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A 2009 interview and cover shoot with Elle, which reflects on Gaga's art, her sexuality, and her relationship with her father.

Hanson argues that at this point in pop music, artists like Miley have nothing to rebel against to make them artistic -- Miley has to go full circle and just make sex, music, and performance ugly.

Miley Cyrus's new video, "Wrecking Ball," is the most viewed video on Vimeo within its first 24 hours.

Amanda Palmer gave this TED talk on crowdsharing and the way she interacts with her fans. This sheds light on our discussion of Amanda Palmer's practices of hiring musicians without paying them and asking fans for help in funding her music. I thought it was particularly interesting to see her reasoning and perspective behind what so many writers have criticized her for.

This article focuses on the mumblecore genre of film and discusses how it portrays youth culture and "privileged white slackers." It expands upon Halberstam's discussion of the films and gives new insight into it.

She has been taking the idea of living art to a whole new level by paying homage to various artists through her outfits as she promotes her new album ARTPOP.

Shows that people will take a singers art and make it their own. And this is done beautifully

This is a BBC article about Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' being featured in the Beats Pill Speakers advert and how it has been ruled as "too sexual".

Interesting article and interview with Lady Gaga that explores her use of image and persona.

HIP-HOP is primarily a celebration of black masculinity. Sure, there have long been significant black female and white male figures, but the majority of the conversation in hip-hop is and has always been about the actions, thoughts, feelings and ethos of black men. But this hegemony cannot last forever.

Britney Spears says that her latest song - "Work Bitch" - is a play on Karl Marx's ideologies.  A short blurb.