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Demi Lovato on Ending Engagement & Clapping Back at Ex-Fiance in New Song ’15 Minutes’
While Lovato was hosting the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards in November, Lovato joked, “So I did what everyone else did: I went into lockdown mode and got engaged.” The joke didn’t go over well with Ehrich, who accused her of “exploiting our breakup for clout” in the comments section of one of her Instagram posts debuting her blond haircut. In one of the songs from her upcoming album Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over titled “15 Minutes,” Lovato flips the script on Ehrich. “Good riddance — you got your 15 minutes,” she sings on what EW describes as a “savagely upbeat banger.” “I really had myself fooled, because it was the safe and expected thing,” Lovato told t...
Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Mad World’ Has Us Thinking of Adam Lambert’s ‘Idol’ Game-Changer
Enter his instantly iconic and subdued (for him, at least) cover of the unsettling song. Lambert opted for the slowed-down Gary Jules and Michael Andrews version of the tune — as featured on 2001’s Donnie Darko soundtrack — as opposed to the 1982 synth-pop original, sprinkling the somber song with some unexpected note choices, especially his ending wail. The buzzy performance helped carry Lambert all the way to the finale, where he finished in the runner-up slot to Kris Allen, and Adam has found success as a solo singer as well as touring with Queen in the decade-plus since. For Clarkson’s new take, she borrows a bit from both versions, opting for the slower tempo of the newer cover but adding some heavy drums and guitars at the end that recall the peppier...
Meet Boys World, The Rising Girl Group Ready To Challenge ‘The Social Standards of What a Woman Should Be’
Perhaps most importantly, the group boasts a potent mix of personalities befitting a best-selling pop group, as well as a variety of sonic influences. The members listened to pop stars like Britney Spears and Destiny’s Child growing up, but also The Cure, Amy Winehouse and Weezer. Villaluz is a bonafide jazzhead; Simpson performed in musical theatre. Boys World choose the demos they want to cut and, as such, the three singles they’ve released to date — which will lead to a debut EP, While You Were Out, due Apr. 9 — echo their diverse tastes. “‘Girlfriends’ is more pop,” Lillian points out. “‘Wingman’ is kind of funky, and ‘Tiptoe’ has a trap vibe.” The upcoming EP’s five tracks hinge upon a narrative thread...
Demi Lovato Shares Confessional Song ‘Dancing with the Devil’: Stream It Now
Through the lyrics of “Dancing with the Devil,” Lovato reflects on her battles with substance abuse that nearly took her life in 2018. On it, she sings: “I was dancin’ with the devil, out of control/ Almost made it to heaven, it was closer than you know/ Playin’ with the enemy, gamblin’ with my soul/ It’s so hard to say no, when you’re dancin’ with the devil.” Lovato wrote the powerful new number with the likes of Bianca Deiandra Atterberry, John Ho, and Mitchell Allan Scherr. “Dancing with the Devil” is the also the title song for Lovato’s warts-and-all YouTube Originals documentary, which opened the 2021 SxSW festival. Her forthcoming LP Dancing with the Devil…The Art of Starting Over is due out April 2 via Island Records. Stream the new song below. You Deserve to Make ...
Cannibal Corpse Singer Corpsegrinder Hung Out With Cher, Who Told Him “I Was Metal Before You Were Born”
Just when we thought we’d never write a story involving Cannibal Corpse and Cher, we get a doozy of tidbit from the death metal band’s lead singer, George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher. Turns out, the frontman spent time at the pop icon’s house, and even got “owned by Cher.” In a new interview with Metal Hammer, Corpsegrinder revealed that he was once invited to play a birthday bash for Cher’s son Elijah Blue Allman, the lead singer of the industrial metal band Deadsy. As Corpsegrinder told it, “Cher’s son Elijah, who is in the band Deadsy, is a big Cannibal Corpse fan and maybe 15 or 20 years ago he wanted us to come out to L.A. and play his birthday party at the Viper Room. His birthday is two days after mine, so my wife and I went out a few days early: ‘Let’s just fly out there, hang around fo...
Justin Bieber & Jaden Smith’s ‘Never Say Never’ Video Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views
Justin Bieber lodges his eighth entry in YouTube’s Billion Views Club as his “Never Say Never” video, featuring Jaden Smith, hits the milestone this week. Revisiting the 2010 music video more than a decade later is a true time capsule, with the then-16-year-old Bieber towering over an even tinier 11-year-old Smith in the studio. The song was on the soundtrack for the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid, starring Smith, who also lends a rap verse to JB’s track and is seen throughout the video alongside co-star Jackie Chan in scenes from the film. 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 b...
Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker Go Goth For ‘A Girl Like You’ Cover in ‘Paradise City’ Trailer
A director’s note on the preview explains, “For kids that grow up with one parent, you can go on one of two paths: You can blame the world, your parents, blame God, blame lack of God, or it can light a fire under you that you’re gonna make it no matter what. Paradise City is the show made to inspire these millions of teenagers and young adults. It reminds us that there is no light without darkness, that sorrow and heartbreak can be the greatest drivers of art. It reminds us that there is always hope, that you are never alone and that music is always there if you let it be.” Creator/director Ash Avildsen explains that almost everything in the show was inspired by real events he experienced growing up in a single mom household in which he was estranged from his father...
Justin Bieber Might Get a ‘Peaches’ Tattoo, But It Won’t Be On This Part of His Body
“I promised myself, like I didn’t want to get tattoos on your hands. And so I don’t think I’m gonna get tattoos on my hands,” he explained. “Something about just being able to wear a suit and not having tattoos on my hands; I don’t know.” He pointed out that his legs and feet are the only available real estate on his body for new ink. But if he needed more Justice-related inspo, he could also turn to his favorite lyric off the album from its opener “2 Much”: “Don’t want to fall asleep, I’d rather fall in love.” The singer also opened up in the interview about his wife’s positive impact on his life in the song “Unstable” and what he’s doing to stay healthier, highlighting his key...
Demi Lovato Breaks Silence on Overdose in Docuseries Premiere: ‘I Don’t Think People Realize How Bad It Actually Was’
The 2018 tragedy led Lovato to suffer a heart attack and three strokes and embark on a fight for her life: “My doctors said that I had five to 10 more minutes [to live].”In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Dancing With the Devil helmer Michael D. Ratner, whose OBB Media produced the project, teased that whatever audiences think happened the night of her overdose and prior “is probably pretty far from what really did.” Added Ratner: “What hasn’t been documented is the details of her life that led to that night. … We provide that opportunity for you to have a whole picture here.” And now all will be revealed in the first two episodes of the docuseries as Lovato breaks down the moment she relapsed, what led to th...
National Recording Registry Adds Titles From Nas, Janet Jackson, Kool & the Gang and More
The addition of 25 recordings this year brings to 575 the total number of titles in the registry, which selects recordings worthy of preservation based on their cultural, historical and/or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage. Several artists and songwriters whose works land on this year’s registry roster spoke with Billboard about the legacy of their work. “A Soundtrack for Life in Queensbridge”Illmatic, Nas’ debut studio album, swept onto the scene in 1994 with masterful rhymes, sample-soaked production and lyrics that painted an unabashed portrait of life growing up in the Queensbridge housing project in Queens, NY, home to a bevy of rap and hip-hop luminaries. Producers, including Q-Tip, Large Professor, Pete Rock, L.E.S. and DJ Pre...
Kelly Clarkson Has Us ‘Weak’ in the Knees Over Her SWV Cover
Kelly Clarkson knows her way around a ’90s R&B ballad — as evidenced by her multiple Toni Braxton covers on The Kelly Clarkson Show — and for her latest Kellyoke performance, she revisits the decade again for SWV‘s “Weak.” Surrounded by appropriately romantic mood lighting, Clarkson forms her very own girl group with her backup singers for the note-perfect cover. 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 of Internet revenue.
After Katy Perry, Which Act Should Do a Las Vegas Residency Next? Vote!
Billboard has learned that Katy Perry is planning a Las Vegas residency for later this year, and we want to know: Which major act do you think should follow her lead? Maybe Adele — Perry’s next-door neighbor! — will pop into Vegas to say “Hello”; she was rumored to have been offered £20 million for a yearlong residency at The Wynn in 2017. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters told Las Vegas Residency following their 2018 New Year’s Eve performance that the band had contemplated their own residency, complete with three-hour shows with rotating set lists every night in a small, sweaty venue, but might come back to it “someday before we’re in our 70s.” The band members are not in their 70s yet, but ma...
