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Charlie Puth, Kali Uchis & Rico Nasty to Headline TikTok’s New Year’s Eve Special
TikTok is ready to ring in the new year! On Monday (Dec. 27), the social platform announced the lineup for TikTok New Year’s Eve livestream, including headlining performances by Charlie Puth, Kali Uchis and Rico Nasty. “Celebrate the New Year with @KALIUCHIS, @charlieputh, @Rico_nastyy, host @Avgfashionblog and special guests as they say goodbye to 2021 and hello to 2022,” TikTok tweeted to reveal the Dec. 31 special. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The trio of musicians will be joined by TikTok creators Tyshon Lawrence, Cristian Dennis, Tracy Joseph, Billy and Scarlet May, while Courtney Parchman — otherwise known as Average Fashion Blogger to her nearly one million TikTok followers — will serve as the evening’s host. The livestream is set to ...
Grimes Says She’s Changing Her “Day Job” After Next Album
It’s hard to tell if Grimes’ priorities lie in music or Internet trolling these days, but she’s apparently switching them up soon. The experimental pop artist has announced she will be changing her “day job” once she releases her upcoming album, Book 1, citing the toxicity of celebrity culture. “Celebrity culture is suffocating a f,” Grimes tweeted. “I’m not quitting music, but def changing my main day job after BOOK 1. Music industry feels old and tired, reliant on archaic systems.” Separately, Grimes recently teased a collaboration with The Weeknd on her official Discord server. As Stereogum points out, the team-up makes sense, since her recent song “Player of Games” was co-produced by the R&B singer’s frequent collaborator Illangelo and featured a music video directed...
Zooey Deschanel and Jonathan Scott Working on Their ‘Forever Home’
She & Him singer/actress Zooey Deschanel and boyfriend Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott are taking the next big leap in their relationship. In a post on Monday (Dec. 27), Scott proudly announced that the couple had some “exciting news” to share. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Zooey and I bought our OWN forever home! 🥰,” Scott, 43, wrote alongside a snap of the pair in an under-construction home, with Deschanel, 41, looking fashionably ready to swing a hammer in a burgundy jumpsuit and the fixer-upper star rocking jeans, a plaid shirt and a loaded work belt. “It’s a full blown reno and you can follow us through the journey over the next few issues of Drew + Jonathan Reveal (sneak peak in the new issue of #RevealMag on newsstands Jan 7th).” In a magazine essay f...
SEVENTEEN’s Woozi Is Releasing His First Solo Mixtape Soon
SEVENTEEN‘s Woozi is getting ready to branch out. On Tuesday (Dec. 28), the group revealed via their social media accounts that the K-pop idol will release a solo mixtape, Ruby, set to arrive early next year on Jan. 3. “WOOZI Mixtape ‘Ruby’ 2022.01.03 6PM (KST)” the official announcement read along with a teaser image, which features the title Ruby in angular red letting. Explore Explore Seventeen See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Woozi opened up about his forthcoming mixtape in an interview with Marie Claire Korea, and revealed that he has been creating his solo debut over the past year. “Since it was my first time making songs solely for myself, I struggled with what direction I should go toward,” he shared. “After some time, I ultimately asked myself,...
Adele’s ‘30’ Continues Hot Streak on Billboard 200, Spends Fifth Week at No. 1
Adele’s 30 continues its hot streak on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set locks in a fifth consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 on the tally (dated Jan. 1, 2022). The set earned 212,000 equivalent album units (up 16%) in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 23, according to MRC Data. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news 30 bowed at No. 1 on the chart dated Dec. 4 with 839,000 units earned. It then saw its second, third, fourth and fifth weeks tally 288,000, 193,000, 183,000 and 212,000 units, respectively. 30 logs the biggest fifth week for any album in over three years, since Adele’s last album, 25, was No. 1 in its fifth week, on the Jan. 9, 2016-dated chart, with 1.19 million units earned. Plus, 30 is the first album to tally three weeks of ...
Madonna Calls Out Tory Lanez for ‘Illegal Usage’ of ‘Into the Groove’
Madonna has implied Tory Lanez sampled one of her classic songs without permission. The Queen of Pop left a note for Lanez on one of his recent Instagram posts, indicating that she’d already tried to message him privately regarding his new track “Pluto’s Last Comet” sounding like “Into the Groove.” “Read your messages for illegal usage of my song get into the groove!” Madonna wrote in a public comment from her own verified Instagram account, in an attempt to get his attention. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It remains unclear whether Lanez, who’s name has also been in December headlines due to his trial on felony assault and gun charges for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020, has read Madonna’s message or responded to her since she...
Alternative Pop Singer SkyDxddy Releases Newest Track ‘Hold Me’
Florida artist SkyDxddy has just dropped their newest track “Hold Me,” a song dedicated to members of the LGBTQ community struggling with mental illness and self doubt. The song details SkyDxddy’s own battles with depression and how it feels as close friends and family ignore early cries for help. Explore Explore SkyDxddy See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “‘Hold Me’ is a song I wrote at a dark time in my life. A time when I tried to speak up for myself and I was only met with judgment and gaslighting,” the gender fluid musician from a small town in Virginia tells Billboard. “I truly just wanted to be held while I cried and told I was going to be OK, and that never happened. No one should be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t love all their parts,...
Paramore’s 10 Best Songs
When Paramore released their first album, 2005’s All We Know is Falling, Hayley Williams was 16. Inspired by ’90s hardcore, the Nashville teenagers wrote earnest, emphatic emo, and quickly rode the wave of pop punk nostalgia that swept the 2000s. Across five albums, however, they went from Warped Tour stages to the Grammys, from a five-piece to a trio, and from pop punk to something undefinable. How did we get here? Paramore have always been more than the genre label thrust upon them. A zippy, energetic band with a fiery, earnest frontwoman drew them initial attention, but a darkness always lurked underneath the band’s singalong, Hot Topic-ready melodies. Advertisement Distrust of authorities and relationship drama colored the band’s early albums, released when its members were still in hi...
Taylor Swift Revisits Familiar ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ Song to Celebrate Benjamin Button’s 22nd Birthday (in Cat Years): Watch
Happy birthday, Benjamin Button! Taylor Swift is celebrating her beloved cat’s birthday by revisiting a familiar tune from her newly recorded album, Red (Taylor’s Version). The pop superstar, who celebrated her 32nd birthday on Dec. 13, took to Instagram on Monday (Dec. 27) to share a video of herself joyously lip-synching to her upbeat song “22” while sitting along the adorable feline. Recorded using a New Year’s-themed filter, the brief clip features swirling confetti and Swift wearing a headband that reads “I’m Feeling 2022.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Benjamin is 22 in cat years. #ImFeeling2022,” the singer-songwriter captioned her post. Benjamin, a rescue cat, was brought home by Swift from the 2019 video set of her Lover lead single “ME!” The singer’s other two cats ...
Demi Lovato Is Getting a ‘Fresh Start’ With Their Newly Shaved Head
Demi Lovato is debuting a fresh new hairstyle for the new year. The 29-year-old singer took to social media on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) to show off their edgy buzzcut in a short FaceTime-recorded video by photographer Angelo Kritikos. “Shot on FaceTime by @angelokritikos #freshstart,” Lovato wrote on Instagram. In the glitchy clip, the singer wears a black heavy coat while striking numerous poses against a backdrop of snowy mountains. Lovato also modeled the closely cropped hairstyle in a mirror selfie on their Instagram Story. Explore See latest videos, charts and news It’s been a busy year for Lovato, who released their seventh album, Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over, which was followed by a four-part YouTube Originals docuseries of the same time. The singer also announced...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ Now Playing on Peloton
Peloton users will be able to ring in 2022 working on their fitness with the help of Taylor Swift‘s re-recorded Red. The album is now featured in a number of at-home classes, Peloton said on Instagram on Dec. 25. “Some guessed it. Even more hoped for it. Taylor Swift’s music. Now on Peloton. Experience class after class, song after song of Red (Taylor’s Version) in one of the most anticipated Artist Series we’ve ever made. All of the heartbreak. All of the hope. All of the classes, Red (Taylor’s Version),” the caption said. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Classes in cycling, tread, strength, stretching and yoga that work in Swift’s tunes are available on the Peloton app in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. A full schedule was unveiled on Pelot...
JoJo and Actor Dexter Darden Are Engaged
JoJo and Dexter Darden are engaged. The singer and actor shared their happy news on Dec. 25. “forever with YOU? Sign me UP,” JoJo gushed in a Christmas day post on Instagram, where she uploaded a series of photos and video clips celebrating the couple’s special moment — including a closeup of a sparkling engagement ring. “celebrating Christmas a whole fiancé!!! the most thoughtful, creative, positive, handsome, strong, loving, uplifting human being asked me to marry him. so obviously I said YESSS!!!” she wrote. Explore Explore JoJo See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news JoJo added, “thank you for the most epic birthday surprise ever. and for flying out my mom, your mom, and both of our best friends to share in that incredible moment with us. you are one of on...
