Who is Sliimy? It's an entirely valid question. But that very question might be one of the main reasons you heard of the French singer-songwriter. Sliimy first made a splash when his lilting, delicate cover of Britney Spears' "Womanizer" hit the internet.

Sliimy was then "discovered" by the gossip overlord Perez Hilton, who subsequently started asking (knowingly), "who is Sliimy" over his Twitter feed. This piece of viral trivia started people talking about the skinny, St. Etienne singer, following his twitter and keeping up with his every move and making his album Paint Your Face a cult fave.

Sliimy's music has a sunny, literate charm, imbued with an innate tunefulness that shines through in his buoyant pop arrangements and lovely singing. All this buzz has resulted in Sliimy being nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Artist (along with former Buzz On subject David Guetta). If you like Phoenix, Lily Allen or Mika, you need to find out who Sliimy is ASAP.

Watch his "Wake Up" video, and check out his cover of Britney's "Womanizer."

Sliimy - Womanizer (Britney Spears cover)

+ 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)

Shame on me for sleeping on La Roux (that's a figure of speech -- I didn't actually sleep ON TOP of the British electropop twosome Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid for an electropop threesome) up until a few weeks ago. And it turns out I was like the ONLY one asleep at the keyboard because they've opened for Lily Allen, The Guardian is all over them, they just played All Points West this past weekend, and they got a Mercury Award nomination.

If you're into Robyn (and I AM!) and/or Yelle and miss '80s androgynous powercrossdressing -- think "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"-era Boy George meets M.I.A. (meets Tilda Swinton), La Roux will make this your SUMMER OF ELECTROPOP. And TRUST: "Bulletproof" will be in your head for A MONTH. AT least. Of course, that could be because I've listened to this song about once every 15 minutes for the past week.

Watch La Roux's live performance of "Bulletproof" from yesterday's episode of It's On With Alexa Chung.

And watch the "Bulletproof" video after the jump!

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+ Wanna hear the new track "Celebration" off Madonna's new compilation CD that hasn't hit stores yet? Check it. (Towleroad)

+ Green Day and P!nk were announced today as scheduled performers at the 2009 MTV VMAs. If P!nk brings anything like what she brought last year, this year's show will be amazing. (MTV News)

+ As we all know by now, Demi Lovato is this week's Billboard star, taking the number one spot. What is surprising is how mediocre sales for Jordin Sparks' new CD were. (Evil Beet)

+ Kanye West helped himself to a tall glass of crazy, recently proclaiming himself as the new King of Pop. (Bitten & Bound)

+ Miley Cyrus is making a Twitter MESS of herself, tweeting this and that about love and missing people. Close up shop, lady. Close. Up. Shop! (Anything Hollywood)

+ Lily Allen is starting up her own jewelry line? Exactly what we needed. (Holy Moly!)

It was either the French, the Afghans, Mario Puzo, or the Quentin Tarantino who said "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Were they right? Who knows? Everything I needed to know I learned from pop culture and music videos, which have taught me that when it comes to getting even, nothing beats the ass-kicking, window-smashing, good old-fashioned REVENGE video. (And leaving a horse head in someone's bed.)

Check out 10 classic videos where artists get mad, get even and get revenge by trashing their ex's place, taping themselves in naughty situations (right, Justin Timberlake?), putting the hurt on someone else's credit cards, or howling like a she-wolf in the middle of the desert like your name was Alanis Morissette. (Exactly like that, actually.)

PUBLIC DISPLAY OF REJECTION

Alanis Morissette -- "You Oughta Know"
Nothing says "woman scorned" like the wrath of Alanis Morissette and all. that. hair. Her 1995 video, "You Oughta Know," quickly became a b+tchfest manifesto for the maligned and scorned the world over. Thinking of getting "exploratory" in a movie theater? Um, yeah. Don't. Also, learning corner: Flea and Dave Navarro played on the original recording!
+ Watch "You Oughta Know"

BREAK STUFF!

Carrie Underwood -- "Before He Cheats"
If you cheat on Carrie Underwood, you've got an even bigger problem than the major hike in car insurance you're about to experience once you discover she's beat the LIVING S+++ out of your truck. In her 2006 "Before He Cheats" video, Carrie Underwood not only takes aim with a baseball bat, but she also BLOWS THINGS UP WITH HER MIND, bringing new meaning to "smash hit." Ever see Carrie the movie? Coincidence? I think not.
+ Watch "Before He Cheats"

Lily Allen -- "Smile"
Crafty Lily Allen recruits a band of local thugs and no-goodniks to mug her ex -- played by EastEnders' Elliott Jordan -- wreck his place, smash his records, and stuff his shirts in the toilet in her 2006 video, "Smile." Also he gets mugged and a horbs case of the Hershey squirts after Lily spikes his coffee with Ex-Lax. Smooth moves all around!
+ Watch "Smile"

AYO TECHNOLOGY

Justin Timberlake -- "Cry Me A River"
What happens when you cheat on Justin Timberlake? Nothing creepy or anything. Duder just pulls up to your driveway with Timbaland in the car, sneaks into your house when you leave, films himself banging an INCREDIBLY HOT CHICK, and leaves the evidence rolling and ready for you to watch when you step out of the shower. No big deal. (It's extra creepy if you happen to look like Britney Spears. ALSO: Fun fact -- the girl who plays Britney in the video is Lauren Hastings, who dated Shia LaBeouf. She also claimed that Lindsay Lohan stole an $11,000 coat from her.)
+ Watch "Cry Me A River"

Backstreet Boys -- "The Call"
Now pay attention because the Backstreet Boys' 2002 video for "The Call" may confuse people less intelligent than me. In the "The Call" video, one if not ALL of the BSBs are progressively cheating on their girlfriend/s, who MAY or may not have SET UP the guy/s to cheat on them in the first place. Total BSB sting operation! With a girl who may or may not be a transvestite. (Note: that's speculation on my part, but she kinda does look like a drag queen. Which is FINE if she were a tranners, but it'd take the video in a totally different direction.) Anyway, they're all cheating, or it's symbolic cheating or whatever, and the old-school 2002 cell phone (hence the phone sound effects!) becomes THE VESSEL through which the cheating travels. Symbolic BSB girlfriend however PWONES and sets up the whole operation to completely fail, thus flipping the script and using the cell phone and "the call that changed my destiny" as the vehicles that drive the whole sordid affair into the ground. Technology wins, cheaters lose! (Not-so-fun-fact: In 2003, AJ McLean revealed to Oprah that he first tried cocaine the night the "The Call" video was shot.)
+ Watch "The Call"

MURDER WAS THE CASE

Kanye West -- "Flashing Lights"
Spike Jonze directed Kanye West's 2008 "Flashing Lights" video, which is his most dramatic and definitely his most gruesome to date. While the song and lyrics are haunting, they completely belie the video's drastic measures: Playboy model Rita G shoves Kanye in a car, duct tapes his mouth shut (ahem!), and beats the life out of him with a shovel. All for the leaving the toilet seat up!
+ Watch "Flashing Lights"

+ Ashley Tisdale, Aerosmith, and credit card revenge after the jump!

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Ahoy, mateys! On today's episode of It's On With Alexa Chung, hostess Alexa took her maiden Tuesday voyage into stripey nautical waters! Here's what Alexa wore!

Tuesday, June 16
+ Navy jumper: A.P.C.

+ Striped shirt: Her own

+ Chunky ring: YSL

+ Espadrille wedges: Her own

True, Alexa was wearing a lot of her own pieces today, but don't cry into ye olde' XXX-marked jug of non-alcoholic pirate juice. Check out these lace-up wedge espadrilles by Dezario. They're just $45 at Endless.com, and they come in black, navy, and red:

Old Navy also has a selection of SUPER-high, ankle-tie jute wedges in lots of cute summery colors. They're $18 - $29.50 at OldNavy.com.

You NEED a striped shirt, don't you? Can't afford that ubiquitous striped Chanel logo tee (in all fairness, Lily Allen had it first!)? Check out these two by Ralph Lauren -- the blue-and-white top is just $29 at Bloomingdales.com, and the cute red-and-white skelly top is $55 at Rugby.com.

Finally, complete the nautical look with a jumper/ romper/ comfy dress whatever you wanna call it. YesStyle.com is like your own personal romper treasure chest.

Because I have a secret girly-girl side and because I'm nosy by nature, I've asked Lily Allen and Keri Hilson to dump out the contents of their purses in my presence so I could investigate all the cool personal stuff they carry around. Seriously -- WHAT is more fun than rummaging through someone's purse -- in a non-theft-ish way -- and poring over all of their fun and stylish items?

And somehow, it's like Hayley Williams -- one of my favorite girly-but-not-gag-me-girly-but-still-super-cool girls -- KNEW I wanted to know what her makeup stash looked like because she uploaded a photo to Twitter and shared it with me! (Um, and the rest of Twitterverse.)

I spotted some MAC (loves!) and some Urban Decay in there, but I fangirled out when I saw some of my favorite cheap-n-chic nail polish in there -- that mint green nail polish definitely looks like it's LA Girl "Flare" nail polish -- my favorite opaque bright nail polish because it's LOUD and comes in neon and fluorescent shades the colors of Popsicles, which are parfaits for summer (both the colors AND the Popsicles). AND L.A. Girl doesn't test on animals, which means zero guilt when your widdle cute puppy wooks you at you wif his puppy doggie eyes as you paint your nails all Paramore-y.

Want Hayley-inspired nails? Get a three-pack for $9.99 at UrbanOutfitters.com, or pick up individual colors at Urban Outfitters and Forever 21 -- or, as I like to refer to it, "El Siempre" -- or online at Cherryculture.com.

(P.S. -- It looks like the shade Hayley has is "Gleaming.")

Earlier this week, Travis and Hunter of We The Kings told you about their proms -- Travis had a maje faux pas at his prom after he tripped over the electric cord powering up the DJ booth and killed the music (whoopersdoodles!), and Hunter entered a time machine and starred in Back to the Future!

Now, watch this extra-special prom reenactment video (like the ones you see on the TV!) that We The Kings sent to Buzzworthy, and see what happens when Travis goes to prom with a date who looks an AWFUL lot like Danny. Looks like SOMEONE's got a "Secret Valentine!"

+ Plus: Watch more Buzzworthy prom videos from Boys Like Girls, Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, Cassadee Pope, The Veronicas, and Honor Society. And check out 12 cheesy prom songs (cheesy good and bad).

I asked Boys Like Girls to go prom with me and Buzzworthy, but Martin was too busy blogging, and Bryan Donahue and John Keefe were working on Boys Like Girls' new album and getting ready for their summer tour and the mtvU Sunblock Music Festival (Gym Class Heroes, The Academy Is, The Veronicas, and Never Shout Never + four cities + four shows).

Fortunately, Paul DiGiovanni said he'd go to prom with me, but then he stood me up for Lily Allen. Oh well. At least he's dumping me for someone cute... I bet Ashley Tisdale would've gone too.

+ After the jump, see how Paul DiGiovanni and Lily Allen's prom date would go, and watch a bunch of BLG live performances and videos. And check out more celebrity proms too.

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With naked photos of Cassie that leaked online (twice in one WEEK!), and now, what may be photos of Rihanna naked, we're starting to wonder if taking naked photos of yourself (and having your naked photos leak onto the Internet) is the new Lost?

According to a study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy (they get PAID to study sexting!) one in every five teenagers has sent or posted naked photos of themselves. Combine the inexplicable popularity of sending naked photos of yourself (what ever happened to giving your love a lock of your hair? So much more romantic!), using your dog's name as your password for everything, and a gnarly break-up, plus a few easy peasy keystrokes, and you've got an unfortunate recipe for public humiliation in the form everyone seeing your naughty bits and birthmarks. (Including your teachers and parents! GROSS!) And if you're famous, you've got even more to lose. Just ask pop stars like Miley Cyrus, Pete Wentz, Lily Allen, and more, who've had their naked or naughty photos accidentally shared with the world -- and fortunately recovered from the fall out to pull off career comebacks.

And remember -- if you're gonna take naked pictures of yourself... don't.

Cassie: Not only did Cassie make headlines recently for shaving half her head bald, but this week not one but two naked photos of her leaked online after they were stolen from her personal computer. Cassie admitted that the photos were hers, referred to the person who leaked the naked photos as "evil," and told the world that we all basically need to get over her boobies and get on with our lives.

Pete Wentz: Pete Wentz was sending naked Sidekick photos of himself back before it was all the rage -- and back when people still used Sidekicks. His naked photo incident went down in 2006, when Pete proved to the world, once and for all, that he really likes Morrissey. Pete himself summed up the penisgate incident quite succinctly when he told MTV News, "If you really don't want pictures of yourself to end up on the Internet, don't take the pictures." Wise words from the now-family man.

Vanessa Hudgens: Disney darling and "Sneakernight" singer Vanessa Hudgens suffered her own sex scandal when several naked and nearly-naked photos found their way to the Internet in 2007. Vanessa apologized to her fans, made four movies (including High School Musical 3) following the incident, and scrubbed away the scandal by continuing her stint as the face of Neutrogena. Vanessa was named one of People's most beautiful people in 2009, plus, she dates Zac Efron, so she wins.

+ Lily Allen, Miley, and Britney after the jump!

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