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Ed Sheeran Joins ‘The Voice’ As Mega Mentor

It’s a role his good friend Taylor Swift has taken up on seasons past, while Snoop Dogg was the Mega Mentor for season 20. Sheeran will be expected to impart his considerable wisdom to this year’s top crop. Working alongside coaches Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, John Legend and Blake Shelton, he’ll guide performers’ vocal and technical choices and help tailor their songs for the best chance to progress. At the Knockout phase, where the artists are paired off, coaches alone can choose the winner to advance to the Live Playoffs. Sheeran enters the contest as arguably the hottest artist in the world. Based on history and recent events, everything is pointing to Sheeran cleaning up on sales charts when his new album = (equals) drops Oct. 29. The first single from it, “B...

Adele Fans Are Overcome With Emotion From ‘Easy On Me’ Snippet: See the Best Reactions

Adele teased her long-awaited return to music on Tuesday (Oct. 5), and fans are already bursting at the seams with excitement. The British singer gave her devoted listeners a taste of what to expect from her comeback single, “Easy On Me,” by posting a 17-second teaser clip from the song’s official video. The clip — which is filmed in Adele’s signature black and white color scheme — sees the singer inserting the cassette tape for “Easy on Me” into her vehicle’s tape deck. The song’s piano-driven instrumental plays as Adele drives down an open road, with sheet music flying out of the car’s window and onto the pavement behind her. Though the snippet does not feature any lyrics from the song, several fans of Adele’s are jo...

YoungBoy Never Broke Again Returns to No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart Thanks to ‘Sincerely, Kentrell’ Debut

Rank, TitleNo. 28, “Bad Morning”No. 37, “On My Side” (up from No. 71; new peak)No. 40, “No Where”No. 48, “Life Support” (up from No. 79; new peak)No. 53, “Hold Me Down”No. 58, “Nevada”No. 59, “50 Shots”No. 61, “Smoke Strong”No. 62, “Break or Make Me”No. 67, “Sincerely”No. 69, “I Can’t Take It Back”No. 80, “Forgiato”No. 83, “Rich Shit”No. 92, “Baddest Thing”No. 99, “Toxic Punk” YoungBoy previously led the Artist 100 for a week in September 2020 when Top opened as his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Elsewhere on the Artist 100, Coldplay re-enters at No. 10, returning to the top 10 for the first time since D...

St. Paul & The Broken Bones Mix Synths, Samples Into Mix on Fourth Album, ‘The Alien Coast’

“The juxtaposition of dancing while facing certain doom is what ‘Last Dance’ is all about. Like dancing through a Mad Max scene,” said Janeway in a release. “So naturally the video had to be a dance video. It was a pleasure to work with Machete Bang Bang and all the folks involved on this. I hope y’all enjoy.”  The Alien Coast was inspired by a range of Janeway’s influences, including Greek mythology and dystopian sci-fi. “The title actually came from reading about the history of the Gulf of Mexico, which is home for us. When the settlers — or invaders, really — first came to the Gulf Coast they couldn’t figure out what it was, and started referring to it as the Alien Coast. That term really stuck with me, partly because it feels almost apocaly...

New Kids on the Block Announce 2022 Tour with Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, En Vogue

New Kids on the Block have got the right stuff for “The MixTape Tour 2022.” The veteran boy band has announced a massive 55-date trek supported by fellow icons of the ’80s and ’90s Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley, and En Vogue. The quintet of Jordan Knight, Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, and Donnie Wahlberg last hit the road on the “MixTape Tour 2019.” In a statement, Wahlberg explained the emotions around the new tour and why they named it “MixTape.” He said, “We had a blast out on the first MixTape Tour in 2019, and can’t wait to take it to another level with our fans on the MixTape Tour 2022. Just like a mixtape, these shows are going to take audiences through all the emotions. To be able to have Salt-N-Pepa come back and now also have the iconic and legendary&...

JoJo Siwa Performs Argentine Tango on ‘DWTS’ Britney Night: Watch

It was “Britney Night” Monday (Oct. 4) on Dancing With the Stars, but anyone who watched might have considered it “JoJo Night.” JoJo Siwa stepped out with her dance partner Jenna Johnson for an Argentine Tango to Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time,” and it was pure fireworks. The 18-year-old celebrity did the lifting and the pair absolutely nailed their performance, earning 24 out of 40, one of the highest scores of the evening (The fourth judge Derek Hough reportedly sat this one out after a COVID-19 scare). You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chat...

Justin Bieber Launches Joint Venture For ‘Peaches’ Cannabis Line

If the pot is anything like the single, it’ll be a hit. Following its release in March, “Peaches” (featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the Billboard Global 200, and No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Its parent album Justice also blasted to the summit of the Billboard 200 chart. With offices in California and Nevada, Palms targets the high-brow who like to get high, with an ambition to “elevate the stereotypical ‘stoner’” experience. “Our goal,” reads a statement, “is to make cannabis more approachable and help destigmatize its use.” The joint venture lights-up just days out from the singer’s documentary, Justin Bieber: Our World. Directed by Michael D. Ratner, the new doc is set for release this Friday (...

Lady Gaga Recalls Moment Tony Bennett Remembered Her Name Amid Alzheimer’s Battle

In her sit-down with Cooper, Lady Gaga said that during the rehearsals leading up to the shows, Bennett did not call her by her name. She explained, “For the first couple of weeks that I saw Tony since COVID, he called me ‘sweetheart,’ but I wasn’t sure he knew who I was.” The “Born This Way” singer explained that in rehearsals she found new ways to connect with Bennett by asking simple questions, as the singer’s brain disease impacts memory. She says she would ask him if he wanted to practice one of his songs and he would easily respond. “When that music comes on [snaps fingers], something happens to him,” she said. “He knows exactly what he’s doing and what’s important for me, actually, is to make sure that I don’t get in the way of that.” But on the day of the performance, Bennett surpr...

Kacey Musgraves Becomes First Artist to Perform Naked on SNL

This past weekend, Kacey Musgraves served as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live’s Season 47 premiere. For her first performance of the evening, she played “justified” armed with an acoustic guitar and nothing else. It turns out she wasn’t just faking being nude, as many actors do to abide by FCC regulations, but rather she was completely naked and strategically positioned her body to get away with it — making her the first artist to ever do so on SNL. First of all, it’s important to clarify that Musgraves wasn’t ditching her outfit for no reason to promote Star-Crossed. While she was fully clothed for her rendition of “camera roll” on SNL, she opted to strip down for “justified” as a reference to the infamous Forrest Gump scene in which Jenny (played by Robin Wright) takes the stage...

Arca Announces New Album KICK ii, Shares “Born Yesterday” Featuring Sia: Stream

A new album from Arca is on the horizon. Today, the Venezuelan musician announced the follow-up to her stunning fourth album KiCk i, titled KICK ii. It’s due out December 3rd via XL, and as a preview, Arca has shared the album’s lead single “Born Yesterday,” which features guest vocals from Sia. KICK ii is the latest entry in Arca’s KiCk series, which was “conceived to represent the multiple self-states that exist” within the subversive pop artist. Aside from Sia, the 12-track project will feature collaborations from Cardopusher, Boys Noize, Mica Levi, Jenius Level, Wondagurl, and Cubeatz. Preorders for KICK ii are ongoing. “Born Yesterday” is prime Arca, blending soaring pop melodies with distorted, often industrial-sounding production. The track’s lyrics evoke the emo...

Coldplay and Selena Gomez Tease Emotional Ballad, ‘Let Somebody Go’

Listen to a snippet of the duet from the band’s upcoming album. Coldplay has another superstar collaboration in the works for their upcoming album, this time teaming up with actress/singer Selena Gomez. The Only Murders in the Building star took to Twitter on Monday (Oct. 4) to announce that she and the English rock band have combined forces on the new song “Let Somebody Go.” Gomez posted a visual to share the news with her followers, which featured a re-imagined, technicolor version of planet Earth rotating in space, surrounded by dozens of stars. The brief video also gave fans a sneak peek of the track, on which the “Lose You to Love Me” singer and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin sing, “When I called the mathematicians and I asked them to explain/ ...

Emily Ratajkowski Alleges Robin Thicke Grabbed Her Breasts on ‘Blurred Lines’ Set

Ratajkowski, 30, continues, “(The director, Diane Martel’s) voice cracked as she yelled out to me, ‘Are you okay?'” According to the excerpt, Martel confirmed Ratajkowski’s version of events, saying, “I remember the moment that he grabbed her breasts. One in each hand. He was standing behind her as they were both in profile. I screamed in my very aggressive Brooklyn voice, ‘What the f–k are you doing, that’s it!! The shoot is over!!’” Martel said that Thicke “sheepishly” apologized for his alleged actions and that she didn’t believe he would have done it if he’d “been sober.” The song and the video were both heavily criticized at the time for what detractors said was its blatantly misogynistic, sexist tone and objectification...