Day in Pop Report for 09/18/2014
On Wednesday (Sept. 17), Azalea has slapped a lawsuit on said ex, Maurice Williams (AKA rapper Jefe Wine), claiming "the music derived from her unreleased masters constitutes violations of her copyright, trademark, name and likeness. She's also alleging conversion of stolen information from her computer." (via The Hollywood Reporter) The back story here is that when Azalea arrived in Texas at the age of 17, Williams set her up with a place to live while pretending to be an oil millionaire and single (he was married with a family). Williams followed her to Atlanta, where they lived together and he allegedly downloaded all the contents of her computer, including master recordings of her music. Read more here.
According to the Associated Press (via Billboard), a lawyer for the now ex-cadet Richard King alleges that LaBelle's bodyguard beat him up outside the Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston in March 2011 as he waited for a ride home from his family. The beating, the lawyer told the court yesterday (Sept. 16), resulted in a brain injury that forced King to drop out of the military academy. King is now suing LaBelle; LaBelle's manager and son, Zuri Edwards, her bodyguard, Efrem Holmes, and LaBelle's hairdresser, Norma Harris in relation to the incident. King says he had just arrived in his hometown of Houston while on spring break from West Point when LaBelle's bodyguard and two others attacked him. King's lawyer told the court his client was minding his own business outside the airport terminal when "he was attacked without provocation" by the 400-pound Holmes, as well as by Edwards and Harris. King says he suffered a traumatic brain injury after hitting his head on a concrete pillar during the attack. But LaBelle's attorneys told the court that King was actually the aggressor, throwing the first punch at Edwards. Read more here.
The two scheduled shows on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Rupp Arena. Tickets for the show will go on sale on Sept. 26 via Ticketmaster, 1-800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster Express 1-866-448-7849. Tickets will cost $69 after taxes and fees. While Brooks announced his first Chicago show during a press conference in July, he's been adding a slew of additional dates periodically, most recently extending his tour dates in Atlanta and adding two shows in Florida. Read more here.
According to DJ Skee on his radio program, the high profile couple will combine for a joint album sometime in the near future. "This secret would top all of them," he said. He was referring in part to the duo's solo albums of 2013, which were released in timeframes ranging from fairly to incredibly suddenly. "Even that new U2 album." He added that he's talked to a "couple sources" who confirmed the news, though no sources have been named. Read more here.
In the Jo Bro's new clip it's not too hard for him to act infatuated being that his "girlfriend" in the video is actually his real life girlfriend Olivia Culpo, who was also Miss USA 2012. To keep her close, Jonas rides his motorcycle as he sings about "puffing his chest" to look tough. He also plays basketball about a guy who's at least a foot taller than him and looks on as Culpo poses all sexy as muscle-bound men pump some iron. "I wish you didn't post it all," he sings. "I wish you saved a little bit just for me." But as he later admits, it's not Culpo's fault that everyone finds her attractive. That being said, he can't help it if he still gets jealous. Watch the video here.
All that may change with her sophomore album, which has just been announced. The album will be entitled Big Fat Lie and will be released this October, Rap-Up reports. With executive producer credits from Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, Big Fat Lie will total 11 songs, plus three additional tracks on its deluxe edition. Singles "Your Love" and "On the Rocks," which were premiered earlier in the summer, make the tracklist, as does "Electric Blue," the album's only song with a featured credit - in this case, T.I. More details including the tracklisting here.
Showcasing their funky side, the country trio go "wild and freestyle" on the new song. The track begins with gritty electric guitar, name dropping Macklemore, creek banks, blue jeans and skinny dipping. "Hey, there ain't nothing wrong/ Just making it up as we go along," Lady Antebellum sing on the chorus. In an interview with Radio.com earlier this year, Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott told Radio.com that the band's previous upbeat single "Compass" helped point Lady Antebellum in a new direction. "We could tell our fans - and I believe country radio - were just wanting uptempo from us, and wanting energy," she told Radio.com. "Not wanting another mid-tempo [song] or ballad. They wanted to see a different side of us." Check out the song here.
According to the McMinn County Imagination Library, Parton will be honored for her help in raising awareness for the 10th anniversary of the Imagination Library. Mayfield Farm in Athens, Tenn., will honor Parton's cause, which fosters a love of reading among pre-school children in East Tennessee. Founded by Parton in 1995, the Imagination Library's mission is to mail families an age-appropriate book each month to those in her home county. Since it's launch, Imagination Library has expanded to over 1,600 local communities which have provided over 60,000,000 books to families in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. On Sept. 27, Parton's eight-acre corn maze will open to the public with a pumpkin patch and haunted trail. The anniversary celebration of Parton's Imagination Library will be held this weekend, on Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Read more here.
The group's singer, Paul Banks, directed the clip. In it, several boxers take to the ring to practice their craft. There is no storyline, but the piece is a study in light and motion. It is an intellectual exercise wrapped in the colors of something much simpler than it is and, thus, of the Interpol aesthetic. It's a good work around for a song whose lyrics could easily prompt a visual that is too on the nose. A film noir of a disasterous romance would have been too obvious. At times the rapid-fire punching paired with the lyrics, "Twice as hard / I give it right back to you," can feel overt but the alternative makes it clear this was a smart choice. Watch the video here.
The cover for the song, which some have reported may be called, in full, "I (Love Myself)," is simple, featuring two people making heart signs with their hands flanking the lowercase letter "i," "by Kendrick Lamar" beneath it. Whether the song comes next week or next month, it'll mark Lamar's first single of new material from his upcoming album, which does not yet have a release date. Read more and see the cover art here.
The pair have reportedly been writing a film together for the past six years, according to an interview Neeson gave The Independent. The Oscar winner (for his role in the 1993 film Schindler's List) revealed about his fellow Irishman, "We chat, or with him a lot of the time I just listen. He's a wonderful man. He's got an idea for a script which we've been working on for the past six years." What kind of film would Bono and Neeson make? One that will spotlighting their homeland's "showband phenomenon of the Seventies," apparently. Read more here.
On it the raunchy freestyle he spits about not letting the booty go to waste, not working for the kitty and bragging about what he's got going on in his pants. "She want to lock a brother down on the regular / Talking crazy to me, like she own it," Brown raps. "I don't trust her as far as I can throw her." Read more here.
"Homegrown Honey" is the lead single and title of his fourth solo album, which Rucker opened up about writing with Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley. "I was playing golf with Charles Kelley one day," he told Radio.com. "Charles is probably my best friend in the business, we get along really well. He said, 'Man, we've been in Nashville seven years and have never written a song.' I hadn't really thought about it, but he was right. We had never written a song together. When I got to the session he had this great idea he had started with the opening line, 'Sitting in a bar in New York City everyone here looking New York pretty.'" Rucker explained that Kelley had the idea to write about a girl who lives in New York and is from the South and is different from everybody else. Nathan Chapman also had a hand in writing the track and is someone Rucker credits as "a genius with melodies." "[When] we finished it, we were sitting around and I said, 'This is my single.' There was no doubt in my mind that that was my first single." The song is a departure from Rucker's previous singles, as it's a party song. As a result, Rucker said that the song brings out a cool, fun side for him. "This song was so much fun. It's a guy I'm not anymore, but we can sing about it anyway." Read more and listen to the song here.
On "Kind Of�Sometimes�Maybe," Ware doesn't sound as unsure of herself as the title suggests. Instead, what we get is a swinging rhythm and a lusty melody co-written by R&B showboat Miguel. Ware's new album is due on October 21 via PMR/Island Records, and at the rate she is sharing music (we've already heard five songs, including the title track and the live version of "Champagne Kisses"), the whole thing might be available before the announced release date. And this isn't the last of the album's collaborations, as we have yet to hear "Share It All," co-written by The xx's Remy Croft. Share it all, indeed. Listen to it here.
That didn't exactly happen last weekend, when he showed up at a Charleston, S.C., birthday party (according to a Facebook post, he was invited, so the "Bill Murray just sorta walked in" narrative is regrettably thrown out here), but that doesn't stop the subsequent video footage from being pretty amusing, in the way that watching people dance to "Turn Down to What" tends to be. The comedian and actor can be found in one video, uploaded to YouTube, in the corner of the clip, clapping, dancing and laughing along to the DJ Snake and Lil Jon track that was nearly inescapable for a minute there in the summer. It's toward the end where he particularly turns up, throwing in some devastating moves and hand motions as the video, unfortunately, cuts out right before the drop. But wait, there's more! A separate Facebook video of the event found Murray air guitaring along to Tommy Tutone's "8675309," because it is 1981. Watch the video here.
According to a tweet from the band, the Las Vegas foursome took a break from their forthcoming album to record the song for their favorite game. The song is currently available as a free download on the League of Legends' website. The backdrop for the new song is an animated action video built around scenes from the online battle arena game. The premise? "The battle begins, and sixteen teams across the globe are fighting towards one goal - to win the League of Legends World Championship," explains the game's official site. Read more here.
Lovato has just resumed her Neon Lights World Tour and is traveling across the U.S. She stopped for a moment to gives Radio.com a quick update on how it's going and what she's up to. How do you keep the tour fresh for yourself and your fans? Every night is different because I'm in a new city and performing in front of a new crowd. Compared to my Neon Lights Tour, which wrapped earlier this year, fans can expect a few more surprises during my World Tour as well as special guests Christina Perri, MKTO and Becky G. I've been fortunate enough to have an amazing crowd at every show. The energy definitely affects my performances in a positive way - there's no better feeling than performing in front of an audience and seeing my fans singing my songs with me. What are your top three favorite Demi Lovato songs? Do they change depending on whether you are performing currently? They do change. Right now I am enjoying "Really Don't Care" because it's such a fun song to perform. I also love "Nightingale" and "Neon Lights." What is going through your head as you perform? For me, it's about connecting with my audience, focusing on the music and putting on a great show for my fans. Read the rest of the interview here.
"Party Ain't a Party" features Foxx sing-rapping and crooning alongside 2 Chainz at his most acrobatic. The DJ Mustard-produced track, which kicks off with a deep bass intro, is one big twerkfest Miley Cyrus would get behind. On it, Foxx gives the command "Gone 'head girl, twerk it all on me," echoed by the hook "Turn around girl, let me see you do it," while 2 Chainz cracks jokes about straightening girls' hair and finding a girl who can cook eggs and twerk at the same (damn) time. Read More here.
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