You can't beat a nice warm BAP on a cold Thursday. Some of these have gone a bit cold admittedly, but still.
- Jennifer Lopez has a new single/video. Does anyone have any idea where she’s from? (Vevo)
- Katy Perry and Juicy J are at Number 1 in the USA. It’s not looking good for the Pitbull version. (Billboard)
- Katy Perry celebrated getting her ninth Number One by playing ‘Prism’ to her wigs. (Twitter)
- The Brit Awards are going to be streamed live worldwide on YouTube. There’s also going to be a British Video award, which is going to be voted for on Twitter (let’s just give it to One Direction now shall we). (The Brit Awards)
- Radio 1’s Big Weekend is going to Glasgow this year. Rita Ora and Paulo Nutini will both give performances (more acts will be announced in due course but imagine if the pair were literally the only two there). (Newsbeat)
- The Shakira and Rihanna collaboration now has a teaser video which features them grinding on either side of a wall. (Instagram)
- If the teaser just isn’t enough, there’s a behind the scenes ‘look’ at the video too. (YouTube)
- Little Mix are shooting their video for ‘Word Up’. They’re taking the ‘Sport Relief’ theme quite seriously. (Instagram)
- Pop’s beacon of innocence Justin Bieber has a new music video. (YouTube)
- Enrique Iglesais has revealed the understated cover for his new album ‘Sex + Love’. (Twitter)
- In surprising collaboration news, Rita Ora’s new single features Calvin Harris. There’s a song with Macklemore on the album too. (Radio 1)
- Good news if you enjoy listening to Clare Maguire: Clare Maguire has a new mixtape ‘thing’ that she’s giving away. (Clare Maguire’s website)
- UPDATE YOUR DIARIES: the Foxes album has been pushed back to May 12. (Foxes’ Store)
- Pop’s most controversial entities Ed Sheeran and Emeli Sandé have ‘contributed’ to Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ reissue. (Elton John’s shop)
- The Broods EP has been chucked online. (SoundCloud)
- Elsewhere on Planet Broods, the EP cover has some rather nice glass busts on it. (Popjustice)
And just for old time's take:
What a song.