Since our last installment we were finally given Robyn. The Swedish pop queen is still going very strong at the ripe age of 31 (remember 1996's "Show Me Love"?) and we've had the pleasure of watching her mature into a badass electro diva. With three installments to her Body Talk series, the first, a mini-LP of eight songs, dropped last week and it is intoxicating. The first three tracks are all stunners: "Don't Fucking Tell Me What to Do," "Fembot" and "Dancing On My Own" are all now officially in the running.
The Billboard charts would have you believe that Katy Perry and Usher are still ruling the world. But those of you who've laid your eyes on Ms. Perry's interpretation of her "California Gurls" Snoop collab might've let your stomach-turning apply to her as much as her ghastly vision of Candy Land. What was she thinking? It's not very appetizing. Even if you have a sweet tooth.
Oh, and have you not seen the nine-minute "Alejandro" video yet? Sweet Jesus, she sure does love us gays. But is this the way she wants to worship us? It does entice and titillate a bit to see an army of sexily-androgynous dancers with severe bobs, but the grabbing, humping and bed play are too much! Crawl out under your rock and settle in with this mini-movie if you haven't already. Does it do much for her chart status or favor in the world of gays? We'll have to wait and see.
In my world, the story is Christina. With Bionic she's dropped a new batch of songs for the next wave of XTina fandom to feed on. "Not Myself Tonight," the first single, is still super-fresh and despite the hub-ub around the video, it's a hot-ass club banger and radio hit. But the real promise lies in "Woo Hoo," her hook-up with the mysterious Nicki Minaj (is she going to put out a good record on her own?). This song will jump to the front of the Songs of the Summer race as soon as she makes a proper video for it. Check out some dirty choreography already being concocted to accompany this hip hop flavored gem.
And while I've already blown up Kele Okereke (former Bloc Party frontman), his new record The Boxer is about to be available to the public and while we're excited about "Tenderoni" there are a handful of other tracks worth pulling for in the race for your attention. Namely, "Rise," a dance number that's going to be remixed in unholy ways.
But now for the bad news. Some SOS hopefulls are already falling by the wayside. Like the radio-friendly "Nothin' On You" by B.o.B. feat Bruno Mars. But don't count him out. He's also got "Airplanes" feat Haley Williams climbing the charts.
And what about all the hype behind Drake? The first single of Thank Me Later, "Find Your Love," doesn't bode well. It seems like a real snooze.
Finally, there is last year's champion Kelly Rowland and David Guetta back to repdominate this summer's airwaves again with "Commander." Her self-titled third album isn't due until September but their single hasn't seemed so exciting until this fierce-as-shit runway vogue-off between black latex Kelly and red latex Kelly. She's really stepped it up with some classic Paris is Burning moves.
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