November 15, 2026

Review Category : TMZ Music News

The Wanted Debut ‘Epic’ New Ballad ‘Show Me Love’

The Wanted may have had to push back the release of Word of Mouth, but on Tuesday (September 10), the boy band offered up fans some new music thanks to their new single, "Show Me Love."

The ballad offers up a change of pace for the group, who previously dropped two peppier singles and off their November 4 effort. Their latest single, which bandmate Nathan Sykes helped co-write, is about coming to terms with a relationship that just isn't going to work out. The boy bander spoke to MTV News about the track, explaining why he wanted to write it.

"Personally, for me, there's a song called 'Show Me Love' and it's a song I wrote in an afternoon with a friend of mine. And it really means a lot to me 'cause it kind of goes into how hard it is to hold a relationship when you're in this business, traveling the world and stuff like that," he told us about the slow jam. "And it's just saying to someone 'I could have shown you the world but obviously we're on different paths.' I think that's kind of how a lot of people in this industry kind of feel, but I think it's very relatable to a lot of the fans as well because sometimes in life that just happens and people end up on different paths and it just doesn't work out."

While the guys are best known for creating party-themed jams, their new track recalls "All Time Low," a ballad off their 2010 self-titled ...

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Need More One Direction? ‘This Is Us’ Extended Version Coming Your Way

Hankering to see more of One Direction? Well, in just three days, an extended cut of is coming to a theater near you.

According to Billboard, the extended version of the Morgan Spurlock-directed flick, which first hit theaters on August 30, will include 20 minutes of never-before-seen footage as well as four songs not originally included in the first cut.

When MTV News spoke to Spurlock back in August, he explained that he had enough footage left on the cutting-room floor to include in future releases of the flick, including a DVD release, or now, the extended version. "We shot for six months. We shot 963 hours of footage over six months. It was massive," he explained about the film, which follows the guys on the road, onstage and with their families.

"It's tough when you start editing down a film to 90 minutes. What do you keep? What do you get rid of? And ultimately, it's what continues to feed the narrative the best, what tells the best linear story. And that's what we kind of focused on," he said. "For me, the core of the movie is about dreams and it's about family and everything that inter-relates to that."

With the news of the extended version confirmed, there's also been some speculation that a sequel could also be in the works. At the "This Is Us" premiere, the guys told MTV News they'd be down for another (as long as Niall's nipples made the cut). Mentor Simon Cowell, meanwhile, co-signed a sequel as long as ...

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Miley Cyrus Tweets Shock-Filled <i>Bangerz</i> Track List

Say what you will about her workplace safety habits, but Miley Cyrus is a woman of her word. After the sledgehammer-licking, naked swinging video for 
 broke a Vevo record with 12.3 million views in the first 24 hours, Cyrus did as promised and finally revealed the full track listing for her upcoming Bangerz
 album.

"We broke the record :) We hit 12.3 million on Vevo :) Keep watching #wreckingballonvevo thank you Smilers," Cyrus tweeted early Tuesday morning (September 10).

The wait was well worth it, too, as Miley had some big surprises in store for her fans. The album opens with "Adore You" and "We Can't Stop," followed by "SMS (BANGERZ)," which she originally noted features "It's ******* bitch." A short time later she fessed up to the obvious, "It's @BritneySpears B***H #bangerz."

The song "4X4" has a guest verse from rapper Nelly and "My Darlin'" features Future. The sixth track is "Wrecking Ball," followed by "Love, Money, Party" with Big Sean, "Get It Right," "Drive," "FU" with French Montana and "Do My Thang."

The album comes to a close with "Maybe You're Right" and "Someone Else." Offering up another challenge, Cyrus, who is headed to 
 on October 5 as performer and host, said that if Smilers can get "Wrecking Ball" to #1 on iTunes she will reveal the extra tracks on the deluxe edition of the album.

For much more with Miley, watch "Miley: The Movement" Wednesday, October 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.

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Kanye West Disses Ray J During Surprise Performance On Jimmy Fallon

When Kanye West wants to pop in, you don't say no.

And when he's dropping by to perform the Yeezus track "Bound 2" with R&B legend Charlie Wilson, backed by the Roots, well, who could resist that? So when Jimmy Fallon tweeted "@kanyewest surprises Late Night and performs "Bound 2" with @theroots and kills it," on Monday night, you knew something special was in the offing.

And Kanye didn't disappoint. In his first-ever performance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" (as well as the live debut of the song) 'Ye let Wilson do the singing first, as the Gap band legend was in fine voice on the opening hook, "I know you're tired of loving, of loving" over majestic piano backing.

Moments later, the Roots kicked in full force, along with a six-voice children's chorus as West leaned into the song's reworked-for-TV opening bridge. In those lines, he took a not-so-subtle jab at his girlfriend Kim Kardashian's ex, Ray J, with a biting new couplet. "Brandy's little sister lame, man, he know it now," he rapped. "When a real brother hold you down you supposed to drown."

Wearing his signature black leather kilt over black leather pants, along with a green tank top and matching jacket, West was his typically fierce self, not censoring all the lyrics to the song and earning a few bleeps from the network censors.

All the while, Wilson soulfully scatted behind the rapper as 'Ye worked the stage, and, near the end of the almost five-minute performance, threw his head back and splayed his arms ...

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Miley Cyrus To Start A ‘Movement’ In Upcoming MTV Documentary

Miley Cyrus has been making headlines for months now, but chances are, you don't know the whole story.

That will change on October 2, when MTV premieres "Miley: The Movement," a one-hour documentary that follows Cyrus as she records her Bangerz album, and delves deep into her transformation from Disney icon to boundary-pushing pop star. And, as you'd probably expect, she's taking fans everywhere.

"I want all my fans to come with me; to the studio, on the road, at performances," Cyrus tells MTV. "There's going to be a lot of ups and downs, and it's going to be completely insane. You've gotta be a part of the movement with me."

Last week MTV News gave fans an exclusive sneak peek of the doc, debuting a scene in which Miley addressed the critics of her VMA performance and stated, matter-of-factly, "I don't pay attention to the negative."

"I've seen this play out so many times," she said of the criticism. "How many times have we seen this play out in pop music? Madonna's done it. Britney's done it. Every VMA performance, that's what you're looking for; you're wanting to make history."

What else will she reveal? You'll have to tune in to find out. "Miley: The Movement" will premiere Wednesday, October 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV!

"Miley: The Movement" follows in the footsteps of other MTV documentaries, including and

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Janelle Monae Still ‘Pinching’ Herself Over <i>Electric Lady</i>

Janelle Monáe made her mark with her signature tuxedo-glam style, a funky sound and futuristic lyrics. Now the "Q.U.E.E.N." is back and she wants you to join the "experience" that is Electric Lady.

On her 19-track sophomore effort, Monáe continues the journey of her alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, who was first introduced on her 2007 EP, Metropolis, and appeared again on her debut, The ArchAndroid.

This new album, out Tuesday (September 10), also pulls from a variety of different genres — from R&B and rock to hip-hop and jazz — for an album the singer describes as "undefinable."

"This album isn't to be marginalized. It is of hope, of inspiration and of love," Monáe told MTV News when we spoke to her after her New York Fashion Week performance for designer Rebecca Minkoff's show. "It is to encourage a million electric ladies to build and come into existence, and 'electric lady' does not have a particular skin color or hair texture but our communality is community and wanting to nurture the community and knowing that we have to be the change."

Monáe, who's also a face of COVERGIRL, revealed that she was extremely involved in the production process of Electric Lady, bringing in an orchestra, live strings and horn players, as well as a host of star-studded collaborators, including Erykah Badu, Miguel, Solange Knowles, Cee Lo Green, Big Boi and, one of her "musical heroes," Prince.

"I'm still pinching myself," Monáe said of working with those artists. "I'm just in disbelief that I've gotten the opportunity to work with these incredible ...

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Meek Mill Let Kendrick Know He ‘Means Business’ On ‘Ooh Kill Em’ Dis

For the hip-hop community, Kendrick Lamar's "Meek Mill was named on the track though, and after finally snapping back at K.Dot on "Ooh Kill Em" this weekend, the MMG rapper told MTV News that he just needed to find time to record — but it was coming.

"The day I dropped it was the day I finished it," Meek said, explaining why the response was a bit delayed. "I've been working on my mixtape, Self Made Vol 3. and trying to get music for my album so I didn't really have time just to focus on dis raps."

Meek and his producer Rio settled on a beat sampled from Dr. Dre and Eminem's "Forgot About Dre," which inspired a bit of Shady flow. "Rio sent me the beat, it was a west coast beat — the 'Forgot About Dre' beat — and it just made me think about that so I ran with the Eminem flow from there and I just talked my talk."

"Kendrick made a statement where he wanted to be competitive, so I made it competitive," Meek added. "It's a lot of people who he said their names but a lot of people like to play chess and poker, etcetera, and I'm just having fun. I could do that all day, so I just wanted to start it off and let him know — let's play. I like having fun, I love to rap, so it's fun to me."

In his response, Meek definitely takes issue with Kendrick dubbing himself "the king of New York," rapping, "Man, ...

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Arcade Fire’s ‘Reflektor’ Video Angles Mirror At Modern Life: Watch Now!

Arcade Fire's musing about music in the Internet age, "Reflekor," got a second video Monday (September 9) when the Anton Corbijn-directed vid for the first single off the album by the same name hit the Web.

The black-and-white video comes hot on the heels of an obtuse, interactive version created by Google Creative Labs, which also dropped Monday. The linear iteration, however, is no less dense.

After transforming his band into papier-mâché approximations of themselves — via the giant bobbleheads from their "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" video — lead singer Win Butler herds Arcade Fire into the back of a truck, taking the wheel along with his wife, Régine Chassagne.

The band plays dutifully in the back of the moving truck as Butler and his wife drive through the dark woods, the frontman singing about falling in love "alone on the stage/in the reflective age" — a sentiment perhaps pertaining to his relationship with music in a time when all bands are merely "reflecting" each other and what culture wants. Chassagne then chimes in with a phrase in French, which translates to something like: "Between the night, night and dawn/Between the kingdom of the living and the dead."

That phrase sets the dark tone for the rest of the video, which finds the crew tooling through the nighttime woods, a man made of mirrors following close on their tail as they stop to pick up a coffin decorated with broken CDs. The band ends up in a field, where the mirrored man apparently lives in a mirrored house, ...

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