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I'm going to be out tomorrow night, so still send me stuff, but don't expect a response until later.
Deadline is MIDNIGHT CST, and OP messages are back down to three.
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Justin performs on American Idol
Superstar, Justin Bieber sat down on American Idol and strummed a performance to recent hit 'Take Me To Your Heaven'. The performance came after an elimination round on American Idol, this week the contestants had to perform their favorite ballads. One of the contestants sung, Justin's own 'My Everything' which reached #1 when released. They were quite shocked, and amused to see him perform that night.
Justin performed a simple acoustic performance of 'Take Me To Your Heaven' to exit out the episode that had everyone on the edges of their couches. Justin then signed some autographs for the contestants, and some audience members while the credits roled and the episode was finished.
Justin performs on Europe VMA's
MTV's European VMA's premiered today, with the anticipation over the past 2 months all over the European countries. It was in Rome, Italy this year and announced a lot of European performers ; along with some surprise other ones. Justin Bieber was one of the surprise superstars who didn't live in Europe. He came and opened the show performing a medley of 'Favorite Kind of Trouble' / 'Take Me To Your Heaven'. The performance opened the show at a high point, with much excitement while he managed to get it amped up. The performance, was one Bieber's first performances for 'Take Me To Your Heaven' which came with a choreography live. The choreography was deemed one of his bests, as his vocals were on point. He also presented the first Award, 'Best Urban Video'. Later that night he won a Europe VMA, for 'Best International Artist'.
Justin to go on Oprah; next week!
It's official! The Pop King makes a return back to Oprah; his first in years. The return is happening on Oprah's network, OWN next week @ 8 P.M.. It'll be an exclusive Worldwide premiered, interview with the Queen of Interviewing. They dive into his recent life, his new music, his new fiance, and how he's been managing to keep up in the hectic world of Hollywood. The good and lows of the past few months are highlighted, along with an intimate sneak peek at what his tour, 'Crossing Worlds' has been offering and how to get your tickets.
Oprah announced the interview last night on her Twitter, tweeting 'Crossing Paths w/ Justin Bieber...next week. 8 P.M., only on OWN!'.
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Justin Bieber in process of writing Book.
The superstar has been through it all -- the Hollywood breakups; the meltdowns; the highs, the lows; and the recent proposal. He's announced when asked by E! if he ever plans on writing a book, "I'm in the process of currently writing one. I hope it can be released when this album project winds down. I'm not leaving music, but it'll be something to look back on what I've done so far". He says the book will be a tell all, with no locks on his past situations. Fans are wondering if he'll spill things such as what really caused past breaks (with Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande), why he originally had a little meltdown, and how him and Vanessa got together and engaged.
For now, if the fans want to see something personal -- VH1 is still airing their 'Behind the Music' special they did with him, last week.
Justin Bieber performing SNL; on Saturday!
The last time viewers saw Justin Bieber on Saturday Night Live, he was hosting, giving an ass-kicking performance as a host. This was months ago, and he was getting back involved with acting. This time, with a new album and a hot single out in stores across the world -- he comes back to the show, to kick ass musically. He will be performing during the episode, an exclusive setlist he claims he's yet to perform anywhere. The fans are definitely excited for some new performance, for songs they've maybe never heard live before. To see him yourself with the fans, tune in Saturday Night ofcourse on NBC.
Adidas selling 'Take Me To Your Heaven' CD's.
The shoe brand, Adidas, star Justin Bieber recently teamed up with for a star-studded promotion take it to the next step. They become the first shoe brand to sell music in their store. But only 1 artist is in stock! It's Justin Bieber, and with the deal they're selling copies of 'Crossing Paths'...but more importantly, limited copies of 'Take Me To Your Heaven' for this weekend only. Fans can come out and buy a copy of the album for $14.99 or buy the Physical Single for $3.99. The limited edition physical single comes with a few more goodies, than the already rare, regular Physical Single that was released. The new stuff is posters of his Adidas photoshoot, and some other Adidas sponsored stuff.
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AZEALIA PERFORMS ON X FACTOR
Azealia Banks performed on X Factor Wednesday night. She performed her songs FREE along with her song Dramatix. She wore a robotic red suit with red hair and lashes and owned the entire stage showing the US what talent is on the talent tv show. After the show sales for both songs skyrocketed.
AZEALIA PERFORMS ON DWTS
Azealia Banks performed on Dancing With the Stars last night which is a show where famous celebrities of the past dance with professional dancers. Before the performance, an interviewer asked if she'd ever perform on the show and Azealia said she wish she had the skills. Performing songs FREE and Dramatix, Azealia rocked the stage in a African print body suit.
AZEALIA PERFORMS ON JIMMY KIMMEL
Everywhere nowadays, Azealia Banks performed on Jimmy Kimmel's show tonight. Azealia did a quick interview with the comedian host where she was asked about her future singles, the album's success, and more. Immediately after, the young rapper took the stage to perform her eccentric singles off her album Domination, Dramatix and FREE. The crowd was pleased greatly with the performance of Ms.Banks.
AZEALIA SIGNS ALBUMS IN HOUSTON
Home to labelmate Beyoncé, Houston was the next stop on Azealia Banks album signing trip. Azealia stopped by the Texan city to sign the albums of 3 thousand fans waiting outdoors of a Best Buy hoping to get a glimpse of the rap star. Not wanting to disappoint, Azealia signed all of the albums of the fans.
AZEALIA RELEASES DOMINATION VINYLS
Only available at Target, Azealia Banks released vinyl copies of her debut, Domination. Go quick though because only 100k copies were shipped to stores and a good bit have already been sold! The pricing for this vinyl copy of Domination is $30 so it's perfect for any big fan and it also comes with a poster of Ms.Banks so be sure to pick it up!
AZEALIA PERFORMS FREE FOR THE PRESIDENT
At a party of his, Barack Obama had Azealia Banks play her song FREE for his family and close friends. Ambassodors from all over the world got to see this young 22 year old rapper perform her biggest hit yet and it was all over the papers the next day! When the president was asked if he was a fan of Azealia he said he was a huge fan and he owns a copy of Domination.
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Wednesday Promo
BEYONCÉ RELEASES bPHONE
Today at an apple conference Beyoncé revealed the bPhone which is a phone designed by Beyoncé herself. The phone contains Beyoncé's entire discography on day of purchase along with Destiny's Child's. The phone has the largest screen an apple phone has seen to date at a stunning 6 inches on a retina display. Immediately after the announcement of the $300 phone, the internet went abuzz wanting more information.
BEYONCÉ STARS IN bPHONE COMMERCIAL
Beyoncé revealed the bPhone today and the whole world stopped at the stunning phone and when the phone's commercial was revealed starring Beyoncé and her new single Like Oh, everyone went crazy! Getting 6 millions views in a single day, you can tell this is the talk of the town. The commercial is of Bey and she's walking in an all black room and she walks up to the phone on the glass pedestal and plays Like Oh and then the commercial has "bPhone" come across the screen.
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Justin featured on Vanessa Hudgens track
Justin's fiance pulled a Justin! In anticipation of her new album; she basically decided to drop it on her own this week and looking forward to a huge debut. Power Couple of Music Hollywood? Although the album was Vanessa's event, the Beliebers got excited to know Bieber was featured on a song that was on the album.
The song, titled 'Ride or Die' has been dubbed the modern, 'Bonnie & Clyde' by critics. The song was written by the couple, although, Diplo played a role in producing and also writing. The song, Justin Bieber said 'holds a special place with us both. It's basically about our relationship, 'I gotcha back' type song. It was amazing making it together'. Justin Bieber and Vanessa Hudgens engaged just months ago, and announced it in a magazine. Since then, they've both released new albums that have taken the world by storm. Justin & Vanessa say they're also doing better than ever, while enjoying life for what it is.
Justin talks with 95.1 WAPE
Justin Bieber arrived to the studio of Florida's top Top 40 radio station this morning, and sat down for a secluded interview.
How's life been going?
Great to be honest. Everything is just unfolding right; all I wish for.
Your bae, Vanessa, released a new album. How has it been with the release?
It's been amazing, it's her week. She's doing fine, and her fans have been so in love with the comeback. She worked very hard for it, and very long -- lots of people don't realize.
So is 'Ride or Die' gonna be a single for us to play everyday, or no?
The duet is amazing, anything is really possible. It's her choice, and her label's too though. But I'd definitely be here for it, somewhat down the line.
Your tour, 'Crossing Worlds' has been EVERYWHERE. How's it going?
It's been great. It can be tiring, but it's how all tours are. End of the day, I'm performing for fans which is great.
So your album, 'Crossing Paths' #1 yet again, has been going well. It's Gold now, how do you feel about that?
I'm glad, I have a fanbase, that is this strong. Lots of people are releasing debut albums, and can't really even reach Gold, let alone 2nd week. It's like I'm yet, another album in, and it's still going strong. It's amazing.
Do you think this album can outsell The Complete Dream?
I don't like comparing them, because it's not a success thing for me. The album was crucial, because I wanted my true music I love to be out. It's selling good for standards, and that's all that matters.
So this is your favorite album you've done?
Yeah, by a mile. I still love my past albums though.
Do you feel 'The Complete Dream' was a mistake?
No, but it was more of... a 'playing it safe' card. I did 'Thrill Seeker' which was the goodie, censored, and kiddie era. Then I went all out with 'Believe', and they thought it was too much so 'The Complete Dream' was kinda a step back. But, 'Crossing Paths' is me re-approaching it in a correct manner.
More Justin Bieber after the playlist!
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Justin performs on Top of the Pops
Justin's single, which reached the top of Pop UK charts was performed on their musical countdown program 'Top of the Pops'. The performance was Justin's first performance there in almost 2 years, and he arrived to a huge welcome. You could hear excited fans when he stepped into the studio, before he even got to stage. Then when he got to stage, the applause was HUGE -- maybe the hugest applause on the show ever.
He performed 'Take Me To Your Heaven' with the best and hardest choreography yet, coming through and making it look like he could do the choreography throughout his sleep while eating.
'The Complete Dream: Dreams Believe' DVD
Justin Bieber's team released the DVD, of his world tour 'Dreams Believe' for 'The Complete Dream' era to iTunes today. The DVD physical release has been sent to limited retailers, and will be available as soon as next week. The DVD shows clips of performances for all the songs in the setlist for select dates, along with behind-the-scenes, and some other exclusive stuff. It also comes with the videos from the 'The Complete Dream' era.
The DVD is to get more word out there on his newest tour, and interest for it. The tour, 'Crossing Worlds' finishes it's 10th date tomorrow. More dates are being constantly added, and more dates are constantly selling out. Bieber commented on the tour saying, 'it's going well already. It's selling out everywhere, and it's doing even more dates than my previous.'. The DVD will sell at stores such as Target, Walmart, and other chains.
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Monday, March 17th Promotion
THE VOICE (SURPRISE! FEATURING…)
Carson: Here to perform her new single “On the Radio” with a special guest, please welcome, Miley Cyrus!
An intro by the live band began to play, as a huge circular curtain lifted up to reveal the stage. A huge boom box appeared on the stage, with two staircases on the side. The stage lights were dimmed with a grey atmosphere with some intense reds and blues peaking in, not strong enough for a spotlight affect however. There were several wooden crates on the stage too, with a band in the background. Miley got the crowd pumped up with some words before she kicked in the verse. Her vocals were on-point, as the band played a more Rock ’N Roll kind of arrangement this time around. The dancers were scattered across the floor, laid out. During the pre-chorus, the lights began to lift up and all of the dancers then began to rise up. The chorus kicked in and then everyone began to do choreography, some on the stairs of the boom box, some on the stage floor, and others on the crates. Adding some new slick moves, Miley was bringing it 110% and completely slaying the routine. She looked determined and smiled as the band faded away and Miley spoke:
“Ladies and gentlemen, Usher!”
The boom box opened as Usher stepped out from it with the band playing a different beat, a more relaxed sound, and Usher began to sing the second verse with new lyrics. Most of the dancers stepped back on the boom box stage, performing some choreography with Miley as some girls moved toward Usher as he was singing his verse. The beat kicked in a little more, sounding wildly different still, as Usher did some climactic pre-chorus and Miley did some ad-libs and vocalized to get into the chorus. Miley sang the chorus, coming down from the boom box with everyone doing the same choreography. They both danced during a Urban-Pop infused breakdown with the lights flickering and the audience cheering. Shakira got up on her feet and starting jumping very oddly, as the other coaches were enjoying the performance very much. Everyone then clapped to a huge drumbeat as Miley sang the first half of the chorus in a rapid manner with a build-up, going into the final full chorus. Both Usher and Miley sang in the final chorus together, sounding fantastic together. The sparks fell down as the performance ended, with everyone giving the pair a standing ovation. They hugged each other.
Carson: Great performance! You can pick up “On the Radio” today, with a special Usher version being released tomorrow. We’ll be back with more performances in a moment!
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Monday, March 17th Promotion
BEATS COMMERCIAL PREMIERES ON THE VOICE / FEATURES BEHIND-THE-SCENE LOOK AT "ON THE RADIO" VIDEO
Miley's first Beats By Dr. Dre commercial aired right after her performance with Usher on The Voice, perfect for a huge audience. This is Miley's first commercial out of at least three commercials set to premiere over the next two weeks. The commercial was around fifteen seconds along - Take a look:
Miley was on the scene of filming a part of the music video for "On the Radio". Her and Macklemore stood in front of a huge American flag backdrop, the pair lip-syncing and posing. The commercial was now black and white. A bell rung and the director called for a break, with Miley going to the side. She smiled at some team members and complimented some of the staff as she took her iPhone out of her bag and put on her black Beats. The camera showed her playing "On the Radio" from 'My Truth' and the song kicked in for the commercial, as her phone was displayed in color. The Beats logo and information appeared at the screen and the commercial ended.
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Tuesday, March 18th Promotion
The remix for "On the Radio" featuring global R&B icon Usher was released Tuesday morning, just about three hours after their performance on The Voice. With the nation talking, everyone has been giving stellar reviews on the performance, and the iTunes Statistics are also positive. After the promotion on The Voice, the Macklemore version rose from #4 to #2 on iTunes, and the Usher version has made its first appearance in the Top Ten at #7. "It was just a thing we decided to do for fun," Usher commented. "It's not going to be promoted or anything, it's just a remix for people to like it." Miley also commented, "working with Usher was such a privilege. When I got the call for The Voice I asked if I could speak with him and it turned into a collaboration." With Miley's single and album rising in sales, there doesn't appear to be any signs of slowing down.
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Tuesday, March 18th Promotion
"ON THE RADIO" RELEASED PHYSICALLY
With Miley's digital sales going well, Revolution Records has stepped up a notch to push "On the Radio". The single, featuring Macklemore, was released in physical form worldwide today in many retail stores such as Walmart, Target, Amazon and H&M. The CD single is so far doing great, selling well in most of the stores according to reports. After climbing up to #4 last week, and minimal competition this week, Miley has a chance to reach her goal of charting in the Top Three this week. But with new albums such as 'Attention' by Vanessa Hudgens and 'DOMINATION' by Azealia Banks, it doesn't seem like 'My Truth' will do so hot either.
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Tuesday, March 18th Promotion
ALBUM SIGNING / MINI-CONCERT — SEATTLE
After escaping California, Miley headed to the state of Washington to catch up with Macklemore a bit today. With the “On the Radio” music video premiering tonight on MTV, the two wanted to celebrate together in Macklemore’s native state. But first, Miley went to the Westfield South Center Mall to do an album signing and mini-concert.
The mini-concert started with Miley introducing and bringing out Macklemore. The duo performed their new single “On the Radio” together for the first time together at one of Miley’s album signing/mini-concert events. The two wore American-patriotic clothes, and had used a playback and an adequate-sized stage to perform. They were able to do some limited choreography with just a few dancers on stage. Unfortunately, with the space used for the audience, the line and the signing stand, that didn’t leave too much for the stage. Without a live band, it seemed Miley wasn’t 100% at home performing because she felt a little off, and had delivered better performances in the past. However, the two still did a great job, earning applause. Miley escorted Macklemore off as the instrumental for “Shot Me Up” came on. Miley had four backup dancers on stage, as they all did some great choreography. The performance was simple, but Miley’s vocals and will.i.am’s playback passed for a good performance. Right after, Miley brought on a piano to perform a fan-favorite from the album, “Invisible”. She played the piano very carefully, treating it as if it was glass. She played and sang with emotion, giving very mysterious and stellar vocals. The performance had a very Alternative vibe to it, but of course, it didn’t compare to Miley’s previous performances where she had a live band. Lastly, she got a guitar up on stage to do an acoustic of “Free Falling”. Her fingers strummed like crazy during the bridge, creating a new melody and new tune that hasn’t been used before. Miley got Macklemore and her team, bowed, and headed to the signing.
A staggering five thousand copies were signed that day, with all of the ‘My Truth’ copies in the mall being sold out. Miley had plenty of time on her schedule today, so she made sure she spent some time with almost each and every fan/group. She took selfies with them, hugged some of them and more. The signing went well and Miley went on with Macklemore to plan a music video premiere party.
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Bikini Daze Tour: Ambassador Auditorium
Karen and her three members live band showed up on stage right after the hall was full of people, and the audience went wild after they showed up. She started her gig with catchy song Don't Wanna Dance, which INSTANTLY made people in the hall go crazy, because of the amazing rhythm and the energy that this song had. After Don't Wanna Dance, Karen performed another catchy mid-tempo song called XXX 88, which was produced by the one and only Diplo. This song was a huge score, because most of the people knew the words and sang along, and that's why this song created an amazing vibe and feeling in hall. After she performed two songs, MØ thanked everyone who came by and she said that she is super grateful for everyone who buys her music, who comes to her shows, and that that means a lot to her. After two catchy songs, MØ slowed down the gig a little bit with sad song, called Freedom, and she performed the unstripped slow version, which was featured on an EP that MØ released last October. Even though the song was sad, audience still moved around and waved with their hands, and Freedom actually touched their hearts. After Freedom, MØ decided to spice things up a little bit more as she performed her cover version of Say You'll Be There by Spice Girls. Since everyone knows this song, everyone in performance venue sang along. Later, she chose to perform the song that made her popular in her homecountry Denmark - Pilgrim. Catchy trumpets and bass sounds definately made the audience dance and shout lyrics. MØ performed Avicii's Dear Boy on which she is featured on as the sixth song, and this EDM masterpiece was definately one of the night's highlights, since everyone started jumping as one as soon as the beat breakdown started. Then, she performed songs like Dust Is Gone, Fire Rides, Waste Of Time, Walk This Way, Slow Love and Maiden. MØ performed her new song Bikini Daze as the last song, and it was the right choice to end the gig with this energetic and powerful female anthem. Most of the people knew the words, so they sang along, and who didn't - just jumped and danced around. During this performance, MØ jumped into the crowd as well.
1. Don't Wanna Dance
2. XXX 88 (feat. Diplo)
3. Freedom (#1)
4. Say You'll Be There
5. Pilgrim
6. Dear Boy
7. Dust Is Gone
8. Fire Rides
9. Maiden
10. Slow Love
11. Walk This Way
12. Waste Of Time
13. Bikini Daze
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MØ stops by Z100
After MØ's new single hit the radio earlier this week, it has received a huge success on Alternative, HAC, and Pop formats - it has received around 900 spins on Pop alone since Monday, which is a huge deal, especially for a newcomer and a whole new artist in US like MØ, who never had a hit or at least moderate hit overseas. Because of Bikini Daze huge success on both - radio and iTunes, MØ decided to do radio promotion, when she visited Z100 station studios in New York city. During her visit there, MØ played her song for the first time on that radio station, which made Z100 automatically add the song onto their playlist. She also gave an interview during her visit, as she talked about her sophomore album, it's genre, sound, influences. MØ also revealed that an exciting artist and performer will be on her album, and that artist will make their alternative debut. Karen also shared exciting news about her picking the second single already as she said it will probably be released within three or four weeks, as soon as she will be done with Bikini Daze promotion.
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Bikini Daze is heavily promoted on internet
MØ new label and management Indigo Records knows, how to promote their artist and how to get their names out there, and that's what they did with MØ, by putting her on a lot of TV shows this week. And it seems all that promotion paid off, as MØ slowly and steadily continued to rise on iTunes charts. But, however, Indigo Records refuse to stop promoting her latest single, Bikini Daze, as they book more promo for it on internet. The single's advertises will pop up on various apps, as well as iTunes app store, YouTube and VEVO videos, websites and a lot of others various internet places. This internet promotion will be happening for two weeks, while MØ will continue promoting on TV shows and radio. Also, besides TV performances and internet promotion things, Bikini Daze TV spot continues airing on the biggest national TV channels, such like ABC, NBC, MTV, CBS and others.
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MØ performs for Billboard Tastemakers
MØ continues visiting radio stations, TV shows and places, where she can perform, as she drops by Billboard studios in New York City to do a Billboard Tastemakers gig. During her short set, which was filmed by Billboard, MØ performed her most known songs in US - XXX 88, and of course, her first hit, Bikini Daze. She performed both songs acoustically, with her live band members, who played the stripped instumentals live. She did a great job by performing both songs with such an emotion and feeling in it, it all sounded super real. Later, after her set, Billboard posted both performances onto YouTube and their own website, and also wrote a huge article about MØ. In the article, Billboard calls MØ the next indie act to go huge in Pop's industry, and they calls her a perfect live performer as well. Both videos, but Bikini Daze especially, received a lot of positive comments on YouTube, and they received about 100K views just in an hour since they were posted.
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MØ inspired ponytail swing videos goes viral
And unexpected thing just went viral - videos, in which girls are swinging their braided ponytails, singing and also dancing to MØ's latest single Bikini Daze went viral in a couple of hours. This trend started earlier today, when MØ shared three videos on her Facebook and Twitter, in which girls are dancing and singing to her single Bikini Daze, as well as... swinging their own braided high ponytails around. As soon as MØ shared videos like that, those videos received about 100K views, and a lot of other girls started shooting videos like that and putting them on YouTube. Within an hour, there were one thousand videos on YouTube with titles that included words like MØ; Ponytail Swing; Bikini Daze. The internet buzzed up right after a lot of videos like that started popping up on YouTube, and that caused two worldwide trends on Twitter: #MOPONYTAILSWING and also #BIKINIDAZE.
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VEVO Takeover: MØ
MØ has taken over VEVO for an hour earlier today - she took over their Twitter and Facebook when Danish singer and songwriter answered about 40 questions; she took over VEVO TV to do a livestream, during which she talked about her upcoming sophomore album, what inspired her and more; and she also played her all time favorite videos on VEVO TV. MØ played Britney Spears, Purity Ring, Kanye West, Spice Girls and a lot of more videos. Also, during her livestream, MØ has announced that she will be extending her Bikini Daze Tour with twelve more dates - six dates in US, and six dates in UK. MØ revealed, that she will be flying to UK to promote her single Bikini Daze over there, as soon as she will finish her promotion plans in US first. After MØ revealed her plans about UK and US promotion, one person asked her on Twitter what will happen after that, and MØ said that she will be releasing a second single, and then - album.
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X Factor UK group covers Bikini Daze
A group, that is part of X Factor UK musician contest, covered MØ new single Bikini Daze during one of their live performances earlier today. The girl group performed MØ's shouty female anthem acoustically, only accompanied by a guitar, which created this different feeling of the song - it transformed from being super confident and awesome to more vulnerable and less powerful. However, the lyrics still were the same and they meant the same thing that original song means - you don't need a man to succeed and have a good life. The girl group did a perfect job with this performance, it definately sounded just like it was planned, After their slowed and stripped down performance, everyone in the audience stood up for the girls and started clapping. After their excellent performance, Bikini Daze shoot up on UK's iTunes charts and cracked into Top 10, making it MØ's first single to end up so high in UK. It will probably get higher in UK as soon as MØ will fly there to do some promo.
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MØ performs Bikini Daze on Queen Latifah show
MØ continues to promote her current single Bikini Daze as she stops by Queen Latifah show to perform it there. MØ performed right before the show ended. She showed up on Queen Latifah Show stage with her live band. Even if the whole live band came up with her on stage, MØ still performed the song acoustically, and that's probably because of the song's success in UK after the X Factor UK covered the song acoustically on the show. MØ's voice was smooth and interesting as always, as it cracked a bit sometimes. However, that interesting voice sounded really good with acoustic instrumental version, even though it was more unusual to create a perfect acoustic harmony with MØ's rough voice and smooth, stripped instrumental. But she still succeed, and everything went well, like it was planned. MØ seemed to be happy as she hugged Queen Latifah and also chatted with her after the performance. Latifah complimented her interesting Danish beauty, as well as her being true to who she is and not trying to become mainstream just because to get some success on those CAL charts. Latifah also said, that she can comeback to her show whenever MØ wants.
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Bikini Daze video BTS and lyric video available on VEVO
Just minutes ago, VEVO uploaded two new videos onto MOMOMOYOUTH VEVO channel on YouTube - they uploaded the lyric video for Bikini Daze, as well as some behind the scenes footage from anticipated video shoot. The lyric video is super simple, not too many effects as the video mainly focuses on lyrics, and it would be weird if lyrics weren't the main thing because of too much effects. It happens really often lately, as artists likes to make a huge deal out of lyric videos as they put too much effects on them, which makes it hard to notice all song's lyrics. In the behind the scenes video, it is shown how MØ shoots the music video in New York city streets, and you can definately see a lot of police cars behind her as she stands infront of camera on the set and talks about the music video. Sadly, but the behind the scenes video doesn't tell much about the music video and it's storyline, but it seems to be an interesting video, because of all those police cars and beautiful, rainy and foggy New York city.
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Bikini Daze video premieres controversial video on VEVO and MTV
Bikini Daze video just premiered on VEVO and MTV at the same time, and it has caused quite a buzz on the social websites, such as Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook. In the video, MØ is mainly showed dancing in the streets of New York city, she also appears dancing and lying on police cars roofs, and she is also showed how she is smashing police cars and windows with baseball bat. The video is mainly focused on MØ doing punk and illegal things, portraying the meaning of the song 'that she does not need a man/someone else, to be a successful or to have a good life.' The video caused a lot of controversial as people called her a badass because of smashing the windows and dancing on police cars, which probably would make policemen a bit uncomfortable. However, MØ later tweeted on Twitter, that it was director's idea, not her. But, fortunately, teens loved the video, as they ran to Tumblr and posted millions of GIFs from the Bikini Daze video. Also, MØ's fans trended "#BIKINIDAZEVIDEO" and "#SMASHTHOSEPOLICECARS" on Twitter.
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