Thursday, April 30, 2015

Britney Spears's Pretty Girls Is Coming

You said it, Britney Spears. Britney Spears's Pretty Girls is coming. In fact, the single for Britney Spears's Pretty Girls will be released on and Pretty Girls's music video will be released on May 11. In addition, Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea will will performing Pretty Girls at the Billboard Music Awards on May 17. Sounds exciting. Wasn't it?


In fact, according to the poster, it appears that Ben Dover will be directing the Pretty Girls music video alongside Iggy Azalea who will co-direct the upcoming Britney Spears music video. This could be Britney Spears's first number 1 RCA single since Britney Spears moved to RCA in 2011 and she released her first RCA output from 2013 (which is Work Bitch).

But wait, that's not all.

According to TMZ, there’s a moment where Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears get pretty close, and it looks like they are going to lock lips a la Britney and Madonna (as the poster shown above). It just looks plain old hot!

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Woah. Now this is the reason why lesbian kisses should be events. Why? Because music videos needs to focus on lesbian kisses and that music video is perfect for a lesbian kiss since Britney Spears gets to perform a lesbian kiss since 2003. Lesbian kisses needs to be events. Plain and simple. Avril Lavigne did that on her Rock N Roll music video from 2013 where she gets to have a lesbian kiss with Danica McKellar. But Avril Lavigne isn't the only one to do a lesbian kiss in a music video, Pink did that already in her Sober music video from 2008. Ditto Lady Gaga in her Telephone music video with Beyonce from 2010. Both music videos came out before Rock N Roll came out in 2013. It's nice to see Avril Lavigne perform a lesbian kiss in her Rock N Roll music video. But Britney Spears did that first where she kissed Madonna and Christina Aguilera in both artists' mouths at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards back in 2003. Even before Pink, Lady Gaga and Avril Lavigne did.

In fact, Britney Spears kisses Christina Aguilera's mouth and Madonna's mouth in 2003. Then Britney Spears kissed Rihanna in the mouth in 2011 at the 2011 American Music Awards. So with Pretty Girls music video coming on May 11, Britney Spears gets to be able to kiss Iggy Azalea's mouth. Why? Because Iggy Azalea needs to have a lesbian kiss. Plain and simple. That's why. Iggy Azalea needs to perform a lesbian kiss because lesbian kisses are events. Britney Spears did that. Ditto Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Jenifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Miley Cyrus. Heck, even Avril Lavigne did that too in 2013. So I was expecting to see this music video becoming a smash gaining alot of views on Vevo. Make it happen, Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea.

Are you exciting to see Iggy Azalea featured in the upcoming Britney Spears music videos? Are you exciting to see Britney Spears performing a lesbian kiss with Iggy Azalea? Please type in the comments section below!

Friday, April 24, 2015

Bits Journal #6

Now, before I’m talking about the next Bits Journal article, here’s my thoughts. Today’s music, to me, is more like music is primates that were controlled by label. That’s right, labels control artists like primates. Today’s artists are like primates of today’s music. Instead of treating music like legendary like Taylor Swift, music nowdays are treating like America populars slaves that are used to make nothing but repeats and mainstreams and make money causing America to act like a money making machine slave.

Come to think of it, primates are a group of mammals that contains animals of this group like monkeys. Of course, humans are primates. That’s what people are also called, humans. Duh, let’s continue.

The problem is that America treats music like what’s making money and not go by the entire industry like country music and internet by putting in repeats and radio. That's all America wants in the music industry, mainstream populars like Pink and radio like Nicki Minaj. Why can't America pay attention to music in general like Avril Lavigne and Vevo? America needs to pay attention to something like music videos and MTV. I mean, why America music don't seem to care about music videos/internet/streaming music/online and only wants what's popular and radio? That's all America does these days and never stops. America needs to move away from repeats like SpongeBob SquarePants and technologies like social media and bring back going by big diversities like Milton Bradley and anime.

OK, enough with the chit chat and let's get started.


It appears that Britney Spears is returning to the Billboard Music Awards and this time, she will be teaming up with Iggy Azalea and perform a new single, Pretty Girls at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. Sounds like alot of fun.

I’m really looking forward to hear that performance. Speaking of Pretty Girls, it appears that Iggy Azalea is teasing things get quirky and funny with Britney Spears in the upcoming Pretty Girls music video which is coming next month according to Billboard.

I hope this is gonna be a hilarious epic single. I love the first 2 Britney Spears albums and her singles like Toxic and Till The World Ends is great too. So I’m looking forward to hear Pretty Girls when it came out on May 5.

Now, here’s what Billboard has to say about this:


“Iggy Azalea Teases Things Get 'Quirky and Funny' with Britney Spears in 'Pretty Girls' Video

Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears might be paying homage to the '80s in their upcoming video for "Pretty Girls," but that doesn't mean that the rapper will pay tribute to the singer by busting out any dance moves in the video.

"I didn't dance! She wanted me to. Since I was co-directing the video, the way I explained it was, it would be kind of obnoxious for me to direct a video and give myself a dance break as well,"Iggy told USA Today. "Like, 'Here's the video! And I gave myself a dance scene!' I don't know if it necessarily fits my identity, but I think Britney's identity is really embedded in being a dancer, and that's something she really wanted to do as well. So there's a lot of dancing in the video, but I wouldn't say it's necessarily centered around that."

The ladies filmed the video earlier this month in California and they were snapped on set looking very much 80's chic. And while the video's storyline is still a mystery, Iggy did teased that despite it's wardrobe (which includes acid wash jeans and leopard-print spandex) the video isn't just about looks from that bygone era.

"It's a little bit more complicated than that. You know me, I like having a narrative. So if it was just like, ''80s!' that would be kind of boring for me," she said. "But what Britney made clear to me is that she really wanted to do a video where she got to dress up and play a character. That was really important to her and she liked a lot of the things I've done that were inspired by movies and stuff."

Iggy has never been shy to have fun in her videos by putting her spin on classic characters including Cher Horowitz, so this time around she looked to Geena Davis as a reference point.

"I think she's just like the ultimate '80s pin-up hot, cool type of girl, so I told Britney to check her out, and she was like, 'Yes, I love Geena Davis!'" she said. "So we based our characters on a lot of stuff like that, like Geena Davis and characters she played in a lot of her movies at that time period. But there's definitely a narrative. I don't want to give it away, but it's quirky and funny."

Fingers crossed this means that Beetlejuice might make a cameo.

In addition to the upcoming video, Britney and Iggy are coming to the 2015 Billboard Music Awards for the debut TV performance of "Pretty Girls." The 2015 Billboard Music Awards returns to ABC on Sunday, May 17 at 8pm ET and will be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.”

Lol, Beetlejuice is gonna make a cameo appearance on Britney Spears's upcoming music video next month.

Oh yeah, one more thing, Pretty Girls better be Britney Spears's number 1 2015 single and Pretty Girls better be another success.

Anyway, I’ll be looking forward to Pretty Girls's music video next month.

OK, here’s another subject. This will be one more subject and this article will be done.

Anyway, Jay Z and Beyonce will be teaming up with a collabo album that will be exclusive to Tidal. Now, here's what A.V. Club has to say about this.


"Jay Z and Beyoncé might release a joint album exclusively on Tidal

Seemingly before the bubbles have had a chance to settle following Tidal’s champagne-soaked launch party, the numbers suggest Jay Z’s new streaming service is already a huge flop. While it rose to the Top 20 in iTunes following a star-studded debut that made investors freak out and blindly throw away their money, Tidal is now out of the Top 700. And because it’s not exactly the cheapest streaming service available, it has to rely on celebrity backers and the promise of exclusive content to have any hope of grabbing new users.

So what better to do in a time of crisis than call upon your big guns for a little help? According to DJ Skee, Jay Z and Beyoncé are close to completing their rumored joint album, and it appears they’ll launch it as a Tidal exclusive. It’s not clear to what extent this would turn things around for the company, but it’s a well documented fact that people will flock aggressively toward whatever Beyoncé is associated with, be it a garage sale of her old stuff or that service where she sends you plants in the mail to eat. Of course, it’s 2015, so an “exclusive” label only lasts until someone leaks it elsewhere—which is what happened with Tidal’s release of Rihanna’s “American Oxygen” and Beyoncé’s “Die With You” video—but new CEO Peter Tonstad can deal with that inevitable nightmare. The Carters will probably be fine regardless."

That's right, A.V. Club. You said it. It appears that Jay Z and Beyonce's duet album will be exclusive to Tidal since Tidal flopped in the US and it was out of top 700 as Spotify and Pandora is way more successful than the new Tidal Music that allows music to change forever. Lol. Good one Jay Z and Beyonce.

Jay Z and Beyonce's duet album will be a spin-off album and there will be new Jay Z single and new Beyonce singles. It might even include a Jay Z/Beyonce duet single since the first Jay Z/Beyonce collabo single came out in 2002 with '03 Bonnie & Clyde.

Sounds like a good move for Jay Z and Tidal music since Tidal music did not perform well as Jay Z used to be.

Let's hope Jay Z and Beyonce's duet album can be a life save for both Jay Z and Tidal Music.

OK, I'll do more Bits Journal articles soon. But in a meantime, you can check out my articles regarding of Avril Lavigne or Taylor Swift. Until then, see you in the next article. Bye.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Taylor Swift’s Mom Gives Moving Speech At ACM Awards After Cancer Diagnosis


Earlier this month, Taylor Swift shared the difficult news that her mother, Andrea Finlay, is battling cancer. And on Sunday night, the singer received a powerful show of support — from her mom. 

Then 3 days ago, Taylor Swift was honored at the ACMs with a touching tribute by Andrea Finlay. So how Taylor Swift really, truly said goodbye to country music at the ACM Awards? Well then, let’s find out. 

Three days ago, on Sunday night, Taylor Swift received a powerful show of support from Andrea Finlay. So Andrea Finlay was greeted with cheers at the Academy of Country Music Awards as she took the stage to deliver a heartfelt speech and a career-honoring award to her daughter.

So Taylor Swift took the stage at Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards in Arlington, TX, to accept the milestone award. She was presented with the trophy by none other than Andrea Finlay, who gave a touching tribute to her daughter complete with stories about the young singer as she was growing up. Andrea Finlay told the audience, "I know you love her as I love her," adding, "And for that, I thank you eternally." Taylor's dad, Scott Swift, was also by his daughter's side in the crowd. It was an especially moving moment, as Taylor Swift recently announced that Andrea Finlay had been diagnosed with cancer in a heartfelt note shared on her personal website. The two were all smiles on stage while spotlighting Taylor Swift's many career accomplishments. 

So Andrea Finlay started saying, "I've watched this milestone artist since she was a tangled-haired little girl growing up on our farm, full of imagination and creativity, until right now, as she prepares for her next world tour," Andrea Finlay told the crowd. "And ever since then, her favorite thing in the world to do has been to write a song, tell a story, play a guitar or a piano. And I've seen those things carry her through every emotion, every experience in her life — good or bad." 

On Sunday night, the focus was strictly on the good. 

"Like many of you out there tonight with children of your own, I am a very proud mom," she added before her daughter joined her on stage to accept the Milestone award. 

Taylor Swift was clearly moved by her mother's words and as her fans on Twitter soon revealed, they were, too. 

Moving speeches at the ACM Awards are nothing new for Taylor Swift or her mom. Just watch the tear-jerker Taylor Swift delivered in honor of her mother when she accepted the New Female Vocalist award in 2008. 

It's clear the love and respect run deep with these amazing ladies.

So it seems that Taylor Swift was given the milestone award along with country legends like Reba McEntire, George Strait, Garth Brooks, and Miranda Lambert, a group that many on social media believed the "Shake It Off" singer shouldn't have been a part of, given her pop-inspired album, 1989, which was released late last year. Taylor Swift addressed the matter as she thanked fans for their support in her acceptance speech, saying, "You showed me who you are with the grace that you accepted that with." Keep reading for photos of Taylor Swift's big night at the ACMs, and be sure to check out all the stars who hit the red carpet for the event.

Fascinating on why Taylor Swift's country music did not survive the popular music curse and why Taylor Swift's country music only appeals Tim McGraw's Highway Don't Care and you have to use pop music like I Knew You Were Trouble to listen to Taylor Swift. Even streaming/internet like Vevo and YouTube doesn't help either. I guess popular music don't seem to care about country music like Carrie Underwood and country music like Brad Paisley did not survive the streaming music curse and country music weren't popular as it used to be even with big names like Tim McGraw. I guess people listening to music only appeals repeat populars and radio and forget other popular music like Spice Girls and Avril Lavigne. Well then, let's continue.

In a fairly blatant attempt to drive ratings to its broadcast on Sunday night, the Academy of Country Music Awards announced it would present Taylor Swift with a Milestone Award. The honor, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the ACMs, was given to seven artists who made a major impact in the genre.

So Taylor Swift, of course, is award show gold — her gif-ready awkward dancing and promise of millions of fans tuning in make her irresistible to TV ceremonies. That’s why it was a devastating blow when she gently broke the news to Nashville last August that after a wildly successful run in the country genre, she was officially transitioning into the pop world with her new album, “1989.”

While country radio and the genre have largely come to terms with a lack of Taylor Swift on the airwaves and sales charts, award shows are having a little trouble letting go. (Understandable, given what Taylor Swift can do for the ratings.) Thus, her win for the Milestone Award. Not to mention she was also nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards last fall. She also won the elusive Pinnacle Award at the CMA Awards in 2013; before she officially left country music, but there were signs on her pop-heavy “Red” album that she was moving in a different direction.

So here's my advice, have Taylor Swift's non-crossover country songs like Picture To Burn move to pop radio and have pop radio plays Taylor Swift's country songs like Should've Said No just to play her pop music career safe. All radio playing Taylor Swift these days is pop music, like Shake It Off, and Tim McGraw's Highway Don't Care. That's all Taylor Swift songs playing on the radio does these day, Taylor Swift's pop music and Highway Don't Care. Why can't pop radio play Taylor Swift's country songs like Tim McGraw including Tim McGraw's Highway Don't Care? Taylor Swift's country songs like Sparks Fly is suppose to be played on pop radio now that country radio stopped playing Taylor Swift like Ours. So I demand her country hits like Mean on pop radio. That's what you'll be working on, pop radio. OK, let's continue.

Like any break-up, you need true closure as Taylor Swift played the ACMs on Sunday perfectly, as she accepted her award and graciously thanked the industry while firmly saying a final goodbye — seriously, for real this time.

“Somebody once told me that you truly see who a person is when you tell them something they don’t want to hear. You truly see who a person is when you give them news that they weren’t expecting,” Taylor Swift said to the thousands of screaming fans in the crowd at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. “And so to the country music community, when I told you that I had made a pop album and that I wanted to go explore other genres, you showed me who you are with the grace you accepted that with. I will never forget it.”

Let's hope Taylor Swift's country songs like White Horse has merged to her pop music career now that all Taylor Swift's music videos on pop on Vevo and Last.fm as well as tackling new genres like rock and hip-hop. Well then, let's move on.

She continued: “I’m so happy, so happy I learned to write songs in a town like Nashville. I’m so grateful that I learned what hard work is from my heroes who are all sitting here. And I’m so unbelievably proud that I learned to treat people with kindness and respect from country music. I love you so much.”

So Taylor Swift ended with a plug for her “1989” world tour that kicks off next month — and with that, it appears Taylor Swift will officially close the door on her time in Nashville. It will likely serve as a last bit of closure in front of the country audience as a whole group, especially because she didn’t show up for the CMA Awards last November despite her nomination.

And Taylor Swift better move her country hits to her pop world so that way her fans will be listening to her country songs in her newly shifted pop career.

But even Taylor Swift knew she had little choice in the matter for the ACMs. The Milestone Award was also presented on Sunday to fellow industry heavyweights including Garth Brooks, George Strait, Reba, Brooks & Dunn, Miranda Lambert and Kenny Chesney. Given that her ascension from singer-songwriter to international superstar all started because of her launch in country music, it would have been awkward if she didn’t show up and the Style singer is nothing if not supremely image savvy.

In addition to her award, the Blank Space was also a camera favorite. She did her standard dancing-and-singing-along to every song, and the producers tried to soak up every minute.

She didn’t take up a performance slot. In fact, she was the only Milestone winner who didn’t perform. Instead, the show ran a long video clip highlighting her many, many ACM achievements (Entertainer of the Year trophies, memorable performances over the years). In an incredibly emotional moment, her mother, Andrea Finlay — whom Taylor Swift recently shared is battling cancer — appeared to introduce her daughter before she accepted the trophy.

So Andrea Finlay is a very proud mom and she would like to thank the ACMs for honoring her in this way but Andrea Finlay also like to thank the entire music community for taking such good care of her. Aw, that was sweet.

It seem that according to CBS, “In an emotional speech at the ACM Awards, Taylor Swift's mother presented her daughter with a Milestone Award for her impact on the country music genre. Taylor Swift accepted the award by thanking the country world for graciously allowing her to experiment with other types of music.”

So if Taylor Swift pull the plug on her country music, then maybe her country music might have to move to pop and if she does, then Taylor Swift needs to have all her country songs (including Highway Don't Care where she was featured) be be pop music. Ditto Carrie Underwood. Come on, pop music department, play Taylor Swift's country songs like Picture To Burn and Ours. Begin Again and Red were both lucky since both country songs aired on MTV Hits and Mean was on MTV. Seriously, all Taylor Swift songs (country or pop) should be pop. Plain and simple. It needs to happen and she really does. I want my Tim McGraw, Picture To Burn, Sparks Fly, and Ours on pop radio, Taylor Swift. Maybe Taylor Swift's first greatest hits album will do the trick next year. This will allow Taylor Swift's pop music listeners to listen to her country singles like Red for the first time the her entire pop music world as Tim McGraw, the first single from 2006, is turning 10 next year. So this would be a good time to have all her singles to be included in Taylor Swift's first greatest hits album that will be her second pop album.

So what do you think? Are you happy that Taylor Swift gave Andrea Finlay an emotional speech at the ACM Awards? Do you want all Taylor Swift's country songs to merged to her pop career and join pop music by next year? Sound off below!

Friday, April 10, 2015

Taylor Swift's Mom Is Diagnosed With Cancer


Did you hear about the news? Pop star Taylor Swift has confirmed that her mother Andrea Swift has been diagnosed with cancer yesterday. Isn't that crazy? Well then, let's find out.

Taylor Swift revealed some terrible news yesterday morning on her Tumblr. Her mom, Andrea Finlay, 57, has been diagnosed with cancer. The hot 1989 born chick revealed to her fans the circumstances surrounding the disheartening news because her mother is very involved with the Swifties and even opened her Nashville home to them during a surprise 1989 secret listening session.

In a Tumblr post titled "Just So You Know" with news of her mom's diagnosis. The Shake It Off singer wrote:

"I'm writing to you with an update I wish I wasn't giving you, but it's important and I'm used to sharing important events in my life with you. Usually when things happen to me, I process them and then write music about how I feel, and you hear it much later. This is something my family and I thought you should know about now.

For Christmas this year, I asked my mom that one of her gifts to me be her going to the doctor to get screened for any health issues, just to ease some worries of mine. She agreed, and went in to get checked. There were no red flags and she felt perfectly fine, but she did it just to get me and my brother off her case about it.

The results came in, and I'm saddened to tell you that my mom has been diagnosed with cancer. I'd like to keep the details of her condition and treatment plans private, but she wanted you to know.

She wanted you to know because your parents may be too busy juggling everything they've got going on to go to the doctor, and maybe you reminding them to go get checked for cancer could possibly lead to an early diagnosis and an easier battle... Or peace of mind in knowing that they're healthy and there's nothing to worry about. She wanted you to know why she may not be at as many shows this tour. She's got an important battle to fight.

Thank you for caring about my family so much that she would want me to share this information with you. I hope and pray that you never get news like this. Love you."

The mother and daughter have always had a close relationship. Taylor Swift even released "The Best Day" for her mom on Mother's Day in 2011.

Our thoughts are with the mega-pop star and her family during this hardship. We hope Andrea Finlay makes a swift recovery.

Like mother, like daughter. Let's continue.

Fans have been reaching out in support of Taylor Swift, offering their well wishes and using the now-trending hashtag #PrayForMamaSwift as well as #StayStrongMamaSwift.

Andrea Swift has million Swifties by her side. Hope she knows that.. She won't be going through this alone. #WeLoveYouAndreaSwift
— Helen 卌 (@cakeafswxft) April 9, 2015

My heart is breaking right now.. #Andrea Swift is the sweetest, kindest soul..can't imagine how hard this is for Tay, Austin and Scott — Patricia (@lovelovelove343) April 9, 2015

Oh my gosh... Praying for Andrea and Taylor's family. Mama Swift, you can beat this http://t.co/2ogSfiQQGX
— (@HeatherMusicDL) April 9, 2015

So saddened to hear about Andrea Swift "Mama Swift" being diagnosed with cancer. Prayers to her and her family. @taylorswift13 — Whitney Middendorf (@Whit_Midd) April 9, 2015

keep Andrea Swift (tswift's mom) in your prayers she got diagnosed with cancer
— g (@idkgeorge) April 9, 2015

Scott beat Cancer Andrea can too #StayStrongMamaSwift — Shan (@swift_addiction) April 9, 2015

I just love Andrea so much and that's why it hurts so bad because she is the most humble and loving human being you could ever come across
— Shan (@swift_addiction) April 9, 2015

God, hope Andrea Swift can through it all and will get better soon. Amen. #PrayForMamaSwift — Sarah (@staywithslaytay) April 9, 2015

Cancer is the worst disease. No one deserves this, especially not Andrea. We love you mama swift! #PrayForMamaSwift
— Baby Tay (@swiftiesince07) April 9, 2015

i love you, andrea. all the luck to you and the swift family. you will get through this. you have the whole fandom behind you!! — 1989 (@tracyyx11) April 9, 2015

Andrea I'm actually in tears
— Shan♡ (@swift_addiction) April 9, 2015

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift is preparing to embark on her world tour starting next month.

Wow, poor Andrea. I bet Andrea Finlay will tell her daughter that she will fell better as soon as she needed a cancer treatment this year.

Let's hope Andrea Swift will feel better because her 25-year-old daughter said that she and her brother, Austin Swift, urged their mom to have a health screening at Christmas.

What are your thoughts on Taylor Swift shared another "important event" in her life Thursday, revealing that her mother, Andrea Finlay, has cancer? What are your thoughts about Taylor Swift admitted in the post that usually she writes songs to share her feelings about life events, but this one felt as if it needed to be shared now? Sound off below!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

The First Nominations For Billboard Music Awards 2015 Has Been Revealed

You said it folks. This morning at Good Morning America, it appears that Ludacris and Pete Wentz had stopped by Good Morning America so they can reveal the first finalists and nominees for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.


And here they are:

Top Female Artist
Iggy Azalea
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
Taylor Swift
Meghan Trainor

Top Male Artist
Drake
Pharrell Williams
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Justin Timberlake

Top Artist
Ariana Grande
One Direction
Katy Perry
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift

Top Billboard 200 Album
Maroon 5 - V
Pentatonix -  That's Christmas To Me
Ed SHeerna - X
Sam Smtih - In The Lonely Hour
Taylor Swift - 1989

Top Hot 100 Song
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - Fancy
John Legend - All Of Me
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

Those are the list of nominees for the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.

Now, as you may know that Ludacris will be back as the host this year along with co-host Chrissy Teigen!

The 2015 Billboard Music Awards returns to ABC on Sunday, May 17 at 8pm ET. So be sure to tune in and Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen will be live blogging the whole show as well!

And, that's not all, there will be more nonimees later this afternoon as the GMA announced today and return for the rest of the nomination after they're announced at 12:30pm ET. So stay tuned!

Saturday, April 4, 2015

5 Things We Want To See In Carrie Underwood's Fifth Album

OK, following in Taylor Swift's footsteps, Carrie Underwood's fifth album will be on its way. Now that Carrie Underwood gave birth to her new baby boy named Isaiah Micheal Fisher, it's time for Carrie Underwood to head back to music. But this time, instead of country music, Carrie Underwood wants to try something different. Please take a look at 5 things that we want to see in Carrie Underwood's upcoming fifth album for late 2015/early 2016 (2016 might be better though).

5 Things We Want To See In Carrie Underwood's Fifth Album

5. Have Max Martin Worked With Carrie Underwood Instead Of Mark Bright
You know Mark Bright as the record producer for Carrie Underwood. Right? Well, it seems that Mark Bright might be done with Carrie Underwood since country music don't seem to care about country women like Reba McEntire. Of course, that includes Carrie Underwood. Taylor Swift lost country and she only makes pop from now on, Trisha Yearwood survived the country industry poorly, country radio refuse to play Kasey Musgraves. Of course, country radio wants more Miranda Lambert and screwed others like Kellie Pickler. If Mark Bright was done with Carrie Underwood, who will find a replacement to Mark Bright for Carrie Underwood? How about Max Martin. That could work. In fact, Max Martin did work with Carrie Underwood on a song for the third album Play On called Quitter. If Carrie Underwood could work with Max Martin again, then maybe Carrie Underwood could have her chance to have her fifth album produced by Max Martin. That would be a smart thing. Don't you think? I think so. Let's hope for the best. If not, then something like Dr.Luke could also work well.

4. Go 100% Pop
Remember that Taylor Swift moved to pop? If Carrie Underwood is done with country and moved to pop, then maybe Carrie Underwood will follow Taylor Swift's footsteps. That would be a smart thing. In fact, Carrie Underwood's fifth album will be Carrie Underwood's first pop album. This makes Carrie Underwood a perfect country star to make pop music. Taylor Swift did that already. So for Carrie Underwood's first pop album, it will be inspired by Christian music. This will allow pop music fused with Christian music for not only Carrie Underwood's first pop music but also a crossover for Christain radio at the same time. Now, as I was saying, she will have the ability to appeal pop music to ot just fans but also kids too. That way, kids will love Carrie Underwood. Also, her pop music will have strong mature content, no dance, no catchies, no beats, no twerking, just fully matured pop music that she and her popularity will look forward to. Please beware that Carrie Underwood shift to pop will lost her country fans as she will go in a new direction and gain new fans mostly kids and listeners who mostly listen to Taylor Swift, One Direction, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, etc. That would be perfect for Carrie Underwood to perform pop music and she fits pop music very nicely. This would be perfect for mature stuff dominating the mainstream. That way, mature content will beat out twerking and other stupid stuff. Don't forget the electric guitar sounds too. Since Carrie Underwood's future pop music will go in a more Christian music route, let's have Arista Nashville to think about pop music made in Nashville by mixing in Christian music That would be something that Carrie Underwood will look forward to.

3. Better Promotion
Remember than Carrie Underwood's first album Some Hearts from 2005 sold more than 7 million copies in the US by 2007? She might break away from country music and go in a new direction towards pop and unlike other pop acts like Katy Perry and Ariana Grande, Carrie Underwood will be able to foce on not just local public but also social media too. So her fifth album could surpass her country albums (Some Hearts-Blown Away) with the right promotion on something like MTV. This will allow Carrie Underwood to join pop music with the right general public and the right maturity. She can even follow Katy Perry's footsteps or Rihanna's footsteps too.

2. More Collabos
Remember Carrie Underwood teams up with Brad Paisley and Miranda Lambert for 2011's Remind Me and 2014's Somethin' Bad respectively? Carrie Underwood will do her own collab singles. So with the fifth album, Carrie Underwood will collaborate with something like Rihanna or Katy Perry. Example: Carrie Underwood can do a collabo with Demi Lovato for a massive event single. This will allow Demi Lovato to be featured in a Carrie Underwood rock pop single. That would be something that Demi Lovato would get intrested in. Demi Lovato would be perfect for collaborating with Carrie Underwood. Demi Loavto for Carrie Underwood single please. Make it happen.

1. More Views On Vevo When Promoting Her Music Videos
Last but not least, Vevo. As you may know that Carrie Underwood music videos did not gain views as opposed to other music videos like Avril Lavigne music videos. That's because Vevo don't seem to care about country music. Worse, still no Vevo certified videos for Carrie Underwood music videos. Carrie Underwood needs to have at least 1 Vevo certified video or so. The highest viewed video is still Before He Cheats and that music video only gained more than 53 million views on Vevo. Worse, no pop genre on Carrie Underwood music videos except for Jesus, Take The Wheel, Don't Forget To Remember Me and Wasted. Taylor Swift music videos were lucky to have the pop genre included alongside Tim McGraw's Highway Don't Care music video. Why Carrie Underwood didn't do the same thing? Also, all Carrie Underwood music videos should be classified Country, Pop, Country Pop, not country only. So when Carrie Underwood will be making her first pop music video off of her first upcoming pop album, then that Carrie Underwood music video will gains a massive number of views on Vevo. This needs to happen. In addition, all Carrie Underwood music videos on Vevo needs to update which allows all her music videos to have both country and pop genres at the same time. Just like Taylor Swift did. It would be nice if Carrie Underwood music videos should belong to the genre of pop too on Vevo. All Carrie Underwood music videos needs to be pop, Vevo.

OK, that's it. I hope you like my article. We're all eciting to see Carrie Underwood going pop now that she has a child alongside her husband Mike Fisher. What are you thoughts on 5 things we want to see in Carrie Underwood's fifth album?

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Avril Lavigne Reveals Her Year-Long Battle With Lyme Disease

Now, as you may know that Avril Lavigne has discussed her battle with Lyme disease. So let's discuss why Avril Lavigne has diagnosed with Lyme disease. Well then, let's check it out.


It appears that the Canadian singer has revealed to People magazine that she was bedridden for five months after contracting Lyme disease. That's right. Lyme disease. In fact, a fan Twitter account posted a direct message from Avril Lavigne before focusing on the mystery intensified in December when she solicited prayers, saying she was "having some health issues."

"I felt like I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk, and I couldn't move," she told the magazine. "I thought I was dying." Now, as I was saying, what is Lyme disease? Let's find out.

Lyme disease is a bacterial illness carried by ticks that affects the skin, joints and nervous system. It can be treated with antibiotics. On Wednesday, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Yolanda Foster, who is also struggling with Lyme disease, reached out to Avril Lavigne to offer her support.

Yolanda's Twitter account has tweeted, "Love my friend and fellow Lyme warrior @AvrilLavigne for sharing her story #chroniclymedisease  #WeMustFindACure #AffordableForAll". Aw, that was nice. Let's continue. Shall we?

Also, Avril Lavigne believes that she was bitten by a tick last spring. What followed was months of lightheadedness and lethargy that doctors were initially unable to diagnose.

The 30-year-old pop-turned-soon-to-be-rock singer said she recuperated in her Ontario home, where her husband, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, would use tour breaks to care for her and her mother moved in to assist.

"There were definitely times I couldn't shower for a full week because I could barely stand," she told People. "It felt like having all your life sucked out of you."

I be in my opinion on why you should be afraid of Lyme disease.

After her direct message about her health went viral, Avril Lavigne was inundated with concern from fans.

"The get-well messages and videos they sent touched me so deeply," she said.

Now declaring herself "80 percent better," this year, Avril Lavigne is releasing a new single this month to support the 2015 Special Olympics and says that being ill was a "wake-up call" that has given her a new perspective.

"I really just want to enjoy life from here on out," she said.


Cool. I'm happy that Avril Lavigne is 80 percent better. When Avril Lavigne performed with antibiotics, she will be feeling better as soon as possible.

So it looks like the #Pray4Avril hashtag trended on Twitter back in December when fans heard Avril Lavigne was dealing with an undisclosed health issue according to Huffington Post. Now, the singer is opening up about her battle with Lyme disease in the recent issue of People magazine.

After months of feeling lethargic and lightheaded, Avril Lavigne learned she had severe Lyme disease, which she believes was from a tick bite last spring. She was bedridden for five months and, although she is "80 percent better" now, it was a rough road.

I bet Avril Lavigne revealed she had health problems in December when a fan direct messaged her asking if she was working on a new studio album. Rumors circulated that was she pregnant or in rehab.

Well, at least she is feeling fine. Next up, Fly reaches the Billboard chart at number 1 at the Billboard Hot 100 when promote the upcoming single correctly, then debut at number 1 on the Hot Digital song chart and have the music video gained so many views on Vevo even surpassing Girlfriend and play this song a gajillion times on the radio throughout summer 2015. Voila, Fly is now Avril Lavigne's chart topping single of the 2010s decade. I'm so exciting for Avril Lavigne's long waited comeback. Let's hope Avril Lavigne will be heading back on her feet once she is feeling better. Stay strong, Avril. Keep holding on (not the song from 2006, a good message).

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Avril Lavigne's Upcoming Charity Single, Fly, Surprisingly, Will Be Lead Single Off Of The Upcoming Sixth Album

As Give You What You Like was released on to radio on March 30 which is 2 days ago, Avril Lavigne will be ready for her lead single off of her upcoming sixth album called Fly. So what Fly hold up? It appears that Fly will be Avril Lavigne's first lead single to be a ballad rather than a bratty lead single. That's great. Fly is a perfect Avril Lavigne song to be a lead single. Let's hope Fly will be huge on the radio and on the Billboard chart unlike the dreadful bratty songs like What The Hell or the misguided post Let Go albums like Under My Skin.

Now, as I was saying, Fly is confirmed to be announced on her Twitter account almost 3 months ago before her Give You What You Like music video came out. A few days ago, it is confirmed that Fly will be better than Keep Holding On. What I really like about Fly is that Fly will be scheduled for April 2015. That's 2 years after Here's To Never Growing Up came out in April 2013. Let's hope Fly will be Avril Lavigne's massive number 1 hit comeback single unlike Here's To Never Growing Up which was slaughtered by bad promotions, Epic Records and Martin Johnson. If Here's To Never Growing Up is produced by something like Max Martin instead of Martin Johnson, then it will be her number 1 hit single of 2013. Ditto Rock N Roll and Let Me Go. Also, Fly better be Avril Lavigne's number 1 2015 song ow that Fly is a charity song, not a bratty song. That would be something that she needs to work on now that 80% of her Lyme disease was removed after like 5 months. Fly better be Avril Lavigne's most successful song of the 2010s decade surpassing 2007's Girlfriend. It needs to happen right away this summer. Also, it better be a rock song because if it's a rock song, not a pop song, then that song better chart topping the rock Billboard charts if the song gets to have a rock Billboard chart. Avril Lavigne needs to make rock music, not batty pop music. Simple as that. She is not a bratty songs slave anymore. Let's move on.


Now let me ask you a question. Why can't Avril Lavigne's singles after 2002 chart well? I mean, sure there's Girlfriend who topped the Billboard chart. But others like Nobody's Home and Here's To Never Growing Up failed to top the Billboard chart since 2004. Avril Lavigne songs like Wish You Were Here done mainly by Avril Lavigne is something that shouldn't go away when it comes to hearing her music or her career, nor should that style in general. The look and feel of Avril Lavigne should not be a thing of the past.

In fact, here's my question...

Why can't a particular music industry like radio do an Avril Lavigne song like Rock N Roll? A new Avril Lavigne song that will perform well at the Billboard charts? Why can't radio stations hear Avril Lavigne's voice by hearing her name on the radio? Why can't Sony Music pay attention to Avril Lavigne or something like Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, Hilary Duff or Carrie Underwood? Sony needs to think about her, not America populars like Britney Spears is feeling sexy or Miley Cyrus twerking. Have Avril Lavigne produced new music every 2-3 years and so on. Then after a new Avril Lavigne song comes out, she will make more music that'll open in the general public 2-3 years later. Wasn't that suppose to be the plan that Avril Lavigne got her autopsy?

When Fly came out later this month, that seems to say that people tend to like Avril Lavigne the most more this year than other artists like Ariana Grande. Fly has many of the elements that made Avril Lavigne so popular during 2002/2003. As the Let Go era began to die down by late 2003 - because using it for songs after songs (Complicated, Sk8er Boi, I'm With You, Losing Grip) would get tiresome - so Avril Lavigne began to look at new ideas as a new era was underway in 2004, a more experimental one as she is working on her follow up album, Under My Skin. She wanted to make songs that would challenge the mindset, and show listeners what Avril Lavigne can do. Avril Lavigne, as we all know, can certainly tell all different kinds of stories as she is more into her long career than breaking records. She can do different experiments of punk rock music, pop rock music, alternative rock music, post grunge music, even bratty music, anything! Avril Lavigne shouldn't be limited to one or two kinds of stories...


Sadly, many of her songs (like He Wasn't) or her albums (Arista's Under My Skin, The Best Damn Thing and Goodbye Lullaby) that were made during this era were butchered by RCA and the executives running the label (Don't Tell Me, Nobody's Home, Hot, The Best Damn Thing, What The Hell, and Smile as well as her fourth album, Goodbye Lullaby, suffering the most), others like My Happy Ending (which topped the top 40 Billboard chart in 2004) and Wish You Were Here were dumped and listeners didn't see them (Keep Holding On, When You're Gone, Wish You Were Her and so on), the only survivor was Girlfriend, which became a chart topping 2007 hit after the song hit the Billboard at number 1 at the Billboard Hot 100 and caught on like wildfire. Even though she lost her fans in 2007 after her fans hated Girlfriend and moved on. It is also a rare bright spot from this era, alongside the overlooked Under My Skin (Avril Lavgine's sophomore album) which sold more than 3 million copies in the US by 2006.

The same executives, under RCA's rule, came very close to running Avril Lavigne's career into the ground. When Avril Lavigne left RCA in late 2011 and other artists from the labels, J, Jive, and Arista took Avril Lavigne's place as the new RCA newcomers like Britney Spears, Pink, Alicia Keys, and Justin Timberlake by the time these 3 labels were shut down in 2011, Avril Lavigne were brought over from RCA to Epic Records and L.A. Ried who now runs at Epic Records did a little cleaning up at the tarnished Avril Lavigne. Gone were the executives of RCA who only saw Avril Lavigne as a mere asset, a creative music artist-driven environment was brought back. (The story on the other hand makes it sound like Avril Lavigne couldn't come up with a good song or a good album after Let Go and its single, Complicated, Sk8er Boi, and I'm With You, to save her career, and she needed L.A. Ried (lol) to do it for her. Absolute hogwash.)

L.A. Ried has now revived the idea of trying new things at her career after 2011. Give You What You Like, Avril Lavigne's 2013 song from her fifth album, had that been made during the times of Don't Tell Me/My Happy Ending/Nobody's Home/When You're Gone/Hot/The Best Damn Thing/What The Hell/Smile/Wish You Were Here, probably would've been butchered and people would've ignored the risky Avril Lavigne single. With no nosy RCA's executives sticking her spoons into the broth, Give You What You Like ended up being an excellent Avril Lavigne song and it kicked the doors open for big possibilities. Enter Fly, a song that also is out of the Arista Avril Lavigne comfort zone: Charity, a ballad as a lead single, a, Avril Lavigne rock ballad! No bratty songs, motherf(bleep)ing princess, or pop music!

Unlike something like He Wasn't or When You're Gone, Fly isn't compromised by executive meddling. Fly gets to be the song it wants to be, but it succeeds because the storytelling and lyrics are very good. That's all that's needed to pull off an Avril Lavigne song like this, and when your label is run by people who don't see music as an art form, you get a song like The Best Damn Thing or What The Hell. The risk-taking is all for naught in the end, for people don't remember or like your song. It's all in the lyrics and the storytelling!

That's why I'm loving the current Avril Lavigne because Fly happens to be a charity single who was confirmed as a lead single instead of copy and paste bratty songs like What The Hell. That makes Avril Lavigne, alongside other artists like Backstreet Boys, special artists during the music industry from 1990-2004. Avril Lavigne along with other artists of the 1990-2004 era like Spice Girls were much better in the 1990-2004 era than music from the 2005-2015 era like Justin Bieber. Artists from the 2005-2015 era like Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande were trying to make the music industry even better by putting in something like Vevo, unfortunately, that never worked well unlike music from 1990-2004.


Anyway, I'm looking forward to hear Fly because unlike Avril Lavigne's tracks from 2004-2013, Fly will likely to fly over to the Billboard chart and top the Billboard Hot 100 just like Girlfriend did back in 2007. Let's hope Fly will reach number 1 at the Billboard Hot 100. Taylor Swift did that with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Shake It Off and Blank Space. Why can't Avril Lavigne do the same thing? Why Avril Lavigne doesn't make more chart topping number ones? Fly needs to be Avril Lavigne's first number one since Girlfriend. Fly needs to be a massive smash hit single and the song has to. Oh, one more thing, please make it a rock song, not a pop song. You got that? Thank you.

So here's what happened. When Under My Skin released in 2004, Avril Lavigne fans loved this album with little to no fact about the album 11 years ago. That's because RCA has merged with Arista by early 2004 after RCA merged Jive in 2002. Before Fly ready to release this year, RCA has ruined Avril Lavigne's career in the 2004-2011 era unlike Arista did with Let Go.

While fans loved Let Go and Under And Skin allowing that they thought that she would have a bright future, RCA begin controlling Avril Lavigne's career by using Sony Music's executives and ruined Avril Lavigne or Under My Skin by the time spring starts in 2004.

As RCA and its executives started to gain some insight from everyone here on Avril Lavigne’s struggles during 2004, Avril Lavigne quickly lose her fans in 2007 after release The Best Damn Thing and Girlfriend topped the Billboard chart during 2007. Thus, she then reluctantly faded into obscurity for four years.

Perhaps, Avril Lavigne lost even more during her four-year hiatus, during which time RCA, her record label refused to release any further recordings from her until she had agreed to work with Max Martin on a few songs. If only Arista could've treat her well unlike RCA, then she would be fine.

So her fourth album, Goodbye Lullaby, was designed to be a stripped-down "return to form" that was intended to win back her old fans. But that never happened. Also, the album’s wrong lead single, What The Hell (which should not be a lead single as it's a bratty song), was supposed to appeal to teens and tweens. But the song never caught on. Plus, she was unable to capture an older audience with the more mature, introspective songs that she had otherwise recorded for the album.

So when Goodbye Lullaby release in early 2011 (which is a very bad date instead of the 2010 date the album should've been released), the album tanked on the charts, and the U.S. tour was canned.

Also, during 2011, a majority of Avril Lavigne's fans have moved on.

Young people like tweens don’t seem to care for her and adult listeners just can't bring themselves to take her seriously.

Additionally, she has become unable to compete with Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Kesha, and Adele while Britney Spears, Beyonce, Pink, and Kelly Clarkson are still going strong at the same time.

So by 2011, it seems that Avril Lavigne is facing a steady decline in relevance as her fanbase has considerably dwindled...

Until now...

With Fly becoming Avril Lavigne's comeback single, this will allow Avril Lavigne's career to get back on her feet. Soon, her sixth album will become more successful again. Probably a small success as album sales including Avril Lavigne ones are greatly dwindled (except for Taylor Swift albums as Taylor Swift album sold more than 4 million copies in the U.S. because Big Machine and Scott Borchetta has backed up on these albums).

Now that Avril Lavigne is feeling better after she is diagnosed with Lyme disease, she will be ready to go back on track.

Will Fly reached number 1 on the Billboard charts? Will Fly ever become more successful than Girlfriend? I hope so.