THE #ROAR MUSIC VIDEO IS COMING TO YOU IN JUNGLESCOPE SEPT 5TH! http://t.co/Y3jQ92oJXj — Katy Perry (@katyperry) August 30, 2013I'm excited about this. Katy tweeted today that the video for "Roar" will debut September 5. The video looks pretty cool. The it has a jungle theme and is inspired by Tarzan & Jane.
"Made in America" is shot by famed director Ron Howard and chronicles Jay creating the Made in America music festival last year in Philly.
"It's bigger than just a concert," says Hov in the film. "We all have the same struggles and the same dreams." The multi-genre show featured the likes of Pearl Jam, Drake, Tyler, the Creator, Run D.M.C. and of course, Jay-Z. Many of the acts give their commentary about the importance of the festival including Rita Ora and Skrillex.The doc will first premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September. Another power mover for Mr. Carter...nice move Hov!
MTV reports: In the hands of Hov and director Anthony Mandler, "Holy Grail" becomes little more than a narrative device. They re-arrange verses and repeatedly slow the track down until it practically stops entirely, stretching Timberlake's vocals to the breaking point and adding extra heft to Jay's little verses. It's a trick that gives the entire video a colossal, almost monolithic weight ... the scenes feel massive, glacial. They do not move so much as the slowly drift, filling the viewer with a subtle, yet palpable sense of the magnitude of not just the track's stars, but its subject matter, too.
ESSENCE’s September 2013 cover star used to be nervous about sharing her real feelings “’cause I didn’t want anybody to judge me. But now I don’t care,” she says. “Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won’t even count, ‘cause the only person who can judge is God.”
“For a long time I wasn’t happy, but that had nothing to do with Beyoncé,” Rowland says. “That had to do with me trying to get my life in order and make better decisions for myself. I’m seeing all these wonderful things happen for her and I am happy for her. But I want a path. I want things to pop off for me, too. Not on her level but whatever my level is supposed to be.”
Through workouts with trainer Jeanette Jenkins and sparring sessions with former boxer Martin Snow, she’s finding her power. “I see the beauty in boxing,” she says. “It teaches me strength, physically but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.” (Source: Essence)The revealing interview and photo spread hits newsstands August 9. Be sure to pick up your copy.
