Pearl Jam power through in "Sirens" Video

After the punk blast of "Mind Your Manners," American alternative rock band Pearl Jam comes back with a live performance video for their gentle, very melodic ballad, "Sirens," the second single from the Seattle group's tenth studio album, "Lightning Bolt," which comes out October 15th, is going to be a hell of an album. Grunge legends Pearl Jam's poignant poetic beauty defies the gravity they carry. "Sirens" is a soaring bittersweet love song and the new video shows the band, starkly lit, performing the song in dramatic shadows.
With an acoustic guitar and piano base, the song unfolds at a leisurely pace. The frontman and rhythm guitar Eddie Vedder is such an intense singer that when he lays back behind the groove a little bit here, it's such a pleasure to hear him hold back, while sacrificing nothing emotionally. And make no mistake, there's a lot of emotion in "Sirens," as he sings about the possibility of losing the woman he loves to another man or to his "going away." If that happens, it's vital that she know he always loved her, as he stirringly sings, "When I see your face, the fear goes away.”
Pearl Jam has no shortage of lovely ballads and this one has the same graceful beauty as "Backspacer's," "Just Breathe," but there's something melodically about Pearl Jam's emotional, gorgeous new single, "Sirens," especially with the layered harmonies and Vedder's vocal performance here, his best work in a decade, marrying earnest emotion with a poetic spirit that doesn't drown in melodrama that will grab you by the throat before you realize it. Plus, there's a lived-in feel to the lyrics and an emotional acceptance that I'm not sure Vedder could have pulled off before he got into his 40s. "It's a fragile thing, this life we lead,” he sings. Vedder had never sounded so lovely.
The stark clip, directed by collaborator and filmmaker-photographer Danny Clinch, finds the Seattle heavyweights playing the mid-tempo power-ballad on a moody, dramatically lit stage. It's a sharp contrast to the chaotic "Mind Your Manners" video (also directed by Clinch), which featured images of massive explosions and falling missiles. Clinch has a long history with the band, having also directed their 2007 concert film, "Immagine in Cornice." In addition, to Vedder and drums Matt Cameron, there's also a spotlight for guitarist Mike McCready who busts out a second guitar midway into the clip to bring some electric licks to the track.

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Daft Punk rock a club in "Lose yourself to dance"

French electronic music duo Daft Punk have teamed up with American singer Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers hold their liturgy to funk and disco in the new retro video for their disco-tinged "Lose Yourself to Dance," follows "Get Lucky" as the second single from the robotic-DJ duo's latest fourth studio album, "Random Access Memories." The new video is the shimmering ode to the health benefits and human-spirit lifting qualities of coming alive on the dance floor, and that feels like a lost outtake from "The Midnight Special" circa 1975, it's pretty straightforward.
"Lose Yourself to Dance" is a disco and funk song as Daft Punk expressed that this ode to the dance floor was the result of a desire to create dance music with live drummers. The band's half member Thomas Bangalter elaborated that they wished to redefine dance music as "something lighter or something more [primal]," and that the song is meant to evoke the sense of being unified and connected on the dance floor. The French duo also told Le Nouvel Observateur that they are proud that "Random Access Memories" features strictly live drums, with the exception of one track.
The sturdy funk track features Williams's trademark falsetto whilst Chic songwriter and axeman Rogers does the business on the guitar. Williams likened the track to David Bowie's classic mid-'80s cut with Mick Jagger,"Dancing In The Street," as he told Vibe magazine: "'Lose Yourself To Dance' makes me feel like walking down the street in the middle of the night in London and it's 1984, 1985. I don't hear '70s in that at all. For me, it doesn't sound at all like a Bowie record, but I feel like David Bowie would have loved that record. He could actually sing it."
The new video for "Lost Yourself to Dance," is a pretty simple affair, especially compared to past Daft Punk productions which opens with the album's title in glowing cursive, the clip then segues into a Soul Train-esque performance of the old-skool, funky on an elevated stage. The robotic duo as well as Williams and Rodgers are decked out in glittering jackets and wield clear instruments as they perform the song for a lucky group of dancers who are in fact, losing themselves to dance. The audience undulates below, clad in '70s-style gear, their dancing bodies lit red by the pulsating lights of the space-age club.

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Tegan and Sara unveiled "Goodbye, Goodbye"

Canadian indie rock duo Tegan And Sara have premiered the music video for their song "Goodbye, Goodbye," the synthy twin sisters' Polaris Prize-nominated Essential pop album, "Heartthrob." We have experienced deep connections with people through the exchange of emails and texts, only to discover later that a false sense of intimacy can leave a relationship wildly out of balance when you're finally face to face. The new video captured the blur of communication that often leaves us feeling disconnected and isolated from each other. So many miscommunications, so little time!
Of course there is a ton of motivation to correct the equilibrium when you're getting into a relationship, but it is far more challenging and frustrating when you're getting out of one! Falling in love is easy, breaking up is hard. Tegan And Sara's new love anthem "Goodbye, Goodbye," was originally penned by Sara. Tegan recalled to Under The Radar that it was a song that she and producer Greg Kurstin "loved almost immediately, but we also didn't feel like it had a big enough chorus." She added: "All Greg did was change the chords underneath the chorus and all of a sudden it popped, it was insane. It was in my head for months after Sara wrote it."
Sara tells HuffPost Canada Music about the song and accompanying video directed by Natalie Rae Robison: "'Goodbye, Goodbye' is a sound off about rejection and the empowerment of shutting someone out after a break-up, but it's also an acknowledgement of the distorted nature of intimacy that comes from communicating complex emotions through a cell phone or email. In a way we learn more about ourselves than each other when we interact this way. Our phones and computers are just mirrors for us to reflect again and again."
Once upon a time, we used phones to speak into and written words could take days, if not weeks, to reach someone. The evolution of technology, from texting and chat to email and Facebook, has utterly changed the way we communicate with each other, including how we deal with being broken up when your ex is but a keypad-push away. That's the theme of Tegan And Sara's new quasi-lyric video, which documents the drafting of various "Dear John" messages, all sent via text, email, or Facebook. Some heartbreakers actually grab a pen and paper, others opt for word magnets - anything so long as face-to-face interactions are avoided.

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Avicii finds love at a roller rink in "You Make Me"

Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer Avicii premieres the official music video for his upcoming smash, "You Make Me," the second single from the 24-year-old DJ's debut studio album, "True," which is out now in the UK and today in the US through PRMD Music/Universal Island. Underpinned by a driving electronic beat, this bold and bright anthem is more of a traditional House music track than the Swedish EDM artist's previous chart-topping worldwide hit, "Wake Me Up," which blended Country and Dance elements.
The song features a vocal from Salem Al Fakir, the Swedish Soul-Pop singer who sang on Avicii 's 2012 dance tune "Silhouettes." Al Fakir is best known in his home country for his Top 3 hit "Keep On Walking," which was runner up in the 2010 Melodifestivalen final, the Swedish national selection for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. The song is catchy, and has the words 'commercial success' and 'club smasher' written all over it. The beat is a tad generic, but it's exciting, though. The auto-tune applied to Al Fakir's vocals in the choruses in the electro-pop song is also kind of nice, in the sense it goes well with the atmosphere created.
As for the "You Make Me" music video, a hospitality industry romance turns into a full-blown love story that features Pairs love and rollerskates and ends with a twist, tells the story of tragic love triangle, with a battle for love taking place in a roller-skating club. Avicii isn’t known for big budget video extravaganzas but that's about to change with his new "You Make Me" visual. Imagine Saturday Night Fever on roller skates with some cheesy Kung Fu moves thrown in for good measure to get some idea of what's in store for you. It's a cute concept and completely ridiculous but extremely well-executed and lots of fun.
In his new video for "You Make Me," Avicii hits a New York rollerrink for a showdown of slick dance moves and fierce fighting. The story follows high-rolling Henry as he fixates on the object of his desire Mercedes, a waitress serving up drinks. Henry hits the floor to strut his stuff and Mercedes is impressed – too impressed for her jealous ex-boyfriend Chang's liking. Chang and his cronies storm the floor for a fight, and the rink becomes a ring as the opposing crews battle it out. Will Henry win out and the good times resume?  It's an age-old question of love, sound-tracked to Avicii's poppy new single.

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Empire Of The Sun conquered suburbs in "DNA"

Set in the very near future of 2014, Empire of the Sun brave Los Angeles' public transportation in their characteristically grandiose "DNA" video, making their way out to the San Fernando valley to raid a convenience store. The Australian duo ditch the bus for bikes, pick up a posse, and wind up at a house party before the cops show up. So much for a brave new world. It seems like the year 2014 and the San Fernando Valley are about to get a big surprise. Two aliens have descended onto the town in the form of Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore.
"DNA" is the second single from their latest sophomore album, "Ice On The Dune," that was released back to June 17th. From the first single “Alive” and now “DNA”, it's looking a bit sketchy that Empire of the Sun will be able to match the impact their debut had. Musically, "DNA" is a relatively downtempo effort for the EDM-influenced act, with verses driven by acoustic guitars and melodic synth lines before bass-heavy chords lift the chorus onto the dance floor. "Take me away, so far away," Steele sings on the bridge - a love letter to the Metro?
This song only evolved gradually. Frontman Steele told The Sun: "Everyone loved the chorus but the verses weren't right. Then we went to Westlake studios in California where Michael Jackson recorded Thriller. We did the verses and it was like picking up pieces of puzzle - like building an ark." Aussie dance-pop duo Empire Of The Sun have gone all operatically ridiculous for their new album "Ice On The Dune," and their new video for “DNA” gets the overblown absurdity f their whole act just right in ways that their too-serious "Alive" video couldn't manage. Alien royalty, perhaps?
Throughout the Emmett Malloy-directed clip for "DNA," the alien Aussie duo, in full-on glammed-out space-pirate uniform, are seen commuting alone on a deserted bus, partying their way through the more desolate edges of near-future Los Angeles, hijacking bikes to ride in vacant parking lots, and winds up at a house party and Empire of the Sun are surrounded by ladies and whipped cream on a couch. This isn't exciting enough, though as there's a pool in the backyard. As the sun rises, the duo are arrested while the party-goers look on confused. After all, it's not every night in the San Fernando Valley that aliens visit.

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Icona Pop host a dance party in "All Night"

Swedish electro-pop screamers Icona Pop teams with Absolut pays tribute to New York's underground drag scene and host a 'Paris Is Burning'-esque vogue-off in their latest video for their sensational new single, "All Night," which finds the Icona Pop duo of Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt shout-singing in unison about partying. "With love this deep, we don't need no sleep. We can do this all night," they proclaim on the beat heavy anthem.
In all, "All Night" basically transports you to a world of on-point dance moves, infectious pop music, fabulous drag queens, and all-rhinestone-everything. The Icona Pop girls are no strangers to working with brands. So, having the help of a major brand like Absolut helping back the next single is a bid to ensure the group goes beyond any one-hit wonder status, especially as their debut, "This Is...Icona Pop," is due September 24th on Big Beat/Atlantic.
If you've ever seen the wonderful 1990 documentary "Paris Is Burning," you'll immediately recognize the scene from Icona Pop's video for "All Night." An iconic documentary that chronicled New York City's '80s ridiculously photogenic ball culture - a vogueing competition has performers swirling down a makeshift runway while the Swedish popstresses performing at a club showdown, and sing "All Night" that is surprisingly as catchy as their much-loved, much-screamed-at-the-bar debut, "I Love It."

Its new video, from director Dori Oskowitz, takes the song's kineticism and really does something with it. The video was filmed in New York and inspired by the city's "house ballroom" culture, Icona Pop is seen hosting an intense, stylish dance party where bottles of the new Absolut Tune are generously flowing out drinks. The video is the first part of a new partnership between Icona Pop and Absolut to support the national launch of Tune, a sparkling Sauvignon Blanc-and-vodka product that was rolled out in select markets earlier this year.

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Madison Beer throwing block party in "Melodies"

Madison Beer, a YouTube sensation, who was discovered by Justin Bieber, makes her musical debut with cutest music video of all time for her ridiculously catchy first single, "Melodies." If you haven't heard of Madison Beer yet, prepare yourself now because we have a very good feeling that we're going to be seeing a lot of her soon. Not only the up-tempo pop track she describes as fun and young, but the video for the track featuring her pop star mentor, pink balloons, dreamy boys, and all of our favorite things crammed into 4 minutes of super sweet fun.
Young up-and-comer Long Island native is got such a Millennial Cinderella story: Bieber discovered the fresh-faced now 14-year-old on Twitter just over a year ago when he came across Beer singing a cover of Etta James' "At Last." He tweeted the video out numerous times, and directed a few tweets to Carly Rae Jepsen, his last protege, and Bruno Mars, showing them how talented Beer was. So he instantly decided he wanted to make her a star. That time is here, and he's even appearing in her first ever video!
"I remember watching Justin's first video and now Justin is in my first video and it's just weird that I'm even saying that," Beer tells MTV News. The video begins of Bieber and his longtime pal Ryan Butler sitting on a couch listening to "Melodies." "You hear that Ryan? That's a smash. She's gonna be a star, trust me," Bieber says to Ryan who answers with, "I think I love her, bro." After a laugh, Bieber says, "hey, watch this." He signs a pair of purple headphones, sticks them in the box and adds a note that reads, "put these on, love Justin."
The megastar then signs a note and puts a set of headphones in a red box with a purple bow. Cut to the smiling and adorable Beer's opening the gift. And with her lucky gift from the Bieber, she is ready to start singing her song. Upon wearing those autographed bright purple headphones and red high-top Converses, she takes it to the streets, starts dancing through the neighborhood with friends, singing her song out loud, which attracts a crowd of followers and gets lost in her own little musical world, totally unaware that a sizable crowd of kids have begun to follow her Pied Piper-style, ending with an explosion of confetti and a potential love interest.

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Iggy Azalea is a showgirl in "Change Your Life"

Following her booming Bollywood outing in "Bounce," Iggy Azalea heads to Sin City, turns it up a few notches and is quirky charisma on full display in the stylish, sleek and very sexy cinematic video for her catchy new single, "Change Your Life," which features a guest appearance from her mentor T.I., and served as the second American and third international single taken from the 23-year-old Aussie rapper-model's forthcoming debut album, "The New Classic," which is expected to be released worldwide later this fall.
"The New Classic" is a record that's been long in the making and is a culmination of Azalea's hard to work and perseverance to take it from small-town Australia to the top of the global rap charts via Miami, Atlanta, Los Angeles and London. Always straight up and to the point, the lyrics of "Change Your Life" express some of the experiences that drive her passion and ambition. "I'm a new classic/upgrade your status," she raps. "From a standby to frequent flyer." Azalea admitted that "Change Your Life" is one of the most poppiest moments on the album (alongside "Bounce"). She even decided to sing for the first time on "Change Your Life" to give the track some extra shine and sizzle.
The rising star continues to display her penchant for provocative imagery. Inspired by the 1995's critically-panned Paul Verhoeven-directed cult classic movie "Showgirls," the video has all the makings of a movie and shows Azalea sassing up the scene with a non-stop parade of sexy looks and spitfire rhymes that perfectly amplify her unique brand of hip hop. The visuals opens up with Azalea in her Nevada back-yard bungalow, entered the fray with the blonde bombshell models several glamorous looks and exposes her breasts in the provocative garment as she lies on a springboard over a pool, beauty rest with a baby tiger and T.I. neglecting only a tie. She is later seen playing a hard night Vegas dancer surrounded by a bevy of platinum-wigged dancers, while T.I. acts as the club owner. After some passionate love making on the hood of his vintage Mercedes, she ends up taking his money and torching the vehicle before being dragged off in handcuffs. Viva Las Vegas!

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Ellie Goulding debut "How Long Will I Love You"

Ellie Goulding sweetly caresses our eardrums once again with a suitably sorrowful music video for her brilliant new ballad, "How Long Will I Love You," which features on the official soundtrack of the new British romantic comedy movie, "About Time." The science fiction film revolving around time travel where a young man tries to change his past to have a better future. Written and directed by Richard Curtis (well-known "Love Actually"), and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. The film has already released in the UK last Wednesday and is scheduled to be released in the US on November 1st.
The simple proclamation of undying love is Goulding's delicate cover of The Waterboy's classic gem, "How Long Will I Love You," that originally appeared on their 1990 album, "Room to Roam." The lyrics have also a simple playground rhyme quality to them: "How long will I love you/ As long as stars are above you/ Longer if I can/ How long will I need you / As long as the seasons need to/ Follow their plan." The song's vulnerability is further heightened when these words are coupled with the almost music box-like fragility of the instrumental.
It's funny how Goulding's vocal styling isn't all that different in a mellow tune like "How Long Will I Love You" than it sounds in one of her heavier hitters like "Burn." Switching so effortlessly from soft to loud and back again and that's definitely not an easy feat to pull off. Standing in stark contrast with past club bangers like "I Need Your Love," and "Lights," Goulding's new music video for "How Long Will I Love You," is a lovely piano ballad that's tender and gentle enough to be included on the "About Time" soundtrack.
Serves as the perfect backdrop for a video that promotes both the song and film, the Mike Sharpe-directed video finds the 26-year-old British songbird looking sincerely into the camera, staring wistfully through a window, walking alone by a beach, staring off into a gray horizon and contemplating life in a beach side cottage interspersed with bittersweet montage of excerpts from "About Time." The "Burn" singer eventually walks down to the water with an appropriately wistful look on her face. The accompanying video is simple and short, but super duper sweet and heartfelt. Much like the song itself.

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Eminem reaches back to earlier days in 'Berzerk'

Eminem flexes in front of a super-sized boombox with Kendrick Lamar, Rick Rubin, Kid Rock in a clever VHS-inspired promo for his celebrate old-school hip-hop tune, "Berzerk," the first single from Eminem's upcoming eighth studio album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2," which is due out on November 5th, and making it a sequel of sorts to 2000's "The Marshall Mathers LP." Of course, The 40-year-old inimitable and unmistakably rapper has released several albums since then, including his last effort, 2010's "Recovery," but hasn't managed to capture his former glory.
Marshall Mathers returns in rabid, pop-hook-baiting form. With both Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin on board, the song "Berzerk," promises to "take it back to straight hip-hop / and start it from scratch." Fittingly, this metal-rap rant has an old-school feel that evokes the late Eighties and especially samples Billy Squier's "The Stroke", as well as the Beastie Boys' "The New Style" and "Fight for Your Right," both songs taken from their 1986 debut album "Licensed to Ill," which Rubin had also produced. The punchy, guitar-and-beats driven song starts with a blast of static, hard guitar and Eminem roaring out of the gate sounding like the long-lost, fourth Beastie Boy.
Eminem delivers the lyrics with his familiar staccato flow, winding circles around the beat and building up to the hook, in which he declares, "Life's too short to not go for broke." The word 'bezerk' is used to describe a person who is acting in a wild rage or in an uncontrolled and irrational manner. It derives from the Old Norse word berserkr meaning "bear shirt" and was used for Germanic warriors who had the reputed habit of wearing a kind of shirt made from the pelt of a bear during battle. According to Old Norse literature these bezerkers were fierce warriors, who fought in a nearly uncontrollable, trance-like fury.
The Detroit native reaches back to earlier days for the song's new video, which was filmed in Eminem's hometown Detroit, Michigan and directed by Syndrome, as Eminem raps "Let's take it back to straight hip-hop and start it from scratch," in front of a super-sized boombox to celebrate old-school hip-hop, with shoutouts to new-school labelmate Kendrick Lamar, triple-entendre punch lines and a mob-chant chorus. Eminem also sports vintage Detroit Pistons gear amidst snippets of found footage, short clips of backyard wrestling as well as short clips of the official music video of Billy Squier's "The Stroke." It's nice to see Eminem publicly tip his cap to the Beasties since they undoubtedly paved the way for him, and seems he's having plenty of fun after his "Recovery."

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Miley Cyrus swings around the "Wrecking Ball"

Miley Cyrus strips down while lamenting how hard she's been wrecked by love in the just-released video for the heartbroken counterpoint "Wrecking Ball," that is sad and raunchy. The singer, who is best known for twerking as of late, momentarily offering fans a more vulnerable side with tearful eyes as she sings of lost love in a very passionate manner before returning to her raunchy ways. The 20-year-old singer's video has one clear message: "Don't you ever say I just walked away/ I will always want you."
This big emotional breakup ballad was released as a promotional single from Cyrus' upcoming "Bangerz" album. Cyrus penned the synth-driven track with Canadian composer Stephan Moccio. "I can't live a lie, running for my life/ I will always want you." Love on the rocks? The lyrics seem directed at her on-again-off-again love with fiancé, actor Liam Hemsworth. With its stark close-up shots of Cyrus weepily delivering lyrics about love's destructive properties, "Wrecking Ball" seems also to be the singer's attempt to prove she's not just a controversy magnet.
A barely clothed Cyrus sports a a cut-off white tank top and panties with maroon laced boots in Terry Richardson-directed video, which begins with a somber Cyrus standing in front of a completely white backdrop and crying while performing the song. For a second, the viewer may forget about the tongue contorting, outrageously dressed twerker she's been lately. But it's not long before the "We Can't Stop" singer returns to her raunchy maneuvers, even while crooning about love loss. "I came in like a wrecking ball/ I never hit so hard in love," she sings while appearing in a cut-off white tank top and panties with maroon laced boots and holding a sledgehammer. "All I wanted was to break your walls/ All you ever did was wreck me/ Yea you wreck me."
The clip then sees Cyrus proceeds to ride a wrecking ball like a swing in her white cotton attire before ditching the clothes altogether and free flowing in the air in her birthday suit. "I came in like a wrecking ball/ I never hit so hard in love," Cyrus croons. Her sexual innuendos are visible throughout the video as Cyrus rides the wrecking ball like it's a sex swing and licks her sledge hammer in a move that can't be anything but sexual. Cyrus' tearful ballad paints a different picture - one of a heartbroken young woman trying to find a way back from a devastating ending of what she thought was true love. Cyrus wasn't kidding when she said she can't stop!

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Madonna sizzling live performance of "Vogue"

Madonna has released a sizzling live performance of "Vogue" from her recent 'MDNA World Tour,' and to get us whipped into a frenzy, the Material Matriarch let slip this performance of "Vogue" from the show. The footage was unveiled ahead of her 'MDNA Tour' DVD, which is out tomorrow, September 10th. The show was originally aired on US network EPIX in June this year. While album sales were tepid, MDNA was the most successful tour of 2012 and helped make the 55-year-old 'Like a Virgin' hitmaker the highest-paid celebrity of the year.
"Vogue," the lead single from Madonna's Dick Tracy-inspired 1990 soundtrack album, "I'm Breathless," was arguably one of her crowning artistic achievements (both song-wise and video-wise), one of the biggest all-time house music hits (spending three weeks atop the U.S. pop charts), and her second proper U.S. maxi-single release. It became the world's best-selling single of 1990, selling over six million copies. The Queen of Pop was inspired by vogue dancers and choreographers Jose and Luis Xtravaganza from the Harlem "House Ball" community, the origin of the dance Vogue, and they introduced "Vogueing" to her at the New York City club "Sound Factory."
"Vogue" is an upbeat dance-pop and house song. Noted to contain influences of deep house, it is a contemporary track which followed the trends of dance music in the 1990s; nevertheless, it has strong influences of 70s disco within its composition. Lyrically, the song is about enjoying oneself on the dance floor no matter who one is, and it contains a theme of escapism. Later on, the song has a rap/spoken section, in which Madonna names numerous "golden era" Hollywood celebrities. This new video, the first glimpse is all the proof you'll ever need that Her Madgesty's still reigns supreme!
The brand new remix video for Madonna's "Vogue" featuring incredible outtakes and sequences that have remained hidden from the public for the last 21 years. The original clip, which was directed by longtime Madonna collaborator David Fincher before he went on to make Hollywood blockbusters, was released in 1990 in support of the singer's "I'm Breathless" album. The new video, set to what is called the "World of Color" remix and features outtakes and extra footage not shown in the original including a playful Madonna wore a reinvented cone bra designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier, chewing on her hair piece, getting her makeup touched up, and breaking into fits of laughter in between takes. Madonna is still in vogue!

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Viennie V turns up the heat in "5 Alarm"

Vietnamese-American singing sensation Viennie V released the music video for her latest single, "5 Alarm" to YouTube on Thursday. The dark clip shows Viennie tearing up an abandoned firehouse with some party people. Viennie is a fresh new rising pop singer hails from Southern California. With a sultry new Pop Rock sound, intensified by strong vocals, she has garnered many views on YouTube with her past music videos and "5 Alarm" is looking to do the same type of damage.
Viennie's debut album "Nightmare or Dream" is already proving to be an over night sensation, as her first two music video singles "Thinking of You" and "Nightmare or Dream" ended up finishing No.5 and No.8 on the YouTube music charts in 2011. In addition, Viennie's official YouTube page also received acclaim as the No.1 most popular Music Channel of the Week. The combined music videos have surpassed a staggering 2.4 million views, with a huge amount of positive feedback. Although she hasn’t toured in Asia, her songs dealing with love, relationships, and heartbreak have been a huge hit at venues throughout the United States.
Written by herself, Viennie's latest single is a grimy, EDM-inflected track. Over stuttering synthesizers, she reaches out to the fire marshals for all the hot and heavy action on dance floor. "I'm calling in a five alarm," Viennie sings with power on the fiery club track. A fresh new artist has stepped on to the pop scene as she signed with Aurora Records Inc. Could this young Diva be the first Asian-American singer-songwriter and dancer female to make it to the top of the pop charts? So far so good, as both of Viennie's singles hit the top of the YouTube Music Charts when they were released.
Directed by Tani Ikeda, the dark clip for "5 Alarm" shows Viennie heating up with a group of party people hit up an abandoned firehouse to dance the night away. Things end up getting too hot with all the sensual choreography going on that Viennie sets off the sprinklers. Like Britney Spears' "I'm a Slave 4 U" video, the group cools down after tearing the place up. With this current heatwave the U.S. is experiencing, "5 Alarm" couldn't have come at a better time.

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Ariana Grande time-travel to the '90s in "Baby I"

Ariana Grande continues her debut album release celebration and takes a time machine back to 1993 and throws a block party in her sunny visual for her new single, "Baby I," the second single from her newly-released debut studio album, "Yours Truly," which premiered at No.1 on last Tuesday by Republic Records. The 20-year-old entertainer is channeling mid-'90s R&B sweetness on her new single, which is all about not being able to fully express how much you are crushing on that special someone.
Follow-up the huge success of her debut single "The Way," the breezy Babyface co-written and produced fun track is an uptempo R&B and pop song that features Grande's big vocals over another snap-worthy R&B beat with its more sophisticated edge as Grande singing, "Baby I got love for thee, so deep inside of me I don't know where to start." It definitely shows off Grande's vocal range and the video matches that. Lyrically, the song is a confession on Grande's behalf admitting a special love for someone and how she can't formulate her strong feelings into words.
The '90s R&B music influence demonstrated in "Baby I," which has also musically present on the rest of her debut album. Additionally, '70s disco energy is also present in the song like Mariah Carey gone retro. In an interview, Grande opined that "Baby I" was more sophisticated and mature than her previous hit single "The Way," which was part of what made her excited to release the song. With her deftness with the blue-eyed soul genre, Grande sings as though she is wise beyond her years, and succeeded in meeting the bar where she set it with her debut, while her extraordinary vocal performance runs as nothing short of everything.
Travel back to the 90s, Grande takes fans for a ride on the "Baby I" Express down Nostalgia Road in her summery clip in which shows the 'Victorious' alum in a variety of settings including dancing in the streets, riding on top of a white convertible, commanding a choreography on a rooftop, and partying on a bus cruising around town, and hanging with friends while showing off some cute fashions and sporting some choreographed dance moves. The Florida pop singer looks stunningly beautiful as she soaks up the sun's rays, and melts hearts smiling to the camera, while wearing both sexy and old-school fashion outfits in the colorful visual.

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Katy Perry is adventure through jungle in "Roar"

Just one day after it was announced her new single "Roar" finally roared its way to giving her eighth career No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Katy Perry becomes 'Jane of the Jungle' for the day in the "Junglescope"-filmed music video for the inspiring and catchy pop song, the lead single from Perry's upcoming third studio album, "Prism," is due out on October 22. While the empowerment anthem is a variation on the theme of finding one's voice and being true to oneself, the video is a squandered opportunity: a pseudo-feminist muddle that's less "I am woman, hear me roar" than "I am woman, give me a makeover."
"Roar" is a midtempo, synth-driven power pop song contains elements of folk rock, arena rock and glam rock. Lyrically, the song is an "empowerment anthem" in which Perry stands up for herself, having "discovered the power within herself," as Perry said about the track: "It's a song about standing up for yourself, who can be the biggest bully in the equation is yourself and can get in your way and it's a song about speaking up for yourself and having the strength." It is personal, it is powerful, and, with its combination of sonorous hooks and searing sentiment, it is certainly one of the more perfect pop songs to come down the pipeline in quite a while.
If the song's self-empowered sentiments didn't already serve notice of the fact, well, its video most certainly does: Perry's no longer interested in playing the victim. Say farewell to the blue-wigged dreaminess of Perry's "Teenage Dream" era, and welcome to the fierce, monkey-assisted "Prism" age. This one's going to be a whole lot of fun, as she swings, she strugs, she sings, she stylizes with palm fronds in just about every way, this new video is a blast. Perry's main inspiration seems to be Sheena, Queen of the Jungle who thrilled a generation of Post-War boys by swinging through the jungle in a leopard-skin bikini, and it's a perfect fit for Perry.
Directed by Grady Hall and Mark Kudsi, the "Lost"-meets-"George of the Jungle" clip begins with a timid Perry staggering away from a plane crash; the Indiana Jones-esque dummy next to her takes a quick selfie before getting mauled by a tiger. Fortunately, the pop star is stronger than her male counterpart: she conjures a swarm of fireflies during the first chorus, and from there, she begins to dominate the wildlife around her. By the end of the "Roar" clip, Perry is painting an elephant's nails, fashioning spears out of black heels and goofing around with a monkey. Perry's latest masterpiece gives a whole new meaning to 'jungle love!'

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Eliza Doolittle takes storm energy in "Let It Rain"

Eliza Doolittle has unveiled the video for her brand new track, "Let It Rain," the third promotional single taken from British singer-songwriter's upcoming sophomore studio album "In Your Hands" that's scheduled for release on October 14 via Parlophone Record, and it's a new grown up sound from Eliza that we've heard since she burst onto the scene with her flirty, bubble-gum, pop hit singles "Rollerblades" and "Skinny Genes." The video which premiered over the weekend came into prominence in fluorescent fashion already garnering close to a half million views.
Eliza soldiers on campaigning album No.2 "In Your Hands" with "Let It Rain," which is a string-packed, uplifting, feel good song with a bit of a Disney feel that with no doubt confirms' her status as an exciting artist in the UK pop music scene. From being on Disclosure's hit single to "Big When I Was Little," Eliza has expanded her musical horizons. No longer is she the bubbly and pop-y UK gal everyone's come to love, she's more than that. "Let It Rain" is a little of old, and a lot of the new Eliza Doolittle.
Really liking this, it's a more mature song than we are used to from her. "Let It Rain," will be released alongside the album and is the perfect example of what makes Eliza such a remarkable modern pop star and generational role model. Hearing her soulful voice, Eliza seems like an old soul trapped in a 25-year-old's body. But it's her youth she has to thank that makes her songs sound fresh, mixing breezy folk with vintage pop melodies. One listen to her infectious tunes and powerful voice will have you hooked and wanting more.
The performance based video was directed by Elliott Sellers, who grabs your attention early with a torrential edit effect, but lays out other beautiful shots and some really effective VFX as the video rolls on. The video begins inside a dimly lit house, but the walls soon are ripped away and Eliza is found in the middle of the sun-baked desert where Eliza allows her talent and imagination to unleash. As the video progresses, there's a dark storm cloud rising from the desert floor and the raindrops threatens to sweep over Eliza and she takes the energy in her performance up a notch as she dances through the rain.

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All Time Low unveiled "A Love Like War" video

All Time Low have teamed up with Pierce The Veil's frontman Vic Fuentes unveiled the new video for their brand spanking new single, "A Love Like War," taken from American pop punk band's upcoming expanded reissue of 2012's fifth full-length studio album, "Don't Panic." The new version of the album called "Don't Panic: It's Longer Now!" includes four brand new original songs as well as three bonus acoustic tracks, is slated to arrive on September 30th via Hopeless Records.
After watching All Time Low and Pierce the Veil's co-headlined Spring Fever Tour, fan realized how similar the two bands really are in terms of stage presence and energy. While the two bands have similar energies, they have different styles musically which is something that really excited about their collaboration. As soon as the guitar started playing in "A Love Like War," you will hear the intro didn't sound too much like All Time Low or too much like Pierce the Veil but rather represented a new sound entirely. The first verse is solely Alex Gaskarth, and Vic Fuentes enters during the refrain, really adding a lot to the sound.
Our favorite part about the song is the second verse which starts out with Gaskarth and then Fuentes is added in harmony with Gaskarth which gives the verse a really full and solid sound. The only thing we hoped would happen in this song is an addition of Fuentes' classic scream. There was a glimpse of it when he screamed "Let's Go!" or during the final chorus when he sort of screamed "Feel my bones ignite." All in all, I think All Time Low could have pushed the envelope a tiny bit more and used Fuentes' powerful scream, but maybe they didn't want to give away all their secrets right away.

The nearly-four-minute video sees the band performing the track inside a theater, as the band keeps singing the song while a black-and-white film is played on the big screen behind them. The video also gives glimpses at the band members messing up the whole place by throwing their pop corn at each other. It's probably fair to say that fan have been pretty much obsessed with All Time Low's "Don't Panic" album ever since it first penetrated our oh-so-grateful eardrums last year. We know every twangy guitar riff and we know every fit face Jack Barakat pulls performing it live. Check out the video below. It's the most fun had in a cinema!

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Lawson dress up in 20's gangster style in "Juliet"

Lawson dress up in 1920's gangster style in their new music video for latest single, "Juliet," the second single from British pop rock band's upcoming repackaged version of their "Chapman Square" album, which will be released on October 13. The "Standing In The Dark" four-piece are set to follow-on from their huge success with B.o.B featuring single, "Brokenhearted" with a brand new video which sees the guys - Andy Brown, Adam Pitts, Joel Peat and Ryan Fletcher - are only bloody back with the help of model/presenter/friend of Keith Lemon Kelly Brook and her ladyparts.
The song, "Juliet," a guitar-twangy tune that sounds a little bit like Maroon 5 and a little bit good, was penned by frontman Andy Brown with Swedish songwriter Carl Falk who has co-written many of One Direction's hit tunes, as well as working with Westlife, Gavin DeGraw, The Wanted and Taio Cruz. "We're really excited for everyone to hear 'Juliet'," Brown said, while teasing the new song. "I ad a lot of fun writing it with Carl Falk in Sweden earlier on in the year and it's great that it's going to be our 6th single. It's got an awesome energy to it and we can't wait to play it live on tour later on in the year."
The Carly Cussen-directed video sees Lawson the boys getting all retro on us and take on 1920s gangster roles, while Brook vamping it up and playing a Jessica Rabbit-type sizzling femme fatale, a social climbing temptress and lavishes money and pearls and smoulders in a tight red dress as she goes on a killing spree while being serenaded by Brown and the other Lawson boys as they performing their pop hit with one of those weird massive microphones, suiting up and yapping on about Juliet and her 'al-e-gations' in a Saturdays-esque Jamaican accent.
Unlucky-in-love Brook, who has found a positive new outlook on life after her video appearance and latest Lynx adverts in Turkey. Flaunting her best assets in a cleavage busting red dress, the 33-year-old former Celebrity Juice contestant and model-turn-presenter channels old Hollywood glamor in the Betty Boop style frock with her hair styled into sexy waves and a stroke of scarlet lipstick, oozes sex appeal as she goes on a seductive rampage drapes herself around a nightclub before finding her target over the Lawson boys.

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Joss Stone 'The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)'

British soul singer Joss Stone has released a new music video for the indie artist's emotional remake, "The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)," the leading cover track from her sixth studio album, "The Soul Sessions Volume 2," the sequel to her decade-old 2003 debut and a powerful, heartfelt and classy comeback project saw her cover a number of soul classics released between the 60s and 80s. Phenomenal. Put simply, she's far too gifted and talented to have her cause forgotten even more than it already has.
The 26-year-old Grammy Award winner and British singer brings us new music wrapped in stunning vocal power and passion. Stone has certainly returned to her debut's soul covers format in more mature and superb voice, and has always been a tremendous shouter, but has acquired a vulnerability and ability to truly inhabit emotional song. Originally released in 1971 by US R&B group The Dells, “The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind),” is appropriately covered by the contemporary soulster.
Stone remodels the song by applying her spiritual, earthy soul voice to produce a startling and soulful makeover. Her version received praise from the band, whose lead singer Marvin Junior passed away last month. Ten years on from the original "Soul Sessions" album, which Stone recorded aged 15, there is undoubtedly a new level of maturity in evidence on this critically acclaimed new set - a stunning exercise in vocal poise, passion and power. You can almost feel the fire fueled behind her powerful vocals. The original is a terrific song but Stone's interpretation blows it out of the water.
Stone's emotional storm manifests into tangible torrential rains in her music video which finds Stone adding some modern twists to the 70s classic. Directed by Anit Bashar and Brian Nelson, the clip features Dover, UK born songstress at home alone in tears reminiscing over love lost and longing for the return of the object of her affection. "The video I think is perfect because of the water really. Second you hear I'm gonna be drenched in water you think... this is a white t-shirt contest, but that's not it, this is all surrounded by the drops going down the pain of glass... It's all about actual tear drops," says Stone.

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Conor Maynard is mad at his ex in "R U Crazy"

After breaking out with his stellar debut album "Contrast," Conor Maynard is back, takes the urban route and playing a very bitter jilted angry ex in the brand new music video for his latest offering, "R U Crazy," the lead single off the 20-year-old English singer's upcoming sophomore album, due out later this year via Parlophone Records. The "Turn Around" singer now says the new album reflects the journey of his meteoric rise to stardom over the past two years, and says it's been "fun" getting to work on new music finally.
Produced by and co-written by Labrinth, "R U Crazy" is an edgier slice of urban-pop goodness laden with a hard-hitting beat that perfectly mixes electronic sounds with Maynard's natural R&B swag and Justin Timberlake-esque falsetto. The song finds him trying to avoid the advances of his ex-girlfriend over Hip-Hop beats. It represents a rather large shift in sound for the English Dance/Hip-Hop singer and producer, and carries the same vibe as previous singles "Can't Say No" and "Animal," but undeniably sounds more mature and polished.
Maynard might be back with a new song about an ex-girlfriend he needs to vent about, but he refuses to name and shame his former lovers. The Brighton lad has brought out a bit of attitude with his infectious new tune "R U Crazy," but he draws the line at how bad ass he will be. "I would never kiss and tell. I'm not that kind of person," he told Guilty Pleasures in an exclusive chat. "I think everyone has got their crazy ex relationships they need to vent about," he said explaining the lyrics of the tune, adding: "It's about the situation where if you try to rekindle a relationship it becomes apparent it's not going to work."
The accompanying dark and sexy video is a literal take on the lyrics as we see Maynard soulfully let's a former lover know that he has moved on insisting, "must be stupid if you think we can start again." The video starts off with an old school band vibe with Maynard and his band before a girl comes into the mix and some hallway dancing. A deeply pissed-looking Maynard strides through an empty hotel as thumping, aggro electro beats pulsate in the background as he attempting to evade the advances of his past flame, before she finally seduces him in their hotel room.

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