Alphabeat – “Vacation” Live at The X Factor Final

Published March 24th 2012
Filed under Videos

After initially not being too impressed with Alphabeat’s new single Vacation, over time it has grown on me. Last night Alphabeat performed a mash-up of Vacation and The Spell at the final of the Danish X Factor along with finalist Line.

Seeing Vacation live with a big production really made the song click with me fully.

You can watch the performance below:

Vacation is available now from iTunes worldwide.

Tulisa – “We Are Young”

Published March 23rd 2012
Filed under Reviews,Videos

Tulisa’s debut single We Are Young premiered today along with its music video. It sounds a bit like a mix between Rihanna’s We Found Love and Alexandra Burke’s Elephant.

We Are Young is a good song but nothing amazing. I expected more from Tulisa for a debut single but then again she’s signed to AATW Records so it’s not surprising that it’s not the greatest debut single. Hopefully better tracks will be on her album which is rumoured to be released in November this year.

You can watch the video for We Are Young below:

We Are Young is out May 7th through AATW/Island Records.

Katy Perry – “Part of Me” Music Video

Published March 22nd 2012
Filed under Videos

Katy Perry’s music video for Part of Me premiered on her official VEVO last night.

The video starts off with Katy driving, a direct representation of the lyrics. She goes to her husband’s workplace to break up with him for cheating on her.

Then the video takes the weird turn that is Katy’s decision to join the army. While all the army scenes are very well done and you can tell it had a big budget, it’s just too far removed from the message of the song and looks more like she made an expensive video for the sake of it.

You can watch the Part of Me video below:

Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild” Music Video

Published March 21st 2012
Filed under Videos

Madonna’s Girl Gone Wild music video premiered today on VEVO. It’s one of her best videos in years. The video is shot mostly in black and white.

There’s been some online criticisms that it rips of Lady Gaga’s Alejandro music video but in fact, the Girl Gone Wild video serves as a homage to many of Madonna’s iconic videos.

You can watch the video for Girl Gone Wild below:

Katy Perry – “Part of Me” Trailer

Published March 16th 2012
Filed under Videos

The trailer for Katy Perry’s music video for Part of Me was released via her official VEVO channel today. It’s just a short trailer showing Katy in dressed in military gear in the army. I don’t really understand how the song is going to work with the video’s theme because other than the line “throw you bombs and your blows”, the song has no reference to war. It’s probably the first Katy Perry video that doesn’t go with the obvious theme from the song that it accompanies.

Check out the trailer below:

The video will be premiered on March 21st, just in time to promote the re-release of Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection on March 26th.