Noa Kirel - 'פאוץ

What's this? Some cool, urban music from Israel in Hebrew. That's all. And we're so here for it.

Troye Sivan - Happy Little Pill

Australian actor and popular youtube-videoblogger Troye Sivan is about to release his first solo EP after signing with Universal Music. The second single from the EP baptised TRXYE is the song "Happy Little Pill", and it very good indeed. It's a bit dark downtempo RnB, soul and electronic all at once. A mix we happen to love. If that's also your cup of tea we're certain you'll love this too.
Sivan has said "It's about loneliness and the different ways that people cope with the things that are going on in their lives", about the song.

Hadise - Ask Kaç Beden Giyer

Major Turkish-Belgian pop sensation Hadise gives us a new single. This time it's the weirdly titled "Ask Kaç Beden Giyer", which means something along the lines of "Which size does love wear?". And yeah, that is a question that we ask ourselves all the time.... :P Anyhow it's urban and sleek pop with eastern influences, without strings or anything along those lines for that matter. It's a song that makes us wanna go dirty on a dance floor at least.

Hadise - Ask Kaç Beden Giyer

Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love (feat. Mike Posner)

"With Ur Love" is Cher Lloyd's second top ten single("Swagger Jagger" being the first), and she's back singing about people with Swagger, and this time also 'bout love. Cher Lloyd wrote the song together with talented guys like Savan Kotecha, Shellback, Max Martin and Mike Posner. Mike Posner is also featured on the track, that was produced by Shellback. In the song Cher sings about what the love from this special guy is doing to her and that she lives in a bubble and can do anything she wants with the strength from his love. The track is featured on Cher's debut album "Sticks + Stones" that is out now.

Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love (feat. Mike Posner)

Jessie J - Who you are

"Who you are" are a self-empowering song in the same vain as Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" and Lady Gaga's "Born this way". It's the first song that I heard with Jessie J and also my favorite of hers. It's a slow ballad with heartfelt vocals. The song was written by Jessie J along with Toby Gad and Shelly Peiken.

"Sometimes it's hard, to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!"

Jessie J - Who you are

Mohombi - Maraca

Mohombi has unleashed the first single from his TBA 2nd album, and it sounds.....pretty much like his previous singles. It's catchy, infectious and sounds hard and trancy -the sound that RedOne do, oh so well. The single is out now and was written by Mohombi, RedOne, Geraldo Sandell and Jimmy Thörnfeldt.

Mohombi - Maraca

Flo Rida - Good feeling

This wasn't anything I was expecting from Flo Rida. His new single "Good Feeling" is produced by Avicii and Dr. Luke, and even samples Etta James old song "Something's got a hold on me". And it's very good indeed. It's house, it's dance, and between the great track, the sample that grabs you, there's Flo Rida's rapping, which works well and sounds like a lot of the music that we get right now where R&B artists raps over dance tracks, but this songs give it another dimension due to the fact that it's so well produced aswell as the Etta James sample.

Flo Rida - Good feeling

Charice - One Day

The tiny Philippino girl with the enormous voice - Charice - is back with a new single. It's called "One Day", and I really like it. It's a powerful mid-tempo ballad about empowerment. Charice sings about that nothing will stop her and that she'll make you all believe in her.

The song was written by Jonas Brother Nick, and Dan Muckala and Jason Ingram.

Charice - One Day

Beyoncé - 1+1

Beyoncé is already giving us a new single with accompanying music video. The song is written by The Dream, Beyoncé herself and Christopher Stewart.

The song is a down-tempo power R&B/Soul ballad, and lyrics wise Beyoncé expresses her endless love for her interest, while they center around the line ""I don’t know much about algebra, but I know that one plus one equals two". 
The video as well as the instruments are very minimalistic. I would say that Beyoncé is sensually and sexually approaching art with help of scaled down visuals and digitalized effects that gives a beautiful and fitting result.

Beyoncé - 1+1

Rihanna - Cheers (Drink To That)

Have a listen to Rihanna's latest party anthem, "Cheers (Drink To That), while watching various clips and shots from Rihanna's latest tour as well as various activities she did during her homecoming trip to Barbados.

The song was written by a loads of people, namely: Andrew Harr, Jermaine Jackson, Stacey Barthe, Laura Pergolizzi, Corey Gibson, Chris Ivery, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Avril Lavigne and Scott Spock. The song was produced by The Runners. Why so many writers are mentioned here is due to samples of Avril Lavigne's song "I'm with you" from 2002. 

Rihanna - Cheers (Drink To That)

Marvin Priest - Take Me Away (feat. Wynter Gordon)

Marvin Priest is the son of reggae star Maxi Priest, and signed to Universal Music Australia. He recorded his debut single together with Brian McFadden in Sydney. The song has climbed the ARIA charts, and now Marvin is releasing his second single called "Take Me Away" featuring one of our soft spots when it comes to dance artists -Wynter Gordon. Which is a smart move since Wynter recently had great success in Aussieland.

I would describe "Take Me Away" as a mix between a traditional 90's dance song with a updated urban sound to it.  

Marvin Priest - Take Me Away (feat. Wynter Gordon)

Chipmunk - Take Off (feat. Trey Songz)

British pop rapper Chipmunk is doing a more traditional hip-hop with his latest single "Take Off". The track combines rap-versers and a sung chorus, sung by American R&B singer Trey Songz. I must say I really like this old school take. More of this plz. What do you reckon?

Chipmunk - Take Off (feat. Trey Songz)

Jay Sean - Like This Like That (feat. Birdman)

Jay Sean returns to his slicker slow jam R&B sounds with the third single from his yet to be released album "Freeze Time", called "Like This Like That". The the video is pretty straight forward, as is the lyrics -it's the typical "Imma sex U up gurl"-lyrics we've heard before, but we still quite like it. It's cute and catchy.

Jay Sean - Like This Like That (feat. Birdman)

Shy'm - Tourne

French singer Shy'm is giving us the forth single from her album "Prendre L'Air", called "Tourne". Which is a R&B/Pop song about turning the page and move on.

Video Update: Beyoncé - Best Thing I Never Had

Beyoncé premiers the video for her latest single "The Best Thing I Never Had".

The video is very pretty and quite romantic. It was filmed in Westchester county, Sleepy Hollow and Fort Greene by director Diane Martel. In the video Beyoncé is playing around in lingerie and getting dressed for her big day meanwhile she states in the song that she was the best thing he never had. In between we get cuts of old video footage of her prom night where her boyfriend at the time gets interested in another girl on the other dance floor and leaves Beyoncé.
 The video then cuts back to the present and we get to follow her on the rest of her wedding day.
The song is taken from Beyoncés album "4".

Beyoncé - Best Thing I Never Had

Rihanna - Man Down

Rihanna sure is good at releasing new singles. While "Californiga King Bed" was choosen by fans on twitter as the next single and is the 4th international single, "Man Down" was released to American urban radio on may 3rd -and here's the video for it. "Man Down" was written by Shama Joseph, Timothy & Theron Thomas and Shontelle.

Rihanns told the following about the single to MTV News: "Man Down is gangsta. It comes from me trying to achieve that [vibe]. I'm super inspired by reggae music [and it] has been a part of me since I was born, and I grew up listening to it. I grew up loving it. My favorite artists are all reggae artists. The special thing in that song is the fact that it's a female singing those lyrics, then you have that reggae thing and the chant; the overall energy in that song is so gangsta." She added later "It's got a lot of swagger. I really enjoy it."

The music video for "Man Down" was shot in Jamaica and was directed by Anthony Mandler, who worked with Rihanna for most of her music videos. In the video Rihanna shots a man that tried to rape her, and that has already caused a stir in America as The Parents Television Council (PTC), a non-profit organization that advocates responsible entertainment, criticized Rihanna for "cold, calculated execution of murder" in the video, The council disagreed with Rihanna's suggestion that killing a rapist is a proper form of justice. They also stated "If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video the world would stop. Rihanna should not get a pass".

Rihanna - Man Down

Beyoncé - Run The World (Girls)

I don't like this song by Beyoncé. So, why do I post it then you might wonder. Well, I do like the lyrics and the meaning of the song, and I do like Beyoncé and I LOVE this video. The Dream, Afrojack, Diplo, Switch, Adidja Palmer and Beyoncé herself co-wrote the song -which is the first from her upcoming fourth studio album cleverly named "4", that's gonna be released 28th of June.

I could ramble on about what I like about the video directed by Francis Lawrence and list all the XXXX things that I do love about it and what makes it epic, but I won't. Check out the video for yourself and make up your own damn mind.

Beyoncé - Run The World (Girls)

Jason Derülo - Don't wanna go home

Jason Derülo is back with another smash. After singles like "Ridin' Solo", "Watcha Say" and "In My Head" Derülo is now back with a taste from his upcoming album -the dance record "Don't Wanna Go Home".

Jason co-wrote and produced with The Fliptones.

Jason Derülo - Don't wanna go home

Repeat of the day: Frank Ocean - Swim Good

Frank Ocean has written songs for Justin Bieber, John Legend, Brandy, and Beyoncé Knowles as well as worked with Nas and Pharrell Williams. Ocean released a mixtape back in february called "nostalgica, ULTRA" to critical acclaim. Frank Ocean is usually part of the LA-based collective OFWGKTA(Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All), and the amazing thing is that you can download the whole mixtape from their tumblr here. They're currently on tour in the states.

"Swim Good" is the kind of classic R&B that tick my boxes and speak to my heart. Have a listen to this soulful song about lost love.

PS.You've got the lyrics after the jump.

Frank Ocean - Swim Good

Pitbull - Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer)

Here's how you make a radio-flirting party song! Pitbulls latest has already sold gold in the US with his second single from his sixth album, Planet Pit. The song features vocals from American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, Dutch DJ Afrojack, and American singer Nayer.

According to Paul Grein of Yahoo! Music, the song combines genres of hip hop, pop, and "Broadway-style theatricality" -exemplified with the repetition of the word "tonight", reminiscent of the song of the same name from the musical West Side Story (1957).
Pitbull makes references to actress Lindsay Lohan in the lyrics: "Hustlers move aside, so I’m tiptoein, keep flowin’
I gotta locked up like Lindsay Lohan"

and then Ne-Yo sings the chorus
"Tonight I will love love you tonight
Give me everything tonight
For all we know we might not get tomorrow"


That maybe has a nicer ring to it. The video is taking place, as is not uncommon, in a club. A few shots of the whole crowd jumping up and down, but mostly slow shots of Ne-Yo and Pitbull singing/rapping in some room in the back of the club with different women moving around them.

Pitbull - Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer)