Leigh Belz

After a clip of Katy Perry's upcoming Sesame Street segment with Elmo--in which she and the furry red monster re-interpret her hit "Hot N Cold" to highlight other opposites--hit the Internet yesterday, parents lashed out...

New York singer Jackson Harris came by the Teen Vogue offices a few weeks back to tell us about his debut album, Long Story Short, which hits stores today.When Jackson came by, he was fresh...

South California singer Stacy Clark's debut album, Connect the Dots, hit iTunes last month and is available in physical form at Borders starting tomorrow. Even if you haven't gotten the album yet, you may have hummed...

Last month, singer Matt White took to the streets of New York to film the video for "Falling in Love." The song is the first single off of his sophomore album, It's The Good Crazy...

Last Friday night, the entire staff of Teen Vogue took over Perry street in New York's West Village to throw a special block party to celebrate Fashion's Night Out. Hosted by 90210's Shenae Grimes, the...

Last night, the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards had lots of good moments (like Lady Gaga's complicated couture and emotional speeches over her eight wins for "Bad Romance") and some that were, well, not so good (the dove bungle during...

n his junior year of college, Mike Posner had a conversation with his parents that can definitely be classified as atypical. "I was on a call introducing them to my new manager at the end of the spring semester," the "Cooler Than Me" singer remembers. "It was finals week at Duke, but I was scheduled to be in New York City that Friday to have an in-person meeting with Jay-Z. I wasn't planning to tell my parents about it because I knew they'd freak out. But my manager slipped and mentioned the trip. My dad said, 'Not this Friday, right?' Then I said, 'Dad, do you even know who Jay-Z is?' And he said, 'No, and I don't care. You are staying and taking your test. You can tell Mr. Z to wait.' "

Graphic artist Jason Munn has been designing rock posters under the moniker "The Small Stakes" since 2002, after attending (and being inspired by) the San Francisco incarnation of poster-art convention Flatstock. Since then, he's had the opportunity to work with...

Blog readers know that I'm a huge fan of Kings of Leon and think their last album was absolutely excellent. Today, I got my first taste of their next record, Come Around Sundown, thanks to the video the band just...

Morphing swiftly from YouTube sensation to international phenom, power-pop prince Justin Bieber is charting his next career move: movie star.

U.K. rock quartet The Bor Rebellion have a reason to be excited about all the positive buzz about this weekend's release of the Drew Barrymore rom-com Going the Distance--not only did the band write two...

This summer, we've had some great artists keep tour diaries for us to share with you. One of our favorite acts, Tegan & Sara, sent us one for the ages. Tegan Quin sent us her blog in four installments --...

Every week or two, I update my playlists (work, gym, and "walking around") with the new music I get to listen to as part of being Teen Vogue's Music Blogger. Songs come and go; if I've noticed myself skipping past an...

It's always exciting when the Teen Vogue offices get a visit from some of the artists we spend most of our days writing about. Last week was no exception: Charming, California-bred singer-songwriter Matt Costa stopped by to tell me about...

Fun., a music blog favorite, has a colorful new video out for the song "Walking the Dog," off of the band's debut album, Aim and Ignite. Check it out: For more fun go to www.facebook.com/ournameisfun....

San Diego's Fight Fair finishes up its run on the Vans Warped Tour this weekend on the west coast. We asked the five fellas in the surf-rock band to give us a little photo diary of their experience on...

A few weeks back, the Teen Vogue offices were all atwitter thanks to a certain 12-year-old visitor: Mr. Greyson Michael Chance, viral video phenomenon. (If you haven't yet caught Greyson's star-making performance of Lady Gaga's...

Former Honorary Title frontman Jarrod Gorbel is releasing his first solo album, Devil's Made A New Friend, at the end of this month. Leading up to the release, the singer has been debuting a live...

Last night at New York's Madison Square Garden, Arcade Fire and Spoon played to an enthusiastic crowd, for the second of a two-night run. With a mix of songs from the band's just released third album,...

Last year (back when I had bangs!), I had the honor of getting lunch with singer Shontelle Layne to talk about her big song "Stuck With Each Other" (featuring Akon). Since then, the Barbados-born beauty has hit...

I had the honor of getting to know smart, chic, seventeen-year-old Vita Chambers last fall when she was in New York City, meeting and greeting (and singing!) for the music media. After a long dinner...

In the past few years, tattoos have entered the popular culture mainstream, showing up not just on notoriously edgy entertainers like Angelina Jolie and Amy Winehouse but also on seemingly girl-next-door types like Hilary Duff, Hayden Panettiere and Miley Cyrus.