8 h. ago I can’t stop watching videos of people discovering Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil. Send help

Like all good addicts, I couldn’t tell you how much time I’ve spent with First Time Hearing clips on YouTube. They sucked me in and didn’t let me goRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesOh the pleasant pain of waiting impatiently for someone to understand the point! Oh the power of dramatic irony; the smug joy of knowing something they don’t.Oh how I wallowed in these feelings and more, when YouTube sucked me into a genre I had previously known nothing about: First Time Hearing videos, where people film themselves watching the music video of a song they’ve never heard before and grace viewers with their impromptu reactions, thoughts and facial expressions. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ‘No one makes money from them’: with MTV channels switching off, is the music video under threat?

Five MTV channels will close at the end of the year in the UK, leaving just one – which mostly plays reality TV. And with budgets pinched, directors say they are strugglingThe launch of MTV, in 1981, ushered in a new era of music. Showing music videos 24 hours a day, the television channel redefined artist marketing and launched the careers of artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna, whose public personas became inseparable from the gripping, frequently controversial clips they produced to be played on the service.Now, that chapter of music history appears to be drawing to a close, with MTV’s parent company Paramount announcing last week that its five dedicated music channels in the UK – MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live – will cease broadcasting after 31 December. (The flagship MTV channel, which broadcasts reality programmes such as Catfish, The Hills and Geordie Shore, will remain in operation.) Continue reading...

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23 h. ago BBC star’s nepo daughter reveals addiction battle on new single

A BBC star’s nepo daughter has revealed her addiction battle on her new single. The singer has opened up for the first time about struggling with addiction, ADHD and substance abuse. Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar's daughter, Madeleine Dunbar, 37, whose artist's name is Minx has explored her past in her new music video. The artist took...

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25 h. ago Emmerdale fans 'switch off' as 'distressing' April plot 'crosses the line'

ITV viewers were left in complete "distress" after a recent storyline with April Windsor left horrified viewers reaching for the remote as they threatened to switch channels

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32 h. ago Eminem is 'dating' a member of his glam team who recently lost a lot of weight thanks to surgery and GLP

The legendary rapper - who's celebrating his 53rd birthday this Friday - has entrusted the fellow Michigan native with his hair and grooming on several music video and photoshoots. per TMZ.

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33 h. ago Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar's daughter lifts the lid on sex addiction, drugs and ADHD in new Madonna

The 37-year-old, who performs under the name MINX, revealed that she has now channelled her painful past into a new music video inspired by Madonna and Lady Gaga .

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53 h. ago ‘It’s been a shock’: Taylor Swift fans flock to see German museum’s Ophelia

Depiction of Shakespeare character by Friedrich Heyser believed to have inspired pop superstar’s new music videoA 200-year-old museum in Germany has found itself in the eye of a storm of delighted Taylor Swift fans when it emerged that one of the probable inspirations for the music video of her new song The Fate of Ophelia was hanging on its wall.In the opening scene of the clip for the first song on Swift’s blockbuster new album The Life of a Showgirl, one of the world’s biggest pop stars assumes the role of the tragic Shakespearean character. The video, released earlier this month, was watched more than 27m times on YouTube in the first three days. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Museum unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans after painting inspires music video

The Swifties’ goal is an Art Nouveau painting by Friedrich Heyser featuring Ophelia

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3 d. ago D’Angelo was far more than the shirtless sex symbol he was painted as

The late singer’s iconic music video for Untitled (How Does It Feel) had him unfairly pigeonholed for much of his careerExperimental, sensual and political, D’Angelo radically redrew the boundaries of soul music‘The architect of Black Gen X sonic feeling and eloquence’: D’Angelo’s 10 greatest tracksThe news of D’Angelo’s death following a privately handled pancreatic cancer diagnosis had shocked fans crying Shit, Damn, Motherfucker – a cult favorite from the 1995 Brown Sugar album that heralded the R&B singer as a force in the blossoming neo-soul movement. But the winking references on social media to that crash-out song, about a man who discovers his girl in bed with his best friend and lets rage take over, were soon crowded out by shirtless images of the four-time Grammy winner as tribute. It’s the last thing he’d want to be remembered for.The images all derive from the same source: the 2000 music video for Untitled (How Does It Feel), from D’Angelo’s sophomore album, Voodoo. ...

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3 d. ago Diane Keaton's surprise connection to Justin Bieber resurfaces after her death

Diane Keaton's touching connection with Justin Bieber has been highlighted in the wake of the actress' death, with the pair having collaborated on a music video together

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4 d. ago Coronation Street stars Ryan Thomas and Tina O'Brien's daughter Scarlett, 16, launches a music career after skipping her GCSEs

Nepo baby Scarlett Thomas showed off her incredible singing skills in a new video posted on Monday - as she pursues a music career after skipping her GCSEs this summer. 

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4 d. ago Lorraine Kelly lands new Channel 4 series as she takes on 'personal' trip

The 65-year-old telly favourite, known for her morning show on ITV, is switching channels for her upcoming project, Lorraine Kelly's Norwegian Odyssey

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4 d. ago Nepo baby Scarlett Thomas, 16, shows off her incredible singing skills as she pursues music career after skipping her GCSEs

Nepo baby Scarlett Thomas showed off her incredible singing skills in a new video posted on Monday - as she pursues a music career after skipping her GCSEs this summer. 

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6 d. ago Queen legend Brian May forms 'new group' – of daffodil planters

EXCLUSIVE: Rocker Brian May has posted a band-style photo of his flower-planting team and reveals their first music video

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7 d. ago What the 'world's hottest criminal' looks like now after unexpected career

Jeremy Meeks has appeared in films and a music video, and modelled in catwalk shows, since being released from prison.

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8 d. ago Billie Eilish violently dragged into barricade by audience member during Miami show

Miami Police say the person involved was ‘ejected’ from the venue

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8 d. ago Dolly Parton’s health scare was an online spectacle we need to learn from

This week, the country music icon had to issue a video to alleviate concerns over her health, after a Facebook post by her sister had many fans fearing the worst. The whole incident shows how social media has eroded all notions of privacy and restraint when it comes to the famous, writes Mark Beaumont

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8 d. ago Dolly Parton’s health scare was an online spectacle that we need to learn from

This week, the country music icon had to issue a video alleviating concerns over her health, after a Facebook post by Parton’s sister had many fans fearing the worst. The whole incident shows how social media has eroded all notions of privacy and restraint when it comes to the famous, writes Mark Beaumont

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9 d. ago Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne rally behind Yungblud after backlash over VMAs performance

Yungblud paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at this year's MTV Video Music Awards by performing a medley of the late musician's hits, but received some backlash from critics

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1 week ago Dolly Parton addresses health concerns in new video: ‘I ain’t dead yet!’

Country music star shares buoyant video on social media after rumors swirl about her healthDolly Parton has taken to social media to clarify she “ain’t dead yet!”In a post shared on her Instagram and YouTube channel, the country music star rejected rumors of ill health that swirled after the postponement of her Las Vegas residency and a cryptic post from her sister asking for “prayers”. Continue reading...

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