Bits About Pop: From Katy Perry going down under to Jake Shears saying new Kylie songs are ripe for a plunder

BAPs once again for the renegade master.

• Good news for Katy Perry’s Australian fans: Katy Perry’s going on tour in Australia. (Billboard)
• LOLpop entre­pren­eur iamami­whoami’s got a new song and video online. (Popjustice)
• Rihanna performed ‘Take Care’ with Drake for the first time in Paris last night. (The Fader)
• Also, in other Rihanna news, appar­ently her next release will be a concept album based around a cartoon. (Popjustice)
• Nobody panic: Dappy’s paid his tax bill. (BBC Newsbeat)
• Calvin Harris and Pharrell have been added to the T In The Park lineup. (Digital Spy)
• Paloma Faith can’t under­stand why no radio stations are playing her new single and thinks it’s probably personal. (Daily Star)
• Here's a video of MNEK doing a 'stripped back' per­form­ance of a new song from his debut album. (The Fader)
• Oh, ‘Boys’ isn’t Sky Ferreira’s next single after all, apols. (Twitter)
• Pharrell’s album ‘G  I  R  L’ is now streaming in certain parts of the world. (Popjustice)
• You can buy a Joe McElderry towel if that’s what you’re into. (Official site)
• Here are some nice new pictures of Kylie that have been released in order to remind people that she has a new album coming out soon. (Digital Spy)
• THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS SAVED: Creosoted human cari­ca­ture Joey Essex is releasing a com­pil­a­tion album on a major label. (Popjustice)
• Kanye West has done a medley of all of his good songs on an American TV show. (The Line Of Best Fit)
• The first letter of the first song on Bright Light Bright Light’s new album begins with the letter ‘E’. (Twitter)
• The Madeon song that was locked in some sort of elaborate riddle is now online. (Popjustice)
• The title track from 2NE1’s new album is now online. (YouTube)
• And finally, Jake Shears has written an album’s worth of songs with Kylie and might leak them at some point. (Popjustice)

And just for old time's sake…

What a song.