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Lana Del Rey's boyfriend has a tough gig today (Valentine's Day, duh). When your girlfriend's self-made YouTube videos became popular enough to land her both a record deal and a guest appearance on "Saturday Night Live," chances are your 1-800-FLOWERS order is going to seem a little... meh.

Yes, Lana has a boyfriend (sorry, every other dude on earth), and she shared a little about him when she stopped by MTV. She also let us in on her babysitting gig, how she hates World Of Warcraft, and the books she's currently rereading -- she's like a real girl! But given that Lana's a pretty private person, she didn't tell us too much about her main dude. All we really discover is that he's "really nice" and "in music, but not a musician." I'm not a psychic or anything, but I'm pretty sure that means she's talking about "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson. (Kidding. Hold the barrage of tweets, please.)

Watch Lana Del Rey discuss her love life after the jump.

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What else do you need on Valentine's Day Eve besides a jug of wine hot chocolate and a 30-minute interview with Taylor Swift? Taylor Swift sits down with MTV News during "MTV First: Taylor Swift" after the premiere of her latest video "Safe & Sound" (her song on "The Hunger Games" soundtrack) to answer fan questions submitted via Twitter. Find out if I was the only one wondering what brand curling iron she uses.

+ Watch the premiere of Taylor Swift's "Safe & Sound" video tonight at 7:54 p.m. ET on MTV, and check out "MTV First: Taylor Swift," our exclusive 30-minute interview with her below.

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You've definitely seen Belgian-Australian musician Gotye's (pronounced "GO-tee-yay") "Somebody That I Used To Know" music video by now. If not, you either do not have an internet connection or you haven't been born yet. The viral hit has garnered more than 67 million views on YouTube (!!!), introduced the world to fellow musician-we-were-accidentally-sleeping-on Kimbra and gave a whole new meaning to the words "paint by number."

But Gotye's not only about one music video. The experimental singer-songwriter has been performing music since his teens and releasing albums for the past 10 years. He's won five ARIA Music Awards and was recently nominated for a 2011 MTV EMA for Best Asia and Pacific Act. As this week's MTV PUSH artist, check out exclusive performances and interviews to see what else Gotye's been up to besides winning the arts and crafts game. (No seriously, we have the video to prove it below.)

Gotye's known for his unique sampling of multiple acoustic instruments in his songs, and we asked him about which instrument he couldn't live without: "I like to think I play the studio as my main instrument... But I guess [if I had to pick] it would be drums. The drum kit was my first instrument... But rhythm only is not very satisfying for me after a while, so if you took my studio away, I'd be lost." Multitalented and diplomatic. Gotye for President 2012?

Check out Gotye's latest album Making Mirrors, out now.

+ Watch more from Gotye below and after the jump including a live performance of "State Of The Art" and a pretty adorable craft project he made just for us.

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Adele's voice is ready for the Grammys.

If you've been losing sleep over Adele's recent throat surgery and worrying about if she'll succeed during her upcoming performance at this weekend's Grammys, the results are in: Girl's STILL GOT IT. She proves it during a recent a cappella rendition of "Rolling In The Deep" during her "60 Minutes" sit-down with Anderson Cooper. Private Adele mini-concert feet from your face? We hate you, A.Coop!

+ Watch Adele's a cappella rendition of "Rolling In The Deep" after the jump.

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In case you didn't hear the exciting news last week, Tech N9ne is MTV's POSTED artist for February! The "Am I A Psycho?" rapper's already proven he makes for an excellent tour guide when he showed us around his insanely posh record company HQ. This week, Tech takes us on two very different tours: his hometown of Kansas City, MO, and his free USO concert tour in the Middle East. No need to thank us for the free, all-exclusive vacays, guys.

+ Learn more about Tech N9ne and watch videos after the jump.

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Ke$ha brings the LOL WUTs in her March Glamour magazine interview.

Ke$ha's not your typical girl next door (um, duh?), but that's why we LOVE her. How many women do you know who proudly rock a résumé with ample experience in beard connoisseurship AND claim to be one of the sleaziest ladies in the world? Exactly.

That's why we were in awe when we saw the "We R Who We R" singer sans glitter in her March Glamour magazine spread. Ke$ha not only looks STUNNING in her barefaced photo (not that it's the first time we've seen her like this), but she even looks sweet and innocent! But don't be fooled by the freckles, y'all: Judging by her interview, girl still has plenty of party pulsing through her veins. Here are the five most OMG quotes from Ke$ha's Glamour interview:

1.) On her struggles with succeeding as a woman in the rock world: "I know that I have balls. I have bigger balls than a lot of the men that I meet. I'm just a ballsy motherf***er. I'm not afraid of pushing boundaries. That's what you have to do to become an icon."

2.) On "Stage Ke$ha" vs. "Real-life Ke$ha": "I'm just very amused by five-year-old humor. Don't get me wrong: I do destroy men on a weekly basis. It's like a hobby. I'm like a praying mantis. They f*** me, and then I eat them. But who isn't amused by a giant, dancing penis? Sometimes when I'm sad, I make my assistant put on the penis outfit and bounce around my house."

+ Read more of Ke$ha's most OMG quotes from her March 2012 Glamour magazine interview after the jump.

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Imagine inviting a brand-new friend you met a few weeks ago to your art residency in Greece and coming back to the States as part of a five-piece indie pop-rock band. That's not a Sophia Coppola movie; that's actually how Grouplove got started -- Hannah Hooper and Christian Zucconi met on New York City's Lower East Side and jetted off to Greece together days later. After spending the summer in Crete making music with Sean Gadd, Andrew Wessen and Ryan Rabin, the group decided to try to make the band work in L.A. Their song "Tongue Tied," from the group's first studio album, Never Trust A Happy Song, was featured in an iPod commercial, so we'd say it's working pretty well.

Get to know Grouplove, this week's MTV PUSH artist, in our exclusive video interviews and performances. Catch the band's live renditions of "Tongue Tied" and "Itchin' On A Photograph," and get some insight from the group on the healing power of music and their warm, fuzzy thoughts on live shows: "It feels pretty euphoric when it's going well. You feel all the music coming individually... coming to this point." We dig, jive turkeys.

Grouplove's debut studio album, Never Trust A Happy Song, dropped in late 2011. Check them out on tour in the U.K. and the U.S. this spring, including two dates at Coachella.

+ Watch Grouplove's "Tongue Tied" video below, and catch more interviews and performances after the jump.

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OK Go's "Needing/Getting" video is the first video performed by a car. (Sorry, Gary Numan.)

OK Go's revolutionary "Needing/Getting" video, which premiered today as a pre-Super Bowl commercial, might look like a three-minute-54-second musical joyride through a synchronous science, music and art project, but the video was anything but a serendipitous happy accident involving a cool car. How the "Needing/Getting" video was made wasn't rocket science, but it wasn't too far from it either. I talked to lead singer Damian Kulash, Jr., who co-directed the video with Brian L. Perkins, about how the band -- and a team of experts ranging from physicists to his own parents -- made the "Needing/Getting" video.

Creating the world's first musical racetrack and world's first song performed and recorded by a car took four months of careful planning to create the awe-inspiring video, which required the band to break down each part of the song, record each segment, and then piece and mix the song back together. If it sounds time-consuming that's because it was.

"It consumed my whole life for four months," Kulash, Jr. said. "We were out in the desert until midnight every day. I don't even remember having a life outside of that. It was such a surreal world. Everyone who came out to help for a day or two was like 'I can't believe you built such an insane wonderland in the desert.'"

Here's how that insane wonderland in the desert was built.

THE IDEA:
Unlike most celebrity endorsements borne of corporate marketing campaigns or music videos featuring blatantly obvious product placement (a text message sent to a phone that not-at-all-inconspicuously features a belabored brand close-up has been a staple of most videos shot in the past few years) the car-performance concept came to Kulash before Chevy ever entered the picture. "It was an idea I had about a year ago. Our co-director, Brian L. Perkins -- he's a old friend of mine, he was in my college band, and he's directed some of our other videos -- works for an agency that works with Chevy. I told him if you ever have a car company crazy enough to try something this awesome, then I have this idea. Sure enough, Chevy thought it was a great idea and they came on board and he got to direct it with us."

Watch OK Go's "Needing/Getting" video and find out more about how the video was made after the jump!

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Jamie Lynn Spears is back and all grown up, y'all! She may have taken a break from the spotlight after she became a mom, but Britney Spears' little sis is re-emerging as a poised open book in March's Glamour magazine.

Inside the issue, a photo shows a gorgeous, mature Jamie Lynn blowing out birthday candles -- she turns 21 in April! In her interview with Glamour, she confidently reflects on one of the most challenging times in her life: defending her young pregnancy. "I was 16. I'd had one boyfriend. It doesn't make it perfect or all right. But I was judged for something that probably most everyone does. I was young. I was in love..." But, even through criticism from media and fans, Jamie Lynn tried to remain strong: "I did feel responsible for the young girls and the mothers who I probably confused and let down. I apologize for that... But the hateful comments hurt."

+ Read more of Jamie Lynn Spears' interview in March's Glamour magazine after the jump.

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Rapper Tech N9ne may be focusing on performing 90 shows in 90 days, but he'll also be busy as MTV's POSTED artist for February. We celebrate the Kansas City native by following his career through exclusive interviews and plan on showing crazy love for the "Am I A Psycho?" singer all month long.

First up, a video interview offers insight on Tech's early musical inspirations: "My family was really diverse in music. I was in the music of the church... My uncles were into rock and roll. I had rap. I had everything. I think my music reflects all of that." He also idolized rapper Ice Cube but admits how challenging it was to remain true to himself in the industry. "It's been rough, but I don't care. I always had to be me..."

In the next clip, Tech N9ne offers a tour through his Strange Music record label's plush headquarters. We catch glimpses of a $50,000 entrance gate (NBD), the merch warehouse, the label's archives and even their social media staff. Lesson learned: If you work hard, you, too, can have your very own full-time crew dedicated to tweeting.

Catch more Tech N9ne videos at MTV POSTED all month long.

+ Watch Tech N9ne discuss his early musical influences below, and check out more videos after the jump.

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