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Keke Palmer, Janelle Monáe, Adam Lambert and many more artists are getting ready to perform at WeHo Pride this weekend!

Tetris Kelly: 

Kesha, Janelle Monae, Kylie Minogue and so many more are heading to West Hollywood this weekend for the OUTLOUD Music Festival at WeHo Pride.

Jeff Consoletti:

We are so excited to be back for our third year, arguably our biggest year, to date. 

Tetris Kelly: 

For the next few days West Hollywood Park will be the place to be for top tier music and pride celebration.

Jeff Consoletti:

And we saw an opportunity to really connect, particularly rising queer artists, with big name artists that also are doing their part for the queer communities.

Tetris Kelly: 

In addition to Janelle Monae, other queer artists performing over the three days include Adam Lambert, Doechii and Vincint, but it doesn’t stop there. Keke Palmer, Noah Cyrus and Diplo will take the stage this weekend, too.

Ben Platt shares the creative process behind his new album ‘HONEYMIND,’ how he’s inspired by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s performances, how his career and personal transitions influenced the album and more!

Ben Platt:

I started writing the album in the spring of 2022 in Nashville and sort of wrote this first series of songs that kind of became the kind of like nest egg of the whole thing. And at that stage, I was very much in a kind of point of transition personally and career-wise, where I was reinvestigating kind of my reasons for being an artist. 

Tetris Kelly:

Ben Platt has conquered Broadway, TV and film with his character work. With his third album, ‘HONEYMIND,’ out Friday, he’s showing more of himself than ever.

Ben Platt:

On top of that it was also settling into my, now you know, well, soon-to-be marriage with my partner Noah, and so the album started to take shape as this kind of crossroads between what it feels like to arrive in your kind of real relationship and to have a partner that you feel like really understands you holistically. And then also how do you as a person need to continue to work to understand and care for yourself to really be ready for a relationship like that?

Tetris Kelly:

His relationship with fiancée Noah Galvin, take center stage in Ben’s music video for “Cherry on Top,”

Rebecca Milzoff:

It was like a home movie. How did you to go through that day or days it took to do that?

Ben Platt:

I love to keep some things sacred and private.

Keep watching to learn more!

After being compared to Britney Spears for her electric performances, Tate McRae finally got interviewed by the Princess of Pop, Britney Spears. Has Britney passed her crown along to Tate? Keep watching to find out!

Tetris Kelly:

Britney Spears has interviewed Tate McRae. Yeah, you heard us right. The Gen Z pop star was blessed by the Queen and we’re breaking down the quotes. Thank you V magazine. As Tate McRae graces their cover, they somehow got Britney Spears to chat with her. Tate has been compared to the pop star because of her electric performances. And we even asked her about it. 

Tetris Kelly:

Is that a compliment to you? Do you look up to Britney?

Tate McRae:

Obviously it’s such an honor. Um, I mean, I literally adore her, I read her book. I literally just love everything about her, I’ve watched all her performances and her videos and yeah, I think she’s an icon.

Tetris Kelly:

But now she’s questioned by the Queen herself. Britney stated, “You’re an incredible performer. I’ve seen some of your performances and each one continues to top the next. Where do you find inspiration?” With Tate responding, “That means so much coming from you. One of my favorite parts of the process is playing around and finding new variations of each song- I feel like that always inspires new choreography and a different feeling. However, looking back at iconic performances (like yours) is also very motivating.” And when Britney asked, “What is the hardest part of being an artist of your stature at this point?” Tate said,”I would say the pressure I put on myself. I have been a perfectionist my entire life, so sometimes the hyper-critical thoughts can fully consume you. I try to trust my gut as much as possible and not take in that many outside opinions.” Would you say the crown has been passed? Let us know in the comments.

Ahead of NLE Choppa’s interview release, we give you a sneak peek where he breaks down the Kendrick Lamar & Drake beef, who won, and more!

NLE Choppa:

I think the win is like, you know, how Kendrick go home and feel about it, and how Drizzy will go home and feel about it. I think the win would be like both of them coming together and doing a song together. I think that’s one of the most beautiful wins.

Tetris Kelly:

NLE Choppa breaks down the Kendrick versus Drake beef and talks about his with Blueface.

NLE Choppa:

I can kill you on the beat and then I call you and be like “Hey bro, I’m done f—ing with you.” It gets real about the dangers of hip-hop taking it to the streets. At the end of the day, you don’t want to die, I don’t want to die. It can go either way.

Tetris Kelly:

We have a preview ahead of his full interview next week, but first his thoughts on the return of diss track culture.

NLE Choppa:

I fee like it serves a purpose to a certain extent. I love to look at it from like a competitive standpoint. I love to see competitiveness you know rather than sports, but with rap, when it comes with rap and competitiveness, sometimes it gets a little risky because some people really take it to the heart. I feel like that’s the part of it that you really got to tread lightly on because a lot of these people walking with a certain type of pride on their shoulder.

Keep watching to learn more.