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Tournament: Create a Label 7 | Taylor/Zenny at #1
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TAYLOR SWIFT X IHEARTRADIO
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Taylor Swift would take part in an interview and concert for one of the biggest radio stations or one of the biggest radio networks in the United States, iHeartRadio. Having partnered with the network before, the singer songwriter has guaranteed herself radio play for a long while. Since partnering with the radio label for exclusive concerts, radio deals, and radio interviews, there seems to be no song the singer can release that will not receive airplay or support from iHeartRadio and channels that are owned by the radio network or have part of it. “Radio is a key to having commercial success for a long while. Without radio support it’s likely that your single or album, whatever or really whatever you’re releasing will not really be successful, at least in the long run for a long amount of time without radio support. Radio is what gets your material out to the public. We live in a world where people are busy working and really do not have the free time to just go out there and look at the new that’s out. You have to get your music out there to them. So by doing that, you sort of have to embrace radio meaning that if you reach through different formats to reach people with your music, they’ll get in touch with it and then you will spark their interest in wanting to buy your music or listening to your music. It’s all really about being a marketing genius.” Taylor would say this in an interview with iHeartRadio before she would perform a a twelve song long concert in support of her album, Yours: The Greatest Hits, an album that would debut over seven hundred thousand copies first week, marking Swift’s highest first week sales for a release under Tigerlily Recordings. Since then she’s scored two number one singles from the record, the Max Martin and Shellback produced hit ‘Style’ and the Dev Hynes produced ‘Too Good To Lose’, which features artist and friend of Taylor’s Justin Bieber (Dev Hynes produced songs such as Sky Ferreira’s ‘Everything is Embarrassing’ and Solange’s ‘Losing You’, along with various songs from other various albums).
In an interview with Taylor Swift for iHeartRadio the singer songwriter talked about the next single from the record, saying she was unsure about what the next single would be following a confirmation that ‘Seven Wonders’ would be the next single. “I’m not really sure what the next single is going to be. At this point, I’m not even really sure if I want to release another single. I want to focus more on selling the album than getting another number one or top three single. I’ve released so much in the past year or so that I’ve really neglected spending quality time with those around me, like friends, family, and such. So I think the best thing for me to do right now is just focus on the album in the promotional era and using the time i’d usually use to promote a single to just spend time with Simon, Karlie, Paige, and all those around me who I’m really close with. It’s all about mixing personal time with work time and really before this I was never good at that. I always focused on my career rather than my personal life and that really has put some of my relationships and friendships with those I love and have loved in constant risk and danger. So I think now the best thing for me to do is find a compromise between my career and my personal life for my sanity and those around me.”
From there the signer would then take part in a private concert held at the Best Buy theatre in New York City. She’d perform a fifteen song setlist, performing songs such as ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’, ‘Wildest Dreams’, ‘Blank Space’, ‘Style’, ‘Too Good To Lose’, and some of her other number one hits that she’s managed to score in the past two years. The crowd would sing along with almost ever word as the singer performed in a more stripped version of a concert rather than the full productions she usually puts on for her shows. She changed outfits three times through the concert, changing every five or so songs. She sounded great as all the promotional singles she released this week were also released this week were performed at the concert. ‘Yours: The greatest Hits’ is available on iTunes and in Target stores now.
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Zendaya on Today Show
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Zendaya's brand new Hit-Boy and RoccStar produced single Broke a Heart or Two, which was released five days ago on January 18th via Indigo Records and Universal Music, is slowely but surely rising up the charts and is expected to rise even more once Zendaya completes her promotional tour in United States, and she has to appear on a lot of teleivison shows before she will finish off her promotional tour. Sources that work with Zendaya tell that her promotional tour won't end in United States just like that, as she is expected to go out with this single for real and go global, and visit many places outside America, including Australia, Europe and even Asia. According to the people who are close with Zendaya say that she will be promoting this single for a whole month, unlike Gunshots, which was properly promoted and pushed only for one week. Zendaya is really strict about her promotion and the way that her new era is handled as she definitely seems to be in control of her promotional campaign and stuff like that, since she is getting almost every possible promotional slot. R&B singer probably wants her new era to be as flawless as possible, and she is trying to do everything in her power to promote her material. By visiting and performing on these shows, Zendaya is not only performing her singles and trying to boost its sales on iTunes, but she is also hyping up her brand new sophomore album, which Zendaya announced last night on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, and which is confirmed to be released next month - February 15th, via Indigo Records and Universal Music. The latest place where Zendaya stopped was NBC's Today Show, where Zendaya performed her brand new Hit-Boy and RoccStar produced single Broke a Heart or Two and also sat down with the hosts of the show to talk things through. It was quite an interview, as Zendaya talked a lot about her brand new album and how she was in control of every little detail during the recording process, and she also answered some questions that the hosts took from Twitter. She was asked about her brand new album and whether there will be any collaborations on there. For the appearance, Zendaya dressed up really fancy and cool as she rocked loose black pants with a yellow stripe on them which matched a yellow shirt that Zendaya wore with the pants. Inside the NBC studios, Zendaya appeared only with a shirt and her pants, but outside the studios when she was photographed by paparazzi photographers when she was arriving to the studios she had a jacket over her shoulders that made her look like an absolute lady diva or something like that. She definitely looked really god and rocked the outfit that she wore.
Host: Your sophomore album called Reckless Heart is coming out on February 15th. Can you talk a little bit about that?
Zendaya: Yeah, definitely! So my new album is coming out in less than a month and I'm super excited to share something that is really dear to me and that is a part of me, because it's extremely personal and I tell almost everything on it. I wrote every single track on that album so everything is really dear to me and everything is just so personal. This album represents me as an artist, because everything that I created for this album is me, one hundred percent me. I chose the ideas, I chose the beats, the inspiration for the tracks, the sound for this album, everything. This album is more R&B than the first one, there are less Pop influences on this one. It's the sound that I was really inspired by, I was listening to a lot of Solange, Danity Kane, Beyonce, Rihanna, Aaliyah, Mary J. Blige, all that during the recording process of this album. And I can't wait to release it.
Host: Can we exepct any collaborations on the album?
Zendaya: Besides Taylor on Gunshots, there will be two more collaborations. I'm super stoked because... I worked with the one and only Janelle Monae on this one song that is super fierce and super hot, it makes me feel really confident and good about myself because it celebrates women, and then I also Jeremih on another song that is really hot and cool, I love that one as well.
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Lady Gaga and Madonna premiere “PARTYNAUSEOUS” music video on MuchMusic’s “Live @ Much”, w/ very special guest...
Lady Gaga and Madonna made quite the appearance at the MuchMusic Headquarters on Queen Street West in Toronto to premiere their music video for “PARTYNAUSEOUS”, talk to the fans and perform for a special live episode of “Live @ Much”. The special will later be aired on sister channel MTV in the US, UK and other MTV channels across the globe.
The special started off with an introduction from the show’s host, as fans sat in the studio awaiting the arrival of their two idols. A camera then recorded the arrival and entrance of Gaga and Madonna who were in glamorous golden limousines. They slowly but surely exit the limousine and walk the specially laid out gold carpet as they greet ecstatic fans waiting for them in the cold outside. Gaga is wearing a black shoulder-padded gown and a pair of black, geometrical glasses fashioned by Canada’s own Jeremy Laing. Madonna wears a lacey dress designed by Givenchy and a cross necklace. They then make their way up to the studio and are greeted with applause as they enter the room.
 
Gaga and Madonna then have a 20 minute long interview with the host, and the fans in the studio also ask them a few questions as well as questions from fans on Twitter. Gaga confirmed her next album shall be called “Decair”, and the album is very different from the lead single “PARTYNAUSEOUS”. After this Madonna and Gaga premiered the music video for “PARTYNAUSEOUS” (directed by “Poker Face” director Ray Kay) much to the fans anticipation. The video is streamed on the side of the Head Quarters in gargantuan size as standers by came to watch as well as the fans crowded outside.
The video begins with a sequence inspired by the hit Hollywood comedy “The Hangover”. Gaga and Madonna waking up with each other in a hotel bed, with multi-coloured hair and covered in neon paint. The pair seem to be in the nude.
Gaga: Old ha- Madonna?! *in shock*
Madonna: *equally shocked* Haha, very funny. Lady Reducti- I mean Gaga? *shadily*
Gaga then launches at Madonna as they wrestle each other to the ground with their private parts blurred out. They have a 4 minute long fight inspired by the fight scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1 where Beatrix Kiddo has a bloody brawl in the home of Vernita Green. Covered in broken glass, blood and various other items they collected from the hotel room, Madonna launches Gaga into the bathroom. As they continue to fight, they are greeted to a shark in the huge bathtub full of water and they scream in terror. A rewind button symbol starts at this point where Gaga and Madonna are naked, their jaws open as they scream in terror, and rewinds to the beginning of the wild night before.
Gaga is seen walking down a street in the city of Jakarta, where the entirety of the video is based (the video was filmed in Jakarta, Seoul, Bangkok and Las Vegas), alongside her close friend Lady Starlight. She is wearing an all-white spacesuit/cyber-rave outfit with a lengthy platinum wig. The city is lit up with fluorescent lights and the cinematography compliments and highlights them. The song “PARTYNAUSEOUS” starts off as they meet up with the rest of their entourage.
They go down a dingy back alley and into a shabby elevator as they descend into a secret small club. The club is filled with strobe and colourful lighting. The club is packed but the people wearing haute couture clothing seem shallow, empty, mean and also uninspired and tired as they sexily dance on each other. It appears that there is an open mic to anyone in the club, and seeing the stage empty, Gaga decides to get up and sing. Her verse starts. Life is restored in the crowd as they start to dance more energetically. Then, Madonna and her entourage enter the building. She is wearing a black, veiled and laced bodysuit from Givenchy Couture Fall 2008 with long black hair.
Madonna spots Gaga and they both shoot daggers at each other as she climbs onto the stage with her gang and snatches the microphone, and Madonna’s verse starts. Gaga’s entourage comes behind her, as both rival gangs lead by Madonna and Gaga rotate around the stage at opposing sides as they dance. As the build-up and climax of the song comes in the two cliques clash into each other and integrate as they dance with each other. Madonna and Gaga grind on each other under the strobe lighting. As the second verse starts Gaga and Madonna exit the club and enter a glittery pink SUV. The dancers cram in the seats and get on top of the car as they unveil weapons in the boot and begin to shoot blindly at passing buildings in the street and spray paint the traffic in neon colours. Gaga and Madonna put on rainbow-coloured balaclava’s as they hold revolvers and rob a convenience store. Several shots are shown at this point of the gang breaking into different banks and stores, stealing and causing havoc. Images of drinking and drug consuming are also shown.
As the video reaches the bridge of the song, the pair take off their robber’s masks and go into a club looking glamorous. The club has a wall of a giant glass aquarium, with different fish swimming around in it. They hit the bar and the poles as they dance the stress away and mime the lyrics of the song. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West, James Franco and Britney Spears make cameos in the club scene. As they are chaotically and sexually dancing whilst drunk and clumsy, Gaga and Madonna fall into the glass and the fish pour out. This floods the whole entire club. The video then fast forwards back to the point where Gaga and Madonna were screaming at the wild shark in the bath tub and the video ends.
The studio audience and the shows host applauds the video.
Host: “Wow! That was awesome. That has to be one of the best music videos of the past few years!”
The show then cuts to a short break, prior to this the host announces that Gaga and Madonna will perform “PARTYNAUSEOUS” with a very special guest.
The performance starts with fluorescent LED lighting and heavy fog residing on the stage. Gaga comes to a clear, glass piano sitting at the side of the stage and starts to play a number. She is wearing a dark veil over her body. She performs the chorus of “Burqa” to the fans delight. After this short introduction, Gaga takes off the veil and reveals a bizarre and beautiful fibre-optic gynoid costume from Alexander McQueen for Givenchy A/W Haute Couture 1999, as the crowd gasps.
“PARTYNAUSEOUS” kicks in as Gaga performs her verse and the dancers join her. The dancers are wearing an outfit from the same vintage McQueen for Givenchy collection.
Then Madonna enters the stage in the same piece as Gaga’s in different colours. The pair do complexed, sharp and almost robotic choreography with each other with flawless vocals. As the second chorus finishes, Gaga introduces the special guest – Britney Spears! Britney is wearing a slightly less out there but still funky circuit board resembling bodysuit.
The crowd goes wild in surprise and for Britney. She performs an alternate and exclusive verse to the song.
“We currently set from the intergalaxy
B*tch, it’s Britney
Nauseous like party
Cute and pretty
Hot like sexy
Cold as fire
I be legendary
Fresh meat retire
I’m not even liar
Don’t you know that I’m a (Imma)
slay the game, attack
The princess is back
I excel where you b*tches lack
If you can’t take me, get back
Ultimate queens on this track, Ow!”
After this, the trio perform the final chorus and massacre the choreography. The credits role when the song ends and as Gaga, Madonna and Britney thank the audience.
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Cara On Z100
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Cara Delevingne stopped by the popular new york city radio station Z100 which is also the largest broadcaster in the US, to promote the brand new single 'Honey' which recently received many remixes which have also been charting well while the original version of 'Honey' has been charting within the top 3 on itunes and has been #1 on radios combined ever since it's release to the radio.
Prior to her interview, Cara performed a few songs live from Z100 ZLounge, which was broadcasted live and the videos of the performances were also uploaded to Youtube. While her album has been certified Platinum within 2 weeks, Cara Delevingne expressed interest in getting the album to over 3 million copies sold, which is 3 times platinum, and her appearance is also a way to hype the album's re-release which will surely push the album's sales a lot. Predictions say that Cara might reach 2 times platinum within 2 more weeks and that Cara will release the album's re-release (which also serve as the 50 Shades of Grey Movie soundtrack, and songs from the soundtrack will be included in the movie) right after that so chances are that she really might be able to get ot those 3 millions of copies sold.
The songs Cara sang were 'Honey', 'La Belle', 'Fall Out' and 'Distant Horizon', all of which were slightly different in this performance then the original versions featured on the album. after her 4 songs set list ended the small amount of people who were there for the performance at the ZLounge demanded an encore and Cara sang 'Kiss To My Heart', the opening track on her album 'Distant Horizon'. Cara then headed back to the regular studio to answer a few questions and discuss a few things.
On her lead single choice from the 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack:
I'm settled, I have chosen exactly which song I want and it's amazing actually. While it discusses sex it still remains good for the radio to play especially with the radiot edit of the song, it sounds like a mix of a song with some up-beat Lana Del Rey and some Tinashe all thrown into a weird and great mix but with a simplistic touch.
On working with Tinashe for her 'Honey' Remix:
Tinashe was such a great person to work with. Variety Records, my label, has been considering signing her in a few months once her contracts expire. Her album 'Aquarius' is great and was also one of my influences for the RNB tracks on 'Distant Horizon'.
On The Next Single:
Well fans have all been asking for different songs , my label also wants something and I want a few other things. I've seen fans wanting 'Fall Out', 'Distant Horizon', 'Corset' and 'Excessive' while my label wants me to go with a more pop song next such as 'Kiss To My heart', 'Distant Horizon' or 'Behind Closed Doors'. I'm not sure what I want but me and my label had a discussion about it last night and we settled down for the song 'Fall Out', it will also be helped by the fact that Jay-Z is featured on it.
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Lady Gaga – PARTYNAUSEOUS (feat. Madonna) Audio, Lyric Video #2 and Music Video released on Vevo
A audio video, second lyric video and finally the official music video for Lady Gaga and Madonna’s “PARTYNAUSEOUS” have been released today on Lady Gaga’s Vevo and Vevo YouTube channel. They have released a second lyric video, which is already unusual and the audio video and music video in the same day which is an unusual but smart move. With all these released in the same day along with the much-hyped premiere of the official music video and a live special on MuchMusic in Canada, each three video has racked up thousands upon thousands of views. With each stream it will count towards the charting of the song. Gaga and Madonna also hyped up and shared the links of the videos, which are also being massively shared around social media by their devoted fanbases. The three videos are being displayed for a month in a banner at the top of the YouTube.com and Vevo.com pages.
The audio video, entitled “Lady Gaga – PARTYNAUSEOUS (Audio) – feat. Madonna” is the full single in audio form and the video features an image of the single cover.
“Lady Gaga – PARTYNAUSEOUS (feat. Madonna) – Lyric Video #2 is a special film shot by Ruth Hogben with powerful and bubbly colours, inspired by pop art and cartoons. It features Gaga and Madonna miming the song whilst in beautiful and funky rave outfits as the lyrics are displayed across the screen.
   
The music video entitled “Lady Gaga – PARTYNAUSEOUS (Official) feat. Madonna” , begins with a sequence inspired by the hit Hollywood comedy “The Hangover”. Gaga and Madonna waking up with each other in a hotel bed, with multi-coloured hair and covered in neon paint. The pair seem to be in the nude.
Gaga: Old ha- Madonna?! *in shock*
Madonna: *equally shocked* Haha, very funny. Lady Reducti- I mean Gaga? *shadily*
Gaga then launches at Madonna as they wrestle each other to the ground with their private parts blurred out. They have a 4 minute long fight inspired by the fight scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1 where Beatrix Kiddo has a bloody brawl in the home of Vernita Green. Covered in broken glass, blood and various other items they collected from the hotel room, Madonna launches Gaga into the bathroom. As they continue to fight, they are greeted to a shark in the huge bathtub full of water and they scream in terror. A rewind button symbol starts at this point where Gaga and Madonna are naked, their jaws open as they scream in terror, and rewinds to the beginning of the wild night before.
Gaga is seen walking down a street in the city of Jakarta, where the entirety of the video is based (the video was filmed in Jakarta, Seoul, Bangkok and Las Vegas), alongside her close friend Lady Starlight. She is wearing an all-white spacesuit/cyber-rave outfit with a lengthy platinum wig. The city is lit up with fluorescent lights and the cinematography compliments and highlights them. The song “PARTYNAUSEOUS” starts off as they meet up with the rest of their entourage.
They go down a dingy back alley and into a shabby elevator as they descend into a secret small club. The club is filled with strobe and colourful lighting. The club is packed but the people wearing haute couture clothing seem shallow, empty, mean and also uninspired and tired as they sexily dance on each other. It appears that there is an open mic to anyone in the club, and seeing the stage empty, Gaga decides to get up and sing. Her verse starts. Life is restored in the crowd as they start to dance more energetically. Then, Madonna and her entourage enter the building. She is wearing a black, veiled and laced bodysuit from Givenchy Couture Fall 2008 with long black hair.
Madonna spots Gaga and they both shoot daggers at each other as she climbs onto the stage with her gang and snatches the microphone, and Madonna’s verse starts. Gaga’s entourage comes behind her, as both rival gangs lead by Madonna and Gaga rotate around the stage at opposing sides as they dance. As the build-up and climax of the song comes in the two cliques clash into each other and integrate as they dance with each other. Madonna and Gaga grind on each other under the strobe lighting. As the second verse starts Gaga and Madonna exit the club and enter a glittery pink SUV. The dancers cram in the seats and get on top of the car as they unveil weapons in the boot and begin to shoot blindly at passing buildings in the street and spray paint the traffic in neon colours. Gaga and Madonna put on rainbow-coloured balaclava’s as they hold revolvers and rob a convenience store. Several shots are shown at this point of the gang breaking into different banks and stores, stealing and causing havoc. Images of drinking and drug consuming are also shown.
As the video reaches the bridge of the song, the pair take off their robber’s masks and go into a club looking glamorous. The club has a wall of a giant glass aquarium, with different fish swimming around in it. They hit the bar and the poles as they dance the stress away and mime the lyrics of the song. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West, James Franco and Britney Spears make cameos in the club scene. As they are chaotically and sexually dancing whilst drunk and clumsy, Gaga and Madonna fall into the glass and the fish pour out. This floods the whole entire club. The video then fast forwards back to the point where Gaga and Madonna were screaming at the wild shark in the bath tub and the video ends.
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Lady Gaga and Madonna on The Queen Latifah Show
Lady Gaga and Madonna sat down with Queen Latifah on her CBS talk show to discuss their collaboration, “PARTYNAUSEOUS” which has received lots of media scrutiny and other topics.
QL: Now let’s all stand up for our next guests, the 5-time and 7-time Grammy award winning, iconic and legendary, please give it up for the queens of pop, Ms. Lady Gaga and Madonna!
*crowd applauds as Gaga and Madonna arrive on the set and are greeted by Queen Latifah. They sit down on the couch*
QL: Welcome!
G: Hello, how are you?
QL: I’m great! How are you doing?
M: We’re fab.
QL: I’d expect that you’re both tired, you’ve been working nonstop.
G: We’ve been doing some hefty promotion yes, but it’s all worth the blood, sweat and tears.
QL: Exactly. And I’d just like to say before we start that you’re both such true artists, you’re not any mediocre pop stars, you’re artists. Like you said, you really do put your blood, sweat and tears into everything.
M: Thank you very much.
*crowd applauds*
QL: Now, this new single “PARTYNAUSEOUS” has come with a lot of controversy.
G: Ugh, doesn’t everything I ever do? *yawns*
QL: *laughs* Perhaps, but amongst wardrobe malfunctions and partying and singing about some very naughty things, you’re performance on Jimmy Kimmel really riled people up because you both wore a burqa. Can you explain what the meaning of that was?
G: Honestly, it was just a fashion statement. We both decided to wear them because we wanted to show our support for the Muslim women out there who go out there and wear the hijab or niqab or burqa, whichever, and that we respect that they step out everyday and face stigma and criticism and I think we can both relate to that in terms of our choices of fashion.
M: Exactly, we are no stranger to criticism from the public and that’s exactly what has happened here. I’d also like to point out that the majority of the complaints weren’t from the Islamic community it was from people who seemed to be bothered that we supported the wearing of the niqab, and those people in my opinion are ignorant and Islamophobic.
G: Exactly, and we are not saying we are Muslim too, it’s just a political statement. And we didn’t actually know that there would be any reaction to it.
QL: You must have known.
G: No, honestly because think about the amount of moments we’ve had you know, you’d think they’d expect it from us now. *laughs* But it caused political discussion and made people rethink there opinions that we’re already reinstated in their heads. But if anyone was offended, I’m sorry and to be honest so be it.
The interview continued on discussions of sexuality, the LGBT community and love and family life. Queen Latifah revealed at the end of the show that every audience member had a free copy of the "PARTYNAUSEOUS" CD-Single under their seats, to which the crowd went wild.
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Cara on Rising Star
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After a long week of promotion in Canada and the US, Cara is nearing the end of the week and one of her last few performances was on Rising Star, a singing competition show which has been struggling for ratings until Cara Delevingne's appearance on the show was announced a few weeks ago. After Cara's performance was announced, the show started gaining in ratings with every single episode, until Cara's episode arrived, which reached record numbers for the show, surpassing any of the episodes of the show previously aired. The show also reached record numbers not only for itself but for competition shows in general, placing itself at #1 of the most watched shows during it's time frame.
Cara performed her latest single 'Honey' on the show, which is getting strong competition this week from Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift's single 'Too Good To Lose' or Zendaya's 'Broke a Heart or Two' but is still supposed to reach the top 3 this week, especially thanks to the hype that has been building up ever since the release of the song as a promotional single a few weeks ago and which will obviously help sell the song.
The performance started with a video of Cara walking through very small streets aong with two dancers wearing black. Cara is wearing a very sexy gold Greek-like dress. After flirting to a few guys found on the streets in the video, Cara gets into a club, which marks the end of the music video, and Cara walks on stage wearing the same outfit with the same two dancers. A very up-beat version suddenly starts and Cara started dancing around a choreography. The song starts to slowly slow down until it's cut off, and Caraposes and the regular tempo of the songs start playing. Cara walks from the right to the left side of the stage, and passes around the judges before going towards the fans who were standing and screaming Cara's name. Cara started moving between them and touched a few of the lucky fans' hands. After Cara came back on stage, a dance breakdown started and Cara danced a very early Britney Spears-like choreography.
After the performance ended the host came back on stage to ask a few questions:
Host: and this was the one and only Cara Delevingne! Tell me how are you Cara today?
Cara: I'm really excited as I'm pretty much completing a few things concerning my soundtrack, the one I made for 50 Shades of Grey and which is released in a few weeks.
Host: Tell us will the soundtrack be released soon or not?
Cara: Nothing is sure yet, I'd love to release it on Valentine's day but it might come earlier or later.
Host: So tell us about your single 'Honey', the song received impressive acclaim by both fans and critics, do you love it as well?
Cara: Yeah, it's definitely one of my favorites on this album 'Distant Horizon'. The album is also my best in my opinion and it will be hard to top it. I've spent months and months working on it.
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Cara Delevingne on The Talk
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Cara Delevingne was on today's episode of The Talk, during which she answered a few questions and discussed various topics, but she also performed her latest hit single 'Honey' as well as a medley of 'La Belle' which was certified platinum this week and the album track 'Fall Out' which features Jay-Z.
Host: When did you start thinking of doing another album after you released your debut?
Cara: Well I had so many ideas when I was recording my debut actually. It was pretty sure I was going to release another album after the debut was released. I wanted to, my label wanted to and my fans wanted it as well. Now the album didn't end up exactly as I first imagined it would be but I still started to think about it during the recording process of 'CARA' my debut so that was back in like September 2013.
Host: You have a close relationship with your fans and they love you a lot as you can see. What do you do everyday that would concern your fans?
Cara: Well I talk to them a lot. I'm constantly on social media checking up on the, discussing a few things with them, spending some time on twitter... I enjoy that a lot as well. All that brings me closer to the fans and what listeners want me to do.
Host: What was the reaction when you went from being a very EDM and Pop inspired act in 2013 to the Urban music artist you are now?
Cara: Well I wouldn't consider myself a certain genre of music artist. I just create music. When I started changing my sound, I had various reactions even though I had many supportive messages. And I made it clear I wouldn't really stick to a single genre everytime, I like to experiment a little bit.
Host: You've launched back in 2013 your own brand 'CARA', what next concerning the brand?
Cara: Well the new collection is premiering next week and I'm really excited to show it. I'm also performing at the actual fashion show.
Host: You're label also recently signed artists such as Charli XCX and Ryn Weaver, what do you think o them?
Cara: They both are really talented and I'm really glad we're on the same label. We met up a few days ago and just went clubbing along with a few friends. Charli also wrote with me on my album 'Distant Horizon' and she's really talented.
After the interview Cara changed outfits and was now wearing a black outfit composed of a leotard with mirrors covering it along with cute black ankle boots. Her hair was up in a ponytail and Cara sang first the 'La Belle' and 'Fall Out' medley. The performance was only 2 minutes long and was cute and simple. She then followed with a performance of the single 'Honey', which was performed in full. Cara Delevingne's hit singles 'La Belle' and 'Honey' are now available and are featured on the platinum certified album 'Distant Horizon'.
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Zendaya on The Real
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R&B singer Zendaya stopped by the BET studios earlier today and joined The Real hosts Adrienne Bailon, Tamar Braxton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Tamera Mowry-Housley as she not only gave a short interview for the The Real hosts, but also co-hosted a whole episode with them and discussed every single thing that is currently happening in the Pop culture. Besides joining five beautiful hosts and co-hosting the episode along with them, Zendaya also performed her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two, which was produced by R&B, Urban and Rhythmic hitmakers Hit-Boy (Mariah Carey's Thirsty, Beyonce's XO and Flawless) and RoccStar (Jamine V's I Love Your Crazy, Chris Brown's Fine China and Autumn Leaves, right before the end of the episode. It was nice to see how perfectly Zendaya blended it with the hosts and instantly became like another host as she always talked and discussed topics without the other hosts trying to make her talk. The thing is that these days artists who join TV shows and co-host them tend to be shy and they barely talk, and Zendaya seemed to be just opposite of that as she instantly gave the impression of a long time host. Zendaya's confidence seemed to be really real and natural as she wasn't faking at all, she was all cool and nice. Besides co-hosting the whole episode, Zendaya was also interviewed by the girls of The Real, and they talked about bunch of things - Zendaya's brand new album Reckless Heart which is scheduled to be released in a less than a month, February 15th, via Indigo Records in United Kingdom and United States and Universal Music in the rest of the countries worldwidely; her love life and if she is in any kind of relationship at the moment; Zendaya's inspiration and the music that she listens to in order to get inspired for her own music; her amazing fashion sense and her bold fashion choices when she steps out to attend an event or walk down the red carpet; the recording and writing process of her new album. Also, right before the end of the show, Zendaya stepped on stage to do the thing she agreed to appear on BET's The Real talk show in the first place - to promote her new single Broke a Heart or Two by performing it on the stage of the show. The performance was simple and casual, just like always, but really effectul as it showcased Zendaya's beautiful voice and how amazing it can be with the right production.
Hosts: Your new album Reckless Heart will be released on February 15th. What is the idea behind this album? Is there a specific theme for it?
Zendaya: I wouldn't say there is a specific theme, I guess it's just an album that is really personal and tells the things that I go through. It's really dear to me because I wrote every single song on this album and it's about me, my life, the things that I have to experience and the things that I go through. And it's also different from my debut album by it's sounds and productions, so I think I'm going to make a transition from this Pop girl to more of a R&B or so artist that wants to be taken seriously.
Hosts: What inspired you during the recording process of this album?
Zendaya: I guess I could say that life inspired me. I was writing about the things that I had the pleasure to experience, and the main inspiration came from life. But when it came to choosing the production and the type of sound that I wanted to go fore, I was definitely inspired by someone who holds a really special place in my heart - Aaliyah, I was also inspired by the current R&B girls Jhene Aiko and Tinashe, also Chris Brown, Drake, and basically all the artists that are known for their good and quality R&B music.
Hosts: Did you write ever single song that appears on your album?
Zendaya: Yes, actually, I wrote every single song that appears on my album. It was a new experience for me to write music as I only wrote a few songs for my debut album, but for this album, I wrote everything almost by myself, and that was really cool. The writing process was really easy, I just had this journal that I brough together with myself everywhere I went, and it was like my diary but I wrote everything as songs, but the hard part of this songwriting thing was when I had to record those songs. It was really hard for me to accept the fact that everyone will hear the things that I went through, for example, love experience, hate experience, jealousy, and basically things that are really personal and very deep for me. But somehow I overcame this fear of letting people to hear things that are personal for me, and I managed to record this album.
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TAYLOR SWIFT X THE VIEW
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Taylor Swift was live today on the The View where the singer would give an interview and performance on the morning television show. Instantly as she was greeted onto the show the hosts, which are mostly women, would greet the singer with a warm reception, congratulating her on her success as of late. That success would be for her first ever greatest hits album, Yours: The Greatest Hits scoring a number one debut, selling over seven hundred thousand copies in it’s first week. More success would come in it’s second week, the singer songwriter managing to sell anther seven hundred thousand copies putting it’s total at one million and four hundred and so thousand copies sold in a little less than fourteen days. Speaking to The View about the commercial success Taylor grinned, obviously happy about it. “The success has been really crazy. It was a greatest hits record so I assumed that the sales would be like the studio album sales but cut in half. I mean I was going to promote it a lot and as much as I can but I wasn’t really expecting it to outdo half my studio albums. That was the unexpected part of it to me. I mean as a Target exclusive it’s already sold over one million copies just physically. I believe I got a report from Neilscan saying it was like one of the best selling albums physically in the past two years or so. That’s absolutely amazing. The success the album is having is one of the reasons I think I’m going to concentrate more on getting the album to sell rather than the just putting out singles to reach number one or scrape the top three. It’s not really about that to me. It never really has been. Every single I’ve put out has meant a lot to me. The success that’s come with the promotion is just a plus side. If wanted twenty or so number one hits, I’d release a single every week, promote it, and then just like get as many top three singles as I can. But I don’t want to do that. I care more about my albums as a whole. Unfortuantely, I never really had the chance to fully promote my albums because of scheduling conflicts or things personally getting the way. But with this album, my life and really the release of it came at the right time. Sure there were a few bumps in the road but I think that’s all apart of the ride. It’s what really makes it worth it, you know? I think that’s what life is all about really. It always has been.” The interview would continue a little further, the singer then talking about her personal life a little more than she’s used to.
“Simon and I like really doing things that involve nature stuff. He grew up on Vancouver Island in a really small town and I grew up in a pretty rural area too. I’ve always been a fan of hiking and stuff so whenever we both have downtime or time off we go to Vancouver Island to go hiking or just to stay in the place he’s been working on making great for years. We also really like to have these in door days where we just stay in doors and talk about things or watch movies. We’re like any couple really. Sometimes we’ll hit the beach we own and at other times we’ll just fly out to New York, Paris, or Rhode Island for a little bit of the city life when we miss it. But really we’re just enjoying being a couple. Ever since the little rough patch we’ve had we’ve been really much more invested into what we have. I think what caused it was us not seeing each other as much as we should. Because we’re both hardworking people who don’t know how to take a break and I felt like we found each other at the right time meaning that I think we were meant to be be in each other’s lives to really tell mark the fact that it’s time to take some personal time, some down time. I’ve always been the girl not looking for love these past few years but when it found me, it hit me hard. He was a blessing in disguise really.”
From there Taylor would perform ‘Too Good To Lose’ along with the promotional singles and “Style” from her greatest hits record, ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’.
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TAYLOR SWIFT X SETH MEYERS
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Taylor Swift would appear on Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight where the singer songwriter would visit in promotion for her album ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’, an album which had marked some impressive records for the singer. The singer has no accomplished five number one albums in the past few years to her name, along with ten number one singles. With each of her past three albums, Taylor Swift had managed to score three number one singles consecutively from each, marking her as the only artist to do so. It’s just one of the records the singer holds along with the most number one singles and the most number one albums for a female artist in the history of music. “Being the female artist with the most number one singles in music, of history, I think, is really really crazy. It’s all happened so quick. When you’re making an album, the making of the album goes by eternally slow. After you record about the first ten tracks for the album you’re like “ugh I can’t wait to get this out there already”. Then you know you have to wait for stuff like the confirmation from the label, the photographers to shoot the shoot for the album, you have to wait for the designers and such, that right there takes almost two months and the lowest time space a month. As an singer and songwriter who works really fast, I mean I can write three songs in the time span of an hour if I’m really inspired. So by the time that’s happened I’ve probably written enough material for an entire new record. I try not to do that though but I could if I wanted. But like I was saying, it takes awhile so when it’s finally out, you’re just relieved and then scared because you’re not really sure how the public is going to react to it. But once the first week or so it’s charting and release is over, time literally flies by, it goes by so fast, it’s crazy. I mean ‘Yours’ has been out for what seventeen or so days and it’s selling well over one million and six hundred thousand copies. That’s just insane. I feel like it’s been released just yesterday.” The singer would then move on to the topic of her next studio album after being asked by Seth Meyers about the new record. She would give him a major insider about the album, giving him information that would cause fans to go mad.
“My next album is called ‘Young Heartache’. I’ve been working on it for quite some time now. I’ve actually been working on it since the beginning of April of 2014. I’d originally finished it back in December but when it came down to the time frame where I’d have to release, I realized that it wasn’t finished. I’d recorded all the tracks by the deadline I had but I didn’t want it to be like that you know. I wanted the album to be done when I felt like it was done. Creatively I didn’t feel as if I were done with it. There was still more I wanted to accomplish and finish artistically as an artist. I mean yes I could’ve released it and made it a total successful album with two number one singles but that’s not what I wanted to do. I wanted it to be a record that would really be one I was proud of artistically and wasn’t in a rush to finish. I was sort’ve in a rush to finish ‘Coven 13’ and ‘Electric Princess’ due to the pressure from those around me to have new material out. With this record, it’s different. Maybe that’s because I’m my own label now, I don’t know but hey, I’m an artist who would rather not release anything at all that a record that’s not what I wrote, or a record that I’m not proud of or have no faith in you know? I know many artists who “write” their own songs but are really just stamping their names onto the credits when they’re registering the song. That’s such ********. I’ve had artists approach me wanting me to write their songs completely and paying me for giving them credit. I’ve rejected every single one.”
The singer would then perform the promotional singles off the record, ‘Nylon’ and ‘I Wish You Would’. She would then follow up the two performances with two of the singles from ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’. Those two songs were ‘Style’ and ‘Too Good To Lose’.
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TAYLOR SWIFT X NHK RADIO
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Taylor Swift would arrive this morning in Tokyo, Japan, her last and final spot for the promotion tour she’s on this week. The promotional tour this week is mainly for her album ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’, one of the best selling and the fastest selling greatest hits album of all time and Swift’s fastest selling record to date. There seems to be no stopping the American singer songwriter who has penned over fourteen top ten hits, managing two promotional singles the release week of her album to go top ten on the singles charts. The singer’s greatest hits album, Yours, would manage to sell a little over seven hundred thousand and twenty thousand copies first week, giving her the highest first week sales of her career and of 2015. In it’s second week, ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ would have less than four percent decrease from it’s first week sales, managing to sell another seven hundred thousand copies, putting it’s total or overall album sales at a little more than one million and four hundred thousand copies sold to date. It marks Swift’s fourth album to scan the platinum mark. Her albums ‘Electric Princess’ and ‘The Coven Remix EP’ scanned well over nine hundred thousand copies but were pulled from availability due to personal reasons from Taylor and her label. But none the less the singer would arrive in Tokyo in style, wearing a very beautiful ensemble. The ensemble would consist of a leather jacket and some black jeans, with a pair of high heel leather booties. Taylor would make numerous best dressed lists and would even post a selfie of her in the outfit, a tweet with the picture would get over twenty five thousand retweets, making it one of the most retweeted tweets on the singer songwriter’s Twitter page (her twitter page has over fifty million followers currently)
The singer would visit the NHK studios today where she would have an interview on NHK radio. Fans would await the singer, where she would finally arrive, the singer signing autographs for the fans and those who were awaiting her. She would then take a few pictures with those with cameras. The paparazzi would await the singer and would she even be nice enough to pose for a few before se would move into the studio to finally begin the interview for promotion. She would then play all four of her promotional singles and the two singles that have been released from the greatest hits album she’s released, ‘Yours: The Greatest Hits’ on the radio station, getting her a major increase in physical sales of her album and boosting her sales on iTunes, a huge growing market in the country of Japan. The singer has managed to sell one hundred thousand copies of her album in Japan physically, making it one of her best selling, actually.
“The Greatest Hits record is something that’s still currently being worked on. I have something exciting planned for the record actually. This album campaign is going to be a lot longer than the others I’ve really had. It’s going to be more drawn out and I think it’s going to be a little more intense. Promotion for it right now is sort’ve in on an interval of lowness because I really need this week to sort’ve take some time off and really energize myself for the weeks to come. But really I see me recording some more material for this record before diving into the release of the new record, ‘Young Heartache’. I’ve worked on the album for over a year and right now I’ve halted the work on it because I’m looking for some more inspiration to help me finish it. So while I do that I’m going to go through some more of the unreleased stuff I have to really choose from to decide whether or not I want to put that on a separate disc that’ll sort’ve be apart of the same era. That’s all up in the air right now so do not, I please do not hold me against my word. I can confirm that there’s going to be some exciting collaborations coming up though. I’m really pumped about that.”
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NATALIA KILLS RELEASES EYES SHUT LYRIC VIDEO.
Natalia Kills never appears in the video and it only shows an abusive relationship with the man beating the woman and the woman trying to fight back and falign. It’s a very heart-wrenching video and Natalia Kills stated that she wanted to show the gravity and graphicness of the domestic violence issue.
Is it cuz I’m a woman you think you can hit me
Is it cuz I’m a woman you violate me
Loved you with all of ma heart
Said we were friends, said we got spark
You told me how you loved my smile
And I said back at you
We loved, were happy, feeling free
Dancing, singing, ecstasy
But you baby apparently
Had other things in my mind
You robbed me
You played me a fool
I thought I’d never get over you, over you
But things have changed
You were just a phase
And ohhhhh
I thought we had something
Something that nobody could break for real
But you ruined me, yeah you ruined me
Stabbed me in the back with my eyes shut
Now I’m left in the cold
Your fire’s out, took the coal
All I have’s on the floor
And you’re so far away
And I cried and I tried
Asked myself why a thousand times
But I realized the fault was not within
It was all dependent o’ you
You robbed me
You played me a fool
I thought I’d never get over you, over you
But things have changed
You were just a phase
And ohhhhh
I thought we had something
Something that nobody could break for real
But you ruined me, yeah you ruined me
Stabbed me in the back with my eyes shut
Well you can take it all, you did take it all
Hear your living life, saw you living life
And you settled down, you settled down
Without me
But be rest assured, be rest assured
Tables gonna turn, tables gonna turn
And before you know it’s happened
I’m gonna rise on top!
You robbed me
You played me a fool
I thought I’d never get over you, over you
But things have changed
You were just a phase
And ohhhhh
I thought we had something
Something that nobody could break for real
But you ruined me, yeah you ruined me
Stabbed me in the back with my eyes shut
You robbed me
You played me a fool
I thought I’d never get over you, over you
But things have changed
You were just a phase
And ohhhhh
I thought we had something
Something that nobody could break for real
But you ruined me, yeah you ruined me
Stabbed me in the back with my eyes shut
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Zendaya on MTV News
WORD COUNT: 769
MTV News team caught up with R&B singer Zendaya during one of her rehearsals, as they stopped her to talk with her and also to film a bit of her rehearsal when she sang her brand new, recently released single Broke a Heart or Two. During the interview that they had, Zendaya answered a bunch of questions and revealed some pretty interesting stuff about her next album Reckless Heart, which is now confirmed to be released in less than a month - February 15th, via Zendaya's labels Indigo Records in United States and United Kingdom, and Universal Music Group in the rest of the world. This will be the first time ever Zendaya's music will be released worldwidely at the same time, because with her debut self-titled album, Zendaya didn't get the chance to release music worldwidely just like that. For her MTV News appearance, Zendaya wore a quite cozy and casual outfit as she rocked black leggings, white dress and a green coat on the top of all that. With this outfit, Zendaya decided to go with Louboutin high heels that made Zendaya appear even taller than she already is, and that was weird to see how everyone were small compared to Zendaya when they stood next to her. Her hair was parted and pulled back into a low ponytail, just like Jessie J does her hair this era. It was nice to see how Zendaya's team worked pretty well together as they talked about the things that they want to achieve during her performances, they talked about what could make Zendaya's voice sound stronger than it actually is, and they came up with great ideas. MTV News also aired a performance of Broke a Heart or Two which Zendaya performed during her rehearsals. It was aired after Zendaya was interviewed, and then she went to perform her new single. It was a nice performance as somehow they made Zendaya's voice sound stronger than it actually is, because they made the microphone that Zendaya was holding and performing with, more sensitive to the sound, so Zendaya's voice sounded way more powerful and stronger than ever. The performance of the song was simple just like it always, as Zendaya just stood in the middle of the stage infront of a microphone stand and did what she is really good at - perform and entertain. Although her voice sounded really sweet, but with changed microphone settings, her voice sounded really powerful. However, that type of powerful voice hardly meshed with the instrumental of the song as it's more laid back, chilled and simple, and that type of powerful voice just doesn't work with Broke a Heart or Two's unique instrumental that was created by Hit-Boy and Roccstar.
MTV News: Why didn't you release your album back in June, when Gunshots went number one?
Zendaya: So yeah, my new album Reckless Heart is coming out in less than a month, on February 15th. And why I didn't release my album earlier, back in June? Probably because I didn't feel ready to release it, and I wasn't really ready. I was still a newbie in this industry, and I needed more time find myself as an artist, as a writer and performed. I also needed to figure out what I wanted to do. And also, I wanted to write songs myself for this record, and I wanted more time. So I decided to delay it, and then I started writing new songs. I was writing by myself as I never though I could ever write anything, but it turns out that I can. I felt really inspired by all the things and everything that I wrote was really personal and dear to me. I just started writing this diary, but in the form of songs. Every single thing that I experienced somehow ended up in my little song diary, and then they became songs. I think I recorded about 50 songs for this album, if I'm right.
MTV News: Your new single Broke a Heart or Two is rising up the charts. How do you feel about that?
Zendaya: Really happy and really thankful. It's great to see how my own song is constantly just rising up the charts and that people are actually liking it and buying it, and it all feels so great. And it's also nice to see how my hard work pays off, you know, I'm constantly running from one show to another these days trying to promote the single, so that's an amazing feeling.
MTV News: Good luck with everything in the future.
Zendaya: Thank you! I appreciate that.
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Zendaya on Good Morning America
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Zendaya is trying to do the best she can lately in order to get her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two, which was released on January 18th, chart as high as possible on the charts, as she is constantly performing the song on various television shows and attending events, which usually helps the song to rise up the charts. And so it obviously helps Zendaya's new single rise up the charts as it's already in the Top 3 on American iTunes and is expected to rise even higher in the next following days, if everything goes just as Zendaya has it planned. After appearing on MTV News earlier today, Zendaya refuses to rest as she goes to yet another television show, and this time ABC's Good Morning America. It's like the fourth time that Zendaya appears on the biggest morning show, and it seems like the hosts of Good Morning America loves to have her back on the show every single time as they always seem to be really nice to her and they always say the nicest things to her, complimenting not only her music, but her beauty, her thoughts and her ideas as well. Zendaya showed up to the studios wearing a really cozy and warm outfit - black leggings, white and pink dress, and a green coat over the top, with a pair of really high Louboutin heels that made Zendaya appear visually taller than ever, which was quite funny, because when Zendaya stood next to the hosts, they looked like they're really short and small. They had a short interview before Zendaya went on stage to perform her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two. They talked a lot about her brand new album Reckless Heart as the hosts asked her various things concerning the recording and writing process of the album, and they also talked a bit about Zendaya's fashion sense and style, and the tight schedule that Zendaya currently has because of all the booked appearances on television shows, at radio stations and various events in order to promote her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two and hype her upcoming sophomore album Reckless Heart. It was nice to see how friendly they all got a long and talked about every single thing. Then, after Zendaya was interviewed, she performed her new single Broke a Heart or Two on the stage of Good Morning America.
Hosts: Today we have a lovely guest joining us at the Good Morning America. Good morning Zendaya, how are you?
Zendaya: Good morning! I'm quite good, actually, I'm just a bit tired and I lack of sleep, but other than that, I'm feeling happy and good.
Hosts: Your brand new single Broke a Heart or Two is making waves all around the United States. How do you feel about that?
Zendaya: Oh, I'm really happy, and I'm so surprised by the success and the feedback that the single is getting! I personally love the song myself, so it's nice to see how fast it's rising up the charts. Hopefully it will last long on there though, because longevity is better than chart peak, I guess.
Hosts: Your new album Reckless Heart is coming out on February 15th, is that true?
Zendaya: Yes! I'm so happy to finally put out an album. My debut album dropped back in 2013, and now two years later I'm releasing my sophomore album. I worked on this album for two years, I put my blood, my sweat and my tears into it, so to finally have a body of work and to finally hold a physical copy of your own album in your hands is something surreal, and I get this type of feeling that I can't describe, because I've worked so hard on this album, and to finally have it done - it is amazing feeling. I'm really excited to share this one with my fans and the people who like my music, because it's something that is dear to me as it is personal to me.
Hosts: Did you write every single song on your album?
Zendaya: Yes, I did write every song on the album. I just wanted to share the things that came from me, you know, I don't want to sing about the things that I can't relate to, and the best way that you could sing about the things that you relate to is to write your own songs.
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Zendaya on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
WORD COUNT: 720
Earlier today, immediately after her appearance on Good Morning America, Zendaya also stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! talk show in the ABC studios to shoot an appearance for that show as well while she was still at ABC studios. Zendaya is currently trying her best to win some more time, because she still has a lot of things to do, but she has to hurry and finish up her promotional tour in United States before CAL Charts come out. Zendaya is trying her best now to promote her brand new Hit-Boy and RoccStar produced single Broke a Heart or Two by visiting various television shows and performing on them, as well as attending many different events and concerts just so she could boost her single sales by performing the song as many times as possible and get people to hear her songs. Zendaya already appeared on many different television shows this week, but she is confirmed to appear on a lot of shows more, including Late Night with Seth Meyers, America's Got Talent, and she is also confirmed to attend BET Awards, where she is going to perform her new single. It's a busy week for Zendaya Coleman, but it looks like her hard work and sacrifice is paying off really well, as the single is currently rising up the charts as it recently entered the Top 3 on American iTunes charts, and the song is predicted to sell over at least 400,000 copies this week if Zendaya manages to finish up her long and tiring promotional tour. But it looks like Zendaya will finish it up, even if she will have to sacrifice most of her free time, because she is a total perfectionist, and once she starts doing something, then expect it to be done to the perfection. Zendaya stopped by Jimmy Kimmel show where she sat down with him to talk thing through and have a short interview, and after Zendaya was interviewed by Jimmy, she went up on the stage where her fans have been waiting for her, and performed her brand new single for the audience. The performance of it was really intimate and somehow special as her fans who attended the pre-taping of the show were gathered around the stage by Zendaya's request so they could all get a better view of Zendaya during her performance. Other than that, the performance was really casual and just like Zendaya usually performers it - pretty simple and nothing too special as Zendaya focused more on serving as good as possible voice. She stood infront of a microphone stand throughout the whole performance, but it was nice, because she served good vocals.
Jimmy: Hello Zendaya! When was the last time you were on the show? 2013?
Zendaya: Yeah, I think so. The last time that I appeared on your show was when I was participating in Dancing with the Stars I guess, and you told me that you placed a bet on me thinking that I would win the contest.
Jimmy: Seriously though, what happened? I was surprised when you didn't win.
Zendaya: I know right? I was really surprised too, because after that episode ended and I ended up being a runner-up, people on Twitter, not only my fans, started asking why I didn't win and thing like that, and I honestly expected to win as well, because I sacrificed a lot of thing for that contest, I even delayed my debut album so I could do my best on the show, but somehow I still ended up in second place. But I'm over it, there's no bad blood and I'm not mad.
Jimmy: So you're putting the dancing and acting away for singing?
Zendaya: Not really. I just like to be focused on one thing at the time. I can't sing and act at the same time. Well, I can, but then I have to focus on two different things and I can't reach the perfection that I want to reach and achieve, because I have to think of acting when I'm in the studio recording music, and I also have to think of music when I'm on the set. So it's better for me to focus on one thing at the time and that way I can reach the perfection that I'm aiming for.
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Zendaya at UNICEF event
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Right after R&B singer Zendaya Coleman finished shooting and pre-taping her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! talk show, which airs ever weekday on ABC, Zendaya then rushed off to a prestigious even that was held in New York, somewhere not far away from the Times Square, where she attended the annual UNICEF show where all the A-List celebrities gather around on a specific evening and they all just celebrate kindness and UNICEF's work and donate the money for few different charities. Also, to make the evening more entertaining, few artists show up to the event to perform their music, and that's why Zendaya attended the event, because UNICEF personally invited Zendaya as one of their friends to perform at the event and make the evening more entertaining. Zendaya has some kind of history with UNICEF as she always somehow gets involved in their projects and different charities. For example, last year, Zendaya partnered up with UNICEF and FeedOne companies and asked people to donate money so children could get education and five different countries. She did this around her birthday, which is on September 1st, and she did this type of charity so she could have a better birthday knowing that children in poor countries can get education and they can drink clean water, eat a certain amount of food so they wouldn't feel hungry all the time. Also, around Halloween, Zendaya teamed up with UNICEF yet again and they promoted the orange UNICEF boxes in order to raise money for children who have cancer and can't go trick or treating. So it wasn't really surprising when UNICEF announced the artists who were invited to perform at their annual UNICEF event which was held in New York. Zendaya looked really good at the event as she was named one of the best dressed by Fashion Police on E!, as Zendaya rocked matching coat and dress that were designed by Miu Miu, and she also wore black Louboutin heels that are probably Zendaya's all time favorite shoes, because she basically wears them to every single place she goes, and she probably has those type of Louboutin shoes in every and any possible colour that you can get, since all the time we can see Zendaya wearing Louboutin shoes, but just in different colours depending on what type of outfit she is wearing. Her hair was parted and pulled back into a ponytail, which was a bit messy and curled, and really long, knowing Zendaya's hair length, so she probably wore clip in extensions that made her hair look way longer than it actually is. With the make up, Zendaya chose to wear darker colors this time as she rocked dark burgundy plum lipstick which always looks good on Zendaya's lips, and she also wore darker colours around her eyes, including dark eye shadow, and dark eyeliners that made her eyes pop out even more than they usually do. Overall, Zendaya looked like an absolute fashionista, but that is not even surprising, since Zendaya is known for always rocking hot and beautiful and always stylish and trendy outfits. Zendaya's performance on the stage was pretty breathtaking as everyone were so amazed by her ability to serve such a intimate and nice performance. Zendaya decided to strip Broke a Heart or Two down to basically nothing, as she just brough her guitarist with her on stage who didn't do much, but just made few noises with his acoustic guitar here and there, and let Zendaya to do most of the work with her beautiful voice. It was almost like an acapella performance as it was more Zendaya singing without any kind of instrumental, just with some guitar sounds here and there randomly. Overall, it was a pretty nice performance and she did great, and I guess it was not such a surprise when all the people in the whole venue stood up for Zendaya and gave her standing ovation, clapping and just cherishing the moment and her performance, which was really great, honestly. After her performance and after Zendaya stepped off stage, she went to join the other people on the red carpet as she walked it and gave a lot of interviews to the media reporters and outlets and things like that, and also posed on the red carpet with other celebrities and alone. She looked amazing on the red carpet and served some high fashion model realness.
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Zendaya on Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Zendaya's new single Broke a Heart or Two, which was produced by Hit-Boy and RoccStar and released on January 18th via Gunshots singer's labels Indigo Records and Universal Music, is currently rising up the charts all around the world, as it already entered the Top 3 on American iTunes charts and reached the number one position in over fifteen different countries. This is a huge achievement for Zendaya as Broke a Heart or Two is not the first, but the second single from her upcoming sophomore album Reckless Heart, and both the first single Gunshots, and now this one, are hits. After underperforming during her first era when Zendaya released her debut self-titled album in 2013 with Hollywood Records, she barely touched the charts with her only ever charting single Replay that reached Top 40 and that happened thanks to the long discount that it had, but now, during her second era with Reckless Heart, Zendaya is snatching all the positions on the charts, scalping other artists like Sia, Ellie Goulding, Iggy Azalea and others, and leaving them completely bald with her singles. Although the predictions might be off as nobody knows where Zendaya's new single will land and how much it will sell, but various music websites and blogs, including Hits Daily Double and AllAccess are both predicting that Zendaya's new single Broke a Heart or Two will sell at least 400,000 copies this week, and that would be thanks to Zendaya's promotional tour that she is currently on, visiting various television shows and attending different events every single night. However, although usually most of the artists tend to give up on their singles after they peak during the first week, but someone from Zendaya's team confirmed the fact and leaked information about R&B singer's plans to promote her new single Broke a Heart or Two not only in her home country United States, but all around the world, as she is already booking different appearances in countries like Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden and Japan. That would be the first time that Zendaya would actually properly push one of her singles not only in United States, but outside that country as well. Even if that would be the first time Zendaya would push her single outside US in other countries, it seems as if those other countries have been thirsty for Zendaya for a long time, since Zendaya's debut single Replay went Top 10 in Australia few years ago, despite Zendaya promoting the single there or even going to that country, which is unusual, because it smashed basically out of nowhere. But Zendaya is currently trying to promote the single in United States and go to as many places as possible before the charts come out, because she is always on the run, performing and doing all that just so she could promote Broke a Heart or Two and hype her upcoming sophomore album Reckless Heart, which is supposed to come out on February 15th. The next stop on Zendaya's promotional tour is NBC Studios and Late Show with Seth Meyers, where Zendaya visited the show for the first time ever, since she basically never been on that one. During her appearance, Zendaya was interviewed by Seth Meyers as they mainly talked about Zendaya's music, including her new upcoming sophomore album, the recording and writing process of Reckless Heart and how it all went, and also her brand new single Broke a Heart or Two, as they discussed the meaning of that song, how it came to life, what inspired her to write this weird song which is about heartbreak, break-up and heart breaking at the same time, and how Zendaya got the idea to write this one. They also talked a little bit about Zendaya's lead single Gunshots, which went number one back in June and which features Zendaya's good friend Taylor Swift, as they talked about the pressure of serving a good follow up single and how that song inspired Zendaya to continue being a musician and it gave her the motivation to finish up her album. Speaking of Broke a Heart or Two, after Zendaya was interviewed, she got up on stage where she joined her guitarist as they performed Zendaya's brand new single acoustically together for the audience in the studio and for the viewers who were watching the show on TV.
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Reserving American Idol mentor, Wendy Williams, TODAY, CONAN for today.
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You know you can't actually reserve things... 
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