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J-Hope Says Featuring on ‘Rush Hour’ Was an ‘Important Step in My Career’
BTS ARMY, get up! There’s more behind-the-scenes content from Crush and J-Hope‘s video for “Rush Hour” to devour. BTS’ official YouTube page shared a video on Wednesday (Oct. 12) about J-Hope’s experience filming the visual. The video starts off with a few snippets of the BTS rapper on set, before showing him in the green room. “‘You are my Hope.’ Crush prepared this for me. He decorated my green room so beautifully, with flowers and a handwritten letter too. How touching!” J-Hope said with a smile. “That’s right, today! It’s my first time featuring. It’s my first solo featuring song. This is an important step for my career as well. It’s the day of the music video shoot.” In between scenes of Hope expertly hitting choreography alongside dancers in the video’s New York City, urban-inspired ...
Britney Spears Says Her Mom ‘Slapped Me So Hard’ After Night of Partying With Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan
Britney Spears wonders what it would be like to slap someone in the face, since she says she’s never done that before. But in an Instagram post on Tuesday (Oct. 12), the “Hold Me Closer” singer revealed that she’s definitely been on the other end of a slap. Cued to the infamous slap-off between Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda in 2005’s Monster-in-Law, the post centered on the first time Brit says she was slapped after a night of going hard with two of Hollywood’s then-finest partiers. “I swear I’ve never slapped anyone my whole life !!! I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO SEE WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE … JUST SAYING!!!,” Britney wrote. “The first time I ever got slapped was the one night Paris and Lindsay dropped me off at my beach house with my babies!!!,” she continued. “Kevin [Federline] left me at that p...
Cyndi Lauper Announces Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund
Because the working day is far from being done, Cyndi Lauper has today announced her Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights, a fund dedicated to financially supporting women’s issues. In light of the June overturning of Roe v. Wade, Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights — housed at the Tides Foundation — will donate most of their first year’s grants to organizations that are ensuring access to abortion and reproductive health services. “I never thought I would see the day that a fundamental civil right for half of the population would be taken away in this country,” Lauper said in a press release. “It is more important than ever that organizations advancing women’s rights and outreach programs ensuring access to safe and legal abortion, reproductive health, and prenatal care ...
Reunited Blink-182, Drake, Billie Eilish to Headline 2023 Lollapalooza Festivals in Chile, Brasil, Argentina
The reunited Blink-182 are among the superstar acts slated to take the stage at the 2023 editions of Lollapalooza in Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Travis, Tom and Mark will be in good company at the top of the bills alongside Drake, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Tame Impala and Rosalía, according to a press release on Tuesday morning (Oct. 11) announcing next year’s lineups. The shows will also boast sets from Jane’s Addiction, The 1975, Jamie XX, Kali Uchis, Alison Wonderland, Omar Apollo and many more. Tickets are on sale now for the South American events, which will take place on March 17-19 (Chile (Parque Bicentenario de Cerrillos), Argentina (Hippodromo de San Isidro) and March 24-26 (Brazil (Autódromo de Interlagos). The Chile edition will also feature performances by Armin Van Buuren, Fr...
easy life Break Down New Album MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE… Track By Track: Exclusive
Track by Track is a recurring feature series in which artists share the story behind every song on their latest release. Today, easy life break down their new album, MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE… There’s something comforting about easy life‘s homespun sound: the drums are crisp and worn, the keys and guitars flutter in a dreamy glow, and frontman Murray Matravers rounds out the band’s energy with clever, intimate verses, stuck halfway between hip-hop and indie rock. As far as bedroom pop goes, easy life have been major champions of the vibe-centric formula since their 2018 debut mixtape, Creature Habits. But now, easy life have moved far beyond their bedrooms to a breezy, escapist world for their second album, MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE…, out Friday, October 7th. The Leicester quintet, rounded ou...
Right Said Fred Change Minds, Call Beyoncé “Arrogant” for Using “I’m Too Sexy”
Right Said Fred have said at least one thing wrong. On July 22nd they warmly acknowledged a writing credit on Beyoncé‘s July 29th album, Renaissance, but in a new interview with the Sun, the duo appeared to have retracted that sentiment, calling her “arrogant” and claiming that she didn’t ask permission for using the melody to their hit, “I’m Too Sexy.” The saga began even before the release of Renaissance, which used part of the hook of “I’m Too Sexy” on “Alien Superstar.” The official Twitter account for the brothers tweeted, “It’s nice to get writing credit on the new Beyoncé album.” The account also hit the like button on responses to their tweet offering congratulations. But when speaking to the Sun, Chris and Fred Fairchild sang a differen...
Taylor Swift Shares ‘Mad Men’-Inspired Track Title From ‘Midnights’
Taylor Swift’s Midnights album can’t come soon enough for her millions of fans. At least now, Swifties have a new track title to tide them over. As the clock struck midnight, Swift spun the bingo cage yet again for a round of Midnights Mayhem With Me. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Good evening and welcome to another episode of Midnights Mayhem With Me,” she says in a clip posted to TikTok. “I’m going to be announcing another track title from the Midnights album. We we don’t really have that many left, so getting very exciting. The tension is palpable, what’s it going to be.” With each game, a numbered ball drops, and Swift reveals the corresponding song title from Midnights. The winning number this time is Track 1, the song “Lavender...
BLACKPINK Teases Visuals From Born Pink World Tour: See the Pics
BLACKPINK is (almost) in your area! Leading up to the K-pop group’s Born Pink world tour, devoted Blinks — who were lucky enough to secure tickets, that is — just received the first official taste of what the tour’s visual setup will be like once Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé hit the road this fall, thanks to teaser images posted to the group’s Twitter on Wednesday. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The first of the two teaser images features a black space with a concrete-looking floor and thick, white smoke billowing in thick clouds. The second is the complete opposite, with green grass, flowery walls and pine-tree arms providing a garden-like setting. “#BLACKPINK WORLD TOUR [BORN PINK] SPOILER,” the group captioned its teaser post, along...
NNAMDÏ’s Not Weird — He’s Wonderfully, Amazingly, Authentically Himself
On Friday (October 7th), pop experimentalist extraordinaire NNAMDÏ will unleash his newest album, Please Have A Seat. The record, his debut for Secretly Canadian, features some of his poppiest, most ear-worm tunes to date while remaining within the weird, outsider approach NNAMDÏ has become known for. But, is it really that weird? For years NNAMDÏ himself would say so, prefacing his music with a quick “it’s kind of weird” whenever sharing it. He even named his 2014 release Feckin Weirdo, and the branding stuck. The word would pop up in interviews and reviews, following the Chicago artist as he continued to make art that was true to himself. “It was kind of like, not a palate cleanser, but something preemptively being like, ‘Okay, it’s weird,’” he tells Consequence. “Just so they go in and ...
Dylan Conrique Talks Working With Max Martin & Success of ‘Birthday Cake’: ‘That Song Has Completely Changed My Life’
Dylan Conrique is celebrating 100 million streams on her viral hit “Birthday Cake,” and the 18-year-old sat down with Billboard News‘ Tetris Kelly to talk about the emotional track and what’s coming up next. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I still think it hasn’t quite hit me yet,” she said of her song’s success. “Every time I go back and look at it, it still amazes me to this day. I got to go on tour and meet a bunch of fans and sing the song with them. Overall, that song has completely changed my life.” She added that at first, she thought that “Birthday Cake” might be “too specific,” as she wrote it for her best friend, who was mourning the death of her mom. “Seeing the impact that it’s made on people’s lives has been so amazing,” s...
Britney Spears Puts Her Mom On Blast: ‘Take Your Apology and Go F*** Yourself’
Britney Spears was finally released from her controversial conservatorship last November, ending a controversial 13-year arrangement that saw the pop star’s finances, personal life and even medical decisions at the control of others. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Nearly a year on, Brit isn’t in the mood to forgive or forget. Spears lets fly in a furious new social media post, in which she takes aim at family members and doctors. For 13 years, she writes, “I had to meet doctors weekly to bring up my past which made it worse. As for my whole family including my brother, sister, cousins, aunts, uncles, and well damn the whole audience… were either stoned or drunk of their asses,” the post continues. “I was the mother f***ing Saint who wa...
Christian Bale Says Taylor Swift’s Voice ‘Gave Me Goosebumps’ On Set of ‘Amsterdam’ Movie
Having a world renowned pop star as a costar has its perks. In a Wednesday (Oct. 5) interview with People two days ahead of the release of his upcoming film Amsterdam, Christian Bale detailed what it was like to act alongside Taylor Swift — whose singing voice was so beautiful, he says he got goosebumps just listening to it. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to Bale, there was one scene in the David O. Russell-directed movie that required him and his costar John David Washington to sing a song with Swift, who makes a cameo as the grieving daughter of a man killed toward the beginning of Amsterdam. The American Psycho star and Washington play World War I veterans who are wrongly accused of murdering the “All Too Well” singer’s ch...
