Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards has one thing One Direction fans will surely covet: an engagement ring from boy-bander boyfriend Zayn Malik.

Edwards, 20, walked the red carpet with Malik, 20, at yesterday's London premiere of showing off a bit of new bling on her left ring finger and sparking speculation the two were engaged.

A rep for One Direction confirmed the rumors to MTV News saying, "Zayn and Perrie are engaged, but any further detail regarding their relationship is private."

But that didn't stop Edwards' mother from spilling some intel to the UK's Real Radio.

"Yes, it is. It's true. They got engaged on Sunday and it was absolutely lovely," she said. "It's wonderful because Zayn is absolutely gorgeous and Perrie loves him to pieces, so it's just perfect. They just get on so well together and they understand each other, so it's just fabulous."

The news sparked several worldwide trending topics Wednesday on Twitter, including #CongratsZayneAndPerrie and Zayn Malik.

Edwards and Malik began dating in 2011 after meeting backstage during the British "X Factor," which Edwards' girl group Little Mix won.

It's been a busy summer for Malik's One Direction. In addition to premiering their Morgan Spurlock-directed 3D biopic, the band has been on tour in support of their second studio album Take Me Home. The guys' "Best Song Ever" is also up for a Best Song of Summer Moonman at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, airing live on August 25 at 9 p.m. ET.

As if his infectious hit wasn't proof enough, Drake is proving that he's here when he returns to the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday to give his first live television performance of "Started from the Bottom."

The video for his Nothing Was the Same lead single is up for two awards at this year's show, including Best Direction and Best Hip Hop Video. (And judging from his tweet Wednesday morning, he's particularly motivated to go home with one of the coveted Kaws-designed Moonmen. While he was there at last year's VMAs to accept the Best Hip Hop award for "HYFR" with Lil Wayne, this will mark his first performance since 2010.

And he's hardly the only big name on the lineup at this year's show, which goes live from Brooklyn's Barclays Center Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The Toronto MC joins previously announced performers Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke.

But who will be manning the DJ booth? None other than DJ Cassidy, fresh off touring with Jay Z and Justin Timberlake on their Legends of Summer stadium tour. MTV also announced that "Video of the Year" and "Best Female Video" nominee Taylor Swift will present, along with "Best Song of the Summer" nominee Selena Gomez, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 30 Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto (who is nominated for "Best Rock Video"), Kevin Hart, Emeli Sandé and "Best Hip-Hop Video" nominee A$AP Rocky.

To celebrate the forthcoming performance, MTV Hits and MTV Jams ...

The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards is more than just Moonmen and all-star performances; in fact, MTV is starting the party well before the big show on August 25. On Wednesday (August 21), MTV will launch the VMA All Access Experience, a five-day multiscreen celebration that will feature Robin Thicke, Big Sean, Ariana Grande, Grimes and so many more.

The festivities will kick off at 4 p.m. ET on vma.mtv.com with "RapFix Live," featuring Big Sean live in the Barclays Center. From kickoff all the way until Sunday's VMA pre-show, fans can tune in for artist interviews, roundtable discussions and some of music's biggest names straight from Brooklyn.

Here's some of the stuff we have in store: Robin Thicke will premiere his new music video, Ariana Grande will stop by and Grimes and designer Rachel Antonoff will co-host MTV Style's Red Carpet Report (6 p.m. ET Sunday). It's all brought to you by Microsoft.

On the day of the awards, starting at 12 p.m. ET, VMA All Access will give fans 10 different behind-the-scenes camera feeds — including an audience reaction angle that is sure to catch the special you-had-to-be-there moments that our television cameras may miss. Just make sure you tune into vma.mtv.com.

To make sure no one misses any of the conversation, MTV will also tap into the "Social Radar" which will bring you Twitter, Vine, Instagram and Facebook content from all of your favorite VMA artists. Of course, it's all leading up to the big show, where Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Katy ...

Tristan Wilds already boasts a successful acting career — appearing in "The Wire," "Red Tails" and even landing a big role on "90210" — but this summer, the 24-year-old New York native is reintroducing himself to fans as singer and rapper Mack Wilds.

In the new mini-documentary, "New York: A Love Story" (named after his upcoming debut album), Mack Wilds gives fans a closer look at his roots, taking them on a trip to his hometown Staten Island, complete with cameos from his father and brother.

With the documentary, Mack hopes to give both old and new fans a better sense of his origin, therefore providing a backdrop for the new music he's getting ready to roll out. Early in the footage he explains that 'Mack,' derived from his grandmother's name, is what his family members have always called him.

His upcoming album New York: A Love Story will be executive produced by Salaam Remi and includes features from legendary Wu-Tang rappers Raekwon and Method Man.

He explained to MTV News that the album won't be too heavy on features, but he had to get the Wu involved. "I was in the studio with Raekwon," he said of recording the two separate tracks. "But the day I was shooting the video [for "Own It"] was the day that Method Mad went in and did his verse, so he just called me on the phone and told me that he heard the rest of the album and he was so proud of me, like an uncle."

Mack recently dropped a video for his

A week before she dropped her Inez & Vinoodh-directed video for "Applause," Lady Gaga declared a "pop emergency," insisting she was compelled to drop the new ARTPOP single after an unfortunate Internet leak.

Soon, the song was everywhere, with the 2013 VMA performer tweeting in frantic all-caps about the jam. The tweet most telling of the current musical climate? "I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY BLEEPING OUT KOONS THEY THINK IM SAYING THE C WORD." Yup, popular artists have officially become a part of the pop music world — in a way we haven't seen perhaps since the Andy Warhol era — and radio, obviously, needs to catch up.

Art has been creeping into the music world with a vengeance in recent years — with Kanye saying that he found inspiration in architect/designer Le Corbusier, Jay Z dropping references to Mark Rothko and Jean-Michel Basquiat in Watch The Throne, Thirty Seconds to Mars teaming up with formaldehyde fiend Damien Hirst for their Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams album cover, and a pop star like Miley Cyrus cribbing all manner of artists in her "We Can't Stop" vid.

This recent pop music/ pop art marriage has never been so amorous, though, than in recent months. Not only did Jay-Z drop Magna Carta... Holy Grail — replete with references to a multitude of artists and art world mainstays — but he also sampled performance artist Marina Abramovic's "The Artist Is Present" piece for his "Picasso Baby" video, singing the jam for six hours straight to a bevy of film, ...

It's a battle for the ages. VMA rookies Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are ready to face off against VMA titan Justin Timberlake at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, taking place this Sunday, August 25, live from Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

Each performer is up for six awards, including the night's big prize of Video of the Year (Timberlake for "Mirrors" and Team Macklemore for "Thrift Shop"). Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will have to play catch up, though, as Timberlake goes into the night a winner. He'll receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award this weekend.

But if you ask Macklemore, this year's VMAs is already culmination of two decades' worth of rivalry.

"You know what? Justin and I have been competitive for years," the "Thrift Shop" rapper told MTV News. "It started out as a basketball rivalry, hot dog eating championship, where we both lost. But it's been a rivalry, it's been a competition and this doesn't stop.

"This is just the continuation of a lifelong, childhood [rivalry]. I never made it onto the Disney Club ['Mickey Mouse Club'] as a kid and he did. I was actually runner up to Justin," he joked. "This year I hope that I get a little bit of redemption, 22 years later."

Timberlake's nods are for "Mirrors" as well as his collaboration with Jay Z, "Suit & Tie." Meanwhile, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' six nods are spread between three videos — "Thrift Shop," "Can't Hold Us" and "Same Love." And Macklemore already has his speech planned should he win.

"My acceptance speech is ...

Just when we thought we've waited long enough for the upcoming 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, performers/nomineesAustin Mahone and Robin Thicke drop the bomb: It's only five days away.

Where has the time gone?

But for Mahone and Thicke, this means there's only five more days left of voting, so they took to Twitter in a plea of desperation. Please pick them!

Mahone is up for a Moonman in the Artist to Watch category, along with Iggy Azalea, The Weeknd, Twenty One Pilots and Zedd. He's also performing during the VMA pre-show at 8 p.m. ET/PT with Ariana Grande.

After performing "What About Love" on the streets of Brooklyn, maybe fans will see Austin onstage accepting his award? Well, he needs votes for that, and he'll do anything to get them. At one point on Tuesday, he followed every fan on Twitter who voted for him within a half-hour block. What a guy!

As for Mr. Thicke, he needs help in the big ol' Video of the Year category. He's also nominated for Best Male Video (against Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar), Best Collaboration and Song of the Summer. So with only five days left until August 25 — a Robin gently reminded us — there's only one hashtag he has in mind: #votethicke.