Kanye West releases new single, “Runaway”
Kanye West’s new single, “Runaway” featuring Pusha T was released today. The song, which West performed at the VMA’s in September and on Saturday Night Live this past Saturday, is the second single West has released this year, not counting the Good Friday songs he releases on his Twitter or the songs he’s been featured on. West has talked about working on a new album numerous times on his Twitter though no release date has been set yet. “Runaway” is available for purchase and download on iTunes.
Cry more Taylor Swift
Nobody has forgotten the little incident that happened at last years VMA’s between Kanye West and Taylor Swift. Though Swift has said that she’s over it, her performance last night at the VMA’s showed otherwise. Her song started off with clips from when West interrupted her acceptance speech (skip to 0:43) during the awards in 2009 and the rest of the song was just awkward. As if the song hadn’t made it obvious already that Swift was still holding a grudge, her refusal to close the show with West surely did. The two were scheduled to sing a duet that West was all for but Swift didn’t want anything to do with it. The girl is nearing 21 and…
Top songs of decade
By Chris Nguyen Features Editor In the current December of The Sidekick, I listed my picks for the top five songs of the decade. Of course, the last ten years has been filled with thousands of songs that it was heartbreaking to narrow down the list to merely five (sorry, Britney!), so I am here to give numbers 6 to 10. For the best of the best, pick up a copy for The Sidekick. 6. “Last Nite” The Strokes In retrospect the idea that The Strokes were the saviors of rock seems a bit silly. But I cannot blame MTV or Rolling Stone for fawning over them when listening to “Last Nite.” The song was a…
How MTV’s VMAs kinda got its groove back
By Chris Nguyen Features Editor After several years of pain in Miami and Los Angeles with a listless ceremony in New York in between, last night’s VMAs on MTV rebooted itself back in New York City. MTV kept the stage big, the celebrities camptastic and the performances coming. It’s far from the glory of, say Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” performance, but it did keep my celebrity-hungry brain with a lot of nourishment to keep watching. Here’s a recap of the amazingly awesome, the bad and the excruciatingly painful (I’m looking at you, Kanye!): The Good Michael Jackson tribute Madonna opened up the show with a simple and fitting remembrance of pop icon Michael Jackson. She…