What did you do when you were 17? Finally get your license? Share your first, awkward kiss? Get smashed for the first time and call that dude you had your first, awkward kiss with after breaking up in that car you got your license to drive?

While we’re sure you had a very eventful Sweet Seventeen, we’re guessing that Lorde has you all beat. Come to think of it, she has pretty much every famous musician beat, too.

In mere days, Lorde will have the chance to add an iconic honor to her growing metaphorical and literal trophy shelf: a VMA. The 17-year-old singer is nominated for two awards in the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards — Best Rock Video and Best Female Video. When she heard about her nominations, the Kiwi musician seemed confused, tweeting, “wowzer … vma nominations! OMG i am the black sheep of both my categories hahahaha.”

Um, but are you really, Ella? You’ve achieved more in roughly 12 months than a lot of musicians have in their lifetimes. You may seem wise beyond your years but, dude, you have lived.

Let’s talk a walk down Lorde’s gold-paved memory lane before she hits the red carpet come August 24:

First, She Had That #1 Single

Ever heard of a little song called “Royals”? Unless you lack ears, you probably have. Not only did it hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the track — and Lorde — also made history. Lorde is officially the youngest solo artist ...

So you know when you discover a new artist and you can’t wait to go out there and spread the gospel of said artist to all of your friends — you know, the people who hang on your every word and trust each and every gold-gilded opinion?

Well, today you’re all my friends, guys, because I can’t wait to tell you about this new act Lowell and why you need to get into this candy-colored, deep as f— singer ASAP.

Here is how I imagine our conversation going. Also there are snacks. Imagine the snacks as well. And lemonade. I might also be holding and petting a cat. OK. I’m done now. Let’s go:

What’s a Lowell? I think you mean “who.” Lowell — a.k.a. Elizabeth Lowell Boland — is basically your new obsession.

Um, why? I’m pretty stoked on Lorde right now. And I’m way busy waiting for Grimes’ next album. I’m sure there’s room in your black heart and ADD-addled brain for one more amazing pop star who refuses to be corralled by this mainstream-swimming world of ours.

OK, cool. What song do I need to listen to, like, right now? Oh, man — that’s way hard. First off, there’s her EP I Killed Sara. V — you should listen to basically all of that, but especially “Cloud 69.”

Then you need to check out two new tracks off of her upcoming LP, We Loved Her Dearly, out September 16: the Lana Del Rey-come-Grimes-come-eff-it-no-comparisons-she’s-an-original “Summertime” and “I Love You ...

Imagine you’re a motion graphics creator and “Doctor Who” fan. In your spare time, you create an opening sequence to the new series of the show, featuring new star Peter Capaldi. You tweet the sequence to the motion graphics company who creates the actual titles for the BBC.

And then imagine those fan-made titles were so good, they got seen by series Executive Producer Steven Moffat, and were used nearly frame for frame on the actual new series of the show.

That’s exactly what happened with Billy Hanshaw, a freelance motion graphics artist who worked on the self-created title sequence for four weeks, and now finds his work will (essentially) be on television screens around the globe when “Doctor Who” premieres on August 23.

“Our beautiful new title sequence, it’s absolutely stunning, is online ‘Doctor Who’ fandom,” Moffat told press at a conference to promote the new series of the show. “Billy Hanshaw created this title sequence, put it up on YouTube. I happened to cross it, and it was the only new title idea I’d seen since 1963. We got in touch with him, and said, okay, we’re going to do that one.”

The clip has garnered over 700,000 views as of this writing; but given the global audience for “Who” is about to reach a whole lot more. And the final sequence has some differences from the one Hanshaw created at home – for example, the shot of Capaldi is very different (no smiling for this Doctor), and ...

The world proved itself to be a dark and horrible place filled with garbage humans once more when trolls forced Robin Williams’ daughter, Zelda, off of Twitter and Instagram with messages blaming her for her father’s recent suicide. Twitter, in response, has vowed to change its abuse policies.

“We will not tolerate abuse of this nature on Twitter,” Del Harvey, Twitter’s vice president of trust and safety, said in a statement to the Washington Post. “We have suspended a number of accounts related to this issue for violating our rules and we are in the process of evaluating how we can further improve our policies to better handle tragic situations like this one. This includes expanding our policies regarding self-harm and private information, and improving support for family members of deceased users.”

Mashable reports that the accounts that had been harassing Williams — sending her Photoshopped photos of her father with bruises on his neck, among other things — have since been suspended.

Williams had previously asked her followers to report those accounts, and posted a statement to Tumblr thanking her supporters and calling out those spewing negativity.

“As for those who are sending negativity, know that some small, giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car,” she wrote. “Right after you’ve had it washed. After all, he loved to laugh too.”

She also posted a statement to Instagram along with a photo of a butterfly before ...

With additional reporting by Janelle Myers

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Harry Styles could be going in one direction – down the aisle – after he popped the question to a fan on Wednesday night at the band’s concert in Philadelphia. Why? The lucky girl named Priya Thakker came dressed in a wedding gown, so, naturally he had to ask her. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a real proposal, but I wouldn’t be able to sleep either after that epic moment!

Drum Roll, Please
Taylor Swift will perform at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. Need I say more?

The Obvious Choice
“Girls” is welcoming a new castmember, and it’s Jake Lacy, according to Entertainment Weekly. The details on the “Obvious Child” star’s role in the HBO sitcom are being kept a secret for now, but it will be recurring.

Remember When He Sang In ‘Paper Heart?’
Michael Cera made an album? True that. That’s actually the title and the answer in one. He got some support from his former “Superbad” co-star Jonah Hill, who promoted Cera’s 18-track project on Twitter.

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“50 Shades of Grey” just got so much more adorable with The Pet Collective’s “Cute Kitten Edition” trailer, complete with purrrrfect kitten abs. “Mr. Grey will see you meow.”

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Even with his tragic and untimely passing in 2006 from lupus, J Dilla has an influence that lives on. It’s evident in artists that he’s impacted, like Kanye West — who said, “I have to work on behalf of J Dilla” — as well as in song’s like Common’s recent “Rewind That,” which served as a tribute to his late friend.

And soon, his life and work will be cherished not just in fans’ hearts and ears, but in the Smithsonian, where his legacy will be included in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, set to open next year.

“I’ve been approached by a lot of institutions, but the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., is very accessible to all,” the Detroit native’s mother, Maureen Yancey (known lovingly among fans as Ma Dukes), told the Huffington Post.

“Timothy Burnside, a curator, contacted me about five years ago, and came to my house to visit,” she explained. “She saw some of the equipment, and I took her to the studio. She knew I wasn’t ready so soon after my son’s death, but we stayed in touch over the years. Finally, when I was ready, we started the process.”

Now, the museum will display his Akai MIDI Production Center 3000 Limited Edition (MPC) and a custom-made Minamoog Voyager synthesizer, according to the Huffington Post.

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Two great songs can share one name.

The latest example came last week, when Lil Wayne and Drake dropped “Grindin,” which, of course, recalls the name of the breakout hit from the Clipse (though the Virginia duo’s had an apostrophe at the end, and Tune and Drizzy’s seems not to).

And, hey, there’s nothing wrong with this overlap. Pusha T and Malice’s opus is a certified classic, with a beat that was imitated on lunch tables and desks across the country. Meanwhile, the Young Money duo’s version seems well on its way to being a hit in its own right.

We decided to take a look at how the two bangers stack up, and you can also check out the audio for Wayne and Drake’s track and the video for the Clipse’s below.

Which “Grindin” is your favorite?

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Each week, MTV News is breaking down the big moments in DC Comics’ “Batman Eternal,” the weekly series that has sent Batman and his crew to the four corners of the Earth to stop the madness that’s about to engulf Gotham City.

This week, not only did we chat over the phone with writer Tim Seeley, but we also have your first look at “Batman Eternal #31-#34,” so scroll on down for way more!

MTV News: There’s a couple of different plots that are in the works right now, but one of the more interesting team ups we got was Jason Bard, Batman and Killer Croc. What’s it been like to write that trio?

Tim Seeley: Mostly I wanted to continue the story I kind of got to start in the Villains Month issue, which had Croc be a slightly more sympathetic guy, not just a monster. But he’s also, you know, prone to eating people and doing terrible things if they make him angry. It’s also kind of a story about us not really knowing what Jason Bard’s moral qualifications are just yet. I thought it would be kind of cool to put those with questionable morals, with a guy like Batman who has unquestionable morals and you can kind of see what shook out.

MTV: Down in Croc’s cavern, Batman refers to the entities he’s captured as extra-dimensional aliens? What’s going on there and how did he get to this information?

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When it comes to “Doctor Who,” there’s, well, a LOT of area to cover. It’s a series that’s been on for 50 years now, making it a mind-boggling thing to attempt to get into. With all the hullabaloo and fanfare that ushers each new Doctor into the TARDIS, it can certainly be an intimidating sphere of entertainment.

But it doesn’t have to be!

Really. The world of “Doctor Who,” though vast and filled with superfans aplenty — knowledge of the universe and canonical things that make Who, well, Who — is, at its heart, a fun and sometimes campy series about an alien and a human, zipping through time and space tackling myriad alien problems throughout history, finding a bit of humanity even amongst the most un-human among us. It’s lovely and silly and funny and action-y and doesn’t have to be that serious if you don’t want it to be. After all, TV first and foremost, is about having fun.

So we’ve decided to create a list of some of the best episodes of the series — ones that will ease you into the madness if you’re curious for a toe-dip. They’re mostly New Who as opposed to the Classic Who of the 60s, 70s, and 80s but we’ve thrown a few bonus episodes of those in if you’re feeling particularly jazzed on Time Lords and ready to commit to becoming a full-fledged Whovian.

1. “Blink”

A mingled groan and “hmmm” went up around the globe this past weekend when we heard that snap queen Kim Kardashian plans to release a 352-photo book of selfies titled, appropriately, “Selfish.”

Given the title of the book — and its subject matter — you might assume that the tome is just one more sign of society’s impending, head-first plunge into Narcissus’ pool. And you might be right, in some respects — depending on how the book is packaged. Will it be a kind of Warhol-inspired look at fame through a celebrity’s own gaze? Or will it (more likely) be just a bunch of photos of Kim looking pretty? Only time — and a bunch of publicists — will tell.

The mere existence of the book, though, is just the latest chapter in the lifespan of the selfie, one that stretches back to the pre-phone, pre-camera days. It even goes further back than the MySpace shot, you guys — it’s that old.

Allow us to dive deep …

Selfies Have Been Around For Longer Than You Think

If you think the first selfie was taken by some teen in his/her bedroom, cheesing with a Polaroid camera, you’re way off-base. The first “selfies” weren’t even captured on film.

“It really begins in the 1600s when Rembrandt famously paints a self-portrait,” Ben Agger, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Theory at the University of Texas at Arlington, told MTV News.

Many artists have since put ...