Hey Monday Premiered "How You Love Me Now"

The four-piece power pop punk band, Hey Monday have debut a fun new music video for "How You Love Me Now," the lead single from their debut album "Hold On Tight" on 'Seventeen.'
Originally from West Palm Beach, Florida, Hey Monday features a female lead singer, Cassadee Pope, a nice addition to the band, guitarists Mike Gentile and Alex Lipshaw, and bassist Jersey Moriarty - are signed to Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz's Decaydance Records label. Hey Monday is set to grow as they've been supporting some of the largest names on the alternative rock circuit. The first big hit "How You Loved Me Now" is circulating radio stations nationwide and the debut album "Hold On Tight" peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The video shows the band along with several other people in uniform working as employees at a beachside restaurant. As they walk out onto the terrace, a man is shown sitting with three girls and talking to them. As Cassadee walks past, he stops and gets up to talk to her. As the video proceeds, the man is chatting up several other girls while the employees, including the band, serve customers before walking away in relief. A beach olympics is held for the employees against the customers. The employees win as Cassadee distracts the same man who tried to chat her up from the start. Throughout the video, there are several scenes of the band performing in a room in front of a blue backdrop with white squiggles. The video ends with the band performing in front of a small crowd of people as the man tries to reach the front to Cassadee.
Led by dynamic frontwoman Cassadee Pope, Hey Monday are currently on the road as part of the Glamour Kills Tour along with All Time Low, We the Kings and The Friday Night Boys. The tour starts Firday from Portland' Roseland Theater, will be performing at the sold-out concert inside the Showbox At The Market in Seattle on today, and runs through December 3, and will be followed by a handful of radio shows throughout December.

Roland Emmerich Doomed In '2012' Opens Today

There is a growing legend out there that the ancient Maya predicted the world would end on Dec. 21, 2012. It doesn't. But, as with other topics based on a whiff of truth and a hint of hysteria, Hollywood is all over it. The disaster-movie veteran Roland Emmerich has given movie watchers several apocalyptic sci-fi thriller films in the past in "Godzilla," "Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow" and "10,000 B.C.," and he offers another look at the end of the world in his latest exercise in global cataclysm that tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors "2012," opens theaters today.
People who view screenwriting as an art and don't particularly care about audience reaction to their films. But Mr. Emmerich , the hollywood's most successful one-trick pony, claims to favor "human stories" over spectacle, he has taken that very kind of formula writing and made a veritable empire out of it, returning every few years to destroy some corner of the earth and invent a handful of earnest heroes, wisecracking sidekicks and solemn old men to survive his newest take on the apocalypse. "2012" is crammed with state-of-the-art digital effects. A few teacups get chipped: California slides into the sea; Yellowstone Park blows straight up into the sky; disasters flattening Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue, St.Peter's Basilica and the White House; massive floods and fires; and a giraffe being rescued by helicopter. That's just the opening act.
In "2012," our premier Hollywood disastermeister Mr.Emmerich flips our entire planet on its head. Following an academic researcher who opens a portal into a parallel universe, making contact with his double in an effort to prevent the catastrophic prophecies of the ancient Mayan calendar from coming to pass. When a global cataclysm thrusts the world into chaos, divorced writer and father Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) uses his knowledge of the ancient prophecies to ensure that the human race is not completely wiped out. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt round out the cast of this thriller.
Mr. Emmerich claims that "2012" is his final disaster movie, unless "Independence Day 2" ever gets off the ground, and the movie is nothing if not an indulgent curtain call for the man who figured out how much we like watching cinematic portrayals of our own demise. It's all the reasons we've ever loved or hated his movies, but also a reminder of why it's high time to move on. Alternately eye-popping, brain-bruising, and certifiably insipid, "2012" will absolutely appeal to anyone who enjoys watching films ironically.

Demi Lovato' "Remember December"Clip Debuts

The Disney star Demi Lovato has a HOT new music video which promotes her latest single "Remember December" and is confirmed to be premiered today on TwitVid and Disney Channel. Lovato has posted the three "Remember December" sneak peaks to her Twitter so far. The snippet mainly takes its focus on the star of "Camp Rock" sequel when she is rocking with her band.
The electro-pop-rocker "Remember December" is the second official single off her hugely successful sophomore studio album "Here We Go Again" and will be released on November 17. The song is sonically a bit different for Lovato. The bigger, bolder sound has the potential to take her from the teeny-bopper playground and into the big leagues.
The 17-year-old pop rock singer shot the video in Los Angeles on Monday night (October 26), a few days before Halloween and recruited "Camp Rock 2" costar pals Meaghan Jette Martin, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and Chloe Bridges to channel the 80s style for the video. The glam video shows the 17 year old Disney star dressed in a leather number with studded gloves...a true rocker!
The Disney singer/actress isn't afraid to get a little angsty about love on her new single, said the track is meant for all her girls out there who need to remind guys that they messed up. "The music video relates to the song in a way that a girl has so much to say to the guy, and it feels like he's not listening, and she wants him to remember everything that they had," she told MTV News. "And so instead of having a love interest in this video, it's all about being fierce and kind of, like, taking control as a girl. It's like girl empowerment. Yeah, divas!" Lovato said the song is near and dear to her but wouldn't say just who the unlucky guy is at the center of the song. "I love this song for many reasons," she said. "It had a different sound than a lot of my songs. I related to it personally more than other songs, and I have so much fun with it. I thought if it could be a single that it would be incredible to perform it all the time."

Lady Gaga Launches Her "Bad Romance" Video

It's all the right amounts of crazy you'd expect from pop star Lady Gaga, after one day delayed to give more time to make it perfect, the much-discussed new video for her new single "Bad Romance" finally premiered on LadyGaga.com Tuesday. And needless to say, it was worth the wait.
The RedOne-produced track "Bad Romance" is the lead single from her upcoming highly anticipated "The Fame Monster" album which was meant to be a re-release of her debut album "The Fame" and will hits stores on November 23. The single was a hit even before it debuted, a testament to Gaga's global popularity and the power of her unique brand of art-pop.
The eye-catching and conceptual clip for "Bad Romance" was directed by Francis Lawrence who's also helmed clips for the likes of Britney, Justin, Gwen, Shakira and Janet Jackson, not to mention the post-apocalyptic Will Smith vehicle "I Am Legend." Gaga detailed what it was like to work with Lawrence on the project, "I knew ability as a director is so much higher than what I could. There's this one shot in the video where I get kidnapped by supermodels. I'm washing away my sins and they shove vodka down my throat to drug me up before they sell me off to the Russian mafia." When explaining her concept of the video she said "It was collaborative. He's a really pop video director and a filmmaker. He did 'I Am Legend' and I'm a huge Will Smith fan, so I knew he could execute the video in a way that I could give him all my weirdest, most psychotic ideas, but it would come across to and be relevant to the public."
The international pop diva more than lives up to her reputation for visual innovation in the new clip, which is the kind of video you just don't see very often anymore and that goes double for the anticipation surrounding it. This is officially the best video Gaga has ever done, and once you finish this five-minute extravaganza, you'll think the same. It's a testament to her brilliance as an artist that Gaga is using the "Bad Romance" video as the jump-off point for the next leg of her career. The message is clear: the old Gaga is over, here's the brand-new Gaga, the one who seems to delight in pushing the boundaries and exploring all manner of sexual proclivities. Gaga, the marketing genius of the century starts 'The Monster Ball Tour' on November 27 and it promises to be better than anything before.

Danny Gokey Debuts First Single "It's Only"

American Idol second runner-up Danny Gokey debuted his first song, "It's Only," during a surprise call to his hometown country-music radio station in Milwaukee last Friday. The swooning, countrified ballad track serves as the lead single from his upcoming RCA Nashville country debut album. Giving a clue into the content of the new single and soon-to-be-released album, on his MySpace page Gokey states, "I have two passions, music (entertainment) and helping people. It's not religious. It's not political. It's only love!" The digital single will be released on December 14, followed by a full album in March of 2010.
Many fans have been waiting patiently for, earlier this year, Gokey made waves when he said he was thinking of releasing a country album. Turns out, he wasn't joking, eventually fans finally got to hear his first foray into the genre. "It's Only" was written by Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley and produced by Carrie Underwood collaborator Mark Bright. As you might expect with that crew, the song has a country vibe to it. The song details the trials of the jobless and the homeless and doesn't shy away from the topic of faith either. It's a big, inspirational ditty and emotional ballad that speaks of life, love and definitely the type of tune Gokey fans wanna hear. His breathy voice is remarkable, and nearly drowned out by a super-mournful slide guitar at various moments.
"It has such a touching lyric. It's so beautiful. I love all the songs that appear on my CD, but this one...when I sing this song, a passion comes out of me," Gokey said of the song. "The song went past the mental element and came directly into my heart. I don't know how to explain it. I feel it when I sing it." Gokey has stayed true to what he said he wanted his song's to have a message to be your inspiration, and has set the bar very high with his debut song. "It's Only" is the perfect blend of stunning, distinctive vocals and a beautiful message that comes from the heart. It'll perform well thanks to its holiday-season release timing, heart-filled message and could totally see this song becoming a big country hit (possible for the Christian charts as well) for Gokey.

Kris Allen Debuts "Live Like We're Dying" Video

American Idol's reigning champ Kris Allen is back in front of a camera, but instead of having to win the hearts and minds of "American Idol's" TV audience, his new mission is to win the hearts and wallets of America's music buyers. Allen has unveiled the new music video for his first single, the up-tempo "Live Like We're Dying," off his upcoming self-titled album, due out November 17. The song was written by Andrew Frampton, Steve Kipner, Danny O'Donoghue, and Mark Sheehan. It originally performed by the Irish rock group 'The Script,' as a bonus track for the Japanese release of their self-titled debut album. What would you change about your life if you knew that you were dying? Despite his ultra quick rise to fame the 24-year-old AI rocker managed to stay grounded.
The single has met with mostly positive reviews. About.com praised the song for being an excellent first single, calling it "possibly the best first post-American Idol single yet by an American Idol champion," and Entertainment Weekly called the song "a future smash hit." Yahoo! News' Billboard singles review described it as "impressive" and felt that Allen's version of the song "improves on the unreleased version with a nuanced vocal and a nimble, rhythmic delivery." The Seattle Times described the song as "a marked improvement over what some Idol winners have put out as their first post-show single".
The music video was directed by Marco Puig and was shot all night at a junkyard in the LA desert. Throughout the video, Allen is shown playing both an acoustic guitar and a piano, as well as singing without any instruments. Arkansas native described the video that "The idea behind it is that I plug in the clock and I'm pulling the big cord through the junkyard and through all these other things and then I plug in the clock and it starts counting down to zero and there's performance stuff in there. In the end when it hits zero, it's kind of like the song, it's like we only have so much time so we gotta do what we want to do. It was my first video, so I was really trying to have a great time."

Cheryl Cole Owns U.K. Singles & Albums Charts

The Girls Aloud singer and 'The X Factor' judge Cheryl Cole has been mocked for miming and savaged for her singing, but Cole has left critics stunned by achieving a prestigious double #1 on both the Irish and UK music charts success with her debut solo studio album "3 Words" which released on October 23, while "Fight For This Love" spends a third week at the singles summit, as the fastest selling single of the year thus far.
The 26-year-old British pop star became the nation's sweetheart after she joined 'The X Factor' last year and took a contingent of wide-eyed young girls under her wing, leading Alexandra Burke all the way to victory in the show's final. Cole is the 12th female artist in UK chart history to record that double achievement, according to the Official UK Charts Company, and the third this year, following Lily Allen and Lady Gaga.
"Fight for This Love" is first solo single, was written and produced by Wayne Wilkins, Steve Kipner and co-written by Andre Merritt, was released as the lead single off her album "3 Words" on October 19. The song received its worldwide radio première on September 7 on BBC Radio, and Cole performed the song for the first time on The X Factor' on October 18. The song is a midtempo pop-R&B track with subdued, synthy production and an infectious hook that gnaws into the consciousness". Popjustice praised the song, describing it as "one of those songs you can have on repeat for an hour and a half without getting bored. Like some of the best pop tunes "Fight For This Love" is a very simple affair without bells, whistles or kitchen sinks, but there's more going on than is initially obvious and the production's certainly a cut above."
The music video was directed by Ray Kay and was filmed in early September, and premièred on September 20. The video stars Cole dancing in front of various moving backgrounds in a number of outfits, most notably a soldier-themed outfit with a red military jacket. There is also a dance sequence in which Cole, wearing leopard-print bottoms and a number of dancers perform a routine. The main colors of the video are red, white and black. Kay commented on the filming that: "The recordings went very well, and Cheryl was fantastic to work with. I drove her very hard at the shoot, and it was very difficult on her part. My job was relaxing in comparison. We made the video in London, with a lot of focus on fashion and dance, with very tough choreography, before putting it all together in Los Angeles afterwords. I have a strong feeling that this will be a #1 for Cheryl in England!"