Union J unveil ‘Carry You’ video! POP BITS.
POP BITS. Squee! The new video for our favourite new boyband, Union J, has just arrived and along with the tune being a real toe-tapper, the video is amazing. *sigh* We’re so happy. A hot new boyband’s hot new video.
Union J, those cute and drool-worthy X Factor finalists have released debut single ‘Carry You’ which, as you’ve already heard, is a catchy bit of dramatic pop that is more than a match for the 1Ds and Wanteds of the world. The video involves the boys going their separate ways in life before uniting at an open mic night where they kill the song in front a packed crowd.
George, JJ, Josh and Jaymi all look extra cool and we’re happy things have got off the right foot for them. Here’s hoping District3 have something just good up their sleeves! POP BITS OUT.
Watch the video for ‘Carry You’ below:
Download or Ditch: The Wanted – ‘She Walks Like Rihanna’
Fresh from making a hell of an impact on the US shores, our favourite cheeky manband are back with a new sound and a new single, the amazingly-titled ‘She Walks Like Rihanna’. Is this an ode from Max, Jay, Siva, Nathan and Tom to their favourite globe-trotting, sass-spouting singing starlet or is it just a generic term for any sexy young thing?
Well, it’s both really – it’s the equivalent of a bit of a backhanded compliment from the boys as they claim that their object of affection “can’t sing, she can’t dance, but who cares, ‘cos she walks like Rihanna”. Charming! Fortunately the boys are back to a pure pop sound, having tucked their glowsticks and Jagerbombs away in favour of making us sing along with pure unadultered catchiness. This is one most definitely for the radio.
It’s a ridiculously fun and happy song, one that’ll be a staple for the long hot summer ahead (we hope anyway) and it’s such a great return for the lads after a bit of time away. The video’s also pretty cool and is full of references to all the classic boybands.
DOWNLOAD.
Watch the video for ‘She Walks Like Rihanna’ below:
MP!s Fit Awards – Best British Hair
The Brit Awards 2013 contains far too many dull popstars, and far too many dull categories, so we at MP! have decided to create our own awards. Rather than rewarding dullness, we’re rewarding the things that really matter – brilliant hair, odd trousers, fanatical instagramming and omnipresent nipples. We’ll be announcing the categories and the nominees over the next few days and will announce the results alongside the (now largely irrelevant) Brit Awards results on Wednesday.
BEST BRITISH HAIR
Hair has long been a staple of the popstar. We remember trying to construct the Calvin-Goldspink-house-of-cards-precarious-mohawk before moving onto the Mika-chaotic-and-curly styles. Hairstyles can define a popstar and a good hairstyle turns an average popstar into an amazing popstar. FACT. If you’re not spending an hour looking like you’ve only spent five minutes you’re not doing it right. To be honest, whilst the actual music is important, we’d say hair is as important if not more in making us like a popstar. Such is the strength in this category, we’ve had to split this category into Best British and Best International Hair.
- RYAN OF LAWSON – Two of the most important elements of great hair are spikiness and blondeness. Ryan has got both of these down. The platinum blonde shows dedication to the art of coiffurey and his hair seems to defy gravity.
- ZAYN MALIK – Looking through twitter there are literally thousands of things to be said about Zayn’s hair. We love Zayn and his amazayn hair. He’s naturally gifted with thick hair, which lends itself well to his quiff. We also love the nice streak of blonde Zayn added to turn what is essentially quite a simple ‘do into something quite spectacular.
- GEORGE SHELLEY – Sometimes hair can become so big it actually becomes bigger than your face. This has happened to poor George Shelley. But worry not, he still looks very handsome. The burden of his heavy (but immaculate) hair is not carried by George alone. He enlists a team of assistants to help hold his hair up by wires so he doesn’t fall over.
- MAX GEORGE – Controversial. But bear with us. Max George has the best hair in the Wanted. Why we hear you ask? Because he completely owns the whole shaved head thing. No-one else is doing it. It takes a lot of dedication to cut your hair that short all the time.
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MP!’s Fit Awards – Fittest Group that aren’t One Direction
The Brit Awards 2013 contains far too many dull popstars, and far too many dull categories, so we at MP! have decided to create our own awards. Rather than rewarding dullness, we’re rewarding the things that really matter – brilliant hair, odd trousers, fanatical instagramming and omnipresent nipples. We’ll be announcing the categories and the nominees over the next few days and will announce the results alongside the (now largely irrelevant) Brit Awards results on Wednesday.
FITTEST GROUP THAT AREN’T ONE DIRECTION
We looked at the Brits’ Best British Group category. Then we fell asleep a bit. There’s quite a lot of boring bands on the list. So we decided to do a much more fun Fittest Group award. But we know you guys. We knew One Direction would walk it. So we’ve disqualified One Direction on account of them being too pretty. So who’s the Fittest Group that aren’t One Direction?
- STOOSHE – Courtney, Karis & Alexandra just want you to love them. The brightly-coloured neon-haired ladies have a distinct look that makes them stand out from the rest of the pop crowd. Are these the girls for you?
- JLS – The original princes of boyband super stardom have been overtaken by 1D and The Wanted. But do Marvin & co. still push your buttons? They're likely to get their nipples out for votes. That's got to help?
- THE WANTED – They're not bad to look at are they?
- LITTLE MIX – One Direction are very prettY, but Little Mix are also very pretty, but in the girl way. Which is different. Our favourite X-Factor winners keep getting prettier and prettier. It's just not fair!
- UNION J – Without doubt these guys have the best wardrobe in pop (Josh's jacket being the exception here). Possibly even better than One Direction's. But they also have immaculate hair and nice faces. If 1D aren't careful, Union J could overtake them as our new crushes.
- DISTRICT 3 – 3eeks: ASSEMBLE! Our favourite ab-flashing, cheesey dancing teens need your votes. These boys are favourites amongst MP! HQ. We're going to spend the next five hours voting for them.
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MP’s Fit Awards – Best Single
The Brit Awards 2013 contains far too many dull popstars, and far too many dull categories, so we at MP! have decided to create our own awards. Rather than rewarding dullness, we’re rewarding the things that really matter – brilliant hair, odd trousers, fanatical instagramming and omnipresent nipples. We’ll be announcing the categories and the nominees over the next few days and will announce the results alongside the (now largely irrelevant) Brit Awards results on Wednesday.
BEST SINGLE
This past year we’ve seen some impressive pop couples. Perrie Little Mix and Zayn 1D (Payn?) and Mr. & Mrs. Marvin JLS (Marchelle?), and Jelena. And who can forget Styft (– is that right – we’re not sure?) But this award goes out to the most eligible bachelor/bachelorette in pop.
- TAYLOR SWIFT – She likes to dress like a hipster & talk about her exes but currently Taylor is single. For now. Let's hope she remains so until Wednesday otherwise we'll look pretty stupid.
- NIALL HORAN – Thankfully for womankind, our Irish lothario remains single. He's got a lot of love to give. And the luck of the Irish. he was rumoured to be dating Selena Gomez but remains on the market.
- HARRY STYLES – DING DING – Styles Vs. Swift – Round… erm… What round are we on? Round 5? Round 6? Harry and Taylor's yo-yoing on-again off-again relationship suggests maybe they're not very good at being single. But Harry has past form. Ask Caroline Flack.
- JAY MCGUINESS – Another STRONG contender. If this guy gets many more notches on his bedposts the whole thing will collapse. We're sure he's just waiting for the right person (us)
- MAX GEORGE – Following the break-up with Michelle Keegan Max is enjoying being single. And recroding the new album. And looking good in vests.
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MP!’s Fit Awards – Best Hat in Pop
The Brit Awards 2013 contains far too many dull popstars, and far too many dull categories, so we at MP! have decided to create our own awards. Rather than rewarding dullness, we’re rewarding the things that really matter – brilliant hair, odd trousers, fanatical instagramming and omnipresent nipples. We’ll be announcing the categories and the nominees over the next few days and will announce the results alongside the (now largely irrelevant) Brit Awards results on Wednesday.
BEST HAT IN POP
Popstars love accessories. It what makes them popstars and us mere mortals. The greatest accessory of all-time is the hat. That’s a fact. They hide all that amazing popstar hair and help keep all the pop magic in their brains. Here are some popstars wearing hats. But whose hat is the best?
- JESY NELSON – This is an amazing hat. In this picture Jesy has seven eyes. How many do you have? And that's why Jesy is better than you…
- CONOR MAYNARD – No-one is a more dedicated wearer of hats in pop than Conor. We think that's where he keeps his magic pop brain. But Conor doesn't mix it up sticking with the same style which could lose him points in this hat-off
- MISHA B – Controversial second appearance for the eyeball hat. Was Misha B fabulous enough to pull it off better than Jesy? Let's find out…
- RITA ORA – We've seen Rita Ora wear this hat quite a few times. For good reason – it's a very good hat. Hats are just one of the accessories Rita uses in her repetoire.
- ORITSE JLS – Who wants to be a milliner? Oritse does. He wears hats a lot. It's normally just a trilby or a cap. But here he is teasing some of his next hats. We think the fluffy white one would really set off his eyes.
- NATHAN SYKES – Nathan triples up on hats here in a blatant attempt to triple up on votes. But lack of originality might cost him dearly.
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CLOSED: The Wanted unofficial biographies. 10 up for grabs!
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Their own reality TV show. Massive UK and US tours in 2013. Nathan getting his first chest hair. The Wanted’s never-ending story of pop glory via hugs, nipples and some massive tunes continues to never end. And if you want all the goss from day 1 (the nappy years) then you need The Wanted Unofficial. Right now. Out in shops at this moment, we’ve got 10 copies to win TODAY. That’s right, freebies.
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The Wanted TV show? Moving to the US?
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POP BITS. Tom The Wanted continues to provide all the best The Wanted goss, revealing to The Sun that the boys are planning their very own US TV show. One word: nipple. Mr Parker also revealed they’re looking for a permanent base over in the US, saying “we want houses over there”. Just don’t forget good old Blighty guys. And hurry up with that new album too. POP BITS OUT.
Mental fans, wide toes and 3 Other Things we learned from the latest The Wanted interview…
Globe-conquering accordion enthusiasts The Wanted are well known for giving good interview. Whether it’s dishing the dirt about Christina Aguilera (they’re not fans) or revelling in their hard-partying lifestyle, they always provide a welcome antidote to the usual carefully polite and discreet pop star interviews. Here’s what we learned from their recent chat with Fabulous Magazine.
Justin Bieber once punched Siva in the balls
The Wanted Boys share a manager with the Canadian superstar, and it seems he’s a fan of painful practical jokes. According to Siva, the ‘Boyfriend’ singer also shot him in the arm with an airgun once. Whatever happened to a nice, painless Whoopie Cushion? Kids today…
It’s tough being the baby of the band
At the tender age of 19, Nathan is legally too young to drink in America, and apparently he’s on some kind of alcoholic hit list across the nation. A hotel he stayed in recently took all of the alcohol out of the mini-bar in his room and replaced it with Capri Sun. Rock n Roll!
Tom won’t be getting a vajazzle from Amy Childs anytime soon
When asked to name the most annoying celebrity he could think of, he nominated the entire TOWIE cast, describing the show as “mind numbing”. Jay also chose a reality star as his most pointless celebrity, opting for former Big Brother contestant Kinga, a woman best remembered for doing something very unhygienic with a wine bottle during her time on the show.
They have some strange fans
According to Jay, the weirdest fan mail he ever got was a girl who offered to be his spirit guide and save his soul from the temptations of celebrity life. He didn’t write back…
Tom has very wide toes
Apparently Max would quite like to walk on them “to see if it’s like being a duck”. So there you are.
More The Wanted
The winners are… Win one of 5 signed copies of The Wanted’s ‘I Found You’
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Emmie Biggs, Amanda Simms, Rashi Londas, Marc Gabony and Jenny Dorgan. A signed copy of The Wanted’s brand new Top 3 single ‘I Found You’ is making its way to you right now. Everyone else, more competitions here.
The Wanted return to the pop charts with brand new single from their upcoming third album ‘I Found You’ and we’ve got 5 *signed* copies of the single to win RIGHT HERE AND ONLY ON MAXIMUMPOP!. For your chance to win one of 5 signed copies of the CD delivered to your door just complete the steps below, cross your fingers and say a prayer to the pop gods. The five winners will be announced tomorrow, Saturday 10th November at 9pm. Good luck.
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