VidZone update: Katy Perry, Alicia Keys, Kasabian, more

It’s not quite VidZone‘s Birthday yet…but that hasn’t stopped Katy Perry from swooping in with her massive birthday themed single to steal the crown this week. The fun feature-length music video is a great piece of pop-comedy from the singer and budding actress who shocked fans by disguising herself at parties across the US! But if Pop isn’t your thing then we have plenty of other awesome additions including Kasabian and Arch Enemy plus new videos from the likes of Major Lazer and rising British DJ Shift K3Y.

Read on for more info and to find out what else is new!

Artist of the Week: Katy Perry

Katy Perry is known for transforming into different characters for her music videos and the new clip for her latest single ‘Birthday’ sees the pop star take on 5 different alter egos! Meet ‘The World’s Worst Birthday Party Entertainers’ – Goldie the Dancer, Yosef Shulem the MC, Kris the Clown, Ace the Animal Trainer and Princess Mandee. Can Katy Perry‘s identity stay a secret?! Watch the hilarious new video now in her Artist Of The Week playlist along with all of her previous hits.

And here are the highlights from the hottest Zones…

RnB Zone

The focus is on multiple Grammy Award-winning RnB star Alicia Keys this week as she returns with her brand new single ‘It’s On Again’ featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar. The track was written specifically for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 soundtrack by none other than Pharrell Williams and legendary film composer Hans Zimmer (who also both cameo in the video!). Check out the new clip now in her Artist Focus Playlist.

Alicia Keys – Artist Focus
Pharrell Williams – VidZone Recommends
Beyoncé – Centre Stage
Jhené Aiko – Must See Video

Alternative Zone

UK alternative rockers Kasabian release 48:13, their fifth album next month and VidZone are recommending that you watch the new video for lead single ‘eez-eh’ now! The cool and creative clip was directed by artist and designer Aitor Throup who also recently worked with Blur‘s Damon Albarn on his Everyday Robots solo project.

Kasabian – VidZone Recommends
Coldplay – Artist Spotlight
BANKS – Must See Video
Lana Del Rey – Artist Focus (UK IE AT ES only)

Metal Zone

Swedish death-metallers Arch Enemy are back with a new album, War Eternal and their new blue-haired frontwoman, Canadian singer Alissa White-Gluz. You can now watch the band’s brilliant new video for the album’s lead single in preparation for its release in June!