10 Things I'm Obsessed With with MKTO.

Did you know that MKTO is obsessed with Cool Ranch Dorito Tacos? WELL, NOW YOU DO! 

Electro-pop/hip-hop/R&B outfit MKTO (that's singer Tony Oller and rapper Malcolm David Kelley) met on the set of TeenNick's "Gigantic" and have been IRL BFFs and musical collaborators ever since. Thanks to their bangin' single "Thank You" (think a perfect blend of Chiddy BangWallpaper., and a smidge of Outasight), the boys have been on our radar for well over a minute, and during that time, we got, how shall we say... A LITTLE CURIOUS. So of COURSE we arranged for a little tête-à-tête with MKTO so we could find about about all the things they're obsessed with: things like Cool Ranch Dorito tacos from Taco Bell, totally weird socks, and "Family Guy."

Watch MKTO's "10 Things I'm Obsessed With" after the jump. 

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Watch Alex Aiono's "Young & Foolish" video.

Alex Aiono sounds like a mini-Justin Bieber and looks like a mini-Taylor Lautner!

Meet newcomer Alex Aiono. He's only 16 years old and already plays five instruments (guitar, bass, ukulele, drums, and piano), which we suspect is probably four more instruments than you play! (Or maybe five, if for some reason you opted for "chorus'" over "clarinet" in elementary school.) Anyway, still fully NOT LEGAL, the singer-songwriter (think Cody Simpson meets Bruno Mars) has already cowritten songs with Babyface and signed a deal with BMG Publishing. In addition, his brand-new record, Young & Foolish, was cowritten with John Legend! AND did we mention that there's a video? And that it's so effing good, we're basically convinced that Alex is a mini-Justin Bieber who just so happens to look like Taylor Lautner circa the first "Twilight" installment? Yep, we thought you'd be interested.

Watch Alex Aiono's "Young & Foolish" video after the jump. 

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Watch Betty Who's "You're In Love" video.

Take a romantic trip 'round NYC with Betty Who in her "You're In Love" video.

Here's a quick Who's Who on Betty Who: The Australian-born, Berklee-schooled singer-songwriter is rapidly bubbling up as one of the year's major Ones To Watch, thanks to her ridiculously brilliant (and free!) debut EP, The Movement. The singer's got an arsenal of huge pop hooks and catchy, nostalgic choruses à la Katy Perry and Robyn, mixed with the electronica sheen of Empire Of The Sun and M83. She already caught the blogosphere's attention late last year with the premiere of her shimmering, early Whitney Houston-esque debut, "Somebody Loves You," and now she's got even more love to share with her new single and video: "You're In Love."

Watch Betty Who's "You're In Love" video after the jump.

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Kanye West debuted two new songs, "New Slaves" and "Black Skinhead," from his album "Yeezus" over the weekend.

Kanye West broadcasted "New Slaves" all over the world on Friday, then performed it on "SNL" on Saturday.

When it comes to Kanye West, attention to detail is absolutely VITAL. Like, if you thought Kanye was serious about his giant coat collection, then you'd better believe that he's 10x as serious when it comes to music. (I mean, dude announced he and Kim Kardashian were having a baby on New Year's Eve! Dramatic entrances are clearly his forte.) Bearing that in mind, we really shouldn't have been surprised when Kanye projected his brand-new song/video, "New Slaves," from his forthcoming album, Yeezus, on 66 buildings across the world. Who thinks of this stuff?!

Watch Kanye West project "New Slaves" in New York, and watch him perform "New Slaves" and "Black Skinhead" on "SNL" after the jump.

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MTV Artist To Watch: Jake Bugg

Meet MTV's latest Artist To Watch: freewheeling alt-folk wunderkind Jake Bugg.

When The Telegraph calls you "an East Midlands Bob Dylan," you know you're doing something right. I'm referring to, of course, 19-year-old alt-folk singer Jake Bugg (aka Jacob Edwin Kennedy), a very young artist with a distinctly older, wiser sound. While other guys his age are busy emulating the British invasion via '90s boy band throwbacks *coughOneDirectioncough,* Bugg seems more interested in re-energizing vintage genres, and sonically channels everyone from -- yep -- Bob Dylan to The Beatles (albeit LATE Beatles) on his self-titled debut album.

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Selena Gomez performs "Come & Get It" at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.

Selena Gomez performs "Come & Get It" at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.

Award shows are kind of like high school -- watching from home is like being stuck at the nerdy table, but being at the actual event and hobnobbing with celebs is kind of like being asked to the senior prom as a freshman! Unfortunately we can't transport y'all to tonight's 2013 Billboard Music Awards, but we CAN provide you with the next best option: a beautifully curated list of the night's best, weirdest, prettiest, loudest, craziest, most rhinestone-studded and scandalous moments! So, without further delay, check out 10 of our favorite, most unforgettable moments from tonight's Billboard Music Awards!

1.) All-Justin Bieber-Everything: Tonight was DEFINITELY all about Justin Bieber! The 19-year-old singer performed twice -- once solo where he played a flight attendant (we DIE!!) for a performance of "Take You," and second, alongside his musical bestie/soul-mate/co-studded-jacket-wearer, will.i.am, for an epic collaboration of "#thatPOWER." Justin also took home a handful of of hardware -- Miley Cyrus presented The Biebs with Top Male Artist (also, did she or did she not MAJORLY roll her eyes after announcing him as the winner? Anyone?), and Cee Lo presented JB with the Milestone Award. Justin mayyyy have had one or two haters in the audience (did anyone else hear that chorus of boos?), but he's clearly doing just fine! Because in addition to Top Male Artist and the Milestone Award, Justin also snagged Top Social Artist award. Take that, anti-Beliebers! UPDATE: Miley's eye-roll was real!

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2.) Selena Gomez performs "Come & Get It": Controversial bindi and all, Selena Gomez took the stage at tonight's Billboard Awards to perform her smash "Come & Get It." Rather than her "Hunger Games"/Katniss' "Girl On Fire" ensemble, Sel rocked a floor-length gold gown. But don't think for a second that all that extra fabric stopped Selena from rolling on the floor and nailing her choreography with the best of 'em! Unfortunately, we were KINDA bummed when rumors that Selena and Justin were sitting together tonight didn't pan out, but watching her hug Taylor Swift when Tay won her Top Artist award totally made up for it. Kind of.

3.) Madonna DOES NOT/WILL NOT AGE: Madonna earned the Top Touring Artist award at tonight's 2013 Billboard Music Awards, and, as we suspected, THE LADY DOES NOT AGE. We spotted a total of 0.0 wrinkles, crow's feet, mannequin lines, and/or body fat, making her not only the top touring artist, but living breathing proof that the fountain of youth does exist in some faraway, remote location you have to have as much money as Madonna to get to. And to further cement her agelessness, Madge took the stage in chains, fur, fishnets, and NO PANTS to accept her award. #OurSpiritAnimal

4.) Taylor Swift performs "22" for the first time live and pauses for a DANCE BREAKDOWN with the Jabbawockeez: We've already seen Taylor Swift's "22" video, but we could not WAIT to watch the professional Diet Pepsi drinker perform her "live young and be free!" anthem live. Taylor arrived onstage via various modes of transportation (bike, clothing rack, hot model, etc.), where she not only wore the most adorable crystal-studded unicorn T-shirt ever (PROPS X 1000000), but she paused for a dance breakdown with "America's Best Dance Crew" Season 1 winners, The Jabbawockeez. We'll also say that girlfriend totally WON THE NIGHT! Tay snagged the Billboard Artist of the Year award, the Billboard 200 Album of the Year award, Female Artist of the Year, Top Digital Artist, and Top Billboard 200 Artist, as well as all the country awards! NO WORDS.

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Taylor Swift pulled off a unicorn shirt! (Not sure why, but she did!)

Check out more unforgettable moments from the 2013 Billboard Music Awards after the jump!

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Meet Matt Webb, an Ed Sheeran dead ringer who dominated a surprise freestyle rap battle before Kendrick Lamar's Hangout Fest set.

Sorry, Action Bronson. There's a new ginger rapper on the come up. You probably hadn't heard of him -- and still haven't -- unless you were one of about 10,000 people under the Boom Boom Tent at the Hangout Festival waiting for Kendrick Lamar's set to start. One of the few drawbacks to having a music festival on the beach is that, well, it takes a little effort to get to paradise, and Kendrick Lamar was running about 30 minutes late to his set due to a travel delay. So Sway, who was introducing Kendrick, took to the stage to keep the masses entertained. And what better way to keep an Alabama hip-hop beach party going than to stage an impromptu rap battle?

Which is where my new favorite ginger comes in. Sway scanned the audience for any potential young MCs in the crowd. A few young hopefuls rose up and spit a few bars and quickly sputtered out. Sorry, kids. No Kanye contracts for you. Until the final MC -- a redheaded Floridian in a black tank top -- stepped up to the mic and, without even a beat to rhyme against, dropped some "8 Mile" knowledge all over the stage in what was, if I may, probably the fifth-best hip-hop performance of 2013 Hangout Fest right behind Kendrick himself, Macklemore, The Roots, and Public Enemy.

Watch the rap game Ed Sheeran win Hangout Fest's spontaneous freestyle rap battle after the jump.

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Dillon Francis, on his "Suit & Tie" ish on a date with Chrissy Teigen at Hangout Fest.

I thought our list of reasons why we love Dillon Francis was pretty detailed and basically exhaustive to begin with. Dude loves cats, he's bros with Diplo (callll meeee!), I mean... he's adorable, he made one of the funniest music videos since "The Real Slim Shady," (did I mention the cats?) and he got to his Hangout Fest set with just minutes to spare. How could a dude get more perfect? Oh yeah -- he's into thrift shop.

Before he reported for duty as a special guest correspondent at Hangout Fest, we took Dillon Francis to a local thrift shop here in Gulf Shores, Ala. In keeping with the spirit of Macklemore (and, you could say, to echo the refrain of the 2013 sequester -- budget cuts, people), we wanted to save a few bucks but still spruce Dillon up before he met up with his Hangout Fest celebrity co-corespondent for the weekend, Chrissy Teigen!

Watch Dillon Francis visit a thrift shop and go on a date with Chrissy Teigen after the jump!

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I've been at Hangout Fest for two days so far, and my biggest complaint is that the three-day music festival on the Gulf Shores of Alabama (Google it, and then Google plane tickets, because this place is paradise) is just three days and not a week. So far, if you were here (and I was!), you caught Kendrick Lamar's roof-raising set, Kings Of Leon's life-affirming, South-reclaiming headlining Hangout set, The Roots flawlessly busting through "You Got Me" before covering GUNS N' ROSES, Delta Rae's scorching-hot performance (seriously, these people are Southern rock salvation AND they covered Fleetwood Mac), Public Enemy making it rain old-school hip-hop on Alabama and, you know, stuff like Chrissy Teigen on a waterslide! Because she's here, and why not?

Check out some of my favorite things that went down at Hangout Fest, and don't miss the third and final (sniff!) day of Hangout Fest -- we'll be streaming it live all day!

+ PUBLIC ENEMY PERFORMING "FIGHT THE POWER" AT HANGOUT FEST:

+ DELTA RAE PERFORMING "DANCE IN THE GRAVEYARD" AT HANGOUT FEST:

+ KINGS OF LEON PERFORMING "FANS" AT HANGOUT FEST:

+ KENDRICK LAMAR LEADING A CROWD OF THOUSANDS IN A CHANT OF "P**** AND PATRON"

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+ MACKLEMORE RIDING AN INFLATABLE WHALE WHILE PERFORMING "THRIFT SHOP" AT HANGOUT FEST:

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+ SUPERMODEL CHRISSY TEIGEN RIDING A WATERSLIDE!

... AND I MET THESE GUYS:

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Check out everything that went on at Hangout Fest 2013, including interviews, performances and getting chill from the Shores at Hangout.MTV.com.




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