MuuMuse Approved: Cassie – King of Hearts
"King of Hearts" has been a long time coming--from leaked demos, to video previews, to grainy fan videos sent in from Kanye West's DJ sets overseas, to official remixes--but now, Cassie's major comeback single has ...
Win A Custom Lana Del Rey Tote!
Calling all Lana Del Rey lovers! Last week, my good friend Jonny of LoveJonny Designs (he's the one who made that "Cupid Boy" tee for me when I was going to see Kylie!) tweeted a photo ...
MuuMuse Excluusive: Preview Garçon Garçon’s “Hollywood Song (feat. Cazwell)” Off Upcoming EP
Photo credits: Elvis Di Fazio, Marco Ovando After charming our pants off with heartbreaking New Wave synth-pop demos like "Maybe Tonight" and "Take Me Out" back in December of 2010, followed by the delightfully camp video ...
Win The W.E. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Mini-Poster! (Giveaway)
In case you hadn't already heard, Madonna's been busy writing and directing a movie over the past 3 years called W.E. (Want to read about my experience at the film's screening in NYC? Warning: I ...
Win A Copy of Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die! (Album Giveaway)
HEY, over there... Yes, YOU! Put down the video games. I have something to say! Today, the ever delightful, ever controversial heaven-sent songstress Lana Del Rey released her debut studio album, Born To Die. (In case you ...
Lana Del Rey: Born To Die (Album Review)
Everyone's got something to say about Lana Del Rey. In Late June, the cut-and-paste clip for the singer's "Video Games"--then just a buzz track--dropped with a thud onto YouTube. Spliced between old movie sequences, paparazzi clips ...
My Date to The Movies With Madonna: The NYC Premiere of W.E.
Disclaimer: My thoughts on W.E. will not be published until the week of release (February 3.) Now and then, there are some moments when I'm invited to cover an event, a concert or simply spacing out ...
Kate Havnevik Delivers “Mouth 2 Mouth” (Single Review)
Of all the Norwegian electronica chanteuses in the world, Kate Havnevik is probably my favorite. I first discovered Havnevik back in 2006 with her debut record Melankton, a dreamy collection of electronica-infused tunes produced by ...
PhoneSex/LoveSounds: Lady Gaga and Beyonce’s “Video Phone” and “Telephone.”
Today has been a very good day in the land of leaks.
The collaborative efforts between the two reigning forces in the pop music industry, Godga and Beysus, have surfaced: “Video Phone” and “Telephone.”
“Video Phone” is of course not entirely new, having already been released on I Am…Sasha Fierce back in 2008. But along with the song’s impending single release comes a brand new, mega-wattage collaboration: A “featuring” spot by Madame Gaga.
As if the song wasn’t already good in the first place, the ladies jazz up the original with an overly dramatic, Tarantino film-like Western twang introduction. Add in Gaga’s verse (“Hubba, hubba!”), “Tell ‘em, B,” and the induced orgasm ending, and you’ve got yourself a superstar extended mix.
“Telephone,” on the other hand, is the soon-to-be second single off of Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster, with a brand new, mega wattage collaboration: A “featuring” spot by Queen Beysus.
While the fan forums and tweet responses has been lukewarm at best, I happen to find myself enamored. What’s not to love?
There’s a harp, some glitchy electro noises, a beat recalling Timbaland‘s unusually non-annoying “The Way I Are,” and above all, rampant telephone talk! Just because it happens to be less concept-heavy than her latest work doesn’t make it any less Gaga–even if it was originally penned with Britney in mind.
At the same time, I have to play devil’s advocate for a moment: While I adore both of these tracks, does anyone else feel as though the “featuring” spots are unnecessary–if not somewhat invasive?
Sure, it’s almost always an automatic “epic” when two divas share the stage (“No More Tears (Enough is Enough),” anyone?), but mixing up the swagger of “Video Phone” with Gaga’s theatrical delivery seems all sorts of wrong. Similarly, hearing Beyonce run through the Auto-Tune ringer of “Telephone” feels…well, it just feels downright dirty.
Then again, who can resist a good beat?
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