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Disclaimer: My thoughts on W.E. will not be published until the week of release (February 3.)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 ...
Nicole Scherzinger – “I’m Gonna” (Unreleased)
Kweens, rejoice!
Blessed beauty Nicole Scherzinbehindthesehazeleyeser has just sprung a leak–and she’s serving up some serious ’90′s House RuPaul realness!
“I’m Gonna,” produced by remix aficionado Dave Aude, is but a scrap picked up from the ground of the Killer Love sessions. And while it’s easy to understand why the House-infused throwback track didn’t make the thoroughly modern RedOne tracklisting of Scherzy’s long-delayed debut, that doesn’t mean that this isn’t one of the best solo cuts Scherzy’s ever served up!
Packed to the brim with luscious piano chords and a relentless, feel-good ’90′s House beat, Nicole’s gone and made like Brit Brit on her Inner City lovin’ Femme Fatale bonus track “Up & Down” and borrowed from the past, heavily sampling Bizarre Inc.‘s #1 1992 Billboard Dance hit, “I’m Gonna Get You.”
“I’m gonna get you, baby…I’m gonna get you, yes I am!” she proudly declares atop the fresh, funky club rhythms. YASSSS!
This is some good ‘ish. This is some dance-’round-the-room ‘ish. This is that ‘ish you just know Kimberly Wyatt puts her face on to before hitting the stage at 4 A.M. to host the nightly drag revue in London (in which Carmit Bachar performs.)
WORRRRRRK, MAMA!
filed under: Kimberly Wyatt, Melody Thornton, Nicole Scherzinger, Pussycat Dolls, Video Premiere
Nicole Scherzinpepper has just unleashed the video for “Right There (feat. 50 Cent),” one of the more amazing songs off of her debut solo album Killer Love, which is due to be released in the U.S. this summer.
Like the song, the video is several layers of fantastic–topped off with a sprinkling of amazing for good measure. Let’s explore why, shall we?
NOTE: This video review assumes that the viewer, like myself, will fast forward past the impossibly unnecessary 30-second introduction featuring 50 Cent during future viewing sessions.
5.) She has very long hair in this video, and she’d like you to know about it.
Here, it appears Nicole is trying to tell us: “This! This here is my hair!”
And again, in case you didn’t notice the hair before.
4.) This moment.
Ciara, stay pressed.
3.) Pussycat Dolls nostalgia.
Because let’s face it: We all want them back.
But if you squint really hard and cock your head to the side a little, you can basically see Kimberly Wyatt doing a leg-lift somewhere in the background during this sequence. And if you really concentrate, you can hear Melody Thornton attempting to sing just one line without Nicole’s direct approval! BACK TO YOUR CAGE, THORNTON.
2.) ESKIMOZINGER.
I don’t know how or why this happened, but I’m certainly glad that it did.
1.) The reverse thumbs up.
In conclusion: MuuMuse approved.
MuuMuse’s favorite Ukranian high-heeled hotties Kazaky are back with a brand new performance…and it’s sick!
The muscly foursome performed their new single “Love” (as well as “In The Middle”) at Anouki Bicholla‘s FW 2011/2012 show during Ukraine’s Fashion Week as the models walked the runway.
But before the fashion show began, Kazaky took to the catwalk to deliver a stiletto-sharp opening routine, complete with some truly fancy footwork…and even a leg lift! Ferocious!
Pussycat Dolls‘ ex-member Kimberly Wyatt must be so pissed right now.
For more on Kazaky, click here.
filed under: Christina Aguilera, Elly Jackson, Her Majesty and The Wolves, Hot Club Track Of The Week, John Mendelsohn, Kimberly Wyatt, La Roux, Laidback Luke, Robyn, Wynter Gordon
This place about to blow!
Laidback Luke, the Filipino-born, Netherlands-bred DJ and producer whose name has become more and more of a staple within remix packages from some of MuuMuse’s favorite acts, including Wynter Gordon and Christina Aguilera (and of course, that truly awe-inspiring take on Robyn‘s “Indestructible”) has a new solo single out: It’s called “Timebomb.”
“Timebomb” is a very good, rave-y stormer complete with glitched-out moments of 8-bit electronica and rocket launch-like, surging synthesizers. A club affair, if you will.
The song was an instrumental at first but then it wasn’t, thanks to a vocal melody penned and sung by John Mendelsohn (not to be confused with Jonathan Mendelsohn, the director of general election resources for the British Labour Party, nor John Mendelsohn, former Rolling Stone rock critic), but rather John Mendelsohn, an attractive singer from Brooklyn.
Together, the two crafted the final version of “Timebomb” entirely via email (oh, technology!). And thus, there you have it: “Timebomb (feat. John Mendelsohn).
The song’s accompanying Tron-esque video follows in step with the song’s futuristic trance beat, as we follow a gang of bad ass roller derby chicks duking it out within a space-age pinball machine operated by a sexy lady who looks like the forgotten lovechild of La Roux‘s Elly Jackson and Her Majesty & The Wolves‘ Kimberly Wyatt. It makes entirely no sense, and yet, it’s entirely perfect.
And there you have it. OR DID I JUST BLOW YOUR MIND?!
“Timebomb (feat. John Mendelsohn)” was released on January 18. (Beatport)
filed under: A Tribe Called Quest, Deadmau5, Her Majesty and The Wolves, Interview, Kimberly Wyatt, Ladyhawke, Sia, Sidney Sampson, Spencer Nezey, Swedish House Mafia, The Neptunes, The Postal Service, Wu-Tang Clan
In case you haven’t heard, Kimberly Wyatt‘s transformed from a pussycat into a wolf.
Since the official dissolution of The Pussycat Dolls last year, the leggy blonde bombshell has embarked on a variety of exciting new ventures, including a judging role on the UK’s Got To Dance and a smash hit feature on Aggros Santos infectious springtime single, “Candy.”
But perhaps most exciting of all her current endeavors is Her Majesty & The Wolves, a dance-based musical partnership struck up between Wyatt and former member of electro-pop duo Jupiter Rising, Spencer Nezey. After the release of a buzz single (“Glaciers”), the duo premiered their first official single in November: “Stars In Your Eyes,” a thumping space-pop affair.
A few weeks ago, I got the opportunity to ask Kimberly and Spencer a few questions about their hotly anticipated collaboration, which is set to explode in 2011. If you couldn’t tell from the steadily increasing amount of exclamation marks contained in each of their answers, they’re pretty excited about it. LET’S DO THIS!!!
filed under: Aggro Santos, Ali G, Cheryl Cole, Girls Aloud, Kimberley Walsh, Kimberly Wyatt, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts
First was Chezza. Then came Nuhdeen. Now, it’s time for Kimba to shine.
Kimberley Walsh is officially the third Girls Aloud gal to give it a go on her own with “Like U Like,” a collaboration with the UK’s answer to Pitbull/professional Ali G lookalike, Aggro Santos.
Today, the video (and song!) premiered on Aggro Santos’ YouTube channel. (WATCH)
The most important thing to take away from this cautionary tale about speed dating is that Kimberley is looking ‘quite fit’: The sexed-up hair and booty-against-the-bright-lights are doing really good things for her (even if she does look a bit Cheryl.)
As far as the song goes, here are a few objective facts about “Like U Like”:
+ It’s a fairly anonymous dance-pop affair.
+ It’s a grower. Each play has gotten better.
+ Kimba’s chorus is pretty catchy and great-ish.
+There is far too little Kimberley Walsh on this song.
+ There is far too much Aggro Santos on this song.
+ “AY AY AY AY AY.” That’s a good part.
+ It will likely perform decently on the charts.
+ It is not the greatest song that Aggro Santos has ever recorded with an ex-girl group member named Kimberly(ey). For that, please see “Candy,” featuring the Pussycat Dolls‘ (and legendary Her Majesty & The Wolves co-founder/Andy Warhol of our generation) Kimberly Wyatt.
All this being said: Let’s cut the shit. Regroup, Girls Aloud. Regroup.
If not? Nicola or bust.
“Like U Like” will be released on January 17.
filed under: Amanda Lepore, Girls Aloud, Her Majesty and The Wolves, Kimberly Wyatt, Pussycat Dolls, Richie Rich
This is the video for “Glaciers,” the buzz track from ex-PCD member Kimberly Wyatt‘s new side project, Her Majesty & The Wolves, but let’s cut straight to the chase: This shit is certifiably BANANAS.
Glittery face painting. Cheesy technicolor backgrounds. ‘State-of-the-art’ Photoshop effects. (GRADIENTS! EMBOSS!)
If you were a club kid dropping acid back in 1992, “Glaciers” will probably resonate for you. I imagine this is the kind of stuff that Richie Rich and Amanda Lepore see in their dreams at night (or whenever it is that they sleep).
I mean, HONESTLY. This shit is like a D-grade imitation of the already terrible video for Girls Aloud‘s “Something Kinda Oooh.”
You cannot tell me that while “Glaciers” was being shot, not once did the director come up to Kim and say something like: “Erm, Kim. Amazing job. Really. You’re a visionary. But don’t you think we should just do some leg splits around a ballet bar or something?”
I imagine this is the kind of fuckery you might get when an artist walks into a concept meeting prior to a video shoot and announces, “Yeah, I want it to be weird like Gaga. But I don’t want it to be like Gaga, you know? I just want to wear a silly hat.”
Then again, maybe it’s just too genius for me to understand. Yeah. It’s probably that.
Quite the new and interesting look for K. Wyatt, no?
As I wrote about last week, “Glaciers” is the premiere single from ex-Pussycat Dolls member Kimberly Wyatt’s new side gig, Her Majesty & The Wolves.
You can now snag the track from the duo’s website right here for free.
“Glaciers” is a pretty intriguing turn for Wyatt: It basically plays like a remix, at times resembling a throbbing trance haunt, at others a stinging pop stormer. There are elements of all sorts of dance influences–from ’90′s beats to modern scorching synthesizers, resulting in one massive electro-melting pot of sound.
I’m still listening. More plays are required to fully sink my teeth into the song!















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