The guileless Paul Rudd sells his One Direction fanhood so hard that it almost doesn't seem creepy for him to mill around outside of a concert with the boyband's legion of young girl fans, exchanging gossip, braiding hair, and asserting his primacy as the most ardent and shameless of all the One Direction fans in the…
A lot of people (ahem, Rashida Jones) have a lot of opinions about what lady pop singers are wearing these days, harumph! Whatever these doggone flappers are wearing, it’s not enough, at least not for the likes of Jones and the most tasteful and modest pop singer of them all, Katy Perry, who is starting more and more…
Katy Perry, that cheeky, maybe culturally problematic but fun-as-hell pop chanteuse, has a new album hitting stores and iTunes, etc tomorrow. And, I'm happy to report that if you love sparkly, giddy, Most-Popular-Girl-In-School-Reads-The-Yearbook-Aloud sugar-pop it's perfect. It's also filthy.
I'm very conflicted re: Taylor Swift. I agree with Dodai that she's a feminist's nightmare
Japan has broken free from the long chain of unsatisfying ideas on how to stop global and national economies from sucking so bad by enlisting the help of pop group and wireless router serial number AKB48 to sell government bonds. The country, which is heavily indebted, could use some help — Japan's Prime Minister…
Everyone, your prayers have been answered. Gulnara Karimova, the celebutante daughter of the dictator of Uzbekistan, is going to release another album. This album is going to be Lohan-meets-Real Housewife levels of bad and I can't fucking wait.
From Britney Spears to the Bieb, it's clear that teens' not-quite-developed brains influence who becomes a pop star. Now a new study shows that studying kids' neural reactions can predict if a song will become a hit, even if they say they hate it.
In the video
Rebecca Black's music video, "Friday," has gone viral, with more than 2.2 million views in a little over a month, and not because it's good. The song is comically absurd, with ridiculously simplistic lyrics; the video involves literally acting out those lyrics and features a bunch of kids trying really hard to seem…
The music of Taylor Swift and Lindsay Lohan may not deserve an intelligent, 1,400-word analysis, but this essay will make you appreciate the fact that Lindsay never released a song about her breakup with Wilmer Valderrama.
One Call's "BlackLight" stars Kendall Jenner, Kevin McHale (Artie from Glee) and Ashley Benson from Pretty Little Liars. If Kendall's writhing upskirt shots don't make you sad, maybe the Auto-Tune will? A warning: Watching this may make you feel old.
"Whip My Hair" hits hard; some think she sounds like Rihanna. Does she only have this track because her father is Will Smith? Maybe! But she says, "I'm just tryin' to have fun." Also, something about haters. Check it out:
One dedicated Christina Aguilera fan recently bought 250 copies of her album "Bionic" in attempts to "save" Aguilera's career. He also has another aim: to fuck with Perez Hilton, who has been writing nasty things about his favorite singer. [BuzzFeed]
Being able to pull off some amazing choreography used to be a requirement for pop stars: Michael, Janet, Justin, Britney, Beyonce, and Madonna, all rose to this challenge. But lately it seems like dancing has been replaced by posing:
Christina Aguilera has said every album is a 180-degree turn from her last; her songs range from pop to jazz to pulsing club music. She reinvents herself yet again on Bionic, her new album, but what's ultimately missing is humanity.
"I hate the term 'empower,' because it's so wrongly appropriated by, for example, strippers, but she really did empower me, because she just took power so unapologetically... I've never before or since seen anyone like that." [Salon]
Writer Marisa Meltzer, author of the new book 'Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music', has curated a miniseries of contemporary women's music for us this week. After the jump, Marisa's fifth and final feature: the most iconic pop divas.
Writer Marisa Meltzer, author of the new book 'Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music', has curated a miniseries of contemporary women's music for us this week. After the jump, Marisa's third feature, the debut videos of favorite teen pop-stars.
Even if you didn't particularly like
She was on the cover of Billboard recently, and in the accompanying story, the reporter trumpets that she co-wrote every song on her album, Animal. The problem?
She wears preposterous ensembles and says ridiculous things. But seriously? We need Lady Gaga.
A new study suggests that 14 and 15 year olds who listen to music with sexual lyrics are more likely to be sexually active. But is music to blame for kids having sex too young?
Is Madonna still relevant? This seems to be the question that everyone is asking with the release of her 11th studio album (and final release from Warner), Hard Candy. While listening to the album, you might think Madonna is cool, if only because she refers to her coolness about 30,000 times. Madonna used to be…
