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Who doesn't like a good concert?  The music is loud, it's live and your favorite artist is on stage... what could be better. How about being front row while the music is loud, it's live and your favorite artist is on stage?  It can actually get even cooler if you're Valentina Attard.  This past weekend the 15-year-old wanted to take a picture of herself at a Beyonce concert. Next thing she knew, Beyonce was right behind her posing for a selfie with her.  Attard wrote on her tumblr that she asked the singer to take the photo with her.  After, she wrote that "it was such a blur i just remember her bending down to me and my friend and i just turned for the photo and wowoowow it was the best moment ever like she posed its crazy i wasnt even expecting her to look at my phone or notice me in the crowd." While Attard was taking the picture, there is also video footage of Beyonce bending down mid song to pose with the girl.  You can see it  HERE  at around 1:00

Boy bands are in again.  One Direction, The Wanted, The... Slants.  Yes, that's right, an all boy Asian-American band.  The name is striking, it might even make you crack a smile, but The Slants don't care.  They are all about breaking racial stereotypes. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office doesn't feel the same way.  The Slants have been denied access registering their name because the government believes the name to be offensive towards Asian- Americans. It's all about perspective though, The Slants see it in a completely different way.  They think that their band name empowers instead of mocks.  In an interview with Time Entertainment, founder Simon Tam says its a case of reverse racism.  "In my opinion, the concern is a little misguided.  We have people being offended on behalf of our community, yet they're denying us rights ."   Basically, what's the big deal?   Society has labeled and categorized different social groups forever.  Prior to

Katy Perry has made us all wait for her new album Prism.  Its been three years since Teenage Dream and Perry has finally unleashed her latest project.  Not as playful as Teenage Dream, Prism still is full of catchy popular tunes that are sure to make it big on the radio.  Not a full five stars but it's not half bad and will probably make you want to dance. I mean, who doesn't like a little Katy Perry once in a while?  "Roar" has already become a hit and it only came out a bit over a month ago.  This is her fourth studio album and "Roar" is getting it off to a great start. There was a little controversy around the song when it first appeared however.  Sara Bareilles came out with her new single "Brave" right before Perry's new hit.  When the two are played together the melodies are strikingly similar.  The only people who seem to be upset about the coincidence are fans of Bareilles and Perry.  When asked about it, Bareilles jokes and says ul

Rolling Stone has created its mid year list of its pick for best albums of 2013. Here's their list: 1. Vampire Weekend "Modern Vampires of the City" 2. Kanye West "Yeezus" 3. Daft Punk "Random Access Memories" 4. John Fogerty "Wrote a Song for Everyone" 5. David Bowie "The Next Day" 6. Jake Bugg "Jake Bugg" 7. The National "Trouble Will Find Me" 8. Atoms for Peace "Amok" 9. Pheonix "Bankrupt" 10. Queens of the Stone Age "...Like Clockwork" 11. Deerhunter "Monomania" 12. Bombino "Nomad" 13. Parquet Courts "Light Up Gold" 14. Palma Violets "180" 15. Kacey Musgraves "Same Trailer Different Park" 16. So So Glos "Blowout" 17. Eleanor Friedberger "Personal Record" 18. Chance the Rapper "Acid Rap" 19. Boards of Canada "Tomorrow's Harvest" 20. My Bloody Valentine "MBV"

She's the new queen of alternative pop... at 16.  Lorde comes from New Zealand bringing a brand new sound to popular charts.  Her hit 'Royals' is sarcasm at its best-- calling out major flaws in the music industry who boasts lyrics about a lavish lifestyle none of us will ever have.  It's not a mockery however, just a spin on what everyone else is talking about.  "Now, though, I'm obsessed with really high profile celebrities who get really f***ed up; I think you know who I'm talking about!  I find it all so interesting, such tragedies that stem from being put on a pedestal," is what the singer says to Liza Darwin for Noisey about her fascination with celebs and their lives ultimately leading to lyrics. Discovered at only 13 during a school talent show, Lorde is sure to win over most of the crowd in the future.  She is sure to remain pop royalty as her music progresses.  Will her music remain with the same joking tone when she herself becomes a meg