Posts Tagged ‘Video Interview/Clips’

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

In case you haven’t heard, the one and only Snoop Dogg has released a new single under the name Snoop Lion. No, I’m not kidding. This is actually quite cool, because A.) it’s unexpected and somewhat funny & B.) it’s for an amazing cause: ending gun violence.

On No Guns Allowed, Snoop teams up with Drake and daughter Cori B. in a plea for peace on the streets.

Produced by Major Lazer and Ariel Rechtshaid, Snoop rhymes about putting weapons down on the reggae-influenced track: “Cause, no guns are allowed, in here tonight/ We’re gonna have a free-for-all, no fights/ I wanna get lost in the crowd, in here tonight.”

Go Snoop Lion!

Snoop’s 11th studio album, Reincarnated, drops on April 23rd.

Listen to Snoop Lion’s No Guns Allowed (featuring Cori B. and Drake) below + interview w/ Snoop explaining the inspiration behind the song following.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Yay for cute boys + cool musicians!

‘Heartthrob: The Interviews’ features Tegan & Sara interviewing, well, heartthrobs. Such a genius marketing campaign to promote their long-awaited new album Heartthrob, available now.

I could watch these clips all damn day!

PS: Skylar, call me!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Certain songs are like fuel. They take you places. Others are like pain medication. They get you through shit. When a song contains both of these elements, it’s a serious addiction waiting to happen.

That’s what this song is for me: a freakin’ addiction. I literally cannot stop playing it; I feel it in my veins. And while the music video was disappointing and weird (to see it, go find it for yourself), the song stands on its own. It’s rad and without flaw.

Check out Radioactive by Imagine Dragons below.

Love! Love! Love!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Gotta give credit where credit is due! Bam!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

And I’m officially disturbed!

So I don’t keep up with all the stupid teeny-bopper nonsense in the world, so I’m a little late to this perhaps, but I just found out that Justin Bieber’s fans call his, um, wing wang, Jerry. Yup! As in your friend’s dad. Or the guy sitting next to you at Starbucks. Or that dude from Parks & Recreation.

Funny, because it’s absolutely ridiculous. Depressing, because I have no faith left in the human race. JK, you guys!

See Jerry in action below! The little fella’s got some moves, huh?

Wait a second. What the hell am I talking about?!

Is it Friday yet?

To redeem myself/make up for the stupidity of this post, check out the incredible Biebs cover by VanLadyLove below. Love!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Ryan Leslie has officially announced Ups & Downs as the second single off of his top-notch rap album Les Is More, and personally, I can’t get enuff of it! Described by the Associated Press to “surely send you up,” the feel-good jam is all kinds of right!

In conjunction with the release of Les is More, Leslie has been chosen as a brand ambassador for the Sony X Headphones (#SonyX) for their “Love To Give” (#SonyLove) campaign this holiday season. Ups & Downs is featured in a video vignette for the Sony X’s, where Leslie discusses the importance of having headphones that don’t dilute the honesty of the recording. The “Love To Give” campaign celebrates the spirit of giving, and features various other artists, including country pop singer Taylor Swift and hottie photographer Nigel Barker.

The first rap album from Ryan Leslie, Les Is More, debuted at #1 on the iTunes Hip Hop Charts simultaneously in 8 countries, including the U.S., Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, and Switzerland.

Bask in the greatness that is Ryan Leslie below!

Happy Holidays, errbody!

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

A flawless piece of art. Quite possibly the best video I’ve seen all damn year…

Directed by Floria Sigismondi and choreographed by the Golden Boyz, Pink’s just-released video for Try is a visual feast, spilling over the brim with passion, paint, and vicious acrobatics. Dancer Colt Prattes (Ummm, what a f*cking hottie! Sorry, had a moment!) takes on the leading male role in the video, creating a physically emotional and relatable presence with Pink in a series of modern dance scenes.

Try is the second single released from her latest album, The Truth About Love, and on a personal level, one of my favorites from the album. No joke, I’ve played this damn song probably 500x since the disc was released.

This may be a bold statement, but I think this is Pink’s greatest piece of work, from a visual slash music video perspective.

Pink agrees: “Making this video was the most fun I’ve ever had in my entire career. I never wanted it to end. It’s my favorite video ever.”

Stunning music video + recent live performance following.

[Related Post: New P!nk Cuts Like A Razorblade]

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Sometimes ya just feel like a butt. Know what I mean? A ciggy! Yup. That’s pretty much the shallow explanation of the new video for Put Me Out by The Used.

The track, which is actually a metaphor for a love gone sour, is featured on the band’s latest album, Vulnerable.

Describing the video, frontman Bert McCracken told Fuse: “When I am at a rock show, I am able to simply be myself. Plus, sometimes we all feel like a cigarette.”

The amped-up tune has McCracken scrockin’ (screamin’ + rockin’ = a new word I just invented; get into it!): “I gave you everything, you threw it away/ Put me out like a cigarette, out like a cigarette.”

The band is currently headlining its own U.S. gigs with Twin Atlantic and Stars in Stereo.

Recent interview + the just-released video for Put Me Out below.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com
The above pic is interactive, so scroll your mouses (mice?) over it, people! Pretty dope, right?

Paloma Faith is coming to the Big Apple and we’re feelin’ like Oprah. Yup! We’re doing a giveaway!

Paloma, who’s in the vibe of Lana Del Rey meets Florence and the Machine, is playing at Joe’s Pub on September 11th.

To celebrate the intense awesomeness that is this pixie pop package, BiggerThanBeyonce is giving away a set of tickets to the upcoming show.

To enter, LIKE us on Facebook or FOLLOW us on Twitter, and let a hoe know!

May the odds ever be in your flavah.

*Winners will be notified by noon on Monday 9/10/12

Paloma Faith EPK from Epic on Vimeo.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Last night, I attended ‘A Conversation with Alanis Morissette,’ hosted by Rolling Stone editor Anthony DeCurtis. Yup! Little ol’ me was in the presence of music biz royalty, y’all!

Besides a few awkward moments, the entire conversation was blistering and brilliant. Alanis spoke with such eloquence and depth, that at times, I felt like my brain was freezing with splendidness.

The woman is so deep, she’s a gaping hole! (Compliment, people.)

But for real, besides the fact that she’s been a revolutionary comet for women in music, she also came across as enlightened and vulnerably potent; an undeniably genuine human being.

Below are a few of my favorite quotes from the night:

“I feel like I have these gifts, and if I don’t use them, things start to go terribly wrong.”

“We’re all expressing pieces of God every day, whether we know it or not.”

“The songwriting process is exhausting and effortless at the same time.”

“I’m an alpha woman – and there’s tons of us – and at one point, we would have been burned at the stake and had our heads chopped off, but now we’re being championed. There’s never been a greater time to be a woman.”

“Marriage and committed relationships are a hotbed for healing.”

Love her!

Havoc and Bright Lights, Morissette’s eighth studio album, is out now.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

I WAS HERE.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Leave it to Madonna to release a music video and change my entire opinion on a song. Just the other day, I was listening to this track thinking about how ridiculously simple it is, and how I would expect more from a person that many label the Queen of Pop. Flash forward to moments after watching the new video, and all my previous f*cking thoughts have gone out the window!

I’m living for this video… It simply works.

Turn Up the Radio is the third single from Madonna’s latest album, MDNA. The video was shot in Florence, Italy and directed by Tom Munro, who also shot M’s Give It 2 Me clip back in 2008.

Oh, and PS! If you’re curious about what the driver says at the end of the video, it translates to dis: “The party’s over now. Buckle [your] belt, b—-!”

Recent European interview + brand spankin’ new video following.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Wotyougot recently chatted it up with the cutie pie that is Mika, discussing his upcoming third album The Origin Of Love + his new relationship, his career, music piracy, and a little song he wrote for Madonna’s new album called Gang Bang:

“It was full of all these statements that my grandfather used to say, like a fish out of water, like a bat out of hell, things like you may think it’s you I like the most but I’m just keeping my enemies close. These are all things that my granddad used to say. He was kind of this burly Arab guy who lived in New York. Madonna heard this song because William Orbit presented it to her, and I didn’t know. As far as I was concerned it was just a song that I was writing for myself, and then Madonna liked it and she recorded her version and in the end she adapted it. I was never in the studio with Madonna. The song got changed I think countless times and in the end it was called ‘Gang Bang’, probably because there was so many people that worked on it and it’s kind of cool. I think it’s probably my favorite thing off that last record. It’s kind of grown up in a weird sort of way. It’s got this bitterness about it which is kind of cool to hear from her.”

Interview + Make You Happy vid below.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Ok, not to be THAT person, but I’ve been a Frank Ocean fan long before his coming out made him appear on everyone’s Facebook newsfeed over the past week… To prove my point, check out THIS post that I wrote forever and a day ago, properly titled ‘Frank Ocean, I’m In Love With Chu’. I mean, hello. And although, I thought I couldn’t love him more, the R&B singer/songwriter took my borderline obsession to a whole ‘notha level with the bravery he exuded in his coming out letter.

In case you’ve been living under a rock/are a Southern Baptist (ha), Frank Ocean posted an open letter on his Tumblr page, where he admitted to the fact that his first love was actually a man. Since his painfully honest blog post (which, let’s face it, could change the face of hip-hop), Frank Ocean has received an outpouring of support from friends like Tyler, The Creator, Russell Simmons, fans/family, and now Beyonce herself.

Beyonce and Frank Ocean first developed a friendship when working together on her stunning song I Miss You. To show love + support to Frank for his brave and beautiful decision to be open about his sexuality and life, the always-classy Miss Knowles wrote some simple yet touching words and dedicated them to Frank; covering the words over a black and white shot of Frank Ocean, she wrote: “Be fearless. Be honest. Be generous. Be brave. Be poetic. Be open. Be free. Be yourself. Be in love. Be happy. Be inspiration.”

Beyutiful! (Ok, that’s corny. But f*ck it!)

Frank’s forthcoming LP Channel Orange is set to drop on July 17th.

By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com

Word!

Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell recently fired off at record labels in an interview with Fuse TV at the Beale Street Music Festival.

Said Perry: “I blame the record companies, because I feel that most of the record companies are really lame, and they’ve done their best to destroy really good music. I don’t say that begrudgingly because I’m in a good place. I’ll be fine, but the young musicians are the ones that aren’t getting signed because they’re not pop idiots, and that’s the sad part about it. They’re trying to find a pop sensation to appeal to tweens, whoever is gonna buy the record. Who buys records anymore? Tweens, because they don’t know any better, they don’t know how to steal a record yet.”

He continued: “If you go to a festival, those people [alternative rock bands] are filling the bill. So it’s really the record companies that are a bunch of losers and don’t know what they’re talking about.”

Watch the interview below.