Newsic Music February 27th-March 4th: Best Coast, Jack White, Cee Lo Green

Hot clothes, Las Vegas, marriage announcements! This might sound like Hollywood’s latest Hangover rip-off, but actually it’s this week’s music news headlines. Unfortunately, Mike Tyson does not make a cameo; maybe next week.

Jack White
Jack White performing with The Dead Weather. | Photo by Scott Penner via Wikimedia Commons

Best Coast X Urban Outfitters

Newsic Music usually sticks to the pop and rock realms, but when indie queen and Best Coast frontwoman Bethany Cosentino teams up with hipster Mecca Urban Outfitters, it can’t go uncovered. Flowy tops, cheeky rompers, and crisp collars echo Best Coasts chill vibes. The collection hits store in May, meanwhile lookbook snaps can be found floating around the web…

Jack White Takes SNL

Jack White made his debut as a solo artist on the Lindsay Lohan-hosted Saturday Night Live last weekend. The Nashville rocker performed two songs, highlighting both of his very different styles, all the while keeping it creepy with Robert Smith-inspired locks. Watch his performance on nbc.com.

Cee Lo Goes Vegas

Voice star and soul crooner, Cee Lo Green just announced a Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino starting in August. The show, called Loberace,”will be a mashup of Green’s off-the-wall style and artistic creativity. The  producers are saying the show “will be as inspired and visually alive as Cee Lo Green.”

Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose are Engaged

Kanye West’s ex-girlfriend is set to walk down the aisle after accepting a marriage proposal from “Black and Yellow” rapper Wiz Khalifa. Last month, before the engagement was announced, Rose told Billboard, “we want to get married, enjoy each other, have babies and be able to take time off.” Meanwhile, Khalifa is showing off Rose’s new rock proudly on Twitter.

Katy Perry
Katy Perry. | Photo by nikotransmission via Wikimedia Commons

Katy Perry Clears the Air Around Her New Single

“Part of Me,” which debuted in Perry’s live performance at last month’s Grammy Awards, seemed to drop just in time for her post-break-up woes from her divorce with Russell Brand. Perry now claims, however, that the song isn’t about Brand. Perry says she wrote the song two years ago when she was in the studio for Teenage Dream, but decided the song didn’t feel right for the album. It’s a pretty interesting claim, considering how her Grammy performance included a snippet of “E.T.,” which is about her love for Brand, before a dramatic switch to the self-empowering, “Part of Me.” Sure, Katy…it’s just a coincidental production choice. I guess fans will have to take the blue-haired beauty’s word for it!

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About Nee-Sa Lossing

Nee-Sa Lossing is a broadcast journalism major at BU. She's a music writer for The Quad and only wears black and white.

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