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Fans Choose Taylor Swift’s ‘Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Swift dropped the reworking of “Wildest Dreams” after saying she was inspired by Swifties getting the song trending on TikTok. Originally written by Taylor with Shellback and Max Martin, the updated version features production credits that list the singer along with Shellback and Christopher Rowe. Swift will release the 30-track Red (Taylor’s Version) on Nov. 19, along with its vinyl version. Red is the second project in the singer’s efforts to re-record her back catalog in a bid to reclaim ownership of her first five albums. Placing second on the past week’s tally with nearly 20% of the vote was Lil Nas X’s debut album, Montero. In the weeks leading up to its release, the 22-year-old Grammy Award winner cleverly promoted the highly anticipated...
Adele Goes Instagram Official With New Boyfriend Rich Paul
Paul is the co-founder and CEO of Klutch Sports and head of UTA Sports, where he represents numerous professional athletes, including basketball star LeBron James. In mid-July, Adele and Paul were photographed together during Game 5 of the NBA Finals, where the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns. Since then they’ve been spotted at several events, including the star-studded birthday party of Patriots owner Robert Kraft in late July. Adele was previously married to Simon Konecki, with whom she shares an 8-year-old son. Their divorce was finalized in March. The singer’s last album, 25, arrived in 2015 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Her fourth album is currently in the works. See Adele’s Instagram post with Paul below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you ar...
Olivia Rodrigo Plays Her ‘First Show’ at 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival: Watch
“This is a really special day for me because this is sort of like my first show,” she told the crowd from the fest’s daytime stage on Saturday (Sept. 18). “I’m just so grateful that you guys are here with me experiencing this. Thank you so much.” “Speaking of firsts, this is the first song I put out,” she said, sitting at the piano to begin “Drivers License.” As she played her hit, she encouraged the audience — where some fans were spotted in Olivia Rodrigo and Sour tees — to join in, though she didn’t have to. They were already singing along before she could say “let me hear ya.” Seemingly overcome with emotion over the experience, Rodrigo gushed, “”You guys are just like the best crowd e...
Dua Lipa & Megan Thee Stallion Hit the Club While Crossing Paths in Las Vegas: See the Photos
During the event, Lipa was honored by Ryan Seacrest with the iHeartRadio titanium award for her hit song “Levitating,” which reached 1 billion total audience spins across iHeartRadio stations. The track peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2020. Meanwhile, Megan Thee Stallion was in Vegas for her headlining set at the 2021 Life Is Beautiful festival in downtown. Later in the evening, Lipa took to her Instagram Story to share a clip of the hip-hop star performing onstage at the Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan. “Lets go hot girl,” Lipa captioned the clip, tagging Megan. The singer also shared a behind-the-scenes photo gallery on Instagram of the two music stars making silly faces and posing together in the club. In the snapshots, Lipa is seen wearin...
Why Billie Eilish Cried When She Rewatched Her Documentary
“The media just like tears it away from you,” said Eilish. “It’s not fun right now.” The conversation with Eilish, whose concert film Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles premiered on Disney+ in early September and whose documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry was released on Apple TV+ earlier this year, then shifted over to the artist’s relationship with fans. “One moment I was a fan, and then suddenly I was looked at as this like, higher up,” she said. “Even when I was 14. And it was so weird because I was like, ‘I’m not even anyone. I just make music and these kids that I feel like I already know — suddenly like, ‘Oh they’re Billie’s fans, an...
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett Share “Love For Sale”: Stream
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett have unveiled the title track for their upcoming album Love For Sale. Watch the song’s accompanying music video below. The two superstars turn the jazzy Cole Porter standard into an old-fashioned duet, trading lines and harmonies over a big band. “Let the poets pipe of love/ In their childish way/ I know every type of love/ Better far than they,” Gaga warbles before being joined by Bennett on the rest of the verse. Originally introduced by Porter in his 1930 musical The New Yorkers, the song was a controversial addition to the Great American Songbook due to its racy telling of a sex worker advertising her “love for sale.” However, on the updated version, Mother Monster and the 95-year-old crooner spell out the song from a more distant third-person perspective. Ad...
Bring Me the Horizon Continue Their Foray into Pop on New Single “DiE4u”: Stream
Bring Me the Horizon are back with a new single “DiE4u,” continuing their evolution from brutal deathcore upstarts to metalcore favorites to an infectious pop group. According to a press release, “DiE4u” begins the second phase of the UK band’s series of Post Human EPs. The first of the EP series, Post Human: Survival Horror, arrived last year. The song is primarily a pop tune, with the occasional scream from frontman Oli Sykes offering a nod to Bring Me the Horizon’s heavier days. It’s accompanied by a music video that starts out with a club performance and ends with a bloodbath. Advertisement “‘DiE4u’ is a song about toxic obsessions, vices and things you can’t kick,” said Sykes in a press release. “I think a lot of people went through very similar struggles while in lockdown, coming fac...
Debbie Gibson on The Body Remembers: “I’m Somebody Who Likes to Flip the Script”
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Debbie Gibson sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about The Body Remembers, her first album of new material in twenty years. The legendary pop star tells us of her penchant for flipping the script on her career, having spent years in musicals and movies, as well as the differences and similarities between pop music of the ’80s and today. Advertisement Related Video Gibson also dives into her friendship with New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre, who she’s currently performing with in a Las Vegas residency, and their duet on a new version of her classic “Lost in Your Eyes” featured on the new record. She also touches on how sh...
Big Freedia Drops New EP Big Diva Energy: Stream
Big Freedia is back (by popular demand!) with her new EP Big Diva Energy via East West Records. Stream it below. To mark the release of the project, the MC also dropped the wild music video for lead single “Not Today” featuring Jake Shears and Tank and the Bangas’ Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph. “Not Today’ is a track about setting limits with people. It’s about the people who use you and think you aren’t paying attention. I’m saying, ‘I see you and it’s not gonna happen today, not tomorrow—not never b—h!” Freedia said in a statement. Advertisement Related Video Across its six tracks, Big Diva Energy also contains collaborations with Soaky Siren and the rest of Tank and the Bangas (“Betty Bussit”) and Jax and Marc Rebillet (“BDE”), as well as solo offerings “Platinum,” “Mm Mm Good,” and more. Wat...
Lil Nas X, Drake, Britney Spears, Bad Bunny & More of the Week’s Biggest Winners (Sept. 17)
Take a look at Billboard‘s weekly roundup and the “awards” it gave to this week’s headlines. Happiest Music News: Lil Nas X gives birth to debut album Montero Lil Nas X finally brought his bundle of joy he’s been carrying — a.k.a. his debut studio album Montero — into the world on Friday (Sept. 17). His genre-bending project contains star-studded features from Miley Cyrus, Elton John, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, and of course, Jack Harlow on his Hot 100 No. 2 hit “Industry Baby.” Stream Montero here and read our critics’ picks here. Sweetest Music News: Britney Spears is engaged Congratulations are in order for Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, who announced their engagement on Sunday (Sept. 12) after fiv...
Taylor Swift Shares Re-Recorded Version of “Wildest Dreams” After It Trends on TikTok: Stream
Over on TikTok, Taylor Swift’s 2015 single “Wildest Dreams” is trending due to the #slowzoom challenge. The pop singer (who recently joined the app herself) has responded by offering fans her re-recorded version of the 1989 cut. Swifties have actually heard a preview of “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)” before. It was first teased in the trailer for the Dreamworks film Spirit Untamed, and a lyric video teaser was later released to the movie’s YouTube channel this past May. Now, you can stream the full version below, and watch Swift’s contribution to the #slowzoom challenge here. Swift has yet to reveal when her full re-recording of 1989 will drop. Up next, she is slated to share Red (Taylor’s Version) on November 19th — something she notes in her TikTok video with the text, “You set a da...
Jonas Brothers Bring the Funk With ‘Who’s In Your Head’: Stream It Now
Summer’s gone, but the JoBros are back with another breezy tune. “Who’s In Your Head” is the Jonas Brothers’ latest release, an upbeat pop number bolted onto a funky guitar refrain and featuring some chandelier-busting falsetto. On it, the lads sing: “I wanna know who’s in your head/ Stealing your heart while I’m still bleeding/ Who’s in your bed/ Wrapped in your arms while I ain’t sleeping/ Got lost in your halo halo/ I just wanna know Now who’s in your head in your head.” 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 chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share ...
