Katy Perry : More Hot for I Kissed a Girl Music Video

Katy Perry

Every so often there comes along an artist who is everywhere. Omnipresent. Pervasive. Ubiquitous. A year ago, it was Rihanna. Right now, that artist is Katy Perry.


Her hit single “I Kissed a Girl,” with its bi-curious lyrics and impossibly hummable hook, has put Katy on the lips (no pun intended) of, well, just about everybody. The song, lifted from her debut pop album One of the Boys, has reached #1 in the United States on The Billboard Hot 100, and top charts in Canada, the U.K. and elsewhere. People just LOVE this song.


But there are people who hate it, too. There are those who think the lyrics are an affront to her Christian upbringing, since she’s the daughter of two pastors and began her recording career as a Christian artist. There are those who find the lyrics homophobic (along with those of her song, “Ur So Gay”). And there are those who don’t think it was a song that should have gotten her pop-song-singing-butt placed on a prominent stage on this summer’s Warped! Tour.




Not that she cares. Why? Because the 23-year-old, guitar-slingin’, Travis McCoy-datin’, pop star is the “it” girl of the moment.


She’s confident, funny, sassy, and damn, if she’s not talented, too. Her performance of “I Kissed a Girl” brought down the house on FNMTV a few weeks back (watch it after the jump). And on that aforementioned Warped! tour, she’s been turning young punks into pop converts all summer long.


As of late, she’s back in her element, touring the country on the mtvU Video Music Awards Tour with Boys Like Girls, All Time Low and Metro Station. And that makes sense, too, because Katy is nominated for two 2008 MTV Video Music Awards! “I Kissed a Girl” vaulted her into the Best Female Video category amidst clips from the likes of Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Britney Spears and Jordin Sparks.


The “Kissed” video also nailed Katy Perry a Best New Artist nomination. In that category, she’s competing against a slew of household names like Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Jordin Sparks and Tokio Hotel. You like her, right? Well if you do, you should totally cast a vote for her, because fans are deciding who takes this Moonman home. You can vote on MTV.com’s Best New Artist voting page. You can also cast 10 votes every time you play the Moonman Entourage game on MTV.com.


Anyway, it was just a few days ago out on the mtvU Video Music Awards Tour that we caught up with Katy to chat about all things Katy Perry. You’ll be seeing the fruits of that on-stage conversation all over MTV for the next week. You can also watch the spots on MTV.com, but just not yet.


In the meantime, you can check out a gallery of photos from the shoot. Watch the “I Kissed a Girl” video below, along with that FNMTV live performance. In a few days we’ll post some of those on-air promos here, too. In the meantime, check out Katy’s MTV.com artist page for a round up of just about everything we’ve got on Ms. P.


Oh, and remember what we said about her being funny? If you haven’t been following along, you’ve missed a helluva set of Katy Perry tour diaries that she did for Buzzworthy. The most recent one has her rockin’ a lady ’stache, while this one had her sharing her tips for coping as the only girl on the road, while another one shows off her boobs.

I Kissed a Girl Music Video

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T - Pain His Thr33 Ringz PREVIEW HERE!!!

Thr33 Ringz is the third studio album from T-Pain. It is set to release on October 28, 2008, the same day as his birthday and it will be entirely produced by himself. The two songs "Silver & Gold" and "Can't Believe It" were leaked to the internet. The song "Can't Believe It" has been confirmed the first single by T-Pain's blog. The song has also been added to T-Pain's official MySpace and Facebook account. Originally "Snap Yo Fingers" was set to be the first single.The second single is rumored to be "Silver & Gold". He had performed two other songs from his album, "Badside" and "Ringleader Man". It was confirmed on MTV.com that the album will be pushed back to October 28.

"Can't Believe It", released July 29, 2008, debuted at #11 on the US iTunes chart upon its release. It was #1 on iTunes hip-hop charts for a few weeks until beaten in the charts by The Game's single "My Life" featuring Lil Wayne, and it debuted at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100.

A mixtape has been released as a prequel to the album called Pre33 Ringz.The mixtape was released on August 23, 2008.

Also, Rick Ross is stated to make an appearence on the album.


PREVIEW >>>>>>>

I never really post anything that isn’t sent to me by “trusted” people but I came across this in a certain forum and thought since it was a SLOW news day I’d post it up. Below is a track by track review given by someone who has heard music that is aimed to be included on T-Pain’s new album, Thr33 Ringz.
Track review (not a final tracklist!)

Thr33 Rings Intro - Big intro to the album, serious beat and T-Pain rapping hard
Ring Leader Man - Slow Banger
Long Lap Dance Song - Stripper song
Keep Going - T-Pain says this is one of the three tunes on my album without autotuner. Very simple production with acoustic guitar, definitely one of the highlights it’s a tribute to his children, got the best reception from the room. Show’s his reflective side
Badside - Another highlight talking about wanting to see a girls badside, club banger
Secret Admirer
Silver and Gold - The 1st single, T-Pain says it wasn’t meant to be the first single but because of it’s response when it got leaked it’s too big to stop!
Snap Yo Fingers - Buy U A Drink pt 2, big tune
Superstar Lady - Another Highlight, talks about creating a super lady (stomach of Ciara…..). T-Pain says he wanted Kanye West on this but jokingly says Kanye’s being a jerk cos he likes another track
Therapy - Track Kanye West likes and might be on, another big tune!
Secret Admirer
Ecstasy - slow sexual song very big!
****ing Sweat - track about having a great time with a girl, another highlight
It Aint Me feat Bow Wow - Bashment sort of dance song
Karaoke feat Dj Khaled - definite highlight, T-Pain add’s this is probably his favourite track says it’s gonna be the last track on the album, strong diss track where he’s rapping about people biting his style, he says the only people that can do it are Lil Wayne and Kanye West , shows respect to Roger Troutman too. The song starts of with him apologising to Akon and his management, he add’s this is due to them not wanting him to air people out.
Can’t Believe It feat Lil Wayne - 2nd single, very summery melodic track. Another highlight
Dance For Me feat Busta Rhymes
Chopped And Screwed feat Ludacris (he’s currently recording his verse) - THIS IS A BANGER! Needs to be a single, the beat is crazy, heavy basslined chopped and screwed beat with chopped up chorus, the track is massive!

T-Pain also had this to say in a recent Interview(video coming soon):

Other projects coming up including a best of both worlds album with Lil Wayne
‘This summer I’m touring with Keyshia Cole, Danity Kane and Lil Wayne I’m looking forward to that, that should be sweet! I’m also doing a best of both worlds sort of album with Lil Wayne which we’re starting in October, we’ve done a few bits already though. Timbaland is gonna be getting involved with that, I think he’s gonna be executive producing it. It’s gonna be called ‘He Rap He Sing’ cos we both rap and sing. The name of the group is T-Wayne which is self explanatory (laughs). I’ve got loads more features coming up as well, but I’m shutting that down soon.’

MTV >>> T-Pain Brings His Thr33 Ringz Circus To NYC Listening Party

Both UniverSoul and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey can fold up their tents, cage their tigers, shave their bearded ladies and tell their clowns to wash the paint from their happy little faces. They've been upstaged: T-Pain has the flyest circus in town.

On Thursday night, the new king of hip-hop and R&B guest hooks brought his Southern sideshow swagger to Manhattan, unveiling his third LP, Thr33 Ringz.

Popcorn and hot dogs were served while a big-top announcer urged everyone to "step right up" outside the venue, Swing 46. A colorfully dressed midget greeted patrons at the door, and a few feet from the open bar, cotton candy was served. Before Pain made his entrance, Lil Jon arrived looking as joyful as ever, now that his long-labored label problems were solved with a new deal several days back (a "content partnership" deal with the Orchard).

But on to the star attraction: Pain arrived and hugged the King of Crunk while making light of the fact that they looked alike, with their dreads and Oakley sunglasses. The head of Jive Records, Barry Weiss, took the stage to introduce one of the new cornerstones of his label.

"We're gonna f--- people up with this album. We're gonna shift the paragon. ... October 28, muthaf---ers!" he proudly predicted of the album's release.

Teddy P. (not to be confused with his baby-blue, six-and-half-foot mascot, Teddy Penderazdoun) later grabbed the mic and joked, "All the people that don't drink that's leavin' early, to hell with y'all."

As the album began to play, a skit commenced: two disgruntled funnymen griping about the job. "Two clowns that work for my circus that have never worked for a more f---ed-up circus than mine," T-Pain explained.

"I'm bringing new elephants, new tigers, new tat men, new strong men," he said later. "I'm bringing color."

The LP's first actual song was "Ringleader Man," which he performed a portion of on the BET Awards. Shortly after was "Therapy," a record that re-teams Pain and his "Good Life" co-star Kanye West. The song is about "all the crazy b----s that just don't have no sense," he told the crowd. He gave an example of meeting a stripper at her place of business. The girl was so nutty, he offered her $20 to shut up.

"This ain't the way I wanted it to end, but I gotta go," he sings on the track. "You still gotta your sh-- together, girl/ Shawty, you ain't gotta be scared of me/ All we need is therapy."

Kanye brings satire and current events to the song, making a naughty Obama reference by saying that the girl he rhymes about wanted to "[emasculate him] like Jesse Jackson."

"You too much pressure, dog," he adds. "You about to raise my cholesterol."

"Freeze" features Chris Brown and basically tells the ladies that if they can dance like Pain and his teenage buddy, they have a great chance of getting with the guys. Pain made a sexual reference while describing the record that elicited gasps from some crowd members.

"Chopped and Screwed" has a cameo from Ludacris. It's about going messed-up in the head after somebody breaks up with you. 'Cris does bring his patented lightheartedness, though: "Have you praising the lord like, 'Thank you! Thank you! I really wanna thank you!"

"Karaoke" takes aim at all the rappers and singers who have started using the Auto-Tune effect on their voices since Pain gave it its resurgence. DJ Khaled comes on to cheer him on: "Y'all a bunch of karaoke-f----in' n---as," The Miami DJ yells. Pain actually raps most of the record.

Other guests on the album include Bow Wow, Rick Ross and the singing symphony of Musiq Soulchild, Anthony Hamilton and Raheem DeVaughn on "Super Soul Song (Reality Show)."

Pain wrote and produced the entire LP, and he's still recording. Most of the tracks are around the mid-tempo range and play nicely to Teddy's mastery of vocal melody. The video for the first single, "Can't Believe It," also debuted at the party. It's a colorful, imaginative buffet of eye candy that focuses on performances and special effects. Lil Wayne co-stars.

Thr33 Ringz drops this fall. Prior to releasing it, T-Pain is putting out a mixtape called Pr33 Ringz.

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New video from T.I. from his upcoming Paper Trail: "Whatever You Like."

T.I. has just unveiled his new video for "Whatever You Like," the 2nd single from his upcoming Paper Trail album. As the title suggests, "Whatever You Like" is a mid-tempo jam about fulfilling the utmost desires of that special woman.


Produced by Jim Jonsin for Rebel Rock ProductionsWatch and directed by Dave Meyers.






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Rihanna More HOT in Disturbia Music Video

The new music video from R 'n' B singer Rihanna for her latest single "Disturbia" has finally been premiered on July 21. The clip was shot in Los Angeles starting from June 29 under the helm of renown director David LaChapelle, who has also worked with the likes of Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani before.

The new video seems trying to capture the meaning of the song by picturing a dark and disturbing people's behavior. Rihanna herself was shot in some different background on the clip, such as being trapped in a cage, singing and dancing inside a bed frame and sitting on a chair with her hand and leg chained.

The song itself is one of the new tracks that were included on Rihanna's latest repackaged LP "Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded", that was dropped on June 17. "Disturbia" is also a special track for the R 'n' B singer as it was actually written by her rumored boyfriend Chris Brown with the help of two of his friends Andre Merritt and Robert Allen. Before releasing "Disturbia", Rihanna has already spawned two other singles, "Take A Bow" and "If I Never See Your Face Again" featuring Maroon 5.

Beside promoting her re-released LP, the "Umbrella" hit maker reportedly has already had an idea for a new studio album. Previously in an interview, the singer stated that she wants to work with Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse and Duffy on her new record.

Update 2008-07-24: According to Def Jam's official site the video is directed by Anthony Mandler, who also direct Rihanna's "Take A Bow". Rihanna's "Disturbia" Video Premiere:

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