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Lady Gaga is taking over with her new single “Disease.” What are your thoughts on the single? Let us know in the comments!

Tetris Kelly:

Lady Gaga is back, and with her new single “Disease,” she’s getting right back to “Just Dance.” We’re previewing the track in Music You Should Know. Lady Gaga never stops. She just released “Disease” as fans have been begging for her next era. This is all after she just released music to pair along with her involvement in the ‘Joker’ film. The new track sees a return to form by the way of the electro-pop we have come to expect of Mother Monster. Is this the vibe of her next album? Let us know your thoughts below.

Rihanna shares her thoughts on Kendrick Lamar taking the Super Bowl halftime show stage in 2025. Keep watching to see what her thoughts are!

Tetris Kelly:

Everyone needs a loyal friend like Rihanna. The Fenty mogul lent an emphatic stamp of approval to Kendrick Lamar performing at next year’s Super Bowl halftime show. Entertainment Tonight caught up with Rih on Wednesday at her Fenty Puma event in Los Angeles, where she gushed about Kendrick having the chance to hit the Super Bowl stage she previously rocked in 2023.  

Rihanna:

Let’s go… what is there to doubt on that?

Interviewer:

No, it’s going to be amazing, I’m just asking you what you think because you’ve done the Super Bowl before. You have that special insight. 

Rihanna:

It’s a diamond on a ring finger, honey! It’s meant to be! 

Interviewer:

I’m with you. 

Rihanna:

Kendrick Lamar, he deserves it. I cannot wait to see it. … Kendrick, thank you.  

Tetris Kelly:

While there’s been much debate about Kendrick’s selection, Rihanna has no doubt her loyal collaborator is the man for the job. However, artists such as Nicki Minaj, Master P and Cam’ron have blasted the NFL for snubbing Lil Wayne with the Super Bowl being in his hometown of New Orleans. Nicki wrote on X in September: “You can love & respect Kendrick and still love & respect Wayne. Even Kendrick loves & respects Wayne. Every real rapper loves & respects Wayne.” 

RiRi and Lamar teamed up for “Loyalty” on the Compton rapper’s ‘DAMN.’ album in 2017. Perhaps Rihanna will make a surprise return to the Super Bowl stage next year reuniting with Kendrick as a surprise guest. 

The “All That Glitters” Diwali Ball made its way to The Pierre Hotel this year, and Billboard is taking you inside the glamorous exclusive event. From Nora Fatehi’s show-stopping performance to Jay Sean’s hot soundtrack, keep watching to see it all!

Tetris Kelly:
It’s time to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, and this year, Billboard is taking you inside one of the world’s hottest Diwali parties and one of the hardest to get into. The ultra glamorous invite-only affair started as a small gathering in the Tribeca loft of music industry veteran Anjula Acharia, who introduced artists like Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and 50 Cent to India, while launching the career of Priyanka Chopra in the U.S.

But in 2019, she moved her party to The Pierre Hotel on New York’s Upper East Side, drawing celebrities from Padma Lakshmi to Mindy Kaling and hundreds of millions of eyeballs on social media, showcasing the ascension of South Asians in pop culture. This year, 300 lucky guests were invited by a house committee that included the CEO of Warner Music Group, the Chief Content Officer at Netflix and Billboard‘s Editorial Director, Hannah Karp, with the soundtrack for the evening curated by Jay Sean, who made his U.S. Billboard chart debut in 2009, breaking cultural barriers as a South Asian artist with back-to-back Hot 100 top 10 hits, including “Down,” which spent two weeks at No. 1.

But the belle of the ball this year was undoubtedly Nora Fatehi, a rising Canadian-Moroccan pop star with 47 million Instagram followers, who moved to India from Toronto at the age of 22, learned Hindi and became a Bollywood sensation. She stole the show with an electrifying performance of her new song, “Nora,” and a string of her most beloved Bollywood hits, supported by a team of world-class dancers from AATMA Performing Arts.

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Hanson is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their independent album ‘Underneath’ with a deluxe re-release and a North American tour featuring two nights in each city, revisiting both acoustic and electric performances. They share how the Grateful Dead influenced their career model, their “MMMBop” hit, connecting with Billie Eillish and Ed Sheeran and more!

Rebecca Milzoff: 

I feel like every few years, there’s always something exciting happening in Hanson world, and right now, you’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of your first independent album, ‘Underneath.’ There is a deluxe re-release called ‘Underneath: Complete’ that I recommend everyone listen to and revisit. You’re also on a headlining North American tour, which is kind of a cool concept. You’re doing two nights in every city, right?

Hanson:

Going back to when we started promoting this album ‘Underneath,’ 20 years ago, we started by doing an acoustic tour, and we ended that whole album cycle by doing an electric tour. We thought, well, if we’re going to remember this record, let’s remember the whole experience for the fans, especially the ones who came out that was such a transforming of the Hanson identity, the ethos, really kind of becoming solidified. People knew who we were as a band, I think, by the second album. But ‘Underneath’ is our third record, and we had to leave the label and go independent, and that relationship with the fans sort of changed in a way. Pretty significant way. It was like, we know you like this band, but will you support this band? Like, will you help us do something start over? ‘Underneath’ is being celebrated through this tour in a cool way. We are doing an acoustic and an electric night and the album itself.

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