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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Lady Gaga Says Petition For 'Artpop' Sequel Inspired 'Tremendous Warmth In My Heart'

Lady Gaga has responded to a fan campaign calling for a sequel to her 2013 album Artpop.

Nearly eight years after Artpop's release, a petition from Gaga fans calling for "Act II" to the album collected more than 40,000 signatures.

The hashtag #buyARTPOPoniTunes went viral on Twitter on Tuesday, helping the record hit No. 1 on the iTunes Pop chart in the U.S. and globally.

The pop star reacted on Twitter saying that the petition to #buyARTPOPoniTunes for a volume II has inspired tremendous warmth in her heart.

"Making this album was like heart surgery, I was desperate, in pain, and poured my heart into electronic music that slammed harder than any drug I could find," she added.

Gaga said she fell apart after releasing the album. She thanked the fans for "celebrating something that once felt like destruction."

"We always believed it was ahead of its time. Years later turns out, sometimes, artists know. And so do little monsters. Paws up," the tweet ends.

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Doja Cat Teams Up With SZA On 'Kiss Me More'

Doja Cat and SZA teamed up for "Kiss Me More," their first-ever collaboration, on Friday (April 9).

Doja Cat and SZA teamed up for "Kiss Me More," their first-ever collaboration, on Friday (April 9). The song is for Doja's upcoming third album, Planet Her, due out this summer via Kemosabe/RCA.

During an interview for V Magazine in March, SZA described "Kiss Me More" as "a different strut" with regard to the song's sound, while Doja said she liked "the house, disco, vintage-y essences."

The Warren Fu-directed video shows an Earthling astronaut portrayed by Grey's Anatomy actor Alex Landi crashlanding in another galaxy where Doja Cat and SZA reside.

"Can you kiss me more?/We're so young, boy/We ain't got nothing to lose," Doja Cat and SZA sing in the flirtatious chorus. "It's just principle/Baby hold me 'cause I like the way you move."

"Boy, you write your name, I can do the same/ Oh, I love the taste, la-la-la-la-la," Doja whispers in the post-chorus and goes on singing, "All on my tongue, I want it!"

SZA croons, "All your ni---s say that you lost without me/ All my bi---es feel like I dodged it, don't need."

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Lil Nas X Launches Cheeky 'Twerk Hero' Rhythm Game

Lil Nas X launched a cheeky rhythm game, "Twerk Hero," on Wednesday (April 7) to promote his latest song, "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)."

"My new game 'Twerk Hero' is out now! Can u make it through all levels?!" Lil Nas tweeted while announcing the game.

The game challenges players to use the mouse to move Lil Nas' jiggle physics'd booty to hit flaming arrows called "Temptations" as the song plays in the background.

Players can progress to the next level - there are four overall - by hitting the required "Temptations." The levels recreate iconic scenes from the song's music video. Roni Games developed "Twerk Hero."

Lil Nas released "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" on March 26. The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard 100, and the music video has already amassed more than 110 million views on YouTube.

(Photo: Filip Custic)

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Gwen Stefani Taps Saweetie For High-Energy 'Slow Clap' Remix

Gwen Stefani has teamed up with Saweetie for a high-energy remix of "Slow Clap."

"I finally made it, so make it clap, make it clap," Swaweetie raps in the remix that dropped on Friday, April 9 along with a Sophie Muller-directed video. "Got the laffy taffy, make 'em lean, make 'em snap/ Saweetie got that Bubbalicious, chew it up it so delicious/ Stack, stack, stack, stack, stack/ My favorite position is CEO check the stats."

Stefani had dropped the original "Slow Cap" last month as a follow-up to December's "Let Me Reintroduce Myself."

The song, which will feature on Stefani's upcoming and untitled fifth studio album, was co-written by the singer along with Ross Golan and the song's sole producer Luke Niccoli.

Stefani's last record, You Make It Feel Like Christmas, arrived in October 2017.

(Photo: Meeno Peluce)

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