Tag: Kids Do the Darndest Things (31-40 of 50)

Oct 14 2010 10:32 AM ET

Justin Bieber tells Patriot Tom Brady to get a haircut in new rap freestyle: Watch here

brady-bieberImage Credit: Winslow Townson/AP Images; Pamela LittkeyThis kid just does it all, huh? Justin Bieber is known for eliciting squeals from tweens by way of singing and dancing. But last night the Biebs made his debut as a rapper. Over Cam’Ron and Vado’s “Speaking in Tungs,” a huge hip-hop record in New York’s tri-state area, Bieber confidently steps to the mic in a short Youtube clip. Honestly, he’s pretty good. Lyrically it’s pretty light on substance. But that’s okay. He’s only 16! And rich. He rhymes about buying a girl diamonds, being on fire, and being fly. But there is one line that’s a cut above the rest, where he takes a shot at New England Patriot Tom Brady – who’s been getting a lot of heat for sporting Bieber’s hairstyle. Apparently there can only be one mop cut king.

“Call up Mr. Brady,” Bieber spits as he gets into quarterback stance. “Tell him leave his hair to the guy who sings ‘Baby‘.” It’s all in good fun, of course. Don’t expect a rap album from Bieber any time soon. “I just wanted to do this just to prove that I have skills on the rap game,” he says when the track winds down. Mission accomplished. Check out the clip after the jump and let us know what you think of it. Is it time for Brady to meet a pair of scissors now?

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Sep 8 2010 12:08 PM ET

Kings Of Leon return with new single and video 'Radioactive'

kings-of-leonWhen in doubt, bring on the kiddie gospel choir. Tennessee rockers Kings of Leon extoll the pleasures of country living—and Rockwellian child mentoring—in the new clip for the first single from their upcoming Only By Night followup Come Around Sundown.

Here there be soccer and swimmin’-hole fishing, sprinkler-running and barn-harmonizing, field-frolicking and kite-flying. Here there be not: flammable intercourse, interpersonal advantage-taking, and of course, song licensing to any other sort of singing choir.

Watch after the jump, and tell us what you think of the Kings’ musical pastoral:

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Aug 30 2010 04:42 PM ET

Kanye West's remix of Justin Bieber's 'Runaway Love' surfaces online

kanye-bieberImage Credit: Kevin Knight/Retna Ltd; Scott Legato/FilmMagicLess than a month after it was first discussed over Twitter, Kanye West’s remix of Justin Bieber’s “Runaway Love” has leaked online in rough form. As previously reported, the remix also features Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon, who told us it constituted “a historical moment for hip-hop.”

West laid Bieber’s “Runaway Love” vocals over a reworked version of the beat from the Wu-Tang Clan’s immortal “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F— Wit.” That song, incidentally, came out a year before Justin Bieber was born. The remix also features a quick verse from West (“Last name West and my teeth diamonds/She said, ‘What’s your occupation, crazy rhyming?’”), plus two verses from Raekwon. As promised, Rae kept his lyrics PG.

The only version of the remix that’s out there is smothered in “exclusive” DJ tags, and it may or may not be the final version intended for release. A Bieber rep says his label is trying to get it pulled from YouTube right now. In the meantime, have you heard this remix? Did it live up to your expectations? Will hip-hop ever be the same?

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Aug 3 2010 10:37 AM ET

Justin Bieber's 'Love Me' video: Say something positive!

Look, Justin Bieber is an easy target for the Oldie Olsen community*. He’s got hair so fluffy and magical, it could be the title character in a long lost Beatrix Potter story. He’s already made more money this year than you** and I will probably earn in a lifetime combined. And he’s displaying possible narcissistic tendencies via a new “thank-you video” for his fans set to a song called “Love Me.” (I mean, seriously, if he’s saying “thank you,” shouldn’t he set it to a song called “Love You“? Then again, you try juggling global hero worship and trigonometry and see what it does to your head.)

But let’s put aside our crotchety gripes for a moment, because there are reasons to celebrate the 16-year-old Canadian singer-ubiquitous Twitter trending topic. Think about it: In less than a year, he’ll be 17, and there will inevitably be people who will think it’s a good idea for little Justin to pull a Miley Cyrus and show us he’s all grown up and ready to film his own coming-of-age video/lusty bacchanal. I know, I know…you’re not ready to imagine The Bieb strapping a pair of wings to his naked back and writhing around with a troupe of scantily clad dancers while spitting lyrics like “Every girl everywhere just gives me mad attention/ Like I’m under inspection/ I always get the 10s/ ‘Cause I’m built like that.” Neither am I. So watch the “Love Me” clip embedded below, and then say something positive about it down in the comments. I’ll get us started: Kid’s got great taste in source material! Who doesn’t love the Cardigans’ “Lovefool“? Also, toilet-paper antics = age-appropriate fun. Bravo!

Your turn.

* For the purposes of this blog item, anyone over the age of 21.
**Unless you happen to be Entertainment Weekly obsessive*** Bill Gates.
***I totally made that up, but it’s also entirely possible. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 30 2010 02:20 PM ET

'A Very Potter Musical' star Darren Criss talks about his new EP and the future for Team StarKid

Darren-CrissIf you’ve never had the pleasure of watching the raucously funny spoof show A Very Potter Musical you may not have heard of Darren Criss, but take our word for it, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter has had a pretty wild year. Part of a theater company from the University of Michigan that call themselves Team StarKid, he became a web celeb last year when a recording of A Very Potter Musical (in which he plays Harry Potter) went viral. Since then, Criss has appeared on ABC’s Eastwick and written the music for another hugely successful StarKid show (Me And My Dick), and just last week he made his return as the boy who lived in A Very Potter Sequel, which has already garnered millions of views on YouTube. Now Criss, who composed all the music and lyrics for Sequel, has a new independently produced five-song EP out called Human, which debuted at No. 30 on Billboard‘s Heatseekers chart last week. (Also impressive is Team Starkid’s A Very StarKid Album, which debuted at No. 19 on the Top Compilations chart.) I met up with the multi-talented singer this week in New York City to talk about his new EP, his plans for StarKid, YouTube musicians, and (of course) Disney covers.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How would you describe the sound of your music?
DARREN CRISS: Oh man, that’s tough. I have no idea–in fact, that’s been a problem for me, because I am kind of all over the place. If you know my musicals or anything, I’m a lover of genre…

And a lover of love songs.
And a lover of long songs, and a lover of many things. So because of that, I really don’t know. I’m still working on defining that, and that’s been a problem for me when I’m getting any kind of attention from labels. They’re like, “What’s your deal?” I’m like, “I don’t know. I like anything.” I like to say that we are of the iPod generation. We are the first generation that has so much accessibility and exposure to so many different things, and it isn’t so weird anymore to have on a playlist Beethoven, Tupac, Miley Cyrus, and Barbra Streisand. That’s not weird. Well, maybe a little weird.

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Jul 21 2010 12:59 PM ET

Taylor Momsen's 'scandalous' new video 'Miss Nothing' : Gossip Girl on a platter

Taylor-Momsen-video She’s totally not Miley, you guys! She can objectify her own self without any help from stupid Disney, dammit! Or anything resembling dignity. Or pants.

That’s the message Gossip Girl star and The Pretty Reckless frontwoman-child Taylor Momsen seems determined to drive home in every raccoon-eyed, shredded-thigh-high rebel yell she issues in interviews, on unsuspecting sidewalks, and now, in her latest video, for the single “Miss Nothing.”

I can’t lie; I moderately enjoy the whole late-period Garbage/Hole rock-vixen redux thing she’s working on the band’s new EP. In its own shamelessly derivative way, “Makes Me Wanna Die” is kind of a great Shirley Manson approximation, despite sharing its title with another, better song from (hey!) the mid ’90s.

But sweetie, no. Putting your underage heinie on the menu in the video for “Miss Nothing” is not only inappropriate (you weren’t even born until 1993), it’s unhygenic. You’ve got your hair tracks in the mashed potatoes and your ass in the cranberry sauce.

Please, just let the nice men (bandmates? uncles?), who look like they would so desperately rather be at a gig with their System of a Down cover band, drink their goblets of mead and eat their Ren Faire turkey drumsticks in peace.

Readers, if you must, grab your eatin’ bibs and watch this glorious mess after the jump: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 18 2010 10:53 AM ET

New Justin Bieber video feat. Usher, 'Somebody to Love': Everybody dance now

somebody-to-love Last night, after sweating out about 18 buckets of Dance Dance Perspiration for a live performance of his current no. 2 hit “OMG” on SYTYCD, Usher introduced the world premiere of Le Bieber’s latest video, “Somebody to Love.”

The R&B star’s lil’ protege has so far stuck to pretty straightforward set pieces—bowling alley, rooftop pool party, Xboxing on the couch—but, perhaps in honor of his mentor, or the show on which it was bowed, he has finally gone in for some hardcore Happy Feet choreography.

Clearly, Biebs has not yet mastered the melted-butter liquidity of Daddy Usher. But who needs Fame-caliber moves when you’ve got bangs? Plus: Asian ladies with fans, stalactite lights, well-contained flames, and three dudes in fencing masks doing the standing worm. Click after the jump; it will all make sense: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 1 2010 11:43 AM ET

Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith pair up for 'Karate Kid' single 'Never Say Never': Watch the new video

beiber-smithIt’s hard to know what to do with this much tween idol-dom, leather jacketry, and exceptional haircare: Perhaps nothing, but merely to bear witness to the magical alchemy of underage Romeos Justin Bieber and Jaden Smith in one room, together, singing tribute to the power of Never Saying Never: READ FULL STORY »

May 26 2010 01:33 PM ET

Ellen DeGeneres starts label, signs Greyson Chance

Greyson-ChanceImage Credit: Michael Rozman/AP ImagesEllen DeGeneres likes “Paparazzi” kid Greyson Chance so much that she’s started her own record label in order to sign him, People reports. “Greyson… inspired me to start a record label called eleveneleven,” DeGeneres told the mag. “He is my first artist, and we are making a record together.”

It’s no surprise that Ellen is a big music fan. She’s made that clear for years on her talk show, and of course she recently took a permanent seat behind the judges’ table on American Idol. She’s also been instrumental in Chance’s meteoric rise to fame, booking the 12-year-old singer on her show after seeing his “Paparazzi” clip on YouTube. The rest is history.

What do you think of this news? Who else do you think Ellen should sign to eleveneleven?

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May 13 2010 01:48 PM ET

Sixth-grade 'Paparazzi' kid's choir teacher sings his praises

Before Greyson Michael Chance’s cover of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” became a YouTube smash, the Oklahoma sixth-grader was already a star in Kelly Cheek’s classroom. “He’s an amazing student to have,” Cheek, who’s been Chance’s choir teacher at Edmond, Okla.’s Cheyenne Middle School since January, tells the Music Mix. “He’s always playing the piano in class. The kids are always wanting him to sing for them. He’s the reason why I wanted to teach, because of kids like him.”

Chance represented Cheyenne at an annual choir festival for Edmond’s five middle schools this April 12. Cheek says he was originally planning to cover 3OH!3′s “Still Around” before a last-minute switch to “Paparazzi.” “He decided about a week before…He brought that song in one day after school and sang it for me. I just said, ‘You have to do that one! It’s amazing!’”

Chance’s Gaga cover (watch it again after the jump) has made him into an overnight celeb. He’s already appeared on new fan Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show. And naturally, he’s the talk of Cheyenne Middle School. “It’s been insane,” laughs Cheek. “Our phones have been ringing off the hook. The kids are so excited, we can hardly get them to do anything but talk about Greyson.”

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