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05/02/2014

O estranho caso de Miley Cyrus

Miley Ray Cyrus nasce em 1992 em Nashville. Começa por ficar conhecida em 2006 quando intepreta o papel de Miley Setwart em Hannah Montana, uma série do Disney Channel. Em 2008, já era eleita como uma das 100 famosas mais bem pagas do mundo, tinha então 16 anos. Até à data já lançou 4 álbuns e vendeu cerca de 20 milhões de CDs.

Mas como é que a ídolo de muitos pré-adolescentes se transforma na rebelde Miley que todos nós invariavelmente já comentámos, devido às suas aparições polémicas?


Em 2006, a Walt Disney lança o primeiro álbum de Hannah Montana. Em 2007, sai o disco Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus, o segundo álbum da série e o primeiro da Miley. Dois anos depois, sai Breakout, o primeiro CD sem qualquer ligação aparente com a série da Disney. Ao avaliar o conteúdo do álbum bem como o artwork do mesmo, até então, pouca coisa ainda tinha mudado.

O ano de 2008 estava guardado para o lançamento do terceiro álbum: Can’t Be Tamed. O single de apresentação marca de forma evidente a separação da ingénua criança Miley, a que o seu público estava habituado, para uma jovem rebelde.


Corria o ano de 2008 e a Miley era uma criatura rara que estava numa jaula e que não podia ser domesticada. Uma pergunta surge: Será que as crianças que a seguiam na série da Disney continuavam a apoiá-la? Afinal também elas cresceram... Será a Miley um ícone para a nova geração teen?

Mas o que realmente dá que falar é o novo álbum Bangers, lançado a 4 de Outubro de 2013. Ainda em 2012, e por considerar que a sua editora não a deixava voar tanto quanto quereria, a Miley mudou de editora.

Uns meses antes do lançamento do álbum, já as polémicas tinham começado.

Em Agosto, ao receber um prémio no MTV European Music Awards, em Amesterdão, opta por acender, ao que tudo indica, um charro para dizer umas quantas palavras de agradecimento. Necessário? Não poderia esperar? Ou mais um motivo para ser falada, aliado à sua prestação algo vulgar nessa mesma noite em que interpretou com Robin Thicke um mash-up da música We Can’t Stop e Blurred Lines?

Em Setembro, 1 mês antes do lançamento oficial, o vídeo do segundo single Wrecking Ball é lançado e alcança 19,3 milhões em 24 horas.


Nunca saberemos se este sucesso se deveu à letra, musicalidade ou ao vídeo... Mas desconfiamos que a Miley a dançar nua em cima de uma bola, a lamber um martelo ou a partir paredes, tenha ajudado a aumentar as visualizações.

Já o vídeo da música Adore You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1tzURKYFNs), depois destas polémicas, acaba por não chocar.

A Miley Cyrus é pop. E a pop por si só já ocupa 95% do tempo em todas as rádios. Logo por esta via, já terá uma grande probabilidade de sucesso. É certo que a grande maioria dos artistas cantam e  produzem pop. Mas era necessário? Eram necessário estes vídeos? Estas constantes aparições polémicas? Não está em causa aqui o talento vocal dela ou das suas músicas, se calhar até tem mais talento que outras artistas mas... era necessário? Que estratégia é esta da Miley, agente e editora? Qual será a próxima “bomba”?

Quanto a nós, preferimos esquecer estes escândalos e relembrar as palavras da Adele: No-one’s ever told me to lose weight or anything like that. I don’t rely on my t**s to have hits.

Quanto à Miley Cyrus, se for esta estratégia a ser seguida resta-nos, como apreciadores de música, esquecer as polémicas e cingir-nos ao que ouvimos no álbum de forma a tecer uma crítica construtiva sobre o que realmente importa: a música.

Depois da música vem o “resto”. Mas esse resto nunca incluirá situações para chamar a atenção dos media ou vídeos com artistas nus ou seminus, sejam eles de que género forem. O resto poderá ser videoclips como Happy do Pharrell Williams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM) ou performaces ao vivo como a P!nk  e outros artistas já nos tem vindo a habituar. Para além da música, enquanto fã, gosto de ver um artista que complementa a sua música com algo que faça realçar a sua qualidade e talento.

O que penso quando falam da música Wrecking Ball? A postura apresentada pela Miley Cyrus no videoclip de promoção. O que penso quando falam dos concertos da P!nk ou dos Muse? A forma como procuram explorar os sons que criaram em estúdio para tornar os seus concertos num espetáculo musical para aqueles que os seguem.


Chegámos à altura em que é de duvidar a confiança que o manager, editora e a própria Miley têm no talento da mesma. Não são as suas canções/albúms e a sua capacidade vocal suficientes para a fazer vingar no mundo (dos “crescidos”) da música?

29/07/2012

Entrevista // Com The Hypers

Continuing the festival MUSA Cascais interview marathon, see our previous interviews with Viralata and Jimmy P.
If there's any interest from you, we can translate from Portuguese to English or vice-versa.
For more details about the artists performances, check our review.

The Hypers are a Portuguese young band created in 2006 and it's now composed Gonçalo Larsen (vocals and guitars), Pedro Veiga (drums) and Ricardo Ferreira (bass guitar).
Supported by MTV and MySpace Portugal they entered some competitions and won, in 2008, the Almada Modern Music Competition being able to record their second Wreckage of a Riot, previously they've released Coming Out Loud.
Last year they've performed on Themometer Festival. Nowadays they are focused on recording their record and making live performances, like what happened on Festival Musa Cascais, this year, where they gave us this interview.


Conor Maynard, Can't Say No

Conor Maynard is a 19-year-old British singer who's career started in 2008.

His career started on Youtube, making covers of artists like Rihanna, Taio Cruz and Chris Brown.
He was "discovered" by the American singer Ne-Yo who watched Maynard's cover of his song Beautiful Monster.

In 2012, he won the MTV Brand New for 2012 award giving him the visibility to spread his talent.

Tomorrow, on July 30, he is going to release his debut album named Contrast under the label Parlophone that belongs to EMI.
The debut single is Can't Say No, released in Belgium on March 2, 2012 and on the UK on April 29, 2012.
The song seems to be about a boy who tends to fall for different girls, which you can understand from the different types of girls he describes during the song.

Lewis Corner, reviewer for Digital Spy, said Can't Say No was "playful, fun and immediately leaves you wanting another go" which I couldn't agree more.
Conor Maynard has a long future, his pop mixed with a long-term R&B complements not only his style but this new kind of generation that mixes two genres and are able to be succcessful.

A second single Vegas Girl was released on July 20.


"One thing they got in common
They all got a hold on me
Meet them at the party meet them in the street
Getting me in so much trouble but that's alright with me"

10/01/2012

Young The Giant, My Body

Young The Giant are an American alternative rock band from California created in 2004 and formed by Sammer Gadhia (lead vocals), Jacob Tilley (guitar), Eric Cannata (guitar), Payam Doostzadeh (bass guitar) and François Comtois (drums).

In 2009 they signed with the label Roadrunner Records and released their debut album Young The Giant in 2010.

After this line-up, when the band was still The Jakes, they had Ehson Hashemian and Jason Burguer, who left the band for several reasons. Maybe for that reason, they changed their name in December 2009, for the actual Young The Giant with Gadhia explaining that it was related with what the band wanted to portray "We are still youthful, but when we aren't, we still want to have that exuberance in our music."

They have already played with Marina And The Diamonds and New Politics.

Young The Giant's debut album was very well received by critics and the under-theme of the record is the "feeling of isolation and almost surreal happiness with a lover."

My Body - and two other songs: I Got and Strings were leaked individually prior to the album's digital release on October 26, 2010.

My Body was the first single taken from the album, released on January 10 2011.
The song was created on the end of a frustrating for the band. A few minutes of yelling non-sense things and jamming just to get the tension out the song was created, with Cannata saying "The dynamic between tension and liberation came from the very basic literal interpretation of the struggle we experienced directly before the creation of the song. It was a stroke of inspiration, and later appreciated insight, that cut through a relatively frustrating time for us as writers."

Gadhia told to Spinner.com that the song "really embodies Young The Giant: a combination of youthful energy and slightly naïve but optimistic determination. It captures a sense of passion, urgency and excitement that we've felt throughout the writing and recording process."

The band performed the song on the MTV Video Music Awards.


"Stop!
The train is riding
Down to the station where I lived,
When I was a cool kid.
"

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10/11/2011

Florence + The Machine, What The Water Gave Me

Florence + The Machine is a musical project created by Florence Welsh and several musicians - Robert Ackroyd (guitar/backing vocals), Chris Hayden (drums/percussion), Isabella Summers (keyboards/backing vocals), Mark Saunders (bass guitar) and Tom Monger (harp).

Some Florence + The Machine hits includes You Got The Love, Heavy In Your Arms and Dogs Days.

The name The Machine is the name given to her teenage collaboration with Isabella "Machine" Summers. They performed together for some time under the name Florence Robot/Isa Machine. Later, the name was shortened to Florence And The Machine.
Florence kept the name even when Isabella Summers left the band for a while, returning later to become the regular keyboardist.

Welch said in the past that her band The Machine know and understand her creative process by claiming "I've worked with most of them for a long time and they know my style, know the way I write, they know what I want".

The band got recognized after BBC radio stations promote them on BBC Introducing, which is a showcase for unsigned or self signed artists to get recognition abroad.

Florence + The Machine have two albums - Lungs (2009) and Ceremonials (2011).

Ceremonials was produced by Paul Epworth (that also worked on Lungs) that revealed to BBC 6 Music that this new record's sound "a lot less indie and lot more soulful".
The album's name comes out to be related with all the idea of the 70's art. According to what Florence Welch said on an interview to MTV News "this big procession of kind of coquette-style hippies and all these different colored robes and masks, and it was all to do with color, really saturated, brightly colored pastas and balloons. I saw it a couple years ago, and it was called 'Ceremonials' (...) And the word sort of stuck with me, and I think the whole idea of performance,(...) there's a sense of ceremony to it."

What The Water Gave Me is the first single from Ceremonials.
The song was written by Florence Welch and Francis Anthony "Eg White". The title was decided after Welch saw a Frida Kahlo's paiting.
The singer explained the song's meaning by saying "It's a song for the water, because in music and art what I'm really interested in are the things that are overwhelming. The ocean seems to me to be nature's great overwhelmer. (...) It's about water in all forms and all bodies. It's about a lot of things; Virginia Woolf creeps into it, and of course Frida Kahlo, whose painfully beautiful painting gave me the title."



"Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
Pockets full of stones"

07/11/2011

News // MTV EMA 2011: Winners



This last MTV Europe Music Awards edition happened in Belfast, Ireland and was hosted by Selena Gomez.
On live performances we were able to see such different bands like Coldplay, Jessie J, LMFAO and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Lady Gaga was the biggest winner of the night bringing home 4 of the 6 nominations she had.
This year's edition had a 2 new awards - the "Biggest Fans" and "MTV EMA Worldwide Act" check the nominees for these categorie and all the others and respective winners.

Best Song:
  • Adele - Rolling In The Deep
  • Bruno Mars - Grenade
  • Jennifer Lopez (feat. Pitbull) - On The Floor
  • Katy Perry - Firework
  • Lady Gaga - Born This Way
Best Live:
  • Coldplay
  • Foo Fighters
  • Katy Perry
  • Lady Gaga
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Pop:
  • Britney Spears
  • Justin Bieber
  • Katy Perry
  • Lady Gaga
  • Rihanna
Best New:
  • Bruno Mars
  • Far East Movement
  • Jessie J
  • LMFAO
  • Wiz Khalifa
Best Female:
  • Adele
  • Beyoncé
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Katy Perry
  • Lady Gaga
Best Male:
  • Bruno Mars
  • David Guetta
  • Eminem
  • Justin Bieber
  • Kanye West
Best Hip Hop:
  • Eminem
  • Lil Wayne
  • Jay-Z & Kanye West
  • Pitbull 
  • Snoop Dogg
Best Rock:
  • Coldplay
  • Foo Fighters
  • Linkin Park
  • Kings Of Leon
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Video:
  • Adele - Rolling In The Deep
  • Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
  • Beyoncé - Run The World (Girls)
  • Justice - Civilization
  • Lady Gaga - Born This Way


Best Alternative:
  • Arcade Fire
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • My Chemical Romance
  • The Strokes
  • Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best World Stage:
  • Arcade Fire
  • The Black Eyed Peas
  • Diddy Dirty Money
  • Enrique Iglésias
  • Kings Of Leon
  • Linkin Park
  • My Chemical Romance
  • Ozzy Osborne
  • Snoop Dogg
  • Thirty Seconds To Mars
Best Push:
  • Alexis Jordan
  • Big Time Rush
  • Bruno Mars
  • Far East Movement
  • Jessie J
  • Katy B
  • LMFAO
  • Neon Trees
  • Theophilus London
  • Wiz Khalifa
Biggest Fans:
  • Justin Bieber
  • Lady Gaga
  • Paramore
  • Selena Gomez
  • Thirty Seconds To Mars
MTV UK & Ireland / Best UK & Ireland Act:
  • Adele
  • Coldplay
  • Florence + The Machine
  • Jessie J
  • Kasabian
Worldwide Act:
  • Lena (Europe)
  • BIGBANG (Asia Pacific)
  • Abdelfattah Grini (Africa/India/Middle East)
  • Britney Spears (North America)
  • Restart (Latin America)

26/09/2011

Adele, One And Only

One And Only appears on this British singer second album "21". This album released by the beginning of this year is already considered one of the best of the year. Adele impressed everyone with her strong lyrical song Rolling In The Deep with the very known beginning "There's a fire starting in my heart / Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark". With this One And Only, Adele confirms she has much more to give than a fire in her heart.

21 has received several nominations and respective awards. During the last years, she've received awards for Critic's Choice - Brit Awards, UK Musician/Solo Artist of the Year - Glamour Women of the Year Awards, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance - Grammy Awards or Best Art Direction in a Video - MTV Video Music Awards and other number of nominations for some of the most respectful companies and nominations there is like BT Digital Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards or MOBO Awards.

Despite what's said, this song is not about a previous relationship. Adele wrote this song to a close friend that she always loved.



"I dare you to let me be your, your one and only,
Promise I'm worthy, 
To hold in your arms"

31/08/2011

News // the Killers win MTV Poll for Best VMA Rock Performance

Las Vegas' band The Killers with Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannuci, Mark Stoermer and Dave Keuning, used Twitter to thank their fans the voting that happened on mtv website for Best VMA Rock Performance which would be announced on MTV VMA Awards, which happened last sunday.
Check the pool results right here.


The Killers won with their performance in 2005 of Mr. Brightside, beating bands like Metallica, Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Muse.

The band used twitter to thank the fans.
"Just found out about the VMA win.. Nobody has fans like you guys. Nobody! Thank you for hangin' with us. Lucky us" by 



30/08/2011

News // VMA 2011 Winners

This last VMA - MTV Video Music Awards - was full of surprises: Kanye West and Jay-Z had surprised performances, Beyoncé announced she is expecting a baby, both Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse had a memorable tribute.
The nice Selena Gomez was the host of VMA pre-show where she interviewed several artists already on the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, including her boyfriend Justin Bieber.

The nominees for this year's awards and the winners in bold.

Video Of The Year:
  • Adele - Rolling In The Deep
  • Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
  • Bruno Mars - Grenade
  • Katy Perry - Firework
  • Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers

Best Male Video:
  • Justin Bieber - U Smile
  • Eminem (feat. Rihanna) - Love The Way You Lie
  • Cee-Lo Green - Fuck You!
  • Bruno Mars - Grenade
  • Kanye West (feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi) - All Of The Lights

Best Female Video:
  • Adele - Rolling In The Deep
  • Beyoncé - Run The World (Girls)
  • Lady Gaga - Born This Way
  • Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
  • Katy Perry - Firework

Best New Artist:
  • Big Sean (feat. Chris Brown) - My Last
  • Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
  • Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci
  • Tyler, The Creator - Yonkers
  • Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow

Best Pop Video:
  • Adele - Rolling In The Deep
  • Bruno Mars - Grenade
  • Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
  • Pitbull (feat. Ne-Yo, Nayer & Afrojack) - Give Me Everything
  • Britney Spears - 'Till The World Ends

Best Rock Video:
  • The Black Keys - Howlin' For You
  • Cage The Elephant - Shake Me Down
  • Foo Fighters - Walk
  • Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
  • Mumford & Sons - The Cave

Best Hip-Hop Video:
  • Chris Brown (feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) - Look At Me Now
  • Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On
  • Lil Wayne (feat. Cory Gunz) - 6 Foot 7 Foot
  • Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
  • Kanye West (feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi) - All Of The Lights

Best Collaboration:
  • Chris Brown (feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) - Look At Me Now
  • Nicki Minaj (feat. Drake) - Moment 4 Life
  • Katy Perry (feat. Kanye West) - E.T.
  • Pitbull (feat. Ne-Yo, Nayer & Afrojack) - Give Me Everything
  • Kanye West (feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi) - All Of The Lights

Best Direction In A Video:
  • 30 Seconds To Mars - Hurricane (Director: Bartholomew Cubbins)
  • Adele - Rolling In The Deep (Director: Sam Brown)
  • Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise (Director: Adam Yauch)
  • Eminem (feat. Rihanna) - Love The Way You Lie (Director: Joseph Kahn)
  • Katy Perry (feat. Kanye West) - E.T. (Director: Floria Sigismondi)

Best Choreography In A Video:
  • Beyoncé - Run The World (Girls) (Choreographer: Frank Gatson)
  • Lady Gaga — Judas (Chroeographer: Laurieann Gibson)
  • LMFAO (feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) — Party Rock Anthem (Choreographer: Hokuto Konishi)
  • Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song (Choreographers: Bruno Mars and Poreotics)
  • Britney Spears — Till the World Ends (Choreographer: Brian Friedman)

Best Special Effect In A Video:
  • Chromeo — Don’t Turn the Lights On (Special Effects: The Mill)
  • Linkin Park — Waiting for the End (Special Effects: Ghost Town Media)
  • Manchester Orchestra — Simple Math (Special Effects: DANIELS)
  • Katy Perry (feat. Kanye West) — E.T. (Special Effects: Jeff Dotson for Dot & Effects)
  • Kanye West (feat. Dwele) — Power (Special Effects: Nice Shoes and ArtJail)

Best Art Direction In A Video:
  • Adele — Rolling in the Deep (Art Director: Nathan Parker)
  • Death Cab for Cutie — You Are a Tourist (Art Directors: Nick Gould, Tim Nackashi and Anthony Maitz)
  • Lady Gaga — Judas (Art Director: Amy Danger)
  • Katy Perry (feat. Kanye West) — E.T. (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
  • Kanye West (feat. Dwele) — Power (Art Director: Babak Radboy)

Best Editing In A Video:
  • 30 Seconds to Mars — Hurricane (Editors: Jared Leto, Frank Snider, Michael Bryson, Stefanie Visser and Daniel Carberry)
  • Adele — Rolling in the Deep (Editor: Art Jones at Work)
  • Manchester Orchestra — Simple Math (Editor: DANIELS)
  • Katy Perry (feat. Kanye West) — E.T. (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
  • Kanye West (feat. Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — All of the Lights (Editor: Hadaya Turner)

Best Cinematography In A Video:
  • 30 Seconds to Mars — Hurricane (Directors of Photography: Benoît Debie, Jared Leto, Rob Witt and Daniel Carberry)
  • Adele — Rolling in the Deep (Director of Photography: Tom Townend)
  • Beyoncé — Run the World (Girls) (Director of Photography: Jeffrey Kimball)
  • Eminem (feat. Rihanna) — Love the Way You Lie (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
  • Katy Perry — Teenage Dream (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)

Best Video With A Message:
  • Eminem (feat. Rihanna) — Love the Way You Lie
  • Lady Gaga — Born This Way
  • Katy Perry — Firework
  • Pink — Fuckin’ Perfect
  • Rise Against — Make It Stop (September’s Children)
  • Taylor Swift — Mean


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