After a recent trip near our nation’s capital, the fellas from the UK boy-band One Direction found out just how big of a deal they are. “When we met (Malia and Sasha Obama) at the ‘Kids Choice Awards,’ they said that if we can’t come to the White House, they would come to us,” singer… Read more »
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INTERVIEW: Vinny Guadagnino on Getting Cast for ‘Jersey Shore,’ His New Book, and Season 6
Some credit “Jersey Shore” with reviving MTV, a network that was trying to find its place in pop culture after “The Real World” ratings dwindled, “The Hills” came to an end, and music videos became an online, on-demand commodity. But, it almost didn’t happen. The original concept for “Jersey Shore” was actually intended for VH1…. Read more »
INTERVIEW: Fun. Keyboardist Andrew Dost Talks ‘Glee,’ GaGa, and LGBT Issues
Despite their meteoric success, the members of the band Fun. find themselves staying true to their roots in multiple ways. The first is the tour the band is currently on. Fun. sold out most of the shows scheduled before June before “We Are Young” became a huge anthem. Especially in a touring market that is… Read more »
INTERVIEW: Donnie Wahlberg Says New Teen Pop Movement ‘Validates’ What NKOTB Did 25 Years Ago
Before One Direction and The Wanted, before N’Sync, the Backstreet Boys, and 98 Degrees, there was New Kids on the Block. The music between the aforementioned acts spans three decades, and New Kids singer Donnie Wahlberg is happy the genre has exhibited staying power. “In some ways, [One Direction and The Wanted] validate us,” the… Read more »
INTERVIEW: Ivy League Grad Hoodie Allen Not Surprised By Fan Support of ‘All American’
You’ve heard of the white kid going to college and doing well for himself in the hip-hop and R&B game before. But, have you heard of the Ivy League graduate who worked at Google before quitting, dropping mixtapes, and independently rapping his way to the number one album on iTunes? Didn’t think so. Meet Hoodie… Read more »
INTERVIEW: The Ting Tings Choose Its Own Path to ‘Sounds From Nowheresville’
The Ting Tings are managed by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. Jay is an artist who has managed to stay true to himself while maintaining relevancy. Jules de Martino and Katie White hope to do the same, and that alone could explain the four-year gap between the duo’s breakout debut We Started Nothing and its latest release,… Read more »
INTERVIEW: Alex Solowitz Says 2Ge+her’s Comeback Continues with Teaser Show
As reunited boy bands like New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys continue to tour the globe, other boy bands like 98 Degrees contemplate a reunion, and new boy bands like The Wanted and One Direction find success in the States, there is yet another group that is still plotting its comeback. “We’re in… Read more »
INTERVIEW: ‘X-Factor’ Finalist Chris Rene Nears Finish of L.A. Reid-Assisted Album
How hands-on is Antonio “L.A.” Reid with the artists on Epic Records? In the case of “The X-Factor” finalist Chris Rene, very. “It’s track by track,” Rene said of the Chairman and CEO of the label’s involvement with his forthcoming album. “It’s like, I’m not going to make a track that I’m not happy with… Read more »
INTERVIEW: It Keeps Getting Busier, and Better, for Hot Chelle Rae
Hot Chelle Rae seems pleasantly surprised at how well the band’s career continues to progress. “It’s everything that we thought it would be, but it’s also surprising at the same time,” lead singer Ryan Follese told me backstage over the weekend. Hot Chelle Rae was on one of its many sold out stops for the… Read more »
INTERVIEW: Sirah Talks ‘Cult’; Explains How She Recorded Vocals for Skrillex’s ‘Bangarang’
West coast emcee Sirah semi-jokes that she was dropping rhymes “before it was cool to rap as a small white girl.” “Now it’s like the ‘in’ thing,” Sirah noted. “I definitely feel like I can hold it down for myself since I’ve been doing it when it wasn’t so widely appreciated.” But now that it… Read more »