Katy Perry Lights Blue Wig On Fire In New Tease Video

She then took to Twitter to also announce the news, writing: "We don't need no water let the baby blue burn." Watch the teaser clip here.

Keith Urban Only Judge Returning To American Idol

(Radio.com) Well, It's official. Keith Urban will be returning as a judge on the next season of American Idol, he announced to fans via his Twitter account last Thursday.

Most agree the "Little Bit of Everything" singer did an outstanding job on the show this past season, but that didn't mean his return was a sure thing.

As that season of Idol began to wrap up, Keith said it was a "relief," since he no longer had to cast a vote. In addition to this, fellow judges Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Randy Jackson also left the show.

All of this left many wondering if Urban was going to return–whether he'd be asked back, or if he even wanted the job again. But after months of speculation, he made the announcement yesterday on Twitter (and like every other fan of the show, he noted he's also "dying to know who the other judges will be").

He tweeted, "Thrilled to be back on @AmericanIdol with my pal @RyanSeacrest and dying to know who the other judges will be!!!! -KU" The Keith Urban surprises didn't stop there

Robin Thicke and Fallen Take Blurred Lines In New Direction

(popmusiclife) Robin Thicke joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots on Thursday night to perform a version of the singer's summer smash, "Blurred Lines", with children's instruments.

Thicke played spoons, with Fallon on a wood block and Casio keyboard, while The Roots used everything from a ukulele to maraca, xylophone, melodica, kazoo and more.

"Blurred Lines" is the song of the summer of 2013, without question, as it sits atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for an 8th week. Check out video of the jam here.

Miley Cyrus Guest Stars In Big Sean's 'Fire' Video

(Radio.com) Sometimes it pays to have friends in high places. For Big Sean, this friend is Miley Cyrus. On Friday, (August 2) Sean released the video for "Fire," a song off his upcoming Hall of Fame album, which is due out August 27.

In the video, Cyrus is the main attraction as she struts around in short-shorts, see-through sweaters and metallic two-pieces. Big Sean, on the other hand, only appears for a brief moment–surrounded by flames, of course–making Cyrus the subject to watch.

In fact, aside from a few exploding roses, the majority of the video looks more like a fashion show featuring Cyrus. Cyrus is no stranger to the rap world. In May, she teamed up with Snoop Lion for the duet "Ashtrays And Heartbreaks." The retro video had her singing over Snoop's familiar raps.

And then there's her famous twerk, which has now been immortalized in a Jay Z song. On "Somewhere In America" off Jay Z's Magna Carta… Holy Grail, he raps, "Feds still lurking/They see I'm still putting work in/Cause somewhere in America/Miley Cyrus is still twerkin." Later, he continues: "Twerk, Miley, Miley, Miley, twerk."

Cyrus recently visited 92.3 NOW (a Radio.com station) to talk new music, dream collaborations and why she will no longer be twerking.

"I want people to remember I have a real talent: I'm a singer, I'm not a professional twerker," she said. Check out the video and read more here.

Jessie J Releases Unconventional Tease For 'It's My Party'

(Radio.com) Jessie J fans got a special treat recently. While in London, the singer gave fans a preview of her new single "It's My Party." After they heard the track, they sang along line by line in her single teaser on the streets of London.

Store owners, bikers, construction workers and random bystanders took part in the 80-second clip, which she revealed on YouTube on Friday (August 2).

"It's My Party" is the follow-up to "Wild," which features Big Sean. The song will premiere in its entirety on Monday (August 5). Jessie J recently revealed her new single and filled fans in on what to expect from her forthcoming album during a chat with fans on Google hangout.

Currently working on her sophomore album, while a release date is TBD Jessie J recently revealed that she's been collaborating with Calvin Harris and Dr. Luke on the follow-up to her debut LP Who You Are.

"The first album I felt like a lot of the songs were reassurance to myself of being somebody that wanted to fit in. When I was 16, 17 writing 'Big White Room,' 'Stand Up, 'Mama Knows Best' and 'Rainbow,' I felt like I always had to have a happy ending and had to reassure myself," she said in the Google chat. "Looking back, I feel like this album is a real reflection of the woman I'm going to be forever. For me that's the obvious difference. I'm not afraid of pain. It just feels more like me. It is more of a cohesive piece of art. I'm very proud of it and I feel like it's going to shock people and that's what I want to do." Read more and watch the teaser here.

Sheryl Crow Scores Country Hit

(Gibson) Sheryl Crow's new "country" single "Easy" has cracked the Billboard Top 20 country chart. And she's grateful. "I've seen other kind of pop-oriented people come over to the format and kinda try to capitalize on the loyalty of the country fan base, and I'm super-persnickety about it," Crow says.

"I feel like it's a humbling experience to get to play for these fans. I mean, they love their country artists, but I also feel like a huge part of my fan base, they listen to country. That's what we all listen to now."

Crow credits country guitarist Brad Paisley with helping her. "I made Brad Paisley write a chick song about being a single mom," Crow says. "I feel like the best songwriting, undeniably, and the best artistry exists in country. So, you know, I hope they feel like I belong here."

One Crow/Paisley composition, "Waterproof Mascara," will appear on Sheryl Crow's Feels Like Home album, out on September 10. Check out the video here.

Rudimental Rising From The Underground

(Radio.com) It's summer 2013, and the sound of the London underground is back in a big way. Hot on the heels of bright young acts like Disclosure and AlunaGeorge, who've been carrying the panoramic sounds of the British club scene into the mainstream, comes Rudimental. The East London act is bringing those same feel-good warehouse sounds to a concert stage near you.

"I think the underground scene that's coming through to the mainstream has been going in London for a long time now," explained Rudimental's Kesi Dryden during a phone interview with Radio.com. Dryden is one of the group's primary members alongside Piers Agget, Amir Amor and DJ Locksmith. "It's great to see it crossing over to the mainstream," he continued. "Acts like Rudimental and Disclosure maybe six years ago wouldn't have had U.K. hits. They would've been more like underground hits. It's great to see that happen."

Rudimental's debut full-length album, Home, was released this past May. It followed a pair of chart-topping singles, "Waiting All Night" and "Feel the Love," and it echoed the group's earlier successes by debuting at the top of the British album chart.

"That was incredible, to see our album do so well," Dryden admitted. "We'd had two No. 1 singles before that, but we didn't want to be known just as an act that does singles, we wanted to be known as an album act. We want to be known as a band, because we love playing live and we love to tour. For our album to hit No. 1 was a real moment for us. We felt proud of the achievement. We put so much hard work into it. It's the Rudimental sound of what we've grown up with and been influenced by. For people around the world to appreciate it is an amazing feeling."

That "Rudimental sound" was nurtured in the area of East London known as Hackney, which Dryden says is a melting pot of music and culture. more.

Pitch Perfect Platinum For Cup Game 'When I'm Gone' Rendition

(Radio.com) The Cup Game is easy enough. You need a plastic cup, rhythm and a little bit of patience to play. After learning the order in which you drum on the cup, move it and toss it over your forearm before resuming the procedure again, you increase your pace, going faster and faster until the plastic object goes flying.

Pitch Perfect, a musical comedy by Universal Pictures released in September 2012, follows the Barden Bellas, an all-girl a cappella group, as the team competes against a fellow group from Barden University to win the Nationals competition.

Along the way, the group gets help from an unlikely source — Beca Mitchell, played by Anna Kendrick, an aspiring DJ with a penchant for creating mash-ups of popular songs who decides to join the club.

Mitchell's audition for the Bellas is a rendition of the song "When I'm Gone," performed to the rhythm of the Cup Game. It not only gains Mitchell admission into the club; it also became the film's rallying cry, spawning a number of YouTube covers and how-tos.

Then, radio noticed. Today, the song has been transformed into a bona fide single, having added an extra 50 seconds to its original length, coming in at just over two minutes.

On last week's Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Cups" reaches its highest peak yet, jumping one spot to No. 8 after finding a home on both pop and adult contemporary radio.

Performed by Kendrick herself, the single version has also earned a Platinum rating from the RIAA, having sold over 1 million downloads. The story goes even deeper than that.

Judge Seals Lady Gaga Secrets

A judge has granted Lady Gaga's request and ordered that sensitive information be sealed that the entertainer reportedly says would seriously damage her career, according to TMZ.

They report that Lady Gaga asked the court earlier this year to seal documents in a lawsuit between her former boyfriend and producer Rob Fusari and former friend Wendy Starland, documents that have not yet been filed but that Gaga suspected were coming, according to the report.

The site says that Lady Gaga felt that the information could harm her by exposing details of a financial settlement she made with Fusari years ago, in addition to other sensitive personal info. Read their full report here.

Singled Out: Frances Livings' Eating the Darkness

Today acclaimed singer-songwriter Frances Livings tells us about the song "Eating the Darkness", which comes from her recently released album "The World I Am Livings In". Here is the story:

One day I was scouring the internet for art photography. Following my instincts and mood, I downloaded quite a few pictures which touched me on a very visceral level. Sometimes I use these images to illustrate my poetry on my website. They can also act like "dream catchers", by directing me towards a topic probably already slumbering in my sub-conscience. In this particular situation it must have all run together and I was both deeply touched and inspired by a photograph which not only helped me to get unstuck but ended up delivering a line for a song.

I had been playing around on the piano and working on a piece called "Eating the Darkness". I wanted to convey feelings of loneliness and despair, captured and staged in the isolation of an apartment or room. Alas, in the chorus I felt there was a strong image missing. So I kept getting stuck. Even playing the melody over and over again wasn't helping this time. "Eating the Darkness" felt strong and authentic because it had emerged very spontaneously out of the depth of me like from a dark turquoise deep sea cavern. But I wanted to delve into, explore and express a feeling of complete hopelessness, set in that room. How could I translate that sometimes painful emotion of not being relevant, of feeling invisible without using lengthy descriptions?

Suddenly this photograph entered my mind. It just presented itself. So I opened up my laptop and fished it out of my pictures folder. It is a black and white photograph in a square vintage style format, reminding me of one of my favourite iphone applications, Instagram with which I frequently experiment. It shows a desolate, abandoned and decaying room – very similar to the atmosphere of space I wanted to create in my song. Diametrically opposed to the rough textural quality of the setting, a way in which Woodman often stages her photographs, is the smoothness of her young and flawless, naked body. She stands there, faceless and naked, fading into the wallpaper. "Fading into the wallpaper", I thought. And suddenly the chorus was complete.

After finally having completed the song, I started wondered who the artist, Francesca Woodman, was. Where and in which stage of her life would find her? I wanted to share my work and also thank her for the inspiration. It only took a few seconds on Google and I was starring at the ugly word suicide. Questions started rolling in. Why had the photograph had such a deep impact on me? Was it because she was able to express these very feelings so well, many people fighting depression are plagued by, only in a different medium? Was it the visualization of her experience which had enabled me to tap into mine? At the same time I felt strangely protective. I didn't want anyone else to have experienced the agonizing and tormenting state of depression. Feeling so eerily close to the topic and to her, almost intrusive, like a voyeur, I distanced myself from the temptation to speculate about what had happened and I began to reclaim my song, take it for what it was, and record it for my new album.

Another sensation that has stayed with me however, is gratitude: I feel fortunate that I had connected with both this picture and my own story without seeing it though a biographical prism (learning about her death first). Especially in an era of information overload and constant accessibility, it is sometimes difficult to push past these layers of fragmented knowledge and prejudice and retrieve what lies beneath – our authentic thoughts and feelings. I am grateful that a fellow artist had given me something to connect with, almost like a piece of her soul. Because isn't that what every person who creates seeks to achieve, to touch or inspire someone and almost live on in their work? She hasn't faded into the wallpaper and I hope I won't either.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album right here!

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