Lifestyle FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015 Bieber to perform at MTV European Music Awards ustin Bieber will perform at the 2015 MTV European Music Awards on Sunday, MTV Jhas announced. Bieber’s perf from Mediolanum Forum in Milan, comes ahead of November 13 worldwide release of his highly- anticipated new album, “Purpose.” “I’m excited to share this performance and this new material with my fans around the world. The EMAs are always a blast. I’m glad to be back and it’s going to be fun,” Bieber enthused on his Facebook page. Pop star Charli XCX, UK rapper Tinie Tempah and model Hailey Baldwin will present Robert Kyncl, YouTube Chief Business Officer, speaks as YouTube unveils ‘YouTube Red,’ a the awards while Ed Sheeran and Ruby Rose will new subscription service, at YouTube Space LA Wednesday in Los Angeles. — AP be co-hosting. Voting for all award categories is open on YouTube to launch $10-a-month mtvema.com through 24 October at 11:59pm CET. The top notch talent list includes Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran & Rudimental, Ellie Goulding, Jason Derulo, twenty one pilots, ad-free video, music plan Red Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Tori Kelly, James Bay, Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Justin Bieber ouTube on Wednesday unveiled a new come from established YouTube stars such as Andrea Bocelli as performers. — Reuters $10-a-month subscription plan in the US the Fine Brothers, who are creating a scripted Ycalled Red that combines ad-free videos, 10-episode series about a singing competition new original series, movies from top YouTubers, show called “Sing It” and a reality series co-cre- and on-demand unlimited streaming music. Red ated by the makers of “The Walking Dead” builds on Google’s existing music streaming called “Scare PewDiePie.” A subscription will Adele reflects on adulthood service by providing ad-free access to YouTube eliminate ads from all YouTube services across programming, along with features such as the devices and platforms except for the YouTube ability to download videos to mobile devices Kids app, which is operated separately. with new album ‘25’ and have music playing in the background Performer and comedian Lilly Singh said that dele, whose separation ballad “Someone “My last record was a break-up record and if I had while using other mobile apps. Current sub- while YouTube helped pay for the creation of a Like You” was an international block- to label this one, I would call it a make-up scribers to the Google Play Music service, which documentary of her world tour called “A Trip to Abuster, has announced that her next record,” she wrote in a letter to fans posted on also costs $10 a month, will also get access to Unicorn Island,” the new service won’t drastical- album will be entitled “25” and examine life on her social media accounts yesterday. Red. ly change how she serves her fans. the cusp of adulthood. Revealing details of the “I’m making up with myself. Making up for “It’s a major, major evolution of our plat- “Is YouTube Red going to be the extreme long-awaited follow-up, the English singer said lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and form,” YouTube’s chief business officer, Robert make of my financial career? No,” she said. “But that her 25th birthday marked a turning point. never did,” she wrote. Adele-who is now 27 — Kyncl, told journalists at an event at its studio that’s not why I’m doing it. I’m doing it to give said that turning 25 was “about getting to know space in Los Angeles. Red targets YouTube fans my viewers choice.” YouTube still intends for who I’ve become without realizing.” “Teetering who want to skip ads, while giving them a advertising revenue to remain its core business, on the edge of being an old adolescent and a ful- chance to pass along some cash to their favorite and executives say they believe it could take a ly-fledged adult, I made the decision to go into video creators, who’ll share in the new revenues. while for paid subscribers to grow significantly. becoming who I’m going to be forever without a It comes as streaming services like Hulu, Some original content will also be made avail- removal van full of my old junk,” Adele wrote. Pandora, Spotify and TuneIn offer ad-free as a able to non-subscribers later with ads. Kyncl said Referring to the wait since her last album in 2011, paid option. The plan, which launches Oct. 28, the subscription will bolster YouTube’s revenues she wrote: “I’m sorry it took so long, but you includes exclusive access to new videos launch- and that of artists. He said YouTube’s advertis- know, life happened.” Adele did not reveal a ing next year as well as the YouTube Music Key ing revenues will not be hurt, given that the release date for “25,” amid industry speculation service - to be called YouTube Music after it number of users switching to the new service she will put it out in time for holiday shoppers at launches later this year - for music videos and won’t likely make a dent in YouTube’s billion- the end of the year.—AFP songs. plus users.—AP

New service This file photo shows singer Adele as she The original videos will range in length from arrives on the red carpet for the 55th a few minutes to feature-length movies and Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. — AFP Underwood has ‘mom guilt’ about work-life balance arrie Underwood is pure poise on the Christian. “He’s my No. 1 priority,” and I think perfect for the album.” That’s just red carpet, on stage and on TV - but Underwood said. “But it’s just a question of one way that Underwood avoided doing Cshe’s finding it hard to strike a balance how am I going to do this?... I’ll probably nev- what was expected for her fifth studio these days, she says. “I think mom guilt is er find the answers to those questions.” album. She worked with a new producer, Jay rampant in my life,” said Underwood, whose When she was pregnant and writing songs Joyce, along with her regular producers son Isaiah was born in February. “I am sure it for “Storyteller,” she initially wasn’t ready to Mark Bright and Zach Crowell. Joyce, who is in any mom’s... I still constantly wonder, ‘Is sing about the joys of motherhood. won a CMA Award for producing Eric this fair to him? Is my life fair to him?’” “I would have writing dates with people Church’s album “Chief” and is nominated Underwood, whose new album, “Storyteller, and they would come in and push me in that this year for Little Big Town’s “Painkiller,” is out on Oct 23, knows the exhaustion that direction,” Underwood said. “And I was like, brought a dark, rock edge to the album. comes after being up with a fussy baby all ‘Eh, no.’ I do not want to write an album of “There’s definitely some twang on the night during album launch week, or the mushy baby songs. Or mommy songs. That album,” Underwood said. “That almost remorse in bidding him goodbye in the is not me.” But she did co-write “What I makes it super fresh compared to a lot of morning and knowing she’ll be working long Never Knew I Always Wanted,” a reflection what is out there right now. It’s not old, not after his bedtime. on the realization that motherhood filled a old country, but it’s more traditional.”—AP As she sings in “Smoke Break,” an ode to hole she never knew she had. “I think it had Photo shows Carrie Underwood poses for a portrait at Sony the working class that is now in the Top 5 on to be my doing to come in with the idea, or I Music Nashville in Nashville, Tenn to promote her latest Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, it’s hard would have resisted forever,” Underwood album.—AP to be a good wife, a good mom and a said. “But it ended up being very personal