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After 2010′s aggressively weird Maya , M.I.A. gets back to her brassy pop roots on “Bad Girls,” the first single from her upcoming fourth album. Produced by Timbaland protégé Danja, the song’s packed with thumping beats, slinky grooves and genius lyrics that never fail to flaunt the singer/rapper/hellraiser’s trademark souped-up swagger.

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New Song: M.I.A., ‘Bad Girls’

Oh hey, my rascacielos! I’m Sam Lansky , pop music writer, and this is Pop Think , where I gush unapologetically about the pop stars who make my heart skip a beat.

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Demi Lovato’s ‘Give Your Heart A Break’ Is Basically The Perfect Song. Here’s Why.

By Rob Markman On the hit single “Runaway,” from his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy , Kanye West is apologetic about the way he treated his girlfriend of two years, Amber Rose. Ye even stepped his heartfelt game up a notch, during his Watch the Throne tour with Jay-Z, giving the audience love advice while performing the song.

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Amber Rose To Kanye West: ‘Take Your Apology And Shove it’

It’s Tuesday! Time for another round of 5 Must-Hear Pop Songs of the Week! This week’s round-up includes a brand new girl group from the UK, a few dance floor favorites, and an X Factor winner preparing for her grand comeback to the music scene. Elephants?

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Alexandra Burke, Natalia Kills, Nadia Ali + More: 5 Must-Hear Pop Songs Of The Week

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Credit: Getty Images Last year Britney Spears fans rejoiced when a sudden leak-apolooza of the pop singer’s unreleased tunes hit the net. Now the hidden-hits-of-Brit vault has been re-opened with a surprise release of “Look Who’s Talking Now,” a track co-written by the pop princess herself, seemingly all about…

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Britney Spears’ Demo ‘Look Who’s Talking Now’ Surfaces

Like the song says, you gotta have friends. Katy Perry is in a rough place right now following the announcement of her divorce and girl is in need of some real, honest-to-goodness friendship right…

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RiRi's Acting As Katy Perry's Rock Through Her Divorce …

Who knew the Pixies’ “Wave of Mutilation” sounds best played as a back-porch?country stomper? Only Rhett Miller apparently who gives the song that?treatment halfway through this collection of covers recorded live at the Los?Angeles club Largo in 2008 Elsewhere the Old 97′s frontman favors more?modest makeovers David Bowie’s “Queen Bitch”…

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The Interpreter: Live at Largo

One lucky fan got the surprise of a lifetime when she got up on stage to sing a cover of Rihanna and Drake’s single “What’s My Name?” in Los Angeles this week. After polling the crowd for some assistance on Drake’s verse, none other than Drizzy himself hopped up on stage and grabbed the mic to perform alongside her.

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Drake Joins Fan On Stage For Impromptu Karaoke

There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who love riffs, and the ones who think they’re extraneous and diva-like. Personally, I say the more riffs the merrier, which is why I’m basically obsessed with  JoJo ‘s melisma-ridden take on the holiday classic “The Christmas Song.” (You guys might not know the “The Christmas Song” by name, but it’s that song about roasting chestnuts on the open fire and stuff/ Justin Bieber and Usher covered it, too ).

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New Song: JoJo, ‘The Christmas Song’