Neon Trees Excited About 'Glee' Cover

While some bands have balked at being part of the Fox hit 'Glee,' Neon Trees says they're excited to be a part of the show when their song 'Animal' is covered in the March 8th episode.

"We think 'Glee' is hilarious, gives an important focus back to the arts in school, and in an ever changing musical industry, promotes music in an interesting way," lead singer Tyler Glenn told PopEater. "We're happy they love 'Animal' and are looking forward to seeing how they incorporate it into the story."

Many fans are just as intrigued at how the song, sung by Kurt and Blaine and the Dalton Academy Warblers, will fit into the plot since the lyrical content has led to much speculation if the pair will be singing lines like "Here we go again/I kinda wanna be more than friends" to each other.

Check out the clip of the 'Glee' cast singing 'Animal,' which premiered on JustJared, and a clip of the original Neon Trees version. The band is getting ready to go on tour with My Chemical Romance -- another band that received the 'Glee' treatment this season -- starting this April.

Listen to both versions after the jump!

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Selena Gomez 'Very Excited' About Eminem/ Dr. Dre Grammy Performance

For those clued in to the world of Selena Gomez, Disney Channel darling and star of "The Wizards of Waverly Place," budding recording artist, and the current romantic interest of one Justin Bieber (or so we assume — they have yet to publicly acknowledge the fact that they're dating, comments from co-stars and vacation photos aside), her attendance at Sunday night's Grammy Awards ceremony might seem solely pegged to her Bieber connection and presenting an award. However, when MTV News caught up with Gomez on the red carpet, she revealed that she was most excited about a certain rapper from Detroit, not a teen sensation from Canada.

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"I'm actually very excited about Dr. Dre and Eminem' s performance," Gomez told MTV's Sway during our live-stream broadcast. "I love Eminem. I'm a huge Eminem fan, so I'm very excited to see him."

Gomez added that her stepdad was equally excited for that performance (Dre's first in about 10 years), in that he never wants to come with her to big events, but made an exception for Eminem.

When asked why she loves Eminem so, Gomez said it's all about his swagger — or lack thereof.

"For me, I think he's so free within himself," she explained. "Music is an awesome way to express yourself, but when you see him onstage and he comes to events like this, you never see him having to be all stiff and cool. He's just in a hoodie, goes on and performs, and I love that."

Sway wondered aloud whether this means Gomez likes bad boys.

"Sometimes, yeah," she admitted with a smile.

And what about an Eminem/Gomez musical collaboration? Would she be into that?

"Oh gosh. Who would say no to that?" she said. "I don't think I'm cool enough. I don't have enough street cred for that."

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