Taylor Goes British

Last night on The Grammy’s, Taylor Swift opened up the part performing her hit song “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”. I personally would have preferred her to perform her more recent and even bigger hit “I Knew You Were Trouble”. Imagine how awkward that would have been considering John Mayer was there with his new girl, Katy Perry.

Anyway, Taylor apparently has decided to be more cut-throat, as much as she can be, with her recent break-up. Who knew WANEGBT could be personalized each time Taylor and her current boyfriend becomes her ex. During the performance on the part where she says “He called me up and was like, I still love you”, she did what the “guy” was saying in a British accent. Her response was changed to “Sorry, I’m busy performing at The Grammy’s”. 

This is sorta an appetizer for the song about Harry Styles that we are sure to hear in about a year and a half when Taylor’s next album comes out. If last night is any indication, she is quite bitter about this latest break-up from the fave 1D band-mate. I thought the dig at Harry was quite humourous coming from sweet little Taylor Swift.

I thought overall Taylor’s performance was pretty great. I thought the design seemed to be an Alice and Wonderland and circus themed design. The little guy on the tricycle with the flame thrower was awesome and so was the guy that looked like a puppet. It was a great, energizing was to launch the 55th Grammy’s Award Show. 

Did you watch the Grammy’s last night? What were your thoughts on Taylor’s performance and the other artists performances? Let me know all of that down below in the comment section.

-JakeLX

 

Top Songs of Summer 2012 (#5-#1)

See the rest of the songs HERE:

#1. “Pontoon”- Little Big Town

Now I am not a country fan, however I feel like a the top summer song if available should be a song that includes having a good time doing something fun during the summer. This song got my number 1 because “Call Me Maybe” isn’t really a summer specific song despite it having to be the most played song of the summer. “Pontoon” also has really great lyrics and really turns into a song that is SUMMER and makes you feel like you are floating on the lake with your friends. It also helps that Little Big Town doesn’t seem to be TOO country.

-Released April 30, 2012

-First single from their new album Tornado(due out September 11, 2012)

-Peaked at #1 on the US Country Chart and #22 on the US Hot 100 chart

#2. “Call Me Maybe”- Carly Rae Jepsen

If you pick a summer song based on how viral the song is, how amny times it has been played on radio, and if you are hearing it everywhere, this song would be number one. Unfortuantly for Carl Rae, there was a summery song that that beat odds and went pretty high on the regular charts despite its genre not typically charting well unless you count Taylor Swift.

-Released September 20, 2011(Canada), February 20, 2012(Europe), February 22, 2012(US)

-First single off of Carly’s new album Kiss(due out September 18, 2012)

-Peaked at # 1 on US Pop Songs & Hot 100, #2 on US Adult Pop Songs, #4 on US Adult Contemporary, & #8 on US Hot Dance Club Songs charts.

-Certified Platinum 5x in the US

#3. “Lights”- Ellie Goulding

-Released March 13, 2011

-First US single and the sixth UK single from her debut album Lights(released February 26, 2010)

-Spent a year and three months on the US Hot 100 Chart before finally peaking at #2 this summer.

-It also charted# 1 on US Pop Songs, #4 on US Adult Pop Songs, #18 on US Adult Contemporary, & #32 on US Hot Dance Club Songs charts.

-Ellie Goulding’s second album comes out October 8, 2012

#4. “Feel So Close”- Calvin Harris

-Released August 19, 2011

-The second single from his new album 18 Months(due out October 29, 2012)

- Second song to chart(first one was “We Found Love” by Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris).

-Peaked at # 8 on US Pop Songs, #12 on US Hot 100, #28 on US Adult Pop, & #33 on US Hot Dance Club Songs charts.

#5. “Wide Awake”- Katy Perry

-Released May 22, 2012

-Second single off of the rereleased Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection(released March 26, 2012).

-Tenth #1 single on US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and her ninth #1 sing on the Mainstream Top 40(Pop Songs) chart tying her and Rihanna with the most #1’s on that chart.

-Also charted #2 US Hot 100(her eleventh consecutive top ten hit), #1 US Pop Songs, #1 US Adult Pop Songs, #10 US Adult Contemporary.

 

Katy Perry Goes Country

Well, not exactly…. A demo of a song called “Bullet” with Katy singing it was leaked sometime last year. This is the first I am hearing of it though. The song demo was made after Katy co-wrote the song with Jessie James, whom the song was for. You may remember Jessie James from the summer 2009 with her one hit thus far, “Wanted”. If you don’t remember take a listen below.

Here is Katy Perry’s version of “Bullet” which sound really weird considering it is so country and kinda twangy. I don’t hate it though. I’m not a huge country music fan, but country pop is fine with me. It reminds me of when Lady Gaga release the country version of “Born This Way”. “Bullet” is even more country than Gaga’s song though. Take a listen to Katy’s version of “Bullet” below.

Here is the official version of “Bullet” which is sang by Jessie James of course.

Who sings it better? You can decide for yourself… I love Katy and her voice, but I think Jessie probaby brings more attitude and country to the song that was made for all of that. I don’t expect Katy to be top-notch on a country song. I think Katy’s version could do really well if she recorded an actual version of the song and it wasn’t just the demo that we are listening to. So, who do you think sings the song “Bullet” better?

 

 

Music Review: Part of Me-Katy Perry

Last night Katy Perry debuted her newest single, “Part of Me” at the 2012 Grammys show. The song is well on its way to becoming another number one hit for the hit lister that is Perry. Despite many, including myself, believing that the track is about Katy’s ex Russell Brand, it is actually an older song. It was a song that was recorded during the recording sessions for the “Teenage Dream” album. The song didn’t make the original cut, but it is going to be n the re-released version “Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection” which is due out March 27.

“Part of Me” is a great song about a break-up and not letting it get the best of you. Even though the song wasn’t originally about Russell Brand, Katy has added some lines including, “keep your diamond ring”, that have retooled the song towards Russell. The song was being played on Clear Channel Radio stations on the hour, every hour February 13. The song should be able to hit number one with or without riding the Katy-Russell divorce marketing. It is a great, catchy song that I have been repeating all day. You can see the awesomely designed lyric video below. Hopefully, we can get a music video soon.

 

 

“Simply Melanie” Ep. 5

01.05— On this episode Simply Melanie debuts its more informative entertainment news format. This episode includes news about everything from Tim Tebow to Robert Pattinson! Like, Share, and Favorite!

 

Katy Perry Speak On Divorce

Katy Perry apparently went to Twitter to tweet about the rumours that have been spreading about her and Russell Brand getting a divorce. Katy tweeted:

“Concerning the gossip, I want to be clear that NO ONE speaks for me. Not a blog, magazine, “close sources” or my family.”

Now this doesn’t answer the one question that we all still wonder: What happened? RIght before the Christmas holiday both had went to Twitter and in interviews said everything to do with their marriage was fine. Then in early January they get divorced? There must have been problems awhile back and they both played it off very well. Which I have to say is pretty awesome of them to try to keep some sort of privacy. I am sure in the coming weeks and months more on this divorce will pour in, but until then we are all still waiting.

 

“Simply Melanie” Ep. 4

01.04— This week Melanie discusses her holiday vacation and some of the events that occurred while she was gone. Melanie also introduces the “Melanie Book Club”. Check it all out here!

 

No Pre-Nup Between Katy and Russell

It is being rumoured that Katy Perry and Russell Brand didn’t sign any type of pre-nup agreement. That means that Russell could be entitled to half of all the money that Katy made this year. She made around $40 million last year. Even though I love Katy I have to say she deserves it. What celebrity in this day and age gets married without out signing a pre-nup? It doesn’t matter if you don’t think you won’t ever get a divorce. She also should have wanted one for herself because she is the one bringing in the most money.

 

Brand and Perry OVER!

Despite both Russell Brand and Katy Perry saying recently that they are not getting a divorce and are fine… They are getting a divorce. I really hate to see this happen because even though I though they were and odd match, I really like seeing them together. Apparently it was Brand that started the divorce proceedings and it is rumoured that Perry was blindsided. How blindsided can you be when you spend Christmas 7,000 miles apart? Again, I am sad to hear this news, but we will see what happens. Maybe she should have went with her first impression of him at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards… She didn’t like him.

Source: MSN Wonderwall

 

SNL: Katy Perry and Robyn

A review on tonights(12/11/11) Saturday Night Live hosted by Katy Perry and the performance was by Robyn. Overall I give this episode 3.8/5 stars.