Brooks: Humility Is Dead

Britney Spears, John Mayer, and other now-infamous exes

(NEWSER) - British singer-songwriter Adele is getting tons of acclaim for her second album, 21, which is entirely about one person: the guy who broke her heart. In her honor, New York lists 13 of the most deserving exes famously called out in song:

• Nick Jonas: In Miley Cyrus’s “7 Things,” she recounts all the teenage-y wrongs he did her, like being vain and liking other girls.
• John Mayer: Taylor Swift’s “Dear John” is about him, but it didn’t really enact too much vengeance, considering Mayer is probably jazzed Swift penned a song about him.

She never stuck up for me, rapper complains

(NEWSER) - It's been more than a year since Kanye West's drunken stage invasion during Taylor Swift's VMA acceptance speech—and it looks like he still hasn't forgiven her. "Taylor never came to my defense in any interview," the rapper complained in a rambling rant at a New York show. She "rode the wave, and rode it and rode it." Kanye also, once again, slammed Matt Lauer and the media in general for "exploiting" George W. Bush's comment that being called a racist by Kanye was among the lowest moments of his presidency, E! Online reports. Click here for more. More»

It's just like the time he interrupted Taylor Swift, West insists

(NEWSER) - Struggling to deal with a national disaster, interrupting a teenage pop star … they’re basically the same thing, right? Speaking to a Houston radio station, Kanye West responded to George W. Bush’s recent admission that when West called him out on Hurricane Katrina, it was the worst moment of his presidency. West totally understands how Bush feels, he says, “because the same thing happened to me, where I got accused of being a racist” … when he interrupted Taylor Swift, E! reports. More»

... While Lady Gaga runs away with awards

(NEWSER) - Taylor Swift forgave Kanye West last night In an unusual musical reconciliation at the MTV Video Music Awards. "Who you are is not what you did," Swift sang to the rapper who rudely stormed onstage last year to challenge Swift's victory in the Best Female Video category. Kanye acknowledged his bad-boy behavior in his own song that ended the program. "Let's toast to the scumbags," he crooned, apparently referring to himself. While the two singers were making nice, Lady Gaga swept the awards, grabbing eight top honors, including wins for Best Pop, Dance, Female Video, and Video of the Year for Bad Romance. More»

He uses Twitter to apologize again

(NEWSER) - Kanye West took to Twitter this morning— many, many times —to apologize to Taylor Swift anew for interrupting her VMA speech last year and to say he's written a song for her, reports the Daily News . A stunt ahead of this year's show on Sept. 12 and a rumored reunion? Maybe, says Entertainment Weekly . But it's still sort of entertaining. Some tweet highlights:

• "I wrote a song for Taylor Swift that's so beautiful and I want her to have it. If she won't take it then I'll perform it for her."
• "We're both artists, and the media and managers are trying to get between us."
• "I became George Bush over night."