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Jamaican Dancehall artist Teejay is Billboard’s newest cover star! Selena Gomez is setting the record straight on that viral Golden Globes moment and announced she will be taking a break from social media to focus on “what really matters.” Taylor Swift was seen heading to Electric Lady Studios in NYC yesterday, and Lady Gaga took […]
Jeymes Samuel , the director of The Book of Clarence, stopped by Billboard News to talk with Billboard‘s Executive Director of Hip-Hop and R&B, Gail Mitchell, about creating the movie, casting LaKeith Stanfield, working with Jay-Z, creating music for movies and more!Jeymes Samuel:When I open my eyes in the morning, the Lord says, “Action.” And the movie of my of my life begins.
Hey, everyone. I’m Jeymes Samuel, and this is Billboard News.
Gail Mitchell:This is Gail Mitchell, executive director of R&B and hip-hop for Billboard magazine, and I’m here to chat with the director of the upcoming film The Book of Clarence, Jeymes Samuel.
Biblical epic, this one is. Before it was a Western epic with The Harder They Fall, your earlier film. So what is it about the word “epic” and “bold” that catches your attention and you go with it?
Jeymes Samuel: I think for me, “epic” and “bold” are two of the words that define cinema. You know, it’s not often you know, in this day when every other movie is a superhero movie, you know, and I love those movies, but it’s really quite rare we get original storytelling in a cinematic experience, right? It’s usually with an IP we’re familiar with and or a sequel or something. I just love original storytelling like I love cinema. I love film. I love music and I love originality. So who better to bring those things than moi?
Gail Mitchell:Exactly! So talk about the cast. You’ve got some great cast members. You’re working with LaKeith again.
Jeymes Samuel:Yeah.
Gail Mitchell:So talk about him. How was he? How does he define Clarence for you? What is it? What instincts did you see in him making The Harder They Fall that clicked with you and said, “This is my Clarence”?Watch the full video above!
Sexyy Red is Billboard’s latest cover star! Ice Spice has teamed up with Pepsi’s lemon-lime soda STARRY for a commercial that will air during the Super Bowl. We all saw when Destiny’s Child reunited for ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé’ but it looks like they were back together once more for a very special reason. […]
Odetari and 6arelyhuman are Billboard’s latest cover stars. We recap everything you missed at the 2024 Golden Globes. The 2023 Primetime Emmy Creative Arts Awards were this weekend, and musicians were among the big winners of the night. Ariana Grande took to social media to announce that her new single “Yes, And?” will be out this Friday, The Weeknd is seemingly teasing a new era of music, and Lil Nas X tweets that new music is coming. And more!
Tetris Kelly:It was a huge award weekend with the Golden Globes and the Creative Arts Emmys going down. Ariana Grande, The Weeknd and Lil Nas X tease new music. We revealed this week’s top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. And we kick off a full week of cover stars.
Happy Monday! It’s January 8th. I’m Tetris Kelly and we’ve got, wait for it, five new cover stars this week for our Future of Genres issue. And today’s Future of Electronic cover stars are Odetari and 6arelyhuman.
Odetari:So the first song that I had that went viral I think in, like, one day, I had hit 256,000 streams, which was crazy to me because I had never passed like 10k on a song. But I saw how fast it went up, got really excited, and then the next day it dropped like half so it was like a roller coaster.
6arelyhuman:Once it started to really hit was when I would see a bunch of videos from people just creating things and coming up with their own ideas with the song. I remember specifically one of the things that helped a lot was a South Park edit. I don’t know why, but that’s something that really helped the song take off.
Odetari:A lot of people that were making similar music to us, were not showing their faces at all.
6arelyhuman:Yeah.
Odetari:We made sure to also attach the image to it because a lot of songs that blow up on TikTok, most people just scroll like they’ll hear the song but they don’t really care about it or the person who made it. I feel like we really nailed it on that.
Tetris Kelly:For the full interview, head to Billboard.com. We’ll have a new cover for you every day this week, but it’s time to get to our awards show coverage. If you didn’t catch the Golden Globes last night don’t worry, we got you covered.
Watch the full video above!
The holidays are officially over and we have a new song ready to take over the No. 1 spot from Mariah Carey. Also Doja Cat, SZA, Tate McRae and Taylor Swift all make appearances on the chart. Watch the video to find out who’s on top. Tetris KellyThis is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 […]
Billie Eilish wins best original song for the second time for “What I Was Made For” from the Barbie movie, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez walk the red carpet in show-stopping gowns, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig accept the first ever Cinematic and Box Office Achievement at the 2024 Golden Globes. Tetris KellyThe 81st Golden […]
It’s the first Friday of the new year, and we are looking at all the new music that was released this week. Nicki Minaj opens up about writing about her father’s death on her new album ‘Pink Friday 2.’ NLE Choppa has challenged Blueface to a boxing match after he dissed him on his new […]
Tori Kelly opens up about her celebrity crush, dating pet peeve, favorite fast food spot and more on this episode of Billboard’s Speed Dating.Rania Aniftos:Hey everybody, it’s Rania Anfitos with Billboard News and we’re going Speed Dating with Tori Kelly. Okay, are you ready? Let’s get into it.
Tori Kelly:Okay!
Rania Aniftos:Where are you from?
Tori Kelly:I am from Inland Empire, California. SoCal.
Rania Aniftos:What’s your sign?
Tori Kelly:I am a Sagittarius.
Rania Aniftos:Me too! Wait when’s your birthday?
Tori Kelly:Are you? December 14th.
Rania Aniftos:I’m the 15th!
Tori Kelly:No way!
Rania Aniftos:Yeah!
Tori Kelly:What?
Rania Aniftos:And he’s also the 15th!
Tori Kelly:You guys!
Rania Aniftos:We’re all Sagittarius.
Tori Kelly:I don’t think I’ve ever been in a room with like that many same birthdays.
Rania Aniftos:Favorite fast food?
Tori Kelly:I’m really… I’m a Cali girl so In-N-Out is one but then it’s like a toss-up between In-N-Out and Chick-fil-A.
Rania Aniftos:Oh, okay.
Tori Kelly:Chick-fil-A doesn’t even feel like fast food to me it’s like gourmet.
Rania Aniftos:Dream job as a kid?
Tori Kelly:Honestly, what I’m doing now.
Rania Aniftos:Childhood crush?
Tori Kelly:Oh gosh, my fans are so sick of hearing this I said it like every interview forever. Justin Timberlake, just like *NYSNC in general.
Rania Aniftos:Girl, same.
Tori Kelly:Yeah.
Rania Aniftos:I feel you.
Dating pet peeve?
Tori Kelly:So I haven’t dated in a while and I’m married. I feel like a pet peeve is like when they don’t ask you questions like if they’re just talking about themselves.
Rania Aniftos:Favorite place to vacation?
Tori Kelly:Honestly, anywhere with a beach. I just love tropical. Cabo is fun. Yeah, just like quick you know if you’re in LA.
Rania Aniftos:And dream collab?
Tori Kelly:There’s a lot. I have kind of a list but a few would be… I love Bruno Mars, I think would be incredible. J. Cole, I’m a big fan of him as well. I feel like Beyoncé would be dope too.
Rania Aniftos:Thank you for going Speed Dating with me, Tori.
Tori Kelly:Thank you!
Rania Aniftos:We got to know you a little bit more!Watch the full video above!
Lil Nas X responds to jokes made by Dave Chappelle and says he is going to have the “greatest comeback of all time.” Britney Spears set the record straight about rumors she is working on new music, taking to Instagram to say she will “never return to the music industry.” Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco […]
Jennie of BLACKPINK has launched a new label for her solo music and is planning on dropping her debut solo album soon, Selena Gomez hints at potentially retiring from music and Ariana Grande confirms her seventh studio album will drop later in this year. Kid Cudi responds to an internet troll who claims his 2021 […]