OHMYGOSSIP — Liam Payne has teased his collaboration with Charlie Puth.
The ‘Attention’ hitmaker has been hinting that the pair will release a song together after they spent time in the studio, and now the One Direction star has finally confirmed the track exists and could be released soon.
Speaking in a Q&A conducted live on stage in Paris with Virgin Radio France, where the hunk performed topless, Liam, 23, said: ‘Does anybody like Charlie Puth?’
“He’s a very good friend of mine and he may have a song coming at some point, so we’ll see what happens.”
Charlie previously revealed a pet hate he had when he was in the studio with Liam, which was video calling him when he was driving.
The 25-year-old singer spilled: “He has a bad habit of FaceTiming me when I drive.”
So far, Liam has dropped his debut solo single ‘Strip That Down’, which features Quavo from hip-hop outfit Migos and Ed Sheeran, from his debut solo album.
Meanwhile, the ‘History’ hitmaker – who has three-month-old son Bear with girlfriend Cheryl Tweedy – recently confessed he didn’t plan on having a solo career.
He just wanted to “go into songwriting” when the boyband announced their hiatus in 2015, but quickly realised he would be “ridiculously stupid” to miss out on the chance to make music on his own terms.
He said: “To be honest with you, I wasn’t going to do a solo venture. I was just going to go into songwriting and carry on and do that. But then I was like, ‘You’ve been trying to do this since you were 14 years old. You would be ridiculously stupid to turn down the option to have a deal.’ Coming out of the band, we had some pretty good opportunities around us. I had to do something.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — 50 Cent says his new album won’t be as “smart” as Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’.
The New York-born rap star has revealed he plans to release a new album later this year and 50 says his record will be “fun”, meaning it won’t require the same sort of analysis as Jay’s latest effort.
Speaking to ‘Access Hollywood’, 50 explained: “I have an album that I’ve been waiting to put out. It’ll be [out at] the end of the year.
“It won’t be as smart as the Jay-Z record. I wanted to make music that people have fun to. You can get it immediately, without having to sit and analyse.”
50 has been a persistent critic of Jay’s album over recent weeks, having previously said it sounds like “golf course music”.
The 42-year-old rap star – whose real name is Curtis Jackson – explained: “I thought the s**t was aight, you know what I’m sayin’? I liked the s**t. But I’m going to keep it 100: The s**t was a little, the s**t was too smart.
“I felt like I was supposed to be wearing glasses and s**t, and tie a f***ing sweater around my waist. It was like Ivy League s**t. (sic)”
50 said he’d prefer to listen to music that’s simply “fun”, rather than Jay’s new album.
He said: “I ain’t gon’ hold you up. Some of that s**t was like golf course music.
“I’m going to tell you the truth: N****s hot out here. They don’t wanna hear that s**t.
“They just wanna have a good time. F**k that. You can’t be the best rapper at 47, because the new n****s is here. (sic)”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kesha has a “real family vibe” in the studio when recording her new album.
The 30-year-old singer is gearing up for the release of ‘Rainbow’ – the long-awaited follow-up to 2012’s ‘Warrior’ – and enlisted the Dap-Kings to provide their signature swing beat on ‘Woman’ and they had a great time working on the track because Kesha was so “engaged and really collaborative”.
Baritone sax player Cochemea Gastelum told Billboard: “She could have easily phoned it in or had some producer come by.
“She had just come from some big trip and she was jet-lagged, on another time zone, but she was super-engaged and really collaborative.
“We were like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it! The lyrics are cool… so when we got in the studio, she came in and the vibe was real cool. Her brother was there filming. It was a real family vibe, which is how we operate as well, so it was a good fit.”
Kesha came to the Dap-Kings’ own Daptone studios in Brooklyn and they appreciated their efforts in coming down to the studio to work with them as they figured out their parts.
Cochemea said: “I wasn’t surprised she wanted to come in.
“It was the first time we worked with her, but it’s always nice when an artist is super engaged in the music and it’s a collaborative thing.
“I love the track and I think it came out great.
“We walked away feeling really, really good, and what I liked is that she had kind of a tight-knit crew, not some record company thing. She was definitely in control and in charge, but willing to listen to everybody.
“I like the vibe and energy and the way she approached her music. Everything she was going through definitely added another element to it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Haim would never split to go solo.
The ‘Want You Back’ hitmakers – comprised of sisters Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim – have been working together on music long before they became famous and are adamant they’d continue to play together until the band is no more because they wouldn’t be able to do it on their own.
Este said: “People ask us all the time: ‘Do you think you could do this solo.’ But I don’t think we’ve ever known anything any different.
“We grew up being really close and, honestly, doing everything together. I always wanted to play music and do something creative, and I knew that if I could, I wanted to do it with Danielle and Alana because they’re the closest people in my life and we had the most fun playing music together.”
The trio have just released their new album ‘Something to Tell You’ and have admitted the LP has some different sounds on it from what fans are probably used to but they wanted to try and incorporate tones that they’d picked up from being on the road over the past four years.
Danielle explained: “We came off the road after four years straight, feeling really hot as a band. We wanted to get the sounds that we were hearing in our head but organically.”
Este added to Q magazine: “We’ve gone from having no knowledge to being completely obsessed with tones.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Script turned down a chance to collaborate with Ed Sheeran.
The ‘Castle on the Hill’ hitmaker has “always asked” for the Irish band to join him in the recording studio, but they haven’t had time and frontman Danny O’Donoghue insists he’d rather record with a female vocalist.
He told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “It’s been great to watch Ed grow. I remember he did a cover of one of our songs and he came to see me on ‘The Voice’.
“He’s always asked can we come down to the studio but we haven’t had time.
“But we aren’t much of a collaborating band and I would prefer to collaborate with a female.”
However, the 37-year-old singer is still friends with Ed, and has defended his friend following the recent Official Charts shake-up which means acts can only have three songs in the top 100, following the domination of the chart when the ‘Shape of You’ singer released his latest album ‘Divide’ and had almost every slot in the top 10.
The ‘Rain’ singer insists the changes are a “cop-out” and things should have stood as they were.
Danny said: “If the whole of England is looking to Ed Sheeran, then that is tough s**t really. If that is what the chart is saying, then that’s what it should say.
“If Ed Sheeran has the first 10 songs on there because his album has blown up, then that is the truth.
“The changes are a bit of a cop-out.”
While he may be slowly approaching 40, the ‘Man Who Can’t Be Moved’ singer insists he’s not letting his rock and roll lifestyle stop any time soon.
He said: “I’m in a rock band – it’s not One Direction , for God’s sake.
“I can still party like I could five years ago.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — David Guetta thinks dance music is ready for a new “cycle”.
The ‘2u’ hitmaker was growing “tired” of hearing the same sort of “formulaic” EDM tracks and believes the rise of the “underground” scene in Ibiza is signalling the dawn of another era and he is happy to have the chance to be more “experimental”.
He said: “There’s a way bigger awareness of that side of music on the island than there was a few years ago.
“I’m going to be honest, in the two last years that same 128bpm EDM was starting to make me tired. Everybody was playing it.
“So now I’m happy, I think it’s amazing moment for music because it’s the end of a cycle, but that also means the beginning of another one. And I think we can all be experimental, people want new sounds and they’re ready for new ones.
“This is what dance music is meant to be, and I love it. I can remember when I started to make house music, it’s because I didn’t like that pop music was so formatted. When EDM became more formulaic than pop I thought ‘This is crazy!’.”
The 49-year-old producer has faced a backlash for his commercial appeal but he insists he’d rather do what he loves and share it with as many people as he can than be seen as “credible”.
He told the Independent: “At the beginning of house music, it was all about being credible. When I started to make music and cross over I started to receive some criticism.
“So I said, ‘Look, I’m not trying to be credible, I’m trying to be in-credible’.
“I think anybody that is going to do something a bit out of the box is always going to be criticised, but at the end of the day that’s the only thing that matters.
“You can be a good little boy who follows the rules, but you’re never going to do anything interesting with your life. I make the music that I believe in, the music that I love, that I wanna share with people. And I’m not forcing anyone to listen to it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Charlie Puth threatened to pull ‘See You Again’ song from ‘Furious 7’ movie if he didn’t appear in the music video.
The 25-year-old singer co-wrote the 2015 track with rapper Wiz Khalifa and DJ Frank E, which is the soundtrack in the motor-racing film franchise, but when he was told by the film’s bosses he couldn’t appear on the track or the accompanying video he gave them an ultimatum, which was he either sang and featured in the songs music clip or he wouldn’t allow them to use the single in the production.
Speaking to Billboard about the issue, he said: “I don’t know if a lot of people know this, I wasn’t supposed to be in the video.
“I wasn’t supposed to be on the song; I was only supposed to be a writer on the song.
“I’ll never forget I ended up calling them from around this big conference table on the phone, and they were explaining the reasons why it was going to be sung by this artist and blah, blah blah, I’m not going to name any names, but … I said, ‘That’s great. Your movie comes out in a week and I’m not going to give you the song.’ And I hung up the phone and when I said that miraculously I was in the music video.”
And the ‘Attention’ hitmaker has claimed it was due to him not being “cool enough”, as well as being a “brand new” and unknown artist that he was initially excluded from the project.
He explained: “I was a brand new artist, I wasn’t cool enough to be part of the franchise yet, I wasn’t big enough.”
However, Puth is proud he proved everyone who was “close-minded” about him and his work “wrong.”
He said: “But I proved everybody who was close-minded wrong.”
And Puth is glad he had the support of his record label behind him during the difficult time to ensure he got the outcome he desired.
He said: “Everyone on my record label stuck beside me and my management.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Mick Jagger thinks Joss Stone is “completely mad” for wanting to gig in every nation on Earth.
The ‘We Are the Oceans’ singer is determined to perform in every country of the world, and while her Rolling Stones frontman pal supports her plan, he thinks it was a crazy idea.
Joss – who was part of the group SuperHeavy with Mick, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley and producer A.R. Rahman – said: “He laughs at me. He thinks I’m such a hippy and no one else in their right mind would do this. But he gets why I love it.
“For me, the whole power of music is to connect, to communicate and to put a smile on your face.”
Joss has made it exactly halfway through her tour, and has even defied official government advice to play in the likes of Sudan, Nigeria and Cameroon.
She said: “I don’t think it’s about where I shouldn’t go, I think about where I should go. According to the United Nations, there are 196 countries on this planet but I have a book which lists 226 – and that’s the one I’m working from.
“To me, it’s simple, we’re told as musicians that certain countries are too dangerous to go to, that there is fighting or that certain places are unsafe.
“But my view is people like us are living in those places and surely they want to be entertained, to be sung to, want to feel that people in other countries care about them too.
“I’m not a doctor or a politician, but I know that music can connect people. A song can make you, even for a matter of minutes, forget your troubles…
“I don’t actively put myself in danger, I try to do everything as safely as possible. But I won’t let myself be put off. There’s no country I wouldn’t go to, from Syria to North Korea.”
The 30-year-old singer admits her jaunt doesn’t make her much money and she feels lucky she can take on other well-paying commitments in order to fund the global tour.
She added to HELLO! magazine: “I’m definitely not doing this for the money. It’s just about doing it.
“We go away for a few weeks and then come back.
“When the money starts to run out, I’m lucky enough to be in a position where I can do a big organised gig that funds the next leg of the trip. I guess you could never say I was business-minded but I’m so much happier than I was in my early 20s.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Prince was given a “run for his money” when he worked with Sheila E.
The late ‘Purple Rain’ hitmaker – who tragically passed away in April 2016 – worked closely with the American percussionist in the 1980s, and although the music legend could play “a little bit of something” his ability on the drums did not rival the 59-year-old artist.
Speaking about her collaboration with Prince, Sheila – whose full name is Sheila Escovedo – to Essence.com, she said: “He played a little bit of something. But I gave him a run for his money, so there was no competition there. Other things maybe, but not drums, no. No, he could play though. He had certain rhythms he could play that were really cool, that were different than what I would choose to play. Which made it so dope, absolutely.”
The pair worked closely on Sheila’s 1984 single ‘The Glamorous Life’, which was penned by Prince, and saw them record the track within one week, although they endured late nights to ensure the track was completed.
She explained: “We recorded at Sunset Sound [studios], I think we recorded the record in a week. It was basically staying up the whole week, getting it done and turning it in. It happened fast.
“When we were going to go into the studio, he had been listening to songs and tapes that I recorded. And it was really cool because I think that was what he loved. He would just [say]: ‘Here’s the room, go play, do whatever. I’ll come back and see what you’ve done.’
“At Sunset Sound, I think we had two studios. We were always in the studio together, either in the same room or back and forth in two studios. That’s what we did. We kept going back and forth to who was doing what. That was kind of the process of that record.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Vamps don’t like mobile phones being used at their concerts.
The ‘All Night’ group think their fans are missing out on the best moments of their shows because they are too busy behind their screens taking pictures and videos and not enjoying it and being fully immersed in the live experience.
Speaking to Josh Collins on The Hits, Connor Ball – who is joined by Brad Simpson, Tristan Evans, Connor Ball and James McVey in the group – said: “One thing that we think as a band is a shame is, when you go to a concert and you see everyone holding their phones.
“I think people should put them down, because you wanna video the songs, but I think there should be a song or a moment where everyone puts them down and just is fully involved in the moment.”
The lads released their new record ‘Night & Day (Night Edition)’ today (14.07.17) and have revealed that all four of them went through break-ups at the same time and used songwriting to get over their exes.
Lead singer Brad recently said: “At one point or another, all four of us have been heartbroken – which is sad! But songwriting is the biggest catharsis and outlet.”
The 21-year-old hunk admits that if it was the other way around he would find it difficult to date a pop star.
He said: “If the tables were turned we would struggle with it. It’s about finding someone who is understanding and gets it, and it accepting of the situation.”
However, the dark-haired hunk accepts that heartbreak is something everyone goes through.
He said: “Every person in life goes through it. At the same time, it’s you coming to terms with who you are as a person … there’s a lot to get your head around.”
While love was lost, the ‘Middle of the Night’ hitmakers have wound up gaining their most “honest” album to date, which steers away from previous outings ‘Wake Up’ and ‘Meet the Vamps’.
He explained: “It’s a bit more honest and telling of stories of things that have happened to us over the past couple of years.
“It was a bit of a departure from previous albums. A lot of the songs are catered to the concept of the album which is different for us.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Liam Payne stole Charlie Puth’s hoodie.
The ‘Attention’ hitmaker has claimed the ‘Strip That Down’ hitmaker met him backstage and asked to borrow one of his favourite cashmere tops, but the One Direction hunk never returned it and he assumes he may have lost it.
Speaking for ‘MTV Asks Charlie Puth’, Charlie said: “He stole my hoodie because he was going to the club one night said do you want to go? I’m like not really and he was like do you mind if I borrow a hoodie? To be a bit incognito I guess. It’s a really nice hoodie, it’s cashmere and I just never got it back. I think he probably lost it.”
Charlie was previously in the studio with Liam and said he also has a habit of video calling him when he’s driving.
The 25-year-old singer previously spilled: “He has a bad habit of FaceTiming me when I drive.”
So far, Liam has dropped his debut solo single ‘Strip That Down’, which features Quavo from hip-hop outfit Migos and Ed Sheeran.
Meanwhile, Liam recently confessed he didn’t plan on having a solo career.
He just wanted to “go into songwriting” when the boyband announced their hiatus in 2015, but quickly realised he would be “ridiculously stupid” to miss out on the chance to make music on his own terms.
He said: “To be honest with you, I wasn’t going to do a solo venture. I was just going to go into songwriting and carry on and do that. But then I was like, ‘You’ve been trying to do this since you were 14 years old. You would be ridiculously stupid to turn down the option to have a deal.’ Coming out of the band, we had some pretty good opportunities around us. I had to do something.”
‘MTV Asks Charlie Puth’ will air on MTV Music at 5pm on Sunday (16.07.17).

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dizzee Rascal insists he invented grime.
The ‘Dance Wiv Me’ hitmaker says he’s been subjected to a lot of comments about how he is only going back to the genre because it has had a resurgence in the UK, but is adamant he was doing it long before the likes of Stormzy, Skepta, Wiley and Kano and that his new record ‘Raskit’ isn’t grime.
The 32-year-old Londoner also says ‘Big For Your Boots’ hitmaker Stormzy has told him he’s been a big influence on his music.
Dizzee told NME magazine: “I get people moaning like, ‘Ah, you’re trying to come back to grime, now?’ What are you talking about? I was making grime before anyone else.
“That’s not something that’s even really out there as a fact, but at the same time you’ve got people like Stormzy bigging me up, saying that I’m the one who influenced him. And you can hear it.”
And on how he’s gone for a different approach on his follow-up to 2013’s ‘The Fifth’, he said: “Of course I could feel that a lot of people were calling for me to make a rap or grime album – I don’t live on the moon. I didn’t want to make people bounce up and down. I feel like I’ve maxed out on it.”
Instead of writing upbeat songs to make people dance this time round, Dizzee – whose real name is Dylan Kwabena Mills – has revisited the “isolation” he felt when he was forced to move out of the council estate home he shared with his mum in Bow in London’s East End because he feared he would be hounded by press after they camped outside of his house in 2003 after his Mercury Prize win for ‘Boy In Da Corner’.
He said: “It was very isolating. It upset people too: I had friends who thought they should be able to follow me everywhere, but I realised early that having a big group of people with me all the time wasn’t going to make my job easier.”
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OHMYGOSSIP — Shania Twain is eager to collaborate with Niall Horan.
The 51-year-old singer-songwriter has developed a friendship with Niall through their mutual producer Jacquire King and Shania is keen to help write some of Niall’s much-anticipated debut solo album, which he is currently putting the finishing touches to.
Shania said: “We need to write together. I think that would be a really successful, creative time.
“He’s a sweetheart and we get along really well. I think he’s great. I think he’s really wonderful. He’s very organic and natural.”
But the chart-topping Canadian explained that in order for the dream to become a reality, Niall must begin by answering the phone when she rings.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, she explained: “I am a little ticked with him because I texted him yesterday and he didn’t answer me. Normally he answers right away. I said to myself, ‘Well, we’ll see about that!'”
Talk of a collaboration between Shania and Niall first emerged in May, when the One Direction star revealed he’d been spending time with her in the studio.
He said at the time: “I have spent a bit of time with Shania in the studio. The guy who produced her album, ‘Jacquire King’, is doing a lot of my album, so I spent a lot of time with her, and she’s great.
“I am learning about [country music] and I think it’s really cool. The whole country singing in the States is really cool. I know these guys and I am learning about their ways.
“I grew up on the likes of The Eagles and my mum had Garth Brooks and Shania in the house all the time and in the car when I was growing up.
“Country is the heart of the kind of music that I like. When you hear my album you will hear flavours of folk and country and stuff like that.”

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