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Kim Kardashian Supports Ex Kanye West With Her Family’s Futuristic Fashion Choices: See Pics
Kim Kardashian is showing support to ex-husband Kanye West with her family’s fashion choices. On Thursday, the Skims founder shared images of her and her two daughters — North and Chicago West — sporting chrome sunglasses from the rapper’s Yeezy collection in futuristic outfits to match. The 41-year-old is twinning with North and Chi in the photos. The first image features Kardashian holding up a peace sign as Chicago holds the phone steady for the snap, while the second image features a solo snap of the SKKN mogul wearing the visor-like sunglasses and an all-leather outfit. North and Chicago also get solo photos of their own, which round out the gallery before a sweet picture of Chicago and North sharing a mother-daughter embrace. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest vide...
Yungblud’s ‘The Emperor’ to Serve as Hype Track For ESPN’s 2022-23 College Football Season
Yungblud dropped the blood-pumping new single “The Emperor” on Friday (Aug. 5), which will serve double-duty as the official anthem for ESPN’s coverage of the 2022-2023 college football season, which kicks off on Aug. 27. “It’s a massive honor to have my song ‘The Emperor’ chosen as the anthem for ESPN’s college football season,” said Yungblud in a statement. “I wrote this song when I was 17; it was just an outburst of unfiltered energy that I knew would have its moment one day. I played it live for years, but never found the right time to release it until now. College football is such a massive part of American culture, and all I ever want to do is bring energy to people, so I can’t wait for the song to bring that energy to the fans and the players at the games all season.” Explore Explor...
Meghan Trainor Talks New Album & Her Song ‘Title’ Going Viral on TikTok: ‘Universe Is Talking to Me & I’m Listening’
Ahead of the release of her new album Takin’ It Back, Meghan Trainor sat down with Billboard News host Tetris Kelly to discuss the inspirations behind the project and how it feels to go viral on TikTok with her 2015 track “Title.” The singer explained that her past catalog inspired what’s to come on the new record, set for release in October. “I’m taking it back to my sound that apparently I had, because I started writing and one of my co-writers were like, ‘It’s crazy, these artists are coming in saying I want to do Meghan Trainor sound,’” she said. “I have the doo-wop sound. At the same time, ‘Title’ blew up on TikTok. I was like, ‘Wow, universe is talking to me, and I’m listening.’” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fans wi...
Camila Cabello Receives a Mysterious Note From a Fellow Coach in New ‘The Voice’ Teaser
Camila Cabello is gearing up to take a seat on the red chair as the newest coach of The Voice, and in the show’s latest promo, the “Havana” singer gets a questionable welcome from one of her fellow coaches. In the one-minute clip, Cabello is seen gushing over balloons, flowers and gifts delivered to her makeup vanity. “That is just too sweet,” the singer says, before finding a note that reads, “You’re going to lose so bad.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Who would send that?” Gwen Stefani asks, before her husband Blake Shelton shiftily tells Cabello, “I can’t believe you got that anonymous letter.” However, it seems the “Bam Bam” singer isn’t the only one who got a menacing note. The show’s fourth judge, John Legend, received one...
Beyoncé Unveils ‘Cliquebait’ Version of ‘Break My Soul’
Beyoncé isn’t quite done dropping new remixes of her Renaissance lead single, “Break My Soul.” On Thursday (Aug. 4), Queen Bey’s “Cliquebait” version of “Break My Soul” was released, adding a fun club remix to an already dance-heavy track. The accompanying YouTube video features the star dancing atop the silver horse on her latest album cover. Just a day prior, the singer dropped a four-song “Break My Soul” remix EP featuring refreshed versions of her Renaissance single by Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, Chicago house legend Terry Hunter, global scene queen Honey Dijon and New York producer/DJ Nita Aviance. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The OG version of “Break My Soul” surged to No. 1 on Billboa...
The Global Popularity of Official HIGE DANdism’s ‘Mixed Nuts’ Explained
Now one of Japan’s biggest mainstream acts, Official HIGE DANdism’s most recent hit single “Mixed Nuts” continues to break records, sailing past 100 million streams on July 6 to rewrite the J-pop rock band’s own record for fastest release to hit the milestone. It’s also the first domestic song released this year to generate 100 million streams, notable in that this figure is an indicator of a nationwide hit in today’s J-pop music scene. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The key to the breakthrough was the popularity of the TV anime series SPYxFAMILY. “Mixed Nuts” was written by Official HIGE DANdism — often referred to as HIGE DAN for short — as the anime’s opener. The track was digitally released April 15 and hit No. 1 on the Billboard J...
Beyoncé Removes Kelis Interpolation From ‘Energy’ After Getting Called Out for ‘Theft’
Beyoncé has removed the interpolation of Kelis‘ 2003 hit “Milkshake” from her Renaissance track “Energy” on Tidal and Apple, after the latter called out Bey and The Neptunes for allegedly failing to seek permission for usage. While Kelis sang “Milkshake,” written by The Neptunes’ Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, only the production duo are credited as songwriters. The artist, upon hearing the song, aired her grievances via Instagram on Thursday (July 28) via comments from her Bounty & Full business account. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After a Kelis Instagram fan page announced that “@Beyonce‘s RENAISSANCE album will include a @kelis sample on the song ‘Energy,’” alongside a mind-blown emoj...
Watch Olivia Rodrigo Sing About a New Chapter Ahead of ‘HSMTMTS’ Exit
For Olivia Rodrigo‘s High School Musical: The Musical: The series character, this could be the start of something new. In a new sneak peak clip from the popular Disney+ series’ latest episode shared by People, Nini Salazar-Roberts (Rodrigo) performs an emotional acoustic ballad in her backyard titled “You Never Know,” in which she sings about starting a new chapter in life as she hopes to get her big break as an artist while visiting California. “A chapter begins, the pages turn in the wind / The story’s so unpredictable / But the best is yet to come,” she sings in the track, and while she didn’t write the lyrics herself, the words mirror Rodrigo’s real-life whirlwind career following the release of the Grammy winning star’s smash 2021 hit, “drivers license,” and debut album, Sour. Ex...
Nicki Minaj Shoots Down Rumors She Owes $173 Million in Taxes
Nicki Minaj used Instagram Live over the weekend to clap back at reports circulating that she owes a whopping $173 million in back taxes. In the livestream, the “Do We Have a Problem?” rapper began by fake crying before blaming the scandalous headlines on a catfish using the alias “Kate Miller,” who was pretending to be her assistant. “My assistant, y’all, they went and told everybody that … it is true how I owe a $173 million to the IRS,” a pink-haired Minaj said directly to the camera, her voice quavering with fake emotion before she burst out in laughter. “And I hooked up (her former hairstylist) Tae. Tae is so uncomfortable around the man I married ’cause he’s so, um, and Tae don’t like to be around him. And Tae was calling that assistant, begging that assistant to stop. “Y’all. Every ...
VERIVERY Reveal Dates, Venues for 2022 U.S. & Latin America Tour: Exclusive
VERIVERY was the first K-pop act to tour around the U.S. post-pandemic in late 2021 and the boy band is coming back to the western hemisphere to visit even more cities and countries. After VERIVERY announced they’d be returning to America, and visiting Latin America, with their ‘PAGE : O” tour, Billboard can exclusively reveal the dates and venues for the ambitious live trek. Starting on Sept. 14 in Boston, the septet will visit more than a dozen cities across the States before heading south for concerts in Chile and Mexico mid-October. MyMusicTaste will be supporting the tour alongside VERIVERY’s label Jellyfish Entertainment. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “We’re so glad to be given a chance to go on another tour ...
10 Standout Moments From J-Hope’s Historic Lollapalooza Set
When J-Hope joined the Lollapalooza lineup as a new headliner, the BTS member had already made history as the first Korean artist to headline a major U.S. music festival. But the star didn’t rest on those historic laurels when putting together his 70-minute set. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news J-Hope’s headlining set for the famous Chicago festival — nicknamed #HOBIPALOOZA by Twitter fans since its announcement — was a more extensive representation of different aspects that make up the star. Viewers got to see J-Hope’s electrifying onstage persona, his respect for hip-hop, the social messages he believes in, his humility, and much more. “I pour my heart and my soul into my music,” J-Hope told the crowd early into his set. “E...
Lollapalooza Sets Dates For 2023 Edition in Chicago
The sweat is just drying from this weekend’s blow-out 2022 edition of Lollapalooza on the lakefront in Chicago, which means that it’s already time to start gearing up for next summer. As fans were straggling home following this year’s blowout featuring Metallica, Lil Baby, Dua Lipa, Machine Gun Kelly, J. Cole, Big Sean, Kygo, Green Day, Dua Lipa, Charlie XCX and the first solo show by BTS‘ J-Hope, organizers revealed on Monday morning (Aug. 1) that they will return for more around the same time next year, and for many years to come. Lollapalooza will be back in Chicago’s Grant Park from Aug. 3-6 in 2023 with hotel packages already available for early planners out there; the Chicago Tribune also reported that on Sunday that Mayor Lori Lightfoot confirmed that organizers had agreed to terms ...
