As spring gets into full bloom, music artists are continuing to break barriers, blur the lines and push us in a new direction. Just three months into 2018, the pop world is having a moment as openly queer artists like Keiynan Lonsdale, Hayley Kiyoko, Troye Sivan, Years & Years and Kim Petras thrive with anthems about unapologetically being the most authentic versions of themselves..

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Fact: there really are numerous qualities that make our beloved Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi as endearing as they come. She's kind, strong, gorgeous, really f**king hilarious plus a kick-ass mom, just to name a number of. And because of those reasons (and so several more), MTV is about to celebrate her biggest -- and most hysterical -- Jersey Shore highlights. In honor of the upcoming Roa..

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Tyler, the Creator does what he wants and today it looks like he wants to drop new music. The Golf Wang general released the video for "Okra," which he describes as "a throwaway song" in the YouTube description. Over bass rattling production, Tyler begins the song off with the declaration "I did this shit in one take." His flow sounds eerily similar to Valee's on "Two 16's," as he pa..

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Ever since CHVRCHES rumbled back inside our consciousness with the stadium-sized "Get Out" and the cold, broody "My Enemy," everything has pointed to a 2018 full of massive moments for the Scottish trio. Besides some fantastic singles, they've been relatively chill in the lead-up to their third album, Love Is Dead, which drops on May 25. However on Thursday (March 29), CHVRCHES share..

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"Why on earth would you ever be frightened of me?" Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) asks Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) in the final seconds of the newly released Westworld Season 2 trailer. There's a flicker of madness in her otherwise cheery disposition — a glitch, in the event you will — also it leaves you feeling thoroughly unsettled by what's to come in the aftermath of the violent ends ..

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Back in January, Mike Shinoda — one of the two key voices beyond Linkin Park — shared three songs from an EP called Post Traumatic he'd written right following the death of his bandmate Chester Bennington. They were (and remain) gripping explorations of grief, and so they arrived with three stark, personalized, and DIY-shot videos that show Shinoda wearing his struggle on his face..

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The new year has been bittersweet for Logic. He performed at the Grammys, released a mixtape that went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, however he also weathered a divorce. Therefore, it isn't a surprise that his contribution to Sam Smith's "Pray" sounds therapeutic. The Maryland rapper opens up the song with an intro where he discusses his come-up and questions if God will protect ..

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Parenthood is undeniably daunting for any new mom or dad-to-be, nevertheless things are especially complex for Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant’s Danae, who plans to help his on-again girlfriend Brianna raise her son… although he’s not the baby’s biological father. Let’s backtrack: While in one of the young couple’s countless breakups, Bri dated someone else and afterward got..

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Please mention Cardi B isn't trolling. Yesterday (March 28), the "Bodak Yellow" star playfully teased a song from her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. Yet, alternatively opposed to the Bronx rapper breaking out into her signature staccato flow, she determined to bring back a 2003 classic, "Cinderella" by The Cheetah Women. Above a Instagram caption that simply read "Invasion of priva..

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Make way for a future Challenge competitor: Mike "The Miz" Mizanin is a delighted father to a baby girl! "Of course our little girl arrived early. Welcome to the world Monroe Sky Mizanin 3/27/18 11:40pm," the Real World and Battle of the Seasons/Inferno II victor captioned the sweet Instagram image above, which finds Mike and his partner Maryse holding their precious peanut's tiny ha..

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Last fall, at his MTV Unplugged show, Shawn Mendes covered Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" in an extended intro to his own track "Treat You Better." The choice was very intentional: "It's where I want people to be able to see me as a performer and as a singer and as an artist going," Mendes told MTV News at the time. He made good on that bit of data, as his new single "In My Blood" pr..

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Welcome to Morning Bop: each AM, we'll be issuing you with a blast of the latest music news headlines and also the best song you have got to begin your day. Thursday's #MorningBop is "Rush" by Kali Uchis because spring has sprung, baby. While you crank that up, here are three trending news stories to keep tabs on today: CHVRCHES drops "Never Mention Die" We are so lucky t..

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