Just a moment ago from Twitter:

Just got some new costumes made! R U Ready Los Angeles??? -Brit

…Umm?!

PLEASE LET THIS BE FILMED. I still mourn the lack of an Onyx DVD to this day…

And all of a sudden, Moby is back into the swing of things.

Yesterday, the artist let loose a torrent of information about the release of his next album, Wait For Me, due out on June 30.

It seems that Moby’s become a bit disenchanted with the industry. But really, who isn’t these days? As a result, he’s turned inward and created a record that pleases him for the sake of creativity, not because of sales. Translation? Expect moody atmospherica and weird, electronic sounds.

Tracklisting! GO:

division
pale horses
shot in the back of the head
study war
walk with me
stock radio
mistake
scream pilots
jltf 1
jltf
a seated night
wait for me
hope is gone
ghost return
slow light
isolate

Above is the video for Moby’s first single (an instrumental, judge this as you may), “Shot In The Back Of The Head,” directed by none other than David Lynch. Like the artwork for Wait For Me, the video is bleak–black and white and mournful all over.

Seems to be quite the sad robot these days, no?

Click here to visit his newly renovated website.

DL: Moby – Shot In The Back Of The Head

Click above to hear more from Moby NOW!

I’ve got FIVE Promotional BoA DVD’s sitting here right now…and they’re itching to roam free!

The DVD features five awesome clips:
1. Best of Asia, BoA
2. First Single in the US (Eat You Up)
3. Behind The Scenes of Look Who’s Talking
4. YouTube Live Tokyo performance in November 2008
5. MTV Live Performance in December 2008

Note: I believe the second clip refers to the album in general and not the song, as “Look Who’s Talking” was originally considered as the album’s title.

Want one?

Just send an e-mail to boa@muumuse.com with the subject line “DVD” by midnight TONIGHT for your chance to win! Applicants must be from the US to enter. (I’m sorry!)

And, while you wait to find out if you’ve won, why not check out my interview with BoA that I did a few weeks ago? It’s glorious, you know.

I’ve also held a soft spot in my heart for Kelis: She’s fresh, ever evolving, and the creative energy seems to flow from her without ever trying too hard. Plus, she is responsible for a little song called “Fuck Them Bitches,” which is in many ways the song I’d like played as I stroll into my high school reunion.

…Not that I’d actually go.

After the release of her 2007 album, Kelis Was Here and a slapped together Greatest Hits package called The Hits in March of ’08, we’d heard little about Kelis’ next move in music.

So what’s she been doing since then? Why, graduating from culinary school obviously! You can see those skills being put to the test live on her StickAm page, where she hosts a cooking show. She’s also been busy getting ready to have a baby boy with Nas. Let us pray he never listens to Mommy and Daddy’s collaboration, “Blindfold Me.”

As for the music, get pumped: Kelis plans to release not one, but two new albums this year! During a live video chat on StickAm, Kelis revealed that she was trying for a spring or summer single release.

Thanks to Kelis’ main fan site UltimateKelis, we’ve also recently learned that the singer’s been doing work with Diplo–two of which he previewed on a web radio show with Lil’ Jon! Head over to UltimateKelis to listen to the snippets (which are unsurprisingly delicious).

Plus, she’s been dropping some INSANE producer names on her Twitter that she’s been recording with, including Boyz Noize, Crookers, and Dave Guetta.

All the ingredients to one hell of a hipster-lectro crunchy hip-hop sensation of an album. Cannot wait!

Yes, I know…the Daily B’s have been severely lacking these past weeks. What can I say? B’s been busy toting herself around the country and there’s been no actual news to report.

I mean sure, she briefly walked out on her Vancouver fans last week for toking up around the stage. What? If you ain’t paying attention to a diva, you ain’t deserve to be there in the first place. Madonna did the same thing at the same venue by bitching out the crowd on her Sticky & Sweet Tour last year. Actually, now that I think about it…what the hell is wrong with you, Vancouver?

Oh, and yes, she’s been shouting out a plethora of off-color remarks at the end of each show recently. But I think Britney is onto something here, something deep…perhaps even bordering on existentialism. As I see it, what she’s clearly trying to say is: Cocks, pussies, it doesn’t matter–just let it all hang out! It’s like a metaphor for life, you know?

Otherwise, all is shockingly well (at least on the surface) in the land of Spears.

As for “If U Seek Amy,” the song is currently at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, though it’s continuing to rise with each week. Could we breach the Top 20 this week? Make it happen, bitches…request away!

Thanks to my good friend Sheena over at SheenaBeaston for providing this completely not terrible mix of “If U Seek Amy.” God, the Circus-era mixes have been so underwhelming so far, no? Glad to be listening to something a bit more inventive.

DL: Britney Spears – If U Seek Amy (Chew Fu GhettoHouse Refix)

I’m still patiently awaiting the release of Najoua Belyzel‘s upcoming sophomore album, Au Féminin. If I’ve interpreted her latest Facebook post correctly, the album should be hitting shelves sometime in late May, while the second single off the album will either be “Jérémie” or “M.”

“Second” single? I guess “Quand Revient L’été” was just a one-off release…’tis for the best.

And in case you’ve forgotten, this here is why we at MuuMuse love us some Belyzel–the video for her latest single, “La Bienvenue,” which was released on March 30.

DL: Najoua Belyzel – La Bienvenue

Though “La Bienvenue” is still not available in America, click below to hear more from Najoua Belyzel NOW!

For weeks, I’d heard rumblings that RuPaul was preparing the release of a new album called Champion, set for release after the finale of her Logo show, RuPaul’s Drag Race. Admittedly, aside from the obvious work (“Supermodel”) , I’d never really given the girl much thought–much less did I think she could entertain for an entire album’s worth of time.

I’ve since learned: Never underestimate a drag queen and her disco.

At almost fifty years old now (just how old is that in drag years, anyway?) RuRu proves she’s still ready to dance with Champion, a fabulous collection of stomping, hands-in-the-air dance gems. No purple leotards, no disco sticks…just a microphone and a weave-ful of fierce.

As one might expect, RuPaul dominates with the tracks crafted especially for the dancefloor, including “Jealous Of My Boogie” and “LadyBoy.” Sure, there’s plenty of silly on the surface, but underneath is an equally addictive series of beckoning bass lines and squeaky synth hooks.

Despite commanding a surprisingly capable voice however, Ru indulges in a fair share of the AutoTune technique that has become so popular with the kids these days. I suppose it’s for good reason: Lest we forget, it was the original Drag Queen herself, Cher, who did the damn thing first with “Believe” back in ’98, so why shouldn’t the queens have their warbling robo-sounds back once again?

As per usual with a dance-pop album, it’s always refreshing to hear something other than a “booty on the floor” number which is why tracks like “Champion,” “Main Event,” and “Destiny Is Mine” especially soar, laced with positive messages in line with some of Ru’s motivational mantras like “If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” A little positive energy and a lot of motivation–now that’s something worth celebrating.

The same goes for “Never Go Home Again,” which is perhaps the album’s shining peak. Starting off as a slightly melodramatic torch tale of breaking free from a bad situation at home, Ru soars higher and higher above ripples of moody disco throbs only a hair below the production level of Madge‘s Confessions On A Dancefloor until finally bursting into fuller trance euphoria of acceptance: “Babies take flight, never say never / There’s a home for you here where love is unconditional.”

By the time “Devil Made Me Do It” and “Put Your Hands Up” (featuring Lady Bunny) roll around, all that body glitter and eyelash glue start drying up and the fun meter verges on empty (perhaps you’re simply out of Ecstacy at this point). It doesn’t matter though, because you’ve already spent the better part of the album dancing the night away.

Honestly, by the time the fourth track “Tranny Chaser” comes rolling around with its infectious snaps, claps, and tongue-in-chic silliness rocking back and forth (“May the fierce be with you!”), it’s clear that Ru’s already shut down the game. Oh, and since you’re wondering: Yeah, the song is as good as the title implies.

DL: RuPaul – LadyBoy

Everyone’s got a celebrity on Twitter they like to follow: Whether it’s Heidi Montag and her misspelled shout-outs to God, John Mayer’s witty one-liners about his life as a celebrity, or Martha Stewart’s unnervingly down-to-earth ponderings about her dogs, there’s a celebrity out for everyone simply ripe for the stalking. For me, the choice is an obvious one—P. Diddy.

As I see it, no one else can get me through my day quite like the hip-hop mogul can. Approximately every ten minutes, Diddy sends one new Tweet into the Twitosphere. In just the past month that I’ve been following the superstar, he’s already gone running in Central Park at 4 AM to work off energy, spent days on end fasting for some unknown reason (I believe it had to do with Jesus), and created several Top 10 lists (“The #8 thing i’m gonna work on.. is gettin married one day.. I said ONE DAY!!! LOL! I’m a work in progress.. LETS GO PEOPLE!!!”).

Frequently, Diddy will use his Twitter time to call out others and their “bitchassness” (“But be clear I don’t condone BITCHASSNESS!!!! In any shape or form!!! I will handle!!!!”). Other times he provides a progress report regarding his new album, Last Train To Paris (“SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!! I’m in the booth and I’m like HILLARY CLINTON!! I FOUND MY VOICE AGAIN!!! LOCK IN!!!”).

Of course, then there’s always my personal favorite kind of message—pure, unadulterated bliss: “I can’t feel my face people!!! And I like it!!!! Let’s go!!!!!!” I never do know what the hell he’s talking about, but it sure makes me want to try some of what he’s on.

For me, the greatest reward of a Diddy Tweet is the image in my mind of the rapper concocting his messages: As he sits down to his gold-plated Macbook (not a work of fiction, he’s displayed it before on his YouTube series, PTwitty Live), Diddy loads up Twitter, scoots up close to the keyboard, and begins to scribe another sage piece of advice.

“I can’t feel my face people!!” he types out. He ponders this for a moment, looking over the message through the pair of spectacles hanging off the tip of his nose. Too many exclamation marks, he decides. “I can’t feel my face people!” No, this is all wrong. Think Sean…think! That’s it—there aren’t nearly enough: “I can’t feel my face people!!!” Perfection.

Then again, it isn’t just that Diddy provides the LOLZ with his punctuation soaked mantras–it’s their actual content as well.

Following the thundering success of such lines as “LET”S GO!” and “DON”T STOP!” comes “GET LOCKED IN!”, one of Diddy’s newest mantras. Though I still don’t quite understand what we’re locking into (or who’s holding the key once we’re inside), I know that bad things can happen if we don’t lock in—including the depression.

“A lot of kid’s futures goin’ away…They parents ain’t locking in, they brothers ain’t locking in, you ain’t locking in, I ain’t locking in,” Diddy scolds the audience during the 26th broadcast of his YouTube series, PTwitty Live. “Turn off the Twitter, get off the phone, stop gossipin’…that means ‘Oh, you wanna go out?’ No I can’t, I’m going to the library this Saturday. I gotta do this research on this business I wanna start.”

Surely he means well with his messages to focus, pay attention, and succeed, but with a track record of over twenty tweets per hour yelling at us to “GET LOCKED IN!!!”, it’s become apparent that Diddy’s daily teachings are more of a “do as I say, not as I do” sort of deal.

Who am I to judge though? It’s not as though Twitter has proven itself useful for anything other than shameless self-promotion and useless mutterings about life’s triviality. Better to let Diddy have his day so that he may brighten mine: “This shit is entertaining!!! I’m entertained!!!! Are you entertained????? Let’s go!” he wrote just before midnight on April 9. That I am, Diddy…that I am.

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