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Sasha Alex Sloan on the “Authentic Experiences” That Shaped I Blame the World
“Do I dare say I’m proud of this record?” Sasha Alex Sloan asks. “It feels scary to say that out loud.” Chatting with Consequence over the phone, the singer-songwriter seems to hold an extremely tentative optimism around the release of her forthcoming full-length album, I Blame The World (available Friday, May 13th via RCA Records). It’s a quality worth noting, especially when she recently described I Blame the World as a “non-hopeful” album. “I couldn’t write about anything else,” she says, referring to the fork in the road many creatives arrived at throughout the pandemic and in the months of piecing the arts industry back together since: lean into hopeful escapism, or embrace realism. Sloan chose the latter. Advertisement Related Video To her point, the eleven-track collection...
Here Are the Answers to the Latest Billboard x VersusGame Matchups: Future, Harry Styles & More
Last week’s Billboard and VersusGame matchups challenging your chart-predicting prowess featured Future‘s new album I Never Liked You and Harry Styles‘ sophomore set Fine Line. Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. VersusGame data shows that fans have predicted correct chart outcomes nearly three out of four times so far. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Last w...
Ed Sheeran Enlists Award-Winning Newcomer Budjerah for ‘2step’ Remix: Stream It Now
Ed Sheeran taps highly-touted newcomer Budjerah as guest vocalist on the latest mix of his single “2step.” Budjerah broke the big news with a social post Tuesday, ahead of its official release today (May 11). It’s another feather in the cap for the Coodjinburra youngster with the golden voice, after winning most performed R&B/soul work for “Higher” last week at the 2022 APRA Music Awards, and scooping the inaugural Michael Gudinski breakthrough artist category at the 2021 Awards. On that occasion, it was Sheeran, the late Gudinski’s good friend, who delivered the prize. The Aussie artist admits he “was so shocked” to have won the ARIA Award, “and it meant so much to me that Ed Sheeran was the one who read my name out,” he explains. “To now be featuring on the Australian remix of E...
Everything We Know About BTS’ Anthology Album PROOF (So Far)
All right, ARMY, buckle up, because we have plenty of details to unpack together. After initially confirming new music on June 10th at the closing night of their Las Vegas shows, BTS have been slowly rolling out details for the upcoming album, PROOF. This now includes the fact that PROOF will be an anthology album, chronicling BTS’ nine (!) years of music, and will include a mix of existing favorites and brand new music. The anthology record will be broken into three parts, arriving as three disks in physical form. Pre-orders are now open on BTS and management company HYBE’s proprietary communication platform, Weverse. Advertisement The announcement of an anthology album led fans to speculate that the collection, which required the difficult task of working through BTS’ enor...
Jessica Biel Shares Justin Timberlake’s Marriage Philosophy: ‘Keep Dating’
Jessica Biel just premiered her new Hulu series Candy, and on the red carpet Monday night (May 9), she dished about the secret to her nearly decade-long marriage to Justin Timberlake. “Well, I’ll have to give Justin the credit in this moment, for this one thing that he always says to me: ‘We might be married, but we have to keep dating,’” she revealed to Entertainment Tonight. “You just have to keep making time for each other and you have to keep making each other a priority. And do the things that you love together…It’s not always easy, as we all know, but those touch point moments make all the hard times palatable.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The one-time *NSYNC even happened to be on hand during his wife’s big night, celeb...
Dua Lipa Has Already ‘Half-Written’ Her Third Album: ‘I’m Coming Into My Power’
Even though she’s currently 40+ gigs into her long-delayed Future Nostalgia world tour, Dua Lipa is already looking forward to the next adventure. As part of the June/July Vogue cover story, the singer told the magazine that she’s already “half-written” the follow-up to the smash 2020 Future Nostalgia album, which she promised would definitely show signs of growth. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Though she didn’t describe how her as-yet-untitled third album might depart from her first two full-lengths, the singer said, “I’ve definitely grown up. Overall, whether it’s sonically or in terms of the themes, I’ve matured.” After crushing it with such Nostalgia hits as “Don’t Start Now,” “Physical,” “Break My Heart” and “Levitating,” Dua sai...
Madonna Preps NSFW ‘Mother of Creation’ NFT Collection
Madonna, whether she’s in Queen of Pop-mode, the Material Girl, or just Madge, is always evolving, thinking ahead. Constantly keeping her fans guessing. Now she’s entering her Mother of Creation phase. The pop veteran, like many others, has embraced the digital art-world of NFTs, initially by buying one, and now becoming one — or more precisely, three. The “Like a Prayer” singer takes the leap with digital artist Beeple (real name Mike Winkelmann), who sold an NFT last year for $69 million, to create a trio of digitally-rendered collectables. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Mother of Creation videos, an “NFT triptych” which “represent a different form of birth in our contemporary world,” will raise money for good causes. They’re said to be ...
One Direction’s ‘Drag Me Down’ Video Reaches 1 Billion Views on YouTube
As the title of their latest music video to hit a billion views may suggest, nobody can drag One Direction down — even all these years later. The music video for the group’s “Drag Me Down,” which was released in 2015, has officially passed the milestone of one billion views on YouTube, seven years after its release. The song was the group’s first music video without Zayn Malik, who left the group in March 2015. In the “Drag Me Down” video, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Liam Payne explore NASA. Zayn gave his former band the stamp of approval. “Proud of my boys the new single is sick,” he tweeted. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Drag Me Down” peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart on August 22, 2015, two da...
How to Get Tickets to Sabrina Claudio’s 2022 Tour
Sabrina Claudio is taking her latest album Based On A Feeling out on a massive 38-date tour across North America and Europe. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Sabrina Claudio’s Next Tour? The two-leg tour begins in North America on August 25th at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon. After stops in Seattle and Vancouver, Claudio departs the Pacific Northwest for the East Coast with shows at New York’s Radio City Music Hall on September 7th, Boston’s House of Blues on September 8th, and The Fillmore in Philadelphia on September 12th. The tour heads back west following dates in Detroit, Chicago, and Toronto, with performances in Denver, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. She closes out with a circuit around the southeastern US including Nashvil...
Olivia Rodrigo Covers No Doubt’s “Just a Girl”: Watch
Olivia Rodrigo seems acutely aware that she’s standing on the shoulders of giants, and during her “Sour World Tour” she has continued to pay homage to the women who came before. On Friday night in Philadelphia, Rodrigo honored Gwen Stefani and No Doubt with a rollicking cover of “Just a Girl.” Wearing black boots underneath a flowing white dress with a structured corset top, Rodrigo stomped across the stage of The Met as she powered through the ska pop classic. She’s become a comfortable live performer, and enjoyed leaning over the front row to deliver the lines, “The moment that I step outside,” at a whisper, before uncorking a howl on, “So many reasons for me to run and hide!” The 19-year-old’s audience wasn’t totally unfamiliar with the song, and while they let most of the ver...
Barry Manilow Announces Summer 2022 US Arena Tour
Barry Manilow has announced a special run of US arena shows taking place in August. “Manilow: Hits 2022” kicks off at Boston’s TD Garden on August 4th and also includes stops in Newark, New Jersey; Belmont Park, New York; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Providence, Rhode Island; and Philadelphia across two weekends. Billed as a special guest, smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz is set to join the jaunt for all six dates. Tickets go on sale this upcoming Friday, May 13th at 11 a.m. ET, with a Live Nation pre-sale taking place on Thursday, May 12th (using code FINALE). Grab tickets here via Ticketmaster. Related Video Through the remainder of this month, Manilow is wrapping up his latest round of shows at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino followed by seven dates in major cities throug...
Duran Duran to Reunite with Former Guitarist Andy Taylor at Rock Hall Induction Performance
What better time to reunite with old bandmates than during your induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? After being announced as part of its class of 2022 earlier this week, Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon said he’s “definitely” planning on reconvening with his band’s former guitarist Andy Taylor. “I’ve already had a definite yes from Andy,” Le Bon told Rolling Stone when asked about plans for Duran Duran’s forthcoming performance at the ceremony. “He’s definitely up for it. I’m pretty sure Warren [Cuccurullo, former guitarist/bassist] will want to do it… We’ve always maintained a decent relationship with these guys. We didn’t have so-called ‘acrimonious splits.’ It was gentlemanly and it was understood. And pretty much mutual.” Le Bon went on to discuss how Duran Duran ...
