If we decide to file Chris Brown's new video, "Crawl" (directed by Joseph Khan and taken from his forthcoming Graffiti album) as another chapter in his never-ending apology to the world and Rihanna (which, let's face it, is exactly what we're going to do), then one thing is pretty clear: Chris Brown sure has a funny way of apologizing.

"Crawl," is a rather pretty ballad concerned with overcoming adversity, something Brown is entirely familiar with. In the video, Brown's mechanical heart skips a beat every time he's haunted by the ghost of a lost love.

Strangely enough, the lost love in question is R&B temptress, Cassie. That may or may not sit well with another R&B temptress we all know and love.

Elsewhere in the clip, Brown perches on a skyscraper (City Of Angels/Wings Of Desire nod, maybe?) and dances in the snow covered streets of L.A..

Nothing says, 'I'm sorry,' like dancing in the snow.

In 2006, Rihanna was just starting to become a big deal. She had released her second album, A Girl Like Me, and found some success with the single, "SOS," but was nowhere near the level of "Umbrella" success she'd find the next year. In this MTV video interview, taken from that period, Rihanna briefly talks about all the places she's seen and people she's met in during that dizzying year.

There's a certain harrowing air to the clip, isn't there? Rihanna talks about growing up and experiencing so much. You have to wonder how she must be feeling now, after all that she's seen and experienced in this tumultuous year.

Thankfully, it seems like Rihanna is ending 2009 on a real upswing. She appeared on Good Morning America to finally give her side of the whole Chris Brown issue. She wisely used it as a platform to make an appeal to girls, imploring them not to stay in abusive relationships. Then, this past weekend, Rihanna joined Jay-Z onstage at UCLA, triumphantly joining Hov during "Run This Town." Here's hoping things just keep getting better for Rihanna in 2010. Her new album, Rated R, drops November 23,

Britney Spears is known for some positively legendary MTV performances -- her first-ever VMAs in 1999, featuring her belly-baring performance of "Baby... One More Time" with *NSYNC. Britney's "Satisfaction" performance at the 2000 VMAs, where she did a striptease followed by a sexed-up version "Oops ... I Did It Again." Her 2001 VMA "Slave 4 U" performance, featuring a live snake (watch it below). The infamous Madonna-Christina Aguilera kiss at the 2003 VMAs, and, of course, the wince-inducing performance at the 2007 VMAs in Las Vegas, which were, admittedly, no one's greatest moment, but paved the way for Britney's brilliant comeback at the 2008 VMAs.

But, one often overlooked Britney Spears performance is from the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards, where she performed a "Smooth Criminal"-inspired "Baby... One More Time" medley that featured tap dancing, sounded more Christina than Britney and felt like Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back") video, and, anachronistically, like Chris Brown's "Wall To Wall" video.

Watch Britney's performance from the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards, and stay tuned to Buzzworthy for lots more from tomorrow's 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin!

Apparently Chris Brown isn't totally persona non grata in the music biz. He's still got a record deal and a brand-new video, "I Can Transform Ya," from his upcoming album, Graffiti. And he's still got friends willing to work with him -- Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz on the track, and Joseph Kahn, who directed Britney's "Womanizer" video and Lady Gaga's "Love Game."

So, are time and a slick, Daft Punk-leaning dance jam enough to forgive Chris Brown of the crimes of his past, or a time machine and an "undo" button the only thing that could allow you to listen to the once-prince of R&B's music -- including his new video -- in good conscience?

NOT TOO SOON! Hey, the balloon boy story that had the nation -- and Twitter -- captivated for hours yesterday had a happy, albeit bizzare, ending. Which means... IT'S TOTALLY TIME TO MAKE FUN OF IT! Plus, Falcon puked not once but TWICE on TV! Amazing! Someone get this kid some Gatorade. And get me this balloon boy t-shirt, okay?

Or this hide-and-seek all-time champion shirt.

Also, here are some songs you could play the next time you fake-steal your dad's UFO thing. Which reminds me, I SO need to make sure mine's securely held down with bricks so we don't have an incident.

Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight"

Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown, "No Air"

R. Kelly, "I Believe I Can Fly"

Someone holler at Thom Yorke: This is how you get down in a supermarket. You don't mope your way up the aisle singing about green plastic watering cans; you drop it low.

Ester Dean's new video, "Drop It Low" (not to be confused with "Dip It Low") -- the second single from the soundtrack to the Lebron James movie, More Than A Game -- starts with Nelly (yes, "Hot In Herre"/ Band-Aid Nelly) instructing Ester to keep watch over his bodega (so that's where he's been hiding himself).

No sooner can you say, "clean up in aisle three," then Dean has her ladies getting crunk in the store. The party then moves into the world's most inviting walk-in freezer, which doubles as a night club).

When things could not get any more off the meat rack, lo, Chris Brown makes an appearance, uttering unintentionally awkward lyrics about putting hands on a girl's body (um, yikes).

What any of this has to do with Lebron James and the bonds he forged with high school basketball teammates is anyone's guess. But between the frozen produce dance scenes and the egregious use of color, we're intrigued.

Amerie just schooled me: I did not have her pegged for a quantum physics buff. (!?!?) Up until now, my go-to image of the R&B-pop singer was the pants-less booty shaking of "1 Thing," but Amerie definitely educated my ish in her brand-new Buzzworthy The 5 interview.

This half-Black, half-Korean knock-out is a "closet nerd," as her idea of a little light reading is... just a little Stephen Hawking. No big deal. How many people come home and unwind by contemplating the possibilities of time travel? Not many, and certainly not many Grammy-nominated recording artists. I just don't see Chris Brown cracking open A Brief History Of Time on any given Tuesday night. So this news makes Amerie at least 10 gauges cooler to me. Poor Mama, though -- with a Georgetown degree in English and Fine Arts, Amerie also reveals her mom holds out hope her daughter will become a professor. Hmm... I think I like her where she is.

But after subdued, eloquent Amerie, how about checking her wild side with her new "Why R U?" video -- directed by Ray Kay, from her new album, In Love and War.

+ British bad boy and all-around international superstar Robbie Williams is set to return with an album of entirely new material this fall, titled Reality Killed The Video Star. (RobbieWilliams.com)

+ Good for you, Lily Allen! Way to hook up with a guy who's your own age for a change. (Daily Mail)

+ 90's grrl rocker Jill Sobule lambasts Katy Perry for the first time, after keeping mum during countless interviews about the "I Kissed A Girl" brew-ha-ha, calling her "a title thieving, f***ing little slut." (Rumpus)

+ Lauren Conrad is going to be a guest judge on the next cycle of America's Next Top Model? Really? (Pop on the Pop)

+ Ashley Olsen is "surprised she didn't end up like Britney." (Marie Claire)

+ This news about Chris Brown and Rihanna makes us really sad, on multiple levels. (People)

Yesterday the immensely talented students of Staten Island, New York's PS 22's chorus -- the elementary school chorus known for their uplifting choral covers of pop songs, trumpeted by Perez Hilton -- performed Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" on It's On With Alexa Chung.

Watch their performance -- accompanied by their director, Gregg "Mr. B." Breinberg" from yesterday's show. Watching these kids perform is the most uplifting thing I've seen since the Chris Brown "Forever" wedding dance, and it's even sweeter without the looming implication of assault and battery. Also, Tirzah, I will be first in line to buy your album whenever it comes out.

+ Read PS 22's Blog!

+ Move over "Drake's Knee's" Twitter! Time to make some room for "Teyana's Mustache," another fake Twitter account named after a celeb's body part. What's next?? "PammiesBoobays?" (Twitter)

+ Kings of Leon tore up the Today show stage this past Friday at NYC's Rockefeller Center. These guys are sooooo hot and sound so GOOD!! I need to go towel off now, if you'll excuse me. (The Rad Report)

+ Gotta scroll down a bit after you click, but here's a really cute interview with Demi Lovato, who topped the Billboard charts last week at #1 with her sophomore album "Here We Go Again." Congrats, Demi! (Katie & Karleigh)

+ This one is bringing the Monday LOLz: Whitney Houston's Good Morning America performance next month will be taped instead of sung live because Ms. Houston is "not a morning person." Is that what we're calling it these days? (PopCrunch)

+ No Doubt's Gwen Stefani and Paramore's Hayley Williams teamed up in concert together in Irvine, CA at what was at the least an unforgettable show. (Neon Limelight)

+ Remember when Rihanna almost got in trouble for giving a tattoo to her tattoo artist? Well, now Chris Brown is doing the same crap. (Singersroom Celebs)

+ Rocker Dave Grohl got a street named after him in his hometown of Warren, OH. (NME)