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has revealed that he has had “juicy” bonding sessions with Britney Spears ahead of executive producing her new album.

The Voice UK coach, who previously collaborated with Spears for number one hit ‘Scream & Shout’, also revealed to Billboard that they “start next week” recording the LP.

will.i.am and Britney Spears in ‘Scream & Shout’

The ‘#thatPOWER’ singer said: “Before we even start we’ve had these juicy sessions, where we’ve been bonding, building the trust and comfort.”

He added: “I’ve never worked like this before – not even the [Black Eyed] Peas. I wanted to just go to lunch for two months, which is totally different from how you typically do it.

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Welcome to our weekly playlist of the best new rock and metal streams from around the web.

Phil Anselmo has been a mighty influence on modern metal, and his first ever solo tracks show no signs of wearing down the pace. Be ready for that one, it’ll knock you over if the volume is high.

We’ve got something quite different for you this week from a real astronaut covering a David Bowie song. It’s more than just a novel idea; the recording is good, the singing is great, and there’s a sentimental air to the whole thing which gives it real magic. It’s a must-watch.

Elsewhere we’ve got some stunning rock, prog and metal worth exploring, starting with the mighty TesseracT who have a full album stream available.

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Miguel is the latest artist to be featured on VEVOs online series Stylized. The R&B maverick takes the video platforms cameras along for a trip with him and his stylist to Opening Ceremony LA. One of his favorites stores in the world, Mig shares some pieces he thinks are really kill city or murky, and talks about his fashion tastes, influence and evolution.

Take a look to see what might make Miguels closet below:

NEW YORK (AP) – Fantasia is feeling the love – and says she hasn’t felt this good since winning “American Idol” in 2004.

The singer’s fourth album, “Side Effects of You,” debuted at No. 1 and No. 2 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop and Top 200 albums charts last week. She said the response is both welcome and complicated, especially after her last few tumultuous years.

“It feels really good,” she said softly. “You have to be very careful because there was a time when I went from being up here and everybody loved you and then when (that) ole thing happened, it was like, ‘OK, everybody …’ – so it’s almost, like, tricky.”

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Teal Wicks as Emma Carew and Constantine Maroulis as Dr. Jekyll in a revival of Frank Wildhorn’s “Jekyll & Hyde.”

NEW YORK—Dark, gritty, and brimming with passionate song is the revival of Frank Wildhorn’s “Jekyll & Hyde.” The musical, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” presents a scientist so obsessed with discovering the true elements of good and evil that he falls prey to his own experiments, which ultimately whirl out of control.

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