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We hipped you to 3Oh!3's "Starstukk" video, featuring Katy Perry a little while back, so you should know the deal already: 3Oh!3 score a Katy Perry feature for this jam about a love that knows no name (because these dudes are not trying to know your name, they are trying to keep it real. Real casual, you know?).

"Starstrukk" is a whirlwind of imagery and emotion. Like a suburban version of LMFAO, 3Oh!3 get dumb by a magical wishing well, taking advantage of its power to draw women to those men with the foresight to pull said gals' pennies out of the water.

There's also some hysterical/stoopit sequences involving the boys eating sushi while mountain climbing and skeet shooting their own records. Also: Katy Perry singing in a fountain. All hail the genius of 3Oh!3.

LMFAO's Redfoo And Sky Blu take a break from partying with the Real World cast in Cancun, being in Miami, being in Miami on It's On With Alexa Chung, and all points in between to discuss their wall of panties (are yours up there?), demo some UFC moves, and most importantly, discuss the Red Foo penis pump -- ask for it by name! --  and Redfoo's official package-handling skills.

Plus, Redfoo models the hottest looks in reach-around apparel in this brand-new MTV Buzzworthy Blog "The 5" interview.

"Buddy jogging" is so ridiculously '80s. Also ridiculous? Fall Out Boy's slightly postmodern, totally self-aware new video, "A Weekend at Pete Rose's (Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet)," directed by Shane Valdés.

The viral video -- (obviously it's viral -- they posted it like a hot second ago, and here I am posting it), stars Panic! At The Disco's (Version 3.0) Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith schlepping "dead" Pete Wentz around Hollywood, which is possibly someone's idea of wish fulfillment.

Obviously the video's a salute to A Weekend At Bernie's (no, you don't need to dig too deep nor be a film historian to figure that out), and it's my favorite new video inspired by a movie. (Last week that honor went to  LMFAO's "La La La," but clearly they've been trumped.)

If the sexified hair and glasses didn't convey this already, LMFAO's Sky Blu has some serious good taste: In the group's new video, "La La La," inspired by the late John Hughes, Redfoo, with some intense keyboard tappage, programs the ultimate "virtual woman" experience, Weird Science-style; and Sky Blu chooses Chelsea Korka from The Paradiso Girls (that's my girl!) for his first go-around.

Overall, the video's a hilarious composite of '80s concepts of the future, in all their neon pixelated glory. For the uninitiated, I would describe LMFAO as a cross between Chromeo and Brett and Jemaine from Flight of The Conchords. The late John Hughes inspired the LMFAO "La La La" video, and in a strange and sad turn of events, Redfoo and Sky Blu actually spoke to MTV's Tim Kash about their Weird Science concept, unknowingly, on the day Hughes died.

Also, point of contention: Chelsea's look lends itself to more of a '90s feel than an '80s look -- girl is channeling some straight-up Kelly Kapowski from Saved By The Bell. You can see it, right? That is straight hotness, Chels. (And the booty shake? To think Robin Antin said you couldn't dance...)

Even without the Dade County sand and surf, even without the Red Bull and polka-dot bikinis, LMFAO still brought the essence and really-realness of their breakthrough hit, "I'm In Miami Trick" to It's On With Alexa Chung in New York. There was also no Twister mat on the It's On With Alexa Chung set, but Redfoo and Sky Blu's not-so-subtle apparel (did Sienna Miller perhaps leave her animal-print pants behind in the dressing room?) helped illustrate their point that whether literally or just figuratively, dudes be in Miami.

+ Watch LMFAO perform "I'm In Miami Trick" (even though they weren't) on yesterday's episode of It's On With Alexa Chung.

Girl, you look so nice, Sean Paul said it twice... er... like, 20 times. In his brand-new video, "So Fine," dancehall crossover kingpin Sean Paul cashes in on one of his most marketable selling points -- his ability to say the same thing over and over and over again and, as if by magic, make the act of repetition not annoying but somehow, hypnotically mesmerizing. Dude should bottle and sell that juice. Oh wait -- he has: Sean Paul's sold over 11 million albums worldwide.

His highly anticipated next album, Imperial Blaze, is due out August 18, 2009, with "So Fine" as its official first single. Check out the equally mesmerizing, ultra-'80s-inspired video, "So Fine," directed by Ray Kay (Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and LMFAO "I'm In Miami, Trick") before Imperial Blaze drops.

Los Angeles bros Sky Blu and Redfoo, aka LMFAO, are on a mission to wash away the seriousness of the world with Party Rock. What is Party Rock? It's music, clothing, and a way of thinking. It's a vibe. And these two are so wrapped up in their mission, that you'd think they were one superhuman. No, seriously, like we couldn't tell which one was talking when. So when you picture this interview in your mind, picture two bodies, a head and one gigantic afro. Deal?

Buzzworthy: How did you get to be best friends?

LMFAO: You know how you play that game? With the guy and the face? You make the mustache on his face? That's how we came together. The magnets attract. I'll tell you what really brought us together. Simply the music. And we both like sports. But we'd freestyle! We'd battle each other! We'd tape it and play it for people and see who got the most applause. But when we really became besties was the first trip to Miami. Every day, same motel. Same bed sometimes.

BUZZWORTHY: Are you famous yet?
LMFAO: Um, I'd have to say... HELL yeah we're famous! There's levels of fame. We're not at the Paris Hilton level. Or the Barack Obama level. Or the Jesus level (although that's the level we're shooting for). You know, one time we went into a place and one person recognized us. We said wow, I can't wait until two people recognize us. Now every day we could have at least one person recognize us. You know. From somewhere. Whether it be someone down the street or a sister or my mom.

Buzzworthy: What has been the most surprising part of getting there?
LMFAO: In art school, what if I turned in a blank canvas? Would that win the art competition? Maybe the surprise is that there are no surprises.

Buzzworthy: When you remix a song, is it because it's not good enough?
LMFAO: Ooh, that sounds like a trap! Next question? Yes. We don't think it's good enough. FOR the club. I'm not gonna remix "Billie Jean." I'm not gonna remix "PYT." There's no reason to. You're already dancing. We take songs that weren't necessarily dance-able -- not one booty clap -- you know, you're not gonna get a booty clap at 60 beats per minute.

Buzzworthy: Pitbull and Jermaine Dupri, among others, have remixed "I'm In Miami Trick." What's that like?

LMFAO: We love it. We take it as a compliment. It's very interesting, coming as a new artist, when you hear an already established artist that is very famous and very popular, imitating your style and your flow and your rhyme scheme. It's like, wow, you know? That is very flattering. But we're careful about how the songs come out. We let people jump on it AFTER the song's been branded to us. One time Paris Hilton told us she went to Atlanta and Jermaine Dupri was spinning. The song came on and Jermaine was like, "Yo baby girl this is my song, this is my song!" And she was like, "No it's not. Those are my boys LMFAO. What are you talking about?" Made us feel like we did it right. But yeah. We love it. It makes your song more popular.

Buzzworthy: Who would be your ultimate choice to remix one of your songs?
LMFAO: Justice.

You know, I have to go somewhere else. The bloody ones... The Bloody Beetroots. Maybe they could do something together... Bloody Justice?

Buzzworthy: Is "I'm In Miami Trick" based on actual events?
LMFAO: Actually, we're like fortune cookies. Because we said this is what we want to happen and then it did. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy. We never played naked Twister before the song. After the song, we have naked Twister every week, five o'clock on Sunday.

Buzzworthy: What are your Spring Break plans?
LMFAO: A whole week in Cancun with MTV! I plan on being naked. We're scheduled for one day, but we wanna spend a whole week because we have a lot to offer to Cancun. We have the boom boom.

Buzzworthy: How did your clothing line come to be? Is it more or less important to you than music?
LMFAO: That's like asking is your foot more important than your hand. Party Rock is a vibe. Music, clothing, a way of thinking... It's all one in the big scheme of things. Why is it all one? Because generally speaking, you're clothed when you're making music. So if you're wearing a suit and you're making party music, you're faking it. You have to wear the clothes of the type of music you're making. If i was making gospel, you might see me in a nice flowing robe and some sandals, with a Jesus piece and a glass of wine. I would eat a wafer with some hot sauce. I always brought salsa to church just for that. He'd offer the wafer and I'd say, "Not yet. Put it in my Picante."

Buzzworthy: How would you describe your style (fashion-wise)?
LMFAO: Party rock. Stuff that you'd rock at a party. Simple.

Buzzworthy: What do you feel very serious about?
LMFAO: To tell the truth, I feel very serious about not being serious. Because, if you're too serious, you're delirious, like ga-ga-GAH-GaHH-ERRRGGGGHHHH! I'm very serious about my party. You know? Where are the chips? Where are the f---ing chips? We're throwing a party here. Where's the punch? What the F--- is wrong with you?

I say this to the serious people in the world: Go to a club, meet a fine beautiful lady, take her out the next day, get your Cool Water cologne, your Old Spice, go take her to the best restaurant in town, make sure it's very quiet, you have a candle lit, order the veal. Then fart at the table. Then walk away. You will get laid.

+ Watch LMFAO's "I'm In Miami Trick" Video.

Is it just me or do LMFAO look vaaaguely familiar? Maybe that's because, although bands come and go, the great cosmic party that they all tap into is eternal... Right maaan? These afroheads in their custom-made clothes and lens-less screwball sunglasses have been lighting up L.A. all winter with jams about Miami. LMFAO, who call themselves Redfoo and Sky Blu, got their unlikely acro-name from one of their grandmas. Sky Blu's mom just hates it. Anyway, here's why they're all hung up on Miami:

“We came back to LA [from a trip to Miami] and things were different,” Redfoo says. "There were a couple of days where it dropped down to 55, 60 degrees and people were like, ‘Why are you wearing shorts you idiot It’s cold.’ We replied with a pimps bottom lip "No stress baby, I'm In Miami Bitch!!!!..."

Ohhh. Get it now? You can get all these facts any old place. How about you check out the "I'm In Miami Trick" video right now, and keep an eye out for an exclusive Buzzworthy/LMFAO interview.