Lady Gaga, Watch Out: Willow Smith Wants To Be Bigger

'Whip My Hair' singer tells NME, 'I'd like to be a big rock star.'
By James Montgomery


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She's already cited her as a musical role model, but now, Willow Smith is hoping to one day surpass Lady Gaga as the biggest pop star on the planet.

At least that's what she's saying in a new interview with NME magazine, in which the pint-sized star was asked about her long-term career aspirations, and answered in a manner befitting of her "Whip My Hair" swagger.

"I would like to be a very well-known artist," Smith, 10, told the magazine. "I would like to be as big as Lady Gaga. I would like to be bigger. ... I'd like to be a big rock star."

Of course, with the success of "Hair," Smith has already taken the first step towards achieving those goals, and she's currently hard at work on the second: her debut album, a collection of songs she says will mostly be about "partying, having fun [and] eating."

And she's already coming to terms with the fact that, if she really is going to knock Gaga from the throne, she's going to have to make a few sacrifices — like not being able to hang out with her friends whenever she wants.

"Well, famous-ness is awesomeness ... but some parts of famous-ness can be ... hard," she said. "The hardness part is wanting to hang out with your friends when you have to work and make platinum records. And your friends come over, and you're recording, and you're like, 'Please let me go with my friends. I don't wanna stay here!' But people are relying on you."

Do you think Willow Smith has what it takes to be as big as Lady Gaga? Sound off in the comments below!

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Q-Tip Explains His Issues With A Tribe Called Quest Documentary

'It's not only Tribe's story; it's all of ours,' MC says of his concerns.
By Jayson Rodriguez


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Last week, Q-Tip stirred things up online when he tweeted that he was not in support of Michael Rapaport's A Tribe Called Quest documentary. The MC and the director remained silent on the matter, refusing interview requests from a number of outlets.

On Tuesday (December 7), however, Q-Tip appeared on satellite-radio station Shade 45's morning show and explained his message. The veteran lyricist spoke with fill-in host Elliott Wilson of Rap Radar and said his opinion has nothing to do with his group being the focus of the doc, but with his role as a producer.

"I'm a producer on this film; Tribe is a producer on this film," he said. "When I speak, I'm speaking for the whole group. A lot of people think I'm speaking individually, even though I addressed it as 'I'm not supporting' it. In reality, as producers, there's just different things that need to be done, edit-wise. The sentiment of the film is there. We feel like it's 80 percent there. It's just not there [all the way]."

The Tribe MC said he and his groupmates have a final say over the project, per the agreement they made with Rapaport, an actor and first-time filmmaker. Although Tip wouldn't specify the exact nature of his discomfort with the project, he said because the project is the first of its kind — "an extensive cinematic documentary about a hip-hop group" — it's more than just a Tribe issue.

"There's so much riding on this," he said. "It's not only Tribe's story; it's all of ours. So we got to make sure sh-- is done right."

Will you check out the Tribe documentary? Let us know in the comments.

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Paramore Have 'Squeezed Out The Last Drop' From Brand New Eyes

'Playing God' single and video will be the album's last hurrah, Hayley Williams tells MTV News.
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Elias


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As if the scrapbook sentiments of their just-released "Playing God" video weren't evidence enough, Hayley Williams will be the first to tell you that Paramore are officially finished with Brand New Eyes, the album that took them to the brink and back.

"Oh, we squeezed out the last drop last month," she laughed. "We put out 'Playing God' and did a video for it with our friend [director] Brandon [Chesbro], and I feel great. I feel like ... we hit the finish line and we're golden. I love it. I'm proud."

So there will be no more singles from BNE, which was released more than 14 months ago and went gold. In fact, Williams said she knew as much when she began drawing up the "Playing God" treatment with Chesbro — which is why the duo decided to film it at her house in Franklin, Tennessee, and include as many of their friends as possible. It only seemed appropriate, given the sheer amount of personal growth (and intra-band communication) that went into the album's creation, most of which is tackled in the song itself.

"We filmed it at my house, so it was really personal, and I think that's how we like to keep things," she said. "We had friends hanging out on set all day, and Brandon being one of our best friends, he directed it. ... It was just a fun, personal play on the lyrics of the song."

And, of course, there are also plenty of nods to Paramore's past — the swinging light bulb from their "Ignorance" clip, the mirrors that adorn the back cover of Eyes, the old band photos Williams can be seen looking through — and the pop-culture world the band inhabits. It wouldn't be a parting gift without a few presents to unwrap, after all.

"There's a lot of little things for our fans to figure out," Williams said. "Nods to Gaga, with the glasses and the poison, and 'Dexter,' with the plastic on my wall in the basement. Making it was fun. I love it."

If you could pick another single from Brand New Eyes, what would it be? Let us know in the comments!

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