Top pop news stories for 5/25/2010

"If We Ever Meet Again"'s video is complicatedly plotted -- like an episode of Mr. Ocean's 11 or Pierce Brosnan's The Thomas Crown Affair featuring awkward dancing in front of a Kmart photo background. At least one person made it to the ending.

Fans of Soundgarden circa that press shot had a rough last decade. Yes I'm thinking Audioslave, but in particular it's the tail end of the '00s that hurt the most, thanks to Chris Cornell's bizarre nosedive to a place where not even trenchant Trent Reznor zings could paint the singer in a light as silly as his Timbaland collabs did. But after th...

In what appears to be an elaborate April Fools joke, Nine Inch Nails have announced the release of a new Timbaland-produced album called 'Strobe Light'.

Shakira has released her second single, produced by Timbaland and accompanying music video, "Give It Up To Me" featuring Lil Wayne