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With hits like “Spookshow Baby,” “Living Dead Girl” and “Dragula,” Rob Zombie is a very accomplished hard rock and metal singer-songwriter, as well as a horror film director. While he’s known for his music and movies, he’s also an author with a new, believe it or not, children’s book — which is, as of this writing, No. 1 on Amazon’s new release horror books list.
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For the first time in the five-month span of the Top Gabb Music Songs chart, a song stays at No. 1 for more than one month.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” crowns the February 2025 tally as the most-played song on Gabb Wireless phones that month, reigning for a second month in a row after debuting atop the January 2025 tally.
Billboard has partnered with Gabb Wireless, a phone company for kids and teens, to present a monthly chart tracking on-demand streams via its Gabb Music platform. Gabb Music offers a vast catalog of songs, all of which are selected by the Gabb team to include only kid- and teen-appropriate content. Gabb Music streams are not currently factored into any other Billboard charts.
“Die With a Smile” reigns after rules on the monthly chart for Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” KSI’s “Thick of It” (featuring Trippie Redd) and Jelly Roll’s “Run It” in October-December 2024, respectively.
The Gaga/Mars duet concurrently reigned on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in February 2025, ruling the Feb. 1- and Feb. 15-dated lists, and appears at No. 2 on the most recent tally, dated March 22.
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Mars makes it a sweep of Top Gabb Music Songs’ top two, as his and ROSE’s “APT.” jumps 7-2 – a new peak after previously reaching No. 3 on the December 2024 ranking.
No song hits the chart’s top 10 for the first time, though Drake’s “God’s Plan” returns to the region, rising five spots to No. 7 (the song’s peak so far remains No. 4, achieved on the November 2024 tally).
In fact, though all but four songs make some sort of movement on the 25-song February 2025 list versus their January 2025 ordering, just one is a debut: Forrest Frank’s “Drop!,” which bows at No. 19. It’s the first song to appear on the chart that was released in 2025, as it premiered on Jan. 24. The tune started at No. 18 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs survey dated Feb. 8 and appears at No. 33 on the most recent ranking.
See the full top 25 below.
Top Gabb Music Songs
“Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (=)
“APT.,” ROSE & Bruno Mars (+4)
“Beautiful Things,” Benson Boone (+1)
“Thick of It,” KSI feat. Trippie Redd (-2)
“Face 2 Face,” Juice WRLD (=)
“Run It,” Jelly Roll (-3)
“God’s Plan,” Drake (+5)
“Slow It Down,” Benson Boone (=)
“Please Please Please,” Sabrina Carpenter (+1)
“Stargazing,” Myles Smith (-1)
“Golden Hour,” JVKE (re-entry)
“Deja Vu,” Olivia Rodrigo (-1)
“Butterfly Effect,” Travis Scott (+3)
“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” Luke Combs (-7)
“Too Sweet,” Hozier (-1)
“Love Somebody,” Morgan Wallen (-1)
“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (re-entry)
“Let You Down,” NF (=)
“DROP!,” Forrest Frank (debut)
“Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots (+3)
“Bones,” Imagine Dragons (-4)
“Enemy,” Imagine Dragons (-1)
“Saturn,” SZA (+2)
“Wildflower,” Billie Eilish (-4)
“Hope,” NF (re-entry)
DROPS FROM JANUARY 2025: “Popular,” Ariana Grande; “Defying Gravity,” Ariana Grande feat. Cynthia Erivo; “I Always Wanted a Brother,” Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Aaron Pierre & Kelvin Harrison Jr.; “Lil Boo Thang,” Paul Russell
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced 2025’s Children’s and Family Emmy Awards winners during a ceremony at Television City in Los Angeles on Saturday night (March 15).
Hosted by Looney Tunes voice actor Eric Bauza, the third annual Children’s and Family Emmy Awards honored the “pinnacle of creativity and innovation in children’s entertainment,” NATAS says.
During Saturday’s main ceremony, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Velveteen Rabbit, Orion and the Dark and Sesame Street projects each took home two awards.
Percy Jackson won best young teen series as well as directing for a single-camera live-action series for “I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher,” in a tie with “The Big City” episode of A Real Bug’s Life; The Velveteen Rabbit won best fiction special, and star Phoenix Laroche won younger performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program; Orion and the Dark won best animated special, and voice actor Jacob Tremblay won younger voice performer in a preschool, children’s or young teen program; Sesame Workshop’s Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack won best short form live-action program, and Sesame Street‘s Leslie Carrara-Rudolph won outstanding puppetry performer.
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More awards will be announced in a separate creative arts ceremony.
Outside of competitive categories, Fran Brill (performer and puppeteer, Sesame Street and The Muppet Show) received the lifetime achievement award from The Muppets‘ Dave Goelz.
Additionally, honors for individual achievement in animation were given to Merry Little Batman‘s Philip Vose (background designer), Elena Najar (animation supervisor) and Guillaume Fesquet (art director); Orion and the Dark‘s Miho Tomimasu and Lauren Zurcher (visual development artists); Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire‘s Lesego Vorster (character designer); and Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin’s David Lux (storyboard artist).
Billboard Family has the winners list from the 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards below. More categories will be presented in a separate creative arts ceremony, and this list will be updated with the winners in those categories after the event.
Preschool Series
Blue’s Clues & You! (WINNER)Nickelodeon
Donkey HodiePBS Kids
Lovely Little FarmApple TV+
Sesame StreetMax
Children’s or Family Viewing Series
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (WINNER)Apple TV+
La Fuerza de Creer: Dulce SazónUnivision
JaneApple TV+
Malory TowerBYUtv
Raven’s HomeDisney Channel
Young Teen Series
GoosebumpsDisney+
HeartstopperNetflix
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (WINNER)Disney+
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Fiction Special
Monster High 2Nickelodeon
The Naughty NineDisney Channel
The Slumber PartyDisney Channel
The Velveteen Rabbit (WINNER)Apple TV+
World’s BestDisney+
Non-Fiction Program
All-Round ChampionBYUtv
Elmo & Tango Holiday HelpersMax
Kids Baking ChampionshipFood Network
A Real Bug’s LifeNational Geographic
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School (WINNER)HBO | Max
Preschool Animated Series
Frog and ToadApple TV+
Interrupting ChickenApple TV+
Rosie’s RulesPBS Kids
StoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix
The Tiny Chef Show (WINNER)Nickelodeon
Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series
CURSES!Apple TV+
HildaNetflix
IwájúDisney+
KiffDisney Channel
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (WINNER)Disney+
Summer Camp IslandCartoon Network
Animated Special
Merry Little BatmanAmazon Prime Video
Orion and the Dark (WINNER)Netflix
Peter and the WolfMax
Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind MarcieApple TV+
The Tiger’s ApprenticeParamount+
Tiny Chef’s Marvelous Mish Mesh SpecialNickelodeon
Short Form Live-Action Program
Elmo and Jesse Remember Uncle Jack (WINNER)Sesame Workshop
GIRLS’ VOICES NOW: The Beauty in Being DifferentGirls’ Voices NowHere TV
Healthy Minds Thriving KidsChild Mind Institute
Kid GlovesKid Gloves Show
Short Form Animated Program
How Not to DrawDisney Channel
I Am GrootDisney+
Once Upon a Studio (WINNER)Disney+
Take Care with PeanutsSnoopy – Official Channel
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse:Steamboat SillyDisney+
Interactive Media
Cousin Hodie PlaydateDonkey HodiePBS Kids
Cyberchase: Cyber Sound QuestPBS Kids
Daniel Tiger’s NeighborhoodPBS Kids
Molly of DenaliPBS Kids
Stu’s Super Stunts!PBS Kids
Lead Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program
Lola Blue as Addie DarrowA Kind of Spark BYUtv
Ella Bright as Darrell RiversMalory TowersBYUtv
Justin Long as Mr. BrattGoosebumpsDisney+
Raven-Symoné as Raven BaxterRaven’s Home Disney Channel
Christian Slater as Mulgarath (WINNER)The Spiderwick Chronicles Roku Channel
Supporting Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program
Adam Copeland as AresPercy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
Amanda Lawrence as Matron Shipley (WINNER)Malory Towers BYUtv
Elizabeth Mitchell as Carol / Mrs. ClausThe Santa Clauses Disney+
Sarah Rafferty as Katherine WalterMy Life with the Walter Boys Netflix
Lance Reddick as ZeusPercy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+
Eric Stonestreet as Magnus Antas / The Mad SantaThe Santa Clauses Disney+
Younger Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program
Pyper Braun as Natasha WilliamsErin & AaronNickelodeon
Noah Cottrell as Simon GraceThe Spiderwick Chronicles Roku Channel
Mykal-Michelle Harris as Alice BaxterRaven’s Home Disney Channel
Alaya High as Lay LayThat Girl Lay Lay Nickelodeon
Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth ChasePercy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+
Phoenix Laroche as William (WINNER)The Velveteen Rabbit Apple TV+
Puppetry Performer
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby & Tango (WINNER)Sesame StreetMax
Eric Jacobson as Bert, Oscar the Grouch & GroverSesame StreetMax
Donna Kimball as Mokey, Storyteller & CotterpinFraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Apple TV+
Karen Prell as Red & Icy JoeFraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Apple TV+
David Rudman as Cookie Monster & Baby BearSesame Street Max
Voice Performer in a Preschool Program
Kimiko Glenn as Baby SharkBaby Shark’s Big Show!Nickelodeon
Bobby Moynihan as Bobby BootsPupstruction Disney Junior
Cree Summer as Lizard & DeeDeeSpirit RangersNetflix
Fred Tatasciore as Bang, BlimBlam the Barbarian, King Hydrogen, Alabama Smith & The Lone DrifterStoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix
Kari Wahlgren as Granny Caterina, Ms. Poochytail & Magda (WINNER)SuperkittiesDisney Junior
Voice Performer in a Children’s or Young Teen Program
Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck & Bugs Bunny (WINNER)Teen Titans Go!Cartoon Network
Bob Bergen as Porky PigLooney Tunes CartoonsMax
Ben Feldman as Tylor TuskmonMonsters at WorkDisney+
William Shatner as KeldorMasters of the Universe: RevolutionNetflix
Paul Walter Hauser as DarkOrion and the DarkNetflix
Younger Voice Performer in a Preschool, Children’s or Young Teen Program
Lucia Cunningham as Jessica WilliamsJessica’s Big Little WorldCartoon Network
Simisola Gbadamosi as Tola MartinsIwájúDisney+
Terrence Little Gardenhigh as PatFright KreweHulu I Peacock
Arianna McDonald as MarcieSnoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind MarcieApple TV+
Jacob Tremblay as Orion (WINNER)Orion and the DarkNetflix
Children’s Personality
AwkwafinaA Real Bug’s LifeNational Geographic
Gavin FridayPeter and the WolfMax
Duff GoldmanKids Baking ChampionshipFood Network
Ian McShaneOne PieceNetflix
Meryl Streep (WINNER)Storyline OnlineStorylineOnline.net
Writing for a Preschool or Children’s Series
“The Big City”A Real Bug’s LifeNational Geographic
“Brave Bessie by Brave Gabrielle”Sesame StreetMax
“Can They Be Friends?”Sesame StreetMax
“I’m Pogey“Fraggle Rock: Back to the RockApple TV+
“This for That”Fraggle Rock: Back to the RockApple TV+
Writing for a Young Teen Series
“Admissions”High School Musical: The Musical: The SeriesDisney+
“The Field Guide to Jared Grace”The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
“I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher”Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
“Perfect”HeartstopperNetflix
“Say Cheese and Die!”GoosebumpsDisney+
Writing for a Preschool Animated Series
“Glow Toy”Jessica’s Big Little WorldCartoon Network
“I am Grandmaster Flash”Xavier Riddle and the Secret MuseumPBS Kids
“Not a Mascot”Molly of DenaliPBS Kids
“Taxes”StoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix
“Tornado”StoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix
Writing for a Children’s or Young Teen Animated Series
“Abducted”My Dad the Bounty HunterNetflix
“Dancing With Myself” (WINNER)Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurDisney+
“Heart of the Forest”Craig of the CreekCartoon Network
“The Fairy Isle”HildaNetflix
“I Wanna Dance With My Buddy”Hailey’s On It!Disney Channel
Directing for a Single Camera Live-Action
“The Big City” (WINNER – TIE)A Real Bug’s LifeNational Geographic
“I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher” (WINNER – TIE)Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
“Panthera Leo”JaneApple TV+
“Say Cheese and Die!”GoosebumpsDisney+
“Welcome to Spiderwick”The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Directing for a Multiple Camera Live-Action
“Gown to the Wire”Raven’s HomeDisney Channel
“Pickleball”All-Round ChampionBYUtv
“The Sign Language ABCs”Sesame StreetMax
Directing for a Preschool Animated Series
“Fractions”StoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix
“Ganga”Ghee HappyGhee Happy Studio
“Glass”StoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix
“I Am Grandmaster Flash”Xavier Riddle and the Secret MuseumPBS Kids
“Xutash Harvest”Spirit RangersNetflix
Directing for an Animated Series
“Descent Into Fear“Monsters at WorkDisney+
“The Fairy Isle”HildaNetflix
“Kole”IwájúDisney+
“The Molecular Level”Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurDisney+
“Moremi”Kizazi Moto: Generation FireDisney+
Voice Directing for an Animated Series
Daniel Tiger’s NeighborhoodPBS Kids
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurDisney+
Monsters at WorkDisney+
Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresDisney+
Young LoveHBO | Max
Music Direction and Composition for a Live-Action Program
The Naughty NineDisney Channel
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High SchoolHBO | Max
The Velveteen RabbitApple TV+
Music Direction and Composition for an Animated Program
Frog and ToadApple TV+
Gremlins: Secrets of The MogwaiMax
Looney Tunes CartoonsMax
Orion and the DarkNetflix
Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresDisney+
Original Song for a Preschool Program
“Find the Area”StoryBots: Answer Time Netflix
“Keep Swimming Through”Baby Shark’s Big Movie!Nickelodeon
“Let Your Wish Carry You Away”Alice’s Wonderland Bakery Disney Junior
“That’s Why We Love Nature”Sesame Street Max
“The Tornado Song”StoryBots: Answer Time Netflix
Original Song for a Children’s or Young Teen Program
“Kiss Your Friend”Hailey’s On It!Disney Channel
“My Sails Are Set”One PieceNetflix
“Radishes vs. Strawberries”Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Apple TV+
“Speak Out”High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Disney+
“Things”Kiff Disney Channel
Show Open
The Fairly OddParents: A New WishNickelodeon
HildaNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
Peter and the WolfMax
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Cinematography for a Single-Camera Live-Action Program
Fraggle Rock: Back to the RockApple TV+
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
A Real Bug’s LifeNational Geographic
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Editing for a Single-Camera Live-Action Program
Fraggle Rock: Back to the RockApple TV+
GoosebumpsDisney+
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly HighSchoolHBO | Max
The Velveteen RabbitApple TV+
Editing for a Multiple-Camera Live-Action Program
All-Round ChampionBYUtv
Erin & AaronNickelodeon
Sesame StreetMax
The Thundermans ReturnNickelodeon
Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
Frog and ToadApple TV+
Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresDisney+
StoryBots: Answer TimeNetflix
StoryBots: Super Silly Stories with BoNetflix
The Tiny Chef ShowNickelodeon
Editing for an Animated Program
HildaNetflix
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurDisney+
Merry Little BatmanAmazon Prime Video
Orion and the DarkNetflix
Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, FranklinApple TV+
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat SillyThe Wonderful World of Mickey MouseDisney+
Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live-Action Program
GoosebumpsDisney+
JaneApple TV+
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
A Real Bug’s LifeNational Geographic
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High SchoolHBO | Max
The Velveteen RabbitApple TV+
Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Preschool Animated Program
Baby Shark’s Big Movie!Paramount+
Santiago of the SeasNICK Jr.
Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresDisney+
Shape IslandThe Winter BluesApple TV+
Xavier Riddle and the Secret MuseumPBS Kids
Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for an Animated Program
I Am GrootDisney+
Jurassic World: Chaos TheoryNetflix
Mech CadetsNetflix
Monsters at WorkDisney+
Orion and the DarkNetflix
Transformers: EarthSparkNickelodeon
Lighting, Camera and Technical Arts
Malory TowersBYUtv
A Real Bug’s LifeNational Geographic
Ruby and the WellBYUtv
Sesame StreetMax
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Visual Effects for a Live-Action Program
Fraggle Rock: Back to the RockApple TV+
GoosebumpsDisney+
The Naughty NineDisney Channel
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Casting for a Live-Action Program
HeartstopperNetflix
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
Pretty Freekin ScaryDisney+
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Casting for an Animated Program
Gremlins: Secrets of The MogwaiMax
Jurassic World: Chaos TheoryNetflix
Monsters at WorkDisney+
Orion and the DarkNetflix
Rock Paper ScissorsNickelodeon
Spirit RangersNetflix
Supa Team 4Netflix
Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design for a Single-Camera Program
Malory TowersBYUtv
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
The Santa ClausesDisney+
The Spiderwick ChroniclesRoku Channel
Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design for a Multiple-Camera Program
Bunk’dDisney Channel
Sesame StreetMax
The Villains of Valley ViewDisney+
Costume Design/Styling
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Puppet Design entry)Apple TV+
Malory TowersBYUtv
Monster High 2Nickelodeon
One PieceNetflix
Sesame Street (Puppet Design entry)Max
The Velveteen RabbitApple TV+
Hairstyling and Makeup
GoosebumpsDisney+
Monster High 2Nickelodeon
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
The Really Loud HouseNickelodeon
The Santa ClausesDisney+
Stunt Coordination for a Live-Action Program
GoosebumpsDisney+
One PieceNetflix
Percy Jackson and the OlympiansDisney+
The Really Loud HouseNickelodeon
The Villains of Valley ViewDisney Channel
Choreography
High School Musical: The Musical: The SeriesDisney+
Monster High 2Nickelodeon
World’s BestDisney+
Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik may not be a couple anymore, but they’ll always be on the same team thanks to their daughter, Khai.
In a Vogue cover story published Tuesday (March 11), the model got candid about her co-parenting relationship with the former One Direction star. She and Malik dated for about six years — and welcomed Khai in September 2020 — before calling it quits in 2021 following a dispute between the singer and Gigi’s mother, Yolanda Hadid.
“Zayn and I do our custody schedules months in advance,” the Victoria’s Secret Angel told the publication, noting that she and her ex plan everything around the weeks they respectively have their daughter. “That doesn’t mean that it doesn’t change here and there, but we help each other out and have each other’s backs.”
Gigi went on to say that she and Malik both approach their co-parenting relationship with “love and a feeling of camaraderie,” though it’s sometimes difficult knowing that parts of their history will forever be public knowledge. Though she didn’t mention it specifically, one of the most talked-about moments in the former couple’s relationship — and subsequent breakup — is definitely the 2021 incident in which Malik was accused of grabbing and shoving Yolanda. The “Pillowtalk” singer later pleaded no contest to four counts of harassment and agreed to serve 360 days of probation as well as complete anger management and domestic violence programs.
“There is the hard part of the world knowing this much, and thinking they know everything,” Gigi told Vogue. “At the end of the day, we’re not interested in giving everyone our whole story. What we are interested in is raising our daughter together, with so much respect for each other, and not just as co-parents, but what we’ve been through together.”
Gigi is now dating actor Bradley Cooper, whom she met at a birthday party for a mutual friend’s child. Calling their relationship “very romantic and happy,” the model said, “I think just getting to the point where knowing what you want and deserve in a relationship is essential.”
“Then to find someone that is in a place in their life where they know what they want and deserve … and you both do work separately to come together and be the best partner that you can be,” she added. “I just feel really lucky. Yeah, lucky’s the word.”
See Gigi on the cover of Vogue below.
HARDY and Caleigh Ryan are celebrating the arrival of their newborn baby. Rosie Ryan Hardy arrived on March 7, 2025 at nine pounds, two ounces, the country singer and his wife announced on social media, two days after Caleigh gave birth. The pair were showered with messages of congratulations on their Instagram post Sunday (March […]
Lady Gaga may now be causing mayhem in pop music, but what she’s really looking forward to is the peace of starting a family with fiancé Michael Polansky.
In an interview with Good Morning America that aired Friday (March 7) — the same day the superstar’s album Mayhem finally dropped — Gaga opened up about how she wanted “marriage and kids more than anything” before meeting the tech businessman in 2019. “We’d been talking for, like, three weeks on the phone every single day just getting to know each other, and Michael flew to Vegas when I was doing my show to take me on our first date,” she recalled.
“And before we even sat down, I said, ‘Do you want marriage and kids?’” she continued. “And he goes, ‘Yeah I do.’ And I said, ‘Yeah OK, great. Do you want some champagne?’”
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The 14-time Grammy winner added, “I wanted him to know that I was a family girl.”
Gaga and Polansky had been dating for about four years when they got engaged in April 2024. The “Die With a Smile” singer has been open in the past about how she’s ready to welcome children into the mix, telling Elle in January that she envisions her near future being centered around “me and Michael and our kids.”
“That’s something Michael and I have talked about a lot — allowing our kids to be their own people,” she added at the time. “It’s such an intense thing for kids coming into the world. And they’re told how to think and what to believe in and how to eat … I just kind of want to let my kids find out who they are.”
For now, the A Star Is Born actress is focused on planning their wedding — “You know what? It’s … it’s going,” she told GMA of the process — and sticking the landing with Mayhem, which Polansky was also heavily involved in. The entrepreneur is credited as a songwriter on several of the songs, and Gaga previously said that he was the one who encouraged her to return to her dance-pop roots on the LP.
“He just loves the whole me,” she told GMA. “We do a lot together. He includes me in his business as well. He’s really creative, he plays guitar — he’s like a beautiful musician. We have a really creative relationship.”
Gaga added, “My album’s called Mayhem, but it’s also nice to be in the mayhem with someone else.”
Watch her Good Morning America interview above.
The official trailer for BE@RBRICK is out now (Thursday, March 6), with Billboard Family giving audiences an exclusive first look at the new Apple TV+ animated series.
Based on the collectible figures from Japanese company Medicom Toy, the CG-animated show infuses a message to embrace individuality with feel-good comic relief and plenty of music. The series was developed by Meghan McCarthy (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Centaurworld), who serves as showrunner, executive producer and writer, with music helmed by Timbaland, executive music producer.
The BE@RBRICK trailer, premiering ahead of the series’ release on Apple TV+ on March 21, introduces young Jasmine Finch and her high school bandmates, who are breaking the mold by pursuing their dreams of making music in a world where your painted-on look is expected to be what determines your path in life.
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Speaking to Billboard Family over Zoom, McCarthy says her aim was to treat the animated ensemble, voiced by Brianna Bryan, Skyla I’Lece, Isaiah Crews, Alison Jaye and Noah Bentley, “with respect and treat them like they are three-dimensional, real characters that your audience can see themselves in, see their friends in.”
First Look: The Official BE@RBRICK Trailer From Apple TV+
“Any time you’re translating from something that exists in another format, like in this case a collectible [toy] … you do have people who are very familiar with it, and then you have an audience that isn’t familiar with BE@RBRICK at all, and then neither is familiar with how you’re going to showcase them in a series,” McCarthy explains.
“If you ask somebody on the street who’s familiar with BE@RBRICK, tell me three things that you know about them, what does everybody tell you? That’s a great starting point ‘cause you want to make sure you stay true to those things,” she says of developing the show, produced and animated by DreamWorks Animation and Dentsu Inc.
Jasmine Finch (voiced by Brianna Bryan) and Nick Hazard (voiced by Isaiah Crews) in ‘BE@RBRICK,’ premiering March 21, 2025 on Apple TV+.
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For BE@RBRICK, McCarthy says those things included a “very specific shape — little bear heads and little bellies,” and “how when you paint them, they take on this whole new thing. That’s what really gives them their uniqueness and their value, so you don’t want to abandon that.”
“The third thing was they do all these amazing collabs with musicians and artists,” she adds, “and so creativity is a huge part of what makes BE@RBRICK, BE@RBRICK — expressing that creativity.”
There’s the humor that makes BE@RBRICK the series relatable — “I think that it’s really funny in a way that is not mean-spirited. We’re laughing with these characters, we’re not laughing at them, which I think is really great for families,” says McCarthy, who’s a parent herself — and there’s the music, a primary focus for the storyline.
“It’s a show you can dance to,” she says. “The music is really incredible and fun and there’s so much of it on the show.”
Holly Honeywell (voiced by Skyla I’Lece) in ‘BE@RBRICK,’ premiering March 21, 2025 on Apple TV+.
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“Ultimately, I think the takeaway of the show is the importance of creativity and self-expression and how that can change the world, and how kids [like Jasmine] are a factor in changing the world. I think those are great, relatable themes that a whole family can rally around,” McCarthy says.
That’s something that drew Timbaland to the project.
“The bigger message is that anyone can choose their own path, no matter where they come from,” he tells Billboard Family of the show.
Timbaland first discussed the opportunity to be involved with BE@RBRICK back in 2019, in a meeting with Alexandra Nickson, SVP, TV Music at DreamWorks Animation. DreamWorks then came to McCarthy with the prospect of working alongside the Billboard chart-topping and Grammy Award-winning producer for the show. “Who’s gonna say no to that?” she says with a laugh. “The guy who’s produced some of the coolest things in the history of the world? Yeah, I think he’d be pretty good for this.”
Over the past few years Timbaland has worked with a group of Beatclub producers, artists and songwriters to bring the series’ soundtrack to fruition. The series features an original score by Jina Hyojin An (XO, Kitty) and Shirley Song (Exploding Kittens).
“The process was similar to making a record,” Timbaland notes over email, “but in this case, we received creative briefs from the DreamWorks team. That allowed us the time to get everything right, the music, the lyrics and the overall vibe.”
BRBX Media DJ (voiced by Timbaland) in ‘BE@RBRICK,’ premiering March 21, 2025 on Apple TV+.
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As McCarthy points out, “For our main character Jasmine and her friends to be able to express themselves through their music, and to root for them, you have to think they’re pretty darn good at it. You have to think the world would be at a loss if they weren’t allowed to put their creativity out there. So to have Timbaland, who has such a finger on the pulse of music and making it feel very relevant to today, that was so key. … They’re not human characters, but they’re making this music that feels like, ‘Oh yeah, I would totally hear this out in the real world. This would be a hit song in the real world.’ That’s the energy and that’s the vibe that he absolutely brought to the table.”
Timbaland says he can “absolutely” relate to Jasmine’s experience in feeling the pull to create music, sharing that “from a very early age, I always knew I wanted to be a music producer when I started DJing.”
His advice for kids who want to follow his path as a producer: “Now is one of the best times to be an independent artist. The playing field is more level than it was when you had to be signed to a major label to break into the industry. My advice is simple: Never give up!”
BE@RBRICK will be available to stream on Apple TV+ on March 21.
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From there, the musician wrapped in a bit of her signature, keen-eyed wit, singing, “Who would have known when I took her home, that I’d fall so in love … Yeah, I’m her b—h.”
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