GIRLS ALOUD - SOMETHING NEW (video!) + tons of other amazingness!

Today was the most glorious day of the year.  Perfection held a press conference in the form of five women.  That's right, the greatest band in the universe, Girls Aloud, is back.

I'll give you some time to stop shaking and crying.

The girls already graced us mere mortals with the presence of their brilliant comeback single, "Something New" earlier this week.  And today in London, they celebrated the announcement of their upcoming greatest hits collection and new "turr" by answering some questions from journalists and fans.  The questions basically amounted to nothing but, "OMG, WE LOVE YOU, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A DEITY?"  Which is all well and good, but why didn't they select me to ask them whether or not they're ever going to work with Xenomania in their solo careers?  ANSWER ME THAT.  I would die of happiness if there was ever a Cheryl Cole solo album as earthshatteringly amazing as "Crazy Fool".  Or a full album of Slaydine Coyle Xeno-bangers.

But anyway!  They announced their new greatest hits album which is called Ten.  And it includes FOUR NEW SONGS.  You are not prepared.  There are one and two-disc options but really what you want is the deluxe limited edition box set, which includes both CDs, a 2-DVD set of The Passions of Girls Aloud (witness the origin of Push 10!), six beautiful art prints, and the possibility of a golden ticket to win one of ten prizes that will probably give your life new meaning.

• triple platinum personalised Out Of Control presentation disc
• A pair of shoes worn by one of the girls in the Something New video
• A signed, personalised art print of the album sleeve for Ten
• A phone call from one of the girls
• @GirlsAloud will follow you on Twitter (LOL!!!!)
• Tickets plus a meet and greet with the girls at a forthcoming tour date of your choice
• A piece of clothing from the Girls Aloud archive
• The complete Girls Aloud back catalogue, signed
• A signed, personalised and framed photo of the girls
• A triple platinum personalised Sound Of The Underground presentation disc

Those Nadine shoes are mine, you bastards.

The most important question that was asked was actually the first one.  I don't remember the exact wording because I was still freaking out, but it was something along the lines of, "Are you going to destroy our world again by abandoning us after the tour is over?" and Queen Nadine spoke right up and said something like, "Bless you, sweet child, we haven't made up our brilliant minds yet."  ARGH!!!!!

Oh, and speaking of that "turr", I don't even want to think about it because they aren't coming to America and my whole life is ruined and I'm never eating again, etc.

You can watch each monumental moment of Girls Aloud perfection right here.



And if all that wasn't enough, they also premiered the video for "Something New"!  And it's basically the best thing that's ever happened.  For instance, this happened and I "AWWWWWWWW'ed" until my head fell off.

But you don't have to take my word for it.  You can have your very own heart attack by watching the whole thing yourself!



To sum up the day, this happened:

And I was like:

*Credit for me knowing these gifs exist goes to oneofthosefaces and MuuMuse.  Thanks, guys!

QUEEN OF HEARTS - WARRIOR

Behold! It's the latest popstorm of brilliance from Queen of Hearts! "Warrior" sees her reunited with previous collaborator, Diamond Cut, who produced the stunning, "Where Are You Now?" from last year's The Arrival EP.  Diamond Cut opens the track with the literal sounds of heaven and then some AMAZING afro-funkish percussion drops and then the Queen's voice comes in and you think, "Oh, do you know what?  This is actually better than heaven.  I think I'll drop dead now."  It's an incredibly powerful tune and like all of her songs, worthy of aproximately one million repeat plays.

It's actually mind boggling to me how great this artist is.  I don't even imagine her making these tracks in a studio.   That's too domestic.  Being the enchantress that she is, she's probably reciting some sort of spells from an ancient tome while sprinkling some magic dust into an open flame.  And then voila!  Pop masterpiece!

It seems like only two months ago I was writing about the last amazing Queen of Hearts song.  Oh, it was only two months ago.  It has become quite clear that this woman can do no wrong and goes around doing no wrong quite often.  I think I'm going to have to put a limit on how many times the same artist can be on my year-end list because otherwise, it's just going to be a bunch of Queen of Hearts tracks with a few other people scattered throughout.  Dear Liz, what's it like to make one of the best songs of the year every time you make a song?

The only Queen that matters is gracing us mere mortals in America with her presence starting this week.  She is playing her first show on American soil this Friday at DC9 in Washington DC and is doing another gig in New York on October 16th at Santos Party House.  And as British people apparently love to say (according to X Factor), I am absolutely "gutted" that I'm missing the show in DC.  So, if you're in the area, make up for my absence by swooning like a teenage girl in the front row. 

Warrior will be released on December 2nd via NightMoves.

BRITT LOVE - MUSIC MAKES YOU LOSE CONTROL

I'm personally devastated that Britt Love didn't make it through to the live shows of this year's X Factor.  She was literally the only contestant I was looking forward to.  Not that all of the contestants are bad, but none of them hit the spot with me yet.  Honestly, I think Britt should have just gone out on stage with a boombox, played Mini Viva's "Left My Heart in Tokyo" or "I Wish", and then said, "See, I'm amazing."  Oh well.

But all is not lost because we now have this brilliant new Britt Love song that will be better than the X Factor winner's single, anyway.  It's another example of how incredible Britt's voice really is.  Perhaps not in the over the top diva way that the talent shows require, but she sounds like no one else.  And the song itself is a properly amazing dancefloor anthem.  And I don't even think there's one mention of "the club".  It's a lot more full on Euro dance pop than a lot of what's in the charts these days, but that's totally fine with me.

I really hope something positive comes from her stint on X Factor.  Whether it's just more fans, or some attention from a good label, or perhaps a collaboration with one of the current superstar producers.  Come on, Calvin Harris, you don't only have to work with the Rihannas and Ellie Gouldings of the world, you know?