Pop Culture Insider

Section: Music

Buzz Bites (7/19/12): Demi Lovato Reveals She’s Writing Her Fourth Album
by Althea Legaspi | July 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm

Demi Lovato's writing her fourth album; also talks "X Factor." + Demi Lovato talked shop yesterday with Ryan Seacrest, and revealed she's writing her fourth album. "I'm still experimenting with what direction I want to go in right now," Demi said. She also dished on her fellow "X Factor" judges, saying of Britney Spears, "She's amazing, and [...]

No Comments Top

Star Spotting: Beyonce And Blue Ivy Out In NYC, We Can’t Stop Awwing! (PHOTOS)
by Byron Flitsch | July 18, 2012 at 10:00 pm

Beyoncé holds Blue Ivy -- TOO MUCH CUTE TO HANDLE! It's a rare occurrence when Beyoncé offers the world a peek at Blue Ivy. And judging by the few shots we've seen (including this most recent pic), it's pretty safe to say that getting work as a baby model is gonna be tough for the next [...]

No Comments Top

New Song: Sky Ferreira, ‘Red Lips’
by Sam Lansky | July 18, 2012 at 9:15 pm

Sky Ferreira blows us away with her 'Red Lips.' We love pretty much everything about Sky Ferreira. We love her enormous voice, which can go from haunting and ethereal to growling and ferocious with extraordinary ease. We love her it-girl style (um, hi, just try to keep up with her at Paris Fashion Week). And [...]

No Comments Top

Lady Gaga’s Fragrance Film Is Existential And Weird, And We Love It (VIDEO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | July 18, 2012 at 8:40 pm

Lady Gaga in her ad for 'The first-ever black eau de parfum.' If you thought for one second Lady Gaga's fragrance ad for Fame would look like the typical perfume commercial (i.e. pretty girls hair-flipping in slow motion and flirting with guys lured in by their scent), then you were sorely mistaken. Aptly titled "Formulation," Lady [...]

No Comments Top

Jordin Sparks Is Obsessed With Her Boyfriend, Jason Derulo, AND ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ (VIDEO)
by Jenna Hally Rubenstein | July 18, 2012 at 8:16 pm

It's official: Jordin Sparks is the cutest human being on Earth. Maybe it's because I loved her the most on her season of "American Idol," or perhaps it's because she recently got to work with the late, great Whitney Houston on their movie "Sparkle" (watch their "Celebrate" video here), but I actually have always kinda wondered what [...]

No Comments Top

New Song: JoJo, ‘Demonstrate’
by Sam Lansky | July 18, 2012 at 7:37 pm

JoJo gets freaky, and we're fine with it. Turn the lights down, boys and girls: Queen JoJo is back with "Demonstrate," a new cut that's some of the swooniest, sultriest bump-n'-grind slow-burning R&B ish we've ever heard. Shall we demonstrate the ways? First off, the track is produced by Noah "40" Shehib, a frequent Drake [...]

No Comments Top

Justin Bieber Comes From A Long Line Of Other Hot Dudes In White Shirts On The Cover Of Rolling Stone
by Amber Katz | July 18, 2012 at 7:19 pm

We've never seen a hot dude we didn't like wearing a white shirt on the cover of Rolling Stone. Justin Bieber graces the cover of Rolling Stone for the second time, and he looks pretty spicy for its August issue, if we do say so ourselves. But as he leans ever-so-casually against that wall, muscles [...]

No Comments Top

10 Things To Know Now: Justin Bieber’s Twin, Another New Pink Song + Mindless Behavior Name That Song
by Byron Flitsch | July 18, 2012 at 6:15 pm

Beyoncé's heartfelt letter to Michelle Obama, there's a new Pink song, Nelly Furtado gets in touch with nature, and more things to know! 1.) Beyoncé's not shy about admitting her admiration for others in writing. She wrote a letter to the late Michael Jackson and a poem for Frank Ocean; now watch her read a [...]

No Comments Top

Kevin Richardson’s OFFICIALLY Back With Backstreet Boys (Alright!)
by Amber Katz | July 18, 2012 at 5:43 pm

The no-longer-"Incomplete" BSB. Lookin' good, boys. Finally, I can let out the EPIC SIGH OF RELIEF I've been holding since, like, 2006. Kevin Richardson is officially rejoining the Backstreet Boys,and it's Sharpie levels of permanent. Even better? "Good Morning America" will host Kevin's reunion performance with Backstreet Boys on Aug. 31 in Central Park. (See [...]

No Comments Top

New Song: The Hood Internet Featuring BBU & Annie Hart, "Won’t F*** Us Over"
by Charlie Norwood | July 18, 2012 at 5:02 pm

Don't f*** this one up, Mr. November. Fresh off their Toothy Wavy collaboration with Phoenix rapper/bare-knuckle boxer Isaiah Toothtaker and the incarcerated Max B (Free Wavy Crockett), indie rap mash-up artists The Hood Internet are getting ready to drop their debut album, FEAT on Decon records. The first single, "Won't F*** Us Over," is a song [...]

No Comments Top