AUDIO LEAK: madonna - rebel heart

madonna - rebel heart
leaked last night, this avicii produced demo might be on the upcoming secret new album that madge has been working on. though in house claims that someone illegally put this song out there, these things are always conspicuously put out in the blogosphere to create buzz. listen while you can!

DANCE MIX: david guetta feat sam martin - lovers on the sun

david guetta feat sam martin - lovers on the sun
roping in ray liotta to star as the baddie in your new video means that you're not doing badly these days! primed to be on summer dance playlists, this collaboration between david guetta, avicii and sam martin is treading on familiar ground, but crowd pleasing enough to not be an issue. plus the video ain't half bad...

VIDEO PREMIERE: coldplay - a sky full of stars

coldplay - a sky full of stars
how cute! chris and co. look genuinely happy throughout this australian viral video like setup! throw in the singalong at the end and it's just kind of all sorts of sweet for you day!

WONGIE POP SONG OF THE WEEK: coldplay - a sky full of stars

coldplay - a sky full of stars
i don't know if it's because chris martin is consciously single at the moment, but i'm weirdly not irritated by coldplay these days. throw in the fact that this avicii collaboration is perfectly pop catchy and we've got a new appreciation of them all. who knew?

WONGIE SONG OF THE WEEK: avicii feat audra mae - addicted to you (video premiere)

avicii feat audra mae - addicted to you
[updated with video premiere!]
written by the 71 year old mac davis ("a little less conversation" by elvis presley) and sung by the amazing singer/songwriter audra mae, this continues avicii's domination of the charts with his now successful formula of taking on a non-dance genre and throwing his beats over them. the nice thing about this new single is that it allows audra's powerful vocals to take on center stage, and boy what a voice it is!

LAST BATCH MIX: avicii feat dan tyminski - hey brother

avicii feat dan tyminski - hey brother
after the mega success of the aloe blacc collaboration, avicii goes and collaborates with bluegrass singer dan tyminski (and sometime alison krauss & the union station member) for this old skool country number with yet another thump along beat. it'll be a smash.

[UPDATE] check out the official video for the song below!:

YEAR END MASHUP!: dj earworm - united state of pop 2013

dj earworm - united state of pop 2013
it's that time of the year again when dj earworm pulls together the biggest pop hits of 2013 and miraculously mashes them all together. interestingly the general tone feels alot more internal than previous collections. maybe we had a more diverse number of hits this year, which allowed for a different pace. still a joy to experience!
check out the list of acts on this years mash up!:
Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up
Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man
Capital Cities - Safe & Sound
Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
Eminem feat. Rihanna - The Monster
Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly - Cruise
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Imagine Dragons - Demons
Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake - Holy Grail
Justin Timberlake - Mirrors
Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z - Suit & Tie
Katy Perry - Roar
Lady Gaga - Applause
Lorde - Royals
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop
OneRepublic - Counting Stars
P!nk feat. Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason
Rihanna - Stay
Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I. - Blurred Lines
Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child
Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble
Will.I.Am feat. Britney Spears - Scream And Shout

WACKY AWARDS SHOW: YouTube Music Awards 2013 (with live videos by eminem, arcade fire, m.i.a., avicii and lady gaga)

webcast creative director spike jonze says that there was no script or plan to the awards, plus live music videos were created by lady gaga, eminem, arcade fire and avicii, adding to the chaos. if you didn't see it live, it sure was wackadoodle! here are the highlights of the evening below:

eminem - rap god (youtube awards 2013)


m.i.a. - come walk with me (youtube awards 2013)

avicii - hey brother / you make me / wake me up (a live short film by lena dunham) (youtube awards 2013)

arcade fire - afterlife (youtube awards 2013)

lady gaga - dope (youtube awards 2013)

want more? click below to see the rest of the performances and some of the award itself:

MONDAY MIX: avicii - you make me

avicii - you make me
why the label doesn't release the wonderful adam lambert/nile rodgers song is beyond me. the new single is bland if you ask me.

SUNDAY CATCH UP MIX: avicii feat adam lambert and nile rodgers - lay me down

avicii feat adam lambert and nile rodgers - lay me down
what a fun disco tinged dance anthem that not only showcases adam with a relatively subtle vocal (he's not screeching at me) but also the features some awesome guitar grooves from nile rodgers. this better be the next single cause it's a stormer!

VIDEO PREMIERE!: avicii feat aloe blacc - wake me up

avicii feat aloe blacc - wake me up
so appalachian folks just don't like faux hipsters and their kin... thanks avicii to clear that up for us. also is it really a good idea to bring a young pre-tween girl to go on the dance music festival circuit? just saying...

SONG OF SUMMER 2013: avicii feat aloe blacc - wake me up

avicii feat aloe blacc - wake me up
country meets edm! the lived in vocals of aloe blacc give this stormer a melancholy euphoric experience that will go down bonkers at sunset parties all summer long. who knew that avicii had it in him to make this brilliant gem?

WONGIE FUNNY VIDEO OF THE WEEK: avicii vs nicky romero - i could be the one (nicktim)

avicii vs nicky romero - i could be the one (nicktim)
for those of you who feel stuck in your job, this might be an option (barring the ending). who knew dance videos could be this wonderfully funny.

LIVE WONGIE: avicii live @ ultra music festival

avicii live @ ultra music festival (with special guest star madonna)
[as the winter music festival is going on strong all weekend long in miami, madonna took the opportunity to not only introduce avicii at the ultra music festival, but also to world premiere his remix of her current single 'girl gone wild'. but stay on as the whole set is streaming above and it's alot of fun!
track listings are:
1. 05:10 Madonna -- Girl Gone Wild (ID Remix)
2. 09:35 ID
3. 11:48 David Guetta & Avicii -- Sunshine w/ Florence And The Machine -- Spectrum (Acappella)
4. 16:40 Avicii & Nicky Romero -- Nicktim w/ Justice -- D.A.N.C.E. (Acappella)
5. 22:22 Avicii -- Fade Into Darkness w/ Florence And The Machine -- You've Got The Love (Mark Knight Remix) w/ Avicii -- Fade Into Darkness (Albin Myers Remix)
6. 28:55 Avicii & Sebastien Drums -- My Feelings For You w/ Albin Myers -- Hells Bells
7. 31:37 Avicii -- Fire (Working Title)
8. 33:20 David Guetta feat. Sia -- Titanium (Alesso Remix)
9. 37:55 Avicii feat. Salem Al Fakir -- Silhouettes
10.43:13 ID
11. 46:15 Avicii -- Levels (Original Vocal Mix) w/ Gotye vs. Avicii -- Somebody That I Used To Know vs. Levels]

CATCH UP: leona lewis / avicii - collide

leona lewis / avicii - collide
[i don't really get this song, high energy and uplifting, yet leona sounds like she's being filtered through an autotune and the video is just mopey and sleepy (kind of like her general image). couldn't somebody shoot it in real time? if this is a comeback, they need to give it another reboot!]

speaking of which, before the song was released, there was a bit of a legal issue in which the producers of leona's track never got the rights to the piano hook. it was finally resolved with dj avicii getting equal billing on the track. here is the original (with vocals) which isn't half bad:

avicii - fade into darkness