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- Ke$ha Dances With Snakes For 'Your Love Is My Drug' Video
- Green Day Say 'American Idiot' Musical Is 'In Your Face'
- Lil Wayne Gives Tity Boi A Kanye West-Produced Track For New Tape
- Laura Bell Bundy Is Happy To Shelve Broadway for Country Music
- Lil Wayne's 'I'm Single' Video Premieres
- Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert Win Big At Academy Of Country Music Awards
- Lady Antebellum Talk Crossover Success After Five ACM Wins
| Ke$ha Dances With Snakes For 'Your Love Is My Drug' Video Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:52 AM PDT 'This is the video where I really got to play with animals and a hot bearded guy in the desert,' the singer says.
Recently, photos of Ke$ha prancing around the desert for her "Your Love Is My Drug" video hit the Web and fans immediately began to wonder what the singer had planned for the clip. MTV News got a few details from the singer herself about the sexy video.
"In my video for 'Your Love Is My Drug,' it has a lot of animals in it, so that's exciting 'cause I'm a huge animal lover and I get to actually, like, hang out and ride and perform with animals," she said about the clip, shot in Lancaster, California, last week. "For more details, check out my video," she added. However, we were able to get a few more details out of the singer. "I am wearing an animal mask," Ke$ha continued. "I'll give away one of them. I do get to perform glowing in the dark, in a cave, with a python wrapped around my body. So if that's not sexy, I don't know what is." She says the video will also help to clear up any theories as to why she named her debut Animal. "I love animals — that's why my record's called Animal. People have their theories about why I called my record Animal — it's really just because I'm obsessed with animals and I feel like I am an animal and I want to bring that out in people," she said. "So this is the video where I really got to play with animals and a hot bearded guy in the desert. It's so good! Just watch it!" Are you excited to see Ke$ha's new video? Let us know in the comments below! Related Videos Related Photos |
| Green Day Say 'American Idiot' Musical Is 'In Your Face' Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:52 AM PDT 'It's a record that's coming to life,' frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tells MTV News.
They've already promised that the Broadway version of their American Idiot album isn't going to be "a rated-PG affair," but now Green Day are taking it one step further, telling their fans why they should make their way to New York to catch the musical. "I think it's the same reason why you would want to go see a band play live, you know? It's a record that's coming to life, it's in your face, and it's a story. You're seeing a good movie," frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said. "It's a great story, and it's going to move you. ... That's what American Idiot does. That's what it does in the music, and that's what it's going to do onstage."
And based on early accounts, Armstrong is right. The stage version of "Idiot" doesn't officially open until Tuesday at the St. James Theatre, but the band — and director Michael Mayer — have been tinkering with it in rehearsals since last month. And with an A-list cast of actors, a bombastic soundtrack (which features songs from Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown and a couple of Green Day B-sides) and a book that doesn't shy away from the political or the personal, it's already looking like an explosive show — the kind of thing that very well may turn Broadway on its ear. Make no mistake about it, this isn't your parents' musical. It's something new, something controversial, which is yet another reason Green Day want you to see it. After all, they're hoping to change your entire worldview. Or at least shove you off the couch. "You know, it is real life," bassist Mike Dirnt said. "There is a saying that if theater is life and movies are entertainment, then television is furniture." Will you head to New York to see "American Idiot"? Let us know in the comments! Related Videos |
| Lil Wayne Gives Tity Boi A Kanye West-Produced Track For New Tape Posted: 19 Apr 2010 03:52 AM PDT Playaz Circle rapper calls Me Against the World 2: Codeine Withdrawal 'conceptual,' in Mixtape Daily.
This Week's Main Pick Street King: Tity Boi Holding It Down For: ATL, Southside Mixtape: Me Against the World 2: Codeine Withdrawal
Real Spit: "Twoooooo Chains!" The name just has a ring to it. Especially when Disturbing Tha Peace member Tity Boi yells it out in the streets. He walked down the street in Times Square telling everyone to watch their step because he had swag dripping all over the place. Don't sue if you slip, he warned. You see the two chains swinging 'round his neck! "The name of the tape is Me Against the World 2: Codeine Withdrawal," he said. "If anybody has been following what I have been doing on mixtapes, I've been following in the concept and the team of what 'Pac was doing. Not in the music, but with his titles. I had mixtapes come out called Trapavelli then dropped a double disc called All Ice on Me. The music is pure, straight form the heart. A chance for me to get my solo outlet out. Not breaking up Playaz Circle or nothing like that. Just getting a few things off my shoulders, ya dig? "It's conceptual. ... The subtitle is Codeine Withdrawal," he explained. "If anybody ever been into the epic of the lean, the sizzurp era, that's what's going down on the south side of Atlanta right now. A lot of cats really stopped drinking liquor, and they switched to a fruitier-tasting drink over ice. This tape, being that we were going so hard drinking syrup, it's like a drought. So I was like, 'You know what? They have habits [and some people can't function].' I did my whole tape without the assistance of what I've been doing for a couple of years. I still smoked, but the title is Codeine Withdrawal. I've had a few people tell me, 'Slow down, you moving too fast.' I slowed down. I got a little girl. It is what it is. Full of 'hood classics." Tity Boi made his tape with DJ Black Bill Gates. TB also has the album Flight 360 out right now with his partner Dolla Boy. Joints to Check For 1. "Lo Boots." " 'Hood classic soon as it dropped," Tity said. "A lot of my style comes through me rapping about fashion. A lot of my stuff was 'Gucci this, Louis that.' What I was doing was making the bootleggers rich. 'Cause a lot of y'all wasn't going to Gucci like me and Dolla was doing. So I did Polo boots. 'Lo Boots.' Everybody got them. They like $60 or something, some are $100, but they got nice flavors. Nice brands. The name of the song is about being swagged out with the team, rocking the 'Lo Boots.' " 2. "Can't Be Broke" (featuring Trae Tha Truth and M. Beezy). "Basically, the title speaks for itself. My verse, I give a brief summary on my birth until now, with hustling. It's always been hustling. That's basically what this song is about." 3. "Real as They Come" (featuring Lil Wayne, produced by Kanye West). "Wayne gave me that song. For no reason, the boy got a song produced by Kanye, with Dre from Cool & Dre on the hook," TB said. "[Wayne's] like, 'Here, I got a song for you.' It's a banger. It's self-explanatory, about looking in the mirror and judging yourself. 'You're as real as they come.' " For other artists featured in Mixtape Daily, check out Mixtape Daily Headlines or follow the Mixtape Daily team on Twitter: @shaheemreid and @mongosladenyc. Related Videos |
| Laura Bell Bundy Is Happy To Shelve Broadway for Country Music Posted: 19 Apr 2010 05:08 AM PDT 'It's a lot of commitment to go and do a Broadway show -- it takes a year and a half to two years of your life,' singer says at the ACM Awards.
LAS VEGAS — It's a long way from "Legally Blonde — The Musical," but Broadway veteran Laura Bell Bundy felt right at home at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night in Las Vegas.
The 29-year-old singer was giddy just before the show started, after several days of rehearsal for her ACM debut. "I'm so excited about it," Bundy said about her first time performing on a country awards show. "I'm honored to have the opportunity." Bundy said she picked a good night to kick up her boots and sing her rousing single, "Giddy On Up," which leads off her just-released second country album, Achin' and Shakin'. With the night belonging to Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and the one-third female Lady Antebellum, Bundy said there is definitely a movement right now in country music being led by women. "Especially blonde ones," she joked. "I always appreciate the female country singers because I like to listen to female country singers sing." With her stint in "Legally Blonde — The Musical" over, Bundy is gearing up for a tour in support of the album after a long stint away from music to focus on her acting career. But she said she hasn't totally stepped away from her stage ambitions. "I'm producing a Broadway show, so that's kind of where my toe is still dipped in the water," she said. "It's a lot of commitment to go and do a Broadway show — it takes a year and a half to two years of your life, and I'm not willing to give this up right now." She wasn't ready to spill the beans yet on what show she's producing, saying with a smile, "I can't tell you that," but she promised some news about it in the near future. Fans got a preview of her return to live performance during her "Giddy On Up" slot on Sunday's ACM show, during which she reprised the sexy line-dancing style of the video for the song, kicking up her heels beside her backup dancers while wearing a belly-baring cropped top and chaps over skintight jeans. Related Videos Related Photos |
| Lil Wayne's 'I'm Single' Video Premieres Posted: 17 Apr 2010 11:38 PM PDT 'He's putting it out there and I like it,' one fan says of the clip.
Lil Wayne's video for "I'm Single" premiered Sunday (April 18) on MTV2's "Sucker Free Countdown" as well as MTV Jams. The clip finds Wayne performing his record from the No Ceilings mixtape and standing up his main squeeze to slide off with his side chick. Wayne's wifey is so outraged she takes a knife and stabs a cake that was meant for the Fireman. DJ Scoob Doo directed the clip and said he was inspired by Martin Lawrence when coming up with the treatment.
"[Wayne's girl was mad that] he didn't make it home in time," Scoob said of the story line. "He stayed out all night. That's the idea I got with the song — it brought me back to watching the film 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.' Me growing up watching Martin [Lawrence], it was epic, it was a funny movie. I loved the cinematography in it. [Writing the script for the video], that was me being a fan of that movie and good music and putting it together." On Friday, MTV News previewed the video for fans in Times square. "Even though he is incarcerated, he's still making music, he's still out there, he's still got music for his fans — he's putting it out there and I like it," Deanna Brown said. "I think this is something different," she added. "Even with other incarcerated rappers, everybody's like, 'Wait till they get out, wait till they get out.' And they can't wait for that release. This is almost tiding his fans over until he gets out. It makes you even more hungry, like, 'Ahh, if he's doing this while he's incarcerated, I can't wait to see what happens when he gets out.' " "It will capture the fans' interest," Jonathan Edmonston said. "And it will just let his fans know that he's there for them, he loves them. I just feel he's reaching out to them." During his tour opener earlier this month in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Drake said he is on an alternate version of the record. "I love that song," Drake told us earlier this week. "I love that song. 40 produced that record for Wayne. I did that a while ago. I love that song. It's one of those songs I wish was my song. I tried to slither my way on that record. I called Tez like, 'Tez, let me get on that hook.' There's a version with me on it. I don't know if it's gonna get out there. Music is someone else's creation. Once it's done, it's hard to say I wanna be a part of it. But me and Wayne, I get excited when Wayne wants to be on one of my songs. Musically we share that. We like doing songs together. I don't think it's a bad thing when we do songs together. ... So there's definitely a version with me on it. But that song is amazing on its own." What did you think of Lil Wayne's video? Let us know in the comments below! Related Videos Related Artists |
| Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert Win Big At Academy Of Country Music Awards Posted: 19 Apr 2010 09:54 AM PDT Taylor Swift gets shut out at the 2010 ACMs in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS — It was poised to be a big night for the ladies at the 45th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. And Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood and Lady Antebellum made sure that prediction came true as the pistol-packing country gal, the former "American Idol" champ and the female-led chart-topping trio swept up the evening's major awards.
Host Reba McEntire opened the show with some sharp-tongued barbs, praising the year of hits that included "White Liar," and then thanked Tiger Woods and Jesse James for giving country's women so much material. She took some good-humored jabs at young stars Underwood and Taylor Swift, joking about Underwood's recent engagement and Swift's runaway success. "At least I can vote," she said, looking at Swift with a grin. Before the accolades started rolling in, the show kicked off with Lambert and Underwood dueting on Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1970 hit "Travelin' Band," giving the already swampy rock hit a Nashville rock makeover. The tune's composer, CCR genius John Fogerty, came out and ripped off a wicked solo and threw down a verse, trading off guitar licks with country star Brad Paisley. Also joining them was fiddle icon Charlie Daniels, who recently recovered from a minor stroke. The big night then began for Lady Antebellum, as the group won Song of the Year for their country pop breakthrough "Need You Now," which beat out tunes by Underwood, Swift and Lambert. "Thank God, thank our families, thank the fans so much," said singer Hillary Scott. Shortly after, the group — who led all nominees with seven — won Single Record of the Year for the same tune. They earned two trophies for the Single and Song wins because they produced and wrote "Need You Now," as well as one for top Vocal Group, for a total of five. The group went acoustic later in the show for their performance of the ballad "American Honey," which included a shout-out "Thank you, fans!" mid-song. "When we wrote 'Need You Now,' I don't think we knew what we had on our hands," said group member Charles Kelley afterwards about the song that almost didn't make the album. "You never know where a song can take you, and tonight is probably the pinnacle of our career." Swift, introduced by her pal LL Cool J, rocked the house with the Tri-Tones, a 16-member San Diego choir she found on YouTube, who joined her for a rousing rendition of "Change." Uncharacteristically dressed down in black denim leggings, black boots and a black tank top, she started the tune by flying out over the crowd in a round cage wearing a white dress and changed costumes midair, flinging her hair around wildly and then capping the set off by diving into a group of guys, who then carried her away on her back. Despite five nominations, however, the singer went home empty-handed on Sunday night. "Legally Blonde — The Musical" Broadway star Laura Bell Bundy made a sexy run through her single "Giddy On Up," in which she did some sassy line dancing while wearing a cropped top and chaps over supertight jeans. Underwood took the stage again later in the show in a flowing floral gown for a moving performance of "Temporary Home," backed by a female quartet on piano, violin, acoustic guitar and cello. Tearing up while accepting the Triple Crown Award — joining an elite group of artists in 2009 who've won Top New Female/Male Vocalist, Top Female/Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year from the ACM — Underwood thanked her fans and said, "I could never have wished for, asked for, dreamt of anything like this." She had more thanks to give near show's end, when she made history by becoming the only female to win the fan-voted Entertainer of the Year honor twice and in consecutive years in the award's 40-year history. "My phone is buzzing!" she said as she took the stage to accept the award. "Thank you, fans. I love you so much. Thank you, country music," she added jumping up and down and twirling around in celebration. Lambert got in on the action in a big way as well, winning for Video of the Year for "White Liar" as well as snagging the night's big honor for Album of the Year for her third album, Revolution, and Female Vocalist of the Year, which earned her a big hug from Underwood. "This music is what I do, it's the only thing I live for. Thanks for loving it. It changed my life," she said after winning Album of the Year, the second time she's taken that trophy. The rabble-rouser toned it down later for her performance of the hushed ballad "The House That Built Me," a slice of humble pie about remembering and honoring your roots. Speaking to the press afterwards, Lambert said her reaction to Female Vocalist of the Year was, "Are you freaking kidding me. I'm completely shocked." The guys weren't entirely frozen out, as the performance-packed show also featured songs from Billy Currington, Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins, Tim McGraw, Jack Ingram with Dierks Bentley, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith with jazz great Dave Koz in a tribute to late NBA great and jazz player Wayman Tisdale, and a taped spot from the Zac Brown Band playing for troops in the Persian Gulf. Before announcing the top Male Vocalist award, presenter Matthew McConaughey let slip that he and wife Camila Alves conceived their second child after last year's show. The winner, Brad Paisley, was still soaking wet after jumping into a pool at the end of his performance just moments before. After their final-ever ACM performance, soon-to-retire duo Brooks & Dunn won an amazing 16th Top Vocal Duo award for "Honky Tonk Stomp." Luke Bryan won Top New Solo Vocalist and Top New Artist, Joey & Rory took Top New Vocal Duo, Gloriana snagged Top New Vocal Group, and Blake Shelton and Trace Adkins were awarded Vocal Event of the Year for "Hillbilly Bone." Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Lady Antebellum Talk Crossover Success After Five ACM Wins Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:54 PM PDT Trio wins five awards, including Song of the Year, at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night.
LAS VEGAS — Country trio Lady Antebellum continued their winning ways at Sunday night's Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas, topping all winners with five awards, including Song of the Year and Single of the Year for the crossover smash "Need You Now" (each counted for two because they wrote and produced the song) and Top Vocal Group. It was the capper to an already stellar 2010, during which their Need You Now album has been the top-seller so far this year and the single has crossed over to pop radio, landing them alongside Lady Gaga and Ke$ha on top 40 stations across the country.
"We're blown away. It's been a pretty incredible year thus far," said guitarist Dave Haywood on the orange carpet just hours before the group began their winning night. "You just never know when you write a song and you go into the studio and record it what it's gonna do. And honestly this song took on a new life when we went into the studio," explained lead vocalist Hillary Scott. "Whenever we heard that this song was getting picked up and played on pop radio, we were completely shocked, but excited because that just means more people are hearing it. We want to headline tours very soon, so the more people that hear it, the better. It's bringing light to the country music genre, which we are so proud of." Though they've had success from the very beginning of their career and picked up plenty of accolades already, including a Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals at this year's Grammy Awards for "I Run to You," singer Charles Kelley said "Need You Now" has taken them to a whole new level. "That song has changed our career so dramatically," he said, noting that attendance at the group's shows have doubled over the past three months thanks to a tune they admitted later in the night almost didn't make it onto the album because they weren't sure it was good enough. "They always say the power of a song ... we never knew that would be the song. Out of all the songs we've written, we were like, 'Oh, wow!' I couldn't believe that was the song." For now, they're the opening act for Tim McGraw, but they have plans for their own headlining tour in the fall. The big night began with a win for Song of the Year for "Need You Now," which beat out tunes by Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift and another big winner, Miranda Lambert. The group, who led all nominees with seven, were shocked again when they won Single Record of the Year a short time later for the same song. They went acoustic during the show for their performance of the lush ballad "American Honey," which included a shout-out "Thank you, fans!" mid-song. "When we wrote 'Need You Now,' I don't think we knew what we had on our hands," Kelley said afterwards, noting that their label bosses insisted they put it on the album after hearing it the first time. "You never know where a song can take you, and tonight is probably the pinnacle of our career." Related Photos Related Artists |
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