Pop Corner: Kero Kero Bonito plant a lipslap; Rihanna puts on some make-up

We’ve got an awesome new tune from London 8-bit pop band Kero Kero Bonito, plus some truly magical pop quotes from the likes of Meghan Trainor and Taylor Swift

Diss track with bags of attitude: Kero Kero Bonito
Diss track with bags of attitude: Kero Kero Bonito

TRACK OF THE WEEK - Lipslap by Kero Kero Bonito Bright, fun and infectious, we are here for PC Music cohorts Kero Kero Bonito. Take a pinch of J-pop, a dash of Altered Images and throw it back to Ed Banger Records, and you'll get Lip Slap – a four to the floor diss track with bags of attitude. And if there's a cooler frontwoman than Sarah Midori Perry, we'd like to hear about it.


Hero of the week is Rihanna, who is going to release her own make-up line. Titled Fenty Beauty. Details are scarce but we're stoked. A CEO associated with the line explained "Fenty Beauty by Rihanna is a beauty rocket ship that will appeal to a huge and diverse global audience. We are aiming for the stars."

Zero of the week is low body confidence, according to Meghan Trainor. She told Seventeen: "A couple of years ago, you'd never see me in a dress. And now I want to sha-zoom me. I mean, I want it tight. I want to show off what I got! For a good six years, I wore sweatpants and sweatshirts, even on vacation in 90-degree weather – I was hiding. In pictures, you can just see my face, like 'Help'. I want to hug that girl. I want to tell her, 'You're okay.'"

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift is determined to keep a low profile. She told Vogue: "I'm in a magical relationship right now. And of course I want it to be ours, and low-key… this is the one thing that's been mine about my personal life." She went on, "If the rumour is that you have fake friendships, all you have to do is continue to be there for each other. And when we're all friends in fifteen years and raising our kids together, maybe somebody will look back and go, 'That was kind of ridiculous what we said about Taylor and her friends.'"

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