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| Iggy's 2-Minute Drill |
The stylish Iggy Azalea is back with a music video for her new song “Bac 2 Tha Future (My Time)” off her forthcoming TRAPGOLD mixtape (out October 11). Sadly, there’s no Delorean in the clip, but there’s a lot going on in the frenetic banger and its fittingly quick-cut video, combining for two minutes of relentless sensory assault (we mean that in a good way).
The video was directed by Bell Soto and inspired by Salvador Dali. The track was produced by frequent Iggy collaborator 1stDown of FKi. And while we can’t speak to 1stDown’s inspiration, we’re guessing Diplo falls in somewhere. Check it out up top.
Are you glad you spent your time on “Bac 2 Tha Future (My Time)”? Sound off in the comments below, or on Twitter and Facebook!
Fiona Apple on Monday (September 24) in New Orleans apologized to her fans for all the drama surrounding her recent marijuana arrest, according to Billboard. During the performance, she told the crowd “I’m really, really sorry that all the work that we did is being overshadowed by all this bullshit.”
By “all this bullshit,” we’re assuming she means: her September 19 arrest in Sierra Blanca, TX for drug possession (which cost her a night in jail and $10,000 bond, her ensuing rant that the cops treated her illegally and that she would make them “fucking famous” and then the sheriff’s office response that she should “just shut up and sing.”
It’s worth noting Apple didn’t explicitly apologize for the drug possession itself. But she did address her perplexing lockbox comments. If you’ll remember, while ranting against the officers who jailed her, she said at a recent show, “I wrote it all down with your names and everything you did and said…I then ripped the paper up, but not before I encoded it and - I got two lock boxes. We'll call them 'holding cell one' and 'holding cell two.' In 'holding cell one' is the encoded version of the shit that you did that I know was inappropriate and probably illegal. In 'holding cell two' is the decoder. I'm the only one who holds the key.”
On Monday, she clarified (we guess?) those comments: “There are no fucking lock boxes. I didn’t make up a code…It was my way of drawing a parallel between the self. I am not that fucked up.” OK! So, now that that’s all behind her…to paraphrase one Rusty Fleming, we can all just shut up and let her sing again.
Did You Hear?
:: Katy Perry has won Billboard‘s Woman of the Year Award. While you could argue her 2011 was more impressive, this year she accomplished quite a lot, including a world tour, releasing “Wide Awake,” starring in a 3-D movie and a Sims video game, oh and dropping Russell Brand. [Billboard]
:: More awards! Feist beat out the likes of Drake and Japandroids to win Canada’s $30,000 Polaris Music Prize for her 2011 album Metals. The award “is given to the year’s best Canadian album with no consideration to genre, professional affiliation or sales requirement.” [Rolling Stone]
:: Rihanna wished Chris Brown luck ahead of his September 24 court hearing, but maybe she was jinxing him, because Breezy tested positive for marijuana. As a result, he’ll be back in court for a probation violation hearing on November 1. [CNN]
:: Usher has postponed European tour dates due to scheduling conflicts with his upcoming stint on The Voice. The dates have been pushed back and will now coincide with a North American tour in fall 2013. [That Grape Juice]
After the jump, find out which music acts you can find on the tube today.
Music on TV:
:: Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) - Mumford & Sons
:: Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) - Richie Sambora
:: Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) - Hot Chip
:: Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS) - Dispatch
:: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) - Little Big Town
:: Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated) - No Doubt
Ester Dean recently clocked a mention on our list of the best songs that radio forgot this summer with her buzz track “Bam Bam,” but the bajillion-times-platinum songwriter (who has penned smashes for Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry and more) is prepping a big U.S. launch with another major talent - rapstress Missy Elliott.
Dean told ESSENCE that though she’ll be launching a different single overseas, her U.S. single, titled “How You Love It,” features Elliott and is set for a release. She also hinted at the upcoming title for her debut. Head after the jump for more details about what to expect from Dean.
When asked about her plans for the album, Dean explained: “I don’t know about [an album title]. It’s all about what song you pick. But I would like it to be called Stories Never Told. I’ve said a lot of things and a lot of people have heard the words I’ve said, but it’s a story never told. They don’t understand what I meant by those words because they were always given out through a different source.” Okay. We get it. We think.
And as for her songwriting process, Dean said that she feels no pressure to deliver a killer album, because her passion for the work is inherent: “I do this because I love it,” she said. “I never feel pressure to do anything. I don’t feel pressure to write songs for them. I do this because I love it. If that moment of pressure makes me feel like I don’t love it - I’ll walk away.”
We just hope she can get the album out before she has to walk away.
Wiz Khalifa is the fun-loving, laid back stoner MC. The Weeknd‘s Abel Tesfaye is the mysterious, druggy crooner. Aesthetically, it’s a good match, but musically, the two fall on opposite ends of the spectrum. Wiz’s music is bouncy and light, the party. Abel’s R&B is pensive and angular, the comedown.
So we were curious to see how the two would fit together on “Remember You,” from Wiz’s delayed O.N.I.F.C. (now slated for a December 4 release). Would the musical styles clash, or would one side win out? Or would their dual penchant for drugs somehow overcome all differences? Listen to the full track after the jump to find out.
As you can see, er, hear pretty much immediately, The Weeknd’s PBR&B won out over Wiz’s hesher-hop. Distant thuds, echoing vocals, looping riffs - these are Tesfaye’s trademarks. And the whole affair sounds like it was recorded on the far end of a tunnel, which is pretty much his thing, too.
But Wiz wears it well (filed under: things not said about his O.N.I.F.C. cover). The spare arrangement draws attention to his sometimes choppy flow, but overall it’s a drippy, Drake-ian listen full of The Weeknd’s sinister sexual boasts and Wiz’s party antics (“all of the shit that I did I probably won’t remember tomorrow”).
One thing, though: what’s with the weird groan at 2:46?
What do you think of Wiz & The Weeknd’s tag team? Tell us in the comments, or by sounding off on Facebook and Twitter!
