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)

Britney Spears - Criminal

Hi guys, sorry for being so absent this month, but been having a crazy work schedule, but I'm gonna try to make up for it. Today we start off with Britney Spears new music video for her latest single "Criminal" off her "Femme Fatale" album. It's the only ballad on the album, and it's written by Shellback and Max Martin, with additional writing by Tiffany Amber.

The song differentiates itself from anything Britney has sung on before since the song is a guitar-driven midtempo ballad, which incorporates a folk-style flute melody. The songs lyrics works very well with the just released accompanying music video directed by Chris Marrs Piliero. Chris also directed the video for "I Wanna Go" and he's got a very movie plot/photography-like style in this video as well, but while "I Wanna Go" was humorous, "Criminal" got a more mature and serious tone.

In the verses Britney sings about being in love with a bad boy/criminal with lyrics like "He is a hustler / He's no good at all / He is a loser, he's a bum, bum, bum, bum" and "He is a bad boy with a tainted heart / And even I know this ain't smart". In the chorus she pleads to her mother not to worry in lines such as "But mama im in love with a criminal" and "Mama please don't cry / I will be alright", comparable to the lyrics in Madonna's "Papa, don't preach". And in the video Britney runs away with a guy that saves her from a creep at a fancy happening, then the video is giving us shorts snippets of Britney's new life together with this guy that clearly is a criminal. All of this mixed up with various hot sex scenes that fit well with the ending of all choruses: "And this type of love isn't rational / It's physical". Only Britney can make flutes sexy. 

Britney Spears - Criminal

Britney Spears - I Wanna Go

F.u.n.-Britney is back y'all!
The song is written by Shellback, Max Martin and Savan Kotecha and is a dance pop song with techno-influences, a whistled melody and stuttered vocals, with Brit singing about losing her inhibitions. It's a fun track and the video directed by Chris Marrs Piliero continue down that road.This is our favorite video of Britney for a very long time.

Our favorite parts in non specific order:
¤ Britney telling reporters to fuck themselves
¤ Reporter wearing a plastic gold crown
¤ Britney flirting the hell out of the camera
¤ Britney flashing in the middle of the street
¤ Britney sexing up a police man
¤ The cinema sign that says "Crossroads 2: Cross Harder"
¤ Britney whopping robo-paparazzi asses with her mic chord
¤ .........nah we'll stop with this stupid chart-thing. Just watch the video - it's fun and upbeat.

Britney Spears - I Wanna Go

Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

This is pretty frekkin' hilarious. We're talking about the music video for Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" featuring cameos by Rebecca Black, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, Hanson, Kenny G, Debbie Gibson and Corey Feldman. So fun that Rebecca Black got invited to the party since Fridays is her favorite day of the week.

The track was written by Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Bonnie McKee, and produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin. Katy Perry desscribed how the song came to be: "It's a song about debauchery because I had one of those nights in Santa Barbara. We went out to this place called Wildcat and got crazy. We had a couple of beers and danced until we died, then brought the party back to the hotel room. Most of that song is actual truth, apart from the ménage à trois… unfortunately! But, yes, streaking in the park, that’s what we did, so we had to write a song about it the next day!"

The video was directed by Marc Klasfeld and Katy Perry takes on the role of Kathy Beth Terry, a nerdy teenager with braces, headgear and oversized glasses who's just woken up the morning after a house party. A male guest opens the door to her bedroom and congratulates her on having the best party ever. Puzzled as to what happened, she goes online, only to find pictures of herself in various compromising positions. The video then goes into a flashback of the events that occurred the night before. Check it out below.

Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

Those Dancing Days - Can't Find Entrance

Swedish Indie-girlband Those Dancing Days have released the video for their latest single, the Max Martin penned "Can't Find Entrance".  Just that collaboration thrills me. Those Dancing Days have made some pretty amazing indie-hits of their own and then mixed in with Mr. Pophit-maker himself -Max Martin... *swoon*  The result is a track that screams hit and sounds Those Dancing Days. I don't know where Max fit's into the song or what he's done, but I guess it's a job well done since they've preserved their sound completely and made a great track out of it, but I sure can't tell if apart from their other hit singles.

The music video is directed by Andreas Öhman, and it's a treat for your eyes.

Those Dancing Days - Can't Find Entrance

Britney Spears - DANCE Till the world ends

Here's another version of Ray Kay's Britney Spears - Till the World Ends-video: a dance version to be exact. Check it out below and watch Britney swing those arms and legs.

Video Update: Britney Spears - Till the World Ends

Britney Spears premiered her all new video for second single 'Till the World Ends' yesterday, taken from new album 'Femme Fatale'.

The video is taking place in an underground club, and the video go well with the lyrics in the chorus:
"See the sunlight
We aint stoppin'
Keep on dancing till the world ends
If you feel it, let it happen
Keep on dancing till the world ends" 
Because she and a bunch of other people are dancing their asses off while the city above them are falling apart. 


The video was directed by Ray Kay and I have to say that he's done an amazing job. The video has a simple concept, but for me it's the best Britney-video in many years. She looks amazing and the video has this energy that's been lacking a bit from her performances as of late.

Britney Spears - Till the World Ends

Katy Perry - E.T. (feat. Kanye West)

'E.T.' is written by Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Ammon. The song is an electro ballad that has a similar beat to Queen's 'We will rock you', and the song is about falling in love with a forigner. But in the video they've capitalised on the fact that she sings 'alien' in the lyrics and put an alien-theme on the whole thing.

In the video Perry is joined by rapper Kanye West(as well as on the single edit).
The Canadian director Floria Sigismondi is known for making dark and feminine music videos, and has done so in the past for artists like Christina Aguilera('Fighter', 'Hurt') and Marilyn Manson('the beautiful people', 'Tourniquet') -E.T. is no exception.  

In the video, Perry play an alien(donning some serious make-up, and uses prosthetics, coloured contact lenses and shimmering face paint) who drifts through outer space before landing on an abandoned planet covered with litter^. She eventually come across a broken robot, which turns into a naked male after recieving a kiss from Perry. Kanye West is mostly floating around in a spacecraft throughout the video.

Just the sheer amount it took for getting Katy Perry's make-up ready was hard for her. This is what she says about it:
"It was, like, five and six hours, each makeup look. It was hard for me! It was really a patience thing for me on this video. But, you know, it's like when you're doing a film. Sometimes you have to do prosthetics, and you have to get really old or turn into an animal or a monster — and that's kind of what this process was", Perry told MTV.

The single is Perry's fifth number one on the Billboard Hot 100-chart.

Katy Perry - E.T. (feat. Kanye West)

Britney Spears - Till the world ends

Britney spears is already back with her second single. It's called 'Till the world ends' and is a song penned by Ke$ha for Britney and is produced by  Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Billboard, which of the first two ones is the executive producers of her seventh studio album 'Femme Fatale' that will be released later this month. 

You can hear that 'Till the world ends' is written by Ke$ha because it's utilizes the stuttered vocoded vocals that she's known for. But I don't mind it and it works overall exceptionally well with Britney's voice. The song uses several "Oh Oh Oh Oooooh"'s in the chorus that will get stuck in your head.

If 'Hold it against me' was a dance track for the clubs, this is a dance track for the radio. It's very cachy, very Britney and will get you in a good mood. There's no "It's Britney ,bitch", there's no lyrics hinting about sex and there's no cheeky double meaning lyrics. The text is simply about party and having fun and feels perfect for the summer. Which feels like a breath of fresh air when it comes to Britney in recent years. The production is simply perfection as it was on 'Hold it against me'. Dr. Luke and Max Martin know how to make sensational several layered pop music, that's for sure. I'm certain this will be a massive radio hit for her. What is your opinion? 

Britney Spears - Till the world ends

 
PS. The song is already out on iTunes worldwide.

Ke$ha - Blow

Ke$ha has released the her latest video for 'Blow', directed by Chris Marrs Piliero. And she's enjoying herself at a unicornparty! You heard me. People are dressed up and have unicorn heads, except for Ke$ha that is. And for some reason James Van Der Beek of Dawson's Creek fame are sneaking around at the party aswell as Ke$has nemesis.

It's an alright video that try to be weird and funny, and manage to be so quite alright. It also looks like Ke$ha is trying to clean up(or just got a new stylist), she's still got her trashy tongue-licking ways, but she's got nice straight hair and are donning fashionable designer dresses strangely enough(for being Ke$ha that is).

The song is written by no other people than Klas Åhlund, Lukasz Gottwald, Allan Grigg, Benjamin Levin and Max Martin. And it's produced by Dr. Luke and Max Martin, whom is busy producing Britney Spears upcoming album.

Ke$ha - Blow

Video Update: Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me

And here we finally have it -the video for Britney's latest single.

The video is directed by Jonas Åkerlund, whom also directed videos for P!nk, Lady Gaga, Roxette, Rihanna, Lenny Kravitz, Christina Aguilera, Madonna etc..

In this video Britney is on a soundstage in a rocketship. The video is very pretty, and the cat fight and the white dress getting sprayed with a variety of colors during the middle-8 is cool, and although her dancers is awesome, I can't help but feel slightly disappointed by the fact that you don't really see Ms. Spears getting in more on that awesome dancing herself.
I wonder if that is because that knee-injury that she got a few years back while touring and she will never be the same or if the choreographer or the editing is to blame.

Although I think it's a lot better than Radar, If you seek Amy and 3, it's not succeding the video for womanizer.

And I'm still just as excited for the rest of the album as when I first heard this dance club record, that 'Hold it against me' is.

Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me

Video Update: Avril Lavigne - What the hell

Avrils new song has been overshadowed by Britney's new song a bit, which is a shame, since although it's not an fantastic orgasmic song, it's a good song and the best we've been given from Avril in a very long time. If you think it sounds a bit like a Kelly Clarkson track, it's not that surprising since the song is penned by Max Martin(and Shellback), who's also written/produced most of Kelly's big hits.

The video is directed by Marcus Raboy has now surfaces online, and just like the song, it's good/alright, but not amazing. Check it out for yourselves.

Avril Lavigne - What the hell

Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me

Britney Spears is back with the first single from her up'n'coming as-of-yet untitled album. The song is Hold It Against Me, and if it's any indication on how her new album will sound it's pure dancepop with heavy beats.

It's nice to hear her voice again. And that the vocals's isn't auto-tuned to hell.We shall see if 2011 is the year Britney makes a real huge comeback.




Britney Spears - Hold It Against  Me

Robyn 'Body Talk Part 3' album sampler

If you haven't heard the new tracks on Body Talk Part 3, you can have a listen below. I must say that this 3rd part is the best for us. Sure, the other two albums have dilivered some really great tracks, but on this one we can honestly say that we think all of the tracks are great! And the track 'Time Machine' is written by swedish artist Sophia Somajo and no one less than Max Martin!

Body Talk Pt. 3 by Jon_ALi

Video Update: Pink - Raise your glass

The music video for Pinks single 'Raise your glass' has just been released. And it's a classic Pink video music affair: It's agressive and fun, and it follows the theme in the lyrics. That all underdogs should just go for it and party and stop caring about what other thinks. The song is written by Pink, Max Martin and Shellback.

Pink - Raise your glass

New P!ink: Raise your glass

Pink is back with a new single called "Raise your glass". I like it, but it sounds much more like a Kate Perry song than a Pink song, or what do you reckon?












P!nk - Raise your glass