Juicy J knows how to party, but not every waking moment in the electric rapper’s life is a turnt-up twerk-a-thon. Take, for instance, the time Juice worked with Katy Perry on “Dark Horse,” an upcoming song from her Prism album. “I just did something with Katy Perry, man. That song is amazing,” … Read more
The word “twerk” is definitely having the best week ever. After Miley Cyrus gyrated across the 2013 MTV Video Awards stage and shook her money-maker on Robin Thicke, America has become even more obsessed with the dance. On Wednesday (August 28), Oxford Dictionaries Online added “twerk” in its latest edition and while … Read more
Can Ariana Grande‘s recent musical success rub off on her “Victorious” co-stars as well? Leon Thomas sure hopes so. Fans of the Nickelodeon show will remember the 20-year-old Brooklyn native as musical prodigy Andre Harris, but Thomas is ready to embark on a serious musical journey now that he has signed on … Read more
The boys of One Direction have accomplished a lot in 2013: their second headlining tour, a 3-D documentary and a Moonman for Song of the Summer at the VMAs. Now, they’re ready to check another thing off their list. The follow-up to their widely successful 2012 album, Take Me Home, will reportedly … Read more
Ryan Raddon, better known as Kaskade, has been nominated for Grammys, has sold out the Staples Center and had 12 top 10 singles, but he still isn’t satisfied. For his eighth studio album, he laid down his own vocals on the title track for the first time ever. MTV News caught up … Read more
‘NSYNC‘s long-awaited reunion at the VMAs had fans, including A-listers like Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, screaming with delight. For almost a decade, the five members held different opinions about whether they would ever grace the stage together again. But with one phone call from Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award winner Justin … Read more
Katy Perry was ready to rumble when she released her new single, “Roar,” but her battle wasn’t against any other artists, it was against her toughest opponent, herself. “I started the record in November, but things were really flowing by the spring and it’s a song about standing up for yourself,” Perry … Read more
When we saw that Lady Gaga gave One Direction a little pep talk Sunday night at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, there were a ton of questions on our minds. Did 1D see her butt? How can we meet her? But perhaps the most pressing question we had: What was Mother … Read more
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards provided us with plenty of memorable on-screen moments — Miley, we’re looking at you — but, as is often the case with a show this massive, some of the best moments actually happen off camera, when the stars let their guard down and prove that, yes, … Read more
Since it came at the tail end of his epic, career-spanning Video Music Awards performance — and subsequent ‘NSync reunion (!!!) — it’s kind of difficult to remember that Justin Timberlake also won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at Sunday night’s show. Which is saying something, considering it’s the VMAs’ highest … Read more
The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards brought out the biggest stars in the business … and one of the biggest audiences in the show’s history. Sunday night’s show garnered a total audience of 10.1 million viewers — a 66-percent increase over last year’s show — making it cable’s top-rated entertainment telecast of … Read more
It’s hard to imagine a world in which MTV viewers didn’t know who ‘NSYNC is, but it’s even harder to imagine a world in which iPhones don’t exist. But an iPhone-less world was indeed reality back in 1999 when ‘NSYNC first took the VMA stage in their debut performance. Picture it: August … Read more
When we saw Miley Cyrus‘ new Bangerz album cover for the first time Saturday, we couldn’t help but wonder what other artists might look like in the same pink-neon, South Beach scene. Inspired by Sunday (August 25) night’s MTV Video Music Awards, we woke up the interns and, a few hours of … Read more
It’s the kind of dilemma most artists would kill to have. Actually, it’s one that no other artist has ever had before: what song to play when you’re performing on your third MTV awards show of the year. After rocking the MTV Movie Awards and mtvU Woodie Awards, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis … Read more
The rehearsals for Sunday night’s 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center are on total lockdown. (Hell, we work here and we can’t even get into them!) While we count down the hours until Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Robin Thicke, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Miley Cyrus, … Read more
