Chic and Untroubled

Just in case things do pop-off like some conspiracy theorists hope for at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next month, the party will be going down with some of the best music out right now.

Kanye West, N.E.R.D, and Wyclef Jean have all been entrusted with the duty to make the viewers at home watch the total live broadcasting of the historical event, as if we weren’t going to already.

Fellow Hollywood Democrats Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, and Ed Norton, who is making a documentary on Barack’s run, will all be present at the convention.

Speaking of N.E.R.D, their music video for the new single, Spaz, is out right now. It was shot at Brixton Academy and features lots of people, well, losing their minds.

Enjoy the video after the jump

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As was mentioned yesterday, I was suppose to blog today. Unfortunately, my tests pretty much kicked my ass and mind doesn’t really want to operate right now. But tomorrow, for sure, there will be posts. Like a million. Until then, chew on this music video. It stars Pharrell Williams, Santogold, and Julian Casablancas of The Strokes.

Do you remember when Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were arch enemies back in the early 00s? Both singers were at the top of their game and both were in a head-to-head competition as to who could make the most of their adoring and impressionable young fans expose their thong first in a pair of low rise jeans.

As someone who was occupying elementary during this time period, it was of the utmost importance amongst my peer group to pick a side to join: Team Britney or Team Aguilera.

I hopped Xtina’s bandwagon because I thought she had the better voice and my parents refused to buy me a Britney Spears album.

While it remains to be unseen if Brit Brit will get her life back together and reclaim her crown as the reigning pop princess, it’s safe to say Christina won their epic dual. If only because she realized her bad ass cred went out the window when her piercings and dark hair and eyeliner showed up, which was probably the cause of their subsequent removal.

After having a baby and finally landing the cover of People en Español’s 50 Most Beautiful issue, the platinum blonde is gearing up to record her next album, which is slated for a fall release.

In the current issue of Glamour, Aguilera says about the record, “I’ll be referencing Pop Art, Andy Warhol’s art.” So an Interview cover is almost for certain or maybe just a few free cashmere sweaters from Marc Jacobs, right?

Firstly, I’m not a music reviewer. I know, I know, never tell the people what you’re not good at, but I’ve never been that girl. You know, the one who wears Uggs in July; swears by the teachings of Cosmopolitan ….30, 5′0, and legitimately pissed when she doesn’t make the cut for America’s Next Top Model.

So, there. This is my confession, my fault. Plus, I would never want to be subjected to something like this, which is never a good. In short, my future ramblings on music will always be sweet, succinct and straight to the point.

I’ve had Private Affair by The Virgins on repeat all weekend and thought I might share my new summer jam and its subsequent music video. Taking a cue from Snoop’s Sexual Seduction, this video gets the vintage treatment, but 80s workout gear replaces pimp suits and glorious perms. Love it.

This is Katy Perry.

Madonna think she’s pretty cool and Perez Hilton really, really likes her, which isn’t saying much but if she ever got into a fight with Lily Allen (oh,my!) he would definitely declare her the victor on his blog and write mean stuff around Lily’s pink mane or something like that.

By the way, she is a singer who’s hit songs have names like “Ur so gay” and “I kissed a girl,” which are probably due to the fact that her parents were very strict traveling ministers and when she discovered Tegan & Sara she was probably all “OMG.”

Did I mention Karl Lagerfeld has a tinsy crush on her as well?

The Kaiser invited her to his LA boutique opening, where she arrived in a black cocktail dress provided to her by the famous fashion house.

As of now, her style is oh so retro; donning 50s style rompers, bright red lips, bows, bedazzled nails, and tons of neon in every fashion spread she’s appeared in thus far. One problem: Dita Von Teese has already filled this role, which means Dior is probably out of the question.

But apparently there are a slew of designers just waiting to outfit the up-and-coming pop princess and give her tons of free clutches and wedges. In particular, Steve Madden. The “Forever21 of shoes” has tapped the singer to star in its ad campaign.

On a side note, if her eyes were bright blue she could easily pass for Zooey Deschanel’s twin sister, another reason why the indie babe might be receiving so much love from the fashion crowd. And yeah, she’s pretty talented, too.

Here’s something to help you kick off your three-day weekend, kind of:

Regardless of who you are rooting for this presidential election, no one can deny the appeal of Idle Warship’s new song, Fall Back featuring Chester French.

Instead of filling this post with some politically correct commentary about, blah, blah, blah, I think I’ll just let the video speak for itself. And it does so very well.

PS: Yes. We. Can!