After seeing her co-host this year's MMVAs, I realized something. Selena Gomez looks almost identical to her boyfriend Justin Bieber.
Most people disagree, but some can see it. Just put a wig on Bieber and some fake lashes, and they're like siblings. Which is gross.
And, if you still don't believe it, just check out the shots of her dressed up in a suit and glasses (a nod to Max Headroom?) in her new video "Love You Like A Love Song". Spitting image.
As for the song, I guess it's cool that she's trying to sex herself up. But, Hilary Duff, she is not.
Justin Bieber has a new womens frangrance called "Someday". As in, "Someday, puberty will finally hit me."
What makes even less sense than a 17-year-old boy releasing a scent for women is the commercial, where it seems that on spritz will conjure the spirit of a creeper Bieber before you go on some kind of flying hallucination.
So, Justin Bieber and Rascal Flatts have recorded a duet together.
This benefits both parties because JB can now gain even more fans, this time from the Bible Belt, while Rascal Flatts are now exposing themselves to little girls. Musically speaking, of course.
The country ballad is a song of longing, as Justin and the lead singer of Rascal Flatts (don't make me google his name) lament a girl they lost to another guy. This duet is about as random as Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney fighting over the same girl.
Anyway, the video itself is nothing special. One of those music videos about shooting the music video deals.
The only impression it left me with is that Rascal Flatts dude is butt ugly.
Here's the video. Please note, it's been flipped around for copyright reasons. Cuz Bieber plays left-handed guitar, not right. And I'm going to go hang myself for knowing that fact so readily.
The bane of almost every teenage girl's exisitence, Selena Gomez, has released a new single and video called "Who Says".
The song is an empowering "love yourself" ditty that strives to be PG-version of P!nk's anthem "Fuckin' Perfect".
While nowhere near as provocative as P!nk's video, Selena's is pretty cute and simple. It starts off with her doing a photo shoot before walking the streets barefoot, passing street signs that conveniently are lyrics to her song. I had really hoped that those signs were real and that they actually scouted for them. But when I saw the airplane message, I realized that was not the case. It's a shame cuz that would have made the video infinitely cooler.
Anyway, Selena ends up on the beach with her band The Scene and a bunch of her fans for an impromptu concert.
Yeah it's nothing amazing, but it's cute.
My only gripe is when she says she wouldn't want to be anyone else but her. Um, duh! You're a teen superstar dating Justin Bieber. I'm sure you're happy with your life, but I know a girl or a million who'd gladly trade their lives to be yours. When you think about it that way, Selena comes off a bit smug, don't you think? Or am I just a jaded old cynic?
It was only a matter of time before the rest of the world decided to spawn their own incarnations of Justin Bieber.
It seems Australia has beat everyone to the punch for finding the next cute barely-pubescent boy to get some global attention.
Meet Cody Simpson, an awkward looking blond who's song, "iYiYi" sounds very similar to Justin's "One Time". He's got some "cred" from Flo Rida, who I guess will accept a paycheque from anyone. And he's even wearing a colourful hoody, like JB.
And the only thing that comes out of Cody's existence is that it makes Bieber look like the real deal. And I hate myself for writing that.
It's like the Backstreet Boys vs. 'N Sync all over again!!!
So, the other day, The National Post, a legitimate national newspaper in Canada, ran a short piece about - wait for it - the evolution of Justin Bieber's hair. Complete with the following illustration:
This takes WTF? to a whole new level of WTF-ness.
I mean, we have the memorial of a fallen police officer, the Tuscon shootings, many big profile award shows... fuck, birds are FALLING out of the skies. And THIS gets coverage in a national paper, with dates and quotes and all sorts of serious talk???
I don't believe in 2012...but this makes me want to reconsider my stance.
Let's flashback to Summer of 2009. Madonna was prepping her third greatest hits album Celebration and I, along with many of my friends, was really excited.
Then, the title single was released. And we were all either puzzled, disappointed or outraged. Produced by Paul Oakenfold (and the remix used in the video by Benny Benassi), I remember comments ranging from "This sounds so dated" to "Are we back in 1997?"
Personally, I hated the original Oakenfold mix, but the Benassi mix holds up. But, either way, I was let down because I thought that Madonna, the Queen of musical innovation, was simply lazy and had dialed this song in.
Now, a year and a half later, I must apologize. Because it seems M was onto something. Whether it was her idea or the idea of her producers and team, it doesn't matter. Because, once again, Madonna had predicated what the new sound was going to be and she was ahead of the times.
All of these artists have topped the charts internationally. And all of them have released songs that sound just like "Celebration". They're dance tracks, filled with synthesizers and swirling effects and thumping bass, that sound like they were directly lifted from 90s dance clubs.
This is the pattern I have with Madonna's music. When she releases a new album, I hate the first single. And it takes me a while to actually catch up to what is going on. In this case, a year and half later.
So, sorry M. Next time, I won't be so quick to judge.
So, Justin Bieber just announced that he was working on a new song with beloved country group Rascal Flatts. Meaning that now the pop phenomenon is making a play for all the country fans out there.
While I admire that JB didn't do the predictible by just doing a one-off duet with Taylor Swift (I think teen girls would have collectively erupted in a case of mass spontaneous combustion if that happened), the skeptic in me still wonders if there's an ulterior motive here. Is Bieber going to start his transition to "serious musician" now? Is Rascal Flatts just looking for a quick fat writing paycheque?
Who knows? I guess we'll have to wait and see when the song comes out if it's any good. After all, I was impressed with Ke$ha's random backstage country jam and Katy Perry's country version of "Firework"... wait... is country the new teen trend??? Someone better tell Taylor Swift to release a dance track to stay ahead of the curve.
And then we'll watch in amazement as Bieber moves on to tackle ... what? Bollywood music? 80's hard metal? Or worse... an acting career?
In the meantime, here's Bieber's latest single, "Pray", which might give us a taste of what to expect from this new country song.
