coup de main - noun
kü-də-ˈmaⁿ
Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Listen: Christine And The Queens' new song 'Girlfriend'.

After teasing her new single 'Girlfriend' earlier this week, Christine And The Queens' first new music since her debut album is now available for your listening pleasure in both English and French versions - both featuring American musician/producer Dâm-Funk.

About her new song, Héloïse Letissier says: "I initially set out to smash against macho culture and macho men. I became obsessed with this idea of the macho man, and still being a woman. What does it mean if I’m this figure, and I’m a woman? Does it make me an aberration? Is it joyful?

Harry Styles is executive-producing a sitcom based on his life.

Harry Styles is set to executive-produce a new sitcom loosely based on the early days of One Direction, titled 'Happy Together', which will air on American network CBS this US Autumn / NZ Spring.

The sitcom will star Damon Wayans Jr. and Amber Stevens West as a married couple living quiet lives in suburbia, until a young popstar (played by Australian actor Felix Mallard) unexpectedly moves in with them - based on real-life events in Styles' life, where he crashed on a mattress in friend Ben Winston's attic for 20 months (instead of the originally intended two weeks).

Backstreet Boys - 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' music video.

On the heels of their 25th anniversary, the Backstreet Boys are back with brand new single 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart', which was recorded immediately after the first leg of their Las Vegas residency.

About the song, the boyband's Kevin Richardson says: "The minute we heard this song we knew it was special. I geeked out over the piano and synths. When that groove drops on the second verse, COME ON. Great verse, hook and melodies. Just makes you wanna listen over and over again."

King Princess - 'Talia' music video.

King Princess has shared a music video for new single, 'Talia' - lifted from her upcoming debut EP, 'Make My Bed', which is set for release on June 15th via Mark Ronson’s Zelig Records (and will be the label’s first release).

The 'Make My Bed' EP will feature both King Princess singles, '1950' and 'Talia', as well as three new tracks written and produced by King Princess.

Listen: Pale Waves' new single 'Kiss'.

Pale Waves have followed up their debut 'All The Things I Never Said' EP with a new single, 'Kiss' - lifted from the band's forthcoming debut album, which frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie told us during a phone interview last week, to expect sometime this August.

Listen to 'Kiss' below...

P.S. Pale Waves will be playing their first ever shows in New Zealand and Australia this July! Click here for more info.

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