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Roman Holiday doesn't sound as good without the "MOTHER STOP IT PLEASE!" screams over the top of the chorus. She better still shout "YOU'RE A PSYCHOTIC LAYDEE" at some point.

Absolutely stunning. I want that intro!

I'm glad it's going to be shown in the UK. I didn't think this would get picked up because it might be "too American"... Hopefully people will give it a chance because it's just so ridiculously good!

I like it. I don't think it's generic or a sell out. It's not much poppier than Oh No and the melody and lyrics are classic Marina. I agree with the person that said she doesn't really pull off this image. I think Lana Del Rey has shown how you do the whole old-Hollywood 'thing'. Marina doesn't have any mystique however desperately she tries.

I really like the cover. She said on twitter there will be 4 deluxe track. I'm guessing Jealousy and Radioactive will be 2 of them.

It will be nice to have Blue Jeans as a single as LDR has said that Video Games, Born To Die and Blue Jeans are a kind of trilogy so it makes sense to complete the trilogy. I hope they move on from it relatively quickly though and have This Is What Makes Us Girls as the next single in May. Then as someone else said, Summertime Sadness released at the end of summer.

Probably on my own here but...I actually prefer season 2 to season 1... The first couple of episodes of season 1 were amazing but then I thought the rest of the season sort of trailed off. I'm enjoying this more now that it has become a proper character driven show.

Great song. Great video. This has reignited my interest in Arctic Monkeys.

Seriously? People have been slating that performance on the interwebs. I thought it was average...nowhere near as good as the Grammys.

God, it looks so good. Even though I've read Clash of Kings I can't wait to see it realised. It's interesting to see they've brought the Jeyne Westerling story forward from the third book and I've also heard that Danaerys part is beefed up compared to the book.

Prima Donna sounds amazing: XV2rUvraywg

I saw Kanye when he was touring Graduation and he was pretty good. I'm thinking this is going to be epic though. The Niggas in Paris video has got me geed up for this show.

£130 for two tickets. I am definitely poor now. I was having to do some frantic refreshing this morning to get those tickets.

If by "around here" you mean buzzjack, I think the 5 pages of thread he's got in this forum show he's pretty popular. And if you mean the UK, I think the amount of top 10 of 2011 lists the Weeknd showed up on again shows he does have a presence in the UK. All I'm saying is that in 2010, there's no way I would have given any time to slow jams like this. But then after House of Balloons and 4, I find myself with an ipod full of Drake, The Weeknd and Frank Ocean. That's just how trends work and it's why I think this will be a hit. Radio 1 have shown that they're on the ball with this latest RnB trend by having Frank Ocean on their Sound Of list, so I expect them to be giving this some heavy airplay.

I don't think people would be gushing over this as much as they are if it wasn't for the Weeknd. I know I certainly wouldn't.

Hmmm...I wouldn't really class Usher as some chart pioneer. I think all the songs you mentioned are more examples of Usher jumping on the bandwagon. Yeah! was probably the first big crunk&B song but crunk had already got pretty big from Lil Jon. I think Timbaland and The Way I Are was more the precursor to the europop craze and DJ Got Us Fallin In Love was just him keeping up with the trend. And I think Climax is just him adapting to the current trend. It's old territory for him but I honestly don't think he'd be back here if it wasn't for the Weeknd and Beyoncé.

So Weeknd. For that, I love it.

Hopefully it picks up when Glee finishes and when it's not on Valentine's Day. It was a good episode as well...about to watch it again.

It sounds like every post chorus drop that's become the in-thing since Only Girl. And it's becoming even more common thanks to We Found Love's big ravey post chorus drop. The only difference is is the synth is a really nasty sound.

For some reason, I only find it funny when it's spelled Bonny Bear.

Not loving Starships. I don't think Nicki needs to resort to this type of song for a pop hit. It's alright all in all...but I just hate the drop...such a mess. I want Nicki to be doing full songs like Monster. I think she should work with Bangladesh again. Did It On Em isn't great, but I'd love to hear Nicki with an instrumental like Cockiness.

Lolita has grown on me actually. I think the verses are better than the chorus. I just don't really like the spelling out of DARK and PARK though...think it's a bit naff.

I actually quite liked this performance until 2:30. I thought the Peggy Lee style talkyness was pretty nice. But that screech was just hilarious...she must be taking the mick!

Best Barb line: "The filth is strong within you!" I actually cannot wait for season 3 to start. It's been too long.

Oh my god...if that stooshe song ends up being a hit, I might emigrate. It makes me hate southerners.