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Rising K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER tell us how they prepare for their shows, explored New York City, give us a behind-the-scenes look at their concert, and more! Kai 0:00 Spoiler in this concert Kai 0:06 It’s a secret. I can’t tell Kai 0:15 Hi Billboard. This is TOMORROW X TOGETHER this is our […]
Megan Thee Stallion was seen out with soccer player Romelu Lukaku amid breakup rumors with Pardi. Saweetie & YG seemingly confirm their relationship. Both Peso Pluma and Bizarrap have been sharing teasers of their upcoming collab on their socials. We followed TOMORROW X TOGETHER as they prepared for night 1 of their shows at UBS […]
Matty Healy made a lot of people upset after he laughed at racist, body-shaming comments about Ice Spice in a recent podcast appearance. Blue Ivy makes her mother proud as she joins her onstage during her shows in Paris and London. Morgan Wallen has snagged another week at No. 1, making it his 12th week at the top of the Billboard 200 charts and his track ‘Last Night’ also holds on to the No. 1 spot of the Hot 100. And more!
Tetris Kelly 0:00Taylor’s rumored boo doubles down on controversial statements. Blue Ivy steals the show at Beyoncé’s weekend concert. Morgan Wallen’s reign on the charts continues, and we learned slang from around the world thanks to Labrinth and Nicole Zignago. Hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend. I’m Tetris Kelly for Billboard News. It’s Tuesday, May 30th and we’re back with some drama. Matty Healy is making headlines again. His latest words continue to rub people the wrong way. The 1975 frontman was asked about his recent racist comments on a podcast and his answer doubles down on the controversy. Matty Healy told The New Yorker that people don’t care that he mocked Asian people made fun of Ice Spice or claimed that he watched violent and racist pornography. He said, “You’re either deluded or you’re, sorry, a liar. You’re either lying that you are hurt, or you’re a bit mental for being hurt.” This comes on the heels of his rumored girlfriend Taylor Swift releasing a remix with Ice Spice and bringing her out at her concert to perform ‘Karma.’
Tetris Kelly 1:10Swifties have voiced their concern over their fave being associated with Healy as we’re feeling he seems unconcerned. For all the latest head to Billboard.com. Now let’s move on to news everyone loves to hear: Beyoncé is killing it on tour. It was a big weekend for Beyoncé’s tour overseas as Blue Ivy took the stage, Selena Gomez and the Jenners caused a stir, and Tina gets some love. If you’re in Paris and not at Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour What were you doing? The crowd was over the moon as Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy joined her in silver and the crowds also sparkled. Kylie and Kris Jenner attended in Paris though Kylie needs to work on her ‘Heated’ lyrics a little bit. Also at that show was Megan Thee Stallion and Selena Gomez, who apparently yelled at security and people are still trying to find out why. It seems as if she was being like her friend Taylor and just saying to leave the fans alone. Dua Lipa attended the show in the UK, where Beyoncé did a tribute to the late Tina Turner of ‘River Deep Mountain High’.
Tetris Kelly 2:25It’s time to talk about our charts. Morgan Wallen continues to make history, spending his 12th week at the top of the Billboard 200 charts with ‘One Thing At A Time,’ making it the most weeks at No. 1 for a country album in over 30 years. It surpasses the 11-week reign of Taylor Swift’s ‘Fearless’ in 2008 to 2009 but it’s not yet caught up to Billy Ray Cyrus’ ‘Some Gave All,’ which notched 17 weeks at No. 1 in 1992. Elsewhere on the chart we have two top 10 debuts as Dave Matthews Band earns its fourteenth top 10 with ‘Walk Around the Moon’ at No. 5. And Ghost logs its fourth top 10 as ‘Phantomime’ bows at No. 7. Over on the Hot 100 Morgan Wallen holds onto the top spot with ‘Last Night’ while Bad Bunny sees a top 10 debut, landing at No. 8 with his latest ‘Where She Goes.’
Jelly Roll 3:22What’s up y’all! Billboard is coming to Nashville to do a question and answer with me at the country summit and you can get your tickets now! Get your tickets, come see me. I’ll be talking that.
Tetris Kelly 3:33Now we move on to the educational portion of the show. We got together with Labrinth and he taught us some of his favorite slang.
Labrinth 3:40Hey guys, my name is Labrinth. And this is my favorite British slang
Labrinth 3:49The first one is “headtop.” If you come into my studio and you hear a banging beat, I’m going to be like, “Yo, what do you think of the song” and you go “headtop.” And that means like, “It’s so crazy” that it’s taking your head off. We got a “mad thing.” And this one makes me laugh because my missus, she grew up in Denmark, and she thought we were actually saying mud, but Patois Jamaicans would say “mad” as “mud” is a “mud thing cus…” and so when you say “mud”, it means that “it’s a crazy thing,” “this thing is wild.” So we say “poppin’ off.” So let’s say Labrinth after Coachella, people are like “This guy’s poppin’ off,” that means that your “success is growing” or people are starting to kind of see who you are.
Tetris Kelly 4:40From the UK to South America, Nicole Zignago broke down her favorite slang from Peru.
Nicole Zignago 4:45Hola, yo soy Nicole Zignago y estas son mis frases favoritas de Perú. Mi frase favorita peruana creo que tendría que ser “Qué Palta”, que significa como “uy”, como “That sucks”. Como “¡Qué palta!”. Al final, palta es avocado in Peru so, I don’t know, that’s random, but I really like it. Y otra podría ser “Qué Chévere”. Chévere lo utilizamos mucho. I really like that one. “Huevón”, “Huevona”. We say that a lot. It’s like “Hey, dude. What’s up, dude?” Yeah.
Tetris Kelly 5:19Wooh I got a lot of slang to use. That’s it for today make sure to come back tomorrow to see what songs are trending on Twitter and we break down the songs making a comeback thanks to TikTok. I’m Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
Taylor Swift is a queen of the modern pop world. But when she joins forces with other artists, especially ones at the top of their game, the songs are automatically a cultural event. Big or small, artists who work with Swift always seem to pair with her voice perfectly — which is probably why she’s […]
Lauren Jauregui tells us all about her new music off her EP ‘In Between’, exploring her sexuality through her music, Fifth Harmony’s 10th anniversary, and more!
Lauren Jauregui 0:00You should listen to my music. That’s what I would say. Go check it out. Check me out, like it’s good sh–. It’s good sh–. Can I say sh–? You can. Hey, what’s up? I’m Lauren Jauregui and this is Billboard News
Tetris Kelly 0:22It’s Tetris with Billboard News and I’m so happy to be hanging out with my friend Lauren. Hey, beautiful. How are you?
Lauren Jauregui 0:27Hello, I’m good. How are you?
Tetris Kelly 0:29I’m amazing. Thanks for hanging out with us. We got to talk about this music. You’re not new to the solo game. I mean, from ‘Expectations’ and all the success you had with that and so many releases. Tell me what about this EP, that’s going to be so different.
Lauren Jauregui 0:39I think there’s, there’s more movement to this EP. This is a continuation of ‘Prelude’ which is my first EP that I dropped
Lauren Jauregui 0:53Kind of the sound and vibe that I was, I’ve been cultivating from that point. I’ve been writing since like, 2018. And these songs are from that era, I haven’t really locked in to start writing new stuff yet. So it’s kind of a continuation of a story that would have been told maybe in the past,
Tetris Kelly 1:07Let’s talk about your lead single. Now ‘Wolves’, you got two amazingly talented people on it: Ty Dolla $ign and Russ. Why were those two guys the perfect people?
Lauren Jaureugi 1:15This song was written back in like 2019. So Russ and I have always been friends, you know, he’s an independent artist as well. And I learned a lot from him and all of the wisdom he puts out into the world as an artist and I felt very connected to him and we like grew a friendship, just like kind of knowing each other, and then Ty heard the track and loved it and wanted to hop on it. So he did.
Tetris Kelly 1:37But as we break down this EP, tell me a little bit more about some of the other tracks and what they mean.
Lauren Jaureugi 1:41I love all of these songs, there are six of them, two of them are already out in the world, which are ‘Always Love’ and ‘Trust Issues,’ which I feel give a very vulnerable kind of take on my songwriting, they’re very just like my vocals and some strings and a guitar, for the most part. But I opened the project with a spoken word piece that’s overseeing music that my friend Powers produced, which is really beautiful and kind of goes even more in depth into the meaning of ‘In Between.’ For me, it’s a poem specifically about that. It’s called ‘Meet Me In the In Between’.
Tetris Kelly 2:24And something that I also have felt I’ve watched you do is kind of like grow and bloom into your sexuality as well. I’ve been very proud of you. Because like you were unfairly outed in 2016. But now you’ve kind of just owned your stuff. Yeah. And you’re out and proud and living your life. I loved your Valentine’s Day post. So how was that?
Lauren Jaureugi 2:43I mean, it’s life. I’m older now. I was 16 when I started in this industry, and I’m now 26. So I feel like you blossom into yourself over the course of those years, you discover yourself, you meet people, you fall in love, you fall out of love, and you learn yourself. And I think even when it comes to expression and identity and sexuality, I’m very fluid. So I feel like I’ll continue to discover and engage with different parts of myself because I grow.
Tetris Kelly 3:13Talking about growth, obviously growing as a solo artist, you know, you obviously were a part of a massive group. And one of your members recently, Dinah, she said that she quit doing solo music in 2020 because of depression and pressure. So is that something you have ever connected with? Or do you feel like there’s a pressure as being a solo artist?
Lauren Jauregui 3:31Yeah, I think all of us could connect with that. I feel like we’ve all spoken about our stories and in respect to like that experience overall. And I think each of us needed our individual time to grow and discover our personal stories within the story of it all, you know, so I’m proud of her for getting through it and taking the time that she needed. And I hope she’s feeling beautiful because I love you.
Tetris Kelly 3:55It feels like it was just yesterday that it was July, you guys are celebrating 10 years
Tetris Kelly 4:05And now, it’s about to be July, again, 11 years.
Lauren Jauregui 4:09I’m part of anything for 11 years, it’s just like a lot.
Tetris Kelly 4:12And I feel like every every other week you guys are going viral for some moment or performance. What’s one that sticks out to you that you haven’t spoken on? I need to know like when you see this on the internet, you’re like, oh, man, I can’t.
Lauren Jaureugi 4:26Oh man. Well, with Fifth Harmony, there is an endless supply of that. There’s so much, there’s so much stuff, definitely our carpet photos. I laughed so hard at y’all’s comments about the carpet photos because I’m, I feel you.
Tetris Kelly 4:41For people that are checking in and tuning in now. They don’t know Lauren, they don’t know Fifth Harmony. What do you feel like you want to say?
Lauren Jauregui 4:48Hi, I’m Lauren. I’m a singer songwriter. You should listen to my music, that’s what I would say. Go check me out, like hit me up. It’s good sh–.
Tetris Kelly 4:59Thank you so much for coming and hanging out with us, I really appreciate it.
As the July 21 premiere of Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ draws closer, the lineup of artists featured on the film’s official soundtrack has been unveiled. To celebrate the release of Disney’s live-action film ‘The Little Mermaid’, the Billboard staff put together a list of the top 100 Disney songs. Sam Smith has canceled an additional pair of UK gigs on doctor’s orders. And more!
Tetris Kelly 0:00The ‘Barbie’ soundtrack is stacked! Sam Smith announces a project with Madonna and cancels a show. We’ve got Lauren Jauregui in studio. We run down the top Disney songs of all time and the stars remember the legend Tina Turner
Tetris Kelly 0:16Welcome back to Billboard News, I’m Tetris Kelly, it’s Thursday, May 25th. And can I get one ticket for the ‘Barbie’ movie please? Because this soundtrack it’s everything. We already knew Dua Lipa was on the soundtrack for the ‘Barbie’ movie, but now we’ve got a whole other list of Barbies and Kens singing a tune for the film.
Tetris Kelly 0:35Dua Lipa is not the only pop girly on the soundtrack. We’ve got Charli XCX, Lizzo, Pink Pantheress and Ava Max.
Tetris Kelly 0:53The soundtrack features some alternative Barbies in HAIM and Gayle, plus some rapping Barbies, of course, Nicki Minaj, along with Ice Spice and Kali. Speaking of Kens, Ryan Gosling is on the soundtrack along with Dominic Fike, Khalid, Tame Impala and The Kid Laroi.
Tetris Kelly 1:23Mark Ronson is executive producing the collection of tracks, and it’s even international with Karol G and K-pop group FIFTY FIFTY.
Tetris Kelly 1:32Speaking of soundtracks, Disney has ruled the soundtrack charts for decades and we’re running down some of the best tracks. Pretty much everyone has heard a Disney song in their lifetime. There’s hundreds of them. To celebrate the release of Disney’s live-action film ‘The Little Mermaid’ the Billboard staff put together a list of the top 100 Disney songs. Here are the top five. A Disney classic first released in 1940, the first song on our list was made popular by a little cricket named Jiminy. It won the Oscar for Best Original Song and was Disney’s first Oscar winning track coming in at No. 5 on Billboard’s pick of top Disney songs ‘When You Wish Upon A Star’.
Tetris Kelly 2:16The next song on the list is an upbeat classic featuring singing inanimate objects Lumiere and Cogsworth welcome us to the No.4 spot with ‘Be Our Guest’ from ‘Beauty and the Beast.’
Tetris Kelly 2:29The next song on the list hasn’t appeared in a Disney movie at all but it’s one of the most publicly performed songs of all time. ‘It’s a Small World’ comes in at No. 3 on our list.
Tetris Kelly 2:51The next song on the list has been in your head since it first “froze” it’s way into our homes in 2013– can you believe it’s been 10 years! “Let It Go” is No. 2 on our staff picks!
Tetris Kelly 3:09And we couldn’t help but choose an iconic “Little Mermaid” song as our number one pick for top 100 Disney songs. The power ballad ‘Part of Your World’ originally sung by the voice of ‘The Little Mermaid’ Jodi Benson comes in at No. 1
Tetris Kelly 3:28Which Disney song is your favorite? And who’s looking forward to hearing Halle Bailey sing the iconic No. 1 pick in the live-action remake? Sound off with your choices below!
Now let’s talk about Sam Smith. They’re teaming up with a legend but fans are focused on something else at the moment. Sam Smith makes headlines good and bad by upsetting some fans but Madonna makes everything better. At their concert in Manchester the ‘Too Good At Goodbyes’ singer had to exit stage after only four songs. They posted in a statement: “I fought off the virus a few weeks ago. During my third song I noticed something wrong with my voice. I came offstage and have tried everything to get my voice back in gear but it won’t. I am honestly heartbroken. I couldn’t finish the show tonight for you all.” They also posted that shows in Birmingham and Glasgow will also be rescheduled and available for refund, leaving some fans fuming and gutted. But they also had some good news yesterday: Sam announced a collab with the legendary Madonna
Tetris Kelly 4:34If it’s anything like their work with Kim Petras on ‘Unholy’ we better be ready for a hit.
Lauren Alania 4:40Hey guys, it’s Lauren, I am so excited to be with Billboard June 7th in Nashville get your tickets.
Tetris Kelly 4:46Now it’s time for my interview with Lauren Jauregui. She just announced her new EP and I sat down with her to talk all about it. Let’s talk about your lead single now ‘Wolves’ got two amazingly talented people on it Ty Dolla $ign and Russ,
Tetris Kelly 5:00Why were those two guys the perfect people?
Lauren Jauregui 5:02This song was written back in like 2019. So Russ and I have always been friends you know, he’s an independent artist as well. And I learned a lot from him and all of the wisdom he puts out into the world as an artist and as being I felt very connected to him and we like grew a friendship just like kind of knowing each other, and then Ty heard the track and loved it, and wanted to hop on it. So he did.
Tetris Kelly 5:23It feels like it was just yesterday that it was July, Fifth Harmony were celebrating 10 years and now it’s about to be July 11 years.
Lauren JaureguiI mean, the fact that I can say I’m part of anything for 11 years. It’s just like a lot.
Tetris Kelly 5:42And I feel like every every other week you guys are going viral for some moment or performance. What’s one that sticks out to you that you haven’t spoken on? I need to know like when you see this on the internet, you’re like, oh, man, I can’t, man.
Lauren Jauregui 5:55Well, with Fifth Harmony. This is an endless supply of that. There’s so much stuff definitely our carpet photos. I laughed so hard at y’alls comments about the carpet photos because I’m I feel you.
Tetris Kelly 6:08For the full interview make sure you hit the Billboard.com That’s today’s show. Come back tomorrow for our Friday music guide. And let me leave you with some fond memories of the icon Tina Turner, I’m Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News.
Tetris Kelly 6:27With the passing of Tina Turner, many artists took to social media to share how the icon had inspired them and influenced.
Tetris Kelly 6:42Beyoncé posted a message to her website for her beloved queen, writing, “I love you endlessly. I’m so grateful for your inspiration and all the ways you have paved the way you are strength and resilience. You are the epitome of power and passion. We are all so fortunate to have witnessed your kindness and beautiful spirit that will forever remain.”
Tetris Kelly 7:07The two divas performed ‘Proud Mary’ together at the 50th annual Grammy Awards in 2008. Mariah Carey took to Twitter posting the words “Legendary iconic Diva and superstar are often overused. And yet Tina Turner embodies them all, and so many more an incredible performer, musician and Trailblazer to me she will always be a survivor and an inspiration to women everywhere.” Alicia Keys posted a heartfelt message on Instagram writing in part, “What a woman What a life What a warrior. The songs you sang gave us courage to step out and be our full selves. You are a fierce force as a woman and a performer. All of these things have been beacons of light for not only me, but all the people around the world finding ourselves and our fearlessness through our vulnerability.” And finally, Nicki Minaj posted, “Legend an icon and that doesn’t even scratch the surface. May she rest in perfect peace and may her legacy of brilliance and resilience live on forever. #SimplyTheBest.” To see our full roundup of celebs paying respect to Tina Turner and to Billboard.com
Tina Turner, whose gritty vocals and fierce, sizzling performances powered two iconic music careers —as one-half of husband-and-wife duo Ike & Tina Turner and later as a solo star — has died, her rep confirmed to Billboard. The eight-time Grammy Award winner was 83. TETRIS KELLY:Tina Turner has died at the age of 83. A […]
LØREN talks about his favorite late-night snack to eat, obsession with cars, love for tattoos, connection with his Black Label mate Somi and more during this rapid-fire game.
LØREN 0:00Hi, this is LØREN and this is Billboard News
Tetris Kelly 0:12I do want to play a game with you, it’d be really easy. I’m just going to say a sentence and you finish it with the first thought that comes to your head as quick as possible. Alright?
LØREN 0:19All right.
Tetris Kelly 0:20My favorite late night snack is…
LØREN 0:22Instant noodles.
Tetris Kelly 0:23Instant noodles?!
LØREN 0:24It’s like in my blood, you know? Like, it’s like the one thing that you’re not supposed to eat at night.
Tetris Kelly 0:28If I wasn’t a singer, I would be…
LØREN 0:31A tattooist.
Tetris Kelly 0:32Have you ever done one of your own tattoos?
LØREN 0:33I actually have a really close tattooist, and you know, I give her like a really bad picture of what I want, and she just kind of like refines it, you know, and so we kind of go back and forth and she’s like, What do you think about this angle? What do you think about the size? And then we just kind of put it together.
Tetris Kelly 0:48The most famous person that follows me on IG is…
LØREN 0:50I think Somi from the Black Label. I think
LØREN 1:00I’m pretty sure that’s it.
Tetris Kelly 1:02I’m gonna go through your followers now.
Tetris Kelly 1:03My current obsession is,
LØREN 1:06I think cars. I’ve always been a car guy and I don’t think I ever grew out of it. But I recently got into a car crash and so I need to get like a rental. Right? So I got a Toyota Supra and that cars has been like really, really fun. So I think just going for drives has been my obsession.
Tetris Kelly 1:19Well, thanks so much for again for coming out and hanging out. This is so fun.
Davido talks about Forbes calling him “The King of Afrobeats”, how he created his album ‘Timeless’, what he has planned for his tour, the future of Afrobeats, and more!
Davido 0:00I’m ready for the genre to just go crazy
Davido 0:02I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Davido 0:09Yo what up my people, it’s your boy Davido and you’re watching Billboard News
Raina Aniftos 0:20Hey everybody, it’s Raina Aniftos with Billboard News and we’re here with singer songwriter, producer, the king of Afro beats Davido.
Raina Aniftos 0:31You just dropped your new album ‘Timeless.’ So tell me a bit about the album and the inspiration behind it.
Davido 0:39You want very out on the record out, I didn’t put out an album in like three years. So I’m just happy that you know, it’s breaking records everywhere
Raina Aniftos 0:50You have the most first day streams of any African artists on Apple Music and Spotify. What is it like to represent your home country like in such a successful way?
Davido 1:03I mean, was dope. We just made the album. You know, with low criteria, we just wanted to just go into studio and make good music. Like we didn’t plug most of it. We were just like natural vibes, you know, in the studio, not putting pressure. You know, even when picking the records, you know, normally I’d pick the whole album myself or like I’m very, very sensitive. So I pick 17 songs out of like, 68
Raina Aniftos 1:28How do you even go about picking the songs like..?
Davido 1:31So kind of like made up this formula where I said, I sent songs to like everybody, like even my friends. So I was like everybody votes and it kind of worked out.
Raina Aniftos 1:41What was the one song that was kind of common throughout everybody’s list?
Davido 1:47Definitely like unavailable.
Davido 1:54Like the intro of the album. I wasn’t gonna put it by everybody. I was like, do and then my dad liked it.
Davido 2:06The one with Angelique Kidjo. I have veto power. That one’s going
Davido 2:12Regardless if there’s no vote
Raina Aniftos 2:18That’s cool, too, that you get to also work with other artists.
Davido 2:22Definitely, there’s this is girl I found on I found on the internet doing like a cover to a song. And then I dmed her and like, “yo, your voice is amazing. Wow.” She doesn’t even believe like, I’m the one talking. She’s so good.
Raina Aniftos 2:35And now she’s on a record breaking album with you.
Davido 2:37Yeah and I signed her too.
Raina 2:41Forbes named you the “King of Afrobeats.” How does it feel to be named something like that? And to represent a genre, be the face of it.
Davido 2:51I mean, it’s true.
Davido 2:55You know, I’ve lived in both places. I’ve lived in America. I went to school out here too.
Davido 3:00In Alabama. So I was always like spreading the gospel of like, African culture. Food, the fashion you know what I’m saying. When it was time to do music like my dream was always the crossover. Where we were without crossover happen. You know, I was one of the first to get signed by major label from dead on everything just got lit.
Raina Aniftos 3:31Who were some of your musical influences growing up that have led you to create such a unique sound.
Davido 3:36I mean, growing up I was like, really like a hip hop fan. I love that. Yeah, I was like, really, really into like rap. Like I love like 50 cent. Ja Rule like I dressed like a rapper.
Raina Aniftos 3:54As far as Afro beats as a genre, it’s really been blossoming over the past few years. What do you think it is about the genre that’s connecting so much with people recently?
Davido 4:03Man it’s fresh yet you don’t say it’s been here for years? You know? Even when I was in college, I’d always play like African music because that’s what I was listening to. At the time. My friends my like, American friends always like ah, like it sounds good. So I always knew that if he got the opportunity to get heard people would like it.
Raina Aniftos 4:31You’re about to go on tour. Tell me a bit about what we can expect what you have in store what’s going on with this tour is like
Davido 4:41Man you know, I’m gonna need to challenge myself in my last tour. You know, Afrobeats wasn’t as crazy as it is now. So it’s like, Now all eyes on us
Raina Aniftos 4:57Where do you want to see the future of Afrobeats go?
Davido 5:00I’m like just happy everybody’s doing well. You know what I’m saying The future of Afrobeats
Davido 5:06I feel like it’s in good hands. So hopefully a documentary soon n aboutot only me also about the culture as well. Up we go
Raina Aniftos 5:16Up you go so many cool things ‘Timeless’ your album is out now you’re about to head out on tour. Thank you so much for speaking with me today.
Nick Jonas looked back on his off-key performance at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards on an episode of ‘Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard.’ Warner Bros. unveiled the trailer for the big-screen musical adaptation of ‘The Color Purple’ starring Halle Bailey, H.E.R., Fantasia and more. ‘The Idol’ received a standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival. Davido stopped by the studio to talk about Forbes calling him “The King of Afrobeats,” how he created his album ‘Timeless’ and more!
TETRIS KELLY:‘The Idol’ premiere slays at Cannes, a trailer drops for ‘The Color Purple,’ and a Nick Jonas performance sends him to therapy. Plus, we hang out with Davido and Evaluna and a new K-pop girl group rules Trending Songs. It’s Tuesday, May 23rd. I’m Tetris and this is Billboard News. Let’s jump into your top story.
Nick Jonas says his 2016 ACM performance with Kelsey Ballerini sent him to therapy. Let’s get into it.
NICK JONAS:“It was like a really traumatic moment that shaped the pressure I put on myself to be perfect and to always be on.”
TETRIS KELLY:The Jonas Brothers stopped by ‘The Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard’ podcast on Monday, where Nick talked about the moment his guitar solo went terribly wrong during Kelsea Ballerini’s performance at the 2016 ACM Awards.
NICK JONAS:“I started off, it’s fine. And as I sort of walked towards her, I just went completely blank. And I hit a wrong note and blacked out basically and clocked that-“
MONICA PADMAN: “Oh my God!”
NICK JONAS:“…it was wrong. And I couldn’t stop. To this day, and like hours of unpacking it, I can’t really figure out exactly what happened.”
TETRIS KELLY:That moment took place right in the middle of the JoBros break when Nick put out two solo projects and before the brothers reunited in 2019.
NICK JONAS:“In retrospect, I can kind of like laugh about how big I thought it was, but it did travel more than I wish it would have. And it did cause me to go into therapy.”
TETRIS KELLY:And now we update you on musicians that are also conquering TV and film. Halle Bailey shows us that wearing Ariel’s purple fins won’t be the only time she hits the big screen in 2023. Plus, The Weeknd, Jennie of BLACKPINK, Troye Sivan, and more are at the premiere of HBOs ‘The Idol’ at Cannes and we’ll be chatting with the pop star.
Warner Bros. has unveiled a trailer for the big screen musical adaptation of ‘The Color Purple’ and it stars Halle Bailey and she’s joined by superstars H.E.R., Fantasia, Ciara, Taraji P Henson, and more. The musical is scheduled to hit theaters on Christmas Day.
We’ve all been obsessed with the new show ‘The Idol’ before its premiere on June 4th, but we’re even more obsessed with the stars’ red carpet look at Cannes. Jennie slayed, giving preppy realness. The Weeknd gave classic Abel while Lily-Rose Depp dazzled, and Troye Sivan was a fashion king per usual. We’ll be chatting with Troye about the show, make sure you stay tuned.
Now let’s get to our interview with Davido. He’s an Afrobeats superstar and he’s even spreading the wealth.
RANIA ANIFTOS:You have the most first-day streams of any African artists on Apple Music and Spotify. What is it like to represent your home country in such a successful way?
DAVIDO:I mean, it was dope. We just made the album, you know, with low criteria. We just wanted to just go into the studio and make good music. Like we didn’t plug most of them, you know what I’m saying? We’re just like natural vibes, you know, in the studio, not putting pressure. You know, even when picking the records. You know, normally I’d pick the whole album myself or like I’m very, very sensitive. So I pick 17 songs out of like, 68.
RANIA ANIFTOS:How do you even go about picking the songs like?
DAVIDO:So we kind of like made up this formula where I send songs to like everybody, like even my friends. So I was like everybody votes. And it kind of worked out.
RANIA ANIFTOS:What was the one song that was kind of common throughout everybody’s list?
DAVIDO:Definitely ‘Unavailable’.
RANIA ANIFTOS:It’s cool too that you get to also work with other artists.
DAVIDO:There’s this girl I found on the internet, she was doing like a cover to a song. And then I DM’d her. I’m like, “Yo, your voice is amazing.”
RANIA ANIFTOS:Wow.
DAVIDO:And she doesn’t even believe like I’m the one talking to her.
RANIA ANIFTOS:And now she’s on a record-breaking album with you.
DAVIDO:Yeah, and I signed her too!
TETRIS KELLY:You can find the full interview at Billboard.com
But now, let’s jump into what you guys are talking about on Twitter.
New K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER sends its pre-debut single to No. 1.
BABYMONSTER may be new to the scene but they’re already making waves by sending their pre-debut single ‘Dream’ to the top of Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart powered by Twitter. The YG-signed girl group debuted ‘Dream’ exclusively on YouTube last week, and it’s already racked up over 30 million global views. An official debut for BABYMONSTER is set for this fall. But details about the premiere are under wraps.
NewJeans member Danielle debuted her version of “Part of Your World’ from ‘The Little Mermaid’ and it bows at No. 2. Her rendition is the Korean language companion to Halle’s performance in the Disney live-action film hitting theaters May 26th.
Elsewhere on the charts Taeyong’s ‘Shalala,’ the title track of the NCT member’s mini album of the same name, sits at No. 3, while the Foo Fighters and Lana Del Rey round out the top five.
Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs Chart powered by Twitter tracks global music-related trends and conversations in real-time across Twitter. Viewable over the last 24 hours or the past seven days.
BRIAN KELLEY:Hey, it’s Brian Kelley. I’m super excited to speak at Billboard Live Country in Conversation on June 7th, right here in Nashville. Make sure you get your tickets right now. It’s gonna be a dang good time.
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EVALUNA MONTANER:Hola, soy Evaluna Montaner y estas son cinco cosas que no sabías de mí. Número uno, bailo flamenco desde lo cinco años. Número dos, soy sommelier. Número tres, la primera y única vez que me emborraché en mi vida fue la primera vez que conocí a Shawn Mendes y Camila Cabello. Era como un encuentro antes de que Camilo y Shawn grabaran la canción juntos y todo eso. Digamos que fue una noche en Miami inolvidable para mí y los zapatos de Shawn Mendes. Número cuarto, tengo como cuarenta tatuajes. Y número cinco, soy muy fan del vallenato y de la música country que es como yo siento que no se lo esperar tanto. Bueno, esas fueron cinco cosas que no sabían de mí.
TETRIS KELLY:That’s it, come back tomorrow to hang out with us and K-Pop star LØren. See you then!