Bits About Pop: From Rita Ora doing a cover to the wait for Clean Bandit's album being over

BAP-2014 Didn't it feel like a Monday today? It's not though, so don't worry. Here are the BAPS.

Rita Ora performed Beyoncé’s ‘Drunk In Love’ on French TV and that’s not online to watch over and over again. (Popjustice)
‘Tunnel Vision’ hitmaker Justin Timberlake’s earned some sort of chart record in America by having another Number One on the Billboard Pop chart. (Billboard)
J.Lo’s popped a teaser thing for her new video onto the world wide web. (Popjustice)
Taylor Swift has been forced to cancel a ‘gig’ in Thailand due to political unrest. (USA Today)
Overly shy singer and producer of everyone’s songs Pharrell’s playing some sort of credit card company-sponsored live event in America or something. (Billboard)
Katy Perry’s on the cover of the new issue of Time Out London you know. (Time Out)
Also here’s a quick chat with her about her tour by your friend and ours the Pop Prince. (Pop Prince)
The people behind the charts in Australia are now awarding ‘gongs’ to people who ‘top the charts’ and so Kylie and 5 Seconds Of Summer have been given them retrospectively. (Popjustice)
Radio 2’s Sara Cox isn’t a massive fan of Pitbull you know. (Independent)
Eliza Doolittle had a cameo in Home & Away, because well of course she did. (Twitter)
Look here, there’s going to be another Popjustice Deluxe live night thing next month, featuring Conway and ‘someone else’. (Popjustice)
There’s now a Billboard Twitter-based chart thing that’s based on which songs are being shared on Twitter in America. (Billboard) It's already annoying.
‘Irreplaceable’ co-writer Ne-Yo’s got a new song and that’s online right… NOW. (Idolator)
Here’s a chat with Sam Smith in which he says he won’t shoot a gun in case he dislocates his shoulder. (GQ)
Also he’s going to be part of some sort of Google Play Music-sponsored live advert thing which will show him singing a song from his ‘gig’ in the middle of an ad break during Chatty Man on Channel 4. (BBC Newsbeat)
It looks like Cheryl ‘Cheryl’ Cole’s new single is called ‘Crazy Stupid Love’ and will precede an album out in November. (MTV)
Here’s a thing about an 86-year-old Lady Gaga fan attending her second Gaga ‘gig’. (Global News)
Kyla La Grange’s excellent album is now streaming in full. (The Line Of Best Fit)
As is Clean Bandit’s one. (The Guardian)