Stereogum — Until this week, we had only heard a handful of songs from Empress Of’s debut album, Me, but by yesterday we were absolutely swimming in new tracks: “Standard,” “How Do You Do It,” that Katy Perry cover,” “Kitty Kat,” “Water Water.�... more info

Stereogum — Empress Of, aka Lorely Rodriquez, is prepping her self-produced, -recorded, and -engineered debut album, Me, and today she’s shared the video for album track “How Do You Do It.” It follows her previously released “Water Water” and “Kitty ... more info

Stereogum — Katy Perry wouldn’t strike consistent, worthwhile pop gold until Teenage Dream, but her first two big singles — “I Kissed A Girl” and “Hot N Cold” — were kitschy, if a little grating, songs that will nonetheless be remembered fondly bec... more info

The Daily Mail — The 27-year-old Bajan beauty and the Roar hit-maker were enjoying a girls' night out at OPUS nightclub in New York City on Saturday. more info

The Daily Mail — Katy Perry certainly donned a typically outlandish style when she headed on a night out at celebrity haunt the Nice Guy Club in West Hollywood on Friday night. more info

Perez Hilton — Talk about competition! Last night Iggy Azalea and Nick Young set their love aside and duked it out on stage on Lip Sync Battle! Iggy opened up with a number outside of her wheelhouse by performing Wheatus' Teenage Dirtbag! [ Related: Hugh Jackman Sh... more info

Perez Hilton — Now THIS is one battle we never thought we'd see Wolverine fight — a lip sync battle! X-Men: Days Of Future Past star Hugh Jackman trading popping claws for pop music on Tuesday, sharing an Instagram vid of himself singing along to Teenage Dream! [... more info

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Perez Hilton — This is music to our ears! One of our favorite parts of the holiday season is getting to hear our favorite pop stars take on classic Christmas carols. Well, it seems as though Katy Perry has decided to one-up her competition this year by writing an X... more info

Stereogum — LA transplants Transviolet have only released one song, but they are quickly rising. In less than a month, their “Girls Your Age” has over 130k listens on SoundCloud. Katy Perry even tweeted about the track as her song of the day. Transviolet tol... more info