Not to ruin it for you, but Grouplove didn't actually travel to North Korea to shoot the video for their new single, "Ways To Go" — in which they inspire kid Kim Jong-un to don a Hawaiian shirt and dance his tiny dictatorial derriere off — but they would have.

"Nah, we shot it in this crazy house in Malibu, the Villa Leon, that's kind of defunct and falling apart, but they let us run around inside," frontman Christian Zucconi said. "But now that you bring it up, that probably would have been a good idea."

Don't worry; the lack of authenticity doesn't dampen the effervescent energy of the video, or the song, in the slightest. "Ways To Go" is shiny, sunny and seems destined to dominate summer pop playlists, and the video's a total treat (try not to crack a smile while watching it) ... so even if they didn't pull a Dennis Rodman and head to the DPRK to make it, well, that doesn't really matter all that much.

"You know, people watch videos on their phones now; they have to be bright and bold for people to pay attention," vocalists Hannah Hooper said. "For people to enjoy something something super beautiful, I feel like takes a joint and a screen."

Both of those seem required to enjoy Grouplove's upcoming Spreading Rumours album, too ... it's full of the kind of wide-eyed, wonky pop experiments that fans fell in love with on songs like "Tongue Tied" and "Colours" (from their 2011 debut, Never Trust a Happy Song), only pushed to new, ...

MANCHESTER, Tennessee — Twenty One Pilots got the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival revved up for a weekend of revelry with the off-the-charts pep of their opening-day set Thursday.

The genre-bending Ohio duo were clearly stoked to be performing at the festival, as singer Tyler Joseph alternately bashed his piano and excitedly sprinted across the stage — at one point, even climbing the rafters to take in the view from on top of the rigging.

Their poppy blend of hip-hop, indie rock and electronica attracted a giddy crowd, who were thrilled by their single "Holding On to You," accented by Josh Dun's pounding drums. "The Run and Go" was another favorite that had fans bopping up and down to its sing-along chorus. "House of Gold," "Ode to Sleep" and "Guns for Hands" rounded out the set.

The MTV Artist to Watch also opened the Hangout Festival in Alabama last month.

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Friday night's (June 14) Superjam will feature RZA, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Solange, Schoolboy Q and Chad Hugo of the Neptunes, supported by Boston funk band Lettuce. And, you never know who else will show up: Last year, D'Angelo made a surprise appearance during Roots drummer ?uestlove's Superjam.

Also Friday, Wu-Tang Clan, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), will be in full force — a very rare occurrence. Paul McCartney and Wolfgang Gartner also will perform.

For Saturday night, Bonnaroo added Jack Johnson to fill in for Mumford & Sons, ...

Firestarter: Rich Homie Quan

Rich Homie Quan began hitting the studio because he wanted fans to feel his pain, but on Saturday, Atlanta rap fans will watch their city's newest star take center stage and share his love for music at 107.9's annual Birthday Bash concert.

B.o.B, 2 Chainz, French Montana, Young Dro and Trinidad Jame$ may be the marquee names set to appear at Phillips Arena on Saturday, but fans are geared up to see Quan, who has recently emerged as A-Town's most exciting newcomer thanks to melodic rap tracks like and the menacing "Better Watch What You Sayin'."

Quan's auto-tuned sing-songy rap style has been compared to others on the Atlanta rap scene, but Rich Homie assures us that he is different. "In my music I ain't tryna be the next dope boy, I ain't tryna to get out here and talk about stuff I don't have. I want people to just hear my real story," he told Mixtape Daily. "I'll tell you about how I wore the same shoes three days in a row, same outfit three days in a row. I ain't sayin' it so you can laugh now."

Coming up, Quan was inspired by Southern spitters with messages like Juvenile, Webbie and Lil Boosie. Before rap Rich had a run in with the law and was locked up, but upon his release met his mentor Teezy, who would sign Quan to his Loyalty Over Royalties (L.O.R.) record label. Things were finally going good for Quan until Teezy was murdered in December 2011. Now ...

King L had no idea that Kanye West was a fan of his prior to Yeezy shouting out the Chicago up-and-comer on his remix to Chief Keef's but if he didn't know then, he surely knows now.

Louie was recently revealed as one of the key features on Kanye West's June 18 album Yeezus. The street-bred flame spitter appears on a track believed to be titled "Send It Up," and while the pressure of appearing on a Kanye album may have gotten to some, the "Val Venus" MC revealed to MTV News that he just went in and freestyled his performance during a recording session in Paris with Kanye.

"When I did the joint, we were in the studio — no B.S., like 20 hours strong, a day. We were in Paris or whatever," he told us via Skype on Thursday. "I had woke up, and it was just a freestyle verse off the top and that turned out to be the one he was really rocking with; just genuine bars."

On Monday, Kanye played the album for a select crowd in New York City and the King Louie-assisted track sounded like a clear-cut party starter, with a kinetic beat complete with blaring sirens and a pounding drum.

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Louie said the finished version is "dope," but he does confirm that it is very different from the original beat he recorded on. When you factor in West's meticulous post-production methods, it isn't hard to believe.

"The ...

2 Chainz has steadfastly denied that he was robbed of his namesake jewelry at gunpoint in San Francisco last weekend. But on Thursday, the MC's bodyguard, Harold "Hammer Strength" Folsom, called in to a Columbus, Ohio, radio station and described for the first time exactly what happened during the daring daylight chase and grab.

"All of a sudden three dudes just jumped out with huge guns, .357 Magnums," Folsom said in the interview, which has since been taken down from Power 107.5's website. (A spokesperson for the station confirmed to MTV News that the interview took place and that Folsom is part of Chainz's crew; a spokesperson for the rapper could not be reached for comment at press time.)

"They pointed the guns at us and we was like 'Whoa!' We thought it was a joke for a minute. We looked at them, we stopped, kinda paused. We thought it was a joke. Then all we heard was, '2 Chainz give it up.' So we like stood there and didn't do anything, and we kinda like froze, cuz we wanted to see if this was real. All of a sudden, the next thing you know, 2 Chainz kinda like backed up a little bit. And then he said, 'Give it up. Give it up.' And then all of a sudden he took off. He took off running first. When he took off running, we took off running. Then all of a sudden these dudes, they just start shooting. I don't know where they shot at."

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Hankering for some new music from Britney Spears? You're in luck; she's confirmed her Dr. Luke-produced "Smurfs 2" track, is premiering Monday.

The track was leaked back in May, but it will finally get an official spin on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS FM radio show, she announced on Thursday.

In addition to working with Luke on the up-tempo, family-friendly track, Spears also hit the studio with Ammo and Cirkut as well as Bonnie McKee, J Kash, Lola Blanc and Fransisca Hall.

Just last week, Spears tweeted out what appeared to be a still from the Marc Klasfeld-directed video for the track. Not much is known about the clip, but it seems like two "Smurfs" fans will be particularly excited when it's released: Spears' sons, Jayden and Sean. "My boys' dream is about to come true!" she tweeted on Thursday. "Wait until ya'll see the #OohLaLaVideo Nobody loves The Smurfs more than my boys.... :)"

In addition to her work on the soundtrack, Spears has also been hitting the studio to record songs for her follow-up to 2011's Femme Fatale, which is being executive produced by her pal will.i.am. It's rumored that in addition to the Black Eyed Peas frontman, she's also worked with the likes of William Orbit, Naughty Boy and Hit-Boy.

Pharrell assures us that Miley Cyrus' upcoming album won't be but with additional producers like Future in her corner, the former Disney Star definitely seems bound to showcase a new side of her personality.

Miley previously told MTV news that she and Future linked up for a studio session where no pen and papers were used and the atmosphere felt more like a party. Future confirmed this when we caught up with him on Wednesday in Los Angeles, explaining that he works off the vibe of an artist, without ever needing to write things down.

"I never write. I usually just look at the artist's face and when I'm saying certain things, I see what moves them, so [there's] never no paper in the studio," he explained. "It's always me freestyling, [being] free-spirited, vibing and tryna pick her brain to see what she likes and what she don't like. See what she's going through by just having different conversations.

"From the conversation, I pretty much know where your life is at and where you wanna take the music," he added.

The details of Miley's relationship and personal life have been a fixture of the gossip sites lately — in addition to the fascination with her twerkin' obsession — so the music they recorded together contains a little bit of everything, according to Future.

"We got a lot of great records, and it all came from conversation and having a nice vibe," the Atlanta rapper told us. "Whenever she allowed me in her personal life through conversation, I tried to take ...

After years of waiting for another Superman story, "Man of Steel" is finally here. Zack Snyder, who succeeded in deconstructing heroes in "Watchmen," this time builds one from the ground up, creating an origin story that utilizes the iconography of the character to take him in a new and markedly different direction. But is that what audiences will want? The trailers thus far have promised something that has kept fans abuzz, hoping for something serious as the "Dark Knight" films, but as sweeping and epic as, well, a Superman movie should be. MTV News has assembled a roundup of reviews from around the Internet by different folks — some of whom thought it exceeded those expectations, and others who thought it fell short.

How Faithful Is It To Classic Superman Stories?
"There's nary a mention of kryptonite, the Fortress of Solitude is only an existential locale, and Clark Kent never earns so much as a single Daily Planet byline in 'Man of Steel,' director Zack Snyder, writer David S. Goyer and producer Christopher Nolan's strenuously revisionist Superman origin story, which might more accurately have been titled "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Spacemen," given the amount of screen time devoted to exiled Kryptonians body-slamming each other into all manner of natural and manmade structures." — Scott Foundas, Variety

How Well Does Zack Snyder Handle Christopher Nolan-esque Material?
" 'Man of Steel' is second-tier and third-generation Chris Nolan-flavored neo-superhero material. Nolan chose not to direct this film, but co-wrote the original story with David S. Goyer (who wrote the final screenplay) and is one ...