Katy Perry better get a new ballot dress: If things go the way she’d like, she’ll need one with the name “Hillary Clinton” on it.

Sure, Clinton may not have announced whether or not she’s running for president — in fact, she’s dodged the question over and over again, each time rather gracefully — but if she does, Perry made it clear that she has her full support.

On Thursday, the two met at Clinton’s Los Angeles book signing for “Hard Choices,” her new memoir about her four years as Secretary of State. The “Roar” singer not only snapped a picture with more girl power than a Spice Girls tour bus, but she also offered to write a theme song if she decides to put her name in the hat for the 2016 campaign.

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Emily Blake

When not fronting the hugely successful band Maroon 5 (maybe you’ve heard of them?), Adam Levine likes to just take it easy. If your definition of “taking it easy” translates to coaching contestants on “The Voice,” a nationally broadcasted music competition that airs two seasons a year, that is.

I caught up with Adam this week to find out everything I could about the series’ seventh season, which is shooting right now and will air this fall on NBC. But first, I had to ask him about some comments of his that were recently published in Rolling Stone: “‘The Voice’ is very successful, but it’s got a ways to go if it wants to have as profound an impact as ‘Idol.’ I’m not going to lie to you: I think there are problems… Millions of people watch the show every week and fall in love with a singer, then you don’t hear much from them.”

For his part, the “Maps” singer contends that those quotes were “taken out of context,” although he wasn’t keen on diving too deeply into clarifying what he actually meant. “The more I say, the more it’s taken out of context. I’d rather not discuss that.” Fair enough. “Yeah, it was bullsh-t. I was pissed off about it, but it’s all good.” BRB, wiping the sweat off my brow.

As for the next batch of “The Voice,” Adams shared that “Season 7 is far and away the best season we’ve ...

With reporting by Josh Horowitz.

For a guy who’s made headlines by singing karaoke with both Katy Perry and The Wolverine, Robert Pattinson certainly doesn’t own up to doing a lot of karaoke.

“I think I’ve only ever done karaoke like three times,” the erstwhile “Twilight” star told MTV News.

Yes, when asked for advice for would-be kings of the croon, Pattinson, the man whose voice Hugh Jackman once described as “soulful,” came up somewhat short.

“Go for something outside of your wheelho– I don’t know,” he said, coming up short.

To see what Pattinson digs up for advice, and to hear about his best karaoke experience ever, check out the clip above.

Pattinson’s new movie, “The Rover,” is in theaters now.

Kase Wickman

Nicki Minaj has been steadily releasing a new stream of new music since 2014 began, and this Friday (June 20) is no different.

Today Nicki dropped a new track and captioned the post with a row of blushing face emojis. We’ve only got a short taste, but it sounds like Minaj has another sexy slow jam for us.

“Cause you love it then you leave it, but you know how bad I need it,” Minaj sings, echoing the soulful, sad vibes of her official single “Pills N Potions.”

Most fans assumed that this new song will appear on Nicki’s forthcoming album The Pink Print, but she’s assured the Barbz that it won’t be.

Caitlin White

MTV Weekend Editor. Acts like Madonna but listens to Merle.

Just when I thought I was out of the feelings game, Sam Smith pulls me back in. The MTV Artist To Watch popped by SiriusXM Hits 1 recently, and recorded a beyond-vulnerable cover of Whitney Houston’s ’80s classic, “How Will I Know.”

In contrast to the original’s infectious rhythm, the U.K. crooner’s version is slowed down considerably, recasting “How Will I Know” as a bittersweet lament of unrequited love. Totally Sam’s M.O., as anyone who has listened wept along to his debut studio album, In The Lonely Hour, can tell you.

Even though there’s a piano accompanying the “Stay With Me” singer, it’s Sam’s voice that’s the star of this video. As he recently told The FADER: “I’m so passionate about the singing voice… What I’m trying to do actually with my album is show that it’s my voice that’s leading. It’s my voice that’s the instrument.”

Well, all that weeping has certainly drained my feelings reservoir. I think I, like, physically need to listen to Whitney’s original “How Will I Know” on repeat for a few hours to build back that serotonin.

John Walker

This scene from “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” screened a little while ago, and I’ve been dying to see it since hearing the descriptions.

Caesar has a tense meeting with the humans in our exclusive ‘Apes’ clip.

In the clip, Koba, played by future Doctor Doom Tobey Kebell, approaches two humans, one of whom is played by Kevin Rankin a.k.a Kenny the White Supremacist from “Breaking Bad.” Koba manages to charm Kenny and his fellow guard, but they make the mistake of letting the scarred ape get too close.

It’s simple, suspenseful scenes like this that really make me excited to see what “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” has to offer.

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” opens in theaters on July 11.

Kevin P. Sullivan

How was your day yesterday? Sorry, what’s that? I can’t hear you over all the uneventful nothingness tumbling out of your mouth. Pardon the attitude, but Jiff the Pom — as in that mind-blowingly adorable dog who guest-starred in Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” video and breaks the entire Internet on the daily — paid us a visit on Thursday, so your lesser June 20s really can’t compare.

We even got Jiff a proper welcome pizza. You wanna share, buddy?

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Jiff, did you… Oh my god, did you just eat that whole pie by yourself?!

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ABSOLUTELY. NO. REGRETS.

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GOOD DOG!

TO REVIEW… THIS HAPPENED.

John Walker

Demi Lovato is remembering her father, Patrick, one year after he lost his battle with cancer.

“Can’t believe it’s already been a year..,” the singer tweeted. “Wish I could’ve hugged you one last time.. RIP Daddy, I love you.”

Shortly after his death, Lovato revealed that her father was suffering from mental illness, and she created the Lovato Treatment Scholarship, which pays for the cost of treatment, in his honor.

“My father and I didn’t have the most ideal relationship but at the end of the day he’s still my dad and I grew up with him and he was a wonderful person,” she told “Good Morning America” in 2013. “And it’s difficult but I’m handling it OK.”

Emilee Lindner

Member of MTV News' Cat Braintrust, has an unhealthy obsession with pork dumplings and tweeting Austin Mahone's mom. Follow @EmileeLindner

Oh man, this video of a bunch of kids playing Weezer’s “Undone – The Sweater Song” will make you shiver with antici … “Rocky Horror”-style.

Frontman Rivers Cuomo shared the vid — titled “Rock Band Recital Fail” — on Twitter the other night, which we think should come as some small comfort to this rabblement of tiny rockers. What incident befell them that necessitates said comfort? We’ll let you watch for yourself…

Brenna Ehrlich

Brenna Ehrlich is a reporter for MTV News as well as the senior writer/editor for the O Music Awards. In the past, she served as associate editor at Mashable, penned a netiquette column for CNN and co-authored the blog and book "Stuff Hipsters Hate." She likes trying not to die in moshpits and listening to songs on repeat. Follow her on Twitter @BrennaEhrlich for news on cats and punk bands.

Imagine Dragons knew that when Michael Bay wants to talk to you, you drop what you’re doing and take the call.

The Las Vegas band have been touring their debut album, Night Visions, for the past two years, but when Bay reached out about composing a song for the latest installment of his alien-robot franchise, “Transformers: Age of Extinction,” they were eager to contribute.

After watching parts of the film with Bay, lead singer Dan Reynolds said that the idea for the theme for the original song they wrote “Battle Cry” just came to him.

“I said ‘I have this theme idea,’” Reynolds explained in a new featurette. From there, the band wrote the song along with composers Steve Jablonsky and Hans Zimmer. “As we were in the room with them we’d be playing something,” he added, “they would change one note and suddenly it would give this feeling of remorse, or feeling of happiness.”

Since Imagine Dragon’s music is already based on epic, swelling choruses like the one on their Grammy Award Winning single “Radioactive” it makes sense that they connected to the high-energy action of the “Transformers” sci-fi series. “Battle Cry” seems to follow a similar format, building from delicate strings into an enormous, drum-filled chorus—think Coldplay circa Viva La Vida era.

“Transformers: Age of Extinction” hits US on Wednesday, June 26 and “Battle Cry,” which was released as a one-off single on June 2, is available for purchase now.

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