Justin Bieber surprised Ariana Grande fans by making an appearance at one of her concerts to perform his 2013 song 'All That Matters'.
Bieber joined Grande at her show in Miami, Florida on Saturday (March 28).
Bieber had teased fans on Twitter
before his appearance, writing comments such as: "What am I up to???
:)" and "U guys have been asking for this for a while. Get ready".
After
taking to the stage, he suggested that he will be making another live
appearance soon, tweeting: "Thank you @ArianaGrande and thank you Miami.
I missed the stage. See u soon ;)".
He cryptically added: "Great night. Loved being back on stage. Miami I'm not done yet...."
Ozzy Osbourne has had to cancel his own festival in order to undergo surgery.
The Black Sabbath singer was scheduled to perform the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya from May 27-31.
Ozzfiesta - the Mexican leg of Ozzfest -
was due to take place at Riviera Maya's Hard Rock Hotel on May 27, but
the concert has now been cancelled, as the Black Sabbath frontman will
be undergoing surgery, and needs four weeks recovery time, according to
doctors.
Cool Breeze is offering refunds to people who purchased tickets to the event.
Osbourne will undergo surgery following shows in South America, which begin April 25.
Black Sabbath will play its final show on Nov. 22, headlining the second
day of Ozzfest at Japan's Makuhari Messe venue, outside Tokyo.
Rolling Stone
reports that the surgery is 'unspecified'. Osbourne will still be
playing a number of Monsters of Rock gigs in Brazil and Argentina at the
end of April, ahead of his medical treatment.
Black Sabbath will release one final album
in 2015, the follow-up to '13'. Frontman Osbourne says he understands
his bandmates desire to stop touring but that he is not ready to give up
yet. "[This will be] our last hurrah…then it's no more Sabbath at all.
We're disbanding the name and everything. They don't want to tour
anymore. I get it. But I love it. I'm gonna continue my solo thing,"
says Osbourne revealing that he is "in the process of collecting stuff
that I'm writing" for his next solo effort.
Black Sabbath have released 13 studio albums since forming in 1968. The
current line up of the band sees Osbourne and guitarist Tony Iommi
joined by third original member Geezer Butler on bass.
Cats are very specific when it comes to the type of music they like.
By Amanda Bernocco
Cats love listening to music as long as it's written in the right pitch and tempo.
Humans are the only ones who love a good tune?
What cat owner hasn't wondered what their pet was thinking?
It turns out cats probably are thinking their owner's taste in music stinks.
Cats can also appreciate a good beat - as long as it's written in their pitch and tempo, according to a new study.
A team of researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison studied 47
neutered, indoor cats at 23 homes that featured a range of breeds,
gender and ages, the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported.
The cats were played four sound samples. Two of the songs were
classical, and the other two songs were written specifically for cats by
David Teie, a University of Maryland composer.
"We know growls or threat sounds are in a lower range, so we wanted
to avoid those sounds. We picked tempos that would be interesting to
cats, the beat of purring," Charles Snowdon, the lead author of the
study, told the Journal Sentinel.
The results show that most cats love music, just not necessarily your music!
The study was published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science.
50 Cent and Rita Ora are in the film too. by Rob Markman
OK, we have good news and we have bad news — and we’re going to assume you want the good news first. Eminem has new music and we couldn’t be more excited; the bad news is, it may be a little while before you get to hear it in full.
Lucky for us though, the Rap God decided to bless us with a snippet
of his new tune at the end of a trailer for Jake Gyllenhaal’s new
Antoine Fuqua-directed flick “Southpaw.” Em hopped on Twitter
on Friday morning (Mar. 27) and perked our ears when he wrote: “Sneak
peek of some new stuff I’ve been working on in the @SouthPawMovie
trailer. World premiere!”
So of course we clicked the link and sat at the edge of our seats as
Gyllenhaal — who plays lefty boxing champ Billy “The Great” Hope — falls
from grace after his wife’s tragic death. It’s the ultimate fighter
flick, with appearances from 50 Cent and Rita Ora.
No shade, but imagine how much better “Rocky” would’ve been with a 50
Cent cameo — granted Fif was only a baby when “Rocky” was released, but
you catch our drift.
We don’t get the new Eminem song until the end and all we really hear
is Slim shouting out “I am phenomenal” over a dramatic synth, but it’s
better than nothing, right?
While he’s at it, maybe Em could drop a snippet for “Champions,” his upcoming collaboration with 50.
Today i decide to provide Kiesza as The Band Of the Day.
Kiesa Rae Ellestad (born 1989), better known by her stage name Kiesza,
is a Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer from Calgary who has most
recently worked out of New York City and London. She is best known for
her debut single “Hideaway”.
Personal life
Kiesza was born and raised in Calgary. Her last name Ellestad is Norwegian from her paternal side and her grandfather is from Fagernes in Norway. When she was 16 she took part in the Sail and Life Training Society (SALTS) program and a year later she joined the reserves of the Royal Canadian Navy along with her brother, becoming a NavCom (Naval Communicator). It was whilst she was at crew singalongs at the Navy that she taught herself to play guitar. Meanwhile, she also entered the Miss Universe Canada pageant. She stated that her time in the Navy motivated her to give away 4,500 CDs to Canadian troops serving in Afghanistan in 2008.
Kiesza took part in the Young Canadians, performing tap and jazz dancing, as well as theatre. She also trained as a ballerina, however, a knee injury at age 15 ended her ballet career. When Kiesza was 18, she says that her parents' divorce caused her to write her first song, as a way of expressing her feelings. The same year, she heard a song of hers played on the radio.
In an interview with the Metro, Kiesza claimed that she can trace her lineage to someone who fought alongside Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn, elaborating "There's a lot of Scottish people in Canada. Tons. My grandpa was of Scottish heritage - he was of the blackDouglases".
Music career
Early beginnings
Kiesza performing at Olympic Plaza in downtown Calgary, July 2007
CKUAFolk Routes host Tom Coxworth selected her to perform for a live audience and to be broadcast live on his radio show. Shortly after, she was accepted to the Selkirk College in Nelson, BC, where she studied keyboard, voice and guitar.Next, Kiesza obtained a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. After attending Berklee, she went to New York City in 2010 to advance her music career. Although Kiesza started as mainly a folk singer, after attending Berklee and then living in New York, she moved to a more "uptempo sound" for which she works with producer Rami Samir Afuni. In 2010 she was selected to play at the Canada Day celebrations at Trafalgar Square in London for 30,000 people.
In 2012, Kiesza released her first single after starting work with
Afuni in New York, a "disco-infused pop" single titled "Oops" about a
couple that had unprotected sex.
She labelled her style of music at the time as "SteamPop", described by
AjanWrites as "a flaming brew of bold, boisterous pop filled with
tongue-in-cheek lyrics". In a later 2014 interview, she said "Oops" was made as a joke.
Kiesza was featured in the single Triggerfinger by the Norwegian band Donkeyboy in 2013. She has also written for other artists, such as Rihanna, Kylie Minogue and Icona Pop.
In February 2014 Kiesza released the video for her new single "Hideaway" through the indie label Lokal Legend. Idolator considered it unique, for having a long take throughout the entire video, as Kiesza walked and danced through the streets of Brooklyn.John Gentile of Rolling Stone called the style "impressive".Kiesza reported to Rolling Stone that she had trouble making the video,
partly because she broke a rib just before filming, and "couldn't move
for an entire month afterward." It was premiered by Annie Mac on her Mac's Special Delivery segment on BBC Radio 1. "Hideaway" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart issued for 26 April 2014.
Shortly after "Hideaway" charted, Kiesza released a new video for her cover of Haddaway's song "What Is Love".Mike Bell of the Calgary Herald referred to her version of the song as a "jaw-droppingly gorgeous cover of Haddaway's 1993 dance smash What Is Love?" She performed a slowed down version, with a video showing her and
others, slowly revealed to be without clothes, to express "raw
emotions".
Kiesza's second single, "Giant in My Heart", premiered on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show on 13 June 2014. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number four.
Kiesza collaborated with Skrillex and Diplo
on the song "Take U There", which will be released as the first single
from a collaborative mixtape between the two producers. She co-wrote Gorgon City's "Go All Night", which features Jennifer Hudson singing her lyrics and will appear on the British duo's debut album, Sirens.
She has written several songs for Rihanna that may appear on her upcoming new album. She is also working with Loreen on her new album, which will be released in 2015. In addition, she will appear as a guest on Duran Duran's new album scheduled for a spring 2015 release.
In February 2014 Kiesza released the video for her new single "Hideaway" through the indie label Lokal Legend. Idolator considered it unique, for having a long take throughout the entire video, as Kiesza walked and danced through the streets of Brooklyn. John Gentile of Rolling Stone called the style "impressive".
Kiesza reported to Rolling Stone that she had trouble making the video,
partly because she broke a rib just before filming, and "couldn't move
for an entire month afterward." It was premiered by Annie Mac on her Mac's Special Delivery segment on BBC Radio 1. "Hideaway" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart issued for 26 April 2014.
Shortly after "Hideaway" charted, Kiesza released a new video for her cover of Haddaway's song "What Is Love". Mike Bell of the Calgary Herald referred to her version of the song as a "jaw-droppingly gorgeous cover of Haddaway's 1993 dance smash What Is Love?"
She performed a slowed down version, with a video showing her and
others, slowly revealed to be without clothes, to express "raw
emotions".
Kiesza's second single, "Giant in My Heart", premiered on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show on 13 June 2014. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number four.
Kiesza collaborated with Skrillex and Diplo
on the song "Take U There", which will be released as the first single
from a collaborative mixtape between the two producers. She co-wrote Gorgon City's "Go All Night", which features Jennifer Hudson singing her lyrics and will appear on the British duo's debut album, Sirens.
She has written several songs for Rihanna that may appear on her upcoming new album. She is also working with Loreen on her new album, which will be released in 2015. In addition, she will appear as a guest on Duran Duran's new album scheduled for a spring 2015 release.
Career beyond music
In 2014, Kiesza was selected to be the face of a new line of fashion eyewear called "Color Block" by retailer Fendi, appearing in a promotional video shot by Ruth Hogben.
The video "features Kiesza strolling on a treadmill against a painted
skyline, while singing and donning the double-framed, colourful
sunglasses." She announced plans to release her own line of fashion under the name "SteamPop" sometime in 2014.
Let's face it: Taylor's squad is fresh to death -- but we have some suggestions.
By Nova M. Bajamonti
Taylor Swift is one of the coolest cats in Hollywood and she’s got the squad
to back that statement up — see: Beyoncé, Lorde, Selena Gomez, Haim,
Karlie Kloss, Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld and more. We’re going to
need a minute to take in all that awesomeness, TBH.
Yes, it’s pretty much a fact that Tay has the greatest crew around,
but we have a few ideas when it comes to expanding her friend group with
even more #WCW-worthy girl crushes. We don’t know about you, but we
want Taylor to feel 22 every day alongside her brand-new besties!
Shay Mitchell (The ‘Tell All’ Friend)
Taylor Swift knows a thing or two about bullies. I mean, she did write a
song called “Mean.” You know, the one we all wanted to sing to certain
people back in high school. If anyone can relate, it’s Shay Mitchell —
who was bullied in school
and ate lunch alone. I’m sure they can bond over how far they’ve come
since HS — and how their bullies, um, have not. And they both love cooking things like pizza and pasta, so dishing on people while creating a dish sounds like a perfect girl date!
Lily Collins (The Mall Date Bestie)
If you were to Google “Taylor Swift twirling GIFs,” it’s safe to say
you’d get pretty jealous. She looks like a fairy in each and every one,
while us — well, watch out motion sickness. BUT, can’t you just picture
Lily Collins joining in on the action? They could go shopping together
to find perfect twirly dresses and then step out of the dressing room —
at the same time — twirling in slow motion. Chills down my spine.
Ashley Greene (The Adrenaline Junkie)
With all of Taylor Swift’s sold-out shows, countless interviews and
demanding rehearsals, she needs a break! We all know she loves to unwind
and recharge at the beach, but how about we skip the suntanning and opt
for an adrenaline-inducing adventure?! Paging Ashley Greene — she’s our
resident expert at how to get the heart pumping and
“Oh-My-God-This-Can’t-Be-Real-Life-Realness.” That’s right, we’re
talking about everything from cliff-diving to
surfing to hiking. She’s the kind of pal who will take you out of your
comfort zone and challenge you not to play it safe. Don’t worry about
that beach selfie Taylor, because you’ll be too busy diving to capture
it.
Zendaya (The Netflix Binge-Watcher)
We all have that one best friend in our lives with whom we can be our
complete (and sometimes too comfortable!) selves. We’re talking about
that intense side of us — the lazy, PJ-wearing, “pass the 3rd (or 4th!)
bag of Cheetos, please,” kind. Zendaya’s the right kind of gal pal for
Taylor Swift’s endless Netflix lounging days because they’re both way into “Law and Order.”
Fear not Taylor, you don’t have to watch alone anymore with Zendaya in
the mix. Plus: We have a hunch that there’ll be some homemade snacks and
DIY junk food ideas tossed around! Spicy peanut caramel corn anyone?
And yes, that’s actually a thing.
Victoria Justice (The Life of the Party)
Taylor is not known to take herself too seriously. Let’s be real — she
looks like she enjoys the VMAs more than the artists performing. She’s
always up for some spontaneous, fun plans — and is always down to bust
out some silly dance movies. Well, Victoria Justice loves to be quirky
and enjoy and own her weirdness, just like Taylor. Victoria’s favorite
hobbies are making videos, going on roller-coasters, and singing karaoke with her friends. One can only imagine the jokes these two could make together.
Lea Michele (Chef-in-Crime)
Despite her glamorous life, Taylor Swift is still the same
down-to-Earth, sweet, small-town girl she always was. Case in point: One
of her go-tos for a girl’s night (you know, not like we’ve been
Taylurking on her Insta or anything) is baking. Lea Michele can say
#YAAAAASS to that because she loves baking treats for her friends and family. Lea getting the sprinkles out while Taylor mixes the batter? Sounds like #teamworkgoals.
Shailene Woodley (The Crafty Gal-Pal)
If you’ve caught your jaw dropping at the packages Taylor surprises her
fans with and sometimes even delivers herself, it gets better! How about
instead of Taylor’s favorite candles, perfumes and body lotions, her
fans were gifted with homemade items. Calling our homegirl Shailene
Woodley, whose flower child ways inspire her to make her own body lotions, face oils and toothpaste. Watch out, Martha Stewart.
We hope you like our girl crush applications, Taylor!
Get ready ... Britney Spears live a wonderful time and she says "I've never been so happy." Except that, she announced the release of her new single! The song will be with Iggy Azalea. The single is expected on May 5, so please be patient.
The singer confirmed the release date in an interview to People, who spoke about some aspects of her personal life. "I've never been so happy," she said. And revealed her love for her children. "My children are my priority. The work I do at home comes first "all. I have developed a system to motivate them: if you have results, you will receive a gift a month. "
The
Brit also said that her children are doing very well with her new Amore
Charlie Ebersol, in which are together for six months. "Tied immediately and have fun too. I think it's really great to have him with us, with him are all more relaxed. "
All is well and wonderful in Britney's life. She set new priorities and will soon give us a new single. Patience until May 5th.
Singer Miley Cyrus wants to take a wrecking ball to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s “religious freedom” bill.
“You’re an asshole @govpenceIN,” Cyrus posted on Instagram on Thursday, alongside a headshot of the Republican governor.
“The only place that has more idiots that [sic] Instagram is in politics,” she continued.
Cyrus’
harsh words come after Pence signed legislation Thursday that would
allow people in Indiana to withhold their services for same-sex weddings
and other activities for religious reasons. Some say the bill allows
for businesses in Indiana to withhold services without government
intervention and others say it allows for discrimination against gays.
Cyrus
has been a vocal supporter of the right of same-sex couples to marry.
In 2011, the singer had a small equals sign tattooed on her ring finger
and tweeted a picture of her new ink with the caption “All LOVE is equal.”
“This
is America, the nation of dreams. We’re so proud of that. And yet
certain people are excluded. It’s just not right,” Cyrus wrote for Glamour magazine in a 2012 article titled “Why Miley Got Her Gay-Marriage Tattoo.”
“Why are the macho afraid to love muchoooo?!?” she said Thursday on Instagram.
Katy Perry sports a dark lip while hitting the red carpet at a screening of her upcoming special Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour held at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown LA on Thursday evening (March 26) in Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old entertainer is gearing up for the big special to on Saturday, March 28th @ 8PM ET on EPIX. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Katy Perry
“ARE YOU READY FOR SATURDAY?! 4 more days until #PrismaticOnEpix!” she recently tweeted.
You've
got to hand it to them -- singing superstars Katy Perry and Rihanna
have topped a list of celebrities with the most stylish fingernails.
Jennifer Lopez came in third, followed by Beyonce and Lady Gaga, while the Kardashians landed at number six.
According
to the survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by nail fashion expert Bundle
Monster, one in six has tried to imitate the nail colors and designs
they spot on celebrity nails.
Get your claws out: Singing superstar Katy Perry (pictured) has topped a list of celebrities with the most stylish fingernails
Ninety
four per cent now consider a manicure a luxury, but also a necessity.
Fifty-four percent believe nail care is just as important as hair care.
Fifty-five per cent get their nails done as many as three times a month, and 35 percent opt for a pedicure once a month.
Practicality
plays a role when shaping nails. What's in today are short, rounded
(42per cent) and short, squared off nails (38per cent).
Fifty-four per cent say long, pointed talons are a dated shape.
Sixty-seven
per cent spend upwards of $400 a year on just their nails. Eleven per
cent have actually taken time off from work to get a manicure or
pedicure.
Today i decide to provide Katy Perry as The Band Of the Day.
Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on 25 October 1984) is a
singer/songwriter from Santa Barbara, California, United States. Since
the release of her 2007 debut single “Ur So Gay”, Perry has released two
albums - 2008’s “One of the Boys” and 2010’s “Teenage Dream” - and has
had six Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit singles.
Under the name Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in
2001, which was unsuccessful. She later recorded an album with
production team The Matrix
and completed the majority of a solo album from 2004–05, the later of
which was never released. After signing with Capitol Music Group in
2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name
Katy Perry and released her first Internet single “Ur So Gay” that
November, which garnered public attention but failed to chart. She rose
to fame with the release of her second single “I Kissed a Girl” in 2008,
which went on to top international charts. Perry’s first mainstream
studio album One of the Boys followed later that year and
subsequently became the 33rd-best selling album worldwide of 2008. It
was accredited platinum certification by the Recording Industry
Association of America, while “I Kissed a Girl” and her second single
“Hot n Cold” both received multi-platinum certifications.
Her second studio album Teenage Dream was released in August
2010 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The album includes
five Billboard chart-toppers “California Gurls”, “Teenage Dream”,
“Firework”, and “E.T.” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”, making Teenage Dream only the second album - after Michael Jackson’s Bad
- to have five songs reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. With “E.T.” at
number one on the chart of May 12, 2011, Perry became the first artist
in history to spend 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard
Hot 100.
Perry was credited as a guest judge on the seventh series of British
television show The X Factor, has released a fragrance called “Purr”,
and voices Smurfette in the 2011 film The Smurfs. Perry had a long
relationship with Travie McCoy; she married Russell Brand
on October 23, 2010. After 14 months of marriage, Brand filed for
divorce from Perry on December 30, 2011, in Los Angeles, citing
irreconcilable differences. The divorce became effective in July 2012.
Ellinor Olovsdotter is a Swedish girl who never thought she’d be
making music. A wild moment of spontaneity found her singing over friend
and producer Tim Deneve’s beats (one half of Swedish producer duo,
Jungle) at a party. Deneve realized Ellinor could sing and asked her to
help him with his demos. Two friends making music quickly burned into a
molten musical fire as Ellinor morphed into Elliphant, igniting a
provocative pot of pop that found the singer signed to TEN Music Group
only six months later.
With a self-titled debut EP and debut album
that were only released overseas, Elliphant’s ascent has been a gradual
one. The recent worldwide release of her EP One More last fall
(which included the tantalizing title track featuring Danish singer
MØ), coupled with the trifecta of girl pop power of her tour with Charli XCX
and Femme, has Elliphant primed for a musical takeover as fierce and
guttural as her music. We caught up with the singer to talk the Swedish
music scene, her favorite way to get to know a city on tour, why
performing is comparable to sex, and what she looked forward to at this
past week’s SXSW festival.
What's the music scene in Stockholm like?It’s very big actually! It’s a lot of pop coming out of Sweden.
We have a big indie rock scene. We have a big metal scene. We have a
BIG Swedish hip-hop scene also! That’s probably about 50% of what’s on
the radio. We have a big music culture in Sweden. There’s a lot of
music!
Do you think the culture of your hometown has had an effect on your music?Oh,
I forgot to say we also have a big minimal house, techno progression
scene. I think I am very inspired by — at least with my lyrics — early
techno parties. When I was 16, 17, that was when I was at amazing
parties with people that welcomed me with dancing and beautiful, fluffy
pink clothes. I’m very inspired by the love, almost like that festival
love, in the electronic music scene. Also my sound is very big and I’m
not shy when it comes to adding electronic elements to my music.
Who are some of your favorite artists to have come out of Sweden’s music scene?There’s
many I really like! I think it’s amazing Tove Lo is doing so well!
She’s someone that I’ve been with in the same group of people and I love
seeing how much she’s grown. She’s been amazing for years — I’ve seen a
lot of performances by her. I really like the little bit more
underground but still commercial scene of Sweden as well. Seinabo Sey is growing big time! Jasmine — she’s so sweet and so incredible.
What were you like growing up? Was there a defining moment when you realized you wanted to pursue music as a career?Well,
I think when you grow up, sometimes you end up becoming exactly like
your family, and sometimes you revolt. My mom was so very great and so
into music. She was constantly, constantly playing music. She put all
her money into buying new records and sound equipment. She had a lot of
parties and would play music all the time. I think my sound is very
inspired by her, but I was so tired of music because all the time it was
right in front of my nose. Sometimes she had one CD playing in the
kitchen, one playing in the living room, and another one in her bedroom
at the same time. She was like ADHD with her music! I think it was too
much. I was never hunting for idols. I was never hunting for music. I
never had a big interest but I always appreciated a good song or a good
sound. And I loved going out to dance and have music around me and
getting shit-faced.
You describe your music as provocative pop. Can you elaborate a little more on what that means to you?I
call it provocative in the sense that I’m not really choosing a genre.
I’m not chasing a sound — I’m catching sound that comes my way from
producers and that interests me. You’ll probably not be able listen to
the whole album at the same kind of event. So I call it provocative
because it’s not a genre. It’s a wild pop project. The sound hasn’t made
up its mind at all because I have no set plan of what I’m doing and I
just want to be honest about that. I appreciate everything that comes my
way. So it’s provocative pop because it’s always going to have a bit
more attitude and always going to be changeable. It’s rock pop. It’s
hip-hop pop. It’s techno-pop.
Let’s talk about your EP One More. I love the title
track with MØ but another highlight for me is this triumphant, powerful
anthem “Save The Grey.” Can you elaborate a little on what that song is
about and what it means to you?“Save The Grey” is something
I thought about so much in my life — about greyness in the mind. I
think grey is very underestimated because it’s a very important place in
us and the new world doesn’t really have the patience for it. It
doesn’t really have a place for the grey mind. I look at all my fellow
people with different mind-related diagnoses and I see a lot of
experimental medication and how it’s not always helping people. It’s
dulling their spirit. I was diagnosed with ADHD so I’ve always been
fascinated with the grey of the mind. The fact that it’s always in the
grey zone where the creativity is going on and where choices are made.
The whole story is there. It’s in the grey space.
Also, when I
stand up for something as an artist, I want to focus on something I feel
is important. Animals and nature are everything to me. I’ve been very
lucky and done everything I wanted to do in my life, but it’s my biggest
dream — the only thing I’ve ever longed for in my entire life — to get
close to nature and animals. The grey animals in the world are very
endangered. They need help and I felt like I could help them, at least a
little bit by raising money under the “Save The Grey” project for the
endangered rhino, the elephant, the shark, the whale, and the wolf. I
hope to create many more songs on the subject, with other bands in
different ways to raise awareness. Maybe in the future we can have a
real foundation for these old, sensitive, wise animals. If we kill them,
I don’t know how we can survive that.
Is that why you landed on the name Elliphant? For your love of these endangered animals?I’m
very focused on animals. I always have been since I was a kid, talking
about animals, drawing animals, being obsessed with animals. I really
love elephants. I mean, how can you not? It’s the coolest fucking animal
on earth. I don’t really have a favorite animal, though, so the name
wasn’t really for elephants. There was a friend that I was going to make
music with and he began saying it. And at first I didn’t like it, but
then I thought you know, it’s really pretty cool. Over a beer I was
like, 'okay, let’s do that! Let’s be Elliphant!' For me, it was
important not to be Elli. A lot of Swedish artists, and especially
Swedish girls, are doing their artistic thing under their own names. I
just really wanted to expose myself so I didn’t want to have my name
[attached]. I just wanted to be something big and something that was a
contrast to me. It’s something you will remember: a Swedish girl named
Elliphant. I warmed up to it quickly and really love the name now.
You’ve
been on tour a lot recently (last year with Charli XCX and Femme, and
most recently across Europe). Do you have a favorite city or venue
you’ve played?That’s so hard! I actually don’t really have
favorites. Sometimes I have a favorite song but it’s over very quickly.
It’s the same with venues. Sometimes you’re in a really shitty venue and
you have the best show of your life. Sometimes you’re in this amazing
venue and the sound is just too good and you don’t get a vibe.
What's your favorite way to learn about a city or culture when you’re visiting? What’s your favorite thing to do in each city?I always try the local beer!
Usually, you’re there just one day and you use a lot of time traveling.
Usually we’ll go straight from the airport to the venue, have
soundcheck, do press, and then go to dinner. I’ll always try to have a
good dinner everywhere I go because if you go to a local, cool place you
get a pretty good vibe of the city in a short time. I go to the venue, I
go to the bars, I try the beer and eat the city’s food!
You’ve done so many live shows. How has your live show
evolved from your first show until now? What can an audience expect at
your live show? I think I don’t scream as much anymore.
Before I had no voice control at all and I was just so excited that I
couldn’t control myself. I would be exhausted after just two songs. My
heart would be racing. I’m now better at that, at controlling my
physical self and being a little bit more chill. Also nowadays, I have
this earpiece and I can listen to myself over the volumes which makes it
a little bit easier with the voice control. My set is still very much
me. I haven’t changed it too much. It’s still me and a DJ and it's still
really raw. I’ve done some production on some songs and made it a
little more effective on stage. And now I usually have a sound manager
with me that helps me with the sound of the songs. It’s cool stuff like
that. I didn’t evolve too much. Every night it still feels very new.
That moment is very new every time. It’s almost like having sex with
someone. Even if you have sex with someone for 20 years, as soon as you
meet a new person it’s going to be like you’ve never had sex ever
before. It’s going to be an entirely new experience. You open yourself
up like never before and it’s really intense and honest between artist
and fans. It’s just never the same every night, but still it’s the same.
You’re here in SXSW — have you ever been? And what are you looking forward to most?Yes,
I’ve been to Austin twice before! I don’t remember the name of the
place — it’s over the bridge, over the river, and you go a little bit
further and it’s this big warehouse. The people that have that venue are
so cool and I really love that space. The sound is almost too good.
It’s not so loud. Even if you’re at a punk show, you can still talk to
each other with the music playing. That’s definitely a super cool venue.
The performances there have always been so cool. And also Austin people
are so cool. I really love the audience and I have so much fun every
time I’m there. There’s a big sausage place there too! I’m so excited to
go there. Have you been? It’s a really big, cool, trendy place where
you can buy amazing sausage inside of the tent. It’s in the area of
where SXSW is. I don’t remember what it’s called though. They have the
most amazing sausage there. So I’m looking forward to that! [Ed. note:
We're guessing Banger's Sausage House and Beer Garden.]
You're performing SX. But is there anybody you’re looking forward to seeing play?Yes!
I always want to go and check out the Mad Decent show because there is
always new, cool bands playing and people to meet. It’s always wild fun
and a good party. I also feel like it’d be cool to see Tove Lo. I
haven’t checked too much because one of the best things about this
festival is you are in the zone. If you have too much planned, it’s
going to fuck your shit up a little bit. I think it’s good to just go
with the flow and fall into random shows and be a little bit
disorganized. I think it’s good to be a little bit wild! But my schedule
is crazy. I am doing a lot of shows so I just hope I have time to be a
little bit spontaneous and rumble around. It’s going to be so much fun.
I’m really excited!
Get extremely excited.
Realize that the only way to listen to “B—- Better Have My Money” is to download the Dubsmash app.
Fish iPhone out of the bottom of your purse.
Try to figure out if Dubsmash is free.
Learn that it is.
Download Dubsmash app.
Tell newly-downloaded app that you don’t want push notifications.
Press
play on “RIHANNA – BBHMM Intro” on strange new app, only to realize you
are blasting Rihanna singing the word “b—-” in front of co-workers.
Find headphones.
Press play again on “RIHANNA – BBHMM Intro.”
Feel confused when the music stops after five seconds.
Realize that this is, indeed, only the intro.
Press play on “RIHANNA – BBHMM outro,” by now knowing that it will only last five seconds, too.
Feel sad and duped by cheap marketing ploy.
Realize you’ll just have to wait for the song to leak online, which it inevitably will at some point. Maybe today. (Update: Here it is. While it lasts.)
Forget to delete Dubsmash from iPhone, only to have it mock you next time you go to play Angry Birds.
Here’s the cover art for the new single to hold you over:
PETITE is an international singer songwriter producing Nuvo-Jazzy Pop
in French and English. Leading it with angelic childlike vocals, she
is often compared to a post-modern Mia Farrow with a Brigitte Bardot
allure.
Petite’s debut video “NYC TIME”, co-directed by A.T.Mann
& Mexican photographer Napoleon Habeica (American Apparel), is
inspired by David Hamilton’s aesthetics and represents the voyage of
rhythm to NYC.
PETITE co-founded the band Terry Poison in 2006, releasing
hits such as “Comme Ci Comme Ca” and “Cinema”, performing worldwide,
the band opened for Depeche Mode, and played in various festivals such
as SXSW and Rock en Seine.
In her first solo project PETITE has already opened for such acts as
Mark Ronson, Hurts, and Uffie. She modeled for L’Oreal, Vogue and
Another Magazine.
Just days ago Kylie Minogue was in Sydney posing by the Harbour Bridge.
But
thanks to her jet-setting lifestyle, the Australian pop princess has
traded iconic structures for camels after arriving in Dubai.
The
46-year-old took to Instagram on Thursday to share an array of shots in
the United Arab Emirates, where she is visiting for her Kiss Me Once
world tour.
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All smiles: Kylie Minogue took to
Instagram on Thursday to share an array of snaps of herself in Dubai,
including this shot showing off her conservative outfit
In her first image, pint-sized Kylie can be seen standing in the desert, surrounded by sand.
One of the world’s best-loved artist Elliphant, a rising singer and rapper from
Sweden who is the star of the new Apple ad and set for big things in
2015. Have a look at her video One More ft. MØ.
It's
here! The #BANGERZTour DVD is now available everywhere! Awesome!!!! Relive your
favorite moments from the show and watch exclusive behind-the-scenes
footage. http://smarturl.it/BangerzDVDos
Rihanna performs during DirecTV Super Saturday Night hosted by
Mark Cuban's AXS TV and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan at
Pendergast Family Farm on Jan. 31, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for DirecTV
Rihanna has unleashed her new song. But you have to sign up to Dubsmash to hear it.
The Barbados-raised singer had earlier teased the release of "Bitch
Better Have My Money” (or “BBHMM”), her new single. RiRi shared news in
the small hours of its release on Dubsmash, an app where users can video
themselves lip-syncing to tunes. At the time of writing, the song
hadn’t leaked in full though snippets can be heard through the iTunes
link in her tweet. The pop star recently shared details
on her forthcoming eighth studio album. "I've made a lot of songs that
are just really, really big songs. From the jump, they just blow up,"
she told MTV about the album. "And I wanted to kind of get back to - not
that they weren't real music, but I just wanted to focus on things that
felt real, that felt soulful, that felt forever." Rihanna also noted
that the release will have a "timeless" vibe to it.
