Justin Bieber's upcoming documentary/concert film "Never Say Never" is likely to be a feel-good affair, charting the Biebs' rise from Canadian obscurity to worldwide phenomenon. Based on the trailer, we can expect testimonials from stars of the music biz (Snoop Dogg, Usher), heartwarming accounts of Justin's early years and some 3D footage of the little dynamo in concert.
But what if it was something completely different? What if it were a much darker affair, in the vein of "Walk The Line" or "8 Mile"? Well, that rather amusing idea is exactly the theme behind the below parody video.
The parody video, produced by UCB, imagines Justin Bieber as a pop-song-singing version of Eminem's "Rabbit" character from "8 Mile." The central joke being that while Justin has (in real life) faced some adversity, he has had a relatively charmed rise to the top. It's all in good fun, though.
Check out Upright Citizen Brigade's Justin Bieber Gritty Movie Trailer below. (It's been out for a while, but we just rediscovered it and can't stop watching it in the same way we can't stop watching Drunk History or Natalie Portman laughing.) Bieber's actual movie, "Never Say Never," comes out Feb. 11.
When One Call's AG Gamlieli isn't busy being The Seven's Kevin Manno doppelgänger, he's busy with his band answering questions for Buzzworthy. (Oh, and he's even got his own Eff Yeah Anthony Gamlieli Tumblr! NSFW-ish, but only because of the f word.) One Call, former Britney Spears tourmates, sat down with us to talk exclusively about their latest single, "Blacklight," traveling the country with Britney and dealing with really creepy fans. Like, the creepiest.
We told you about One Call's infectious song "Blacklight" last month, and the reason it's still in your head is because the guys wanted it that way. "We wanted to do a really cool dance record. Something that old women could like, and young girls could like," Justin Thorne said. (Nothing for the men and babies, sorry.) As for touring with Britney Spears in 2009, it still just feels like a dream. "Even when we look back at the pictures and the videos, I still can't believe we did it," Jose Bordonada said. I know the feeling, bro.
And with surreal fame comes surreal fans: How would you like to receive a bird in a shoe box from eight girls you didn't know? One Call didn't have a choice when it happened to them at their recording space in Florida. Technically the bird was alive, but does it really matter? Gifting birds in shoe boxes = "Fatal Attraction" territory. Slippery slope, ladies!
+ Check out the Buzzworthy interview with One Call below, and for more One Call goodness, watch them on "10 On Top" on MTV this Saturday, Jan. 29!
Step aside, adults. Youngins are taking over Vanity Fair magazine. First it was Justin Bieber, now it's Willow Smith. (She was born in the year 2000! 2000!!!) Rumor has it next month they're doing a seven-page spread on the life and times of Suri Cruise.
The "Whip My Hair" singer took a break from whipping it to pose for the February issue of Vanity Fair magazine. And NATURALLY she looks totally cool. Rocking a Bruce Springsteen shirt, a Louis Vuitton belt, and multicolored nails, it looks like Willow Smith attended the Rihanna Prep School of Mean Muggin'. I believe this is what Kanye West and Jay-Z refer to as "H.A.M." (Google it, we can't type it out here). Is Willow even allowed to listen to that song?
The only way that Willow Smith could be a cooler 10-year-old is if she got one of these backpacks. Totally kidding. Everyone knows cats are only for me lonely old people. Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for my bridge game and warm glass of Ovaltine. Just in time before my Charleston lesson! Willow Smith, we surrender to your coolness.
Happy Thursday Britney fans! Last week, Britney's "Hold It Against Me" went to No. 1 EVERYWHERE, and I celebrated with Britney GIFs. I asked what your favorite Britney videos were, and many of you chose "Toxic." A very good choice indeed. Not only is this video amazing, but the song even won the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Dance Recording"!
Y'all can wave good-bye to the haters with this one:
One fan, LinniRutledge, responded: "I cannot wait for the video, even though I don't like the song. My favorite is "Toxic" for obvious reasons. It's the best song, and the video is EPIC."
Agreed. Maybe I'm biased because I'm a redhead myself, but my favorite look from this video is the red hair, black catsuit and bedazzled sunglasses. Sorry Snooki, but Britney rocked them first.
Well Linni, I won't hold it against you for not enjoying the song, but what if I added a bit of a "Toxic"-twist to the music? Maybe you'll have a change of heart? I took in feedback from your comments, and I've been working on a special treat for all of you Buzzworthy Britney fans over the past two weeks. (Yes I stayed in on Saturday night to work on this. Don't judge me.) Some of you who follow me on Twitter (@dreamingsolo) saw a sneak peek last week, but the full version is finally here!
Watch my "Hold It Against Me"ga Mix below!
The REAL video could arrive any day now! Are you ready? Until then, watch "Toxic."
When I first fired up Eatliz's video for their song "Lose The Child," I immediately got a little chill. Something about stop-motion animation in videos really freaks me out, and I completely and totally blame the band Tool for this. In 1993, Tool scared the life out of me with their "Sober" video, and really, ever since then I've been a little hesitant to watch stop-motion.
Eatliz, however, might have brought me back into the fold. For the uninitiated, Eatliz is pretty much Israel's biggest alternative rock band. They've been featured on MTV Europe, opened for Slipknot in Israel and will be featured at this year's South By Southwest festival in Austin. Eatliz makes dreamy, atmospheric songs and imbuing them with complex and ornate arrangements and haunting vocals. And they have a Gorillaz-like alternate, altered universe of animated personae; their music video/short film "Hey” won them the Spike Lee Award for animation at The Babelgum Animatron Film Festival, and their “Her Morning Elegance" video won them a Grammy nomination.
And their new video, "Lose This Child," continues their tradition of creating spellbinding, envelope-pushing, effects-bending videos. Taken from their album Teasing Nature, "Lose This Child" recalls some of the quieter moments of Radiohead's OK Computer. The video, directed by Yuval & Merav Nathan, is a stop-motion tour de force, crafting an entire imaginary world out of sand, with turtles and other sea creatures rising out of the ground. It really needs to be seen to be believed.
Cults are a New York-via-San-Diego duo, made up of off-record couple Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin. In the last few months they've gone from messing around, recording songs on the side while they both study film, to becoming one of the indie-rock blog mafia's most coveted and buzzed-about acts.
While Madeline was once in a kid-punk band called Youth Gone Mad, both artists are relative newcomers to the writing and recording thing, but you wouldn't know it by listening to their, albeit limited, output.
Thus far they've released only three songs, and other than a few interviews here and there, they've kept up a refreshing sense of mystery about the band -- an increasingly difficult task in this day and age.
Musically, Cults make a kind of sedated, '60s-style pop, influenced obviously by the likes of Phil Spector and the classic songwriting of the Brill Building. The music is given a sort of chilling feel due to Follin's childlike vocals. On songs like "Go Outside" you feel something haunting underneath the superficial innocence of the track (the sample of cult leader Jim Jones speaking in the beginning of the song doesn't make things any less creepy).
We rarely hesitate to post pictures of Justin Bieber, and if you combine Justin Bieber with our well-known obsession with celebrities in airports... well then you're really just baiting us, aren't you?
Here we have the "Baby" singer, looking baby-faced, per usual. Not quite as Benjamin Button-y as he did at the Golden Globe Awards, but what do you want from a guy who just got off a cross-country flight?
Bieber was arriving in Los Angeles but seems to have brought some of the swag of his departure city of Atlanta with him. Check out how the bill of his baseball cap, his backpack straps and his sneakers match. Now go off in a corner and think about how Justin Bieber just bodied this whole walking through an airport looking like a boss game. It's OK, we'll wait.
You back? Good! You'll get a chance to see a whole lot of Justin Bieber next week. The teenage dream will appear on "The Late Show With David Letterman" both next Monday and next Friday, sitting for an interview on the former and doing the top 10 on the latter. Then, over the weekend, he'll pop up on "Extreme Home Makeover." Set your DVRs.
+ Katy Perry's California Dreams tour is shaping up to be quite the experience, with the singer promising "a Broadway feel" with a storyline. The show will even smell good: "It's going to smell like you're in cotton candy heaven." (Rolling Stone)
+ Justin Bieber will appear on "The Late Show With David Letterman" twice next week. (MTV News)
+ Diddy is going to guest star on an upcoming episode of "Hawaii Five-0." (Just Jared)
+ The rumored romance between 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler has now, rumor has it, come to an end. Handler allegedly left 50 Cent "heartbroken." (PopEater)
+ Kristen Stewart could be finding herself the tallest person in the room pretty soon. The "Twilight" star is up for the role of Snow White in the film "Snow White And The Huntsman." (TheFABlife)
On Monday we showed you a stylish sneak peek of "Rill Rill," the new video from Sleigh Bells. And today we have the official video premiere.
As we mentioned in the previous post, "Rill Rill" is a lazy, sunny psychedelic kiss from the duo, and it stands in stark contrast from their usual, awesome, shouty, electro-punk bursts of noise.
We had thought we were in for a similarly warm and fuzzy video to go with the song, but, man, were we wrong. "Rill Rill" finds Sleigh Bells singer Alexis Krauss in full bad-girl mode, throwing her bloodied bandmate, Derek Miller, out of a moving car and returning to an abandoned high school where she poses for some chilling and provocative yearbook photos.
The video actually goes perfectly with the dark undertones of this sonically bright song. Check out Sleigh Bells' "Rill Rill" video, below. Sleigh Bells' Treats album is out now.
In "Is it 2012 yet?" news, Spencer Pratt has released a rap song and Heidi Montag has released a pop song. Spencer's "Ain't No Thang (But A Chicken Wing)" (working title) and Heidi's "Heartbeat" (respectively) just hit the web, and I just went back under my covers. Not today, internet. Not today.
We've been down this road with Spencer Pratt before and thankfully, nothing really came to fruition last time. But for "Ain't No Thang," Spencer supposedly worked with real-life producer TreBeatz, who's worked with real-life rappers Nas, The Dream and Busta Rhymes. We're not sure what kind of bribery is taking place here, but whatever it is, a real song came out of it. As for Heidi Montag's "Heartbeat," it's your basic Heidi Montag club jam -- overproduced, kinda fun and dance-y.
Basically, this whole situation can be summed up nicely with Buzzworthy's favorite GIF of all time -- Over It Whitney Houston:
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