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Billie Eilish Opens Up About Living with Tourette’s: “It’s Very Exhausting”
Billie Eilish isn’t one to censor herself; In just the past few months alone, the pop megastar has boldly vocalized her secret battle with COVID-19, how being exposed to pornography at a young age affected her, and her anger towards restrictive abortion laws. But more recently, during her appearance on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Eilish discussed a topic she’s virtually never addressed before in interviews: Her experience living with Tourette’s Syndrome. It didn’t look like Eilish was necessarily planning on talking about Tourette’s — which she said she was diagnosed with at age 11 — but the topic came up naturally after a change in the set lighting provoked one of her tics. “If you film me for long enough, you’re going to see lots of tics,...
Olivia Rodrigo Celebrates ‘Sour’ Anniversary, Reflects on How Album ‘Forever Changed My Life’
Olivia Rodrigo is reflecting on the success of her massive debut album, Sour. The 19-year-old singer-songwriter — Billboard‘s 2022 “Woman of the Year” — took to social media on Saturday (May 21) to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Sour, which arrived last May through Geffen Records/Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA). “my first album SOUR came out a year ago today. it is impossible for me to sum up in words how much this album means to me and how grateful I am to have gotten the privilege to make it and watch it exist in the world,” Rodrigo wrote on Instagram. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The songstress’ post included a reflective gallery of photos and videos from the past year, including images of her handwritten lyrics, a snapshot...
Jack Johnson on Meet the Moonlight, Working with Blake Mills, and 20 Years of Brushfire Fairytales
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Jack Johnson catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Meet the Moonlight, an album that finds Jack reflecting the darkness of the past few years through the optimistic filter for which he’s known. Related Video The singer-songwriter discusses working with Blake Mills, writing as a reaction, digging into Greg Brown and JJ Cale’s catalog, and singing the bass line from Zepplin’s “Dazed and Confused” through a beer bottle. Johnson also tells us about his new Learning Farm that focuses on environmental education, as well as his latest green initiative with this year’s tour and collaborations with local nonprofits. (Get ...
070 Shake Enlists Christine and the Queens for “Body”: Stream
070 Shake has dropped her latest single “Body” with an assist from Christine and the Queens via G.O.O.D Music/Def Jam Recordings. “I think I got to know your body/ I think I got to know your body/ We’ll travel to the dream, stay flying/ I guess I found me a new high/ You took it personal/ As soon as it got physical,” the rapper intones over Christine and the Queens’ haunting background vocals. The track is a follow-up to “Web” from earlier this month and April’s “Skin and Bones.” All three singles will be featured on 070 Shake’s forthcoming sophomore album YOU CAN’T KILL ME, which is slated to be released June 3rd. Pre-orders are ongoing. Stream the moody visualizer for “Body” below. Advertisement Related Video 070 Shake is currently on the road for her latest North American headlinin...
Song of the Week: Rina Sawayama Throws the Hottest Dance Party Around in “This Hell”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Rina Sawayama has us burning up in all the best ways. Rina Sawayama is one of the most exciting and dynamic pop girlies out there at the moment. She gives us choreography. She gives us camp. She gives us bright, colorful, inclusive bops, fueled by her keen sense of melodic construction and a healthy heaping of fun. Look at her indulgent and slyly anti-capitalistic “XS,” addictive “LUCID,” or her verse on Charli XCX’s “Beg For You” if you’re in need of a crash course. With “This Hell,” she injects a touch of yee...
Doja Cat Cancels All Tour Dates to Recover from Throat Surgery
Doja Cat has cancelled all upcoming tour dates in order to recover from throat surgery. “Unfortunately I have to have surgery on my tonsils asap,” she wrote in a social media statement on May 20th. “The surgery is routine but the recovery is going to take a while due to swelling. That means I have to cancel my festival run this summer as well as The Weeknd tour.” Yesterday, May 19th, the pop star tweeted that she had just undergone surgery on her left tonsil. “My tonsils got infected before bbmas and i was taking fuckin antibiotics but forgot that i was taking them and then i drank wine and was vaping all day long and then i started getting a nasty ass growth on my tonsil so they had to do surgery on it today,” she said. Related Video As she explained, the doctor “poked up in dere with a n...
An A-Z Guide to Harry Styles’ New Album Harry’s House
Welcome to Harry’s House, the luminous third album from Harry Styles. We get it: it can be a lot to take in — it’s a thirteen track collection from the beloved Brit, spanning genre and era, but also finds Styles at his most confident musically. The album arrived today (May 20th), and we’ll be spinning it all weekend — and all summer — long. To help make sense of all the things in this beautiful home Styles constructed for us like Ryan Gosling in The Notebook, we’ve broken down some of the most essential, can’t-miss details in alphabetical order. A – “As It Was” Harry describes “As It Was” as a metamorphoses of finding and losing yourself. His lead single sets the dreamy ’80s dance pop tone for a new Harry era. He’s long been fixated on the passage of time, and this track appropriately keep...
Faouzia Breaks Down Debut Project CITIZENS Track by Track: Exclusive
Our Track by Track series gives artists a space to tell the story of each song on their newest release. Today, Faouzia takes us through CITIZENS. After years of steadily growing an audience with her heartfelt, international music, Faouzia has finally shared her debut project, CITIZENS. The record is a swift 23-minute collection and includes the recently released “RIP, Love” and the John Legend-featuring “Minefields.” Faouzia’s global influences are immediately noticeable when listening to her music. Born in Morocco and brought up in Canada, the tri-lingual pop star unabashedly brings each element of her roots into her songcraft. Beyond her capabilities to sing in English, French, and Moroccan, her fusion of traditional Moroccan and Arabic stylings with modern pop production has garnered he...
Haim Postpone Cincinnati Show After COVID Outbreak in Camp
Haim is the latest act to get bitten by the COVID-19 bug on the road. After a triumphant gig at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night (May 17), Alana, Danielle and Este Haim were slated to hit the Andrew J Brady Music Center in Cincinnati on Thursday night (May 19), but according to a statement from the venue the gig was iced due to coronavirus cases in their camp. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “We regret to inform you that due to a recent COVID19 outbreak on the One More HAIM Tour, the HAIM concert scheduled for May 19, 2022 at The Andrew J Brady Music Center has been rescheduled to May 29, 2022,” read a statement from the venue. “All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date. Everyone is ...
First Stream: New Music From Harry Styles, Quavo & Takeoff, Rina Sawayama and More
Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Harry’s House is finally open, Quavo and Takeoff stop by the “Hotel Lobby,” and Zach Bryan continues a steady rise. Check out all of this week’s First Stream picks below: Harry Styles, Harry’s House [embedded content] Harry’s House is Styles’ loosest, least fussy solo album to date, the sound of an artist in a rarefied pop-star zone comfortable in his environment and not having to worry about any unkempt corners of himself. Harry’s House boasts synths and rhythms designed to soundtrack lazy summer nights, conversational lyrics that revel in personal detail, ballads...
Stanning BTS: Proof of a Comeback
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS BTS’ big comeback is just around the corner, as the group is planning up to release their first anthology, Proof, on June 10th. Like the rest of ARMY, Stanning BTS hosts Kayla and Bethany are getting hyped for the 3-disc release, and they’re diving into Proof on the latest episode of the podcast. Related Video Join the pair as they explore the Proof release schedule, tracklists, anticipated lead single “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment),” and so much more. Listen now via the player above. Advertisement Make sure you like, review, and subscribe to Stanning BTS wherever you get your podcasts. You can also show your Iconic s...
Harry Styles Builds His Most Fun Full-Length on ‘Harry’s House’: 7 Essential Tracks
A lot has changed for Harry Styles in the two-and-a-half years between his second and third solo album releases — but perhaps most significantly, he now has smash hits. With 2019’s Fine Line, the One Direction standout synthesized the star-crossed classic rock ambitions of his 2017 self-titled debut into sumptuous, soft-edged pop, and achieved top 40 enormity with “Adore You” and “Watermelon Sugar,” the latter his first Hot 100 chart-topper. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Styles was already headlining arenas before those songs took off — the 1D diehards are both loyal and plentiful — but their crossover appeal solidified him as a cross-generational superstar, capable of making albums that get endlessly streamed by teens and hits that t...
