UPDATE: Hear Lady Gaga’s New Single“Judas”| Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Harper’s Bazaarcover girlLady Gaga might be clutching the Rosary today over her newBorn This Waysingle“Judas”popping up online, ahead of its official April 19 release date. A low-quality snippet of the song was doing the rounds, but now the full song has now surfaced. Hear it below!

“Judas” appears to combine dubstep, dance-pop and even heavy metal elements into one fast-paced oddity of a tune. We’re just still laughing, allBeavis And Butt-head-like, over Gaga employing the words“hooker,”“prostitute” and“wench.”

Check out this snippet, courtesy ofPopCrush.

If anything, this short bit of the song proves thatthese lyrics, at least in part, are bunk.

UPDATE:Here’s the full song…

Lady Gaga - Judas (full song)

From the intro to the chorus to Lady Gaga calling out her own name in theJudas-jude-ah-ahchant,“Judas” comes off as being reminiscent of her 2009 smash“Bad Romance.”

During herchat at Google’s headquarterslast month, Gaga mentioned that“Judas is a man of the Biblical senses. So expect to see some symbolism in this video.”

What do you think of“Judas”? Is it another hit or a complete miss for Lady Gaga?

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Diddy-Dirty Money Sample Sade In New Free Track“No Ordinary Love”| Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Looks like we’re not the only ones planning to pick up Sade’sUltimate Collectionwhen it drops— to kick off the start of their Coming Home tour in Minneapolis last night, Diddy-Dirty Money are giving away a free track,“No Ordinary Love”, which covers the chorus to the Brit soul group’s hit of the same name. (They also squeeze in some“Soldier Of Love”in there, too.) Check out Diddy-Dirty Money’s tribute to Sade below.

Diddy-Dirty Money - No Ordinary Love (Coming Home Tour Edition)

Full of syncopated beats pulsing over Sade’s original soulful melody and lyrics, we think D-DM have created a new genre of music: electro-blues. We’re surprised how well they could pull this off.

What do you think?

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Hear Far East Movement’s Original Version Of“Rocketeer”With Bruno Mars Singing | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Before Ryan Tedder laid his featured vocals down on Far East Movement’s Top 10 single“Rocketeer,”naturally there was a demo version. And lo and behold, that demo sports the golden pipes ofour favorite bowling partnerBruno Mars, who co-wrote and co-produced the dreamy mid-tempo jam. We’ve got the original version of“Rocketeer” featuringGrammy winnerBruno below—give it a listen!

The L.A.-based gents of Far East Movement are all over the place lately—sidling up to Rihannabackstage in Sydney, performingwith Snoop Dogg, stripping things down for theCherrytree House Sessions, Vol. 1collection (it’s out now). So it’s nice to take a moment and check out an early recording by these guys, before they blew up.

Far East Movement feat. Bruno Mars - Rocketeer

Once we got our mitts on the“Rocketeer” demo, it became apparent that this song would have been just as big a hit with Mars’ vocals still intact.

Let us know below what you think of the original version of“Rocketeer” with Bruno on vocals!

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Hear The Bright And Shiny Long Lost Sun Remix Of Owl City’s“Alligator Sky”| Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Having remixed Owl City’s“Umbrella Beach”last year, Long Lost Sun have a bit of a history with whimsical music maker Adam Young. They’re currently keeping the synth-pop ball rolling by lending their mixing skills to the one-man band yet again, for new single“Alligator Sky.” Hear the Long Lost Sun mix of OC’s latest below.

This version of“Alligator Sky” whips dreamy keyboard riffs, insistent hand claps and upbeat production into a giddy Owl City-esque wall of sound. We snatched this rendition up as soon as it came to our attention. But, like magic, it appears to have disappeared—except for here.

“Where was I when the rockets came to life and carried you away to the alligator sky?” Young wonders on the tune. Later, Shawn Chrystopher raps,“I sit on my star I see street lights / Look up, you’ll miss me if you blink twice.”

Owl City feat. Shawn Chrystopher - Alligator Sky (Long Lost Sun Remix)

“Alligator Sky” features on Owl City’sOcean Eyesfollow-upAll Things Bright And Beautiful, which is out June 14. Young heads out on a summer tour the day before.

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Pet Shop Boys’Single“Together”Gets U.S. Release, Pepptalk Mix | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

Godfathers of synth-cool awesomeness Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe—aka Pet Shop Boys–haven’t exactly been sitting on their respective duffs since releasing their Grammy-nominated LPYestwo years ago. In addition to embarking on a world tour, writing a musical score for the current London ballet production of Hans Christian Andersen’sThe Most Incredible Thingand, most recently, signing up to hit the road with Take That across Europe this summer, the pair also released new single“Together” overseas last year. Tomorrow the song gets a U.S. release. Hear two of the mixes below!

You might recall the Boys’ raddance-off video for“Together,”directed by Peeter Rebane and shot in Estonia, from last fall. The song initially appeared on the pair’s European greatest hits offeringUltimate(which, despite its title, was missing a few key singles if you ask us).

At any rate,“Together” hits U.S. iTunes tomorrow. Below is the waltz-influenced extended version and previously unreleased Pepptalk Mix.

Pet Shop Boys - Together (Extended Mix)

Pet Shop Boys— ”Together (Pepptalk Mix)”

Also included on the U.S. iTunes release: Pet Shop Boys’ covers of Dave Clarke Five’s“Glad All Over” and Kate McGarrigle’s“I Cried For Us,” recorded as B-sides to the single.

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The Billboard Music Awards Are Back With Rihanna And Jennifer Lopez | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

The Billboard Music Awards are back, ladies and gentlemen— and they’re pulling out the big guns for their grand return. After being MIA since 2007, the chart-driven prestige fest that honors winners based on sales is bringing Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Taio Cruz, Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, and the Black Eyed Peas to the stage to perform when the showairs live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. (Is J-Lo currently the busiest woman on the planet or what?) And while we sort of think“lots of money” should be reward enough for charting highly, we know exactly where we’ll be when this star-studded spectacle lands on May 22.

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Jennifer Lopez Reveals Her Unquestionably Enticing‘Love?’Track List | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com

While the album title leaves it a little ambiguous, there is no question mark needed when referring to the adoration fans have for J-Lo’s“comeback.” Now we have less than a month to wait untilLove?’s May 3 release date, when we will really know if thePia-mourningdiva’s latest LP is moreOn the 6(hit!) or moreBrave(flop). In addition to the (already) club standard“On The Floor”and Lil Wayne-assisted single“I’m Into You,”the Lady Gaga-and-RedOne-penned“Invading My Mind”also appears along with 9 other tracks (or 13 in the deluxe version). Check it out below.

1.  On The Floor feat. Pitbull
2.  Good Hit
3.  I’m Into You feat. Lil Wayne
4.  (What Is) LOVE?
5.  Run The World
6.  Papi
7.  Until It Beats No More
8.  One Love
9.  Invading My Mind
10. Villain
11. Starting Over
12. Hypnotico

And on the deluxe version, four additional tracks to love (?):

13. Everybody’s Girl
14. Charge Me Up
15. Take Care
16. On The Floor (Ven a Bailar) feat. Pitbull

It’s interesting to note that the only two songs featuring guest artists are the two that have been released as singles. Hopefully the J-Lo solos will be able to stand on their own?

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