Michael Trewartha

Singularity

Both DJ/producer Singularity and singer Nilu are pretty much blowing up these days, so what happens when you put both of them into the musical mix? The answer is revealed upon first listen to "Horizon," their collaborative effort released earlier this month. The song is the title track and lead single from Singularity's forthcoming EP. "Horizon" blends his knack for creating compelling electronic soundscapes with Nilu's sultry, Feist-like vocals.

Singularity originally found out about the Irvine-based songstress the same way many initially did. "My friend posted a video of Nilu singing," he says of "Sing For You," her viral YouTube hit. "Since then I'd always wanted to have her on a track," the Fountain Valley native adds. "When I saw that she lived so close to me, I sent her an email and eventually we made it happen." From the number of downloads and plays, music lovers are happy that they did!

More »

I must be living under a rock, because it was only this weekend that a friend showed me the viral video on YouTube of a woman named Sweet Brown. She escaped an apartment fire and gave an interview to Oklahoma City's KFOR News Channel. With all the charisma of a preacher, she retold her story of how she went down to get a cold pop ("soda" for all you West Coast peoples) smelled something in the air and, in her own words, realized "Oh Lord Jesus, it's a fire!" She went on to speak of spoke inhalation and how, with bronchitis, she didn't have no time for that!
More »

More »

facebook.com/nilumusic

​
More »

​Well, well, well. Last week we told you that Rebecca Black was 2011's most-searched subject on Google. Today we find out that the video with the most pageviews on YouTube is, of course, Rebecca Black's "Friday."

According to the Washington Post, the video garnered more than 180 million views this year. YouTube trends manager Kevin Allocca said her video's popularity represents "the idea that anyone can enter our pop culture."

More »

The most-searched subject on Google for 2011 was not Steve Jobs, nor Casey Anthony. Occupy Wall Street? Psh. Didn't even make the list.

According to the Google Zeitgeist, the device that tracks how often something is searched and how fast the search catches speed, the OC's very own Rebecca Black ranks number one for 2011.

Black recorded the song "Friday," written by Los Angeles' vanity label ARK Music Factory, and released the accompanying video on Youtube in February. It received around a 1,000 hits in the first month. But a month later, it exploded.

More »

It's the most wonderful time of the year. The weather is crisp, everybody's slurping from that mug of good cheer, lights twinkle, and Christmas carols soothe your five o'clock drive.

Sick of all that, Scrooge? Good news. Your neighbor has set his holiday light show to Slayer.

"Slayer Bob," the SoCal mega metal fan, is back with another installment of his now-famous holiday decorations. After racking up over 2 million views on YouTube with his first show in 2009 -- which was set to Slayer's "Raining Blood" -- he came back last year with a Pantera-themed show.

This year, he's back to his roots with "South of Heaven," another Slayer song. We bet Santa stops here first.

More »

​What do you do when you're a part of a video that's gotten 176 million views? 
 
Milk it for all it's worth.

Benni Cinkle, the brace-faced girl who flails her arms awkwardly in Rebecca Black's "Friday" video, debuted a video of her own last week called "Can You See Me Now." Now, according to a press release (yes, she even has a press team), the Anaheim Hills teen has gotten "overwhelming requests and responses," so she has decided to host a Bring Benni to School Contest. Kids can enter by creating a video telling a story about a difficult time in their lives and how they got through it. Cinkle will pick five winners and visit their schools to talk about empowerment.

More »

Oh, Rebecca Black. You're the gift that keeps on giving. Not only have you parlayed your "worst video on earth" fame via "Friday" into a Katy Perry cameo and a VMAs appearance, you've also catapulted your awkward friends into the same kind of fame formerly reserved for Real Housewives and moms of multiple kids. More »

​

OK Go has always had pretty cool videos (like the one with the treadmill, or the one with the Echo Park geese, or the one with dogs) but their most recen, for their version of the The Muppet Show theme song, is probably the best one ever. Kermit the Frog, Rolf the Dog, Miss Piggy and more are in it. The song is from the released-today Muppet tribute album, The Green Album.

The album features OK Go, Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket and other artists covering classic Muppets songs. It's a companion piece to the Disney movie The Muppets that stars Amy Adams and Jason Segel coming in November.

Obviously, you want to watch it after the jump: but watch out for 1) an OK Go treadmill scene 2) the grumpy old men scene 3) the ending(s)!!!

More »