Kahi - Come back you bad person

Kahi is the leadsinger in the popular Koren pop group After School. She's not leaving the group, but she's trying out doing some solo stuff on the side. This is your first taste of said solo project -a song called 'Come back you bad person'.

The music in the verses are superhard electro/electric guitar riffs over a beating bass. The chorus on the other hand is pretty balladry over a piano melody. It may sound scattered, but it works very well together.

The video seem to go with a black/white - good/evil theme which is a bit like the song itself.

Kahi - Come back you bad person

Popdiva duet of the year: Rihanna feat. Britney Spears

Poptart Rihanna asked her fans on Twitter who they wanted most to be featured on the remix of her song 'S&M', and the fans answer was pretty clear: none other than miss Spears. Said and done, here's the result:

Rihanna - S&M Remix (feat. Britney Spears)

Video Update: Helena Paparizou - Baby it's over

Here's the video for Helena Paparizou's single 'Baby It's Over' which is a track from her new compilation album. 

The video looks kinda low-budget, but fun and artsy on the other hand. The song is still superb though.

Bjørn Johan Muri - Nobody Knows (feat. Kelly Mueller)

 

Norweigan Idol runner-up Bjørn Johan Muri is back with a new song. This time an amazing ballad in duet with British singer-songwriter Kelly Mueller.

The song is taken from Muri's album 'Airwaves' and present itself as an pretty, a bit alternative and ambient ballad. Not the most exciting thing I've heard, but it's very pleasent. The video is unfortunately not posted on any video site that allows embedding, but you can watch it here if you want.

Bjørn Johan Muri - Nobody Knows (feat. Kelly Mueller)

The Script - If you ever come back

Irish rock/pop band The Script is giving us the video for the third single from their album 'Science & Faith'. The new single is called 'If you ever come back'. And the lyrics is really good on this one. The song is about a guy always leaving his door unlocked if his ex ever decide to return to him. I urge you to listen to the lyrics before throwing this song away(not that there's a reason you should do that in any case because it's a good song, but still)

The Script - If you ever come back

Katy B - Broken Record

Katy B is mixing dubstep, RnB, funk, house and UK Garage in her music and has had big success in the UK with her album 'On A Mission'. Her latest single is called 'Broken Record' and is her 3rd(previous singles are 'Katy on a mission' and 'Lights On') top10-hit. Check it out below. 

Katy B - Broken Record

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)

Take That - Kidz

In 2010, Robbie Williams decided to return to the Take That days. Soon their album, "Progress," followed. Recently, the group is out with their second single from the album titled "Kidz."

"Kidz" has been referred to by Q Magazine as the highlight of Progress where the "reintroduction of Robbie Williams into the Take That ranks [has given] them a shot in the arm" concluding that "Kidz" is one of the "brilliantly mad future-disco titans."

Remix Round Up

There are so many great remixes of pop songs out there -sometimes they're even better than the originals. Here are our top favorite ones at the moment.

1. Loreen - My Heart Is Refusing Me (Ali Payami Remix)
Loreen gave us our favorite song of 2011 so far. And to our liking he label released an EP with loads of remixes of said song. The Ali Payami is our favorite one. It's a bass-dominated house track with beautiful strings accenting the chorus of the song - this is pure remix heaven.


2. M. Pokora - Gogo Danseuse (Dj Mercer Remix)

This is a great track from Pokora's latest album and it wouldn't surprice me if it becomes the next single. It already got this awesome remix either way.



3. Fenech-Soler - Demons (Wideboys Vocal Remix)

Wideboys is a well-known remix act in the UK and here's they've made a fantastic version out of Fenech-Soler's record 'Demons'.




4. Yasmin - Finish Line (Freemasons Pegasus Club Mix)

Yasmin was a new artist of 2010 and she's released two awesome singles, 'On My Own' and 'Finish Line'. The latter one given the remix treatment of remix-masters Freemasons. If you want more of their brilliance I suggest that you check out their collab with Wynter Gordon in 'Believer' or listen to their many spectacular remixes of Beyoncé's singles.



5. Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold You're Breath (Cahill Remix)

Nicole's latest single has been getting a remix by remix-veteran Cahill.

Introducing Tove Styrke

Tove Styrke was the runner-up to Swedish Idol last year. And the 18-year old had quite the success with her own album/material since the show ended. The album is a really great according to us and a lot more sophisticated than what you usually get from Idol-alums. The critics has praised her too and compared her to Robyn(and she's also worked with some of Robyn's former collaborators as well).

She's released two singles previously, the aucustic sounding percussion heavy track 'Million Pieces' and the dance number that is 'White Light Moment'. Now with her 3rd single 'High & Low' her label has decided to finance a combining video.

The song is produced by Patrik Berger -who's worked with artists like Robyn and Those Dancing Days(who we've mentioned on this blog before). The video is in black and white and plays a lot with contrasts. Tove is donning different looks which all looks very pretty, and the whole video is made and styled in a way that is reminiscent of her single and album artwork.

Tove Styrke - High & Low

Mads Langer - Microscope

Dane Mads Langer debuted with an acousitc cover of the 90's song 'You're Not Alone' by Olive, now he's releasing his new single called 'Microscope', from his new base in London.
'Microscope' reminds me of Norwegian singer Espen Lind, as well as other guitar pop boys like Jack Johnson or Jason Mraz.

Mads Langer - Microscope