If Zedd and Hayley Williams appear to be effortlessly exuding emotion in their new video for that's not all that far from the truth ... at least, that's what we learned on the set of the video last month.

That's not just because "Stay's" director, Daniel "Cloud" Campos, is an old friend (he worked with Williams on Paramore's ) either. Seems he worked overtime to make the shoot as easy as possible, supplying both the energy and the innovation to make this one a breeze.

"I love Cloud ... he's easy to work with and he's excited to work on videos, and that passion and energy is really important. You draw off it and feed off it. You get a lot of emotion," Williams told MTV News. "There's a few cool tricks in this video, like there are scenes where I'm singing, and Cloud is holding a light bulb up to the lens, and it makes this really crazy effect, but it's just a light bulb; and I love that. It's not about spending a bazillion dollars on some fancy trick, it's about being creative."

So while may look like a million bucks, the budget certainly doesn't back that assumption up. Rather than rely on digital post-production tricks, Campos used different sizes of light bulbs and multiple refractors to achieve stunning visual effects that didn't break the bank, and relied on his two stars to provide the on-screen wattage.

"In a video like this, when I'm by myself, the part of me that really is interested in ...

Katy Perry may have been singing about finding her inner strength with but with her second single off her upcoming album, Prism, it's all about falling in love.

Before taking the stage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas this past weekend — where she performed the track "Dark Horse" for the first time with Juicy J — Perry caught up with MTV News and told us about the follow-up to "Roar," which fans can expect sometime this fall.

"It's a love song and it's different from 'Roar' — it's not eighth-notey," Perry said. "And I think it's a universal love song that everyone's going to be able to relate to no matter the age, no matter male or female. It's my favorite song off the record."

Perry may have already given us a clue as to what song that could be. Earlier this month, when previewing tracks off her October 22 release, she told members of the New York media that her favorite song off Prism was "Unconditionally," a slower-tempo love song. "There is no fear now ... I love you unconditionally," she sings.

Even though she will keep us guessing until the track is released, Perry did reveal that there will be many "shades of the '90s" on this album, not only with the music, but with her look as well. Perry traded in her jungle-theme attire at the iHeartRadio fest for a more grunge vibe, complete with two high buns, Converse sneakers and a plaid schoolgirl skirt.

"I got hair inspiration from pictures of ...

Mumford & Sons are clearing their calendars.

That's according to keyboardist Ben Lovett, who told Rolling Stone that, now that they've completed the promo cycle for last year's Babel album, the hard-touring quartet are planning a lengthy break, during which they'll "do very little ... especially when it comes to Mumford & Sons."

There's no telling just how long they'll be away, either — Lovett said it would be "a considerable amount of time" — and though that might disappoint some fans, you'd be hard pressed to find a band more deserving of a vacation than Mumford & Sons, who have essentially been on the road since 2008 (they recorded and road-tested much of Babel while on tour, too). In short, it's time unbutton their waistcoats, unhook their watch fobs and kick back with an olde-tyme elixir of their choosing.

But if they're not making music, how will the Mumford guys spend their break? Well, we managed to sneak a peek at their calendars, and here's how the next few months are shaping up. Looks like it's going to be a vacation for the ages ... and by "ages," of course, we mean "the 19th Century."

» Finally getting around to watching "Breaking Bad."

» "Country" Winston Marshall to travel England in a covered wagon, peddling patented medicines, liniments and tonics.

» Much hootin' and hollerin,' perhaps even some carryin' on.

» Someone gets Typhus.

» Complaining about how iOS7 looks on their Hande-Held Telegraph Machines.

» Attempting to figure out how they were duped into recording "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" for William Henry ...

The Wanted certainly know a thing or two about making headlines.

The boys, who recently pushed back the release date of their upcoming album, Word of Mouth¸ to November 4, have been tabloid fodder, whether for their love lives or their boy-band beef with One Direction.

Yet the Wanted insist that not everything you read about them is true. When they stopped by MTV News to play a game we like to call "Lightning Round," a question came up about the worst rumor they'd ever heard about themselves, and Jay McGuiness was quick to set one thing straight.

"Well, I know one that wound me up, actually. Bless Lindsay Lohan, when she came out of rehab she came to see us, and the day after someone was printing that we went out and got her off the wagon on her first day out," McGuiness said of Lohan, who was romantically linked to his bandmate Max George last year. "Not at all, like she was totally cool and we were not encouraging her to be wild. Someone just wrote this huge article, made up quotes, got a source. It's like, come on, leave her alone. If you ever read 'a source,' there's no source, it's a source-less sandwich."

After clearing that up, the Wanted had some fun revealing which actors they would like to play them in a movie. George chose Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson because he's "massive" like him, and Nathan Sykes went with Sir Ian McKellen. The conversation then turned to one of the hottest topics of today: twerking.

"To ...

Charlie Wilson has worked with Kanye West on a ton of Yeezy's songs — on both My Dark Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Yeezus — and now, it seems, Kanye is ready to return the favor. According to the former Gap Band frontman, Kanye will be producing his upcoming record this year.

"Kanye and myself, we started already — Kanye is starting on a new record for me," Wilson told MTV News. "Kanye is one of the greatest rapper/producers that we have. He's a little controversial, yeah, but he's still a genius at that in the studio. He wants to produce me, so we'll see how that goes. He's been asking for a while and I've just been busy. Real busy. I know Pharrell [Williams] wants to get in. And Justin Timberlake."

Timberlake and Skateboard P performed with Wilson during the 2013 BET Awards, where Wilson was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Wilson said that the record will likely be done in the spring of 2014, but wouldn't reveal any more details. He's currently touring in support of 2013's Love, Charlie and his new single "I Still Have You," which will be featured in "The Best Man Holiday" film and soundtrack, out this November.

Wilson has also been making the late-night rounds with Kanye, performing their Yeezus single "Bound 2" on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" and "Later... With Jools Holland." "I'm enjoying it," Wilson said of the experience. "Kanye featuring Uncle Charlie right now. It's kind of cool."

He continued: "I love going in the studio. I like ...

"Granite State," last's night episode of "Breaking Bad," closed the chronological loop opened by the flash forwards throughout season five. We know exactly what happened in New Hampshire to Mr. Lambert before he arrived in New Mexico on his 52nd birthday, but it all came with a price. We watched in agony as Jesse attempted to escape from captivity at the hands of Todd and the neo-Nazis, only to witness Andrea killed on her doorstep. (Someone needs to kill Todd now!)

As we looked ahead to last night's episode, we posited a few questions that would have to be answered before the finale next week, and "Breaking Bad" delivered on almost every single one. So let's take a look back at the things we learned from "Granite State."

What Does Walter Do In New Hampshire?
In our preview of "Granite State," we predicted that Walter wouldn't be great at lying slow since "sedentary life doesn't suit him." While we were half right, a lot of what defined Walter's time in New Hampshire was how little he did. With his cancer back with a vengeance, the walk from his shack to the front gate — never mind the eight-mile walk to town — proved too much for Walter for at least a couple months. But once his plan to clandestinely send money to his family came together, nothing could keep Walter from doing what it was he set out to do in the first place, provide for Skylar, Walter Jr., and Holly.

What Happens To The Whites in The "Ozymandias" Fallout?
Speaking of which, they're not ...

Chris Brown's was no match for the combined power of Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, critical praise and post-Toronto International Film Festival buzz. became the #1 movie in America over the weekend with a $21.4 million box-office debut, more than four times the $5 million generated by Brown's 3-D dance flick.

The well-reviewed kidnapping action thriller gave Jackman his second #1 in as many months, following the debut of "The Wolverine," which went on to make over $370 million worldwide. Gyllenhaal impressed critics last year with the cop drama "End of Watch" and the sci-fi mystery "Source Code." His "Prisoners" performance offered further evidence of the 32-year-old actor's comfort in meatier roles, à la "Brokeback Mountain," in contrast with failed franchise starter "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," which made just $90 million domestically on a $200 million budget.

"Battle of the Year" was made for a conservative $20 million, yet its paltry $5 million opening barely cracked the top five. Despite the inclusion of Brown (who, as BoxOfficeMojo pointed out, has 13 million Twitter followers), "Battle" had one of the worst openings for a widely distributed movie this year. Even 2004's "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" made more. In "Battle," Brown stars alongside Josh Holloway, best known as Sawyer from TV's "Lost." Of the 32 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, only two are positive; even those writers call "Battle of the Year" "dorky" and "corny."

The poor performance of "Battle" left the runner-up spot wide open for last weekend's champion, "Insidious: Chapter 2." The ...

The truth is, I didn't know how pivotal a musical era the Nirvana/ Pearl Jam/ Temple of the Dog movement was while I was in the midst of it. Hip-hop was so loud and connected to its core audience at the time, whereas grunge was unfolding with a slower emotional build. Seattle's stars were also reluctant stars and inclined to make dark videos featuring others as the protagonists or victims.

Yet the mystery, lyrics and magnetism of Nirvana and Pearl Jam sucked you in — I was both moved and at the same time disturbed by those qualities. I felt Kurt's uneasiness with social interaction but also his unparalleled ability to reflect in song feelings of anguish, alienation and rage.

Hate me
Do it and do it again
Waste me
Rape me, my friend

The last time I interacted with Kurt and saw him live was no different: predominantly mesmerizing yet a bit troubling. It was the "Nirvana Unplugged" shot at Sony's 54th Street Studios in November 1993 in front of about 150 people. My gal had this inexplicable attraction to Kurt as a musician and a lyricist, which perhaps made sense as she had a disdain for the superficial and was drawn to troubled, complex souls.

Kurt's performance had us rapt that night, and as I listened to the DAT — yes old-school DAT audio from the show repeatedly in my office — the emotion behind the songs was overwhelming.

Unfortunately, that was the last time I would see or hear Kurt live.

Cut to the , taped just a month earlier at Seattle's Pier ...

Zedd and Hayley Williams don't share any screen time in their new video for — which is sort of fitting, considering they've never actually met. Instead, they act out their parts on ethereal side stages, shying away from the spotlight both literally and figuratively.

Sure, they both get plenty of screen time, with Williams providing the lyrics and Zedd adding the musical accompaniment, but their routinely obscured by blurry lights and reflecting angles ... the result of director Daniel "Cloud" Campos holding different sized light bulbs and prisms up to the camera's lens, a low-budget technique that pays big dividends here. They're essentially the Greek Chorus here, providing the narrative to "Stay the Night's" storyline: a pair of troubled lovers, who know they're no good for each other, yet cannot deny (or ignore) the chemistry they share.

Their attraction is played out through a series of intricately choreographed dance sequences, performed by Campos himself (he's had a long career as a choreographer and a dancer) and his love interest. They come together, they drift apart, they embrace tenderly and fight passionately, expressing a range of emotions without ever uttering a single word. At times, "Stay the Night" recalls Pink's expertly aching "Try" video, though Campos also adds an otherworldly tension to the video by messing with time and space ... his dance steps are sped up, slowed down, even played backwards, as if to say what both the protagonists already know: their attraction might be real, but there's no way it can exist in reality.

And ...