New Music!

Lady GaGa-Poker Face
My favorite Lady GaGa song finally has a video, but it's a little bit of a disappointment, for me at least. There are fierce moments especially when she gets out of the pool in the beginning, but it doesn't capture the raw energy of a party the way the Just Dance video did. I like the part in the end where's she's in the room with the guy, and she's wearing a bow. Her album came out on Tuesday!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdpSmNMg1is

Alphabeat-What is Happening?

Danish band Alphabeat's new single is so good. It's such a rousing song, but I didn't expect you could dance to it. The video really matches the song's energy perfectly. I love the concept of the video, and the lead singer really throws himself into the song. I love that. Around the 1: 50 minute mark there's a great part where they sing "ooooo" really softly and dance around. It's beautiful.


The Saturdays-Work

The Saturdays' debut album was released this week in the UK and from the clips I heard, it's very good. This is supposed to be the third single from the album. It's called Work, and I like it a lot, but not as much as Up which is absolute genius and one of the best songs of the year.

Girls Aloud Madness

Girls Aloud's latest single The Promise was Number 1 on the UK charts for the week. The song had been number one on the UK iTunes all of last week. This is so exciting. This is their first original number one, as in not a cover, since their debut, Sound of the Underground, back in '03. Very exciting.

Here are the gals performing the song on various British shows: T4, X Factor (kind of like American Idol) on which Cheryl-farthest on right-is a judge this season, and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. They look gorgeous in all of the performances, but the dresses in the X Factor one are particularly stunning.





T4-


Friday Night with Jonathan Ross-



X Factor-

True Class

Selena Gomez at a Tinkerbell DVD release event yesterday looking divine. Simple and elegant. That is all.

Class

-Rowdy pics of Miley's main man, Justin Gaston, have popped up on the internet. They are of him at a Hollywood Hillls house party. They are amusing. See them here: http://bauergriffinonline.celebuzz.com/2008/10/mileys-boyfriend-justin-gaston.php

-He also churched it up with some of the Cyrus clan the other day when Miley was sicky poo.

-And he was modelling in a show last week and when he walked down the runway, Miley stuck her tongue out suggestively at him . It's possibly my favorite picture of her ever. Team Selena! Gaston is on a roll!

Justin is a fox though.

Tidbits

-Franz Ferdinand's third album, called Tonight: Franz Ferdinand will be released January 27. I'm excited. They are a fun band with some truly great songs. The first song, not a single though, from the album that I've heard is Lucid Dreams. I heard it twice on FNX yesterday and it is a tempo-changing romp. I really like it.

-Girls Aloud's new album Out of Control will now be released on November 3, a week sooner than originally planned! I heard a clip of their collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys on Popjustice the other day, and it was good, very good. The song is called The Loving Kind. The album cover is lacking though. I like the outfits and poses but too many words, too busy. The Promise was released to the UK iTunes today. Here's the link for The Loving Kind clip:
http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3075&Itemid=206
-The new Keane album, Perfect Symmetry, is really good. Spiralling, The Lovers are Losing, Better Than This, You Haven't Told Me Anything, and Pretend That You're Alone are standouts, but the whole album is delightfully poppy and wonderful. I love the lead singer's soaring voice.

-The Saturdays' second single Up was the number 5 song on the UK charts for the week. Congrats, girls.

Fashion Queen

Rihanna is the shiz. The outfit she wore at the Justin Timberlake and Friends concert the other night was hip, high-waisted, and sleek with a burst of color. I love the yellow top and jacked weave! Bossay!

Damn, Girl

We have a budding fashion icon in our midst. Disney's new princess, Selena Gomez, star of the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place, has been showing off some glam outfits this past week at various events (the HSM3 premiere, for example). Very impressive little Se-Se. She is just so likable and sweet, and she's friends with Demi Lovato who I secretly adore. Go Se-Se. Your clothes are already way better than Miley's. I especially like the plaid number on the left.