Thanks for sending Buzzworthy an extraordinary amount of fan questions for Demi Lovato to answer! Demi raced through her MTV Buzzworthy Blog fan Q&A interview, not because she’d downed a Big Gulp of coffee — she was trying to answer as many of your fan questions as possible. Because the girl is a true gem.

Watch Demi Lovato discuss the part of her life history she’d rewrite, her relationship status, her TRUE feelings for the Jonas Brothers, her all-time favorite concert, her favorite place to shop, her advice for dealing with bullies, and which of her own songs she considers her favorite, only in this exclusive Buzzworthy Blog interview!

Not that anyone needed to tell Sean Kingston this, but when RedOne calls to offer you his latest composition, you take that call.

Revealed in his new MTV Buzzworthy Blog “The 5” interview below, the young Jamaica hip-hop artist collaborated for his new single, “Fire Burning,” with producer RedOne, who’s behind Lady GaGa’s “Poker Face” and “Just Dance” (perhaps you’ve heard those once or twice?). And OK, Sean was in Africa when RedOne called, so RedOne had to wait — but you know Sean was pumped.

Check the video to hear Sean’s insane list of bigwig collabos on his upcoming album, Tomorrow; quite impressive for someone his age, although Sean sure knows how to maintain relationships: this Twitter junkie stays connected on three technological fronts, even in the studio! Sean even gives fans a taste of his custom SK jewelry (although that clunker of a necklace stayed in the car).

Sean Kingston also performed “Fire Burning” at the MADE Hip Hop Dance Battle — and the track is still chock-full of that synthy RedOne sound you know and you know you love.

Beyonce’s brand-new video, “Sweet Dreams,” off of I Am… Sasha Fierce, is less video, more post-modern art — are those costumes not a reimagining of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis? And do I even hear a subtle homage to the King of Pop in that sexy synth strut? (“Beat It,” anyone?)

In “Sweet Dreams,” you get a double dose of both good-girl Beyonce AND naughty-girl Sasha Fierce, and together, along with back-up dancers Ebony Williams and Ashley Everett, the combination more than makes up for the lackluster “Ego” video.

And while there are brief shades of Rihanna’s performance in Kanye’s “Paranoid” video, Beyonce — all woman, all the time, makes that look like child’s play.

Watch the Queen of R&B’s latest video, “Sweet Dreams,” directed by Adria Petty.

Not only do Hit The Lights warm up to the sweet sweet sounds of Polar Bear Club… and Mariah Carey, but they also invite you to join the wide, weird world of the Sandwich Punch Club, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Sorry if you were expecting some kind of reading-is-fun book club involving Jared from Subway. You punch a Sloppy Joe, and joke’s on you.

After the jump, watch Lima, Ohio’s favorite fivesome share five of their freakiest obsessions, and don’t miss them — or an opportunity to punch them between two slices of bread — this summer on Warped Tour.

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The focus during yesterday’s Michael Jackson memorial shouldn’t have been on Mariah Carey’s performance of “I’ll Be There,” but for a while, it kind of was. There was tons of Twitter talk about how Mariah’s lost her chops, she can’t perform live anymore, she isn’t the singer she once was. Yesterday was Michael’s day.

But today, let’s talk about Mariah Carey. I loved Mariah’s performance of “I’ll Be There,” and the fact that an emotional Mariah could hold it together and even get through the whole song with Trey Lorenz was enough for me. Plus, “I’ll Be There” is my favorite Jackson 5 song, one of my Mariah performances, and all-around favorite songs ever, so I’ll take it any way I can get it: wholeheartedly, half-assed, whatever. Just give me those opening piano chords that’ve always sent chills up my spine and that tale of a love so earnest and unselfish that it’s still gonna come back for seconds, and I’m good.

“I’ll Be There” was the Jackson 5’s fourth No. 1 hit, and when Mariah Carey added it as a last-minute addition to her 1992 MTV Unplugged performance, it became her sixth No. 1 hit and the only MTV Unplugged single that ever made it to a No. 1 spot. It was even nominated for a Grammy in 1993.

And 17 years later, it still sounds fresh.

Watch Mariah Carey and Trey Lorenz’s 1992 MTV Unplugged performance of “I’ll Be There,” and get lifted.

BoA, I loved you before your MTV Buzzworthy Blog interview, but you had me all over again at “iced coffee” and “noodles” — two things we BOTH LOVE DEARLY. Also, your Wonder Girls-style hair is bona fide BANGIN’. And since you don’t have a driver’s license, I will happily chauffeur you around Los Angeles in exchange for dance lessons.

Also, I will manage to overlook the fact that you, BoA, DO NOT LIKE SNACKS (!??!?!??! IN WHAT WORLD DOES A HUMAN BEING NOT LIKE SNACKS????) because I love “Eat You Up” so much. Wait, how can someone with a song called “Eat You Up” and lyrics like “So yum yum” NOT LIKE SNACKS?

Find out more about the Korean electro-pop crossover in this Buzzworthy Blog exclusive, and watch her “Eat You Up” video after the jump.

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I didn’t expect such a kindred moment watching this “The 5” interview with hip-hop trio F.L.Y. (Fast Life Yungstaz). But we share — perhaps because we’re all Southerners here — an undying love for French fries with ranch — possibly the greatest flavor fusion known to man. Admittedly, only one of the three really worships at the altar; what these Georgia boys gotta have above all else is sweet tea — and Polo products.

While a debut single about French fries with ranch would have been fantastic, the work-hard, play-hard yungstaz go with the solid staple of club jam with “Swag Surfin.” (Although Polo gets fair representation; the guys consider themselves “mascots.”)

Check out F.L.Y.’s new MTV Buzzworthy Blog video interview, and get to know the charismatic up-and-coming hip-hop group. Beyond our rapport, you’ll discover the nature of the F.L.Y. “movement,” and you’ll get a taste of the recession-proof party jams of Jamboree.

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THANK you, America. FINALLY we get to claim a real, honest-to-God, ripped-jeans-ratty-hair-we-drink-and-smoke-cuz-we-don’t-care rock band as our own. Australia got The Vines, Arctic Monkeys are British, no one wants to claim Pete Doherty, The Strokes are almost all married and living in Brooklyn now, and Jack White could count, but I don’t even think he’s from this planet.

Billy Boy On Poison is from the place where America’s dreams go to die… No, not Orlando. LOS ANGELES. And their balls-to-the-walls brand of gritty, all-American rock rebellion reeks of their Sunset Strip musical upbringing. In the good way. Appropriately, songs about sinnin’ and sexin’ are on the agenda of this band that takes their name from A Clockwork Orange.

You may already know that Kiefer Sutherland signed Billy Boy On Poison to his Ironworks Records label and that he co-directed their “On My Way” video — their single that was also featured on Gossip Girl – but there are a few more things you may not know about the band. Like did you know they’re REALLY INTO HERBAL CIGARETTES? “Jazz cigarettes,” I’m assuming. And finally, they’re also REALLY into Taylor Swift and the Jonas Brothers. Harboring a secret soft spot for Disney artists? What’s more American than that?

+ Watch “On My Way” after the jump, and check out their debut album, Drama Junkie Queen, out today.

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Multifaceted, multi-talented music artists warrant seconds on respect, and today’s “The 5,” with Twista, demonstrates the Chicago rapper’s gamut-running record of artistic proficiencies and tastes. Guinness already awarded the aptitudes of his tongue, but Twista proves he can bring in dollars as both barber and portrait artist as well.

As you might expect, when Twista buzzes your head, you’re in for more than a simple fade: expect full-on, often Chi-town-related, hair art. And as far as his portrait work, who knew his teachers were getting Twista originals every week on the backs of his homework assignments? Now if Twista would tell me he Bedazzled the Obama portrait on his shirt himself, his portfolio would be complete.

Last up, if you’ve ever heard Twista dub himself The Black Jason of Rap (because he keeps coming back!), as he has been working since 1991, he also uses this Buzzworthy interview to confirm just how deep his blood-and-guts horror fandom goes — even for the Vincent Price classics.

Catch the video below for all the Twista-sharing. And, after the jump, watch Twista’s “for-the-ladies” track, “Wetter,” from his eighth (I did say 1991) album, Category F5.

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“Sweet Dreams” is one of the illest and most interesting, sickest and sexiest singles off of Beyonce’s I Am… Sasha Fierce double disc, and from what I can tell after watching this 30-second Buzzworthy Blog preview of Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams” video, it looks like could be one of her hottest videos since “Suga Mama.” And “Beautiful Liar.” And “Crazy In Love.”

Watch the 30-second “Sweet Dreams” clip, shot in Brooklyn and directed by Adria Petty (The Veronicas’ “4Ever,” Duffy’s “Mercy,” and Anjulie’s “Boom”), and stay tuned for the full-length video, coming soon.

+ Watch Buzzworthy’s “Sweet Dreams” sneak peek after the jump.

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