Several designers have been requested to create special outfits for cover consideration in size 14 and 16 — Adele’s size — for the March 2012 Vogue issue.  The magazine declined to comment on the speculation, which is sure to be a bit embarrassing if it turns out that Ms. Wintour isn’t actually considering the songstress and just wanted extra material for draping.

Gaga says about the project: “My mother and I have initiated a passion project. We call it the Born This Way Foundation. Together we hope to establish a standard of Bravery and Kindness, as well as a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment.”

Finally!  Phlo Finister’s anticipated viral video “Bang Bang” finally dropped!

If you haven’t seen it yet, it is a gritty clip of the 20 year old serenading the streets of East London with a fuse of two important classics, that were meant to meet each-other at some point.

Download the MP3 to “Bang, Bang”  below:

Phlo is signed to 3QTR  & Charlie Walk. Her debut mixtape Crown Gold drops this fall.

You better get on it now, you’ll be hearing a lot about her soon.

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It’s no surprise Bonnie Mckee was born and raised on the west side of America as she helped re-write “California Love” by 2Pac with a summer-y urban beat, bubbly lyrics and a cute songstress on lead vocals.

In the summer of 2010, you could not get a popsicle from an ice cream truck, check someone out at the beach or buy a pair of new Diesel denim shorts without hearing Katy Perry’s “California Gurls.”

God-forbid on behalf of the pop fans, Valley Girls and hipsters who loved the Passion Pit remix; let’s take a moment to thank Bonnie Mckee for contributing to creating Generation Z’s catchy cherry-soda-flavored California anthem.

Some might only know Bonnie for her insane pen game for pop songs but she was also a part of the 2004 Fefe Dobson/Avril Lavigne pop/rock movement, being signed to Warner’s imprint “Reprise Records.” Where is she now as a musician? Well, she is conjuring up a self-proclaimed sound that is described as something “Katy Perry’s evil twin,” would be making.

Wait like one sec? Didn’t she also write Britney Spears’s new single “Hold It Against Me” ?

Yep, she did and it is safe to say her and Lukasz wrote the majority of Spears’s seventh studio album dropping this spring. We got around to clear rumors about who she has been working with so far on her sophomore album, what it was like working with Swede-pop masterminds Bloodshy & Avant and all things Britney.

Alex Kazemi: [Laughs] I see that you re-tweeted my “Popstep” tweet about the dub-step part in “Hold It Against Me.”  Do you like that term?

Bonnie Mckee: [Laughs] Yes! You are very inventive!

Kazemi: Was there a lot of pressure when you found out you were assigned as a writer for the Britney Spears project?

Bonnie: Well, believe it or not, for the past year and half everyone and their grandmother have been writing for her project. I had been pitching songs with Britney in mind for a while. I wanted to be prepared and when I finally got the call, I was ready!  “Hold it Against Me” was actually written about a year and a half ago.

Kazemi: When you and Luke were creating the song, did you know that Urban Outfitter manufactured hipsters all over the world would be pouting on their Facebook and Twitters about “Dubstep” being used in a Britney Spears track?

Bonnie : I’m not surprised; people take their subcultures very seriously. Cry me a river hipsters!  You don’t own it! Let the world enjoy it, it was created for a reason.  Even if it’s not perfectly “true” to the genre, it’s just a fun little taste of something different!  Oh come on, Brit has to keep it fresh after all. POPSTEP!!! [Laughs]

Kazemi : [Laughs] Well, we all knew it was going to cross over at some point. I feel that  “Hold It Against Me” was a perfect way for Dubstep to be introduced to the Top 40 type of audience. I know when you were a teenager you were a misfit and went to raves, so at some point in life you must have had an experience listening to “Ministry Of Sound” and “Hed Kandi” from Europe. Did Tiesto or any house producers inspire the lyrics for the track? “You feel like paradise” and “I need a vacation tonight.”  Many of these kinds of elements are found in European tracks.

Bonnie: Actually, Katy Perry inspired the lyrics. I was working with Katy on her album and she came in one day in a little slutty dress. We all know what a bodacious figure she has… So I said to her, “Damn, Katy- If I said you had a nice body, would you hold it against me?” A light bulb went off in my head and I was like, “I have to go!” The rest is history! [Laughs]

Kazemi: “Hold It Against Me” isn’t your only offering for the Britney sessions; I dug around Twitter and saw you were in the studio with Magnus and Bloodshy too! I nearly had a heart attack upon hearing of the Bloodshy Britney reunion.  Was it an honor working with Bloodshy & Avant ?! It’s amazing how the Swedes employ some of the best pop songs like  “Piece Of Me,” “Toxic,” and not to mention  “AM to PM” by Christina Milian! The list goes on!  He also did a Dubstep-esque track called “Freak Show” with Britney on a previous album. So maybe “Hold It Against Me” wasn’t the first?

Bonnie: Yes, working with Bloodshy was insanely fun! There must be something in the water in Sweden, because they seem to have an ear for melodies and hooks. Bloodshy, Magnus, and the whole team are so talented. They are always thinking out side of the box when it comes to writing, it was quite the honor to be working with them. Nicole Morier and I wrote a bunch of stuff together, she has done a bunch of other songs for Britney in the past. I love her! She is epic.

Kazemi: How many tracks have you done so far for Femme Fatale?

Bonnie: I’ve done six, but we are still in the process of recording, so I’m not sure how many will actually make it onto the album. Hopefully all of them! They’re so much fun! I’m very proud of the work we’ve done. I think her fans will love it.

Kazemi: Six is the magic number!  Is there anyone else you’ve been working with, other then Britney that you’re excited about?

Bonniee: Yes, I did a bunch of work with Kelly Clarkson last summer, it’s looking like that will make the album. She really has an incredible voice and I’m excited to see what happens, I have high expectations for that album!

Kazemi: ADHD moment! What inspired “Teenage Dream?” While writing, did you have any idea that it would become the album title ?

Bonnie: Katy and I have always had a mutual fascination with the adolescent state of mind. When we met six years ago we were both really into Lolita, we both explored those themes on our first records. Her song “One of the Boys” touched on the early stages of discovering that boys can be more than just friends, and my song “Confessions of a Teenage Girl” was about realizing my power as a young sexual creature and using it to my advantage. So, it was fitting that we would end up writing a song like this together. I had no idea it would go on to be the title of the album.

Kazemi: What was the song like in its rough/early stages?

Bonnie: Katy and I wrote and rewrote the song 4 times; we wanted a “forever young” type of feel. Katy started with a lyric about Peter Pan, that was cool, but it just kept feeling too young. We wanted it to have more edge, more sex. There was a version that included the line, “and the next thing you know, you’re a mom in a minivan” it kept us laughing uncontrollably for an hour. We literally wrote it beginning to end three times while rolling around the studio floor delirious.

Finally, we thought we had cracked the code. We wrote something that was based on the metaphor of “trying me on”, comparing the feeling of wearing new clothes to sex, kind of a “Dress You Up in My Love” deal. We swore we had it, then Benny Blanco came in, he was like “Uh, no.” Luke always makes us “Benny Proof” everything. He says that if Benny doesn’t get it, America won’t get it.

Katy and I looked at each other in dismay, knowing we would have to start all over again. He said, “something more like this” and played us The Teenagers “Homecoming”, but at that point we were so over it, we just called it a night. The next week Katy invited me to Santa Barbara to write with her, Doctor Luke, and Max Martin. I really wanted to bring my best, so I took it home and sat with it. I thought about my adolescent years, my first love. I thought about watching Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo and Juliet”, putting on a mini disco ball, and just dreaming of Leo. I thought about my friends and I having slumber parties in the 90’s, giddy at the mere THOUGHT of boys, a time when love and sex only existed in magical stories and movies. I thought about what Benny had said, I listened to the song again. The Teenagers, what a great word, teenager! A powerful word; our entire adolescence condensed into just three syllables.

That’s what songwriters are always looking for – powerful yet familiar themes, and there it was. I couldn’t believe after all of our agonizing over “youth” themes, that we had overlooked such an obvious one- the teenage condition. That night I had to leave for Santa Barbara and with that single word under my belt, I was confident I could piece it together from there. I was texting myself rhyme schemes all the way up PCH, trying to unscramble the puzzle before I walked into that studio. When I arrived, I was so excited to tell Doctor Luke about how I’d finally cracked the code, but he was pissed, we had so much time on the chorus alone that and banned us from spending another second on it, so I bit my tongue. We went immediately began working on the verses. Katy had already mapped out some beautiful images; building forts out of tents, running away and never looking back, etc. From that we wove a beautiful story together. I’m really excited how the video turned out because it’s exactly what we spoke of when writing it. Finally she went in to lay down vocals, I was freaking out that I wasn’t able to reveal my “Teenage Dream” version yet, and it wasn’t until she had recorded the whole thing that I pulled Luke and Max aside and told them about my idea. When I sang it to them they said “Well why didn’t you say that in the first place?!” I had tried! Anyway, we re-cut the chorus and Katy was much happier with it. That was the most important thing to me. The “Skin tight jeans” line in the bridge was a scrap that came from our “Try me on” version, it happened to rhyme with Teenage Dream, so I guess it wasn’t a complete waste of time!

When we listened to the play back we were all so pumped that it had paid off. I remember Max sitting back and saying, “I wish we could bottle this feeling”. It was really magical.

Kazemi: The youth inspiration clearly came out to be a success! This may be difficult, but do you have a favorite track on the record that you wrote?

Bonnie::  Teenage Dream. California Gurls is amazing too though, Katy was brilliant to bring that title back and spin it the way she did. We had a lot of fun thinking up 90’s themed lyrics for that one, the gin and juice line was a must and the Jeep line was pretty funny. Jeeps are SOO 90’s!! Haha! When I heard Snoop was on the song, I could have died. It was a dream come true- Teenage Dream comes true! Literally! Haha.  TGIF is pretty much a word for word description of our trip to Santa Barbara, so I love that one. It’s really kitschy, fun, and fills me with nostalgia. Another song I wrote, “Part of Me”. That one is beautiful. Katy sings with so much emotion and when I heard the chorus for the first time it gave me chills. It is a very real and raw song. I didn’t write on ET but I wish I did. That is my fav besides Teenage dream. But Teenage Dream is my ultimate because it felt extremely personal to me. I feel like I contributed to it the most of the four songs I worked on with and I seriously wanted to cry when I heard it was the album title.  I had so much fun working with Katy, Luke and Max. We make a great team! Who knows? You might just hear some more from us on my own upcoming album…

Kazemi: Enough about Britney and everyone else!! Rumors are circulating that Dr. Luke will be producing your sophomore follow-up from 2004’s debut  “Trouble.” You obviously have grown as an artist, 7 years later and you kind of already covered the youthful stuff on Trouble and expressed the rest of ideas on “Teenage Dream.” How does it differ when you are writing for yourself and for another artist?

Bonnie: The rumors are true; Dr. Luke and I are just starting to put together ideas for my second album. I think the main difference in writing for myself versus other artist is that lyrically, I take more chances. I’ve learned through my time in the songwriting trenches, that when I write something ballsy, a lot of the labels will be like “Oh, so-and-so would never say that” or “It’s too smart”. I tend to simplify and sweeten a majority of the things I write for other people, I like to take risk on my own stuff, go a little bit ‘left field’.

Kazemi: You have credits for all the music and lyrics on your debut album “Somebody.” That is quite impressive, you must be meticulous, a perfectionist, or have some type of OCD! [Laughs]

Bonnie: Funny you should say that, my whole life I was kind of a fuck up and everyone thought I’d never amount to anything. Now I am so driven and a total workaholic!! I was obsessed with writing every word and every note, which is impressive I suppose, but it didn’t do me much good, did it? I’ve learned that two heads are better than one and now I love to collaborate. I’m proud that I created a piece of art that came completely from myself, I now prefer working with others to get out of my head a bit.

Kazemi: So for your sophomore album, is Luke the only producer who’s signed up so far? You’ve worked with Ke$ha in the past, do you think she will grab the pen for your record too? Have you been working on material for it yet?

Bonnie: I will be working with Dr Luke, Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, Josh Abraham, and Oliver Goldstein, who is my main collaborator. He is kind of my musical soul mate because he can do so much; he can do the really hard electronic stuff and then can sit down and create something beautiful on live instruments. He’s my favorite producer right now. I would love to collaborate with Ke$ha on this project, and Katy as well, I have a top-secret plan for us… She doesn’t know it yet though!  [Laughs] I actually have bazillion songs I’ve written; it’s just about narrowing it down to one cohesive sound. I will probably just start from scratch and write all new stuff.

Kazemi: What kind of pop sound are you going for? The first album wasn’t your typical pop record; it had more of an acoustic sound but was still radio friendly. People have said that you are going to be the next Katy Perry, I feel like that is just a generalized statement considering you have worked together. Will your sound be anything different then what we’ve heard lately? It would be nice to hear you contribute to the pop revolution everyone is raving about; we still haven’t heard it yet.

Bonnie: I take being the “next Katy Perry” as a compliment, because I really love her work. But I will probably be more like Katy Perry’s evil twin. It will have the poptastic dance-ability but with more of an edge. I want to borrow from some of the eighties glory… big, anthemic sing along songs with crazy modern production. I am also toying with the idea of changing my name for this project, since I’ve kind of already done “Bonnie Mckee.” I’m interested in reemerging with a completely new identity, sound, and perspective. So don’t freak out, if my Twitter name change! I can’t wait to get on stage again!  It’s going to be fresh, fun, and ballsy!

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Michelle explains what to get her and the pink lover in your life this year:

1. Swarovski covered Jimmy Crystal USB stick, $48.00 This amazing little USB stick lets me take my work with me wherever i go so i don’t have to lug around my laptop anymore. and it comes in my favorite color! PINK!

2. Marc by Marc Jacobs hot-pink laptop case, $50.00 If you need something fabulous to keep your laptop safe, i recommend this embossed hot-pink laptop case! And for those who are not as daring, it also comes in black.

3.Crochet Away Pink Thigh Highs,$18.00 I always love a good pair of thigh highs to spice up any outfit!

4. Kate Spade Pink-Snap Dragon Vinyl Wallet, $125.00 ID window and eight card slots! just enough for all my credit cards! this adorable pink wallet will keep me cheery even when I’m broke.

5. Juicy Couture Limited Edition Sequin Stocking , $88.00 I know Christmas only comes around once a year but i am in love with this! Probably the cutest Christmas accessory i have ever seen!

6. Three-piece Victoria’s Secret Pink Towel Set, $35.50 I can’t get enough of Victoria’s Secret Pink products and i could totally use these towels to shower in style, even if no one is watching.

7. Marc by Marc Jacobs 4G iPhone Case, $28.00 oh how i wish i had an iPhone! I want to get one just so i can put this case on it!

8. Michael Kors Oversized Acrylic Pink Watch, $146.00 not that i ever set my watch to the right time, i just wear them because they are cute! This oversized Michael Kors watch in, of course, hot pink is adorable! Throw it on with anything and its bound to look fab!

Here are some samples from my shoot with Actress, Singer and Artist Joséphine de La Baume for RG VOGUE Brasil .

Want to thank:

Freddy Baby Paris for the wonderful retouching job she did
Christophe Durand for his perfect Make Up as usual
Sébastien Quinet for his creativity as a Hair Stylist and some fun photo captures shown in this previous post.
Yasmine Sterea, VOGUE Brasil stylist, who was incredibly positive during the highly charged ambiance. Thanks for your Cool.

… And Joséphine for her warmth and hospitality.

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Bravo TV’s network reality star from the hit series, The Real Housewives of New York City, Ramona Singer, was the host of the opening of Covet Restaurant & Lounge in midtown Manhattan last week.  This latest swanky hotspot is owned by the man behind Miami’s nightlife resurgence, Eric Milon and entrepreneur Andre Hnatyszak. Eric Milon’s previous venues include South Beach’s The Strand, Prive, The Living Room, Set, all of which have been favorites of Hollywood’s A-list stars including Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears…Read more

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Mr. Kent, I Presume: Matt Singer collaborates with Selima Optique to create the perfect secret identity: a pair of black-framed glasses. We always thought Clark Kent was an underrated style icon. Valet

Ladies?: Jesse Thorn delivers a passionate monologue on the importance of dumping your boyfriend in favor of a well-dressed style blogger who knows more about Italian film. Anyway, that’s what we got out of it. Put This On

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The Beat Goes On: Even wearing a black polo with a popped collar in the middle of summer, Mark Ronson can do no wrong. GQ Eye

—R.B.

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“I owned a bar/restaurant called the Alibi Room in Brisbane Australia. I used to run a club called Monsterland, i also did Monster Joe’s and the Depot. had a TV pilot for MTV once. I have lots of tattoos and plans for many more. I played in a band called Roshambo. A really long while ago I played in a band called the Melniks. A long while ago, I managed bands.I have pretty severe ADD.I have a motorbike, two pushbikes and around 30 tattoos.I have fucked up more things than i can probably count…but havent actually died yet, so it cant be all bad can it?

well except from the brain haemmorage/stroke…that kind of sucked..” says James.

Well can you tell me what brizo bands you were in?

I was in the very first incarnation of Custard called Custard Gun. I only lasted four shows..I got a phone call from David the singer, saying, “we are having band practice tomorrow. You dont have to come…” It broke my heart at the age of 16…I then joined The Melniks for a bunch of years…then played for around ten years in Roshambo.

Your fave gig you ever went to?

Can i have a top three?? Dinosaur jr, Magic dirt and The Melniks at festival hall in brisbane..maybe 1995 i think??? My favourite overseas band, my favourite australian band and my band all on the stage where The Beatles played..pretty fucking cool.

The Bronx and Mariachi el bronx…Just a magical life changing night of music.Every person who plays in a band should watch The Bronx live, just fucking incredible.

NOFX – thebarton theatre, adelaide. I got to play “the decline” live onstage with NOFX, one of my favourite bands of all time.

What you love about pop culture…

Wow, that’s an essay answer right there. I love how disposable pop culture is, and how it manages to become a part of human history. I used to run a collectables store years ago and just adore how much people are into it what they collect…

You have an awesome collection of toys and kitsch stuff…Your favourite pieces???

Shogun warriors – huge fucking plastic robots from the 70s (like two feet tall) that had fists that fired off and threw ninja stars…they are from the golden age of toys that could actually hurt kids.

Smash em up derby cars – pull zip powered destruction cars that came with ramps so you could make them jump through the air, hit each other and explode!

AT AT – the big four legged walkers from “the empire strikes back”

N64 – I know it’s a computer game console but im calling it a toy as well…I will never ever ever ever get tired of Golden Eye or Mario Karts on this machine.

Paper Planes – I know it’s not really a toy, but I play with them and make them and once filmed one flying for almost four minutes..I threw it off the top of a high rise hotel at the gold coast.

You have a gorgeous daughter who is almost an accessory with you when you’re out around the city/ valley. Hell Yeah even photographed you and her for a shoot in Issue 2. Frankie Trouble- what’s behind her name?

Yeah i wanted to give her a name that would let her know she didnt have to be the same as other kids, but at the same time calling her “trouble” as a first name would be akin to child abuse. I also really like guys names for girls..she was either going to be Frankie or Max.

James and Frankie in Hell Yeah Magazine

Tell us about your love of tattoos…

I have really severe adhd and I pretty much wake up every morning and go “hey check out my tattoos…awesome” but if I had to name a favourite it would probably be my jar jar binks tattoo which is a work in progress by Link or my “knuckles” knuckle tattoos by Loz at Seventh Circle. The Jar Jar just shits people to tears and that’s funny in itself and the “knuckles” got onto ‘lol tatz’ which made me proud. Probably not as proud as my mum was…..

What’s up with the Airwalk tattoo??

It’s a big airwalk logo on my lower back..when link first started allstar tattoo we were trying to work out ways of getting free pubicity. i was sitting talking with the marketing manager of airwalk and she was “it would be awesome if we could find some idiot to get an airwalk tattoo” and i just watched my hand go up “i am your idiot”. It ended up being a full page ad in a bunch of sports/surf/skate mags..it was pretty cool. I’m not a really shirt-off guy so it’s not like anyone even sees it. I also have a Ralph magazine logo but that’s another story..

Tell us 3 things that make you go hell yeah?

Hanging out with my daughter, shooting guns with Averil and drag racing my motorbike with Dr Danger.

So what James owes some people money, is crazy and he’s one of those mates I wouldn’t wanna date although one Hell Yeah BFF has- he is a bloody interesting dude, always up for fun, positive and supportive of the creative arts and drums to his own beat- and for that James, we salute you!

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The former Smiths frontman was in attendance at the singer’s gig at the Manchester Evening News Arena earlier this month.

After the concert he joined GaGa in her dressing room, posing for a photograph with the popstar and Justin Tranter, the lead singer of her support act Semi Precious Weapons. The photograph appears below:

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