March 29, 2024

Review Category : TMZ Music News

Lily Allen Has A Message On ‘Sheezus’: ‘Give Me That Crown, Bitch’

Reigning pop stars Lorde, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Beyoncé better watch out because Lily Allen is asking for the crown on her latest single, "Sheezus."

Actually, she's demanding it, saying "give me that crown, bitch" on the latest track off her upcoming third solo album of the same name.

In the accompanying video, the British singer appears wears a hoodie and garish gold chain harmonizing under a blue light, punctuated by psychedelic flashes that ping pong from blue to red to yellow and back again.

With a convincing swagger, the It's Not Me, It's You chanteuse bops to and fro, singing about her menstrual cycle as if she were channeling some Jay Z lyrics: "It makes me angry, I'm serious, but then again, I'm just about to get my period/Periods, we all get periods."

Allen switches up her wardrobe, though, sporting a bob hairdo, bamboo earrings and a yellow strap top, for the portion of the song where she name checks music's biggest divas: "Ri-Ri isn't scared of Katy Perry's roaring, Queen Bey's gone back to the drawing/Lorde smells blood yeah, she's about to slay you, Kid ain't one to f--k with when she's only on her debut/ We're all watching Gaga, LOL haha, dying for the art so really she's a martyr."

The tongue-in-cheek video ekes along, still immersed in hallucinogenic visuals, flipping to a long-haired Allen as a flower child, backlit by sunlight and the cosmos, as she croons with her best look of innocence of her impending pop regime: "Give yourselves to me, I am your ...

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‘The Voice’ Recap: Find Out Who Made The Top 10

"The Voice" said goodbye to T.J. Wilkins and Dani Moz Tuesday night (April 22) as underdog Tess Boyer was instantly saved to sing another day.

The first night of live eliminations was filled with stellar performances by Team Adam, Team Blake and Shakira — and a number of Usher selfies.

Shakira showed the artists how it's done when she hit the stage to sing her current hit "Empire," but it wasn't long until her "Voice" empire was threatening to collapse. Two of her three singers, Dani Moz and Tess Boyer, along with Usher's T.J. Wilkins, were in the bottom three and left to have their last chance performances.

But before the pressure was truly on, Levine and his three artists — Delvin Choice, Kat Perkins and Christina Grimmie — started the night off right with a fun and carefree performance of "Sledgehammer," and since all three artists put a sledgehammer in the competition and landed a spot in the top 10, we're thinking it was a fitting song choice.

It must have been good luck for coaches to perform with their teams on elimination night, because all of Team Blake, who hit the stage with Shelton for a guitar heavy performance of "Put Some Drive in Your Country," landed themselves in the top 10. They joined Team Usher's Josh Kaufman, Bria Kelly, and Team Shakira's Kristen Merlin.

For his last chance performance, T.J. Wilkins left his heart on the stage with his performance of "I'll Be," and left his coach proud, Usher even "doing [his] part" by tweeting to save his artist. Team Shakira's Dani ...

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Schoolboy Q’s ‘Studio’ Is Bound To Get You In The Mood

Gangstas need love, too. And that's exactly what Schoolboy Q is after in his latest video.

Shot entirely in black and white, the Jerome D.-directed "Studio" opens with Q on FaceTime with his girl. "When are you coming home? It's already 3 a.m.," she asks. "I gotta finish this verse," the TDE rapper says, before making a plea: "Show me something."

The face on the other end does just that, as she holds the camera up at just the right angle to reveal much more than her face. And thus, the tone of the visuals ‒ which later feature some NSFW clips ‒ are set.

Even though Q is a famous rapper, the premise of the song and video is one to which anyone can relate: You'd like to be with that someone that you love (or that someone you're sleeping with), but work's got you tied up. The resulting visuals to the BJ the Chicago Kid-assisted song have a raunchiness to match lyrics.

"This little verse'll get you naked," Q raps at one point, in a line that finds a literal interpretation shortly after. As the evening progresses, the Los Angeles native is stuck in the lab, working on music and lighting up that good, while his girl ‒ girls, actually ‒ try to pass the time.

The track is one of the most mellow on Q's generally energetic Interscope debut, Oxymoron, which hit stores in February. Prior to "Studio," he has dropped videos for "Collard Greens," "Man of the Year," "Break the Bank" and "What They Want."

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Watch 50 Cent And His Crew Pop A Wheelie In ‘Chase The Paper’

Going after that green is nothing new for 50 Cent, who recently ranked fifth on Forbes' Hip-Hop's Wealthiest list, and he's back at it in his new video.

"You chase the hoes, I chase the paper," FIf raps on the chorus to the aptly titled "Chase the Paper." Beyond the braggadocio of the track, there's a notable collection of artists that 50 has assembled for his latest. Kidd Kidd is a current G-Unit signee, while Prodigy, as half of Mobb Deep, was on the label last decade before parting ways.

Styles P, meanwhile, used to have issues with 50 Cent ‒ particularly stemming from FIf's beef with Styles' LOX groupmate Jadakiss ‒ before the two put them aside recently.

In March, 50 revealed how the collaboration came to life. He was in the studio with SP and Kiss, playing his new music. "One joint came on and he just, [Styles] went crazy to it," he said. "Styles was like, 'Oh, man, play that again!' And I was like, 'I'mma leave it, you could just get on it.' "

The video, directed by Eif Rivera, finds the Queens rapper and his fellow MCs in tried and true video poses, mugging the camera and rapping their verses. They're surrounded by dozens of cohorts who show off their dirt bike skills, in revved up shots that juxtapose the smoothness of the beat.

"Chase the Paper" proves that 50 Cent has no plans of slowing down or going back on his promises. With his album, Animal Ambition, set to hit stores in June, he's been releasing ...

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Wiz Khalifa’s Under The Influence Of Music Tour Returns: See Who’s Joining Him

It's safe to assume that concertgoers and performers alike will be under the influence of a lot more than just music at this summer's Under the Influence of Music Tour. Even so, with the cast of characters set to perform, the music on its own should get fans pretty high.

Headlined by Wiz Khalifa, the tour will also feature Tyga, Ty Dolla $ign, Mack Wilds, Rich Homie Quan, Iamsu!, Sage the Gemini, and DJ Drama. With 22 dates that span from late July through late August, the show is hitting California, Wisconsin, New York and plenty in between.

This is the third straight year that Wiz has rolled out the Under the Influence of Music Tour. The first time around, he was joined by fellow Pittsburgh native Mac Miller, as well as Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. Last summer, A$AP Rocky was in on the fun, with B.o.B and Joey Bada$$ also along for the ride.

This year's installment seems ripe for sprinkles of shared set time. The artists on the bill have a handful of collaborations between them: Wiz was featured on Ty Dolla's "Or Nah"; Iamsu! was all over Sage the Gemini's album Remember Me; DJ Drama tapped Tyga for his single "So Many Girls"; and on Tuesday (April 22), Iamsu! released "What You 'Bout," featuring Wiz, to name a few.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 25 at 4:20 p.m. EST

» 7/24 -- The Pavilion at Montage Mountain -- Scranton, Pennsylvania
» 7/25 -- Susquehanna Bank Center -- Camden, New Jersey
» 7/26 -- Farm Bureau Live at Virginia ...

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SoMo Takes Us Behind His ‘Sensual And Sexual’ Debut

It all started November 14, 2009 when Joseph Somers-Morales, best known by his grade school nickname SoMo, uploaded a cover — or as he refers to it, a "rendition" — of Chris Brown's "Crawl."

More than 92 million views and 486,000 subscribers later, the 26-year-old from Austin, Texas has released a self-titled debut and is now singing the lyrics to his own songs, including lead single "Ride."

"'Ride' is one of the first songs I wrote, so just because it's kind of my baby, it felt right, but the audience kind of chose that as the first single, it really just stuck out, stood out, in the eyes of everyone," SoMo told MTV News. "'Ride' comes off very sensual and sexual at first, you know, to a lot of people, but for me, that song, I wrote, I was really in love and basically I was saying I'm going to ride or die for your love and I'm a sensual person so it kind of went into that and it just describes the transcendence of the emotional part of love going into the physical part."

For someone who hasn't heard of SoMo, the R&B crooner describes his sound as "very soulful," pulling inspiration from several genres.

"A lot of [today's] music has a big influence on me, like Miguel and Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR, you know, that's what I've been listening to a lot lately," he said. "But I also listen to a lot of, like, country and rock."

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Beyonce Drops New Music With Power Producer Boots

Beyoncé has gone and dropped new music — totally sans fanfare — yet again. This time, she's featured on producer Boots' new track, "Dreams."

Boots, a.k.a. Jordy Asher, got more than a little musical shine at the end of 2013 when Bey dropped her self-titled album out of the blue, his name all over the credits. Asher produced much of the record and wrote several tracks as well, including "Heaven."

Tuesday (April 22), he shared that shine with Bey once more on a brand-new track.

"Dreams" is a little sliver of sunshine of a song, a burbling duet between Asher and Bey that makes us think of spring. All the proceeds from the song, according to a Facebook post from Boots, will go to Day One, a non-profit devoted to preventing teen dating violence.

Asher told Vogue that the steps leading to the collaboration were pretty simple: He sent the track to 'Yonce, she sent it back — with vocals.

"I love that the song has me and what I'm doing in my realm and her and what she's doing in hers, and it's so completely opposite but they work incredibly together," he said. "It's the greatest kind of cosign you could get, from someone who truly, truly believes in you. As gifted and as brilliant as she is, and she is, to be able to believe in me in that regard is a really special thing."

When Beyoncé's album dropped in December of 2013, there was much speculation and curiosity surrounding the identity of Boots. ...

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Drew Barrymore Gives Birth To Second Daughter

Drew Barrymore's family just got a little bigger. The star and her husband, art consultant Will Kopelman, welcomed their second daughter on Tuesday (April 22).

"Happy to announce that today we are the proud parents of our second daughter, Frankie Barrymore Kopelman," the couple told People in a statement. "Olive has a new little sister, and everyone is healthy and happy!""and everyone is healthy and happy!"

Just two days before giving birth, Barrymore posted photos to her Instagram account showing her satisfying her pregnancy cravings with a little Dim Sum brunch.

Barrymore announced her second pregnancy back in November and admitted on the I "Ellen DeGeneres Show" that she did get "bigger" during her second pregnancy because she would "just eat everything I want, which isn't healthy."

"My doctor the other day was like, 'Yeah, so I think maybe pull back a little bit' and I was like 'really?," she said. "I thought I was doing great! I still fit into those jeans, I mean, they hurt when I wear them but I'm still in them...'"

Back in September of 2013, Barrymore told InStyle magazine that she had every intention to expand her family since she was an only child and "it was lonely."

"Some people love it and thrive on the independence, but I want my kids to have other kids around," Barrymore said. "Maybe two kids so they can run around life together, roll their eyes at their parents together like Rusty and Audrey Griswold from '[National Lampoon's] Vacation.' So however that's going to come about, it's ...

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