Purple Ferdinand, equipped with her ukulele performs a beautiful acoustic cover of Lady Gaga’s “You & I” for the first Reload Session! Her enchanting, delicate vocals take this pop track into an emotive story of lost-love turmoil allowing you to really concentrate on the lyrics of this song. I love that she has taken this song and made it her own, there are millions of Lady Gaga cover tracks on YouTube but this really stands out as more of a ‘adaptation’ than a cover. Hit the jump to peep the visuals!
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Had a blast in Belfast at the EMA’s thanks to Dell and seeing everything backstage was a great experience, however it didn’t compare to seeing the arena filled with hundreds of people and then actually watching the show! Unfortunately I wasn’t permitted to take photos so they took my camera until the end of the show. Seeing as I didn’t get a chance to take any photos, I’ve used photos here from MTV’s website. If you followed the commentary on our twitter page then you’ll know what I thought of the show. Here’s a few highlights from the show.
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With such a busy day ahead of us there was no time for chilling, we went straight from the airport to the hotel, dumped our stuff and headed straight for a backstage tour of the Odyssey Arena courtesy of Dell. On the tour- we saw the red carpet area, dressing rooms, the arena post completion and more. Read the experience after the break!
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Very dope. The man who Jay-Z hails as ‘the conduit between corporate America and rap and the streets-he speaks both languages‘, Steve Stoute unveils his new The Tanning Effect video series coinciding with his new book “The Tanning Of America: How the Culture of Hip-Hop Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy.” I’m already in love with the book and it hasn’t even been delivered. Stoute sits down with the likes of Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams, Gaga (Not a fan of her answer!) and Jimmy Lovine. They speak on how the new generation have rewritten the rules of the new economy. Bet you didn’t know Pharell, Notorious B.I.G and Scarface inspired Louis Vuitton to start manufacturing & selling eyewear. Peep the first video on the reverse. Some Sunday inspiration for you.
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I’m an idiot. I have 6 days till my holiday. 4 of them I’ll be spending in meetings, doing shoots & attending events and the last one I’ll spend packing. So that leaves me with ONE DAY to shop. I need some tees, shorts and a hat or two. It’s going to be manic, my bank account won’t appreciate especially after the new lens I copped last week. One way of me not feeling so guilty would be by heading over to Uniqlo and purchasing a few of their ‘Save Japan’ tees. They have teamed up with the Condé Nast Group (Vogue + GQ publisher to those that don’t know) to produce t-shirts featuring messages of encouragement from celebrities and artists around the world. Uniqlo hope to donate around 100 million yen through the sale of these tees. More information on the reverse.
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These have been out for quite some time now but we havn’t posted a fuckery video in a long while so I thought why not! You may or may not have come across ThisisMack, a channel on youtube quickly attracting a lot of attention because of his witty and highly amusing hypothetical beef videos mainly between Beyonce and Ciara. Other videos include the likes of Kelly Rowland, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and even Michael Jackson. These videos kill us every time we watch them, there are some spectacular lines in these such as MJ’s “im sorry…who are you” and Ciara reference to Rihanna as a “Mothaf**kin crayon”.Wow and the voices… this guy went in. I wonder if he’ll do one with Christopher Brown and Frank Ocean! Watch the videos after the cut
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To say that I’m a little concerned is an understatement. I love Beyonce as much as the next person and only wish good things for her but unfortunately I am beginning to wonder if her reign at the top has come to an end. Though nothing can be truly said until her new album 4 is released later this month but we can speculate and form opinions.
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