Kanye West's All Of The Lights Music Video Is Inspired By Gaspar Noe

I'm sure you all have heard of Kanye West's new song, All Of The Lights. He sings it with Rihanna, Kid Cudi, and lots of other guest vocalists.

Here's the video:
(btw, it already says in the beginning of the video, but if you're prone to epilepsy, then DO NOT WATCH IT. I'm SERIOUS. NOT KIDDING.)



It is BRILLIANT, isn't it? Kanye's really an artist, musically, visually--he's awesome.

But did you guys know that the video is not all that original? Just like everyone else, Kanye West doesn't steal, but gets inspiration from things that really strike him as awesome.

Here is the opening sequence to the movie Enter The Void:
(again, if you are epileptic, DO NOT WATCH.)



Looks familiar? hehe.

First of all, here's the complete trailer in case you guys wanna keep watchng beyond the opening credits:



Yes, that's Paz dela Huerta, the girl from Boardwalk Empire.

Not saying that Kanye West is a thief! No, no. Since it's so obviously taken from the movie, it's more like a tribute to the creativity of the visual rape that is the opening title sequence. You can tell that it's the actors because the fonts start to change. And there are Japanese symbols because it was shown in Japan BECAUSE it was shot it Japan, too.

Cheers to Gaspar Noe! Just thought I would make that little tidbit public information.

Vote for the song! It's awesome.

Little Rihanna?

Hey guys! How was the long weekend for you? :D

Now, Jaden Smith was featured on Justin Bieber's Never Say Never, and he's also caught the acting bug. Now, little Willow Smith is being dubbed "Little Rihanna"!

Rihanna-lette

She's 9 years old was just signed by Jay-Z. Here's her first ever single: Whip My Hair :)



Pretty sweet, isn't it? haha!

Just Some RT30 Songs and How They Got In

Hey guys! Just a quick last post...I'm supposed to be resting today because I was rushed to the ER last night due to food poisoning. Anyways! Decided to let you guys in on some of the ways songs get into the chart and the polls :)

Charice feat. Iyaz - Pyramid
This song became really popular because Charice is a filipina and her first international single featured Iyaz. Pinoy Pride got Pyramid more votes than the number one song on the chart even before her song was added to the polls. She then debuted at number 1.

Colbie Caillat - I Never Told You
This song was on the playlist for a while, and once everyone noticed it already, votes started coming in through the phones, the textlines, and the yahoo messenger. Then messages were posted on the Cbox, asking for the song to be added to the polls. RT30 team did a tally and found that the song garnered enough votes through phone, text, and calls to be able to get in the charts.

These next few songs ALL got into the chart WITHOUT being added to the polls first. They got enough votes to get into the chart ON THEIR OWN.
The Bird and The Bee - Heard It On The Radio

Allison Iraheta - Scars

Mamas Gun - Finger On It

Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

Rihanna - Rockstar 101

Eminem - Not Afraid

Iyaz - Solo

David Cook - Bar-Ba-Sol

Then they're added to the polls. But since I don't want people unhappy and I want to give everyone a fair chance, I have added David Archuleta's Something About Love to the polls. Since I wanna make sure everyone's clear about it, too, I will post a screencap of exactly how many votes it gets by the end of the week. If it gets enough, you'll hear it next Friday on the countdown, but if it doesn't get in, then you guys will just have to do what I've been telling you to: GET MORE FANS TO VOTE. Simple as that.

Also, David Archuleta fans are more than welcome to visit me at the station, just so you know exactly how many calls I get for the rest of the songs on the chart. :)

Okay gaiz, gotta rest now. My meds are making me sleepy hahaha!

Cbox Replies!

Hey guys! Time for another round of Cbox replies..'coz things are getting interesting in there..


Chuck, I was actually just about to post it!! :D
Robot boy, YES, LPFTW
Kriz, vote for his songs! They only disappear because of the lack of votes. Maybe you can tell your friends to come over here and vote, too :)






Oh wow, hi guise :3 you are still human, so even if you're on the chart, your votes will still be counted as one :p hehe














There you go! See! This is what makes a number one song.
Farmer_girl, I think I know who you are! I miss you, too :D












jj, it's the only countdown without Archie 'coz Archie doesn't get enough votes :) Remember! It's not my choice to put songs in the chart. ALSO! There have been many songs that have gotten in the countdown without having to be on the polls, like this week's new entries (the catalyst, teenage dream). This is because although the polls is where we get the majority of the votes ('coz it's easier for people to just come here and click), we also record votes through twitter (twitter.com/rt30countdown and twitter.com/djinka), the hotlines (6330995/7060940), the facebook (facebook.com/rt30countdown), and the yahoo messenger (dwrt_fm). So Archie not being on the chart really is a result of lack of votes. :) Just spread the word and let all your friends know that you want him on the chart. :)

Keep on posting messages, guys! :D

CHART! August 27, 2010

Another week, another chart! If you weren't able to tune in, here's the gist of what happened:


LAST WEEK'S TOP 5
5. Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
4. Boys Like Girls - Heart Heart Heartbreak
3. The Bird and The Bee - Heard It On The Radio
2. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls1. 30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to The Edge

30 Seconds to Mars took the top spot during the RT30 First Anniversary show! Pretty epic end to a show, I should say hehehe

DROPOUTS
Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me
Adam Lambert - If I Had You

This surprised me 'coz I know alot of people really liked Adam Lambert. I guess I thought wrong 'coz his last two songs on the chart BOTH dropped out. Tsktsktsk!
Now for the chart!
You can see Ke$ha's still here, but she's hanging on by a hair. If you wanna salvage her, then keep voting :p Bulletproof, too! Aww..I like that song.

30. Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug
29. La Roux - Bulletproof

Allison Iraheta goes down this week, and so does Paramore. Hey! Paramore's gonna be performing at the VMA's this September 12, and their song Ignorance was nominated for Best Rock Video. Pretty cool!
28. Allison Iraheta - Scars
27. Paramore - The Only Exception

This Is War has been around a long time, but you guys still love it, I'm sure. Airplanes, too! But you guys love Airplanes. There was a resurgence of last-minute votes and Airplanes secured their spot at number 26. Airplanes is also nominated at the VMAs for Best Hiphop Video and Video of the Year to name a few!

26. 30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
25. B.O.B. feat. Hayley Williams - Airplanes
I Was A Teenage Anarchist was a new entry last week and it seems to be climbing slowly but surely! Did you know that they started out as a solo act? Tom Gabel was just lugging his guitar around. Then in '97, he released his demo tape, Against Me! Pyramid Also goes down further this week. So sad. At least she's appearing in Glee! :D

24. Against Me! - I Was A Teenage Anarchist (LAST WEEK'S NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER 25)
23. Charice feat. Iyaz - Pyramid

Lady Antebellum lost one spot 'coz they had to make way for Katy Perry's new entry! Teenage Dream gets stuck in your head easily, and it's so fun to sing. Katy Perry knows how to do it. Not to mention her going on her Teenage Dream tour and having to plan her wedding to her funny fiance. Whew!

22. Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (RE-ENTRY LAST WEEK AT NUMBER 21)
21. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream NE

NERD and Nelly Furtado are at the number 20 spot! They haven't moved from last week. Colbie Caillat has a fan I didn't know about, though. Adam Young a.k.a. Owl City and Sky Sailing had her on repeat when he was having a day to himself at the beach earlier today!

20. N.E.R.D. feat Nelly Furtado - Hot-n-Fun (LAST WEEK'S NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER 21)
19. Colbie Caillat - I Never Told You

The Catalyst got MAD votes these past few days! Didn't surprise me to see them at number 18, but judging from your Cbox messages, this song's gonna go places! And to answer your questions, no, old LP songs cannot be put on the poll. RT plays new songs during the weekdays! If you wanna hear songs from the older albums, then you gotta tune in to 24k Weekends. My dad starts it off at 6am on Saturdays and Sundays. I was just listening to Easier to Run earlier in the afternoon :3 Also, little does Diana Vickers know but her song is actually doing pretty well on the chart. Tweet at her! Diana_music if I'm not mistaken :D
18. Linkin Park - The Catalyst HNE
17. Diana Vickers - Once

Two songs with Bruno Mars in them one after the other! Closer to the top, too!

16. Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars - Billionaire
15. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

Aaah, Owl City's Sunburn, still going strong on the charts! Mamas Gun's doing pretty well, too! I'm so happy to say that Andy Platts and I tweet at each other often and I was telling them one time that they should come over for a visit, and Andy replies to me:
He's blood! :D haha! Nice!! I also told them one time that they rocked my socks, and Andy said perfect because they love rocking socks LOL. This is what they said when I told them they were at number 13:

14. Owl City - Sunburn
13. Mamas Gun - Finger On It

I swear to god, I am addicted to this song. Unsung? Awesome! Have you searched for its lyrics? My favorite stanza is the second one. And I just love the melody. Someone once asked me if I had already seen the video for the song and I said yes. Then that someone was like, "Oh cool. What does she look like?" And I was like, "Dude, no, it's a guy. They're an all-male band." I had to show him the video to prove I wasn't lying. By the way, did you know that Daughtry's song September is about him and his brother?

12. Delays - Unsung
11. Daughtry - September

The only OPM on the countdown this time around, General Luna make it to the top 10 this week! Woohoo! Kelly's still in the top 10, too, but the position isn't as sweet when you're coming from the other end of the chart.

10. General Luna - Red Heaven
9. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted

Misery indeed! I wasn't able to say this on-air earlier, but it seems like Maroon 5 is just about ready to make just one last album, then they're thinking of disbanding. :( If they're all going their separate ways, can I have Adam Levine? And like Kelly Clarkson, The Beibs misses the pole position of the chart as he slides further down. They have better bottles and tastier milk in the number 1 spot, you see.

8. Maroon 5 - Misery
7. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never

Heart Heart Heartbreak and Heard It On The Radio keep going up and down these past few weeks! Make up your minds :))

6. Boys Like Girls - Heart Heart Heartbreak
5. The Bird and The Bee - Heard It On The Radio


Sara Bareilles with King of Anything zoomed up 5 places to number 4 this week! Yeah, I really like this song, too. It's an F You song, but it's so sweet sounding. Almost like she was purposely trying to annoy the person who was arguing with her. I love it! Love The Way You Lie is at number 3 this week. At least still at the top 3! I like this song and not only because Megan Fox is in the video, but because I just love how Eminem raps. He's such a storyteller!

4. Sara Bareilles - King of Anything (LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST NEW ENTRY AT NUMBER 9)
3. Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

The two most requested songs of the week are Katy Perry's California Gurls, which will be used in the Smurfs movie, and 30 Seconds to Mars with Closer to the Edge! Two epic songs that seem to rightfully be in place. But we'll see who'll take up the top spot next week. ;)

2. Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg - California Gurls
1. 30 Seconds to Mars - Closer to The Edge

What Do Katy Perry, Ke$ha, and Rihanna Have In Common?

THEY ALL LIKE TO GET NEKKID!!

Woo!

Katy Perry is just so painfully obvious about it (and we love it)

But apparently, so do Ke$ha and Rihanna! They're on tour together, and they get together, have sleepovers, talk about boys and stuff, and they do all that naked.

Talk about a teenage dream **rollseyesatblatantsongplug**

then we have Ke$ha, here posing for Maxim Mag

oops..not that one.

there we go. Aaaand who can leave Rihanna outta the loop? Especially when she looks like this :p (wow I sound like a dude)

And this ends our nosebleed trivia for the week.

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