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Sia - Cheap Thrills Song : Cheap Thrills Artist : Sia Album : This Is Acting Released : 11 February 2016 Genre : Synthpop, Dance, Electronic, Pop, Reggae Length : 3:44 Label : Inertia, Monkey Puzzle, RCA SongWriter(s) : Sia Furler, Greg Kurstin Producer : Kurstin A lyric video featuring Sean Paul performing a new verse was released on 10 February 2016. In the video, a faceless couple wearing wigs (the dancers Minn Vo and Stefanie Klausman), which have become part of Sia's signature look, win a dance contest on a black-and-white television show reminiscent of American Bandstand. Sia and Daniel Askill directed a performance video featuring Maddie Ziegler dancing with two male dancers to Ryan Heffington's choreography, which was released on 21 March 2016. The three dancers wear beige, with black and blonde hairstyles and gloves in the half-and-half style used in most of Sia's videos for This Is Acting. They dance on a bare stage, with Sia at a rear corner singing int...

Katy Perry - Rise Song : Rise Artist : Katy Perry Album : Single for Olympic Games Rio 2016 Released : July 14, 2016 Genre : Electronic Length : 3:23 Label : Capitol SongWriter(s) : Katy Perry, Max Martin, Ali Payami, Savan Kotecha Producer : Max Martin, Ali Payami A promotional video directed by Joseph Lee was released on July 15, 2016, featuring scenes of athletes from past Olympics. Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone wrote that the video is "a riveting montage of memorable moments and athletes from Olympics' past". Billboard's Gil Kaufman called the video "inspirational", saying it has a "superstar power" with the presence of famous athletes. Bleacher Report's columnist Vanessa de Beaumont described it as a "moving tribute". The A.V. Club writer Esther Zuckerman felt that the video was "incredibly corny, but surprisingly effective". Esquire contributor Matt Miller praised it as "perfect" for having "Beaut...

Ariana Grande - Focus Song : Focus Artist : Ariana Grande Album : Moonlight [2016] Released : October 30, 2015 Genre : Pop Length : 3:31 Label : Republic SongWriter(s) : Ariana Grande, Savan Kotecha, Peter Svensson, Ilya Salmanzadeh Producer : Ilya, Max Martin Hannah Lux Davis directed the music video, which was released on October 29, 2015. She had previously directed the music videos for Grande's "Love Me Harder" and her joint single "Bang Bang". It features the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 throughout the music video. The video surpassed 100 million views on November 19, 2015, making it Grande's eighth Vevo-certified music video after "Baby I". The video begins with video flashes of Grande in a two-piece outfit and platinum hair as shown in the single art cover. She makes several different poses while standing and dancing inside of a circular shape. The circle is meant to look like a camera lens, referring to the song's title. As the video...

Adele - When We Were Young Song : When We Were Young Artist : Adele Album : 25 Recorded : 2015 Dean Street Studios (London) Released : 22 January 2016 Genre : Soul Length : 4:51 Label : XL SongWriter(s) : Adele Adkins, Tobias Jesso Jr. Producer : Ariel Rechtshaid "When We Were Young" is a song by English singer Adele. It was released on 22 January 2016 by XL Recordings as the second single from her third studio album, 25 (2015). Adele co-wrote the song with Tobias Jesso Jr., while production of the track was provided by Ariel Rechtshaid. "When We Were Young" is a soul ballad, with lyrics that talk about reminiscing past memories with a loved one. Upon release, the song received positive response from music critics, who praised the song's lyrics and Adele's vocals. "When We Were Young" was written by Adele and Tobias Jesso Jr., and produced by Ariel Rechtshaid. Rechtshaid was also the song's engineer, as well as the re...

Coldplay - Everglow Song : Everglow Artist : Coldplay Album : A Head Full Of Dreams - Track 4 Released : 26 November 2015 Genre : Rock Length : 4:43 Label : Parlophone SongWriter(s) : Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin Producer : Rik Simpson, Stargate "Everglow" is a song by English rock band Coldplay. It was released on 26 November 2015 as promotional single from their upcoming seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams. The song features uncredited guest vocals by Gwyneth Paltrow, the ex-wife of Chris Martin. Martin came up with the idea for the title of the song from a slang word he heard from a surfer. In an interview with Zane Lowe, he explained the origin of the phrase: "I was in the ocean one day with this surfer guy, who spoke just like you'd imagine a surfer guy to speak � This guy spoke like Sean Penn's character from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He was like, 'Yo dude, I was doing this thing the other day man, it ga...

Adele - Hello Song : Hello Artist : Adele Album : 25 (2015) Track 1 Released : 23 October 2015 Genre : Soul Length : 4:55, 6:06 Label : XL SongWriter(s) : Adele Adkins, Greg Kurstin Producer : Greg Kurstin The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Canadian actor and director Xavier Dolan and released on 22 October 2015. The concept of the video revolves around a recently broken-up woman calling a younger version of herself. Portions of the video�mostly the finale on the pond and the shot of her opening her eyes in the beginning�were filmed with IMAX cameras, making it the first music video in IMAX format. The video draws inspiration from Dolan's semi-autobiographical debut I Killed My Mother, which was made when Dolan was barely 20. The video was filmed on a farm in Quebec over a few days in September 2015. The video stars American actor Tristan Wilds. Dolan contacted Wilds via Skype and explained the concept for the video, which Wilds agreed to take part in...

Taylor Swift - Bad Blood Song : Bad Blood Artist : Taylor Swift Album : 1989 Released : May 17, 2015 Genre : Pop Length : 3:19 (single Version) 3:31 (album Version) Label : Big Machine, Republic SongWriter(s) : Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Max Martin, Shellback Producer : Max Martin, Shellback, Ilya The music video starts with Catastrophe (Swift) and Arsyn (Selena Gomez) fighting off a group of men wearing suits in an office in London. When all of the men are defeated, Arsyn double crosses Catastrophe by kicking her out of a window. The song begins with Catastrophe lying on a broken car, as Welvin da Great (Kendrick Lamar) begins to rap his verse and Lucky Fiori (Lena Dunham) smokes a cigar. Catastrophe is shown being nursed back to health by The Trinity (Hailee Steinfeld), and after some time, she is ready to start training for her revenge. The other characters in the video are shown in succession, some in training with Catastrophe. They are (in order of appearance): Dilemma ...