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[Artemisia]

1D's Red Nose Day charity single "One Way Or Another" just went one sale. Already #11 WW without anything from US yet. I probably won't get it till Monday night, but glad to see them doing well. Went #1 on itunes in 16 countries so far (as of a few hours ago).

 

[Wafflecakes]

No. YOU don't care. I was talking to Delio who very obviously would care.

Glad you got your "everyone look at me" moment out of the way though.


Do you feel better now?

 

[Trigger]

Shade is always better with a little Louis gif with it. He was born to shade.

Travis Garland put out a new song a few days ago. I really like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqvGlwbugt4

A real chill track. He's got a nice voice.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Travis Garland put out a new song a few days ago. I really like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqvGlwbugt4

Gave it a listen. Maybe I just don't like this type of music.... what Trigger calls "chill" I call boring.

Still, its not offensive or anything and the guys voice sounds alright.

Shade is always better with a little Louis gif with it. He was born to shade.

Mhmmm

I need to start using a Louis avi on ATRL. I would be already but my current Zayn one is kind of smashing/iconic.

 

[Artemisia]

No. YOU don't care. I was talking to Delio who very obviously would care.

Glad you got your "everyone look at me" moment out of the way though.


Do you feel better now?

the fumes

 

[bjb]

Gave it a listen. Maybe I just don't like this type of music.... what Trigger calls "chill" I call boring.

Still, its not offensive or anything and the guys voice sounds alright.

Mmm, yeah it certainly follows some of the recent Miguel / Frank Ocean trends.

This is another semi-recent one I found of his. More traditional acoustic / pop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Jlg8GkJnE

He's definitely got a great voice / look. Not sure why he hasn't blown up yet.

 

[Crumpet Trumpet]

Travis Garland put out a new song a few days ago. I really like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqvGlwbugt4

Oooh I like it a lot

 

[Kyon]

Travis Garland put out a new song a few days ago. I really like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqvGlwbugt4

And it will sadly go nowhere.

He and Jojo have talent and have MADE IT in the past but now in the current market can't seem to make it to mainstream again thus them only releasing Mixtapes. I miss Travis boy band days ;__;

I wish Believe smashed

 

[bjb]

And it will sadly go nowhere.

He and Jojo have talent and have MADE IT in the past but now in the current market can't seem to make it to mainstream again thus them only releasing Mixtapes. I miss Travis boy band days ;__;

I wish Believe smashed

His management / handlers must really suck then.

Actually I think Joe Simpson is his manager. That might explain things.

Edit: I didn't even know he did songs with JoJo either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w-krSry7ns ...that's not bad.

 

[Wafflecakes]

the fumes

Trying to decide whether I am pressed or not.

Maybe, however I am glad attempting to drag 1D makes you happy. 1D is all about bringing happiness to everyone. They deliver it in so many diverse ways...... when will your fav's?

Mmm, yeah it certainly follows some of the recent Miguel / Frank Ocean trends.

This is another semi-recent one I found of his. More traditional acoustic / pop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Jlg8GkJnE

He's definitely got a great voice / look. Not sure why he hasn't blown up yet.

Do like that one better. Though both tracks lack one standout element imo.

He does look great, hopefully the industry gives him a chance.

 

[Artemisia]

Travis Garland put out a new song a few days ago. I really like it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqvGlwbugt4

!!!!!!!!

this is really good!

 

[botty]

1D is all about bringing happiness to everyone.

spill the tea.

 

[Wafflecakes]

spill the tea.

You should feel ashamed. 1D is pure and innocent and so are their stans.

 

[Kyon]

His management / handlers must really suck then.

Actually I think Joe Simpson is his manager. That might explain things.

Lol also the fact that PIGrez Hilton was promoting him and got him an actual performance on American Idol. Travis was so nervous lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFxCT42TR_M


After Believe promo from Pigrez didn't work Pigrez basically pretended Travis didn't exist.
Then Travis and Jojo started releasing mixtapes together. I've been a fan of Travis for years now I love his mixtapes.

Paint feat Jojo still shits!

 

[bjb]

Lol also the fact that PIGrez Hilton was promoting him and got him an actual performance on American Idol. Travis was so nervous lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFxCT42TR_M

Wow who choreographed this mess lol

 

[Trigger]

Lol also the fact that PIGrez Hilton was promoting him and got him an actual performance on American Idol. Travis was so nervous lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFxCT42TR_M


After Believe promo from Pigrez didn't work Pigrez basically pretended Travis didn't exist.
Then Travis and Jojo started releasing mixtapes together. I've been a fan of Travis for years now I love his mixtapes.

Paint feat Jojo still shits!

OMG. lol, I remember this performance. So awkward. He's gotten so much better with time.

And that Jojo/Travis song does shit.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Since Arte is so interested I would also like to let everyone know (via Marius on ATRL) that 1D is now up to #1 in 33 countries and climbing. Just got its first itunes update in the US and is in the 30's. Will be top ten in a few hours almost certainly.

They also are going to be releasing a music video.

All for charity.

Spoiler

Yummy throwback gif

 

[Trigger]

Bless them.

 

[Artemisia]

Since Arte is so interested I would also like to let everyone know (via Marius on ATRL) that 1D is now up to #1 in 33 countries and climbing. Just got its first itunes update in the US and is in the 30's. Will be top ten in a few hours almost certainly.

They also are going to be releasing a music video.

All for charity.

 

[botty]

Since Arte is so interested I would also like to let everyone know (via Marius on ATRL) that 1D is now up to #1 in 33 countries and climbing. Just got its first itunes update in the US and is in the 30's. Will be top ten in a few hours almost certainly.

They also are going to be releasing a music video.

All for charity.

Spoiler

Yummy throwback gif

Saint Zayn.

 

[Artemisia]

1D's greatest act of charity will occur on the day when they all die in an (no so) unfortunate bus accident.

I am perched for that day.

 

[Wafflecakes]

Bless them.

Indeed.

1D's greatest act of charity will occur on the day when they all die in an (no so) unfortunate bus accident.

I am perched for that day.

Well thats kind of a douchey thing to say....wishing death upon perfectly nice people who have done nothing to you or anyone else just because you don't "like" them.

 

[botty]

1D's greatest act of charity will occur on the day when they all die in an (no so) unfortunate bus accident.

I am perched for that day.

In the event that something like this did happen, Zayn would be thrown from the bus, glide through the air, and land on his feet. Hair perfectly intact.

 

[Artemisia]

In the event that something like this did happen, Zayn would be thrown from the bus, glide through the air, and land on his feet. Hair perfectly intact.

Incorrect. The copious amounts of hairspray and gel required to maintain his hair would cause his head to immediately catch fire, eventually burning him to a pile of ash.

 

[Nemesis_]

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1D's greatest act of charity will occur on the day when they all die in an (no so) unfortunate bus accident.

I am perched for that day.

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[Styles]

1Dgaf gifs are just..

 

[Nemesis_]

Now I know why the QUEEN has been so quiet this year.

She has been working to expand her empire.

Two years ago, Gulnara Karimova, the 40-year-old daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, visited a just-opened restaurant in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent. To the restaurant owner’s horror, Gulnara liked what she saw, as the New Yorker reported:

Later that day, three men in leather jackets came to the restaurant to inform Alisher that the restaurant no longer belonged to him. Within days, Alisher lost his businesses, received multiple threats against his family, and had visitors from the tax and criminal police. A week later, when he escaped across the Uzbek-Kazakh border, his black hair had turned white.

It was far from the first time Karimova had wantonly stolen a random Uzbek’s business. And among all the undemocratic governments in the world, this is just one example of tyranny at the hands of a despotic leader’s relative. But what’s unusual about Karimova’s particular brand of villainy is that she’s also a sequin-clad, breathy pop diva seeking international fame under her alter-ego, Googoosha. Over the years, she has strong-armed her way into multimillion-dollar bribes, all while releasing countless syrupy music videos and singles.

“Gulnara is almost a caricature of an evil mob princess: shrewd, aggressive, and violent without hint of remorse, with really amazing hair,” wrote Joshua Foust, a fellow at the American Security Project, in an e-mail.

Karimova’s antics pile on to the already flagrantly abuses of her father’s regime, as the Independent reported:

Karimov, who has run Uzbekistan since the break up of the Soviet Union, has been accused of boiling dissidents to death, and his security forces shot dead hundreds of unarmed protestors in 2005. Child labour is widespread, with schoolchildren forced into several months of cotton picking every year.

But her concurrent goals of amassing power and gaining international stardom have worked at cross-purposes in recent years, in part because her billion-dollar fortune has largely been acquired on the backs of her countrymen. In 2005, the State Department wrote that she’s become “the single most hated person in the country” for her robber-baron ways.

One U.S. businessmen claimed that after his company turned down Karimova’s offer to buy in to his telecommunications firm, “the company’s frequency [was] jammed by an Uzbek government agency.” A Swedish television investigation this month found she forced a Swedish telecom to pay bribes in order to enter the Uzbek market. In July, the Russian mobile-phone operator MTS claimed that Karimova orchestrated the hostile takeover of the company’s Uzbek branch, Uzdunrobita, according to Foreign Policy.

“She plays a role in most business deals in Tashkent, and if she gets angry, she has the power to impose really severe consequences,” Foust said.

Meanwhile, Karimova has bought ads in Billboard magazine in an attempt to popularize herself in the United States. And like other pop stars, she has her own high-end clothing line, Guli, which she’s tried to get featured in fashion shows worldwide.

“Love Kylie Minogue? Check out exotic pop sensation Googoosha!” her official Twitter feed once gushed.

In an attempt to understand more about Karimova and the repressive regime she props up, some Uzbek watchers have started studying her music videos for glimpses into her psyche.

First, there’s “How Dare,” which has all the elements of your standard euro-pop ditty: heavily accented, repetitive lyrics, synthesizers, indoor fans:

At the Central-Asia site Registan, a western anthropologist writing under the name Davron Ibragimov reads the lyrics as a private cry for help of sorts:

Is Googoosha’s the voice of jealousy that others can do what they want, but she is trapped by her position at the top of society?

Then there’s a December Uzbek awards ceremony, where Ibragimov notes that Googoosha’s choice to sing a particular Uzbek song suggests that she might have her eye on running Uzbekistan herself someday.

The song’s lyrics, involving a daughter addressing her father ‘If you want, I can be 1000 sons for you…’ sparked much public speculation that she was acknowledging her ambition to succeed her 73-year old father as leader of Uzbekistan.

More recently, she’s released ”Nebo Molchit,” (The Sky is Quiet), a collaboration with French actor Gerard Depardieu, which she claimed on Twitter was Depardieu’s idea.

Depardieu also recently agreed to star as a monk in a film Karimova is writing about Asia’s silk road, compounding criticism that Depardieu is too eager to buddy up to Eastern European strongmen.

“I lament the appearance of popular cultural leaders in the close circle of individuals who have a dubious reputation, to put it lightly,” wrote Mutabar Tadjibaeva, an Uzbek human rights activist. She added that Depardieu’s pay for his appearances amount to “financial means which were made on the miseries and sufferings of ordinary citizens of Uzbekistan, or laundered through various schemes.”

And when Gulnara released another video, Round Run, this summer, the opposition news site UzNews eagerly deconstructed her vampiric image in the clip.

At the time, UzNews wrote:

The value of the music video is that Gulnara’s obsession with her appearance and desire to conquer the world of haute couture and show business provide Uzbekistan with priceless demonstrational material about the nature of the Karimov regime.

We can’t know if Googoosha’s performances hold any meaning beyond their most obvious purpose as diversions for a despot. But given that most dictatorial regimes aren’t quite so flamboyant and attention-seeking, Karimova certainly has offered her numerous enemies plenty of ammunition.

 

[Wafflecakes]

1Dgaf gifs are just..

Flawless? Yes....I am aware.

#1 in 44 countries now and top 10 in the USA.

Edit: BOOM top 3

 

[Nemesis_]

Oh, I forgot to mention.

The next single from GOOGOOSHA is "Superstar".

The video was shot in both New York and Uzbekistan, and incorporates footage of Googoosha's father as well as her "haters".

It sounds like a bit of a LOTUS kind of track - hitting back at her haters.

The music video is premiering tomorrow. I'll be sure to post it when it is uploaded.

GET READY

 

[Mau ®]

#ImpacT

 

[Bladenic]

Ugh we've been doing so well with no 1D talk and awful gifs. Nothing lasts forever I suppose.

 

[DMeisterJ]

I like how there was no impacT from 2.5 hours of Bey programming last night. Poor girl.

But I'm pressed that 1D just clocked Rih on iTunes.

 

[Nemesis_]

Bey's whole era thus far has been lacking impact.

Why is she wasting time trying to clean up mess from the last era?

 

[Bladenic]

I need the ratings for the documentary to come out already.

 

[Mau ®]

I liked the HBO doc for its production values. But I kept feeling she wasnt being geniune the whole time and a lot of things were staged.

Her explanations to a few thing were half assed and usually incomplete.

Of course from the perspective of her showmanship I came away more impressed than ever. Not that her show prowess was ever in doubt tbh.

 

[Artemisia]

girls better play the music from my flop faves

 

[Wafflecakes]

Radio for today.

TOP 10
1. TAYLOR SWIFT – I Knew You Were Trouble: 193.118 (+ 0.008)
2. BRUNO MARS – Locked Out Of Heaven: 171.931 (- 1.676)
3. SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA – Don’t You Worry Child: 157.412 (+ 1.700)
4. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – Thrift Shop f/Wanz: 154.384 (+ 1.221)
5. LUMINEERS – Ho Hey: 138.335 (- 1.184)
6. WILL.I.AM & BRITNEY SPEARS – Scream And Shout: 137.955 (+ 0.939)
7. PINK – Try: 120.642 (+ 0.335)
8. MAROON 5 – Daylight: 116.396 (+ 1.663)
9. JUSTIN BIEBER – Beauty And A Beat f/N. Minaj: 101.918 (- 3.554)
10. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Suit & Tie f/JAY Z: 100.129 (+ 1.279)

FILA
11. CALVIN HARRIS – Sweet Nothing f/Florence Welch: 96.900 (+ 0.212)
12. KELLY CLARKSON – Catch My Breath: 93.392 (+ 0.454)
13. ALICIA KEYS – Girl On Fire: 87.561 (- 1.006)
14. MAROON 5 – One More Night: 79.066 (- 0.742)
15. IMAGINE DRAGONS – It’s Time: 76.901 (+ 0.386)
16. PHILLIP PHILLIPS – Home: 72.622 (- 1.208)
17. A$AP ROCKY – F**kin Problems f/Drake: 72.107 (- 0.193)
18. RIHANNA – Pour It Up: 69.319 (+ 1.105) ▲
19. BRUNO MARS – When I Was Your Man: 69.301 (+ 3.303) ▲
20. KE$HA – C’mon: 68.884 (+ 0.035) ▼

OUTRAS
MUMFORD & SONS – I Will Wait: 67.648 (+ 0.987)
THE BAND PERRY – Better Dig Two: 67.505 (- 0.276)
RIHANNA – Diamonds: 66.641 (- 1.450)
FUN. – Some Nights: 65.439 (- 0.658)
TIM MCGRAW - One Of Those Nights: 64.901 (+ 0.400)
OF MONSTERS AND MEN – Little Talks: 62.527 (+ 0.787)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD – Two Black Cadillacs: 50.690 (+ 0.507)
BLAKE SHELTON – Sure Be Cool If You Did: 45.407 (+ 0.343)
PITBULL – Feel This Moment f/C. Aguilera: 37.807 (+ 2.515)
OLLY MURS – Troublemaker f/Flo Rida: 35.084 (+ 1.223)
FUN. – Carry On: 33.851 (+ 0.888)
LADY ANTEBELLUM – Downtown: 33.610 (+ 0.289)
MUSE – Madness: 30.650 (- 0.169)
RIHANNA – Stay f/Mikky Ekko: 29.639 (+ 1.905)
DRAKE – Started From The Bottom: 24.582 (+ 2.755)
ONE DIRECTION – Kiss You: 19.898 (+ 0.679)

Curiosidades:
TAYLOR SWIFT - Begin Again: 56.026
ALICIA KEYS - Brand New Me: 16.942
KREWELLA - Alive: 15.109 (+ 1.385)
FALL OUT BOY – My Songs Know What You Did…: 11.832 (+ 0.408)
LUMINEERS - Stubborn Love: 8.707 (+ 0.062)
CHER LLOYD - With Ur Love f/Juicy J: 4.328
PINK - Just Give Me A Reason: 3.242 (+ 0.346)
PHILLIP PHILLIPS - Gone, Gone, Gone: 3.109 (+ 0.231)
BAAUER - Harlem Shake: 2.124

 

[Bladenic]

girls better play the music from my flop faves

Yesssss watch it. They stan for Robyn, and in S2 they play Losing You. And many other flop but good acts.

 

[Christopher]

Radio's been stale where are the new hits...

 

[Wafflecakes]

#1 in the US and 55 total countries WW for their charity single.

...and only 5 days till Marius returns.

KTHXBAI

 

[Artemisia]

Radio's been stale where are the new hits...

gurl stop listening to radio

 

[Nemesis_]

gurl stop listening to radio

 

[Trigger]

#1 in the US and 55 total countries WW for their charity single.

...and only 5 days till Marius returns.

KTHXBAI

So effortless. My faves stay charting.

 

[botty]

#1 in the US and 55 total countries WW for their charity single.

...and only 5 days till Marius returns.

KTHXBAI

The video of Zayn crying was just too much.

 

[Nemesis_]

The video of Zayn crying was just too much.

Why was he crying? Did he listen to his output?

 

[Trigger]

Zayn's heart is just too big. What a beautiful soul.

 

[cory64]

This is dedicated to Beyoncé

 

[Kyon]

Why was he crying? Did he listen to his output?

He's crying over the children and the struggles in Ghana when they went over there.

You know being an HUMANITARIAN and a PERFECT HUMAN that he is

 

[Nemesis_]

He's crying over the children and the struggles in Ghana when they went over there.

You know being an HUMANITARIAN and a PERFECT HUMAN that he is

I C. Not sure what the shade is tho

 

[Bladenic]

So I been watching How to Make It in America (awesome show, sad I'm almost done), and I thought I'd share the show's absolutely immaculate soundtrack with Pop-Gaf.

Some highlights

And my favorite, which I thankful to this show for introducing me to.

/no1curr