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Matty Healy is officially engaged to Gabriette Bechtel, Dua Lipa visits BLACKPINK’S Jennie while on vacation and more! Tetris Kelly: Matty Healy is off the market, Tinashe gets a collab request and Dua Lipa makes a surprise visit. Here’s three things you need to know today. Matty Healy is officially engaged. Gabriette broke the news that […]
Jin from BTS has officially completed and been released from his military service. The singer was met by other BTS members upon being released, and he’s set to thank the BTS Army by giving 1,000 fans hugs. Keep watching to learn more! Tetris Kelly: Jin from BTS is out of the Korean military, and all […]
Brian Kelley talks about his new album ‘Tennessee Truth,’ the terms that he and Tyler Hubbard are on after the Florida Georgia Line split and more! Brian Kelley: All I can say is really that we’re both, I think, finding our groove in the solo world and you never know what time can do. Tetris […]
This episode delves into the origins of hip-hop in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on its cultural roots in the Bronx, New York. We examine the foundational elements of the genre, including DJing, MCing, breakdancing and graffiti, while highlighting the socio-political environment that gave rise to hip-hop and set the stage for its mainstream breakthrough. […]
Ariana Grande gets real on Penn Badgley’s Podcrushed podcast. She opened up about her time at Nickelodeon, her latest album — Eternal Sunshine — and more! Tetris Kelly:Ariana Grande opened up on Penn Badgley’s Podcrushed podcast, and here are three must-hear moments: Ariana spoke about her time at Nickelodeon and how she feels about the […]
Ángela Aguilar and Christian Nodal confirm their relationship and speak on it. Ariana Grande is seen out with Ethan Slater at the Stanley Cup Final and more! Narrator: From date night to new romance to getting ghosted? Love is in the air for, well, most of your faves. Ariana Grande enjoyed a little vino and a […]
After less than a year of marriage, Tory Lanez’s wife, Raina Chassagne, has filed for divorce. Keep watching to find out more. Narrator: Tory Lanez’s wife has filed for divorce and is seeking legal and physical custody of their child. Raina Chassagne is divorcing Tory Lanez after less than a year of marriage. Their separation […]
We caught up with some of your favorites at the GLAAD Media Awards 2024, and we found out which artists made them realize they’re queer. Keep watching to see who they were!
Tetris Kelly:Who’s somebody you can think of from a young age where you were like, “Oh, wait, am I? I’m queer.”
Jojo Siwa:Am I gay? I mean from a young age, Lady Gaga.
Snow Wife:Lady Gaga.
Mark Hoying: For me, it was Lady Gaga.
Dylan Mulvaney:Gaga.
Tetris Kelly:It’s Tetris with Billboard News. We’re here at the GLAAD Awards finding out which artists represent the community the best, and what are some of your favorite queer artists, queer awakenings? What’s an artist that you can think back to your childhood that made you say, “You know what? I might be queer.”
Scott and Mark Hoying: Ohhh.
Jojo Siwa:Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus. Currently, G Flip. Love them so very much.
Tetris Kelly:When you think of other queer music icons, who comes to your mind?
Chlöe:Oh, Kim Petras. I really love her.
Tetris Kelly:Like, her music is, like, perfection — pop perfection.
Chlöe:So definitely she’s top for me.
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez:The only people that I really saw were probably Janet Jackson. The Michael Jacksons and the Beyoncés and the Tina Turners and the Anita Bakers. I could go on for days. The rolodex is going on in my head as you ask this question.
Frankie Grande:Madonna. Absolutely, hands down, no question. Me dancing in my bedroom and my living room to Madonna on VHS. The Immaculate Collection VHS with all of her music videos, and me just doing everything that she did and being like, “Huh, this feels too good.”
Keep watching to learn more!
Did you know the impact that Black artists have had in creating country music? Black artists have played a crucial role in shaping country music, from the early 1920s to the present day, with artists such as Lil Nas X and Beyoncé amplifying the genre even further. Tetris Kelly:It doesn’t get more black than country […]
Are you ready for Normani‘s debut album to drop this week? Because she definitely is.
Dopamine is set to arrive this Friday, June 14, via RCA Records. Normani knows her fanbase has been clamoring for her first full-length album for the last few years, which obviously came with “pressure. Everybody not necessarily knowing what is going on within the process or within my personal life. … I’m just grateful that everybody is just really excited still for this album and for this body of work. They’ve waited on me, which I don’t really take for granted,” she tells Billboard‘s Tetris Kelly.
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Dopamine is meant to reflect Normani “finally stepping into who I’ve been called to be. There’s been so much adversity and so many roadblocks just in the process of putting this body of work out, you have no idea. I could actually probably write a book,” she claims, adding that “shifting teams… has honestly been one of the greatest blessings.” The former Fifth Harmony member parted ways with her former management company, Brandon Silverstein‘s S10 Entertainment, and signed a new management deal to Brandon Creed and Lydia Asrat through his Good World Management and her Q10 in August 2023.
Ahead of Dopamine‘s release, Normani has dropped two singles: “1:59,” featuring Gunna, and the hotly-anticipated “Candy Paint.” After she dropped the Cardi B-assisted “Wild Side” single three years ago, “1:59” “bridged the gap from ‘Wild Side’ to where I am now. It feels cohesive, it felt like it made sense but it felt like an evolved version of me,” Normani says in her Billboard News interview, adding that working with Gunna felt “organic”. “We met at a football game, and we just talked about working together. And management was just like, ‘Yo, what about “1:59″?’ ‘Cause we wanted to do a record together, and he loved it. It was just immediate. I remember playing it for him, and then I also have a record on his project.” Gunna also featured Normani on “$$$” from his latest album One of Wun.
As for “Candy Paint,” fans had been eating it up since Normani teased it more than a year ago and then featured a snippet of it during a Bose commercial. “As soon as it comes on, it’s infectious. It doesn’t sound like, to me, anything that’s out right now, but it kind of has that nostalgia,” she explains. “Any record that I’m creating or whether it’s even a visual, I love the early 2000s. Everybody knows that, like late ’90s, early 2000s. I’m heavily influenced and inspired by artists during that time. And even the sonics and the production, so you’re gonna hear that a lot throughout the album.”
Specifically, she named Janet Jackson as one of the “most influential artists” in her life, which she’s made very clear in the past: She performed “The Pleasure Principle” at the 2018 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, when Jackson received the BMI Icon award, and she paid tribute to Jackson’s iconic “Would You Mind” performance during her All For You tour during her “Wild Side” performance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. “She’s definitely paved the way, and when I think of the women that I aspire to follow the footsteps of, she’s definitely up there. And she’s had so much impact on me, so sonically, you’ll be able to hear the inspiration,” Normani adds.
Watch Normani’s full Billboard News interview above.