The time has finally come.

Click above to watch rap superstar, rising legend, and frequent victim of butt padding rumors Nicki Minaj‘s video for current single, “Your Love”–a devastating and honest portrayal of love and loss within Edo era Japan. (LOL JK.)

But really, there are some geishas, a samurai, and a nail-biting sword fight sequence, which is basically just like being there in the 1600′s.

HANG ON TO YOUR MELONS, Y’ALL–it’s Harajuku Barbie time!

To preview and purchase “Your Love,” click here.

Adorable!

MuuMuse’s latest obsession Florrie has just been featured on UK Vogue‘s site to discuss her involvement in the upcoming Nina Ricci advertising campaign. (Make sure to check out the full gallery here.)

She also dishes all the juicy gossip on Girls Aloud (“just lovely”) and Kylie Minogue (“really nice”). Scandalous!

As you may well know by now, Sky Ferreira is what we in the industry like to call a ‘burgeoning talent.’ I don’t know what it means exactly, BUT THAT IS WHAT SHE IS.

The young and gorgeous singer’s got a debut single coming out at the end of August called “One,” and it’s one (One!) of the finest singles of the year thus far. As far as songs about feeling like a robot are concerned, it’s probably top five ever.

If you haven’t already seen the video for it, you should do so now.

ANYWAY, this song is now getting the pop mix treatment, and MuuMuse was fortunate enough to be granted the honor of excluusively premiering of one of the mixes!

Please click below to hear an excluusive stream of the Bassmakerz remix of Sky’s new single. It’s full of grinding synthesizers and whirling electro noises that do nothing to aid in abating Ms. Ferreira’s robo-fears. It’s also pretty good.

While you’re at it, you’ll want to head over to Popjustice to hear the fairly amazing Wawa remix, which also premiered today.

“One” will be released on August 22. For more, check out Sky’s official website.

There was Flowerney.

Epic.

ZOMG ROBYN‘S STATESIDE.

Click above to watch Robyn performing “Dancing On My Own” live on The Late Show with David Letterman. I can’t believe she’s in my neck of the woods! Doesn’t she look positively ferocious? I am so about her True Blue-era hair.

As per usual, the Swedish sweetheart bangs out all the notes perfectly, although the damn cameraman cuts away at the most epic part of the song–the breakdown!

Doesn’t look like she K.O.’ed the mic stand this time though, so it’s okay.

Body Talk Pt. 2 will be released on September 6.

On June 28, following a four year hiatus, the Scissor Sisters unveiled their third studio effort, Night Work.

Darker and more cohesive than either of the Scissors’ past two efforts, Night Work is a masterfully executed, sleekly polished glimpse into the excess and depravity of 1970′s disco nightlife–all without ever hazarding the treacherous territory of homage.

Produced by Stuart Price, Night Work also doubles as the perfect disco-laden compliment to the summer’s best album: Kylie Minogue‘s Aphrodite (which just happens to be produced by Mr. Price as well–I bet someone’s having a good summer!)

The album largely revels in a barrage of dirty bass lines and guitar riffs from Babydaddy and Del Marquis, glitchy synthesizers and front-man Jake Shears‘ pitch-perfect falsetto, which provides the vocal backing behind the album’s massive glam-rock anthems (“Fire With Fire”) and dark disco haunts (“Night Work”).

Though the album dives into darker territory, there’s plenty of the Scissor Sisters’ signature camp style buried within the record.

Take for instance “Any Which Way,” a glee-filled romp that finds Ana Matronic playing the sex-starved temptress mid-way through and cooing about finding a man that smells like “cocoa butter and cash.” “Take me anyway you like it / In front of the fireplace, in front of your yacht, in front of my parents / I don’t give a damn, baby–just take me!” she shrieks. It’s silly, it’s naughty, and above all, it’s irresistible.

Don’t believe me? Just try to watch their Glastonbury performance of the track (with a special cameo by a certain pop princess). I defy you not to crack a smile.

Songs like the slinky “Skin This Cat” operate as further evidence that the Sisters have evolved their sound. The melodies here are vastly sexier than previous efforts, even if the lyrics provide enough of a knowing wink wink, nudge nudge to keep you giggling: “You’re not the first tom to walk my floor / So get around the block a few times more / And keep scratch scratchin’ at my back door / And I will show you.”

Further on, several cuts show off Shears’ darker side, including the stomping “Harder You Get” and “Sex & Violence,” which burns with an icy intensity and deranged flares of old school synthesizers: “Oh, I need a witness, to see the mess I’ve made,” Shears devilishly purrs. “Where do you live? What do you give? Who are you with? And how you getting home?” Glam, sex, and murderous intent…a personal favorite, for sure.

But perhaps no track best embodies the album’s true essence than with its final moment: “Invisible Light,” an immense, wildly celebratory six-minute opus of dark disco euphoria.

By the time Ian McKellan delivers his spot-on spoken word about “sexual gladiators” and “fiercely old party children,” the track is already bursting at the seams, at last unleashing wave upon wave of sublime coos and pulsating, tribal beats that come together in one gorgeous moment of frantic bliss.

If there’s any word to describe the Sisters’ latest output, it’s evocative: Of Grace Jones, of bell bottoms and gold chains, of the sweat and grime and filth of a dirty New York City disco.

And that’s what I call a proper night out.

To celebrate the album’s release, MuuMuse is proud to be giving away SIX COPIES of Night Work. send me an e-mail with the subject line “NIGHTWORK” or tweet me with the following phrase: “I found a whole new way to love @MuuMuse! #NightWork”

Six winners will be randomly selected and notified on Tuesday, July 27. Good luck!

To preview and purchase Night Work, click here.

And now, the premiere of the number one song on the Billboard Hot Dance Club/Play Charts–Wynter Gordon‘s “Dirty Talk”!

Such a fanciful, fairy tale moment of elegance…while hearing about G-spots, hot wax and S&M, of course.

As she explained in the behind-the-scenes clip, the video would just be too easy if she went the obvious route. (Actually, it would just be this video.)

Good on you for mixing it up a little, Miss Gordon! Now release that damn debut album already.

To read MuuMuse’s interview with Wynter Gordon, click here.

YES. YES. YES.

Recently, Kelis visited Cherrytree Records HQ to perform a small acoustic Flesh Tone set. The results are now LIVE.

Please do yourselves a favor and click above to watch the singer’s completely stripped-down take on MuuMuse’s favorite track from the album, “Brave.”

Ditching the dozens of synth layers that make up its electro-fied original, the acoustic version of “Brave” shines thanks to a focus on Kelis’ soulful delivery style–as well as some added lyricism (There is some talk of driving old school beemers and 18-wheelers–not entirely sure what that’s all about).

The performance is touching–and spot-on vocally, no less. I love to bits.

For the other, equally necessary performances from the Cherrytree session (“22nd Century” and “4th of July”), click here.

THIS ALBUM IS STILL AMAZING, FYI.