Music Videos

80s icon and former Knight Rider and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff has just released a new single – True Survivor – and it’s an 80s synth rock dream! The track is lifted from the soundtrack of King Fury, a martial arts comedy film that was completely funded on Kickstarter. 17,713 backers pledged $630,019 to help fund the movie, which is slated for a May 28 release. On Kickstarter the film is described as “a visually spectacular action comedy that has its foundation in ’80s cop movies.”

As you might expect, the video is completely crazy. The Hoff takes on numerous villains, including Nazis and robots, whilst sporting an 80s-style mullet and leather bomber jacket. Gunfights? Dogs with lasers for eyeballs? Hitler? Kung fu? A giant viking? Explosions galore? Dinosaurs? Sure! The video was shared on Twitter by Jared Leto who wrote, “Say THANK YOU for putting this in your life.”

“The song is perfect for me as I really am, in real life, a True Survivor,” Hasselhoff said to Idolator. “The ’80s was about fun, action, and heroes. Kung Fury has it all! I’m honored to be involved with [director] David Sandberg, an up-and-coming force of nature in the animation digital entertainment world,” he said.

Kung Fury was written and directed by David Sandberg who also appears in the film with Joanna Häggblom, Andreas Cahling and Leopold Nilsson. Find out more about the film on www.kungfury.com

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Hello, summer anthem! Ella Eyre has just released a video for her soulful, drum-and-bass-infused track Together. Forget the 9 to 5 and head off to Barcelona in a VW with Ella! 🙂

Vevo posted the track 2 days ago and called it “The Sound of the summer – We’ve made Ella’s new tune our TRACK OF THE WEEK! :-)” Could this be Ella’s first Nº1? Smells like it to us. We love ourselves some Ella – what a voice!

The 21-year-old Brit has already scored two Top 20 singles as a solo artist with If I Go (Nº 16) and Comeback (Nº12), as well as a Nº1 with Rudimental, Waiting All Night, and a Top 5 hit with DJ Fresh on Gravity.

The video was shot by Craig Moore in and around Barcelona, and was produced by Futurecut (Rihanna, Lily Allen). Together is officially out on May 18 and is lifted from Eyre’s debut album Feline, which is expected to be released later this summer.

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#ThrowbackThursday – We go back 35 years to 1980 when Blondie started a 6-week run on the Billboard Hot 100 charts with Call Me, also a Nº1 in the UK and a Top 10 hit in 15 other countries. The song features on the soundtrack of the Richard Gere movie American Gigolo – it plays over the opening titles where Gere is driving his car down the pacific coast highway in California.

Debbie Harry stated that the song is about driving, and that “When I was writing it, I pictured the opening scene, driving on the coast of California.” European disco legend Giorgio Moroder produced the track. The bridge of the original English-language version also includes Harry singing “Call me, my darling” in Italian (“Amore, chiamami”) and in French (“Appelle-moi, mon chéri”).

Not only was the track Nº1 on the Hot 100 for 6 weeks, it was certified Gold and spent 4 weeks at Nº2 on the US dance chart. It was Nº1 on Billboard Magazine’s 1980 year-end chart and lists as Nº 44 on Billboard’s All Time Top 100. 25 years after its original release, Call Me was ranked at No. 283 on the list of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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This is the perfect video for #WackyWednesday ! The song is damn catchy and the video will crack you up- it’s hilarious! The song has swept the music charts across South Korea, replacing girl group Miss A’s Only You and is getting more than a million YouTube hits a day. Rapper Jessi of ‘Lucky J’ is also featured in the single and video.

J.Y. Park basically worships the booty against a background of a funky beat. He has the audacity to ask girls in the gym what waist and hip measurements they have! Try that in Europe or America and you’d get your face slapped pretty quick! Overall, YouTube comments seems very positive – “i usually dislike this kind of songs and mvs (girls, butts, boobs) but surprisingly, jyp pulls it off perfectly” and another “Omg, Korean Iggy in the house! This song is catchy and the vid cracked me up!”

J. Y Park, otherwise known as Park Jin-young is a South Korean music mogul – a rapper, singer, producer and CEO of JYP Entertainment. He is also one of the three judges on the show K-Pop Star 4 (South Korea’s version of The Voice). Park made an official comeback with his new album 24/34 in the final episode of Season 4 on Sunday (April 12).

Park has released 7 albums and also composed and produced over 31 charting singles and 25 albums for various groups in South Korea including Rain and Wonder Girls. Park also became the first Asian producer to successfully cross over to the US, producing music for Will Smith, Mase and Cassie.

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We love the cover art for his new album (below) – the reflection in the sunglasses is perfect, sums him up really!

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Janelle Monáe has released a music video for her collaborative track Yoga with singer and label mate Jidenna. We love the tongue in cheek, breezy verse “She did that yoga / Looking for my loafers man, I woke up in a toga,”. The club comes to the yoga studio in this fun video.

This electro-soul track is quite seductive, supported by metallic handclaps and a stuttering beat. It’s the first new single from Monáe since her second album Electric Lady (2013). It will be featured on the upcoming label compilation EP Wondaland Presents: The Eephus which is due to drop this summer. The 5-track EP will feature songs from other acts on the label including St. Beauty, Deep Cotton and Roman GianArthur.

“Baby, bend over / Let your booty do that yoga,”. Sounds like Nirvana to us!

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Rapper and producer Charles Hamilton and Rita Ora have premiered the music video for their new single New York Raining. The retro clip, directed by Max and Dania, pays homage to the history of the Civil Rights Movement. Hamilton raps and plays the piano, whilst Ora’s smooth vocals delight the ear – the track is already notching up plenty of radio play.

The radio-friendly single has already left it’s mark on the TV community. Hamilton and Ora showcased the track on the The Voice UK final, as well as on the season finale of Empire, plus NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Hamilton shot to fame in 2009 after being supported and championed by Eminem. Since then he released loads of EPs and mix tapes – but has been out of circulatiom for a while recovering from bipolar disorder and addiction. It’s good to see him back in the game! If you are still unsure about who he is, head over to Hot New Hip Hop and check out their article 10 Tracks To Familiarize Yourself With Charles Hamilton.

New York Raining is released in the UK on May 31 via Republic/Virgin EMI.

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The Odd Future rapper has shared a video from two songs off his upcoming album Cherry Bomb which will be released this coming Monday (April 13). Tyler directed the video himself under his Wolf Haley moniker and it’s pretty impressive. Fucking Young, as well as being funny and silly, is a colourful and creative affair with some great photography. The six-and-a-half-minute long narrative tells the story of the breakdown of a relationship between Tyler and a girl who is far too young for him.

The new album Cherry Bomb features collaborations with Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Charlie Wilson, Chaz Bundick (aka Toro y Moi) and the Black Lips’ Cole Alexander. In a string of recent tweets Tyler has stated that he wants the album to go to Nº1. “TELL EVERYONE. IT DOESNT MATTER MUCH BUT I DO WANT A NUMBER 1 ALBUM JUST TO GO BACK TO THE N****S WHO SAID I WOULDNT,” he wrote on April 9. His last album Wolf (2013) peaked at Nº3 on the Billboard album charts and Nº 17 on the UK charts.

Tyler is currently on a US tour taking in dozens of cities in North America, as well as 2 performances at the Coachella music festival, the House of Bllues in New Orleans and Irving Plaza in New York. The European leg of his tour kicks off in the UK on May 12 in Scotland. Visit Tyler’s website for more information.

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The hottest song of the moment – the one that’s impossible to listen to without a smile on your face – has just got a brand new music video ahead of its official UK release on Simon Cowell’s Syco label. Jamaica-born OMI has already hit Nº 1 in 10 countries with the feel-good, reggae-infused track, and last week entered the UK Top 40 at Nº 37 on streams alone.

Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) is already among the top 10 most-streamed tracks globally, breaking the all-time streaming record in France with 1.3 million streams in a single week! The song has gained more than 100 million total Spotify streams, has reached Nº1 on Spotify in nine markets, and has seen combined YouTube views of more than 40 million. The track was also named one of ’16 Tracks You Need in Your Life Right Now’ by THE FADER.

OMI comes from the rural Jamaican parish of Clarendon. He met his music mentor and producer – Clifton ‘Specialist’ Dillon – in 2009 and set up his own music studio in Kingston.

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