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Yesterday we posted our interview with tireless Tokio Hotel fans Josselyn and Amada, who were standing outside of the MTV building last week, waiting to see Tokio Hotel on TRL.

Today, meet Katarina (left), and Monica (right), both 18, who both boldly battled airport hell to fly here for the big event.

Buzzworthy: What do you love about Tokio Hotel?

Katarina: Pretty much what everybody does — they got their own sound, they defy genres. Being formed outside of the U.S., they didn’t really conform to any musical industry standards. And also, just their lyrics are really meaningful to everyone. That’s one of the main drawing factors to them.

Monica: They have really good songs. And they have their own sound. Their lyrics are meaningful and make me feel better when I feel down.

BW: Any lyric in particular?

Monica: The song “Live Every Second,” because it tells you to live your life freely, not to follow the rules.

BW: Do you have any lyrics that are particularly meaningful to you?

Katarina: “Break Away.” It’s just describing breaking out and doing your own thing and needing to live life apart from everybody else. It’s just really really powerful.

BW: How’d you first find out about the band?

Katarina: About a year and a half ago I was on vacation in Europe, and I saw one of their videos. And I just kinda got hooked. And then, you know — the Internet.

BW: Do you have a favorite Tokio Hotel member?

Monica: Yes! Bill!

BW: If I could get you alone with, Bill — and I’m not saying I can — what would you say to him?

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Gossip singer Beth Ditto swears there’s no idle chatter to be bandied about over the Portland punk trio. Sure, she’s pals with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. And yes, she posed completely nude on the cover of NME. And oh yeah, she might’ve called Britney Spears “hideous” that one time.

But trash talk aside, the group itself is something to be talked about. Gossip (formerly The Gossip) first electrified tastemakers with “Standing in the Way of Control,” (a song about the U.S. government’s anti-gay marriage stance), which features Beth’s powerhouse, tent-revival vocals, and landed on NME’s 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever list. Then they reached just about everyone else with their MTV Artist of the Week spots a few weeks back.

In our exclusive interview, Beth, along with guitarist Nathan Howdeshell and drummer Hannah Blilie, talk about dropping the “the” from their name, how Beth toured with a broken foot, and their new CD/DVD Live in Liverpool.

Jason Mraz: singer, songwriter … magician? Apparently, Jason started dabbling in magic (coin tricks, to be exact) while working on his new album, We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, out today. In fact, he’s so into his new hobby that he took a magician on the road with him during his Music, Magic & Make Peace Tour.

But Jason’s love for sleight of hand doesn’t end there. He has also released three bonus EPs featuring demos, live performances and acoustic versions of songs that appear on his new full-length studio album. One of those EPs, We Steal Things, includes some “stolen” cover songs.

See what Jason had to say about the connection he feels between music and magic and why he decided that releasing one album’s worth of new material just wasn’t enough.

+ Plus: check out exclusive photos of Jason Mraz here.

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The roaring crush of Tokio Hotel fans outside of the MTV building here in Times Square last week was enough to make us cross our fingers and hope the sidewalk on Broadway was enforced with extra rebar. Assuming it was, we took a rare trip outside 1515 to interview some of Tokio Hotel’s most enthused fans. On our first go, we encountered Josselen (left), 20 and Amada (right), who’s “18 and livin’ it!”

Buzzworthy: What do you love most about Tokio Hotel?

Josselen: Well their fashion is out there. It’s like Japanese inspired, but they’re from Germany. I like how their music sounds. It’s very different from what you hear in the states.

Amada: Their lyrics! We can all relate to them. They’re so fantastic! They’re brilliant! They started from a young age, and look at them now! They’re crossing oceans, crossing borders, everything! They’re so awesome!

Buzzworthy: Which lyrics in particular do you relate to?

Josselen: I like “By Your Side,” because he’s talking about how the person he’s talking to, he or she, is far away, but then somehow if she looks around, he’ll always be there for her. Even if theyr’e far away, he’ll always reach out for her.

BW: How’d you discover Tokio Hotel?

Josselen: I was in Puerto Rico at the time, and there’s this international TV show from Spain, and they talked about how all these child stars had become famous, and that’s how I heard about Tokio Hotel.

Amada: MySpace.

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Pull up a chair, a queen-sized hankie and a bottle of something strong, and the then prepare to spend the rest of the day hitting “forward” on this story until your precious little eyeballs and fingers go numb and threaten to detach themselves from your body.

Fellow blogger Colin, who runs the show over at the New Now Next blog, basically has a direct line to Paula Abdul. He’s interviewed her several times, he’s shared a car with her, and he even got flowers and a hand-written note from the woman. (We love-hate you Colin!)

He also the most extraordinary, most epic, most vintage Paula interview we have ever read in our lives. It’s long, it’s strong, it’s strange, and it’s worth every minute you’re gonna spend reading every word of it. Trust us on that one.

In the interview, an unbelievably verbose Paula tells a rapt Colin (seriously, there’s like a 98:2 ratio of her words to his) all about Castrogate and what really happened that night. She also slams the show’s producers and accuses them of using her as a scapegoat, basically claims that her powers of reinvention trump that of Madonna’s… and then… she cries. Like there’s no tomorrow, she cries.

Read all of New Now Next’s interview with Paula Abdul. And Colin, if she sends you a Birkin bag or something, we’re gonna have to hate you for real. (JK! Love you!)

True, rapper Tyga is Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy’s cousin — a relationship that’s already started to earn an unfair share of caustic critics, who Travis addressed on his Tumblr. But let the haters hate — Tyga’s earning his own stripes with his new single, “Coconut Juice,” off his official Decaydance debut album, No Introduction, out in June.

Watch Tyga’s exclusive MTV.com interview, where his discusses his hip-hop history, how he got his name and how he got all those tats. Plus, download “Coconut Juice” for free, and watch the video — with cameos by Pete Wentz and Travis McCoy, who’s featured on the track — here.

Poor Tokyo Police Club. Unlike 50 Cent, they don’t sell like Eminem, nor do they get any groupie love. And despite the connection to law enforcement suggested by their name, the Toronto indie band stays on the good side of the law and favors scruffy thrift store gear over bulletproof vests and ice, also unlike 50. They do, however, share a knack for namechecking themselves. But they’re getting lots of our love for their frenetic, swirling, sweetly nasal brand of college-kid indie rock. (Think the Thermals, but not as sweaty.)

Watch Tokyo Police Clubs’ new “Discover & Download” interview below, watch their latest video, “Tessellate,” download the track here, and we’re also throwing in the “Cheer It On” video — a Buzzworthy fave.

In person, Tally Hall — much like their new “Good Day” video — changes channels, thoughts and topics quicker than they change keys, styles and genres in their songs, which put the “power” in “power-pop.” (Think Queen, Ben Folds Five, They Might Be Giants and OK Go, but more formally dressed.)

In short, interviewing Tally Hall was not unlike herding singing cats. Good thing they (the band, not the cats) kept their personas straight by wearing their trademark color-coordinated ties, so we could tell them apart as they changed gears. (Chattiest: Joe, red tie.) Also, good thing “cat herding” is basically part of our job description.

Watch our exclusive Tally Hall interview below, and check out their “Good Day” video and exclusive Tally Hall photos.

We haven’t been this blown away by a country-pop crossover since the first time we saw Shania Twain’s abs. And speaking of firsts, watch Taylor Swift reveal her most important firsts: first guitar, first time on TRL, first magazine cover and more, on an all-new “First Ladies” video interview. She’s so sweet, she’ll make your teeth throb.

Plus: watch more “First Ladies” interviews: Ashlee Simpson | Janet Jackson | Colbie Caillat | More

If musical forefathers the Cure and the Smiths hadn’t pretty much invented sad-sack songwriting, Death Cab For Cutie could’ve taken out a patent on the genre. The guys are certifiable pros at writing painfully introspective songs that could, even on your happiest of birthdays, make you cry your eyes out and swear you’ll never love again as you choke on your own snot-drool mixture.

But, on their latest album, Narrow Stairs, the guys seem to have, well, grown a pair, and traded in the wounded English major act for a slightly tougher sound, inspired by, of all things, Krautrock.

Narrow Stairs isn’t out for another week, but you can stream the entire album on “The Leak,” and watch an exclusive track-by-track interview and an exclusive Buzzworthy interview to find out what inspired the album title. Plus: check out yesterday’s Buzzworthy interview with Death Cab to see the band discuss recording the album.