Usher Teases Steamy, Sexy 'There Goes My Baby'

The 'King of R&B' Usher might be getting ready to release a new EP "Versus," but that hasn't stopped him from filming a video for current single. With Usher joining all the artists going towards a dance pop direction, he has finally dropped this new video on BET and Vevo for his mid-tempo R&B urban single "There Goes My Baby" from his latest platinum-certified album, "Raymond vs. Raymond," to show that he hasn't forgot about his urban fans and that he can still do R&B. This heartfelt ballad was the first promotional single for album, but later it was released as the record's fourth single.
The slow-burning ballad song has been out for a very long time with a lot of radio spins since even before the album dropped back in March. We have to say this is the longest we had to wait for the video of a hit record. The song is a really smooth and sexy R&B jam that has a lullaby style melody. Usher explained the song's origins to The New York Times on March 26: "The feeling of it is if you have a true connection with somebody, no matter what happens in life, it will always come back," he said. "No matter how long it takes to make it through whatever issues pull you apart, something pulls you back together. The rest is between the lines."
The R&B crooner slows it down and seduces the ladies in his brand new music video which was directed by Anthony Mandler is quite similar to Usher's previous music videos. Basically, this clip gives fans a look at "every man's desire for women," according to Us Weekly. The 31-year-old R&B singer is seen occasionally wears a tank top, and goes shirtless. He does some Tai-Chi-inspired dance moves on a hillside at sunrise, some lonely, tortured singing to a concrete wall and eventually, in the grand finale, consummates his relationship with his beautiful leading lady.
Time is testament to the mark of greatness, and for this era that mark belongs to Usher, the consummate entertainer who transcends the boundaries of popular culture, redefining the nature of superstardom. After 14-year-old Usher was spotted by a LaFace record executive at a talent show in his hometown of Atlanta in 1992, it took no time for his career to take off. Usher's considerable achievements begin with over 45 million records sold world wide and a stable of five Grammy awards. The singer, composer, producer, actor, businessman, designer and philanthropist is the quintessential contemporary icon, celebrated for nearly two decades. Usher has come into his own as a sage artist, skillfully capturing the stirring emotions of the human heart in a complete, balanced album in soul-stirring jams, in serious grown man fashion.

Ellie Goulding Follows The Light For "The Writer"

British indie-pop princess Ellie Goulding premiered the music video this weekend for her fourth single, "The Writer," off her acclaimed chart-topping debut album "Lights," her label has wisely gone with her lush, will be released in the UK on August 9. Goulding's delicate touch perfectly suits the summery ballad. Apparently, the single is the "most personal and emotional song" the starry eyed star has ever written. It's fair to say she plans to take full advantage of all her album.
Goulding sprang to fame after she came top in the BBC's prestigious Sound of 2010 poll. Her new album "Lights" features ten tracks of sparkling future pop and Goulding herself has written a few words about each track. When asked what "The Writer" was about, endearingly Goulding said: "The Writer is the most personal and emotional song I've written yet. It's about how you'd do anything and change absolutely everything about yourself if necessary, just to be noticed by this one person."
"The Writer" is a pretty ballad, but not really loving the sleeper music video. Obviously, the label didn't have much budget for her latest single. The lullaby-inspired music video was filmed at Happisburgh Lighthouse in Norfolk in June. It was released onto YouTube on Sunday. The video shows the 23-year-old Brit Award-winning singer wandering through a field and exploring the Happisburgh Lighthouse, which was constructed 220 years ago. It also includes in-studio sequences of her in front of a bright screen, giving the impression that she is in front of the actual light of the lighthouse. It's an understated affair. If you've ever wondered what the inside of a lighthouse looks like, you'll love it. There isn't really much to say about the video. It very much suits the romantic mood of the song and sees Goulding looking all virginal and white while strolling through some scenic, rural imagery with plenty of close-up shots.
Despite it's personal lyrics, "The Writer" has a very typical pop ballad sound and sees Goulding sacrifice some of her trademark quirkiness because of this. Her voice still sounds as distinctive as ever but the production, lyrics and vocal hooks are kept on the straight and narrow. However, sometimes quirkiness needs to be put to bed in order to hear the real person behind it so I think "The Writer" is a lovely song and I hope it does well.

Fireflight Offering Hope "For Those Who Wait"

American Christian rock band Fireflight have streamed the new video for their latest single "For Those Who Wait," the title track from band's third full-length album "For Those Who Wait," the highly-anticipated follow-up to Fireflight's breakout sophomore album, "Unbreakable."
Formed in 1999, they were the best kept secret of a part of central Florida that's not exactly known for its music scene, and they spent years playing shows and building a following for their female-fronted positive rock. All the hard work paid off when the Flicker Records debut "The Healing of Harms" introduced them to the world in 2006, and 2008's breakout hit "Unbreakable" captured the attention of Christian rock fans even more. Now over a decade since their career began, Fireflight is ready to unleash their third album "For Those Who Wait."
The title track "For Those Who Wait," produced by Rob Hawkins, once again delivers lead singer Dawn Michele's soaring vocals and the band's signature melodic Rock. it jumpstarts the album with a slightly new twist for them. Symphonic string flourishes are all the hard rock rage lately, and Fireflight uses them to powerful effect here. An orchestral intro clears the way for Dawn's first battle cry: "This is for those who wait!" and melts into a wall of thundering rock similar to Red or Skillet. The music ebbs and flows between softer verses and pounding choruses, as Dawn's voice alternates between the triumphant screams of the chorus and the fragile whispers of the quiet acoustic bridge. It's a powerful opener all around that recalls "Unbreakable" without being a clone, taking a slower, more methodical approach than its predecessor without sacrificing the epic feeling.
Great mix of symphonic and rock all in one song, "For Those Who Wait" introduces new musical elements coupled with vulnerable lyrics, offering hope and recovery to recharge listeners. A dynamic progression with songs, Fireflight encourages fans to reach out to a world eager to find healing and strength in the waiting, stating "the hard lessons make the difference, and the difference makes it all worth it." As the lead single, it definitely will be a single that "The pressure makes us stronger, the struggle makes us hunger, the hard lessons make the difference and the difference makes it worth it." Another one of those powerful messages that the band usually gives.
Premiere rock band Fireflight continues to gain national exposure and acclaim, nominated for Artist of the Year at the 40th Annual Dove Awards. For more than ten years, Fireflight has remained tireless road warriors on the concert circuit, playing more than 100 shows a year. "For Those Who Wait" is sure to please Christian rock fans as another entry in Fireflight's great career.

Jason Derülo Goes Back In Time In "What If" Clip

R&B's crooner new rising star Jason Derülo has premiered the cinematic new video for his fourth single "What If," taken from his eponymous self-titled debut album, slated for early 2010, there is the thrilling sense of the arrival of a major new star. There was a time when pop artists wouldn't have dreamed of touching rap, and vice-versa, but over the last two decades the lines between R&B, hip-hop and pop have become so blurred these differentiations have become almost meaningless.
After three up-tempo cuts, "Whatcha Say," "In My Head" and "Ridin' Solo" have been Top 10 hits in the U,S,! Derülo finally slows things down with a ballad and it sounds like it's going to pretty catchy. This is of course another JR Rotem production and marks a turning point on Derülo's single releases - as all of his previous cuts were upbeat, and he's now trying differently with this midtempo ballad. "Jason is one of those guys who can have a career like Ne-Yo, who writes songs for other people but has a career of his own," says Rotem. "He can write female pop songs, male R&B, he can write ballads. He's very eclectic. He's really inspired us."
Interesting plot. "What If...the only way to save the one you love was to never meet them," reads the tagline. Derülo tugs at the heartstrings in the mini-movie for "What If" video. The R&B crooner plans to propose to his girlfriend, but what happens when fate takes an ugly turn? The movie-esque video is engaging enough but the whole 'Butterfly Effect' theme to save the girl while Derülo sacrifices their first time meeting her in order to save her from being car-bashed has been done to death. Having slowed it down and left the at-times good and appalling choreography on the back-burner, both this song and video present the 20-year-old in a much more musically-durable light than his earlier releases.
At the tender age of 20, Florida native has already experienced feats that many veterans in the game aspire to. A truly multi-talented artist knows no creative boundaries. Derülo has set his sights high. "I don't want to stay in a box," Derülo says. "I want all the love!" Derülo has always possessed much in the way of star potential, however a lethal combo of auto-tune and cringe-worthy Michael Jackson impersonations have prior to now over-shadowed that. With Chris Brown on the comeback trail, Trey Songz somewhat doing his thing, and Derülo proving to be more than a one-hit wonder, the male Urban/Pop market is looking increasingly promising.

Sheryl Crow Enjoys A "Summer Day" In Park

Veteran songstress Sheryl Crow has just premiered the music video at VH1 and CMT simultaneously, for "Summer Day," the willowy uptempo track that will serve as the lead single off her forthcoming seventh studio album "1000 Miles from Memphis," which is expected to have a classic soul vibe and featured guest spots from Keith Richards, Justin Timberlake, and Citizen Cope, and is due for release July 20. The album title makes reference to her hometown of Kennett, Missouri and "its proximity to one of music cultures historic hotbeds, Memphis, Tennessee."
"Summer Day" is a slow-grooving, sultry, horn-laden salute to summer and love, which are often entwined. It is also a delightfully breezy slice of glory-days AM radio pop. "I wanted to experiment with writing something simple and positive," says Crow. "The feeling of a great, solid love—not just a new love, but something everlasting." It doesn't sound 100 miles from Memphis to us, it sounds like it is right in the heart of the music loving town with its sweet, '60s vibe and slow and easy feel.
It's been a while since we've heard any new tunes from Crow. The trendsetting musician has high hopes for her latest foray on the pop-rock scene. Crow shows you what's the best way to spend summer and has all her summer clichés in place for the video for "Summer Day," which was shot in Nashville with acclaimed director Wayne Isham in June. The clip captures of people enjoying the summer are flashed while Crow delivers a groovy performance with her band in a park. Some are playing hula hoops and the others are either sitting on a bench while listening to music or canoeing in the lake nearby in a lovely summery day. She wrote on her official website, "My friend Keith Megna made an amazing 'Summer Day' video for us - inspired by a great day in Central Park and our actual studio recording of the song."
Crow's music blends country, pop, folk, and blues rock into one mainstream sound, and her fresh, updated spin on classic roots rock made her one of the most popular mainstream rockers of the '90s. Her albums were loose and eclectic on the surface, yet were generally tied together by polished, professional songcraft. Crow's sunny, good-time rockers and world-weary ballads were radio staples for much of the '90s, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Although her songwriting style was firmly anchored to the rock tradition, she wasn't a slave to it -- her free-associative, reference-laden poetry could hardly have been the product of any era but the '90s. Her production not only kept pace with contemporary trends, but sometimes even pushed the envelope of what sounds could be heard on a classicist rock album, especially on her self-titled sophomore effort. All of this made Crow one of the most dependable stars of the decade, and she showed no signs of relinquishing her hard-won success in the new millennium. By the way, my favorite her song is "Always on Your Side," re-recorded with British musician Sting.

Brandon Flowers & Charlize Theron / "Crossfire"

Nevada-boen Rock star Brandon Flowers may be doing this solo for now, but the American synth rock band, The Killers's frontman has enlisted the help of Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron to play his hot heroin in his first action-packed solo music video, has premiered earlier Thursday, for "Crossfire," the official first single off his upcoming solo debut album, "Flamingo," due out in September 14, is heavy with tales of desolate landscapes and personal redemption, and features a duet with Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis, as well as work with "Day & Age" producer Stuart Price and Brendan O'Brien.
"Crossfire" melds the mild dancepop sensibility of its dialed down verses to soaring rafter-rattling hooks. Flowers has written more than a few songs about his tortured soul, but in the just-released video for "Crossfire," he's actually being tortured by ninjas, and only Theron efficiently dispatches with a cold eye and a samurai sword can save him. This is a fun video in 'Kill Bill' fashion, it was filmed by Australian director Nash Edgerton, and shows South African beauty Theron slings swords and throwing stars, by far the best onscreen use of whatever combat moves she learned for the ill-fated "Aeon Flux" film, to save kidnapped Flowers stuck in a sepia-tinged neighborhood from evil ninjas in a series of tricky situations. Not once, not twice, but on three separate occasions.
Flowers and Theron get into some serious scrapes in an all action shoot which sees both of them sporting bloody injuries. In the opening scene, the Killers frontman wakes up after presumably being knocked out, only to find that Theron has been kicking ninja tail and is set to free him. The usually somber-faced Killers frontman cracks a smile after each successful rescue mission. "Crossfire" doesn't veer too far away from the Killers' sound, which makes sense considering a number of the songs on "Flamingo" were originally intended for the band.
Flowers is finally the year when he steps out solo, something that had been rumored for awhile and was confirmed a few months ago. Back to the clip, there's a typically Hollywood-style ending, Theron and Flowers drive off together in the sunset to safety, at least for now. But perhaps this is a story to be continued, Flowers' solo album will giving him ample time to develop this epic saga. Flowers has alluded to the idea that his solo album could just as well have a new album for his band, The Killers, if they weren't on hiatus. "I would prefer if this was a Killers record, although it would obviously be very different if I'd made it with the rest of the band," he said. As it is, his first solo album is due this autumn, and the first song from it now has a video, next we'll be seeing Flowers performing the single on TV. Let's see if can make it as a soloist. Meanwhile, We don't need a lot of reasons to watch Theron. She's an Oscar winner, philanthropist, U.N. messenger of peace and kind of superhot in a smart, funny, attractive way.

The Saturdays "Missing You" Big Ad For Summer

The British/Irish girl group THE SATURDAYS have released the music video, the dance routine matches for their lead single "Missing You" from the girlband's forthcoming third project "Headlines," a total of five new songs for the eight-track mini LP. "Missing You" is released on August 9, followed by "Headlines" on August 16.
"Missing You" comes with a b-side song, "Ready to Rise," and features the five girls on storming form. It's an R&B-ish ballad from the girls and the chorus gets stuck to my head after the first listen. A commendable effort, the song is great for the radio. The bittersweet lyrics are an ode to a lost love, sung beautifully over some monster synth riffs, perfect for a summer smash. Fittingly, the video was recently shot at the end of May in Malaga, Spain. It's basically one big advert for summer, and the band walk around on a beach and dance in a rock pool (with artful splashing) dressed in a variety of beachwear.
Within in the music video Frankie Sandford is seen wearing a cropped white top and white shorts, Frankie walks casually through a field in the video, seemingly unaware of the attention her astonishing six pack is receiving. Una Healy also displayed her toned stomach in a white bikini top, denim waistcoat and long skirt, while Mollie King shows a modest hint of her tummy in a cropped shirt. Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman are the only two members of the band not to flash their midriffs in the new video.
Believe it or not, it's just over a year since THE SATURDAYS touched down on Planet Pop and quickly set about redecorating it in the neon shades of their sparklingly fluorescent hyper-pop. Since then a combination of nifty, killer tunes, super-tight performances and pure, hard graft has taken Frankie, Mollie, Rochelle, Una and Vanessa from bright-eyed pop ing'enues to permanent fixtures on the UK charts. Whatever scepticism and lazy comparisons greeted them initially have simply been swept away by a tireless ethos of getting on with it. The fact remains, since their debut last summer, THE SATURDAYS have had more hits than any other girl group in the land.
It's not gone unnoticed that music's needed a bloody good kick up the arse for some time now. Indie and R & B are all well and good, but what the hell are we supposed to dance to? Well wonder no more, because THE SATURDAYS's are about to throw themselves headfirst into your consciousness like a five-woman whirlwind, and bring back some much-needed, shameless fun to the charts. They're pure pop and just proud of it.