beginnings as a competitive kazoo sextet (LOLs!), their roots in the Bay Area hardcore punk rock scene (and their time spent in earlier hardcore outfits like  Sworn Vengeance). Later, vocalist Matt Wilson talks about faking his own death (!) and the whole band pledges their allegiance to a certain Southern mall smoothie operation. And then things get REALLY hairy.

Check out the MTV Buzzworthy interview with Set Your Goals, and watch their "This Will Be The Death Of Us" video below.

Tags Lady Gaga, Set Your Goals, The 5, video

Here we have the "We Are The World: 25 Years For Haiti" video, directed by Academy Award winning writer/director Paul Haggis (Crash). Featuring a cast of countless actors, singers and entertainers, released for the sole purpose of benefiting the earthquake-ravaged nation of Haiti.

There's a lot to take note of here. So let's just point out:

+ Vocalists like Jennifer Hudson, Tony Bennett and Josh Groban working hand in hand with younger pop stars like Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers.

+ A touching "duet" on the first chorus between Janet Jackson and her late brother Michael.

+ The increasingly emotional vocal relay between Pink, a sample of Michael Jackson's vocals from the original "We Are The World," Usher and Celine Dion.

+ Haggis' cutting between in-studio footage and scenes from on the ground, in Haiti.

+ Lil' Wayne's auto-tuned Bob Dylan impersonation over Carlos Santana's guitar solo.

And a ton more..

Check out the video below and be sure to peep all the amazing footage and interviews captured by MTV at the recording session. You can go to iTunes to download the song, with proceeds going to the We Are The World Foundation.

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Tags Celine Dion, Hope For Haiti, Janet Jackson, Jennifer-Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Josh Groban, justin bieber, Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Pink, Usher, video

+ At Gwen Stefani's recent L.A.M.B. fashion show in New York City, models strutted the catwalk to 80's new wave like The Normal's "Warm Leatherette." Apparently, that's the direction No Doubt will be going for their upcoming, untitled album. According to Stefani, any recording session usually starts with her and bassist Tony Kanal listening to the records of their 1980's youth. Like The Normal and, um, Lionel Richie. (Rolling Stone)

+ Lady Gaga will apparently be striking while the iron is scalding hot. She and her go-to producer, RedOne, will be heading back into the studio in a matter of weeks to begin work on the follow-up to her massively successful The Fame (and its sister release, The Fame Monster). According to RedOne, when he and Gaga get in a groove the magic happens, and happens fast. The two recorded her smash, "Bad Romance," on her tour bus. (MTV News)

+ The world breathed a collective sigh of relief when Nicki Minaj was reunited with her stuffed, pink monkey (that is not a euphemism), Oscar. The baddest Barbie had lost the keepsake a little while ago and was offering a 50,000$ reward for it, claiming she would travel to the ends of the earth to find it. The fine folks at Idolator took that idea and ran with it, superimposing Nicki onto shots of some of the world's great monuments and attractions. So if you ever wondered what Nicki Minaj would look like at Greece's Parthenon...it's your lucky day. (Idolator)

+ This will be welcome news to fans of Kanye West's actual music and haters of his public outbursts. Looks like we'll be getting more of the former and less of the latter in 2010. Kanye is currently sequestered in Hawaii (nice work if you can get it), working on the highly anticipated follow-up to 808's And Heartbreak. According to Big Sean, one of the artists in West's G.O.O.D. Music stable, the album will be called Good Ass Job. Can't wait. Music sounds better with you, 'Yeezy. (Rap Radar)

+ Speaking of Mr. West, just because he's in the bunker working on new music doesn't mean his better half ain't out there in the world looking fabulous and adorable. Two important Amber Rose Internet sightings to call your attention to. One: check her out wearing some straight up Geordi La Forge from Star Trek: The Next Generation shades at Nicole Miller's New York Fashion Week show, here. And then watch her half-sing, half-lip-sync the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way," (with a quick break to apply lip gloss) here. (Oh Not They Didn't!)

Tags Amber Rose, Backstreet-Boys, Buzzworthy Style Files, Gwen Stefani, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Lionel Richie, Nicki Minaj, No Doubt

When "The Buried Life" boys head down to South Central for a Krump competition, a piece of Aurora, IL, accompanies them: a track by Maker (a.k.a Marco Jacobo). Maker made his name in the late-'90s Chicago underground hip-hop scene by finding hard, natural drum breaks and splicing them together into funky, laid-back tracks, the type that would later serve as the backdrop for rhymes by MC Qwel and Grayskul.

On "The Buried Life," however, you hear Maker matching his wits with samples from Now-Again's catalog of rare dark soul, psych-rock and funk reissues. The resulting tune, appropriately named "Maker vs. Now Again," will have even the most learned crate-digger stumped. Maker is thrilled to be a part of "The Buried Life" soundtrack: "I think the concept is really interesting. It's a thought everyone has at some point in their life -- What do I want to do before I die? -- I know I have."

What's on this Aurora DJ's bucket list? A few interesting possibilities: 1. Learn how to sail and go get lost for a while. 2. See the pyramids in Egypt. 3. Play poker with Michael Jordan. (Number three is probably on the bucket list of many guys from Chi-town.)

Having just finished up a tour with Grayskul to support the collaboration "Graymaker," Maker is focused on a new album with MC Qwel and another solo project. If you can't get enough of him, you can also track down his beats on the second season of "This American Life" and the horror movie, "Trick 'r Treat." (How can you go wrong with a tagline like: "Poison, Drowning, Claw, Or Knife. So Many Ways To Take A Life"?)

Tags maker, Now-Again, Peanut Butter Wolf, The Buried Life

It's FASHION WEEK! And I'm sure the Balenciaga show is just very much the cherry on top of the world's all-important axis, but it ain't that kind of party back down here in Earth Town where most people can't spend the equivalent of some people's annual salary on a skirt. So -- no lie -- I was psyched when I got an invite to Pete Wentz's Clandestine Industries presentation in New York. $30 hoodies? Yes, please.

The Style360 Clandestine presentation is on Tuesday, February 16, but if you simply can't wait to see a piece from the latest collection (See? I used a FASHION INSIDER'S TERM! "Collection." See? I saw The September Issue), check out the charcoal t-shirt above. You're WELCOME.

Tags Buzzworthy Style Files, Clandestine Industries, Pete Wentz

Valentine's Day is upon us, and guess what? Flowers die, and Whitman's chocolates are almost as gross as Jon Gosselin. Sucky, right?  So here's Buzzworthy's list of Valentine's stuff that isn't sucky -- completely cute items that you need to get your real Valentine -- YOU. Because money spent on yourself is money spent well.

1.) Stella McCartney Stella Solid Perfume Necklace: Stella McCartney's gorgeously elegant "Stella" fragrance -- rose, amber, and mandarin orange notes -- gets packaged into a super modern two-in-one necklace with a locket that holds "Stella" in its solid state. It's a necklace! It's perfume, and it's just $49 at Sephora.com.

2.) Every Little Counts Literate Passion Tee: Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller were the original famous hipsters, and they wrote each other tons of letters, both lovelorn and oh-my naughty, on the low. Not-illicit real-life couple Amy and Adam, whose comfy-chic clothing line's called Every Little Counts, pay tribute to Henry and Anaïs' hot, literate love in their "Literate Passion" shirt. It's $34 at Everylittlecounts.com. It's sexy, but doesn't make you look like you're full-on "promulgating" yourself. (Big words!)

3.) Swatch "Love Seconds" Watch: The red, white, and black Pop Art-inspired Swatch, designed by artist Matthew Langille, comes boxed up with a cute journal, so you can scribble down thoughts of how lame Valentine's Day is. The set is $65 at Swatch.com.

4.) Stila Valentine's Day Set: Obviously YOU'RE Stila's Valentine's, since they're giving you four beauty essentials -- a MUST-own mascara, Kitten shadow, Cherry Crush Lip & Cheek Stain, and All Over Shimmer (a lifesaver, trust!) -- for just $34 in their Valentine's Day Set.

5.) Paul Smith Hearts Wallet: Paul Smith, the cheeky pinstripe auteur, loves you so much he designed this sweet little heart-covered wallet just for you. It's supposed to be a wallet, but you're a loner, Dottie. A rebel. So use it as clutch. $385 at PaulSmith.co.uk.

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Mason Musso is the tattooed, pierced bad boy of the Musso clan, at least compared to clean cut brother Mitchel. I mean, he's probably not that bad. I'm sure he's got awesome table manners and helps old ladies with their groceries and all that. But if there was a movie about the Musso brothers I could see Mason being the one that was all, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ME AND MY EMOTIONS." Except in a cooler way.

But I digress.

Mason has got a lot on his mind. And he recently sat down with Buzznet to talk about it all.

In a brief chat with the site, the Metro Station member talked about his song, "Where's My Angel," from the much buzzed-about soundtrack-ish to Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, titled Almost Alice. Apparently this jam makes ol' Mason think of tea cups and forests and talking animals. Which works fine with it being about Alice In Wonderland and all.

He also talks about who he would invite to his ideal tea party. Attendees would include brother Mitchel (aww), pop star Shakira (hey!) and the late Notorious B.I.G. (big poppa!).

Read all of Mason's thoughts and musings over at Buzznet, and check out Metro Station's "Kelsey."

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Tags Alice In Wonderland, Mason Musso, Metro Station, Mitchel Musso, video

So this year, as you are probably aware, Valentine's Day is Sunday. While most American men can't blame sports for distracting them from doting and expressing amorous thoughts -- NFL is over, NBA and NCAA all haven't gotten cooking yet -- it's a different story for our brothers across the pond.

English football fans will have to keep one eye on cupid and one eye on all the F.A. Cup action (sort of the soccer version of the NCAA tournament) this Sunday.

The fine folks at Puma have come up with a brilliant way to commemorate this dilemma with the amazing new viral ad below, featuring dozens of, um, lads in a pub singing Savage Garden's tear-jerking ballad, "Truly, Madly, Deeply."

This is incredibly funny, and even bizarrely heartwarming (even if, as one of the YouTube comments points out, these do look like the kind of guys who might kick your head in if you wore the wrong scarf to a West Ham match). However, singing is not a foreign concept to even the most hard of English soccer goons.

Singing is a treasured tradition in the stands of soccer grounds, and often fans will interpolate the names of their team's players into the melodies and lyrics of pop hits. (Middlesbrough fans turned Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" into "whoaaa/we're half way there/whoaa!/Aliadiere," which was the name of their French-born striker.)

Ok, enough soccer talk. Time for some singing. Enjoy the video below. Hat tip to The Dirty Tackle for the find.

Tags Bon Jovi, LOL, Savage Garden, video