[Free For All Friday]

I'm feeling strangely upbeat and go-getterish right now. Going to try ride this momentum and make some changes.

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Inappropriate hugs to all of y'all (hi fives to the underagers), and wishing you an awesome weekend!

Michelle Williams And Her Accountant Remain Unbothered By "Poormichelle" Hashtag

You all know I lurvvvvvvvvvvvvv me some Michelle Williams! But that doesn't mean I'm dead inside. As such, I couldn't help chuckling whilst reading the #poormichelle tag on Twitter today- despite my fondness for Destiny's Child's underdog.

Consisting of being royally dragged various jokes made at the Diva's expense, the hashtag saw tweeters give reasons/ examples of how Michelle had been hard done-by whilst in, and out, of the group that brought her to prominence. It was all very juvenile, but it still amused me.... for about five minutes.

Being active on Twitter, it wasn't unusual to assume Michelle would have seen what was going on- especially when the hashtag began to trend. However, she let us know she knew with one tweet, cutting though all the mess in the process:

Gaga Gifts "The Late Show" With "G.U.Y" and "Dope" Performances

Lady Gaga took herself to The Late Show with David Letterman to continue the promotional trail of latest single, G.U.Y. She also took the opportunity to push its housing LP Artpop- not to mention illustrate her versatility- by banging out album cut Dope on the old pianie.

Although Gaga was giving us constant choreography with G.U.Y, something didn't feel quite right about the performance. It wasn't that she was missing her marks, or that she was all over the place- because she wasn't. Instead, there was an air of hazy laziness about the routine, almost as if she wasn't quite committed to being that "guy under you" today. Oh well, at least she kept the vocals tight.

Golden Fable Take Us On A Magical Journey With "Star Map"

Here's something very different for you guys. I saw Golden Fable opening for Charlotte Church last year, but lazily slept on their album Star Map despite buying it on the night. The last few weeks have seen that remedied.

Now don't go expecting bombastic vocals, or anything that is going to immediately knock you off of your feet. The female half of the group, Rebecca Palin, does indeed have a beautiful voice, but it's a soprano that is soft and feminine, not aggressive or showy- listen to Sugarloaf, Always Golden and The Chill Pt.1 to get an immediate taster. The music is also different to the pop/Rnb I regularly scribe about, being folksy and sweet with an almost choral quality to the vocals.

[New Music] Tori Amos Returns With "Trouble's Lament"

Tori Amos is back, and she's talking about her friend Lucifer again- religious types beware!

New song Trouble's Lament is a jaunty track that sees the Diva personifying "trouble" and giving her an origin story that's deserving of its own comic. Tori spoke a little about the inspiration behind the song, saying:

"It's really in the blood. It's almost like you listen to the land speaking to you. And wherever I am I can hear the South calling me. I really like the idea that trouble was a young woman....I see her on my travels a lot. And maybe I knew her many years ago when I was in my twenties."

Source: Broadwayworld.com

Taken from her forthcoming LP, Unrepentant Geraldines, Trouble's Lament is Tori Amos finally back doing Tori Amos after what feels an age of concept, seasonal and classical-inspired output. Hopefully the single hints to LP number 14 being overall more insular and less collaborative in nature. I need some undiluted Tori, stat!