Olivia Rodrigo's debut album, SOUR, just hit a major milestone. It's now the all-time highest-streaming album by a female artist on Spotify. "woahhh!!! so cool!!! cannot thank you guys enough," Olivia wrote on her Instagram Story.
Sabrina Carpenter is serving up even more "Espresso." The pop star has released an EP filled with remixes of the hit song. The Espresso EP includes a series of all new takes on the track, including "Double Shot Version," "Decaf Version," "On Vacation Version," "Mochapella Version" and "Espressooooo Version."
Ariana Grande's "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)" has made it to #1 on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart. This marks Ari's 10th Pop Airplay #1 and makes her only the sixth artist with 10 or more leaders on the list.
Billie Eilish is back with a new album, and that also means she's back with new merch. Two exclusive editions of her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, are now available at Target. Fans can get the Target-exclusive CD and vinyl, as well as two Target-exclusive T-shirts. One shirt features a graphic print of the album's cover, while the other has a photo of Billie and is printed on a unisex oversized tee.
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Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato are two artists who can pretty much sing anything, and they both show off their skills in unique new covers, which are out in their entireties now.
After multiple teases, Miley has finally dropped the full version of "Psycho Killer," the classic Talking Heads song that appears on the tribute album Everyone's Getting Involved. The album features various artists, including Lorde, The National, Paramore and girl in red, covering the songs that appear in Talking Heads' beloved 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.
Miley's turned the quirky new wave song into a full-on dance floor banger and even changed some of the lyrics. She's also selling a T-shirt that features a line from the song: "Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est? [kess kuh SAY]," which means "What is it?" in French.
As for Demi, she's teamed up with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash to cover The Temptations' classic "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" for Slash's new album, Orgy of the Damned. She's the only pop star on the album of blues covers, which also features vocal contributions from the likes of Chris Stapleton and AC/DC's Brian Johnson. There's also a video for the song, which features Slash and Demi in the studio, intercut with clips of old-school Detroit.
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Bebe Rexha is back with a new single, "Chase It (Mmm Da Da Da)," which also has a video to go with it. According to a press release, the song is our first taste of a "new era full of high energy dance-floor-ready bangers" the singer is planning to release this summer.
Camila Cabello, Ally Brooke and Normani have all put out new music recently, and now it's Dinah Jane's turn. The former Fifth Harmony singer released "Ocean Song" from her upcoming EP, Forever Summer, due out August 21. The video will drop May 24. Dinah, who is of Polynesian heritage, says in a statement, "'Ocean Song' is my personal prayer to my ancestors. In this new era of my career, I’m so excited to put my cultural identity at the forefront of my music.”
New Kids on the Block have released their first new studio album in 11 years, Still Kids, as well as a video for one of the album's songs, "Magic." It's made up of clips submitted by fans, showing how they're still kids at heart. The veteran boy band will kick off their Magic Summer 2024 tour on June 14. Joining them are special guests Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff, the latter of whom appears on Still Kids.
"Confetti" singer Charlotte Cardin has just released a new three-song EP, A Week In Nashville. The Canadian singer says, "Nashville became a refuge in a week where my world was unraveling, offering a creative lifeline at a time when I really needed it. I hope these three songs bring as much comfort to everyone as they did to me.” It's a follow-up to her 2023 EP, Une Semaine à Paris [A Week in Paris]. Her debut album, 99 Nights, also came out in 2023.
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Taylor Swift had a few days off before her show in Stockholm, Sweden, on Friday, and she and Travis Kelce apparently spent them having a romantic getaway in Italy's Lake Como — in a villa that costs $21,000 per night to rent.
Page Six has photos of the couple taking a boat ride on Lake Como on Thursday and having a candlelit dinner outside the villa earlier in the week. According to Page Six, the Villa Sola Cabiati can sleep 12 people and includes a private pool, gardens, a butler, housekeepers and a private chef. It also has 18th century frescoes, Murano glass chandeliers, marble balconies, terrazzo floors and more.
Taylor is playing Stockholm May 17, 18 and 19 before moving on to Lisbon, Portugal. It's not clear if Travis will go to Stockholm with her, though, because he has to be back in Kansas City, Kansas, on Saturday for his Kelce Jam Music Festival.
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The Script, which suffered the devastating lost of guitarist Mark Sheehan last year, is back with a new album, Satellites.
The first single and video, "Both Ways," is out now, and it's an upbeat banger that's reminiscent of Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven." The Irish band's drummer, Glen Power, says in a statement, "‘Both Ways’ is high energy, and maybe not what people might expect from us. But we’re The Script, and now we have something to prove: that there is life and light after the darkness. It’s why we’re coming fast and strong with that one.”
The album's cover shows four figures standing on a striped landscape. Lead singer Danny O'Donoghue says the figures are "silhouettes of me, Glen and Ben Sargeant, our bassist, who's been with us from the beginning; then we have a hooded silhouette, because the air of Mark is still there. He always will be, but it's also giving a tip of the hat to the future."
"It'll never be the same Script," he adds. "We're just trying to get on and do what it is that we all feel is the next right thing to do and that’s to keep making more great music.”
Satellites will be out August 16. This summer, the "Breakeven" band will be opening for Pink across the U.K., Europe and America, and will also headline their own U.S. dates, starting with an August 12 show in Nashville. Visit TheScriptMusic.com for a complete list of dates.
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Along with her new album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Billie Eilish is feeding fans with the video for "LUNCH."
The clip finds the "bad guy" artist dancing in a variety of outfits against a background of shifting colors as she bounces along to the song's bassline and lyrics like "I could eat that girl for lunch."
You can watch the "LUNCH" video, which Eilish directed herself, streaming now on YouTube.
HT ME HARD AND SOFT, Eilish's third album and the much-anticipated follow-up to 2021's Happier Than Ever, is out now. Billie will launch a North American tour in support of the record in September.
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John Mayer recently wrote a letter to The Hollywood Reporter complaining that an interviewer had insinuated that people don't understand how he, a straight rock star, could be friendly with Andy Cohen, a gay TV personality. And Andy Cohen, for one, is thrilled about it.
John's letter, in part, read, "Quite simply, if someone is dubious of a platonic relationship between a straight man and a gay man, I don’t think that shallow a view deserves clarification by anyone with self respect, be it Andy or your publication. Reinforcing the idea that any gay/straight relationship needs qualification that it’s not sexual devoids everyone involved of their dignity."
Now, in the new episode of his podcast Daddy Diaries, Andy describes how happy he was that John spoke out. "I love that sentiment and this should now put an end to anyone asking us, ‘What’s the deal with you two? Explain it,'” Andy says. "It is demeaning to ask a gay guy about being friends with a straight guy … It does assume a gay guy can’t be friends with a straight person without them having sex.”
"I cheered when John said that," Andy continues. "And I said to John, 'Y'know what this really shows is what an ally you are, that you care enough about this trope being lazy and dumb and you would write this letter.'"
"I really just love that he did that, and I applaud him for wanting it published,” the Bravo star concludes. "Thank you, John, for going on the record about that. I thought it was really, really cool.”
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ZAYN admits he didn't allow himself to enjoy his stint in One Direction that much while he was actually a member of the band, but now, he looks back on it a bit more fondly — especially since it's given him a certain status among the younger members of his family.
Speaking to Apple Music 1's Zane Lowe, ZAYN says, "Now, when I look back at [1D] as a grownup man, I see that there was missed opportunity there for me to have more fun, but I also look at it and think, 'I did have a lot of fun too.' And I'm really grateful for the experience I had with the lads in the band, and I think we did some amazing things that I'm really proud of in my life."
"And also, with having a daughter, and now I've got a niece and I've got a nephew, my niece is four years old, and she loves One Direction," he continues.
"She watches all of our old stuff, and she just thinks I'm the coolest person ever because I was in One Direction," notes ZAYN. "So, to me, I'm like, 'Yo, this has got a whole new level of cool street cred with the young ones.' So, I'm really grateful, man, and proud that I was involved. Do you know what I mean? I look at it in a different way now."
ZAYN has just released his new album, Room Under the Stairs, as well as a video for one of its tracks, "Stardust." On Friday, May 17, he'll have his first-ever live solo performance at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire. On May 21, he'll do his first TV performance in eight years on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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You probably wouldn't be surprised to hear that Post Malone performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards — after all, he's been moving into country for a while now. But did you expect Dua Lipa to show up?
Dua was a surprise performer at the May 16 awards ceremony, which streamed on Prime Video. She joined country superstar Chris Stapleton for a duet on his latest hit, "Think I'm In Love with You." Another surprise performer was Noah Kahan, who was making his awards show debut. He teamed up with Kelsea Ballerini to perform her song "Mountain with a View" and his song "Stick Season."
Other pop stars making the scene at the show, which streamed live from Dallas, Texas, included Gwen Stefani, who sang "Purple Irises" with her husband Blake Shelton, and Avril Lavigne, who joined rising country star Nate Smith for his song "Bulletproof." As for Posty, he sang a ballad called "Never Love You Again" and performed his recent single, "I Had Some Help."
Lainey Wilson was the night's big winner, and one of the categories she won was Music Event of the Year for "Save Me," her hit duet with Jelly Roll. Jelly also performed — he did a new song called "Liar" — and so did Kane Brown. Luke Combs' "Fast Car" was named Single of the Year.
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