No Doubt are officially returning to the pop music world on September 25th, with their first album since 2001′s Rock Steady. The album is yet to be titled, but promised to share lots of photos, videos, and updates as the band finishes working on their triumphant return. The first video they have shared gives us a peak inside the studio, as we witness the recording of a song called “Push & Shove,” the much-hyped collaboration between No Doubt and Major Lazer.

Yesterday, we finally got to see Pepsi’s Nicki Minaj commercial, a minute-and-a-half 3D clip for Pepsi’s “Live For Now” campaign. The ad re-tools Minaj’s hit “Moment 4 Life,” following a sugar-drunk couple as they explore their newfound ability to stop time with one sip of that sweet nectar. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a smidge worried about Nicki Minaj’s big money cola endorsement. More often than not, the Pepsi-Cola curse results in either a negative impact on the company or on the endorser.

PH BALANCE is a column that gives Pop Hunter and AUX contributors a chance to weigh-in on the latest pop music videos. This week, we riff on “Boyfriend” by Justin Bieber.

It might have been the influence of Saturday’s extreme super moon, but Rihanna gave two very saucy performances on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Rihanna made sure everyone knew what she meant by cake, tapping her crotch roughly 164 times.

This week on idol it was down to 5. I honestly can’t remember that many contestants prior to the final 10 or 12, and I suppose that’s the point. The opening pre-credits segment of every Thursday episode now grows incrementally more saccharine and dramatic, as if all the contestants have terminal diseases or something.