Jeff Giles

A professional pop culture junkie for more than 25 years, Jeff Giles regularly surfaces in a number of far-flung locations on the Web, including Rotten Tomatoes, Paste Magazine, Movies with Butter, PopCrush, Ultimate Classic Rock, Diffuser, and Loudwire. He's also the editor-in-chief of Popdose and its parent-oriented affiliate, Dadnabbit, and the author of the upcoming book "Llanview in the Afternoon: An Oral History of 'One Life to Live.'"

Listen to Lana Del Rey’s ‘St. Tropez (Party Girl)’

Well, this is turning out to be a pretty good week for Lana Del Rey fans. First, she drops the official single release of her 'Great Gatsby' soundtrack contribution, 'Young and Beautiful,' and now someone's gone and leaked one of her unreleased recordings.

Watch Miley Cyrus Surprise a Music Teacher with a New Piano [Video]

We hear a lot about how American schools continually need to battle for resources on behalf of their students, and few people would argue that we could do a better job of meeting those needs. That's where the Real Change Project comes in -- and with the help of an assortment of stars that includes Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Pitbull, and Jason Mraz, they're helping make a difference.

Ariana Grande Covers Whitney Houston [Video]

Thanks to Auto-Tune, it's just about impossible to hear anyone singing anymore without wondering if they're actually as talented as they sound. Ariana Grande has received some flattering vocal comparisons to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey lately, and while it's still too soon to say she deserves them, we can't fault her willingness to prove her pipes are real.

Kesha, will.i.am + Macklemore Are Most Popular Workout Songs

Looking for some new tunes to add a little extra pizzazz to your exercise routine? Spotify is here to help: The popular music streaming service has combed its users' public workout playlists and ranked the most popular songs.

Carly Rae Jepsen Duets With A Friend in London on ‘Rest From the Streets’

Carly Rae Jepsen scored arguably the definitive hit of 2012 with 'Call Me Maybe,' but she's been having a tough time driving subsequent singles up the charts -- so maybe what her voice needs is a change of setting, in the form of a duet with rising Danish pop sensations A Friend in London.

PS22 Covers Swedish House Mafia’s ‘Don’t You Worry Child’

They've been called "the best-known elementary-school chorus on the planet," and they've performed with everyone from Katy Perry to Common, but the adorably harmonizing kids of New York's PS22 Chorus are probably always going to be best known for their YouTube covers of other artists' hits -- and they've done it again with their version of Swedish House Mafia's latest (and presumably fin

Austin Mahone Sings ‘Jingle Bells’ With His Mom and a Dog

You think you're in the Christmas spirit? Pshaw. Until you've strapped on a Santa hat and sung 'Jingle Bells' to a nation of swooning tweens while a dog wearing fake reindeer antlers looks on, you haven't demonstrated a true understanding of the reason for the season.

Hear a Mash Up of 50 Pop Songs of 2012

2012 hasn't ended yet, but if you're already feeling nostalgic for the sights and sounds of the year's biggest pop hits, YouTube user/producer Daniel Kim has got you covered.