Annie Album Update!

Apparently even though their relationship is totally done-zo, Island Records still has a video for Annie's "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me" up on YouTube. Of course, this is a topic that needs constant addressing in pop songs, as there will always be girlfriends who hate for a myriad amount of reasons ranging from (as detailed in the Pussycat Dolls' 2005 life-altering smash hit "Don'tcha") being hotter, freakier, rawer, and just plain more fun. And while "I Know" is an alright song, I actually kind like the PCD anthem better. I know I will regret saying this later, like, when I actually see a picture of the Pussycat Dolls and remember, "This is probably what suicide bombers stare at to get themselves all amped up for working over American embassies and stuff."

So the fact that Annie is revamping her follow-up, Don't Stop, after it was dropped late last year by Island is kinda okay with me. According to my sources (Pitchfork and Billboard--ooooh! Super secret!), Annie recorded over sixty songs for the album--and only 12 made the Island cut. At this point, my favorite nouveau disco heroine has stated to the press that "I own the masters, so I can do whatever I want to do. I might do it myself, on my own label." Nice work, lady. Word is that when Don't Stop DOES come out later this year, on some as yet unnamed label, the tracklisting and production work might be completely different. And hopefully with more monochrome martini pool party album artwork.

Waiting rulez!!! New Annie album delayed

It has been four long, disco-less years since Norwegian dance genius Annie released her glittering pop gem of a debut Anniemal. Four years of waiting and never finding an equivalently incredible nouveau disco hit. Four years of waiting, hoping that someone would guest feature her smooth pop stylings on the ultimate summer jam. And now, finally when it seemed like we would have something well-produced and bangin' to while away the wintry months, her latest album, Don't Stop...gets stopped from coming out. Now slated for an unspecified North American date in 2009, at least it's for a good reason; Annie wants to pack it with even more great pop hits. I can handle that. I SUPPOSE. Although the album is now scheduled for a January 26th release in Europe, we Yanks will just have to content ourselves with this week's release of her cover of Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts." For those of you across the ocean, you can see the lady live at the following dates:

10-31 Madrid, Spain - Mond Club
11-07 Istanbul, Turkey - Phonem by Miller

Dear dancefloors, get ready to be tore up. Love, the new Annie single

Shocker: not everything I like is horribly depressing. (Only like 95% of the things I like will slowly suck out your will to live.) Because you see, although I do have several bats tattooed on my arm and a deep and enduring love for early 80s postpunk/"this is not a goth band, but really, everyone considers it to be" style rock, the other thing I really, really like is DISCO. No joke. I am a karaoke CHAMPION at Diana Ross' "Upside Down" and Candi Staton's "Young Hearts Run Free." And that is why I love Bergen, Norway disco lady Annie.

Pitchfork is reporting that Annie has a new single in the works, and there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that it will be excellent, because it is a cover of a song that everyone already knows is excellent. That's right: it's Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts"! Alas, I can't find a song clip of this on the internet, but I can tell you that the B-Side of the single is a new track called "Songs Remind Me of You" and that at some point in our lives they're both supposed to come out on Island Records, perhaps even this spring.