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Hey J-14ers,

Alice In Wonderland was one of my fave stories when I was a kid, which is why I was psyched to hear about Tim Burton's new reincarnation of the classic tale, starring Johnny Depp.

What I wasn't sure about was the Almost Alice soundtrack. Can 3OH!3, Avril Lavigne, and Metro Station really make music for the flick? And what are two of my fave bands, Motion City Soundtrack and the All-American Rejects, going to come up with? Turns out I have nothing to be worried about because there are two Alice in Wonderland soundtracks! One is the official score by Danny Elfman, while Almost Alice is music inspired by the Tim Burton flick.

I feel better already, especially after streaming 3OH!3's "Follow Me Down" on their MySpace page. Avril's track "Alice" will premiere on MySpace on February 4, followed by All Time Low's "Painting Flowers" -- which lead singer Alex told me exclusively that he was psyched to write -- on February 19. The whole album will stream on MySpace on February 28, with the album officially dropping on March 2.

I'm excited to hear the bands' takes on the story of Alice in Wonderland. Check out the full track listing after the jump.

Tell me - what do you think of an inspired soundtrack? Are you psyched to hear the musical collabs?

<3,
Emily, J-14 editor

Photo: Courtesy of Pamela Littky

This past year we were partying in the USA with vampires and werewolves while going gaga for a pop cutie who made us feel like one less lonley girl. We watched a country star rise to the top and saw one of our favorite rockers get engaged -- and that's just the tip of the iceberg! J-14 was your number one source for celebrity news this past year and will continue to be in 2010! Here's our 14 most searched stars on j14.com from 2009:

14. Sterling Knight

13. Miley Cyrus

12. Dakota Fanning

11. The Jonas Brothers

10. Cassadee Pope

9. Kristen Stewart

8. Rob Pattinson

7. Selena Gomez

Click here to see the rest and your number one most searched star of 2009!

We The Kings second album, Smile Kid, just hit stores last week, so J-14 sat down with lead singer Travis Clark, drummer Danny Duncan, and guitarist Hunter Thomsen to chat about the new record, their collab with Demi Lovato, and why Travis isn't afraid to admit that he's a Twi-hard!

J-14: How would you describe the sound of the new record, Smile Kid?
Travis Clark: Smile Kid is a very dynamic, full-sounding record that makes you smile. We want people to laugh, smile, and be happy listening to it and hope that a song makes them think of a moment in time that brings them happiness. Half the record is like "Check Yes, Juliet, "Secret Valentine," and "Skyway Avenue" 2.0 -- songs that were written shortly after the first record [We The Kings' self-titled debut album] was released. Then as we started touring and having new life experiences, we wrote songs like "She Takes Me High," "Promise the Stars," and "Heaven Can Wait," and all these other ones that are still same energy but have different lyrical content or are hookier and a little more dynamic.

J-14: Which is the most personal Smile Kid track for you?
Hunter Thomsen: "Promise the Stars," the second song on the record. I'm a huge Beatles fan, and we tried to give it a Beatles-esque sound. I think we did a pretty good job. I like the guitar lines in it. It's way different than the rest of the record, just unique.
Travis: I really like the "We'll Be a Dream" track with Demi Lovato. It's a song all about growing up and wondering what you're going to be. The imagery for it is two kids sitting on this hill looking at the New York skyline wondering what they're going to be, or which building they're going to work in, or if they're going to be a firefighter or airplane pilot. I always wanted to be play music, so my dream came true. "We'll Be a Dream" is saying live life and never give up because you can be what you want to be. It takes time and effort. That's a really emotional song for me because it all came true.
Danny: Travis cried so much recording that song.
Hunter: That's the truth. We put buckets underneath the mic stand.

J-14: How did the collab with Demi come about?
Travis: I heard her sing the "National Anthem" for one of the Dallas Cowboys games and I was like, 'Oh my God, she's not just a Disney star. She's got pipes.' I called her and was like, 'Hey I have this song and I really want female vocals. Would you be down?' She got really excited so I sent her the demo of the song. She texted me back saying, 'It literally gave me goose bumps. I can't stop smiling. I would love to sing this song with you.' We went in and recorded it for real. When we first got the first mix of it, we were all sitting in the bus listening to it, and it was incredible. It gave us all goose bumps. It's a super epic song and it came out exactly how I really wanted it to sound. She was just as stoked.

J-14: How did you become friends with Demi, Miley Cyrus, and Taylor Swift?
Travis: When we were first starting out, Demi came out to one of our shows because she was a fan and wanted to see us. Disney is a world apart from what we do -- it's big in its own way and our thing is big in its own way - but she really cool and totally down-to-Earth. We exchanged numbers and kept in contact. We met the Cyrus family a long time ago because we used to tour all the time with Metro Station, and Miley would come out on tour and to shows. We met Taylor Swift at this MTV thing, and she was a sweetheart. She walked up to us and was like, 'Are you Travis and Danny from We the Kings? I just want to let you know "Check Yes, Juliet" is one of my favorite songs.' I was like, 'That rules.'

J-14: Travis, we hear you're a Twilight fan - are you Team Edward or Jacob?
Travis: I am. It's my guilty pleasure. People at shows were bringing me Twilight stuff, and I actually really like it. I don't think it's corny or anything. I've gotten Rob Pattinson dolls -- they get that I'm actually a real fan of Twilight. Most of the people who are team Jacob are people who saw him in the second movie and are like, 'He's got a ripped body,' and I like girls so I don't really appeal to the Team Jacob side. Edward is this dude who's stuck in this tragic world but loves this girl, and I find the romantic side to things.

J-14: Who's your celeb crush?
Hunter: Keri Hilson, 100 percent.
Travis: Mine used to be Zooey Deschanel but she just got married to Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie, so I'm going to go with her "twin" and say my celeb crush is Katy Perry. She's a friend, so it's kind of weird.

Just a few hours after J-14 talked exclusively with Miley Cyrus' big brother, Metro Station's Trace Cyrus, about her deleting her Twitter account, Miley posted this rap video explaining exactly why she quit.

Watch especially closely for what she has to say about other famous Twitter users like Katy Perry, Dane Cook, Demi Lovato, and Britney Spears.

On Thursday, Miley Cyrus sent the Twitter-verse into a Trending Topic meltdown when she deleted her account. Yes, that's right -- Miley Cyrus is no longer on Twitter!

The drama continued today as her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, asked her to rejoin the social networking site publicly on Twitter.

And just a few hours ago, J-14 chatted exclusively with another member of the Cyrus clan, Metro Station's Trace Cyrus, to get his thoughts on his lil' sister's big decision. Trace's band is currently on tour with Miley and dished about the whole situation to j14.com exclusively.

J-14: Were you surprised what a huge deal it was when your sister Miley Cyrus deleted her Twitter account?

Trace Cyrus: I totally understand why it's a big deal. Kids want to feel like they can communicate with their favorite artist -- they feel like they're missing something now. Miley got rid of her Twitter.

J-14: Everyone's speculating different reasons, but do you know why she did it?

Trace: I think she just wants to be more free in life. She said it to me the best that I could have heard anyone say it -- she said she wants to live her life more than tweet about it, which completely makes sense to me. If she's spending all her time on the computer just talking about what she's doing, there's so much more life out there to live. When she said that to me, it really all made sense.

J-14: Do you feel the same way? Will you be deleting your account?

Trace: I'm hanging onto mine. I haven't felt like it's taken over my time too much yet. I still feel like I have some control over my life. I'm trying to be good about it.

J-14: Your dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, has really been trying to get Miley back on Twitter -- he event tweeted about it!

Trace: My dad -- he shocks me with that! I think it's the first Web site he's been able to use ever -- at all. He's just trying to keep the whole world on it! Like with MySpace and everything, my dad didn't even know what that was. And then all of a sudden, Twitter came around and he was taking pictures of my new tattoos and posting them and I was like, what's going on? I've never seen this happen before! My dad's just now getting into the 21st century.

J-14: Even your youngest sister Noah is part of the Twitter world?

Trace: Noah's on it too. Noah's the next star of the family for real. She has a crazy personality for a 9-year-old. She's always on it saying different stuff. She's on there going live on Ustream sometimes. She's out there trying to make a name for herself, even at a young age.

J-14: But don't you worry about her online like that at age 9?

Trace: I definitely do -- I see the things that people say on there. As much good as there is out there, there's always going to be just as much evil. She's young and I don't want anything to hurt her too much, but I think growing up in this kind of family, I think she's smart enough to know what to read and what to take to heart and what's she should let roll off her shoulders. She does it on her own, but she also has some people help her.

J-14: What do you think it is about Twitter that makes your family -- and the entire world -- so intrigued by it?

Trace: I really don't know what it is about Twitter. I think MySpace and Facebook seemed to be the thing before that. I remember when Twitter came out, Blake, my keyboard player in my band got it and I kept saying that I'm not going to get a Twitter -- I'm not going to do it. And now I'm on Twitter way more -- I hardly even get on MySpace anymore. You feel like you're part of that person's day. If you feel like you know what they're doing, you feel that much closer to the person. I think it's way more intimate and personal than any other Web site that they've had out.

J-14: Do you feel like you can be free with your @replies to your friends or do you feel like you have to monitor it because the world can see it?

Trace: I definitely monitor what I say to people. Like if you're talking to a girl that you're interested in, you're definitely not going to be saying what you'd say to her in a text message. You definitely have to monitor what you say!

Photo: Courtesy of Columbia Records

Miley Cyrus' current opening band (and her big bro's band!), Metro Station, just released their video for their song "Kelsey" starring Friday Night Lights' Aimee Teegarden.

What do you think of this video?

Mitchel Musso visited the J-14 offices today and played guest editor for J14.com! While chatting about the hottest news, naturally the news of his good friend Miley reuniting with Nick came up. "I talk to Miley everyday," he told J-14 exclusively. "And all this stuff that's about Nick and her -- I have no idea what that is. She literally hasn't told me anything! As far as I know at my show (on June 5), we were still talking about Justin, so I don't know. Girls flip-flop!"

We kept the chatfest going and let him pick out pictures of him and his friends (and girlfriend!) to put on J14.com. Click here to see what he has to say about his famous buds.

Remember, Mitchel's new CD is out now and he'll be touring with Metro Station this summer!

Are you a fan of Mitchel's music? Are you gonna catch him on tour this summer?

Demi and Trace have been Twittering each other like crazy for the past few days. The tweets have lots of sweet, BF/GF-type references such as "scary movies," "the Eiffel tower," and the "<3" symbol. Look what Demi Twittered to Trace:

And now see what Trace Twittered Demi:

Remember, Demi has gotten super-close to Trace's sister, Miley lately! Wonder if Miley played matchmaker? (PS: Trace is single! He broke up with his GF, Hanna Beth, back in November.)

Do you think Demi and Trace are dating?

Photo: Demi: Courtesy of Disney Channel; Trace: Courtesy of Startraks