Every week there’s a bunch of music-related stories, links, videos and other internet goodies that are a little on the trashy side, but for whatever reason get everyone in the office talking.

This is what the Tone Deaf Trash Can is all about: it’s our avenue for sharing the funniest, weirdest and downright tackiest music stories of the week to help you keep up to date with the best (and worst) things happening in pop culture. Don’t feel guilty – you’re allowed to enjoy it.

Mariah Carey Chokes In Recent Performance, Powers Might’ve Been Sapped By Ariana Grande

Something’s up with Mariah Carey, and Ariana Grande is suddenly looking awful suspicious.

The ever-elusive chanteuse, Mariah, was performing in Japan as part of her world tour this week but she didn’t sound quite like her normal self. Actually, she sounded more like your best friend sucking real bad at Mariah Carey-oke after a few wines on a Saturday night.

Case and point: this cruel compilation video someone made of some of the more unflattering moments of the night:

Surely enough, the video ended up going viral and it made many people wonder if it was just a bad night, or if their hero had simply fallen from grace.

But here’s the real story: is it a coincidence that Mariah’s life force seems to be depleting at the exact same time her soundalike and self-confessed demon summoner Ariana Grande is breaking free and rising to the top of the pop world?

Maybe, maybe not.

Thom Yorke Is Still Angsty, Sends Out Very Thom Yorke-ish Press Release

Here’s an update you probably didn’t need: miserable mate over here, Thom Yorke, is still doing everything he can to convince the world he’s actually the human embodiment of the apathetic, I’m-done-with-this-world emoji.

Last month  pulled a Beyoncé and surprise-released his new album, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, via BitTorrent for the low price of $6. However, even though more than a million people have already downloaded his latest experimental opus, apparently  isn’t too pleased with the internet’s reaction to his #meta marketing scheme.

And so on Wednesday morning,  decided to send out an email to a bunch of UK journalists reminding them that, hey guys, my record exists. In typical  fashion, he was a bit moody about the whole thing:

Leave it to  to turn a press release – those things that are meant to get the media to actually want to give you some coverage – into a backhanded, condescending slap.

Classic . Fun guy.

Kanye West Did Something Nice But Don’t Expect Him To Smile In Your Photo

Don’t ever say Yeezy can’t do something nice. Beneath all that bravado is a nice guy who, like everyone else, just wants to see a blushing bride-to-be have a good night.

Our misunderstood Prince was dining at a restaurant in New Orleans this week when a lesser, normal human being by the name of Alison Dempsey walked on in with her whole bachelorette party in tow.

Now, you’ve probably been trained by the media to expect that old mate Kanye wouldn’t have reacted well to this. However, instead of throwing wine on a group of middle-aged women like how TMZ will probably end up twisting this story, nice guy West decided to buy a bottle of champagne for the bride’s table.

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Just a pic of the bachelorette thanking Kanye for the bottle of champagne he bought for us. #nobigdeal #BobOnBourbon

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D’aww.

On top of that, Kanye even let the party pose for a #rare group photo with him. But proving he’s still not about to go around kissing babies and hugging puppies, he didn’t let them get too close. And he sure as heck didn’t say “cheese”:

You can’t really see it in the original photo, but there’s actually an invisible forcefield separating the God from his disciples. #Blessed

Look but don’t touch.

Lil Jon and Lena Dunham Team Up For #Hip, #Young Voting Campaign

What’s the best way to engage the politically disenchanted youth? Why, you turn the year’s biggest fuckin’ banga™, ‘Turn Down For What’, into a song about voting, and then you tap in Lena Dunham for a cameo. That, friends, is the state of democracy in 2k14:

Turn Down For What: the song that still refuses to roll over and die, the song our grandkids will one day tease us about, and the US Government’s latest weapon of choice.

‘MURICA!

The Dream Is Over: Miley Cyrus’ VMAs Date Is Now In Jail

When Miley Cyrus brought homeless man Jesse Helt as her date to the VMAs, most people (save for Katy Perry and Sam Smith, see below) were genuinely touched by her gesture. But then, things turned a little sour.

It was later revealed that Helt had a criminal past and the police had a warrant for his arrest, and now 2014’s very own Bonnie and Clyde story has finally come to an end.

This week Helt was sentenced to six months jail in an Oregon courtroom, with reports stating the 22-year-old told the Judge that he would “like to be viewed as a good person, not a nuisance to society.”

Here’s hoping that a) this whole thing successfully opened up a “conversation about youth homelessness and how to end it” as per Miley’s request, and that b) Helt can turn things around once he gets of jail and fades away from the internet’s painfully short memory span like fellow meme prisoner, Jeremy Meeks.

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