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Bits About Pop: From Madonna’s ‘Frozen’ no longer being banned to Joe McElderry’s skiing career going better than planned

  • February 4, 2014
  • Brad O'Mance

BAP-2014Who doesn't enjoy ingesting some tasty BAPs? Literally no one.

  • Don’t worry, Madonna’s ‘Frozen’ is no longer banned in Belgium — a copyright claim has been over­turned. (MuuMuse)
  • Quite a lot of people watched Bruno Mars’ Super Bowl halftime show thing. (Billboard)
  • Miley Cyrus covered an Arctic Monkeys song the other day for her MTV Unplugged ‘gig’ and now it’s on the internet. (YouTube)
  • Having played a bit of it live a few weeks ago, Pharrell’s col­lab­or­a­tion with Major Lazer is now online. (Popjustice)
  • Also, the headwear terrorist will be doing a Brits Mastercard Priceless gig thing at some point later this year. (Digital Spy)
  • Betty Who’s single now has a title and that title is ‘Heartbreak Dream’. (Popjustice)
  • ‘SuperLove’ hitmaker Charli XCX is on the new Iggy Azalea single, which is coming this week at some point. (Idolator)
  • Mind you, Charli’s not really in a very good mood right now you know. (Twitter)
  • Carly Rae Jepsen’s been chatting away about why she decided to take a role on Broadway as Cinderella rather than make a new album. (New York Time)
  • Here are some pictures of McBusted lynchpin Matt Willis acting in EastEnders. (Digital Spy)
  • One Direction might open a chain of cafes if the one that’s opening in Japan next week is a success. (Daily Star)
  • The Daily Mail have apo­lo­gised for claiming Kylie’s ‘Into The Blue’ has flopped when it hasn’t actually come out yet. (Twitter)
  • And here she is holding a promo of said single to reinforce the point. (Instagram)
  • Praise the pop gods, Robyn’s been in the studio with the actual Jimmy Jam. (Twitter)
  • Professional noise merchant but occa­sional creator of stone-cold bangers Kanye West might be releasing a new album soon. (Noisey)
  • Here’s some content featuring Rita Ora chatting away about how Vevo Lift 'changed her life' (ie helped shift some albums). (That Grape Juice)
  • Katy B’s really quite good album ‘Little Red’ is streaming in full on iTunes right now. (iTunes)
  • Annie’s got a new song aimed at the Russian gov­ern­ment, called ‘Russian Kiss’, coming soon. (Popjustice)
  • Ludacris’ new song, ‘Party Girls’, samples Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’. Of course it does. (YouTube)
  • One Direction rebel Liam Payne seems to be having a lovely time on holiday. (Twitter)
  • Nick Jonas is now Demi Lovato’s Musical and Creative Director on her tour. (Rolling Stone)
  • Last night, ‘Il Mio Cuore Va (My Heart Will Go On)’ hitmaker Joe McElderry won that TV show where available celebrit­ies have to do a ski jump. (Holy Moly) It’s his third TV talent show win don't you know.

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