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Bits About Pop: From Ariana Grande’s slip in a puddle of wee to JoJo finally feeling more artistically free

  • March 25, 2014
  • Brad O'Mance

BAP-2014Oh blimey, what a glorious selection of delicious BAPs.

  • Ariana Grande’s broken three toes after slipping in some dog piss. (Popjustice)
  • Wearer of clothes Rihanna’s getting some sort of fashion award thing. (Billboard)
  • Apparently Akon ‘parted ways’ with Lady Gaga because he knew her success would dwindle. (Popjustice)
  • Tinie Tempah, Labrinth, Naughty Boy and Say Lou Lou have all been added to the Wireless lineup. (BBC Newsbeat)
  • Ryan Tedder’s original demo version of Demi Lovato’s ‘Neon Lights’ is now on the internet. (Popjustice)
  • Leonard Lewis is back in the studio. (Twitter)
  • Becky G’s sup­port­ing Katy Perry on certain dates of her world tour. (MTV)
  • 'Mysterious' producer Boots has popped a brand new song online which appar­ently features a bit of a Sia voicemail message or something. (Idolator)
  • ‘Tryst With Mephistopheles’ hitmaker Owen Pallett’s decon­struc­ted Katy Perry’s ‘Teenage Dream’ using music theory and it’s actually sort of inter­est­ing and genuine. (Slate)
  • Apparently Beyoncé and Sam Bailey didn’t get the chance to hang out in Birmingham last month. (Popjustice)
  • Here’s a Pharrell interview in which he talks about the Oscars, that fucking hat and various other things of ‘note’. (GQ)
  • Elyar Fox has a got a new single coming out and that single now has a video. (Popjustice)
  • Billboard have done a pretty positive track-by-track review of Shakira’s new album. (Billboard)
  • And here’s the video for ‘Empire’ as well. (Popjustice)
  • That artist that vomited all over Lady Gaga at SXSW has had a chat with a journ­al­ist. (The Guardian)
  • ‘Young Modern Life’ hitmaker Nottee’s got a new song out. (The 405)
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELANIE BLATT! (Twitter)
  • One Direction are still filming their new video somewhere cold looking. (Sugarscape)
  • Here’s a video of JoJo covering ‘Borderline’. (MuuMuse)
  • And here she is having a chat about how much creative energy she has now and how there will be some new “content” (mixtapes) coming soon. (ABC News)

And for old time's sake…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pP9klk2AxY

What a song.

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    Congratulations to Charli XCX and Lorde: winners of the 2024 Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
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