day 2.248

taylor swift is "mine"

ms. swift's latest single, "mine," has leaked onto the internets. the song is in her wheelhouse of bubbly country pop love song, so it's nothing new or exciting. just more of the same. the one plus is taytay has moved on from high school, kind of. the song talks about the boy being in college so...check out the song below. i understand taylor wants to play it safe and not lose any fans, but she's going to have to grow and evolve to stay in the industry. her career will plateau within five years if she doesn't do something game changing. or at least adult. take some cues from carrie underwood - she started out with a song about jesus, then busted up some guys car and became country's resident pop star. check out the song below.

the vma's are coming!

mtv has released the nominations for this year's video music awards. not surprisingly, lady gaga got the most noms with 13, the most for any artist ever in the history of the show. here's a list of the major categories and who i think will be taking home the moon man at the end of the night. there's a lot of repetition and quite a few snubs, but i'll get to those at the end.

video of the year

• 30 second to mars, "kings and queens"
• b.o.b. featuring hailey williams, "airplanes"
• eminem, "not afraid"
• florence + the machine, "dog days are over"
• lady gaga, "bad romance"
• lady gaga featuring beyonce, "telephone"

best collaboration

• 3oh!3 featuring ke$ha, "my first kiss"
• b.o.b. featuring hailey williams, "airplanes"
• beyonce featuring lady gaga, "video phone"
• lady gaga featuring beyonce, "telephone"
• jay-z featuring alicia keys, "empire state of mind"

best female video

• beyonce featuring lady gaga, "video phone"
• katy perry featuring snoop dogg, "california gurls"
• ke$ha, "tik tok"
• lady gaga, "bad romance" - see video above
• taylor swift, "fifteen"

best male video

• b.o.b. featuring hailey williams, "airplanes"
• drake, "find your love"
• eminem, "not afraid"
• jason derulo, "in my head"
• usher featuring will.i.am., "omg"

best new artist

• broken bells, "the ghost inside"
• jason derulo, "in my head"
• justin bieber featuring ludacris, "baby"
• ke$ha, "tik tok"
• nicki minaj featuring sean garrett, "massive attack"

best pop video

• b.o.b. featuring bruno mars, "nothing on you"
• beyonce featuring lady gaga, "video phone"
• ke$ha, "tik tok"
• lady gaga, "bad romance"
• katy perry, "california gurls"

every year, mtv attempts to maintain their music credibility by throwing in videos/songs/artists that are relatively unknown. while we all know those people will never win (hello broken bells...who the hell are you anyway?) it is nice for them to get some exposure. on the flip side, people who have had big years (like miley cyrus - "party in the usa" is no where to be found - and justin bieber, who got one nod and one nod only) get bumped out of categories. you can't please everyone, but i don't know if putting lady gaga in every category is fair for a fan-voted show. fan-voted shows are never really fair, though. oh well. the show airs september 12 on mtv. a host is yet to be announced. click here to see the full list of nominees and learn more about the show.