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Katy Perry’s ‘Walking On Air’ Is An Orgasmic ’90s House Throwback
by John Walker | September 30, 2013 at 3:30 pm

The best part of waking up is always new Katy Perry music. #ObjectiveFact From the opening chord to that first "Tonight!" run that swiftly follows, you know that Katy Perry's "Walking On Air" isn't your usual Katy fare. Her songs usually veer more toward anthemic, empowerment jams rather than pure dance-pop. (Think "Roar" vs. that […]

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Star Spotting: Rihanna’s ‘Pour It Up’ Video Photos Are A Ratchet Fantasia Of Wet, See-Through Lingerie And Blonde Ambition
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | September 30, 2013 at 2:16 pm

Pretty sure Rihanna's the only person who can look bangin' while mid- squat. We're used to Rihanna photos eliciting reactions that range from unsurprised: "Oh! A weed fairy!"; to divine genuflection: "Oh! She's the most gorgeous creation on Earth!"; to the profane: "Oh. Is that a penis purse? But Rihanna's new "Pour It Up" video […]

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Buzz Bites (9/30/13): Watch Arcade Fire Debut New ‘Reflektor’ Songs On ‘Saturday Night Live’
by Althea Legaspi | September 30, 2013 at 1:00 pm

Arcade Fire apparently forgot to bring a creepy, oversized mask for 'SNL' host, Tina Fey. + Arcade Fire served as musical guests on the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live," where they debuted new material off of their forthcoming Reflektor (due Oct. 29). Watch them perform "Afterlife," as well as the title track. (MTV News) + Following Arcade Fire's […]

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Kait Weston’s ‘Til Death Do Us Part’ Video From ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Only Hints At The Star-Crossed Heartbreak To Come (Spoiler Alert!)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | September 30, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Watch Kait Weston's "Til Death Do Us Part" video from the new "Romeo & Juliet" movie starring Hailee Steinfeld. A good star-crossed, ill-fated lovers movie is nothing without an iconic love song, right? Like remember how hard you cried either into your popcorn or very hard on the inside during "Kissing You," Des'ree's chilling love […]

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Iggy Azalea MAY Be Auditioning For The Role Of Maria In ‘The Sound Of Music: The Trap Gold Remake,’ Right? (PHOTO)
by John Walker | September 27, 2013 at 10:00 pm

Break a leg, Iggy! Here's the official story on this picture: Iggy Azalea was photographed with a towel covering her head while leaving Whelan's after performing there for Arthur's Day. But because the last half of that sentence made absolutely zero sense and may contain one or more fraudulent words or concepts (Americentrism FTW!), we've […]

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Watch CHVRCHES Perform ‘The Mother We Share’ At MTV Hive’s ‘Artist To Watch Live’ From Webster Hall (VIDEOS)
by Althea Legaspi | September 27, 2013 at 9:00 pm

ICYMI, watch CHVRCHES' entire Webster Hall "Artist To Watch Live" performance. Last Friday night, one of our favorite bands, CHVRCHES, performed at New York's Webster Hall as part of MTV Hive's "Artist To Watch Live" concert series. And if the huge buzz preceding their freshly minted debut, The Bones Of What You Believe, wasn't loud […]

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Somewhere In America, Kevin Federline Is Drinking Coffee. Won’t You Join Him? (PHOTO)
by John Walker | September 27, 2013 at 8:30 pm

Grande iced red eye with soy! Thanks, Kevin! Hey, how's it goin'? How's your Friday? Good? Got plans for tonight? Re-watching the "Dexter" finale? Yeah, that's cool. We heard it kinda sucked, but whatever. Well, if you wanna grab coffee or something, lemme know. I'll text Kevin Federline, 'cause he's usually down. No, really. Just […]

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Katy Perry’s Billboard Cover Leaves Us CERTAIN That She’s Taking Pretty Pills (PHOTO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | September 27, 2013 at 8:05 pm

Katy Perry is LITERALLY GLOWING. Like, glow stick territory. So, here's the understatement of the century: Compared with Katy Perry, EVERYONE ELSE IS STRAIGHT BASIC! Have you EVER in the history of all your celeb stalking seen a real-life human being glow in the way that Katy is on Billboard's latest cover? Nope, YOU HAVE […]

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Skylar Grey Gets Really, Really, Really Ridiculously Lucky In Her Daft Punk Cover Video
by Luke O’Neil | September 27, 2013 at 7:00 pm

Win a game show and hit No. 1 in the same day? NBD. We're starting to feel like the music game's Michael Corleone over here when it comes to "Get Lucky" covers -- just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in. So it goes with the latest Daft Punk homage to […]

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Christina Aguilera, Star Of ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Soundtrack, Teases ‘We Remain’
by John Walker | September 27, 2013 at 5:30 pm

Ready your soul for this brilliant minute-and-a-half-long Xtina teaser! May the odds be ever in Xtina's favor! Not long after Christina Aguilera tweet-revealed that she would be contributing to the star of the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack (later joined by other artists such as Lorde, Ellie Goulding, and Imagine Dragons), the "Let There […]

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