Spankin’ New Video: Kylie Minogue Keeps Poppin’ & Lockin’

Kylie Minogue is a music business anomily. It’s hard to imagine she had no substantial hit in the 90s and that almost 15 years after her first hit, “Locomotion,” (a very mild hit we should add) she’d come back to the State-side, in 2001, with “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.” It turned out to be another mild hit and then she disappeared. Or so it seemed.

Minogue kept releasing great pop albums in 2003 and 2007 , toured the world, stayed relevant within the pop world working with Bloodyshy & Avant (Britney Spears’s “Toxic”), Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane), Cutfather (Pussycat Doll’s “I Hate This Part”), Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Sia, and Kesha producer), and Stuart Price (Madonna). With all this Kylie’s following seems to increase even if her June release Aphrodite is nowhere in Billboards Top 200 albums after only 3 months.

The album is on it’s 2nd single “Get Outta My Way” with a video premiere and it’s quite the piece of Pop art. It features the singer performing choreography that has her poppin’ and lockin’ while laying on a graphic grid with shirtless dancers picking-up and placing chairs around her. The end sequence has her looking like a superhero-lioness of sorts with a herd of gay cubs surrounding her. Fantastic, if you ask us.

It’s quite the eye-candy. Whether it becomes a pop-radio hit doesn’t seem to matter anymore. Did it ever?

Maroon 5’s “Misery”

It’s been three years since Maroon 5 released their Police/Sting inspired sophomore album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long. Now, “Misery”, the first single from their upcoming album Hands All Over (due out September 2010) has a video.

The record sounds very Maroon 5 but we like it. Never mind that the bridge (1:55) sounds almost identical to the bridge on “This Love” (2:02).

As always, the proof of a dope video is in two things: 1) Does it make you love the record more? 2) Do you watch it through to the end? In this case, the answer to both those questions is…yes.

There’s something about the shots of Adam Levine falling that makes you want to see more of it.

Plus, Adam Levine sporting a pompadour? We’re not complaining.

Enrique Iglesias and First Love

Enrique Iglesias isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think, “Artistic vision.” For the most part he’s been a latin radio darling and that’s all he’ll ever be. Essentially, he has a career sprinkled with some really good songs.

His latest album is due out this summer and the marketing plan is to have a Pop and Latin Pop single simultaneously out at the same time. “I Like It” features Pitbull and it’s supposed to be in Jersey Shore soundtrack. Why? Who knows? “Cuando Me Enamoro” is the Latin Pop single and is already Top 10 in the latin charts. It’s deserving since it is a simple and sweet pop song featuring a latin music living legend, Juan Luis Guerra.

We always say that a video goes a long way in making anyone love a song. The new video for “Cuando Me Enamoro” just tugs at your heart strings. It depicts several kids in an elementary school dealing with crushes. Totally made us think about our first crush…those were the days.

The video features Ana Ortiz, from Ugly Betty, and it’s quite beautiful. We like.

Check it out:

Robyn Stalks ‘Cause Of A Beanstalk

Robyn’s album, Body Talk Pt. 1, is due out in a couple of weeks and finally released a single. From the 8 track LP, she chose “Dancing On My Own,” an incredibly heartbreaking record.

Not surprisingly it’s fantastic, it’s clear-cut proof that dance music has feeling.

The video is fabulously shot and well lit. The sequences of her performing behind the mic are just eye-candy. We’ve watched it a couple of times and love both the video and record more and more.

In reality the concept is totally crazy. She’s stalking this guy on a club dance floor – those are uncomfortable enough.

The Crow: The Miley Cyrus Edition

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My morning routine involves waking up to a Top 40 morning show. Earlier this week, the show world premiered a new Miley Cyrus record titled “Can’t Be Tamed.” The audio was catchy even if it was overly synthesized and autotuned. Really, today, what isn’t? If anything, it sounded more like a Britney Spears record and we’re okay with that.

While a track like this gets a stamp of approval from us, we knew it was going to come down to the video treatment. Boy, were we right to hold off on our love. We were going to avoid the video altogether when we received an email from a friend – Subject: Why?? She attached this gem of a video.

The video is a little of a disaster. It’s as if the record should be referred to as “Can’t Be Tamed” featuring feathers. It’s essentially Miley Cyrus playing mini-Lady GaGa pretending to be a bird and using her wings to shield herself from camera flashes. All while she’s in a cage. Way profound, Miley.

Over sexualized teenagers recording music is essentially what Generation X grew up listening to. At least, there was something non-chalent about how Britney Spears did it. More often than not if she was rubbing her leg on another dancer’s chubby, for artistic sakes, she was dressed as a human.

Another thing I find a little disconcerting is that she’s starting to look like Aubrey O’Day’s younger sister.

Here’s the peek to the hot mess of the week, aside from the Lezzy country singer, but let’s focus: