NEW GAGA VIDEO!!!

It "leaked" earlier today: it's the short version of Lady Gaga's video for her latest single called "Judas"...check it out:

Once the full-length version hits, I'll be sure to post it right away!

Jeff @ NOW2K

NEW HIT MUSIC ON NOW2K

Back & refreshed from a crazy week in Sin City and look what I brought with me...NEW HIT MUSIC!!!

Here are some of the tracks to keep an ear out for this week on NOW2K:

- Lady Gaga - Judas
- Mike Posner - Bow Chicka Wow Wow (feat. Lil Wayne)
- My Chemical Romance - Sing
- New Boyz - Backseat (feat. The Cataracs & Dev)
- Pitbull - Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo)
- Fefe Dobson - Can't Breathe

Thanks for checking out NOW2K!!!

Jeff @ NOW2K

Weird Al Goes GAGA!!!

They say you haven't truly made it in the music biz unless "Weird Al" Yankovic parodies one of your songs; I guess Lady Gaga has officially "made it" now...ha ha!

"Weird Al" posted his parody of Gaga's "Born This Way" (called "Perform This Way") on his YouTube page yesterday & originally people were told that Gaga had shot-down his request to release the track as his first single OR put it on his new album (entitled "Al-Pocolypse"). That story hit the Twitter-verse and people were PISSED at Lady Gaga over her alleged snub of the weird one.

Later in the day, however, it was revealed that Gaga hadn't actually heard the parody and it was one of her managers (who I'm sure is now jobless) that had denied Al's request. Gaga listened to the track (at the urging of her "little monsters") and gave it her blessing!

Take a listen for yourself!



Jeff @ NOW2K

Gaga Goes COUNTRY?

There's absolutely no denying the fact that Lady Gaga knows how to market herself and get publicity...and now it looks like she's taking her music to an entirely new audience: Country music fans!

Yesterday, Gaga took to Twitter to announce the "Country Roads Remix" of her latest single, "Born This Way"...check it out for yourself:



I'm not much of a country fan, but I have to admit it's not too shabby.

Jeff @ NOW2K

Lady Gaga Wasn't Exactly "Born This Way"...

In spite of what she says, Lady Gaga wasn't exactly "Born This Way". It took - in her own words - "an artistic journey to f**k myself up".

Gaga opened up to author Neil Strauss for his new book entitled "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead", a collection of snippets of celebrity interviews and told him about the tough times she went through on the road to superstardom.

"I didn't have a bad childhood. All of the things I went through were on my own quest for an artistic journey to f**k myself up like Warhol and Bowie and Mick, and just go for it," she told Strauss.

"Sometimes it freaks me out -- or I should say it petrifies me -- when I think about laying in my apartment (in New York) with bed bugs and roaches on the floor and mirrors with cocaine everywhere, and no will or interest in doing anything but making music and getting high," she admitted.

If you want to read more about Gaga's surreal journey to the top & checkered past, check out the article over at The Huffington Post.

Jeff @ NOW2K

Lady Gaga's NEW Video...

Check it out! Lady Gaga released the video for her latest hit, "Born This Way":



Feel free to share your thoughts!

Jeff @ NOW2K

The Feel-Good Story Of 2011...

I'd like to you to meet 10 year-old Maria Aragon from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:



She posted this video of herself singing a cover of Lady Gaga's latest hit, "Born This Way". The video caught the attention of famed celebrity blogger Perez Hilton...who sent the link to his pal Lady Gaga - who just happened to be having a rotten day. She watched it and sent out the following tweet to her over-15-million Twitter followers:

"Can't stop crying watching this. This is why I make music. She is the future. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG0wi1m-89o"

The result? The video has had almost 7 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE and young Maria actually had the chance to chat with Gaga earlier today courtesy of Winnipeg radio station Hot 103:



She's also been invited to fly to Toronto for Lady Gaga's show and will do a duet on-stage with Gaga.

The only thing I can say about this, is "Wow"...

Jeff @ NOW2K

New HIT MUSIC On NOW2K!!!

This is always my favorite time of the week...it's when I add NEW HIT MUSIC into the library on NOW2K! Here's what to listen for this week:

• Lady Gaga - Born This Way
• Jessie J - Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)
• Justin Bieber - Never Say Never

Enjoy!

Jeff @ NOW2K

BRAND NEW GAGA!!!

I'll be adding THIS into the NOW2K rotation IMMEDIATELY! It's the brand new single from Lady Gaga called "Born This Way".

If you can't wait to hear it on the station, take a listen to it right NOW here:



Jeff @ NOW2K

This Week's NOW2K Top 10 HITS!!!

Here are the Top 10 Spinning Hits on NOW2K for the week ending April 3o/2010 (as reported by RadioWave Monitoring):

1. Lady GaGa - Telephone (feat. Beyonce)
2. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
3. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
4. Riahnna - Rude Boy
5. B.o.B. - Nothing On You (feat. Bruno Mars)
6. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be
7. Train - Hey, Soul Sister
8. Jason DeRulo - In My Head
9. The Script - Breakeven
10. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug

Jeff @ NOW2K

Classical Music Sucks...Right? WRONG!!!

Raise your hand if you think Classical Music sucks. Yeah...that's what I thought you'd all say. Well, get ready to be proven WRONG!

Let me introduce you to an Australian group called "Aston". Here's a little bit of info about them:

Aston’s musical vision is as simple as it is breathtakingly beautiful: to present a set of classic and contemporary songs like no one has ever heard them before. Contemporary classics presented as classical music.

The six members of Aston, aged between 21 and 23, have come straight out of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the most distinguished music school in Australia. Some members are not due to graduate until the end of the year, but they are all already professional young musicians of the highest calibre. What began as a side-project amongst a bunch of students created an instant buzz that’s led to ASTON being signed by Warner Music Australia, recording a debut album and now preparing to take their unique modern classical sound out to audiences across Australia and the rest of the world.

Here's a sample of what they can do...it's their take on Lady GaGa's hit "Telephone":

Jeff @ NOW2K

New HIT MUSIC on NOW2K!!!

Another week means MORE NEW HIT MUSIC for you, the good listenership of NOW2K! Here's what you can listen for this week on NOW2K:

• Lady GaGa - Alejandro
• Jay-Z - Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson)
• Sean Kingston - Eenie Meenie (feat. Justin Bieber)
• Usher - OMG (feat. Will.I.Am)

One other quick note: NOW2K continues to grow in listenership! As of today, NOW2K has over 5400 Total Listening Hours over the last 30 days and is the #3 Top 40 radio station on Live365.com (of stations listing "Top 40" as their primary genre).

Thanks for listening!

Jeff @ NOW2K

Songs In The Key Of Awesome!

If you like Pop Culture, Hit Music & parody songs/videos of Pop Culture and Hit Music then you HAVE to check out The Key Of Awesome. This incredibly talented group of individuals posts a new video/parody song every week and I have to admit, their stuff is pretty amazing (or "awesome" as the case may be).

Check out this week's parody of Lady GaGa's WTF video for "Telephone" (feat. Beyonce):

They have a ton of other parody videos/songs on the site including tracks from Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber & Ke$ha!

Jeff @ NOW2K

GaGa's LeLegal TrTroubles

Fresh from her prison stint in the video for “Telephone,” Lady Gaga could soon be headed to court — not to face any number of angry grindhouse filmmakers whose works inspired that video, but a lawsuit from a songwriter and producer who says he’s the one who gave her that famous stage name.

The Associated Press reported that Rob Fusari, who helped write Lady Gaga songs including “Paparazzi” and “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich,” filed a $30.5 million lawsuit against the singer, saying she has frozen him out of her career as she has become more successful.

Mr. Fusari, who has also worked on hit songs like Will Smith’s “Wild, Wild West” and Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious,” said in his suit that he was first introduced to the singer Stefani Germanotta in 2006, helping to guide her from a rock musician to a dance artist and nicknaming her Lady Gaga, from the Queen song “Radio Ga Ga.”

He said he had received more than $600,000 from Lady Gaga but had not received his full share of song royalties, merchandising revenue and other fees. Representatives for Lady Gaga have not yet responded to the suit, which was filed in a state court in Manhattan.

Jeff @ NOW2K

New Lady GaGa Vid Is Here...FINALLY!

I only have 2 things to say about this video:

1) It's about time
2) and "What...the...f***?"

It's 9 minutes and 32 seconds long and picks up where the video for "Paparazzi" left off. Check it out:

And in case you need a refresher, click here for the video for "Paparazzi":

Jeff @ NOW2K

This Week's NOW2K Top 10 Hits!!!

Here are the Top 10 Spinning Hits this week on NOW2K for the week ending March 12/2010 (as reported by RadioWave Monitoring):

1. Lady GaGa - Telephone (feat. Beyonce)
2. Ke$ha - Tik Tok
3. Jason Derulo - In My Head
4. Orianthi - According To You
5. Young Money - Bedrock (feat. Lloyd)
6. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be
7. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)
8. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
9. David Guetta - Bad Romance (feat. Akon)
10. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

Jeff @ NOW2K

NOW2K Joke Of The Day...

Okay...so I'm usually NOT into posting lame jokes on the internet, but I heard this one today and felt I had to share:

Q: How do you wake up Lady GaGa in the morning?

A: Poke-Her Face

Get it?

Jeff @ NOW2K

This Week's NOW2K Top 10 HITS!!!

Here are the Top 10 Spinning Hits on NOW2K for the week ending March 5/2010 (as reported by RadioWave Monitoring):

1. Lady GaGa - Telephone (feat. Beyonce)
2. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)
3. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)
4. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
5. Orianthi - According To You
6. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be
7. Ke$ha - Tik Tok
8. Jason Derulo - In My Head
9. Young Money - Bedrock (feat. Lloyd)
10. Ke$ha - Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)

Jeff @ NOW2K

2010 Grammy Wrap-Up

The 2010 Grammy Awards are behind us and now, it's time for The Official NOW2K Grammy Recap:

BEYONCÉ and TAYLOR SWIFT were the big winners at last night's Grammys. Beyonce won SIX awards including Song of the Year, for her hit "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)". That's the most Grammys won by a woman in a single night. The previous record of FIVE was held jointly by Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse and Alison Krauss. In addition to the new record, Beyoncé is also the only woman to win five Grammys in one night TWICE.

Taylor got scored four Grammys, including the big one: Album of the Year, for her second disc, "Fearless".

LADY GAGA won two Grammys, but both were handed out the live broadcast kicked off. But she did get to kick off the show with her duet with ELTON JOHN. Gaga started off solo, singing "Poker Face". Then she and Elton sat across from each other at a double-sided piano and sang a mash-up of her song "Speechless" and his classic, "Your Song". Check it out here:

One of the highlights of the show was MICHAEL JACKSON'S lifetime achievement award . . . which was accepted by Michael's two eldest children, PRINCE and PARIS. Check out the video from TMZ's website.

Other big winners included Kings Of Leon who picked up a Grammy "Use Somebody" (Record of The Year, Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group & Best Rock Song), Black Eyed Peas who won for their #1 hit "I Gotta Feeling" (Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group) and their album "The E.N.D." (Best Pop Vocal Album) and Jay-Z for his hit "Run This Town featuring Rihanna and Kanye West (Best Rap Song & Best Rap/Sung Collaboration).

Check out CNN's slideshow of some of the "interesting" Red Carpet entrances from last night's Grammy Awards

Jeff @ NOW2K

This Week's NOW2K Top 10 HITS!!!

Here are the Top 10 Spinning Tunes on NOW2K for the week ending January 29/2010 (as reported by RadioWave Monitoring):

1. Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
2. Ke$ha - Tik Tok
3. Taylor Swift - Fifteen
4. David Guetta - Sexy Chick (feat. Akon)
5. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)
6. Orianthi - According To You
7. Jay Sean - Do Ya Remember
8. Iyaz - Replay
9. Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)
10. Jason Derulo - In My Head

Jeff @ NOW2K