Billboard Women in Music 2025

Gracie Abrams gets a Billboard birth chart read by Drew Afualo, who reads her sun, moon and rising backstage at Women in Music 2025.

Drew Afualo:

Team, Here we are backstage at Billboard Women in Music with the one and only Gracie Abrams. Gracie told me off camera that she’s a big fan of mine. I didn’t make that up. Gracie? 

No, I want to interview you in this moment. 

Exactly. Thank you. Thank you. That’s for the record. Thank you. But fortunately, I’m gonna interview you. So how do you feel being here at Billboard Women in Music? 

Really grateful period, but like, really excited right in this very moment that I get to stand with you, but it’s been great. The room is amazing. I met Doechii, and so that’s- 

Oh God, how was that? 

She’s just like all the things. 

Both of us getting close. You’ve had an incredible year. So how does it feel getting to come here and celebrate other women in music? 

Feels right. I wish every kind of like award show was this energy. 

I was telling Muni Long the energy is just different. 

No, it is. 

It’s like, no men interfering. Okay, so I do have some fun stuff for astrology. So here I have actually your big three, but they’re in the word Hot 100 terms. Oh, so first, your sun is the song “BAILAMOS” by Enrique Iglesias. That’s for you. 

Yes, thank you. 

On your birthday, yes. 

Do I get to keep this? 

Yes, of course, this is getting I’m calling them- 

I’m putting them on my fridge. 

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Drew Afualo gives flowers to Zara Larsson and she shares something she wrote on her blog in 2014 and more at Billboard Women in Music 2025.

Drew Afualo:

We are here with the iconic and legendary international pop star Zara Larsson. How do you feel being here at Billboard Women in Music? 

Zara Larsson:

So amazing. 

You feel excited? 

Yeah, so excited. 

Obviously, me and Zara besties we’re in love, like we saw each other in the line. Obviously I was digging around with you, and then I almost missed you. That’s a good liner. I was like, oh, sorry. I was kidding with Zara. But I do have some fun questions for you. 

Please. 

First, I’m gonna give you some flowers. Do you have a preference of which one you want? 

I think I’m going with the green. Is that a flower? 

I think so. 

I think it would go beautifully in the bouquet. 

Right. Okay, we’ll pair her with this. Gorg. I feel like it’s ethereal like you. Looks very fairy like.

It’s kind of the theme of like my next album. 

I love that. For the flowers. I would like to ask you, who do you give flowers to for getting you where you are now? 

Oh, I will probably give my flower to Callie. 

Oh, cute. Love. 

My manager, she’s amazing. 

Gorge, and she’s part of team Zara. 

Absolutely. 

Love that. Have been for a very long time. And who do you give flowers to for inspiring your music?

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Drew Afualo gives flowers to Laverne Cox who shares stories about when she was in middle school and more at Billboard Women in Music 2025.

Drew Afualo:

I’m here with the iconic, the legendary, the talented Laverne Cox. How do you feel to be here at the Billboard Women in Music Awards?

Laverne Cox:

Incredibly honored to be here tonight and to be asked to do this. It’s a dream come true. Totally. Have a very ambitious night planned, and we have six more looks that we’re going to attempt to do-

You better work girl. 

During the course of the show. It might not happen. We might not have time. So yeah, my dream for hosting an award show like this is every time you see me again, I’m in something new.

You’re serving something else. 

So yeah. 

I love that. I appreciate that. I’m gonna pull some flowers for you. Your fit is very visual.

When I think about what could have been? Makes me want to die. 

Oh my gosh. Me forgetting my question.

Tiffany could have been from the ’80s. See I’m old. 

And you look younger than me. That’s crazy. Okay, so I do have a question for you. Who do you give your flowers to for getting you where you are? 

Oh my gosh, besides myself.  

Besides you, I gave those to you. There you go.  

You have to have a vision for your own life, right?

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