Obsessively blogging about pop music, pop videos, pop stars, and pop culture from inside the MTV headquarters in Times Square. We also have a slight Jonas Brothers problem. And a little fixation with Tokio Hotel.
Ke$ha is a bad girl gone worse. Last night's makeup and glitter still liberally applied to her face, she's putting off the morning after by charging right into the next night.
Ke$ha (real name Kesha Sebert) is a California girl. With a musical family, she was probably bound to wind up on stage and in front of the camera but, credit to her, her rise has been hard-earned.
Now she's on her own, and by the looks of the video for her debut single, "Tik Tok," she plays as hard as it works. It's a down-and-dirty electro jam with Auto-Tune flirtations. Check out Ke$sha's "Tik Tok" video below, and watch Ke$ha's live MTV UK video performance.
Watch Britney's performance from the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards, and stay tuned to Buzzworthy for lots more from tomorrow's 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin!
Britney JUST dropped her brand-new video, "3," and it's like she went to the sexy Olympics and took home the gold medal. Thanks, Brit, for skipping the sexy-cute dress-up antics of your "If U Seek Amy" and "Womanizer" videos and going back to your dance roots in your hottest video since "I'm A Slave 4 U."
Watch Britney's "3" video, directed by Diane Martel, now.
Now that a handful of hot shots from Britney's new "3" video have emerged, I'm already plotting ways to steal Britney's style. Britney's body? I'm far too lazy for that. (Moar pizza? Don't mind if I do!) But Britney's black textured, patterned tights? That I could certainly do.
Check out two pairs of Halloween-ready, net-and-lace tights inspired by Britney's "3" video.
Britney Spears' brand-new single, "3" -- from her upcoming The Singles Collection, due out on November 24 -- shot to the No.1 spot of the Billboard 100 yesterday. And now Britney's keeping us guessing what the "3" video will look like, revealing only a few shots from the "3" video set.
Now that you've had time to watch... and re-watch Miley Cyrus' latest video, "Party In The U.S.A," here are five things -- from Britney Spears in school to Rihanna to Lenny Kravitz -- you might not know about the addictive track.
1.) The video was directed by Chris Applebaum, which you probably know, but Chris Applebaum also directed Rihanna's legendary "Umbrella" video, Paris Hilton's spooftastic Carl's Junior commercial -- which got banned after being called too porny -- as well as Britney Spears' "Overprotected" and "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" videos. Unsurprisingly, Miley shouts out Britney in the lyrics of "Party In The U.S.A," celebrates her Southern heritage, and took to Twitter to thank her fans for the Britney comparisons when they came pouring in after her pole-tastic performance at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.
2.) Miley's "Party In The U.S.A" video isn't the first video to use a dusty road the American flag as a backdrop. Lenny Kravitz did it exactly 10 years ago in the 1999 video for his Grammy-winning single, "American Woman."
3.) Miley's "Party In The U.S.A." video was inspired by the movie Grease. Grease, which is one of Miley's favorite movies, starred John Travolta, with whom Miley worked with in the movie Bolt 20 years after Grease's release. The Grease song "Hopelessly Devoted to You" was nominated for a 1979 Academy Award for Best Music - Original Song. Bolt was nominated for a 2008 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature but lost to WALL•E.
4.) The party in "Party In The U.S.A." takes place in Hollywood, and while the Grease-inspired "Party In The U.S.A." video is set in the South of Miley's upbringing, one of the high schools where the movie Grease was filmed was Venice High School in Los Angeles. Not only were the movies Pretty In Pink and Heathers filmed there, but Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" video was filmed there too.
5.) Miley's "Party In The U.S.A." video is also centered around a drive-in movie, if you can believe such a concept ACTUALLY existed. (No, they didn't just exist in the movie Grease.) Apparently when they were first dating, Miley's parents, Billy Ray and Tish, frequented a drive-in theater in Kentucky. To date, there are approximately 11 drive-in theaters in Kentucky and about 15 in Miley's home state of Tennessee.
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."
These days, in terms of videos, Britney Spears typically delivers on a Futuresex/Lovesounds tip; forward-thinking, highly choreographed, edgy clips that compliment the sexy, robotic sound she's settled into. But, in light of the announcement that November 24th will see the release of Spears' 19-track The Singles Collection (which will highlight most of her decade-long run of hits) we thought we'd bring it all back home with this homey clip for "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart." It's a sentimental ballad about the loss of a first love. The video, directed by Gregory Dark, is a suitably soft-focus affair. Enjoy this trip down Britney lane.
And be sure to check out the Britney Spears videography below.
The 2009 VMAs were packed with OMG moments, some intentional -- Janet Jackson's tribute to Michael Jackson, Beyonce's "Single Ladies" army, Lady Gaga's fake death -- some not -- Kanye's Taylor Swift hijack. But there were lots of VMA moments you may've missed.
Check out 10 moments from the 2009 VMAs that you might've missed.
4.) Jennifer Lopez's face-to-face encounter with her ex! Cris Judd was one of the dancers in Janet's Michael Jackson tribute, and Jennifer Lopez was sitting right in front of the stage.
Just off stage left at Radio City is a tiny closet with a small crawl space off to its side. A poster of Gwen Stefani (Tragic Kingdom era) hangs on the wall, and underneath that sits a few stacks of generic-looking cardboard boxes. Inside those boxes are the silver statues owned by the likes of BritneyBeyonce, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and 25 years worth of MTV artists. Behold, we've located and unboxed the 2009 MTV VMA Moonmen. And they're currently sitting in a tiny production closet in Radio City until they go home with their rightful owners tomorrow night.
The winners' names aren't on the Moonmen. Sorry to disappoint you if you're looking for spoilers. And on that note, that list of VMA winners floating around is NOT REAL. But what is real is how incredibly HEAVY MTV Moonmen are!
When I tried picking up a Moonman (for best blogger??? OMGGGG thanks!! Jk), I went in for a casual one-hand grip. Joke was on me. Turns out a Moonman weighs at least 8 pounds if not more. If the Golden Popcorn's made by the same people who make the Moonman, I now see why Kristen Stewart almost dropped her MTV Movie Award.
Watch the MTV VMas tomorrow night at 9 p.m. EST to see who'll get a Moonman.
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