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• MGMT and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O guest on the Flaming Lips’ upcoming double-LP Embryonic, according to an interview Wayne Coyne gave to a Swiss Website (unearthed by Pitchfork). “For the Karen O tracks, I just called her up in her hotel room and we just did it right over the telephone,” Coyne said. “It’s pretty absurd.”

• The bidding war for hot MC Drake has come to an end: As expected, the Lil Wayne protégé signed with Weezy’s Young Money, and Universal will distribute his debut disc, Thank Me Later, MTV News reports. Read our feature on Drizzy here.
• Bon Jovi has recorded a duet of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian to transmit “a musical message of worldwide solidarity” to Iranians, the track’s producer, Don Was, tells Billboard. The song isn’t for sale, but it’s “intended to be downloaded,” he said.
• A Florida man seeking to meet Lil Wayne called up 911 and asked for a police escort — or a helicopter — to take him to the MC’s Miami home, according to the Smoking Gun. Michael Kruse was arrested for making false emergency calls.