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“Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen has hung up on The Boy Scouts of America after backing out of a scheduled concert appearances over her disagreement with the organization’s views on homosexuality.

Jepsen had been booked to perform at the National Scout Jamboree in Mount Hope, West Virginia in July, but announced this morning over Twitter that she had pulled herself from the performance. In a post to fans, Carly wrote “As an artist who believes in equality for all people, I will not be participating in the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree this summer.” She continued, “I always have and will continue to support the LGBT community on a global level … and stay informed on the ever changing landscape in the ongoing battle for gay rights in this country and across the globe.”

The Boy Scouts of America has yet to comment on the situation. Jepsen was scheduled to appear alongside fellow Top 40 artist Train, who have also opted to not perform at the event.

This New Year’s Eve was nothing short of spectacular in Times Square, with a broad range of talent gracing the stage, and embracing hundreds of thousands of screaming fans eager to take in the New Year. Justin Bieber gave us an acoustic rendition of “Boyfriend,” Taylor Swift embraced fans new and old while tackling “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” and Carly Rae Jepsen took the stage singing “Call Me Maybe” and “This Kiss.” Check out all the performances after the jump.  Continue reading ‘Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen New Year’s Eve Performances’

This past Sunday, Nov. 11, we saw performances by The Killers, Taylor Swift, PSY, fun., and several others at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, Germany. While Swift’s performance donned circus stunts and ringleaders, and fun. hung on stage with a few mannequins, Carly Rae Jepsen shared the stage with fans, before diving into the crowd herself for a bit of body surfing.

Check out the performance right here.

If you like Carly Rae Jepsen, check out OurStage artist Kristin Errett.

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It’s that time of the year again: when people take words that others have said and twist them around to fit their own individual message. And no, we don’t mean election season; it’s time for another volume of Punk Goes Pop! In the fifth installment of the popular decade-old Fearless Records compilation, we get a mix of tunes from ’80s classics to contemporary chart-toppers. Here are five of our favorites from the upcoming November 6 release. Continue reading ‘Scenesters Channel Their Inner Divas On ‘Punk Goes Pop 5′’

• It’s not always a good time.
• And Taylor breaks the decade record.
• This collaboration is going to be awesome.
• When you’re famous, your tooth is famous.
• How could you deny J.C. Chasez?
• Happy Halloween from Diplo.

In today’s world of radio ready music, there’s very little originality hitting the waves. Musicians are constantly under fire for borrowing or outright stealing melodies, and for the most part it goes unnoticed or unmentioned. However, in a recent lawsuit issued by singer/songwriter Allyson Nichole Burnett, it looks like Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City’s Adam Young will have some explaining to do to the courts for their recent summer hit, “Good Time.” Check out more details after the jump. Continue reading ‘Carly Rae Jepsen, Adam Young Sued Over Alleged “Good Time” Theft’

No. 1 with a bullet: Ah, that once-relatively elusive and exclusive room at the top. The holy grail for the pop single, it used to be as high an honor and as highly desirable as gold and platinum albums. But what does it mean when a star as marginally talented as Katy Perry can hit No. 1 five times on Billboard’s Hot 100 in the space of one album (six times in one and a half albums, if you count Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection)? Or when Rihanna, who still hasn’t scored a chart-topping album in six tries, can do in less than six years what took Madonna a dozen (hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 one time short of a dozen)?

Does Teenage Dream have, well, a dream of ever being as iconic as Michael Jackson’s Bad (which spawned five No. 1 hits and thus shares the record for most No. 1 singles from one album with Teenage Dream), George Michael’s Faith (which produced four) or even Adele’s 21 (a contemporary that launched three), none of which had to be re-released as a special expanded edition in order to pad its hit list and sales tally? For all her No. 1 singles, will any Rihanna album thus far ever be considered as landmark as Madonna’s 1983 self-titled debut through 1989′s Like a Prayer, which covered a comparable career time frame? Rihanna’s yet to even break through the double-platinum glass ceiling.

Then there’s Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” which just spent nine weeks atop Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart, making it the biggest song of the summer, if not 2012. It also makes her a surefire nominee for Best New Artist at the 2013 GRAMMY Awards ceremony. She’ll face stiff-ish competition from Gotye and fun., who spent eight and six weeks at No. 1, respectively, with their respective singles, “Somebody That I Used to Know” and “We Are Young.” Continue reading ‘Sound And Vision: The Diminishing Returns of the No. 1 Single’

• To be fair, it does sound like a terrible idea at first.
• Bon travail, Macca!
• Listen to this now. You’ll be hearing it everywhere soon.
• Obama knows what’s up.
• No surprise that this sold for more than his underwear.
• True to character, Fox is extremely subtle.

• “Uncharted Shores” is just not as catchy.
• Apple’s needs to write Gaga a check.
• Well, this is no surprise.
• Brandon Flowers lays down the rock gauntlet.
• A verdict for Paul Gray’s doctor.
• Usher’s got nothing on grandma.

Last year, Owl City was riding a huge wave of success, buoyed by a multi-album major label deal and collaborations with GRAMMY award–winning producers.  It was hard to imagine that Adam Young’s star could rise any higher. Leave it to him to prove us wrong. Since we last spoke to the singer-songwriter, his electropop project has gotten even bigger. He recently teamed up with pop queen of the moment Carly Rae Jepsen to record “Good Time,” a chart–topping summer smash, and released his fourth studio album, The Midsummer Station in August. We caught up with Young to chat about the collaborative process with Jepsen, his love of Dutch DJs, and his literary inspirations.

OS: “Good Time” was a huge hit this past summer. Did you go into the studio with that goal in mind, and how did the process of collaboration work?

AY: I definitely didn’t expect the reception the song has been getting. It is an honor when you see and hear such positive feedback. Carly was an absolute pleasure to work with. It turned out she was a fan of my music and our managers knew each other, so I asked her to be on the song, sent her the stems, and within a day she sent her parts back to me.

OS: “Good Time” has the lyric “What’s up with this Prince song inside my head?” Which song are you referring to? As a fellow Minnesotan, are you a Prince fan?

AY: “Purple Rain” and yes, massive fan. Continue reading ‘Exclusive Q and A: Owl City Talks EDM, Touring, and Purple Rain’