Hovering, happiness, exploding pants and stifling violent sobs at the office.

1. KAYTRANADA feat. Anderson .Paak "GLOWED UP"

Taken from KAYTRANADA's debut album 99.9%, out May 6. Pre-order: http://x-l.co/kaytra999 Vinyl: http://x-l.co/kaytravinyl999 Video directed by Bo Mirosseni. http://kaytranada.com https://soundcloud.com/kaytranada https://www.facebook.com/Kaytranada https://twitter.com/KAYTRANADA http://www.xlrecordings.com

Kaytranada is so cool he probably hovers everywhere instead of walking at this point. I ain't mad at Anderson .Paak casually strolling all over this track, either. Blowing up!

2. TIGRAN AVETISYAN for SHOWSTUDIO / Machine A

http://showstudio.com/project/the_photoshoot_tigran_avetisyan_s_s_16 Tigran Avetisyan is known for his irrelevant, wryly political films. His Spring/Summer 2016 film, The Photoshoot, comments on ever-changing views of beauty and fashion. 'I am fascinated how something that was 'cool' can fall out of favour within few seasons and be forgotten,' explains Avetisyan, adding that his S/S 16 'Best Hits' collection was dedicated to labels that are no longer relevant.

Speaking of blowing up (ha!) : this is not just a fashion shoot with balloons in pink jogging pants, it's a comment on fast changing body shape standards in the fashion industry. So it's OK to watch it three times and then show it to everyone you know.

3. WOODKID "LAND OF ALL"

" Land of All " OUT NOW https://woodkid.lnk.to/desierto From Original Motion Picture Score of " Desierto ", directed by Jonas Cuaron ***FOLLOW WOODKID*** facebook -- https://woodkid.lnk.to/facebook twitter -- https://woodkid.lnk.to/twitter instagram -- https://woodkid.lnk.to/instagram Woodkid's MAILING LIST -- https://woodkid.lnk.to/Newsletter LAND OF ALL I took a chance to build a world of mine

Why don't you just come over to my office and directly jam a finger in my tear ducts, Mr. Woodkid? Jeez. Those sweeping violins and rainbows and 'I miss you dad' stuff... Trying to stifle violent sobs while sitting across from your colleagues might be OK for aristocratic characters in a 19th-Century Russian novel, but it's kind of frowned upon by today's professional etiquette standards.

4. CHANCE THE RAPPER feat. SABA : "ANGELS"

Written and performed by Chance the Rapper, Saba, Lido, Peter Cottontale, Nate Fox & Donnie Trumpet for The Social Experiment Directed by Austin Vesely (http://twitter.com/AustinVesely) with animation by Hebru Brand Studios. Presented by Chance the Rapper.

Ahhhh. Now this will lighten anyone up. Happiness, bottled and poured over a mixing deck, short-curcuiting and creating a superhero MC for 2016.

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And just like that, the mask deflates. Found at Hi*Fructose.

... aaaaand as always: a funny one to end:

5. BABY METAL LIVE AT THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT

2016-04-05 - CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert BABYMETAL Official Website: http://www.babymetal.jp/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BABYMETAL_JAPAN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BABYMETAL.jp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babymetal_official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BABYMETALofficial

Point: Let's be honest, you've seen and heard worse metal than this. Also: several J-Pop and K-Pop bands literally sign their life away when they get a record deal: they are forced to sever all ties with friends and family and are forbidden to engage in relationships not sanctioned by their corporate music overlords. Brutal.

Counterpoint: So the Kooples had their line of fake metal designs, then Mr. JB is wearing Misfits shirts (thanks to Fear of God) on stage and just last week, I saw a Slayer T-shirt (stripped from cumbersome Satanic stuff) in an H&M window. I think the people of metal town have suffered enough, your honor.