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One of the truly amazing things about Twitter is the insight it gives us into the minds of our favorite celebrities. And we aren't just talking about their tweets. Many celebs choose to express themselves in their profile pics, in weird, unique and fascinating ways. Let's take a look at some of the best (and strangest).

1.) Nelly, who goes by @nelly_mo, comes prepared for the next Twitter outage.

2.) Kevin Jonas: As the Jonas Brother with the lowest profile, @KEVINJONAS keeps up appearances by not making one in his Twitter profile pic. Instead we get a shot of his and wife Danielle Deleasa's yorkie, Riley.

3.) Trey Songz: You'd think @treysongz, the inventor of sex, could afford a nicer digital camera!

4.) Tyrese: @Tyrese's Twitter profile pic is only kinda safe for work. (View it here). Tyrese shows an affinity for online "animation" with this .gif.

5.) Kellan Lutz: "Twilight" star @kellanlutz does not look, um ... nearly vampire-y enough.

6.)  VV Brown: Nice hat, @VVbrown!

7.) Dan Coddaire: The Set Your Goals guitarist, who goes by @danthejew, discovered the effects tool on iPhoto with this pic. Who hasn't had fun with that?

8.) Justin Pierre: That is not actually the Motion City Soundtrack lead singer, AKA @JCPMCS. But he seems like a chill dude just the same, which must be why Pierre made him his profile pic.

9.) Jessica Simpson: Technically this is Jessica's background image, not her profile pic. But just the same, no image quite depicts @jessicasimpson's charms and ability to laugh at herself like this one.

10.) Kanye West: Honorable mention, since he just joined Twitter today (follow him @KanyeWest). Kanye's profile image is the artwork for his most recent single, "Power."

Tags Jessica Simpson, Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Kellan Lutz, Kevin Jonas, Motion-City-Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, Trey Songz, Twilight, Twitter, Tyrese, VV Brown

Florida emo-rockers We The Kings are still on the way up fame's fickle ladder, so they probably don't have to deal with too many photographers stalking their every move and constantly sticking flashbulbs in their faces—or have they?

The group recently took time out from touring behind their latest album Smile Kid, and performed an acoustic cover of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" for Billboard's Mash-Up Monday web feature. Using the simple arrangement of bongos and acoustic guitars, We The Kings get to the lovelorn-and-lonely heart of Gaga's tune, which is an aspect that often gets overlooked by the song's musical bells and whistles.

We The Kings singer Travis Clark also adds a layer of wistfulness to the somewhat creepy lyrics. In other words, this is a great take on a fantastic song. Check out the video below. Plus, for a bonus Gaga cover, prepare to be awed by Set Your Goals' kazoo-crazy take on "Just Dance."

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Can't wait for Motion City Soundtrack's U.S. tour in April? Well we can totally tide you over until then.

As previously mentioned, team Buzzworthy was embedded on the frontlines with camp Motion City Soundtrack when they played at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza with their pals The Swellers, This Providence and Set Your Goals. We got in deep to deliver a great preview feast of what will come in the Spring.

We hung out with the bands before and after the gig (see photos); recorded some of their sets (Motion City Soundtrack's, plus all the opening band pals) and even interviewed the groups on various subjects from their musical influences and stage fright to being on the road. Here's a taste of six MCS songs including, "Disappear" and "The Future Freaks Me Out."

More videos from the show after the jump.
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Tags Motion-City-Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, The Swellers, This Providence

We promised you more Motion City Soundtrack and we weren't fooling. Yesterday we gave you a sneak peek of the MCS track, "Disappear," taped earlier this month at the The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza.

Tomorrow, Thursday, February 18, we'll reveal the entire show, which includes several Motion City Soundtrack live cuts, plus performances by The Swellers, This Providence, Set Your Goals and backstage interviews with all the bands. Oh, did we mention we'll have photos of the entire event, too?

To further whet your appetite, here's a taste of the MCS classic cut "The Future Freaks Me Out" and a clip of frontman Justin Pierre discussing his constant pre-show jitters. The singer says, "Directly before the show I panic," but after all these years it's finally, "getting better." You surely can't tell when he hits the stage. More tomorrow.

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Just two weeks ago, Buzzworthy faves Motion City Soundtrack came to the Big Apple to play a gig at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, and we shot the entire show -- which also featured performances by The Swellers, This Providence and Lady Gaga lovers, Set Your Goals. We hung out with the bands before and after the show, talked to fans and were embedded deep within camp MCS.

We'll be dropping the full concert -- featuring performances by all the bands and backstage footage -- on Thursday, February 18, but in the meantime we thought we'd give you a sneak peek at Motion City Soundtrack's live performance of "Disappear." Tune in tomorrow for more footage from the show and then again on Thursday for the whole set. It's a weighty meal, trust us!

Tags Motion-City-Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, The Swellers, This Providence, video

We already know two things about the Bay Area punk rock six-piece Set Your Goals: 1.) Their mosh-ready video for "This Will Be The Death Of Us" (the title track from their 2009 album) rules, and 2.) They are do a mean kazoo-fueled cover of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance."

But that's not enough, right? Right. So we sat down with Set Your Goals to learn five more things about the band. Luckily we have a platform for such investigations; it's called "The 5."

In this episode of "The 5," Set Your Goals talk about their humble beginnings as a competitive kazoo sextet (LOLs!), their roots in the Bay Area hardcore punk rock scene (and their time spent in earlier hardcore outfits like  Sworn Vengeance). Later, vocalist Matt Wilson talks about faking his own death (!) and the whole band pledges their allegiance to a certain Southern mall smoothie operation. And then things get REALLY hairy.

Check out the MTV Buzzworthy interview with Set Your Goals, and watch their "This Will Be The Death Of Us" video below.

Tags Lady Gaga, Set Your Goals, The 5, video

(Credit: Scott Gries/ MTV)

When Set Your Goals comes to visit you at MTV, there's no telling what they'll bring with them. Could be tour war stories. Could be a special friend. Could be enough kazoos to go around. Turns out the Bay Area boys brought all of the above, AND they gave us a free acoustic show... But they didn't do something off This Will Be the Death of Us. Instead, they blew a kazoo cover of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance." (If only they'd encored with "Poker Face" -- You haven't lived until you've heard the phrase "I'm bluffin' with my muffin" get chopped and screwed through a little plastic vibrating wind instrument... set to the lips of Set Your Goals.)

Watch Set Your Goal's "Just Dance" Gaga kazoo cover, watch Set Your Goals' "This Will Be The Death Of Us" video, and stay tuned for Set Your Goals' MTV Buzzworthy interview, coming next week.

Tags Lady Gaga, Set Your Goals, video

(Credit: Scott Gries/ MTV)

Sometimes the walls close in, the pressure and temperature rise, it all gets too much, and the need to mosh becomes most apparent.

Look, I like an engaging narrative in my music video as much as the next bro. There's nothing like a love story, or a comical mishap or two people shooting machine guns while walking towards one another to get me interested in a clip. But sometimes, if the tune is right, you don't need all the ornamentation.

San Fran band Set Your Goals know this. That's why their not-so-new, but still rad video for "This Will Be The Death Of Us" (taken from the '09 album of the same name) more or less cuts to the chase and gets to the moshing. Even if it's just in my chair.

After some brief emoting by singer Matt Wilson, the hammer drops in the chorus and singer Jordan Brown (yeah, TWO SINGERS) whips the gathered horde into a frothing, camel-kicking fury, as he sings about "terrible lies." Lies are a major trope of hardcore punk rock.

Set Your Goals are currently on tour with Motion City Soundtrack. Stay tuned for full-length performance footage from Set Your Goals' live show with Motion City Soundtrack at New York's Irving Plaza from Tuesday, February 2.

Tags Motion-City-Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, video, WTF video